Where in town exactly are you?

A directional anomaly between American English and Hebrew:

Downtown = מרכז העיר (Center of town)
Uptown = צפון העיר (North of town)

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Branches needed.

A small request for dimrub, burugundi and anyone else who lives in the Netanya area: if you see some fresh cut-off tree branches please let me know. I need a couple of branches (not too large and not too small, around 5cm in diameter) to make some ornaments for a wall. Thank you in advance!

Pain in the ass?

The Palestinian Information Technology Association actually uses the acronym PITA...