HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELRAAD

Happy Birthday tomelraad! I wish you many many happy returns!

Finally, someone rating how polite you are

World of Courtesy: Ranking of 35 Cities
_{from Reader's Digest}
Below is a ranking of the most courteous to the least courteous -- 35 major cities included in RD's Global Courtesy Test. Figures reflect the percentage of people who passed in each city. When multiple cities had identical scores, they are listed in alphabetical order.

	New York	USA			80%
	Zurich	Switzerland			77
	Toronto	Canada			70
	Berlin	Germany			68
	São Paulo	Brazil			68
	Zagreb	Croatia			68
	Auckland	New Zealand			67
	Warsaw	Poland			67
	Mexico City	Mexico			65
	Stockholm	Sweden			63
	Budapest	Hungary			60
	Madrid	Spain			60
	Prague	Czech Republic			60
	Vienna	Austria			60
	Buenos Aires	Argentina			57
	Johannesburg	South Africa			57
	Lisbon	Portugal			57
	London	United Kingdom			57
	Paris	France			57
	Amsterdam	Netherlands			52
	Helsinki	Finland			48
	Manila	Philippines			48
	Milan	Italy			47
	Sydney	Australia			47
	Bangkok	Thailand			45
	Hong Kong				45
	Ljubljana	Slovenia			45
	Jakarta	Indonesia			43
	Taipei	Taiwan			43
	Moscow	Russia			42
	Singapore				42
	Seoul	South Korea			40
	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia			37
	Bucharest	Romania			35
	Mumbai	India

Well, I think I've carped about being polite and how generally more rude one has to be in order to get good polite service. They should post this article on the front page.