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From: Phat Bytestard on 7 Aug 2006 13:35 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:25:49 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >krw wrote: > >> Even foie gras has been banned in Chicago. > >Because of cruelty to geese issues ? They must be a bunch of real weenies up there ! > > > >> > Seriously, though, why would you expect me to ride herd on US >> > Francophobes? I've never been to France, so I don't have any >> > hands-on experience with the niceties or even the not-so-niceties of >> > that culture, so that puts me out of judgement range. >> >> Remember that little ditty a few years back with Gadaffi where the >> French again showed how much they like white flags? > >Do tell ! > >Did the USA use any white flags when quitting Saigon btw ? > You have a bent perception of reality. The French are those that ran off and left us with their mess, little boy. And no, we did not need white flags upon exit. The hundreds of thousands of refugees and boat people did, however, as they were still being shot at from shore by the geneva convention defiant Kmer Rouge and NVA and Viet Cong military factions.
From: Phat Bytestard on 7 Aug 2006 13:36 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:37:38 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >krw wrote: > >> In article <44D69456.9E0E8524(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, >> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com says... >> >> > Is nuclear power a good idea or not ? >> >> Certainly it is, but why in hell does Iran need "nuclear power"? > >Why in hell does the USA ? > You ain't real bright, boy.
From: Phat Bytestard on 7 Aug 2006 13:37 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:31:38 GMT, joseph2k <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> Gave us: >Could be, how many DC-3's are still flying? None that are still in military service. Private owner... sure.
From: Phat Bytestard on 7 Aug 2006 13:38 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:57:11 GMT, joseph2k <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> Gave us: >Phat Bytestard wrote: > >> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:29:14 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell" >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> Gave us: >> >>> >>> Yes, it does. If you're in the paper products or produce business. >>>It would be damn hard to make money selling apples and other fruit >>>without growing them on trees. It would also be very hard to build >>>decent homes without lumber, which grows on trees, as well. >> >> Yep... even the media that the "money" got printed on came from >> trees. >Can't speak of any other Country but US notes are on 100% cotton bond. >No trees involved. Ever seen a cotton plant that goes unharvested?
From: Phat Bytestard on 7 Aug 2006 13:40
On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:13:04 GMT, joseph2k <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> Gave us: > >Nice post. Confirms in detail what all the aerospace people have told me >all the time, all of it is taxpayer dollars. >Just because some of it is from profits on some other government project >does not mean that is any less taxpayer dollars. Since they are private companies, it most certainly does. You should bone up on the free enterprise business model. |