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I feel you. Already quite some years into the age of DSL I was hospitalized. I needed to stay there for a couple of weeks and had my parents bring my laptop. Th
by pluijzer 3y ago
I feel you. Already quite some years into the age of DSL I was hospitalized. I needed to stay there for a couple of weeks and had my parents bring my laptop. There was no WiFi or anything. Then I that my laptop had a dial-up socket and also say the telephone on my night table. I introduced the two and managed to get online for the rest of my stay. I used it sparsely because I knew it would cost money.
When fired from the hospital my mother was very happy I survived everything but she looked also very angry. I was very confused. Only found out later that the phone line was really at a premium and racked up, converted, a 2000 euro bill.
- mjfisher 3y ago> When fired from the hospital For anyone else that stumbled over that for a second - "fired" is of course synonymous with "discharged". English is a weird language!
- pluijzer 3y agoI translated this literally from Dutch. I searched for it and I think it is just incorrect. Maybe English is not that weird anyway.
- toast0 3y agoYou could be discharged from a job which is formalism for being fired, so I can see how a literal translation could lead you there.
- batshibstein 3y agoMore direct correlation of discharge in the sense of a weapon or firearm. "Discharged a gun", "Fired a gun"