How many kids and teenagers are playing?

[Dorito_25]

For me, my dad was 1964 and my mum is 1966 - I am the last born too out of three kids...

[ICEcoldair881]

i hate brothers......

OMG.....I just realized that some people might be thinking that I meant late 1940s to early 1950s, but really it's late 40-years-of-age to early 50-years-of-age.

hey does anyone here have a taste for cars?

[Filippo]

I came out of hospital today, I had to take out a mole. I am a bit bubu today (anethethstetics - I can't feel my hand ) but i'm fine now. It wasn't bad after all having an operation done.I felt almost nothing! It was my first one (and I hope the last one)

What do you do as a job?

hey does anyone here have a taste for cars?

I'm not really a fan of cars, but I like the speed ones or the extreme luxury ones - as everybody. But, out of the speed ones, my favourite is Porsche as I like it's designand how the car actually looks, the other speed cars look as if a huge rock fell on a car squashing them

[ICEcoldair881]

me, I work at the Toronto Exhibition. I love it. long days, but good VERY good pay. you?

I like cars that have an interesting thing that makes them special. The Honda Accord I like because it is reasonably priced and looks very nice, even looks like an exec's car if you have a fully loaded one...I don't like porsche's though....too lazy design team. been the same since they first came out. terrible.

[Jona L.]

@Filippo

So, as you like Porsche you now also like Volkswagen, due to them having taken over Porsche

@ICE
I like any car looking nice, and being in minimum 3m long (so no Smarts, IQs, etc., they're so called "non-cars", as my mom always says)!
My job is being an Student!!! If I wouldn't have to go on holidays with my parents , I would like to do a holiday job, but no Idea what! I think everything being pay well enough!

@a post of mine early this topic
By the way I reduced smoking from around 40 a day to 5/day in just 1 week!!! I'm so proud !

@everybody
have a nice evening..... (local time at the moment: 23:07, and I didn't even start with doing my homework )

Jona L.

[ICEcoldair881]

@Jona

1. Congrads with the smoking. glad to see you can now afford more aws credits!

2. Holiday jobs could be flying or fligt attendants. you could also do research for the Airports Authority doing research on how well airports run around the world, also in efficientcy.

3. VW TOOK OVER PORSCHE!!!! "this coming in....it's IS in fact snowing in he**"

4. yur terrible doing yur hw at 1100. I start mine when I get home, so I have more time to fool around on aws!

[Dorito_25]

I'm a student..but I will be working with Qantas on their 100th Year of service - that's my plan anyway. I'll either be a pilot or a lawyer for them - no similarities on either job but it is what i PLAN to do.
I'm not so much into cars anymore...I was...actually...I really love the Pagini Zonda's!!!  ...but I am more of a plane freak...speaking of which I am on one tomorrow morning 0930 (local time - GM+10) so lets hope it isnt delayed....

[Filippo]

I'm a student as well - and I would like to work for an airline in the management. Every airline is fine, just give me one!

[RisteMakedonski]

4. yur terrible doing yur hw at 1100. I start mine when I get home, so I have more time to fool around on aws!

Same here, as soon as I get home from school, I do my homework. I'd rather get the boring stuff over with so I can have fun after that. 

[ICEcoldair881]

well, actually, I only work there in late August/early September. I am a full time student during the regular school times (unfortunatly).

btw guys, does anyone here have an airline on Airlinesim?

@Riste

that's exactly what i'm talking about. get the boring stuff done first so you can hit dem der bars and pick up de chicks! (not that I do that )

[Jona L.]

well, about the boring stuff.... what do you have friends without hobbies for ??

There are some guys in my class, not having anything to do, due to i.e. weekly internet time of 1hr!!!!
yeah, I'd kinda kill my mom for doing that, but she doesn't, cause she knows me to bring the whole household down within a time of 10 mins

and the other hw are done after 1100..... so i have to hurry, because each morning I gotta get up a 5.45, and I'd like to sleep around 4hrs/night, which is the best, as I've tested

so, now I'm doing hw again!

[ICEcoldair881]

good luck. btw, Porsche took over VW, not the other way around. Also, My BW airline is up to 31 aircraft with around 10-13 aircraft on order (I haven't checked since there was only 9 on order ) and when those aircraft are delivered, I will be serving 29 destinations outside of Taiwan, along with connection flights throughout Taiwan. I can now officially say that I am the Airline of Taiwan because I have the most flights in (physically in) Taiwan. Plum Airline provide limited service to destinations from their TPE hub, while I literally connect almost all of Taiwan, most of the flights being served by B737-300s. I will have around 42 aircraft when all are delivered. That's a personal record, as most of my airlines are quite successfull, but only with 23 aircraft (my prior record), and now I've reached more than that with B737-300s alone!

btw, I'm in a 1960's-style bar/restaurant that even is playing Bing Crosby as load as if it were him LIVE....

[Jona L.]

good luck. btw, Porsche took over VW, not the other way around.

you got sth wrong there, the companies merged actually, and both names will be let running, as VW lets Bentley, Seat, etc. run under original names, because the cars are local patriots in their foreign country!
but in the end VW has now most of Porsche's stocks

try this one here (sorry, it's a geman newspaper, but you can maybe read the heading/subheading (help from dict.cc)
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/439/466024/text/
check the date, to know that in that time they were only planning, but now it has happened!

[ICEcoldair881]

even in german, it still says in the last paragraph that porsche will have 75% of VW's stocks, and looks to have full ownership in a couple of years. (Bislang ist Porsche erst mit 50,8 Prozent an Volkswagen beteiligt, will aber 75 Prozent des Konzerns besitzen.) My dad reads everything about auto companies so he would know, and it even says the same like what I said in the newspaper that you used to prove me wrong. sorry, but facts are facts. (btw, don't get mad at me, I'm just trying to make sure you know what is really happening. )

Cheers,
ICEcold

[ekaneti]

I'm a student as well - and I would like to work for an airline in the management. Every airline is fine, just give me one!

Just to let you know. In the USA and Canada, most airline employees are earning less today than in 2000.

[Sigma]

even in german, it still says in the last paragraph that porsche will have 75% of VW's stocks, and looks to have full ownership in a couple of years. (Bislang ist Porsche erst mit 50,8 Prozent an Volkswagen beteiligt, will aber 75 Prozent des Konzerns besitzen.) My dad reads everything about auto companies so he would know, and it even says the same like what I said in the newspaper that you used to prove me wrong. sorry, but facts are facts. (btw, don't get mad at me, I'm just trying to make sure you know what is really happening. )

Cheers,
ICEcold

You might want to read up on more current events.

That was old news, from back in April.   Since about July that story has completely changed around.

Porsche's attempted takeover bid of VW earlier this year failed.  Big time.  They borrowed billions to buy the stock, but ultimately failed and drove themselves nearly into bankruptcy.  In a matter of months Porsche went from posting profits and getting ready to takeover VW, to posting huge losses, having spent more cash than they even had, and were announcing that they were on the verge of bankruptcy.  They had to get bailed out by the government of Qatar, their own government denied them any additional funds, and the banks were coming for 'em.  The Board of Porsche fired the CEO and CFO for driving the company into bankruptcy with their failed takeover bid.

Then it gets interesting...  Porsche owed VW $1B in cash loans it has received last year (which Porsche then used, ironically enough to try to buy VW -- that, my friends, takes some cajones).  With the takeover bid failed, Porsche in HUGE negative cash, no banks willing to give them a dime, and the payment to VW due this year, Porsche was screwed and the German government refused to give them money to pay VW off.   In the end, Volkswagen offered Porsche an ultimatum -- Pay Up or surrender your company.  Porsche with no cash (actually negative cash), debtors lining up, and no one willing to give them any money, had no choice -- VW announced last month that they were buying the majority of Porsche in a merger arrangement for a steal at $5B.

Now, the Board of VW is calling the shots at Porsche.  They've already axed the Cayenne because it competes too much with Audi's offerings.  And even axed the brand-new Panamera before it hit the streets.  Both will only last as long as their current models (the Panamera being brand-new, the Cayenne being re-engineered for '11MY) and won't be getting any future redesigns after the current designs run through the next few years.  VW will be returning Porsche to its exotic sports car roots, as its SUV and Sedan offerings compete with existing VW products (namely Audi).

[F14 Tomcat]

I'm 13 years old and love the game
(I'm not taking the International Buisness course at school)

[ICEcoldair881]

You might want to read up on more current events.

That was old news, from back in April.   Since about July that story has completely changed around.

Porsche's attempted takeover bid of VW earlier this year failed.  Big time.  They borrowed billions to buy the stock, but ultimately failed and drove themselves nearly into bankruptcy.  In a matter of months Porsche went from posting profits and getting ready to takeover VW, to posting huge losses, having spent more cash than they even had, and were announcing that they were on the verge of bankruptcy.  They had to get bailed out by the government of Qatar, their own government denied them any additional funds, and the banks were coming for 'em.  The Board of Porsche fired the CEO and CFO for driving the company into bankruptcy with their failed takeover bid.

Then it gets interesting...  Porsche owed VW $1B in cash loans it has received last year (which Porsche then used, ironically enough to try to buy VW -- that, my friends, takes some cajones).  With the takeover bid failed, Porsche in HUGE negative cash, no banks willing to give them a dime, and the payment to VW due this year, Porsche was screwed and the German government refused to give them money to pay VW off.   In the end, Volkswagen offered Porsche an ultimatum -- Pay Up or surrender your company.  Porsche with no cash (actually negative cash), debtors lining up, and no one willing to give them any money, had no choice -- VW announced last month that they were buying the majority of Porsche in a merger arrangement for a steal at $5B.

Now, the Board of VW is calling the shots at Porsche.  They've already axed the Cayenne because it competes too much with Audi's offerings.  And even axed the brand-new Panamera before it hit the streets.  Both will only last as long as their current models (the Panamera being brand-new, the Cayenne being re-engineered for '11MY) and won't be getting any future redesigns after the current designs run through the next few years.  VW will be returning Porsche to its exotic sports car roots, as its SUV and Sedan offerings compete with existing VW products (namely Audi).

I knew that...

Hey did anyone like the cayenne in the first place? I thought the only good thing about it was that the engine made a good noise, that's about it. The styling was rubbish, everything but the engine was a miserable fail, and the price was a true Porsche price, overcharging to make as much from idiods who even like the filthy thing in the first place so they could be rich. Not to mention, it's about time someone else ran Porsche. The styling board at Porsche is, like, 150 years old because when they do "restyling", all their really doing is fine-tuning the looks to make them look even smaller than they are. They are, in my opinion, one of the most lazy design boards I have ever seen. For instance, look at the Honda Civic. In 2000 it was small, and was very cheap and had no real exiting part about it. in 2003, they re-did the interior and changed the looks of it almost completely, and it was a bit more exiting. They also added the Civic Hybrid model. now, in 2009, they changed it again and made it bigger, more exiting and far better looking than prior models, but still affordable. They even added more standard equipment to make it better for your buck than the other competing models. Porsche: all they did was gradually make it more expensive and add things that even Hyundai's have standard, but charging people for it. I think 911s are nice but WAAAAY too expensive for what their worth, not to mention the depreciation is like the number for the newest olympics. The second you even touch the pavement off the dealership, it's down from $200K+ to about $40-50k. That's even worse than Jaguar and Chrysler.  Everyone thinks that if you have a Porsche that the person is like rich. Yeah, because they kinda have to be to afford one! Not to mention, if you are actually rich, why would you spend it on an overprice race car than thousands of people have. You look rich by having an exclusive vehicle, not a Porsche that so-and-so's mom drives, along with Such-and-such's dad, friend, cousin, grandmother, aunt and brother all drive. You want something that no one else in your neighborhood has, that is what makes people look more rich. For example, a new Porsche 911 Turbo costs 160k( CAD). A new Audi R8 costs 140k CAD. You get a far more rare car for 10k less than the small Porsche. I would go for the Audi if I had to choose. I do like Porsche's as they're....well, a Porsche, but as a driving car for me....Porsche can eat my cr**.

[Filippo]

going back to school talk, how do you or how did you behave at school?

I am good (A or A*) at school, but I'm a bit "noughty"    I talk in class when you shouldn't, I say jokes and all that kind of stuff...you know, I have fun with it

[Jona L.]

okay, many teachers of mine are angry with me talking all the time!
I come trough each year near to lower end , but I'm working on myself as you could see, that I'm about to be a non smoker soon!
well at the average around "3" ("C" in GB marking system)....