Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
On the fisrt day of Christmas,my true love sent to me; a partridge in a pair tree.
On the second day of Christmas,my true love sent to me; two turtledoves and a partridge in a pair tree.
On the third day of Christmas,my true love sent to me; three French hens,two turtledoves and a partridge in a pair tree.
On the forth day of Christmas,my true love sent to me; four calling birds,three French hens,two turtledoves and a partridge in a pair tree.
On the fifth day of Christmas,my true love sent to me; five golden rings, four calling birds,three French hens,two turtledoves and a partridge in a pair tree.
On the sixth day of Christmas,my true love sent to me; six geese are laying, five golden rings, four calling birds,three French hens,two turtledoves and a partridge in a pair tree.
On the seventh day of Christmas,my true love sent to me; seven swans are swimming,six geese are laying, five golden rings, four calling birds,three French hens,two turtledoves and a partridge in a pair tree.
On the eighth day of Christmas,my true love sent to me; eight maids are milking,seven swans are swimming,six geese are laying, five golden rings, four calling birds,three French hens,two turtledoves and a partridge in a pair tree.
On the ninth day of Christmas,my true love sent to me; nine ladies dancing, eight maids are milking,seven swans are swimming,six geese are laying, five golden rings, four calling birds,three French hens,two turtledoves and a partridge in a pair tree.
On the tenth day of Christmas,my true love sent to me; ten.....
Sugita: Now Chris, have you gone for any freebies online? Chris: A little bit, yeah. The one I liked the best was getting free long-distance phone calls. Sugita: Oh that's good. Chris: Yeah. For, I think, it was probably about six months, I was able to call my parents and family and friends for free in the U.S. as long as I went thorough the computer. Sugita: Was it completely free? Chris: Completely free, yeah. You could download the software, which my husband kindly did. And we'd already had a headset, you know, with the earphones or headphones and a mike attached. And we just plug that into the right parts of the computer and use the software and that was it. Oh, it did shut off every five minutes though. Sugita: Oh, you had to try again, or what uh...? Chris: Yeah, I had to dial again. But it was easy enough to redial, because it was still there that we just get cut off and I just told everybody, you know, just wait ten, fifteen seconds and I'll call you back. So that worked really nice but it was definitely all promotional thing which, you know, we understood from the beginning. Sugita: For limited period. Chris: Yeah. They didn't announce what the period would be. Sugita: I see. Chris: But we figured, you know, few months of free international calls, that's a pretty good deal. Sugita: But only to the U.S.? Chris: Yeah, I tried to call a friend of mine in Germany and I couldn't do that. They wouldn't place it. But, that was nice. I have, you know, lots of sisters and a brother, my parents and friends all that in the U.S. Sugita: Sure. Chris: I could just call when I felt like it. Sugita: I see. Chris: Yeah. Sugita: Anything else? Chris: Uh. I usually try not to do too much with freebies, because it is a kind of a balance, you know, a trade-off. Sugita: Trade-off. Chris: Right. So, you know, you get a lot of e-mail or spam and advertisements and things like that. Sugita: Junk mail. Chris: Junk mail, all kinds of stuff that, you know, I don't wanna deal with so much. So you know, I can pay my way most of the time. Sugita: But if an encyclopedia is free.. Chris: Oh, yeah. I think that's a great deal. Because they, you know, they need to be updated now and then and now that they all fit in a CD-ROM, it doesn't cost that much to have them ship to you. Sugita: Sure. Chris: Yeah, I think that's a great deal. You know, some things are worse more than others. So just collecting free stuff because it's free, I think it's not such a great idea.