If you're nice enough, Scott Blum will let you rub the subcutaneous plastic plate that covers a crack in his skull, a souvenir from a triathlon accident.
Sharks don't usually hunt people as a food source, which is why most shark bites stop there: Once the shark realizes you're not a nice blubbery seal, it leaves you alone.
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"My father always advocated gaining self-confidence outside the family business because once you're in, you never know if you're doing a good job or if people are just being nice to you, " he says.
"In the recession you keep your Sky because that's the number one, but if you're the number two, which is nice to have in addition... then that means you're not going to get the same number of subscribers, " said Toby Syfret, media analyst at Enders Analysis.
When you first meet a stranger, unless you're a mugger, you want to be nice to that stranger.
It's like when someone sends you a perfectly nice e-mail but you're in a bad mood so it appears rude.
And they shrug their shoulders and say, you know they're really nice people, they're our friends.
' And I don't say anything, and she says, 'And what about the nice chair you're sitting on?
After what you went through in that sweat box, you deserve to vacation somewhere nice and cold, so we're stuffing you into Burton's new Bluetooth'd Audex Cargo Jacket and jetting you straight to Tahoe.
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And he took a moment to warn the parents of the young children that " they grow up to be, like, 5'10" -- and even if they're still nice to you, they basically don't have a lot of time for you during the weekends.
In spite of that focus on reading, the company's opted for what it's deemed the "highest resolution on a 7-inch tablet, " and certainly the 1, 440 x 900, 243ppi display looks quite nice when you're watching one of those hi-res movies from the newly announced Nook Video.
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Nokia would probably suggest that a simple lack of time is the reason behind the half-hearted attempt, but if you're still not a believer that the N800 plays nice with those ho hum, commercial-filled broadcasts you love to hate, click on through for a live demonstration.
Yeah thank you very much, it's, I can only just hear you, we're having a few hearing problems here but it's nice to be with you this morning.
When a tech entrepreneur who favors Patagonia jackets and sneakers told San Francisco dealer Claudia Altman-Siegel he was headed to the Swiss art fair Art Basel, she had some advice: "I was like, 'No one's going to be nice to you if you're not dressed up, '" she said.
"When I'm out and about parents come up and say 'You're Mel, you go to my daughter's school, ' it's nice, " she said.
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They feel like they're in a nice, isolated location, but it's not like in South Jersey where you're a half-hour from everything.
It's nice to have something in life that you're able to have for yourself, because so much of your lives are in the public eye.
Speaking of the extra real estate around the outside, what may seem like a waste initially is actually a nice place to rest forearms and elbows when you're in the heat of a Photoshop editing session.
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And so it's nice to see the street cleaned up, but you're kicking them out of their home, as you could call it, I guess.
That's convenient for people who live in their headgear 40 hours a week, but it's also nice for companies where employees share helmets -- after all, it'd be nice to take out your own lining so that you're not sharing the same sweat-soaked padding with someone else.
"It's new so it's nice to be in right at the beginning and feel you're part of creating and building it, " she said.
What's nice is that the keys are spaced far enough apart that you're unlikely to ever hit the wrong one.
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You know you're at a staged press event when about a hundred men and women in nice business attire are standing, for no apparent reason, in the middle of a dusty dirt lot trying not to ruin their shoes.
That's the right strategy, says Donna Quadri, a professor of hospitality and tourism at NYU. She said touches like slippers for Asian travellers or tea for British visitors are nice, but you don't want to be something you're not.
So go forth, friends, and use this new info to either make the switch or squeeze a better deal out of your current provider -- just remember, no matter how hard you try, you're just not gonna be able to get that unlocked GSM phone to play nice with Sprint or Verizon.
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The link to the nice streaming gesture is down below, so give it a bookmark if you're planning on tuning in.
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