From: T Wake on

<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <454DBACA.3CA76BD2(a)hotmail.com>,
> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> 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 long-term in part because he found the use of wealth
>>to
>>define yourself to be offensive.
>
> Then he didn't mix with the usual US types. He only saw a slice
> of US.

Funny that isn't it. Just goes to show, you can get a totally false
impression of a nation and it's people simply by mixing with the wrong
types.

Wonder where else that could be relevant.


From: Eeyore on


jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> 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:
> >> >> >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.
> >
> >Do you ascribe any special importance to the date ?
> >
> >
> >> >> 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.
> >
> >Are you getting confused with the British / French / Israeli invasion of the
> >Suez canal area ?
>
> Why do you think I asked my question?

I have no idea.


> I was trying to figure out what time frame you were thinking of.

We were discussing the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo if you recall !

Graham

From: Eeyore on


jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>
> >> 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.
>
> This discussion would be easier to do if you managed to remember
> what's really happened in the last two decades.

This discussion would be easier if you said what you meant instead of
mysteriously alluding to it !

Graham

From: T Wake on

<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <d1417$454c9f01$4fe7327$8157(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>,
> unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
>>
>>Talk about pollution? I smelled coal fires in a residential
>>district in August 2002. I haven't smelled coal in the US
>>in residential use since the 1950's. BAH you asked about
>>pollution and wood fireplaces? They don't have much wood
>>left in UK, but they do have plenty of coal They aren't
>>bashful about burning it without pollution controls.
>
> I was sanding a board outside yesterday. The air was thick
> with wood smoke. I immediately got a sore throat which
> I do when breathing wood smoke. I'm going to have
> another winter of constant sore throats.
>
> Now, take a good look at what happened in Britain w.r.t.
> coal and miners and strikes. Use it as an analogy when
> making a premise that a similar event will happen with
> the oil biz.

Please do. I really doubt (either of) you have any understanding of the
miners strikes, their causes and the after effects.


From: Eeyore on


jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> You keep assuming that the goal to make Western civilization money
> will always exist. If there is no Western trade infrastructure,
> there will not be, what we know of, as money. Therefore, bankruptcy,
> as a figment of western civilzation, will not exist. Acquisitions
> through the booty system is a part of their tradition of expansionism.

You truly are quite barking mad.

Graham