On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:51:36 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:
>
>...so where's YOUR mug shot?
>

It will be there when Hell freezes over.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:03:20 -0700, sf > wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:53:00 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Um... the size of the plate that chap is eating from.... is that
>>>typical??
>>
>>Remember where they were eating.
>
> We were eating at an Ethiopian restaurant...it was a communal dining
> platter.

Phew I am very pleased to hear that)
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:10:26 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:03:20 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:53:00 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Um... the size of the plate that chap is eating from.... is that
>>>>typical??
>>>
>>>Remember where they were eating.
>>
>> We were eating at an Ethiopian restaurant...it was a communal dining
>> platter.
>
>Phew I am very pleased to hear that)
>--
I ate at a Mexican restaurant a few days ago that served food on
dishes that seemed as big as a bicycle tire. Real estate in SF is
expensive, so we haven't seen plates that size in years. I'd
forgotten they existed.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:10:26 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:03:20 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:53:00 +0100, "Ophelia" >
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Um... the size of the plate that chap is eating from.... is that
>>>>>typical??
>>>>
>>>>Remember where they were eating.
>>>
>>> We were eating at an Ethiopian restaurant...it was a communal dining
>>> platter.
>>
>>Phew I am very pleased to hear that)
>>--
> I ate at a Mexican restaurant a few days ago that served food on
> dishes that seemed as big as a bicycle tire. Real estate in SF is
> expensive, so we haven't seen plates that size in years. I'd
> forgotten they existed.

Huge servings of 'anything' put me off and I can't eat
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On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:22:33 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>
>> the republic of south africa has always been a little, um, different.
>
> That may well be, but so has the USA been a little, um, different.
> Citizens of the USA claim to speak "English" but they spell certain words
> differently; FFS it's "aluminium" not "aluminum".
>
> Of course the fact that many citizens in the USA also think that
> civilization stops at the USA's borders and therefore have never bothered
> to apply for a passport goes quite a way towards explaining that attitude.

i didn't mean it as a knock, c.c.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:22:33 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>> the republic of south africa has always been a little, um,
>>> different.
>>
>> That may well be, but so has the USA been a little, um, different.
>> Citizens of the USA claim to speak "English" but they spell certain
>> words differently; FFS it's "aluminium" not "aluminum".
>>
>> Of course the fact that many citizens in the USA also think that
>> civilization stops at the USA's borders and therefore have never
>> bothered to apply for a passport goes quite a way towards explaining
>> that attitude.
>
> i didn't mean it as a knock, c.c.

Well, in that case... next time you feel the urge to wander below the
Tropic of Capricorn and visit sunny South Africa just give me 24 hours
notice - and your flight number - and I'll pick you up at the airport.
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"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> You made cybercat into cheese straws?

I'm tellin'

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On 2010-09-21, Sqwertz > wrote:
> You made cybercat into cheese straws?

Sounds like a step up.

nb

"notbob" > wrote in message
...
> On 2010-09-21, Sqwertz > wrote:
>> You made cybercat into cheese straws?
>
> Sounds like a step up.

Ugh!
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On Sep 20, 12:22*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
> > the republic of south africa has always been a little, um, different.
>
> That may well be, but so has the USA been a little, um, different.
> Citizens of the USA claim to speak "English" but they spell certain words
> differently; FFS it's "aluminium" not "aluminum".
>
> Of course the fact that many citizens in the USA also think that
> civilization stops at the USA's borders and therefore have never bothered
> to apply for a passport goes quite a way towards explaining that attitude..
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

In North America, it's aluminum.

N.

On Sep 20, 12:22*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
> > the republic of south africa has always been a little, um, different.
>
> That may well be, but so has the USA been a little, um, different.
> Citizens of the USA claim to speak "English" but they spell certain words
> differently; FFS it's "aluminium" not "aluminum".
>
> Of course the fact that many citizens in the USA also think that
> civilization stops at the USA's borders and therefore have never bothered
> to apply for a passport goes quite a way towards explaining that attitude..
>
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

It's very expensive for some people to travel outside the US - it's
not exactly the small size of many European countries or even the
British Isles. It's not realistic to expect USA citizens to apply for
a passport, just for the sake of having one. It's not like someone on
one coast can just hop,skip and jump over to the other coast to depart
for foreign parts on a whim. If I lived in England and could chunnel
to France, and then take a train to Switzerland, Italy, Spain or other
parts - not at all the same as traveling from the US to a European
jumping-off point. If you know what I mean. I envy Europeans because
other cultures are so (relatively) close. Whereas, here, they are
not.

N.

Nancy2 wrote:

>
> It's very expensive for some people to travel outside the US - it's
> not exactly the small size of many European countries or even the
> British Isles. It's not realistic to expect USA citizens to apply for
> a passport, just for the sake of having one. It's not like someone on
> one coast can just hop,skip and jump over to the other coast to depart
> for foreign parts on a whim. If I lived in England and could chunnel
> to France, and then take a train to Switzerland, Italy, Spain or other
> parts - not at all the same as traveling from the US to a European
> jumping-off point. If you know what I mean. I envy Europeans because
> other cultures are so (relatively) close. Whereas, here, they are
> not.

Places like the USA or Europe are not exactly "close by" to South Africa
either and yes, it's rather expensive to travel "overseas". Yet I have
a passport and know how to use it.

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:37:17 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
> wrote:

>On Sep 20, 12:22*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>> > the republic of south africa has always been a little, um, different.
>>
>> That may well be, but so has the USA been a little, um, different.
>> Citizens of the USA claim to speak "English" but they spell certain words
>> differently; FFS it's "aluminium" not "aluminum".
>>
>> Of course the fact that many citizens in the USA also think that
>> civilization stops at the USA's borders and therefore have never bothered
>> to apply for a passport goes quite a way towards explaining that attitude.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Chatty Cathy
>
>It's very expensive for some people to travel outside the US - it's
>not exactly the small size of many European countries or even the
>British Isles. It's not realistic to expect USA citizens to apply for
>a passport, just for the sake of having one. It's not like someone on
>one coast can just hop,skip and jump over to the other coast to depart
>for foreign parts on a whim. If I lived in England and could chunnel
>to France, and then take a train to Switzerland, Italy, Spain or other
>parts - not at all the same as traveling from the US to a European
>jumping-off point. If you know what I mean. I envy Europeans because
>other cultures are so (relatively) close. Whereas, here, they are
>not.

The US is more multicultural than all of Europe combined... in fact
Brooklyn is more multicultural than all of Europe. I had a passport
all my adult life but two years ago decided not to renew, I have no
desire to visit a bunch of flag wavers.

Nancy2 > wrote in news:ede60c45-1030-4b17-b2da-
:


>
> It's very expensive for some people to travel outside the US - it's
> not exactly the small size of many European countries or even the
> British Isles. It's not realistic to expect USA citizens to apply for
> a passport, just for the sake of having one.


Strange. I carry my passport with me wherever I go, and have done so since
the mid 80's. You just never know when one might get the urge to jump on a
plane and take off somewhere :-)



> It's not like someone on
> one coast can just hop,skip and jump over to the other coast to depart
> for foreign parts on a whim. If I lived in England and could chunnel
> to France, and then take a train to Switzerland, Italy, Spain or other
> parts -


Visiting most of those countries doesn't require a passport (if you're a
Pom), although they do recommend that you carry one..... passport, that is.

Living on an Island (Australia) most Aussies have passports.


> not at all the same as traveling from the US to a European
> jumping-off point. If you know what I mean. I envy Europeans because
> other cultures are so (relatively) close. Whereas, here, they are
> not



You have Mexico, and South America........ Oh!! And not to forget Canadia!!


--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

The act of feeding someone is an act of beauty,
whether it's a full Sunday roast or a jam sandwich,
but only when done with love.

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>
>
>> the republic of south africa has always been a little, um, different.
>
> That may well be, but so has the USA been a little, um, different.
> Citizens of the USA claim to speak "English" but they spell certain words
> differently; FFS it's "aluminium" not "aluminum".

It was originally named "alumium" by Davys, then he later changed it to
aluminum. That's the spelling and pronounciation that became established in
the US and Canada. Still later, the British changed it again to aluminium to
make it more conforming to other names of metals.




Brian
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In article
>,
Nancy2 > wrote:

> On Sep 20, 12:22*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
> > > the republic of south africa has always been a little, um, different.

> > Of course the fact that many citizens in the USA also think that
> > civilization stops at the USA's borders and therefore have never bothered
> > to apply for a passport goes quite a way towards explaining that attitude.

> It's very expensive for some people to travel outside the US - it's
> not exactly the small size of many European countries or even the
> British Isles. It's not realistic to expect USA citizens to apply for
> a passport, just for the sake of having one.

I've never had a passport, and I'm 60. This may change, and for a lot
of people in the US. Until recently, I could (and did) travel to Mexico
and Canada freely without a passport. The US itself is very large,
especially if you throw in Alaska and Hawaii. Canada is also very
large. Mexico isn't a small country.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Default User wrote:

> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>
>>> the republic of south africa has always been a little, um,
>>> different.
>>
>> That may well be, but so has the USA been a little, um, different.
>> Citizens of the USA claim to speak "English" but they spell certain
>> words differently; FFS it's "aluminium" not "aluminum".
>
> It was originally named "alumium" by Davys, then he later changed it
> to aluminum. That's the spelling and pronounciation that became
> established in the US and Canada. Still later, the British changed it
> again to aluminium to make it more conforming to other names of
> metals.

Well, if the "British" you speak of founded the International Union of
Pure and Applied Chemistry (nowadays known as IUPAC), I guess you'd be
correct.

However, if you think the aluminum spelling/pronunciation is more
logical, maybe all the countries on this fine planet should switch to
spelling sodium as "sodinum" and potassium as "potassinum" and
magnesium as "magnesinum"? Might make it a lot more, shall we say,
conforming - wouldn't you agree?

--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

In article >,
ChattyCathy > wrote:


> However, if you think the aluminum spelling/pronunciation is more
> logical, maybe all the countries on this fine planet should switch to
> spelling sodium as "sodinum" and potassium as "potassinum" and
> magnesium as "magnesinum"? Might make it a lot more, shall we say,
> conforming - wouldn't you agree?

Are you *really* discussing English here? When has English ever been
very consistent?

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On Sep 21, 5:40*pm, Janet > wrote:
> In article <ede60c45-1030-4b17-b2da-
> >,
> says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sep 20, 12:22*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> > > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
> > > > the republic of south africa has always been a little, um, different.

On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:46:20 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>Huge servings of 'anything' put me off and I can't eat

It was an ordinary serving, just more spread out than usual.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:46:20 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
>>Huge servings of 'anything' put me off and I can't eat
>
> It was an ordinary serving, just more spread out than usual.

Ok
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Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>
>> However, if you think the aluminum spelling/pronunciation is more
>> logical, maybe all the countries on this fine planet should switch to
>> spelling sodium as "sodinum" and potassium as "potassinum" and
>> magnesium as "magnesinum"? Might make it a lot more, shall we say,
>> conforming - wouldn't you agree?
>
> Are you *really* discussing English here?

No. I'm discussing British English vs American English.

> When has English ever been very consistent?
>
I'm not denying that English is a difficult language to learn to spell
(and often pronounce) if it's not one's "home language" However, the
fact that words such as "neighbour" and "labour" are spelled
as "neighbor" and "labor" in American English doesn't improve matters
much, IMO. I enjoy eating doughnuts and a lot of Americans enjoy eating
doughnuts too - but some Americans prefer eating "donuts". Surely it
wouldn't do any harm to standardise/standardize the spelling of the
aforementioned words?
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

"Ophelia" wrote:
>"notbob" wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> You made cybercat into cheese straws?
>>
>> Sounds like a step up.
>
>Ugh!

O'Failure is a Cheeseball, most times she's a Cheese Doodle. <G>

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>"notbob" wrote:
>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> You made cybercat into cheese straws?
>>>
>>> Sounds like a step up.
>>
>>Ugh!
>
> O'Failure is a Cheeseball, most times she's a Cheese Doodle. <G>

Well I don't know what that is so you might have to explain

Are you being goofy again, Sheldumb?

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On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:33:34 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>Dan Abel wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> However, if you think the aluminum spelling/pronunciation is more
>>> logical, maybe all the countries on this fine planet should switch to
>>> spelling sodium as "sodinum" and potassium as "potassinum" and
>>> magnesium as "magnesinum"? Might make it a lot more, shall we say,
>>> conforming - wouldn't you agree?
>>
>> Are you *really* discussing English here?
>
>No. I'm discussing British English vs American English.
>
>> When has English ever been very consistent?
>>
>I'm not denying that English is a difficult language to learn to spell
>(and often pronounce) if it's not one's "home language" However, the
>fact that words such as "neighbour" and "labour" are spelled
>as "neighbor" and "labor" in American English doesn't improve matters
>much, IMO. I enjoy eating doughnuts and a lot of Americans enjoy eating
>doughnuts too - but some Americans prefer eating "donuts". Surely it
>wouldn't do any harm to standardise/standardize the spelling of the
>aforementioned words?


All languages are idiomatic/dialectical, even computer language... one
would never think Australians speak English, even Londoners.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idiomatic

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dialect

"Ophelia" wrote:
>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>"notbob" wrote:
>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>> You made cybercat into cheese straws?
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like a step up.
>>>
>>>Ugh!
>>
>> O'Failure is a Cheeseball, most times she's a Cheese Doodle. <G>
>
>Well I don't know what that is so you might have to explain

O'Failure is obviously in Cheese Doodle mode... dippy!

Ahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>"notbob" wrote:
>>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>> You made cybercat into cheese straws?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like a step up.
>>>>
>>>>Ugh!
>>>
>>> O'Failure is a Cheeseball, most times she's a Cheese Doodle. <G>
>>
>>Well I don't know what that is so you might have to explain
>
> O'Failure is obviously in Cheese Doodle mode... dippy!
>
> Ahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

Well I don't like to say so.. but you are sounding quite mad...

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"Ophelia" > wrote
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Huge servings of 'anything' put me off and I can't eat
>>
>> It was an ordinary serving, just more spread out than usual.
>
> Ok

EXCEPT IN A RESTAURANT, DO NOT SERVE MY PLATE. I hate being handed a huge
portion of anything, particularly something I don't like, and being expected
to eat it with comments like, "Well, I never heard of anyone who didn't like
green bean okra gorgonzola salad." "Now, don't waste this." (I'm not, I'm
just going to chuck it the first time no one is looking.) I'm surely not
going to overeat so the food doesn't go into the leftover cycle. Or at the
end, turn it in and say, "I'm allergic to *****, or I could never eat a
portion that large." Sometimes they get the message, and sometimes not.

I like to choose what I eat, and how much I serve myself, as I best know how
much I can eat, and what I like. Sometimes I can catch it ahead of time,
and just say no, or "Could I have about 1/10 that much?

This isn't your Mother's Army. Just because someone slams it on my platter,
I DO NOT have to eat it.

Steve

In article >,
ChattyCathy > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > ChattyCathy > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> However, if you think the aluminum spelling/pronunciation is more
> >> logical, maybe all the countries on this fine planet should switch to
> >> spelling sodium as "sodinum" and potassium as "potassinum" and
> >> magnesium as "magnesinum"? Might make it a lot more, shall we say,
> >> conforming - wouldn't you agree?
> >
> > Are you *really* discussing English here?
>
> No. I'm discussing British English vs American English.
>
> > When has English ever been very consistent?
> >
> I'm not denying that English is a difficult language to learn to spell
> (and often pronounce) if it's not one's "home language" However, the
> fact that words such as "neighbour" and "labour" are spelled
> as "neighbor" and "labor" in American English doesn't improve matters
> much, IMO. I enjoy eating doughnuts and a lot of Americans enjoy eating
> doughnuts too - but some Americans prefer eating "donuts". Surely it
> wouldn't do any harm to standardise/standardize the spelling of the
> aforementioned words?

Then there's Australian. Gotta have a dictionary for that!

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

"Ophelia" wrote:
>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>>>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>>"notbob" wrote:
>>>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>>> You made cybercat into cheese straws?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like a step up.
>>>>>
>>>>>Ugh!
>>>>
>>>> O'Failure is a Cheeseball, most times she's a Cheese Doodle. <G>
>>>
>>>Well I don't know what that is so you might have to explain
>>
>> O'Failure is obviously in Cheese Doodle mode... dippy!
>>
>> Ahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .
>
>Well I don't like to say so.. but you are sounding quite mad...

Yes, Nurse Rat Shit! LOL

Dan wrote on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:33:19 -0700:

>> Dan Abel wrote:
>>
> >> In article >,
> >> ChattyCathy > wrote:
> >>
> >>> However, if you think the aluminum spelling/pronunciation
> >>> is more logical, maybe all the countries on this fine
> >>> planet should switch to spelling sodium as "sodinum" and
> >>> potassium as "potassinum" and magnesium as "magnesinum"?
> >>> Might make it a lot more, shall we say, conforming -
> >>> wouldn't you agree?
> >>
> >> Are you *really* discussing English here?
>>
>> No. I'm discussing British English vs American English.
>>
> >> When has English ever been very consistent?
> >>
>> I'm not denying that English is a difficult language to learn
>> to spell (and often pronounce) if it's not one's "home
>> language" However, the fact that words such as "neighbour"
>> and "labour" are spelled as "neighbor" and "labor" in
>> American English doesn't improve matters much, IMO. I enjoy
>> eating doughnuts and a lot of Americans enjoy
>> eating doughnuts too - but some Americans prefer eating
>> "donuts". Surely it wouldn't do any harm to
>> standardise/standardize the spelling of the aforementioned
>> words?

> Then there's Australian. Gotta have a dictionary for that!

See if you can find:
Let's Stalk Strine and Nose Tone Unturned by Afferbeck Lauder and Al
Terego (1989)

Funny, if sometimes a little unlikely!

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Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

Steve B wrote:

>
> EXCEPT IN A RESTAURANT, DO NOT SERVE MY PLATE.

<snipped to save bandwidth>

I thought you'd flounced out of this group in August 2010 (or
thereabouts)?

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy

On Sep 21, 4:00*pm, Aussie >
wrote:
> Nancy2 > wrote in news:ede60c45-1030-4b17-b2da-
> :
>
>
>
> > It's very expensive for some people to travel outside the US - it's
> > not exactly the small size of many European countries or even the
> > British Isles. *It's not realistic to expect USA citizens to apply for
> > a passport, just for the sake of having one. *
>
> Strange. I carry my passport with me wherever I go, and have done so since
> the mid 80's. You just never know when one might get the urge to jump on a
> plane and take off somewhere :-)
>
> > It's not like someone on
> > one coast can just hop,skip and jump over to the other coast to depart
> > for foreign parts on a whim. *If I lived in England and could chunnel
> > to France, and then take a train to Switzerland, Italy, Spain or other
> > parts -
>
> Visiting most of those countries doesn't require a passport (if you're a
> Pom), although they do recommend that you carry one..... passport, that is.
>
> Living on an Island (Australia) most Aussies have passports.
>
> > not at all the same as traveling from the US to a European
> > jumping-off point. *If you know what I mean. *I envy Europeans because
> > other cultures are so (relatively) close. *Whereas, here, they are
> > not
>
> You have Mexico, and South America........ Oh!! And not to forget Canadia!!
>
> --
> Peter Lucas * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> Hobart
> Tasmania
>

I'm mid-country - nothing foreign is "close."

As for passports, they are an expense to get and keep up - for a lot
of us, for no reason at all, other than some cache that might be
attached to having one....a driver's license works just as well for
identification. I had a passport when I was married and we traveled
regularly; but there's no point for me to have one now, just to have
one. Most people don't just decide on a whim to suddenly take a
foreign trip, at least people I know and know of.

N.

On Sep 21, 5:40*pm, Janet > wrote:
> In article <ede60c45-1030-4b17-b2da-
> >,
> says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sep 20, 12:22*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> > > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
> > > > the republic of south africa has always been a little, um, different.

On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:51:23 +0100, Ophelia wrote:

> "Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
> ...
>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>>>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>>"notbob" wrote:
>>>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>>> You made cybercat into cheese straws?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sounds like a step up.
>>>>>
>>>>>Ugh!
>>>>
>>>> O'Failure is a Cheeseball, most times she's a Cheese Doodle. <G>
>>>
>>>Well I don't know what that is so you might have to explain
>>
>> O'Failure is obviously in Cheese Doodle mode... dippy!
>>
>> Ahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .
>
> Well I don't like to say so.. but you are sounding quite mad...
>
> --


have you noticed that sheldon has to laugh at his own jokes because no one
else does?

your pal,
blake

On Sep 21, 5:40*pm, Janet > wrote:
> In article <ede60c45-1030-4b17-b2da-
> >,
> says...
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> > On Sep 20, 12:22*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> > > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
> > > > the republic of south africa has always been a little, um, different.

On 9/21/2010 6:57 PM, ChattyCathy wrote:
> Default User wrote:
>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> the republic of south africa has always been a little, um,
>>>> different.
>>>
>>> That may well be, but so has the USA been a little, um, different.
>>> Citizens of the USA claim to speak "English" but they spell certain
>>> words differently; FFS it's "aluminium" not "aluminum".
>>
>> It was originally named "alumium" by Davys, then he later changed it
>> to aluminum. That's the spelling and pronounciation that became
>> established in the US and Canada. Still later, the British changed it
>> again to aluminium to make it more conforming to other names of
>> metals.
>
> Well, if the "British" you speak of founded the International Union of
> Pure and Applied Chemistry (nowadays known as IUPAC), I guess you'd be
> correct.
>
> However, if you think the aluminum spelling/pronunciation is more
> logical, maybe all the countries on this fine planet should switch to
> spelling sodium as "sodinum" and potassium as "potassinum" and
> magnesium as "magnesinum"? Might make it a lot more, shall we say,
> conforming - wouldn't you agree?

Perhaps you should call yourself chattium cathium. It's a bloody NAME
for God's sake. Why does it have to "conform" to some "standard"?

On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:40:32 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
.. .
>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>>>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>>>>>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>>>>"notbob" wrote:
>>>>>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>>>>> You made cybercat into cheese straws?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sounds like a step up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Ugh!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> O'Failure is a Cheeseball, most times she's a Cheese Doodle. <G>
>>>>>
>>>>>Well I don't know what that is so you might have to explain
>>>>
>>>> O'Failure is obviously in Cheese Doodle mode... dippy!
>>>>
>>>> Ahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .
>>>
>>>Well I don't like to say so.. but you are sounding quite mad...
>>
>> Yes, Nurse Rat Shit! LOL
>
>LOL you are such a joke, Sheldumb))))) Sheldumbdumbdumb <grin>

I've been trying to decide who is more witless, you or the mick... I
think it's a tie.

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:40:32 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
. ..
>>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>>>>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>>>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>>>>>>> "Ophelia" wrote:
>>>>>>>>"notbob" wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> You made cybercat into cheese straws?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sounds like a step up.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Ugh!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> O'Failure is a Cheeseball, most times she's a Cheese Doodle. <G>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Well I don't know what that is so you might have to explain
>>>>>
>>>>> O'Failure is obviously in Cheese Doodle mode... dippy!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ahahahahahahahahahaha. . . .
>>>>
>>>>Well I don't like to say so.. but you are sounding quite mad...
>>>
>>> Yes, Nurse Rat Shit! LOL
>>
>>LOL you are such a joke, Sheldumb))))) Sheldumbdumbdumb <grin>
>
> I've been trying to decide who is more witless, you or the mick... I
> think it's a tie.

Roflmaooooooooooooooo Sheldumb dumba dumb dumba dumb dumb dumb.....LOLOL


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J. Clarke wrote:

> On 9/20/2010 1:22 PM, ChattyCathy wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:18:42 -0400, blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>
>>> the republic of south africa has always been a little, um,
>>> different.
>>
>> That may well be, but so has the USA been a little, um, different.
>> Citizens of the USA claim to speak "English" but they spell certain
>> words differently; FFS it's "aluminium" not "aluminum".
>
> Standing outside the theater after "District 9" listening to the
> viewers attempt to place Wikus' accent was a riot.

Ah, "District 9"... BTW, are you any relation to the "Julian Clarke" who
edited that piece of crap, um, I mean SF masterpiece?

>
>> Of course the fact that many citizens in the USA also think that
>> civilization stops at the USA's borders and therefore have never
>> bothered to apply for a passport goes quite a way towards explaining
>> that attitude.
>
> Uh, why does a lack of desire to spend 110 dollars on a piece of paper
> that is likely to expire before one uses it indicative of a belief
> that "civilization stops at the USA's borders"?


110 *US* dollars?

Heh. The cost of getting a passport in South Africa is the equivalent of
USD27.00 - and it's valid for 10 years from date of issue. So I'd say
you're either getting ripped off or exaggerating somewhat.


> Remember that until recently no passport was needed for Canada or
> Mexico,

Might be applicable if I lived in the USA, but I don't.

> and anywhere else one goes, if one is going to get discounted
> fares one must book far enough in advance that there's plenty of time
> to get a passport.

If you say so.

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