From: unsettled on
Eeyore wrote:

>
> lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
>
>>"Jamie" <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote in message
>>
>>>Eeyore wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Why would anyone spend that much on a watch ? I can't figure it. Aside
>>>>from bragging rights of course !
>>>>
>>>
>>> you can't figure it out? why does that
>>>not surprise me?
>>
>>Because not everybody in the world allows the cost of their possessions to
>>define them as human beings?
>
>
> A film and sound editor acquaintance of mine who's worked in the USA said he
> couldn't live

> there

Q.E.D.

> long-term in part because he found the use of wealth to
> define yourself to be offensive.
From: unsettled on
Eeyore wrote:

>
> unsettled wrote:
>
>
>>JoeBloe wrote:
>>
>>>Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us:
>>>
>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Have you already forgotten the reason for the Arab Embargo ?
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes. I don't remember all the details.
>>>>
>>>>It was because of western backing of Israel. Sound familiar ? Truth is that
>>>>Israel is the number one messmaker in the region.
>>>
>>>
>>> You're a goddamned idiot!
>>
>>They've been arguing all sorts of nonsense about this.
>
>
> You're 'argument' appears to be that facts are nonsense. An interesting tack to
> take.
>
> Perhaps you'd like to enlighten us what you believe the reason for the 1973 Oil
> Embargo was ?

Asked and answered.

From: T Wake on

"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 4 Nov 2006 21:50:15 -0000, "T Wake"
> <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:454CE150.15BE0556(a)hotmail.com...
>
>>> Semantics.
>>
>>Personally I would have said it is more than semantics. Not all Arabs are
>>Islamic. Not all Moslems are Arabs. Assuming the two are identical is
>>incorrect.
>>
>>Wouldn't it be better to describe Islam as a subset?
>
> ---
> What would be better is if you could draw a Venn diagram of what you
> consider the situation to be and post it to abse. Can you do that?

No. However if any of the others wish to do so it would be interesting.


From: T Wake on

<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <454C9D0A.9B05DB67(a)hotmail.com>,
> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> >Have you already forgotten the reason for the Arab Embargo ?
>>> >>
>>> >> Yes. I don't remember all the details.
>>> >
>>> >It was because of western backing of Israel. Sound familiar ? Truth is
> that
>>> >Israel is the number one messmaker in the region.
>>>
>>> Which action?
>>
>>Action ? I didn't say action, I said *backing* ! Read what I wrote again.
>
> So you imagine that the Arabs put a bunch dates in a hat, picked
> one and said this the date we start our embargo? These people
> are not stupid.

Please read the bits above and can you point out to me how your post here
means anything relevant?

Even your reply supports the assertion that the embargo was due to western
support of Isreal.

>>
>>> WAs this the time when fUSSR almost gained control
>>> of whole air space over the Suez Canal?
>>
>>What *ARE* you talking about now ?????? !!!!!!! I think you've got some
> wires
>>crossed.
>
> I'm talking about events that actually happened. In some social
> circles, this is called history. You apparently are missing
> some knowledge of what has happened in the recent past.

Really, this is not an avenue you want to go down.


From: T Wake on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> unsettled wrote:
>
>> lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:
>> > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >> Unsettled wrote
>> >
>> >>>I never was able to find buttermilk in any shop or
>> >>>"supermarket."
>> >>
>> >>Probably because there's little demand for it.
>> >
>> > It's one of those regional cuisine things.
>>
>> It is a beverage many people like to drink.
>
> Not here.
>
> T Wake posted that his local Tesco has it btw.

Not exactly a local one, but one of the ones within a reasonable travel
time. Sadly, I really do live out in the wilds....

:-)