"Dee Dee" > wrote in message
...
>
> "graham" > wrote in message
> news:l4bUi.143970$Da.109071@pd7urf1no...
>>
>> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Sacha wrote:
>>>> On 25/10/07 13:55, in article
>>>> , "Mike..."
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>

>
>> I remember people running for the exit during the credits!
>> Graham
>
> What year was that, Graham?
> Dee Dee
When I was a child - during the 50s.
Graham

>> I have no idea what the numbers are up from, but my experience in Denmark
>> was that there just weren't many restaurants. The few that were there
>> were
>> busy, but apparently not enough that others were opening up to take the
>> overflow. One day were headed to visit some people and were way to early,
>> so we were going to stop somewhere for a snack. We went through a number
>> of small towns and there was nothing, no diners or coffee shops at all. I
>> live in a town of 15,000 that has at least 15 restaurants, a MacDonalds,
>> three Tim Hortons shops, and at least 10 other coffee shops.

>"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" > wrote
> I can't make a comparison with Canada, as I've only been there briefly
> by accident. There certainly seem to be plenty of restaurants in the UK-
> both in towns and cities. I live in central Manchester, so there are
> naturally a lot of restaurants here, but the scene is definitely
> booming, with many restaurants opening up in recent years, and all very
> busy. There's not the ethnic variety you'll get in big American cities,
> but still pretty diverse. Within 10 minutes walk from where I live,
> traditional english, gastro pubs, seafood, italian, chinese (fairly big
> chinatown, lots of different regional chinese cuisines), japanese,
> french, indian, thai, west african, spanish, portuguese, korean,
> malaysian, mexican, mongolian, carribean, lebanese, turkish, greek,
> armenian. These are ones I've been to- I may have missed out various
> other cuisines entirely. With the exception of chinatown, much of the
> centre of Manchester was pretty dead a decade ago in terms of dining. Of
> course, the numbers of diners going up reflects the number of people
> living in the centre going up...

If you are looking for diversity in dining you should come to Toronto. We
have been named the most culturally diverse city on the planet.

--
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Alex.C
There are twelve million sheep in Ontario.
Problem is nine million of them think they are people.

"Alex Cunningham" > wrote in message
...
>>> I have no idea what the numbers are up from, but my experience in
>>> Denmark
>>> was that there just weren't many restaurants. The few that were there
>>> were
>>> busy, but apparently not enough that others were opening up to take the
>>> overflow. One day were headed to visit some people and were way to
>>> early,
>>> so we were going to stop somewhere for a snack. We went through a
>>> number
>>> of small towns and there was nothing, no diners or coffee shops at all.
>>> I
>>> live in a town of 15,000 that has at least 15 restaurants, a MacDonalds,
>>> three Tim Hortons shops, and at least 10 other coffee shops.
>
>>"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" > wrote
>> I can't make a comparison with Canada, as I've only been there briefly
>> by accident. There certainly seem to be plenty of restaurants in the UK-
>> both in towns and cities. I live in central Manchester, so there are
>> naturally a lot of restaurants here, but the scene is definitely
>> booming, with many restaurants opening up in recent years, and all very
>> busy. There's not the ethnic variety you'll get in big American cities,
>> but still pretty diverse. Within 10 minutes walk from where I live,
>> traditional english, gastro pubs, seafood, italian, chinese (fairly big
>> chinatown, lots of different regional chinese cuisines), japanese,
>> french, indian, thai, west african, spanish, portuguese, korean,
>> malaysian, mexican, mongolian, carribean, lebanese, turkish, greek,
>> armenian. These are ones I've been to- I may have missed out various
>> other cuisines entirely. With the exception of chinatown, much of the
>> centre of Manchester was pretty dead a decade ago in terms of dining. Of
>> course, the numbers of diners going up reflects the number of people
>> living in the centre going up...
>
> If you are looking for diversity in dining you should come to Toronto. We
> have been named the most culturally diverse city on the planet.
>
> --
> Cheers!
> Alex.C


Wondering by whom have you been named that? Just curious because I've only
been to Toronto once and Quebec City once, but Montreal several times. But
that's been a few years ago now. Maybe 5.
Dee Dee

"blake murphy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:15:52 GMT,

> because cathy does not know who howard hughes was she is totally unfit
> to vote in u.s. elections. got ya.
>
> your pal,
> blake

It appears to me that more than half the voting public isn't fit to vote in
US elections. You could argue that the first time ignorance lost to hype
and maybe some vote fiddling, but TWO times? I feel sure Cathy could have
done better.

--
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graham wrote:
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Sacha wrote:
>>> On 25/10/07 13:55, in article
>>> , "Mike..."
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Following up to "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> How can we be sure that you aren't gnawing on those bones? :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Oi! Have you been spying on me???????????????/
>>>>
>>>> you did know about the "through the screen" webcams? Weve all got
>>>> them, if your going to post dressed like that you should go to
>>>> control panel|cameras and scanners|autocam| and tick "off".
>>>
>>> You joke but one of my grandmothers used to make the entire family
>>> stand for the National Anthem at the end of every night's wireless
>>> broadcasting. ;-)
>>
>> I can remember at the end of the evening in the cinema we all stood
>> for the nationa anthem
> I remember people running for the exit during the credits!

LOL yes, that too) But if you got caught..................................

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> Oh pshaw, on Thu 25 Oct 2007 04:58:13a, Ophelia meant to say...
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> Oh pshaw, on Thu 25 Oct 2007 04:18:04a, Ophelia meant to say...
>>>
>>>> Tim C. wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:44:58 +0100, Sacha
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> But I have never, in many years of
>>>>>> travelling the countries of Europe, seen *anyone* walk out of a
>>>>>> restaurant with a doggy bag.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
>>>>> but...
>>>>> If you take food home here, you don't get a bag. It's normally
>>>>> wrapped in metal foil and paper. It's not obvious but it happens
>>>>> and is quite normal in Austria and the parts of Germany I've lived
>>>>> in.
>>>>
>>>> I don't take food, but I do always take the bones for the dog. I
>>>> don't have any problem though with those that do take food. Each
>>>> to his/her own I say!
>>>
>>> How can we be sure that you aren't gnawing on those bones? :-)
>>
>> Oi! Have you been spying on me???????????????/
>>
>>
>
> Of course I have!

Phew! That's ok then

On 26/10/07 01:24, in article ,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

>
> "Janet B." > wrote
>
>> "Alex Cunningham" > wrote
>
>>> Just read an article in a Brit newspaper about a touring rugby team
>>> descending on a pub in the UK and they ate something close to 500Lbs. of
>>> grub at one sitting.
>
>>> I didn't know how to properly address your team sports people as I get
>>> confused between 'football' and 'football' but I was going to suggest that
>>> UK sports players didn't eat a 3 ounce portion of meat. ;o}
>
> Our football is visiting in England this weekend. Go Giants.
>
> Both teams will likely be wanting the giant steaks, I think. No doggy
> bags.
>
> nancy
>
>
And lots of carbohydrate, too, for staying power. Sportsmen do need vast
amounts of food. But most of us don't, we just don't use it.


--
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On 26/10/07 02:07, in article q5bUi.143974$Da.26107@pd7urf1no, "graham"
> wrote:

>
> "Sacha" > wrote in message
> . uk...
>>>>
>>>
>> I suppose I was. My mother was only just pregnant with me when she
>> watched
>> the liberating troops come ashore.
>> --
> You mean she was a little bit pregnant? {;-)
> Graham
>
>

;-))
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http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

Sacha wrote:
> On 26/10/07 02:07, in article q5bUi.143974$Da.26107@pd7urf1no, "graham"
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Sacha" > wrote in message
>> . uk...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>> I suppose I was. My mother was only just pregnant with me when she
>>> watched
>>> the liberating troops come ashore.
>>> --
>> You mean she was a little bit pregnant? {;-)

The other day, I read that birth control pills are 99% effective. That
means that on the average, all the women taking them are 1% pregnant.


--
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"Sacha" > wrote

> "Nancy Young" > wrote:

>> Our football is visiting in England this weekend. Go Giants.
>>
>> Both teams will likely be wanting the giant steaks, I think. No doggy
>> bags.

> And lots of carbohydrate, too, for staying power. Sportsmen do need vast
> amounts of food. But most of us don't, we just don't use it.

Film at 11.

nancy

Following up to Sacha > wrote:

> My mother was only just pregnant with me when she watched
>the liberating troops come ashore.

bet you werent the only one. My prarents were a bit slow 1948, but my
Dad had been badly wounded.
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Following up to Sacha > wrote:

>>> Which is where we come back to lobbying restaurants for manageable
>>> portions
>>> of food.
>>
>>
>> Sooo funny !! Now, that's going to happen!
>> Dee Dee
>>
>>
>Why is that funny? Why wouldn't that happen? That's what I'm interested to
>know. I am *not* being critical of another culture - I just want to know.

as obesity becomes more and more of an issue perhaps it will?
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Following up to "Janet B." > wrote:

>We do what we can to provide entertainment and cocktail conversation for
>genteel folks overseas that like to murmur in disapproval about the
>goings-on in the colonies.

thats what the colonies are for, isnt it? LOL


>But please continue, you may be able to instill
>some cultural values in us eventually.

Well, if you insist :-)
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Following up to "Dee Dee" > wrote:

>> There are twelve million sheep in Ontario.
>> Problem is nine million of them think they are people.
>Prime rib cut of sheep?

Umm, why not?
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Following up to Sacha > wrote:

>But I want to understand!!!! Why would you want to eat nearly 2lbs of meat
>in one sitting? What is 'good' or 'attractive' about that? What makes that
>something to feature on a menu?
>--
ive seen steak size mentioned on downmarket UK menus often enough, not
that size though!
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Following up to "Dee Dee" > wrote:

>You certainly wouldn't want to go to Vegas

certainly wouldnt, there must be 1000 places in US id visit first
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Following up to "Alex Cunningham" > wrote:

>Rugby is similar to American football in that the hands are used more than
>the feet to move the ball about the field. They also use a similar shaped
>ball. The rugby players however wear a minimum of padding whereas the
>Americans are like knights in medieval armour.


and you cant tackle off the ball
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Mike... > wrote:

> Following up to Sacha > wrote:
>
> >But I want to understand!!!! Why would you want to eat nearly 2lbs of meat
> >in one sitting? What is 'good' or 'attractive' about that? What makes that
> >something to feature on a menu?
> >--
> ive seen steak size mentioned on downmarket UK menus often enough, not
> that size though!

Is Gaucho Grill downmarket? They give steak sizes. Seems useful to me-
not everyone would necessarily want the same size...

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"He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably
is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"

Goomba38 wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
>
>>> You joke but one of my grandmothers used to make the entire family
>>> stand for the National Anthem at the end of every night's wireless
>>> broadcasting. ;-)
>>
>> I can remember at the end of the evening in the cinema we all stood
>> for the nationa anthem
>>
> In US military post theaters it is at the beginning of the show, not
> the end. Or it used to be? it's been a few years since I frequented a
> movie on post.

I thought you USians often stood to attention for the flag? Apart from
military I doubt if you could see anyone doing that here now.

Goomba38 wrote:
> Sacha wrote:
>
>> But I want to understand!!!! Why would you want to eat nearly 2lbs
>> of meat in one sitting? What is 'good' or 'attractive' about that? What
>> makes that something to feature on a menu?
>
> I doubt many *do* want to eat that much, at least at one sitting. But
> I think the short answer that restaurants and patrons love those big
> servings is because they CAN! Food is much cheaper here, and anything
> to excess is prized by some as a "better value" even if they didn't
> really want to eat it. It is often a gimmick to draw people in.

Which makes the 'doggy bags' more understandable.

"Alex Cunningham" > wrote in message
...
>


snip>>Janet B." > wrote:
I didn't know how to properly
>>address your team sports people as I get confused between 'football' and
>>'football' but I was going to suggest that UK sports players didn't eat a
>>3 ounce portion of meat. ;o}
>
> American football is known as, Gridiron in UK.
> British (and many other countries) version of football is known as soccer
> in N. America.
> Rugby is similar to American football in that the hands are used more than
> the feet to move the ball about the field. They also use a similar shaped
> ball. The rugby players however wear a minimum of padding whereas the
> Americans are like knights in medieval armour.
> And no! None of them would be happy with a 3oz. steak. ;-)
>
> --
> Cheers!
> Alex.C
Thank you for the sports explanation. ;o} I think I've got it!
Janet

"Mike..." > wrote in message
...
> Following up to "Janet B." > wrote:
>
>>We do what we can to provide entertainment and cocktail conversation for
>>genteel folks overseas that like to murmur in disapproval about the
>>goings-on in the colonies.
>
> thats what the colonies are for, isnt it? LOL
>
>
>>But please continue, you may be able to instill
>>some cultural values in us eventually.
>
> Well, if you insist :-)
> --
> Mike
snork!!! o.k., I'm ready. . .
Janet

On 26/10/07 11:28, in article ,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

>
> "Sacha" > wrote
>
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>>> Our football is visiting in England this weekend. Go Giants.
>>>
>>> Both teams will likely be wanting the giant steaks, I think. No doggy
>>> bags.
>
>> And lots of carbohydrate, too, for staying power. Sportsmen do need vast
>> amounts of food. But most of us don't, we just don't use it.
>
> Film at 11.
>
> nancy
>
>

Film what? At 11, I was in the Fishmongers! ;-)
--
Sacha

Following up to "Ophelia" > wrote:

>> In US military post theaters it is at the beginning of the show, not
>> the end. Or it used to be? it's been a few years since I frequented a
>> movie on post.
>
>I thought you USians often stood to attention for the flag? Apart from
>military I doubt if you could see anyone doing that here now.

or find a flag :-)
--
Mike
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On 26/10/07 12:38, in article , "Janet B."
> wrote:

>
> "Alex Cunningham" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>
>
> snip>>Janet B." > wrote:
> I didn't know how to properly
>>> address your team sports people as I get confused between 'football' and
>>> 'football' but I was going to suggest that UK sports players didn't eat a
>>> 3 ounce portion of meat. ;o}
>>
>> American football is known as, Gridiron in UK.
>> British (and many other countries) version of football is known as soccer
>> in N. America.
>> Rugby is similar to American football in that the hands are used more than
>> the feet to move the ball about the field. They also use a similar shaped
>> ball. The rugby players however wear a minimum of padding whereas the
>> Americans are like knights in medieval armour.
>> And no! None of them would be happy with a 3oz. steak. ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Cheers!
>> Alex.C
> Thank you for the sports explanation. ;o} I think I've got it!
> Janet
>
>

Ah. But he hasn't told you about Australian Rules Football.....
--
Sacha

On 26/10/07 11:59, in article ,
"Mike..." > wrote:

> Following up to "Alex Cunningham" > wrote:
>
>> Rugby is similar to American football in that the hands are used more than
>> the feet to move the ball about the field. They also use a similar shaped
>> ball. The rugby players however wear a minimum of padding whereas the
>> Americans are like knights in medieval armour.
>
>
> and you cant tackle off the ball

You can in soccer?


--
Sacha

Gregoire Kretz wrote:
> Janet B. > wrote:
>
>> We do what we can to provide entertainment and cocktail conversation
>> for genteel folks overseas that like to murmur in disapproval about
>> the goings-on in the colonies. But please continue, you may be able
>> to instill some cultural values in us eventually.
>
> Grief: concise wit and humour - it's so nice to have your stereotypes
> repudiated with elegance!

*applause*

On 26/10/07 11:56, in article ,
"Mike..." > wrote:

> Following up to Sacha > wrote:
>
>> But I want to understand!!!! Why would you want to eat nearly 2lbs of meat
>> in one sitting? What is 'good' or 'attractive' about that? What makes that
>> something to feature on a menu?
>> --
> ive seen steak size mentioned on downmarket UK menus often enough, not
> that size though!

Oh certainly we've probably all seen that. I have never, ever been anywhere
that had a 2lb steak on the menu. I don't even recall seeing that in USA.
Giusi is absolutely right about those huge bisteca alla fiorentina in parts
of Italy, though. I think that's a Porterhouse steak and those are around
2lbs.

--
Sacha

Following up to (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:

>> ive seen steak size mentioned on downmarket UK menus often enough, not
>> that size though!
>
>Is Gaucho Grill downmarket?

An upmarket exception, being a s american steak specialist

>They give steak sizes. Seems useful to me-

You only get it for steak except for seafood by weight. If its useful
why not for everything, or maybe we should do it in cups......

>not everyone would necessarily want the same size...

most places i eat dont have steaks on the menu or if they do i ignore
it! Gordon Ramsay did Kobi, i dont recollect if he mentioned the f'ing
size?
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Sacha > wrote:

> On 26/10/07 11:56, in article ,
> "Mike..." > wrote:
>
> > Following up to Sacha > wrote:
> >
> >> But I want to understand!!!! Why would you want to eat nearly 2lbs of
> >> meat in one sitting? What is 'good' or 'attractive' about that? What
> >> makes that something to feature on a menu?
> >> --
> > ive seen steak size mentioned on downmarket UK menus often enough, not
> > that size though!
>
> Oh certainly we've probably all seen that. I have never, ever been anywhere
> that had a 2lb steak on the menu. I don't even recall seeing that in USA.
> Giusi is absolutely right about those huge bisteca alla fiorentina in parts
> of Italy, though. I think that's a Porterhouse steak and those are around
> 2lbs.

I saw them a few weeks ago in a restaurant outside Dubrovnik. They were
massive- I'm glad I didn't order them!

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"He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably
is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"

On 26/10/07 11:51, in article ,
"Mike..." > wrote:

> Following up to Sacha > wrote:
>
>>>> Which is where we come back to lobbying restaurants for manageable
>>>> portions
>>>> of food.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sooo funny !! Now, that's going to happen!
>>> Dee Dee
>>>
>>>
>> Why is that funny? Why wouldn't that happen? That's what I'm interested to
>> know. I am *not* being critical of another culture - I just want to know.
>
> as obesity becomes more and more of an issue perhaps it will?

It's already an issue in both countries, which is another reason I'm curious
and the idea of huge portions of food becomes more obsolete, dare I say? Or
at least potentially dangerous. When we had some work done on this house,
our builder recommended a local pub to us on the grounds that the food
servings were so enormous they nearly fell off the large oval platters. We
avoided it like the plague!
--
Sacha

Following up to "Janet B." > wrote:

>>>But please continue, you may be able to instill
>>>some cultural values in us eventually.
>>
>> Well, if you insist :-)
>> --
>> Mike
>snork!!! o.k., I'm ready. . .

well lesson 1 will be wear your pants *inside* your trousering, thats
obviously where superman got confused!

We could do how to use a knife and fork..............ohhhh
controversial but on topic :-)
--
Mike
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Sacha > wrote:

> On 26/10/07 11:51, in article ,
> "Mike..." > wrote:
>
> > Following up to Sacha > wrote:
> >
> >>>> Which is where we come back to lobbying restaurants for manageable
> >>>> portions
> >>>> of food.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sooo funny !! Now, that's going to happen!
> >>> Dee Dee
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Why is that funny? Why wouldn't that happen? That's what I'm
> >> interested to know. I am *not* being critical of another culture - I
> >> just want to know.
> >
> > as obesity becomes more and more of an issue perhaps it will?
>
> It's already an issue in both countries, which is another reason I'm curious
> and the idea of huge portions of food becomes more obsolete, dare I say?

It's an issue in lots of countries now, if you consider childhood
obesity rates.

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"He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably
is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"

Mike... > wrote:

> Following up to (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> (*)) wrote:
>
> >> ive seen steak size mentioned on downmarket UK menus often enough, not
> >> that size though!
> >
> >Is Gaucho Grill downmarket?
>
> An upmarket exception, being a s american steak specialist
>
> >They give steak sizes. Seems useful to me-
>
> You only get it for steak except for seafood by weight. If its useful
> why not for everything, or maybe we should do it in cups......

<sigh>

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"He can't be as stupid as he looks, but nevertheless he probably
is quite a stupid man." Richard Dawkins on Pres. Bush"

On 26/10/07 11:32, in article ,
"Mike..." > wrote:

> Following up to Sacha > wrote:
>
>> My mother was only just pregnant with me when she watched
>> the liberating troops come ashore.
>
> bet you werent the only one. My prarents were a bit slow 1948, but my
> Dad had been badly wounded.

Mine were stuck in the CIs under Occupation. Grandpa, the Parish Rector,
had an illegal wireless set so that they could get English news and my
mother remembers the Germans knocking on the door one night for some reason
while the family was gathered round, listening to it. My uncle picked it
up and ran off with it, for some reason diving through the hatch from the
dining room to the kitchen and getting stuck in his panic. The family left
him there to flail around like an upturned beetle and rushed around to grab
the wireless and hide it!
When we went to the American and British and German cemeteries in Normandy,
close to the landing beaches, I could only wonder at the very youthful ages
of all those men and sometimes ask myself why the people don't ever rise up
and just say 'no'. I know it wasn't an option then with Hitler on the
rampage but now......? In UK at least I sometimes long to see a bit of
civil disobedience against some of the idiocies perpetrated in our name.
Perhaps I could man the dustcarts - to bring us back on topic for food. ;-)



--
Sacha

June Hughes wrote:
> In message >, Ophelia >
> writes
>> Dee Dee wrote:
>>>
>>> We're all different what we'll find acceptable on TV. I don't
>>> mind offensive words; but I can't stand watching someone being mean,
>>> whether by words or physical.
>>>
>>> BTW, if that is your beautiful home; it's a jewel -- but most of
>>> all, that dog -- gotta have it!
>>
>> What dog????????
>>
>> Show me the dog please!!!!
>>
>> *O who loves dogs*
>>
>>
> Would you like to have one, O? There's one going spare at the
> moment)))
>
> (not really, - I love her to bits really. She's been a pain tonight.
> I love her. I do. I do You have seen the pic of her with those
> lovely soulful eyes, O. Don't be fooled!

LOL

"Giusi" > wrote in message
...
> "blake murphy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:15:52 GMT,
>
>> because cathy does not know who howard hughes was she is totally unfit
>> to vote in u.s. elections. got ya.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> It appears to me that more than half the voting public isn't fit to vote
> in US elections. You could argue that the first time ignorance lost to
> hype and maybe some vote fiddling, but TWO times? I feel sure Cathy could
> have done better.


You have a problem with our grand and esteemed president, who said this? "I
know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." —Greater Nashua,
N.H., Jan. 27,2000

Help us. Please.

Following up to Sacha > wrote:

>When we went to the American and British and German cemeteries in Normandy,
>close to the landing beaches, I could only wonder at the very youthful ages
>of all those men and sometimes ask myself why the people don't ever rise up
>and just say 'no'. I know it wasn't an option then with Hitler on the
>rampage but now......?

the Germans were humiliated from round 1 and it brought out the worst
in them, Bush was humiliated by 11/9 and acted like the **** he is.
Blair should have known better. I wonder how many of the "freedom
fries" brigade (on topic) will actually learn anything? I doubt it.

Mind you, theres no reasoning with a bunch islamic loons who stone
women to death for having sex and wont even come down the pub to talk
about it. Nuke the lot of em, we paid enough for those missles :-)
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"Sacha" > wrote in message
. uk...
> On 26/10/07 12:38, in article , "Janet
> B."
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Alex Cunningham" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>
>>
>> snip>>Janet B." > wrote:
>> I didn't know how to properly
>>>> address your team sports people as I get confused between 'football'
>>>> and
>>>> 'football' but I was going to suggest that UK sports players didn't eat
>>>> a
>>>> 3 ounce portion of meat. ;o}
>>>
>>> American football is known as, Gridiron in UK.
>>> British (and many other countries) version of football is known as
>>> soccer
>>> in N. America.
>>> Rugby is similar to American football in that the hands are used more
>>> than
>>> the feet to move the ball about the field. They also use a similar
>>> shaped
>>> ball. The rugby players however wear a minimum of padding whereas the
>>> Americans are like knights in medieval armour.
>>> And no! None of them would be happy with a 3oz. steak. ;-)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers!
>>> Alex.C
>> Thank you for the sports explanation. ;o} I think I've got it!
>> Janet
>>
>>
>
> Ah. But he hasn't told you about Australian Rules Football.....
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> Sacha
Sigh. . .you mean there's more 'football?' wink;o} I do enjoy watching all
those lovely, sweaty bodies flying through the air -- much better than US
football where everyone is padded like medieval knights.
Janet

Following up to (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:

>> It's already an issue in both countries, which is another reason I'm curious
>> and the idea of huge portions of food becomes more obsolete, dare I say?
>
>It's an issue in lots of countries now, if you consider childhood
>obesity rates.

"the west"
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