Wreckers and Wreckees!!
Just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my American and Canadian
friends a great weekend. It is Canada Day July 1st and Independence Day
July 4th. I will be celebrating both sides of the border all weekend
long with bi-national friends from all over.
Raising a toast to my new-found acquaintances in the Wreck and I gotta
tell you..this place is pretty damned cool.
CHEERS!
PS I am dumping my kill-file and starting a fresh one.. I'm hoping I
won't need it much.
"Robatoy" wrote
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Jerry S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
>
> Wellll..no..... I'm a Dutch born Canadian of Swiss ancestry....if that's
> okay with you guys...
> .
But, do you have to wear the silly shoes?
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Wreckers and Wreckees!!
>
> I will be celebrating both sides of the border all weekend
> long with bi-national friends from all over.
>
Do you have a lot of bi friends?
--
********
Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com/woodshop
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:51:27 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Maybe the vast majority of *contributors* are American but how do you know
>> that everyone in China isn't *reading* it? ;-)
>
>Cuz the chinese government has strict controls on the internet. They
>strictly limit access because the feel that any free exchange of ideas will
>lead eventually to their downfall. Can you imagine the effects of unlimited
>access to the Wreck would have on the politics and economics of the People's
>Republic of China?
>
Not to mention the horrendous flame wars that would ensue...
AFAIK, China won't allow citizens to access the BBC, much less the
wildlands of usenet. It's a shame, really.
in 1216843 20050629 214347 "Jerry S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Wreckers and Wreckees!!
>>>
>>> Just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my American and Canadian
>>> friends a great weekend. It is Canada Day July 1st and Independence Day
>>> July 4th. I will be celebrating both sides of the border all weekend
>>> long with bi-national friends from all over.
>>>
>> Celebrating on both sides of the border??
>>
>> Isn't there a law against that? ;)
>>
>
>Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
Who is "we"?
in 1217010 20050630 145323 Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:27:20 GMT, the opaque Bob Martin
><[email protected]> spake:
>
>>in 1216843 20050629 214347 "Jerry S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> Wreckers and Wreckees!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my American and Canadian
>>>>> friends a great weekend. It is Canada Day July 1st and Independence Day
>>>>> July 4th. I will be celebrating both sides of the border all weekend
>>>>> long with bi-national friends from all over.
>>>>>
>>>> Celebrating on both sides of the border??
>>>>
>>>> Isn't there a law against that? ;)
>>>>
>>>
>>>Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
>>
>>Who is "we"?
>
>The VAST majority of those reading this newsgroup. Other than the few
>handfuls of Europeans, Aussies, and an occasional African (I'm from
>Nairobi, Maam. Isn't everyone?), we're all (South/Latin/North)
>Americans here, Bwana.
Maybe the vast majority of *contributors* are American but how do you know
that everyone in China isn't *reading* it? ;-)
Ok,
me first.
Bob S.
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Wreckers and Wreckees!!
>
> PS I am dumping my kill-file and starting a fresh one.. I'm hoping I
> won't need it much.
"Prometheus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:51:27 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
> <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>> Maybe the vast majority of *contributors* are American but how do you
>>> know
>>> that everyone in China isn't *reading* it? ;-)
>>
>>Cuz the chinese government has strict controls on the internet. They
>>strictly limit access because the feel that any free exchange of ideas
>>will
>>lead eventually to their downfall. Can you imagine the effects of
>>unlimited
>>access to the Wreck would have on the politics and economics of the
>>People's
>>Republic of China?
>>
>
> Not to mention the horrendous flame wars that would ensue...
>
> AFAIK, China won't allow citizens to access the BBC, much less the
> wildlands of usenet. It's a shame, really.
>
Access depends on where you are. BBC, CNN, Sky TV, other satellite
programming is readily available in the major cities and all over SE China,
from Hong Kong to Guangzhou. Time, Newsweek, the Economist, are also
available, but are overshadowed in quality by the Far East Economic Review,
partially owned by Dow Jones, which is printed in Hong Kong. Usenet,
including talk.political.china is read at all of the major universities --
the reason you may not have seen it is that the threads are almost entirely
in Chinese.
Having visited every province in China, including Tibet and many of the
rural areas, I'll tell you I've rarely been in a place where there wasn't
some electrical power and TV transmissions (mostly Chinese-owned networks).
If you're actually interested in Chinese TV, you can subscribe to mainland
Chinese channels through DirectTV and Dish Network, whose offerings include
TVB, ATV, and CCTV (Hong Kong and Mainland channels) as well as Phoenix
(Taiwan) and other Asian channels. Among other avenues, the thousands of
Chinese students studying in western schools are getting immersed in Western
ways.
The Genie is out of the bottle, between Chinese access to media and their
tourism. With 40+ airlines and easy access to Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan,
U.S., etc., many average Chinese families are getting a first hand look at
life in other countries. To my experience, the most usual reactions (e.g.,
Singapore, Hong Kong, U.S.) are:
1. Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live here --
2. The food isn't very good
Regards --
Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Maybe the vast majority of *contributors* are American but how do you
> know that everyone in China isn't *reading* it? ;-)
>
Because I'm pretty certain that this group has been blocked by PRC
government as seditious, and often downright revolting!
Patriarch,
veering dangerously further off topic...
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:04:59 -0400, the opaque Robatoy
<[email protected]> spake:
>In article <[email protected]>,
> "Jerry S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
>
>Wellll..no..... I'm a Dutch born Canadian of Swiss ancestry....if that's
>okay with you guys...
>.
><G>
Here in the states we call that "Heinz 57" ancestry.
(The Heinz company made 57 varieties of condom^H^Himents.)
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"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Wreckers and Wreckees!!
>>
>> Just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my American and Canadian
>> friends a great weekend. It is Canada Day July 1st and Independence Day
>> July 4th. I will be celebrating both sides of the border all weekend
>> long with bi-national friends from all over.
>>
> Celebrating on both sides of the border??
>
> Isn't there a law against that? ;)
>
Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
"Larry Jaques" <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:27:20 GMT, the opaque Bob Martin
> <[email protected]> spake:
>
>>in 1216843 20050629 214347 "Jerry S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>
>>>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> Wreckers and Wreckees!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my American and Canadian
>>>>> friends a great weekend. It is Canada Day July 1st and Independence
>>>>> Day
>>>>> July 4th. I will be celebrating both sides of the border all weekend
>>>>> long with bi-national friends from all over.
>>>>>
>>>> Celebrating on both sides of the border??
>>>>
>>>> Isn't there a law against that? ;)
>>>>
>>>
>>>Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
>>
>>Who is "we"?
>
> The VAST majority of those reading this newsgroup. Other than the few
> handfuls of Europeans, Aussies, and an occasional African (I'm from
> Nairobi, Maam. Isn't everyone?), we're all (South/Latin/North)
> Americans here, Bwana.
>
By "we're all Americans", I was referring to the citizens of the United
States of America and of Canada - the people who will be celebrating July
4th and July 1st, as indicated by the thread subject. I'm not saying
everyone on the wreck is American.
In article <[email protected]>,
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> If you are gonna wear wood shoes to the wreck, you need to supply some
> jpeg's and color commentary on how they are made.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005615/data/english_text/woodenshoes.html
Now... do the math.. 240,000 times...... say a dollar profit?
A pair of wooden shoes make lovely pair of planters to hang on a wall.
A game of soccer on a cobble-stone town square is a sound to behold.
In article <[email protected]>,
"Jerry S." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
Wellll..no..... I'm a Dutch born Canadian of Swiss ancestry....if that's
okay with you guys...
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
<G>
In article <[email protected]>,
"BobS" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok,
>
> me first.
>
> Bob S.
>
>
> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Wreckers and Wreckees!!
> >
> > PS I am dumping my kill-file and starting a fresh one.. I'm hoping I
> > won't need it much.
Naaaaa..I prefer to just ignore you.
In article <[email protected]>,
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
> "Robatoy" wrote
> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "Jerry S." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
> >
> > Wellll..no..... I'm a Dutch born Canadian of Swiss ancestry....if that's
> > okay with you guys...
> > .
> But, do you have to wear the silly shoes?
Okay, buddy, what's wrong with my shoes, huh? Is this a wood-related
group or not, eh?
And, to paraphrase another well-known statement:
Shoes don't make people silly
people make people silly.
In article <[email protected]>,
Patriarch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Because I'm pretty certain that this group has been blocked by PRC
> government as seditious, and often downright revolting!
"But Sire, the prisoners are revolting!"
"You're telling me, they stink on ice"
(History of the World part 2)
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 14:43:57 GMT, the opaque Bob Martin
<[email protected]> spake:
>>>Who is "we"?
>>
>>The VAST majority of those reading this newsgroup. Other than the few
>>handfuls of Europeans, Aussies, and an occasional African (I'm from
>>Nairobi, Maam. Isn't everyone?), we're all (South/Latin/North)
>>Americans here, Bwana.
>
>Maybe the vast majority of *contributors* are American but how do you know
>that everyone in China isn't *reading* it? ;-)
Because computers run by bicycle-powered gensets are less reliable?
They tend to have either full-technology cities or fully-primitive
cities over there, with few in between, though that's changing as
we send our billions to them for every petty product known to man.
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On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:24:31 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
> "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> If you are gonna wear wood shoes to the wreck, you need to supply some
>> jpeg's and color commentary on how they are made.
>
>http://library.thinkquest.org/C005615/data/english_text/woodenshoes.html
Neat link. Thought the one mis-spelling I caught was rather ironic:
"... When finnished, ...", especially given the subject.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 12:52:27 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
<leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Wreckers and Wreckees!!
>>
>> Just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my American and Canadian
>> friends a great weekend. It is Canada Day July 1st and Independence Day
>> July 4th. I will be celebrating both sides of the border all weekend
>> long with bi-national friends from all over.
>>
>Celebrating on both sides of the border??
>
>Isn't there a law against that? ;)
>
He already admitted they're bi-national. They can't touch yer for it
these days.
John
"Bob Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> in 1217010 20050630 145323 Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com>
> wrote:
>>On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:27:20 GMT, the opaque Bob Martin
>><[email protected]> spake:
>>
>>>in 1216843 20050629 214347 "Jerry S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>>> Wreckers and Wreckees!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my American and Canadian
>>>>>> friends a great weekend. It is Canada Day July 1st and Independence
>>>>>> Day
>>>>>> July 4th. I will be celebrating both sides of the border all weekend
>>>>>> long with bi-national friends from all over.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Celebrating on both sides of the border??
>>>>>
>>>>> Isn't there a law against that? ;)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
>>>
>>>Who is "we"?
>>
>>The VAST majority of those reading this newsgroup. Other than the few
>>handfuls of Europeans, Aussies, and an occasional African (I'm from
>>Nairobi, Maam. Isn't everyone?), we're all (South/Latin/North)
>>Americans here, Bwana.
>
> Maybe the vast majority of *contributors* are American but how do you know
> that everyone in China isn't *reading* it? ;-)
Cuz the chinese government has strict controls on the internet. They
strictly limit access because the feel that any free exchange of ideas will
lead eventually to their downfall. Can you imagine the effects of unlimited
access to the Wreck would have on the politics and economics of the People's
Republic of China?
In article <[email protected]>,
Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe the vast majority of *contributors* are American but how do you know
> that everyone in China isn't *reading* it? ;-)
Because they're all too busy making our jointers, sneakers, toasters,
socks, mowers, computers, phones, vacuums, band saws, TVs, kiddie pools,
pooper scoopers, VCRs, fridgidators, watches, circular saws, pots &
pans, DVDs, "I Support Our Troops" car magnets, trousers, air-nailers,
t-shirts, drill chucks, whiffle balls, table lamps, blenders, hair
combs, garden hoses, lathes, kitchen knives, nail clippers, air
compressors, popcorn poppers, bicycles, military berets, scissors,
microwaves, drill presses, hedge trimmers, volley balls, printers, patio
tables, weed wackers, planers, freezers, sun glasses, and American flags
we'll be flying on this 4th of July to be reading a newsgroup on
woodworking.
--
Owen Lowe
The Fly-by-Night Copper Company
__________
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
Corporate States of America and to the
Republicans for which it stands, one nation,
under debt, easily divisible, with liberty
and justice for oil."
- Wiley Miller, Non Sequitur, 1/24/05
"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> "Robatoy" wrote
>> > In article <[email protected]>,
>> > "Jerry S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
>> >
>> > Wellll..no..... I'm a Dutch born Canadian of Swiss ancestry....if
>> > that's
>> > okay with you guys...
>> > .
>> But, do you have to wear the silly shoes?
>
> Okay, buddy, what's wrong with my shoes, huh? Is this a wood-related
> group or not, eh?
>
> And, to paraphrase another well-known statement:
>
> Shoes don't make people silly
> people make people silly.
Easy there big fella.
If you are gonna wear wood shoes to the wreck, you need to supply some
jpeg's and color commentary on how they are made.
International wood dorking etiquette, ya know.
And for the record, your silly credentials are impeccable.
;)
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:27:20 GMT, the opaque Bob Martin
<[email protected]> spake:
>in 1216843 20050629 214347 "Jerry S." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> Wreckers and Wreckees!!
>>>>
>>>> Just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my American and Canadian
>>>> friends a great weekend. It is Canada Day July 1st and Independence Day
>>>> July 4th. I will be celebrating both sides of the border all weekend
>>>> long with bi-national friends from all over.
>>>>
>>> Celebrating on both sides of the border??
>>>
>>> Isn't there a law against that? ;)
>>>
>>
>>Nope. After all, we're all Americans. :-P
>
>Who is "we"?
The VAST majority of those reading this newsgroup. Other than the few
handfuls of Europeans, Aussies, and an occasional African (I'm from
Nairobi, Maam. Isn't everyone?), we're all (South/Latin/North)
Americans here, Bwana.
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"Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Wreckers and Wreckees!!
>
> Just wanted to take a moment and wish all of my American and Canadian
> friends a great weekend. It is Canada Day July 1st and Independence Day
> July 4th. I will be celebrating both sides of the border all weekend
> long with bi-national friends from all over.
>
Celebrating on both sides of the border??
Isn't there a law against that? ;)