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From: T Wake on 6 Nov 2006 08:38 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:einaoh$8qk_003(a)s943.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <454DEB98.2DABA809(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >Popular restaurants here include Chinese, Indian, Italian, Spanish, >>> >Greek, >>> >Turkish, Thai, Japanese, French, Moroccan etc etc ..... There's even > Swedish >>> >foodavailable ( at Ikea ! ) and you can find Swiss cooking !!! of all > things >>> at >>> >the Swiss Cente in London. More 'exotic' eating out ( rather fewer > restaurants >>> ) >>> >include Russian and Hungarian. >>> >>> What?! No Mexican food? >> >>I dare say you can find it but I'm not very keen on especially hot food so >>I >>woundn't bother myself. > > Oh, you can cook so it's not hot; I'm a wimp myself. >> >>Also bear in mind that the food available will tend to reflect the >>immigrant >>population and I'm not aware of many Mexicans here ! >> >>Much Spanish food is similar of course. > > I don't think it is similar. It is. <snip>
From: jmfbahciv on 6 Nov 2006 08:34 In article <K-2dnSWd9aemrdLYnZ2dnUVZ8qadnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:ein79g$8qk_003(a)s943.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <454C9CAE.AC9911AC(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: >>>> >>>> >> Would it have been OK with you if the US stopped containing Saddam >>>> >> and >>>> >> his excursions north and south? >>>> > >>>> >What excursions ? There weren't any after Gulf War I. >>>> >>>> Exactly. Everytime Saddam tried, the UK and US bombed him. >>> >>>I don't recall any excursions. >> >> Perhaps you need to learn more recent history. > >Feel free to remind people how many times post GW1 the Iraqi military >carried out an excursion? I don't have a count. Everytime one of the US/UK planes had to blow something up was an excusion. > >Oddly, moving troops around _within_ national borders is not considered an >excursion. Perhaps you should read what Saddam couldn't do because he lost the war. > >>> >>>> Or have you forgotten all that? It was the UK and US spending >>>> money to keep him and his expansionism contained. >>> >>>Expansionism ? What expansionism ? After we ( and the other allies ) >>>kicked >> his >>>troops back out of Kuwait he wasn't doing any expansion. >> >> The UK and US were spending tons of money to keep him in his cage. >> They were not reimbursed for that. Europe and the rest of the UN >> were perfectly willing to let these two countries tie up their >> military resources and monies babysitting Saddam. Saddam did >> not learn his lesson about not attacking his Arab neighbors. > >Interesting lesson but I am not sure it was "taught." > >Saddam was funded heavily to attack his Persian neighbours and when the >funding dried out he attacked one Arab nation. > >After GW1, what neighbours did Saddam attack? > >Equally interesting, since Saddam was removed from power it seems the "Arab >Neighbours" who needed protecting are actually the attackers. > >Isn't the world an amazing place. It certainly is. Life is never a dull moment. > >>>> >I'll also point out to you that it wan't just the *USA* involved in >>>> >that >> one >>>> - >>>> >nor even Gulf War II. >>>> >>>> I know that. >>> >>>So why did you say the USA then ? >> >> I'm currently reading about it. They were the first to say >> they would help when asked and backed it up with action. > >Really? I suspect your books may be presenting a slightly biased take on >things. I haven't found one that was written by the Saudi general yet. /BAH
From: T Wake on 6 Nov 2006 08:40 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:einau2$8qk_004(a)s943.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <EIednSjaV63BmNPYnZ2dnUVZ8qSdnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:eikjp2$8ss_004(a)s1014.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>> In article <454CA33F.20867B1F(a)hotmail.com>, >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >When people I know go to [Insert European Destination Here] on >>>>> >Holiday, >>> they >>>>> >will often shop for things as well. >>>>> > >>>>> >Isn't it strange. >>>>> > >>>>> >Also, we actually do have shopping malls here in Europe. >>>>> > >>>>> >What a wonderful world we live in. >>>>> >>>>> Think about how mobile people how work are. When they >>>>> go visit a foreign for their jobs, they experience new >>>>> foods, products, etc. They bring back enough and their >>>>> neighbors see the stuff or taste it. So now they would >>>>> like to have some. The next time a friend of theirs goes >>>>> to that country, he a grocery list. Eventually when the >>>>> authors of the list go on vacation, part of the constraint >>>>> of their plans is go somewhere so they can stock up on X >>>>> product. >>>> >>>>There's no real need to do that in the UK since we have the ingredients >>>>for >>> most >>>>world cooking available in the shops here. >>>> >>>>That's just one aspect of having such a broad mix of races living here. >>>> >>>>Heck, I've even eaten traditional Zambian style cooking here ! >>>> >>>>Popular restaurants here include Chinese, Indian, Italian, Spanish, >>>>Greek, >>>>Turkish, Thai, Japanese, French, Moroccan etc etc ..... There's even >>>>Swedish >>> food >>>>available ( at Ikea ! ) and you can find Swiss cooking !!! of all >>>>things >>>>at >>> the >>>>Swiss Cente in London. More 'exotic' eating out ( rather fewer >>>>restaurants ) >>>>include Russian and Hungarian. >>> >>> What?! No Mexican food? >> >>Oddly, Mexican (and Mexican restaurants) are common enough in the UK that >>most people tend to ignore them as an "ethnic" dish - a bit like the way >>Curries are pretty much British food now. (I've never found one in India >>like the ones British people think are "Indian" food...). > > That happens with the Dutch Indonesian food. >> >>There are a multitude of Mexican restaurants - enough to support at least >>one chain. > > Is there really? We never saw them. Are they new? Well, in the last 15 years or so. >> >>On the flipside, if you like spicy Mexican food then Portuguese >>restaurants >>are well worth looking into. > > Naw, completely different. The town I lived in was a Portuguese > center of the state. Different spices and cooking methods and > ingredients are used. I never said they were the same, but saying "completely different" is equally far from the truth.
From: jmfbahciv on 6 Nov 2006 08:36 In article <L62dnR_UNZvcstLYnZ2dnUVZ8tqdnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >news:ein7c1$8qk_004(a)s943.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <kTb3h.1659$r12.387(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>, >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>>"Ben Newsam" <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message >>>news:oojpk2tg7e5iphjsl7qdafkucotg01m67q(a)4ax.com... >>>> On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:59:10 +0000, Eeyore >>>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>Expansionism ? What expansionism ? After we ( and the other allies ) >>>>>kicked his >>>>>troops back out of Kuwait he wasn't doing any expansion. >>>> >>>> It didn't get into the papers much, but there was a continuous >>>> campaign of bombing and so on for many years after the Gulf War had >>>> allegedly ended. To enforce the "no fly zone" mostly, I think. Look it >>>> up. >>> >>>And none of that had anything to do with "expansionism". At worst, it >>>*might* have been Saddam attacking his own citizens in the no-fly zones. >>>However, based on the patterns of flights and such, I remember analysts at >>>that time suggesting it was only Saddam thumbing his nose at Shrub Sr. >> >> This was during the time when Clinton was in office. > >So the Clinton administration did indeed keep Saddam in check? Is that what >you are saying? Take your reading comprehension pill and read me in the morning. /BAH
From: unsettled on 6 Nov 2006 08:40
Eeyore wrote: > > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > > >>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote >> >>>unsettled wrote: >>> >>>>Eeyore wrote: >>>> >>>>>unsettled wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Eeyore wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>unsettled wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Eeyore wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>T Wake posted that his local Tesco has it [buttermilk] btw. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Tesco is a very popular UK supermarket chain btw. >>>>>> >>>>>>Been there, no buttermilk in the three I visited. >>>>> >>>>>http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061028151602AAlA1dL >>>>>Where can I get buttermilk in the uk? >>>>> >>>>>14 answers >>>>> >>>>>Clearly not much demand here but all the larger supermarkets should >>>>>have it. >>>> >>>>Clearly you missed the fact this was an example of >>>>a larger unavailability scenario. >>> >>>It's not. You're making things up again. You have provided a single >>>example of a product that's not widely available in the UK ( because >>> ppl aren't much interested in it ) ! >>> >>>You also can't get Cornish Clotted Cream in the USA btw AIUI ! Just try >>>it. >> >>Actually, you'd be surprised at what you can get in specialty markets in the >>US. Maybe the average supermarket doesn't have it, but most medium to large >>cities have all sorts of specialty markets that carry exactly this sort of >>thing. > > > Absolutely. > > I'm just puzzled that BAH thought that nothing of that kind exists here. > > Graham > You're running completely out of control. PLONK |