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[bearfan]

It's a bit of A5 card with your name on it. It also tells you where your polling station. You don't actually need it to vote.

Gotcha, we have those too. They are called voter registration cards and you do not need to bring it either.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Gotcha, we have those too. They are called voter registration cards and you do not need to bring it either.

I did wonder why you were asking, as I imagined you had them in the US too.

 

[bearfan]

We do, never heard the term polling card (or A5 card for that matter before ... I googled that one )

 

[Brigantium]

After I moved house I used the local authority website to register, but something went wrong and they didn't process my registration. I used the government voting registration website this time, but was starting to worry last week when I didn't get my card.

 

[Brigantium]

Wait, you've never heard of A5, Bearfan? What paper sizes do you use in America?

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

(or A5 card for that matter before ... I googled that one )

You haven't heard of paper sizes?!

Wait, you've never heard of A5, Bearfan? What paper sizes do you use in America?

Who cares! I've heard of N. American paper sizes, how can bearfan not have heard of international paper sizes?

 

[bearfan]

I believe A5 would be what we call an index card.

For regular paper, we go with regular (8.5"x 11") or legal (11"x 17")sized. I am sure people that work in fields that involve a lot of printing/copying use more technical terms. But those are the common ones

 

[bearfan]

You haven't heard of paper sizes?!

Yeah, it is an index card I work on multi-TB databases .. I don't use paper

 

[Brigantium]

Well, that was educational.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Yeah, it is an index card I work on multi-TB databases .. I don't use paper

That's not really an excuse for not knowing what it is though. Incidentally, A5 isn't really an index card size either...

 

[bearfan]

The last time I used an index card (or similar) was probably in 1997 when I graduated college .. I have not kept up

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

The last time I used an index card (or similar) was probably in 1997 when I graduated college .. I have not kept up

Nothing's changed much in the paperworld, bearfan; no need to keep up. 1997 & 2015 paper are pretty much the same.

 

[bearfan]

Nothing's changed much in the paperworld, bearfan; no need to keep up. 1997 & 2015 paper are pretty much the same.

I guess I did not care about knowing it too much in the 90s. index card, regular paper, legal paper has covered all my paper needs for 46 years now

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

I guess I did not care about knowing it too much in the 90s. index card, regular paper, legal paper has covered all my paper needs for 46 years now

You'd be of no help if a paper question came up in a pub quiz tho'...

 

[bearfan]

That is true, but if the topic of Hadoop map reducers comes up, I am all over it

 

[bearfan]

Good thinking!

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A Florida mother held hostage by her boyfriend used the Pizza Hut app to notify police she needed help, authorities said.

Cheryl Treadway, 25, was allegedly being held at knife point in her home by Ethan Nickerson, 26, in Avon Park on Monday, the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office told ABC News today.

"She was held hostage by him all day," Public Information Officer Nell Hays said.

Treadway and Nickerson's three, young children were also present during the incident, authorities said, noting that the incident was sparked by an argument the couple had.

Nickerson took away Treadway's phone, police said, but she was eventually able to persuade him to let her order a pizza using her Pizza Hut app.

"She told him, 'The kids are hungry. Let's order a pizza. Let's get them some food,'" Hays said, noting that's when Treadway was able to sneak in a written message through the delivery.

Along with her order of a small, classic pepperoni pizza, she wrote: "Please help. Get 911 to me," according to police. She also wrote: "911hostage help!"

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

For a second I thought you were going to ask what a pub was!

 

[bearfan]

For a second I thought you were going to ask what a pub was!

Ha, we have those ... usually means there is soccer on TV .. so I go to a bar instead

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

I ususally use the term "bar" to refer to the bar itself i.e. the actual place with the drinks behind it, inside e.g. "I'll go to the bar for another round."

 

[bearfan]

I ususally use the term "bar" to refer to the bar itself i.e. the actual place with the drinks behind it, inside e.g. "I'll go to the bar for another round."

Here, if you see a place called a pub it usually has the term "British" or "Irish" or something like that in the name and/or flags from either country. Dark wood inside, soccer on TV, and UK or Irish beer imports. Everything else is a bar.