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From: Eeyore on 6 Nov 2006 17:13 krw wrote: > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > > krw wrote: > > > 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. > > > > I don't believe any of the above were inherited though. > > What does that have to do with the price of oats...? " The days of inheriting a bicycle shop that grew into an airframe manufacturing enterprise are gone. " Graham
From: T Wake on 6 Nov 2006 17:13 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:454FAE4D.ADD71026(a)hotmail.com... > > > 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/ > And very nice they are.
From: Eeyore on 6 Nov 2006 17:36 unsettled wrote: > Lloyd Parker wrote: > > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > > >>In the American lexicon, any work which pays less than > >>the maximum going rate is "volunteering." > > > > So, teachers are volunteers. Policemen, firemen, ... > > > > Airline pilots who work for smaller airlines are volunteers too... > > I am pleased to announce that you and I live > in rather different worlds. According to your analysis anyone accepting more than the maximum wage possible for a given occupation is volunteering for their current employer. Graham
From: T Wake on 6 Nov 2006 17:36 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:454FB8DA.EBDBF16(a)hotmail.com... > > > unsettled wrote: > >> Lloyd Parker wrote: >> > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >> >> >>In the American lexicon, any work which pays less than >> >>the maximum going rate is "volunteering." >> > >> > So, teachers are volunteers. Policemen, firemen, ... >> > >> > Airline pilots who work for smaller airlines are volunteers too... >> >> I am pleased to announce that you and I live >> in rather different worlds. > > According to your analysis anyone accepting more than the maximum wage > possible > for a given occupation is volunteering for their current employer. > unsettled carried out analysis? Wow.
From: Eeyore on 6 Nov 2006 17:49
unsettled wrote: > In real life I am not concerned about what derelicts > hanging about street corners think of me. You've disowned your parents ? Graham |