From: Eeyore on


lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:

> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
>
> > 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.
>
> You really do need to stop being so subtle. It doesn't work on this
> particular audience.

LOL. It made me chuckle !

Graham

From: Eeyore on


lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:

> "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message
> > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
> >> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> >> > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > >The days of inheriting a bicycle shop that grew into
> >> > >an airframe manufacturing enterprise are gone.
> >> >
> >> > No, it's not.
> >>
> >> Do please supply an appropriate example.
> >
> > Hewlett Packard, Apple, Mc$hit, Dell... Who knows where the next
> > one will pop up.
>
> Not sure who you mean by "Mc$hit", but not one of those companies is < 30
> years old. How about some *recent* examples. The business climate in this
> country now is very, very different than it was in the 70s.

To be fair, Dell's 22 years old.

Graham

From: Eeyore on


lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:

> "Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message
> > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > [.... wood burning stove ....]
> >>>A good stove can be 90% efficient.
> >>
> >>That's not good enough if you're burning wood.
> >
> > I have an uncle who heats his house with wood only. Several of his
> > neighbors also heat with wood. The trees are grown in a "managed wood
> > lot" for fuel purpose. The wood costs less than other fuels even if you
> > include the cost of felling and splitting.
>
> How is the odor? I suspect that's her main point.

Dry wood burns very cleanly.

And I must install that stove soon !

GraHam

From: Eeyore on


John Larkin wrote:

> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
> >"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> T Wake wrote:
> >>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> >>>
> >>> > 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.
> >>
> >> You know, I've never come across one myself !
> >
> >You should try them. Not all the food is mouthblisteringly hot. :-) Get a
> >few Old El Paso dinner kits nd make your own ... :-)
> >
> >>> (I've never found one in India
> >>> like the ones British people think are "Indian" food...).
> >>
> >> I have, in the more upmarket restaurants, hotels in Mumbai.
> >
> >Obviously used to catering for British people :-)
> >
>
> Has Chevy's made it over there yet? Pretty good Tex-Mex. Try the
> margueritas and fajita plates. The sizzling chicken with onions is
> great, as are the bbq shrimps and the ribs with jalapeno jelly. Good
> guacamole and fresh-baked tortillas.

There's a Chiquito's.
http://www.chiquito.co.uk/

Graham


From: Eeyore on


unsettled wrote:

> lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
> > Please explain to me, exactly, how a population fewer and fewer of who
> > cannot afford to take care of their health contributes to a "stable economic
> > environment".
>
> I'm talking theory, you're talking implementation.
>
> If it were easy, anyone could govern effectively.

Politicians are especially bad at it.

Graham