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From: Peter Ceresole on 28 Jan 2010 12:26 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Just before christmas arriving in miami, got off the plane, walked to > the place where they were doing the checking. Stood in a queue for just > over an hour before we got through. Getting into the USA with a non-US passport has *always* been that bad, even before 'Pearl 9/11'. Almost as bad as getting into Britain. Although not quite... -- Peter
From: Pd on 28 Jan 2010 12:37 James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-28 15:03:12 +0000, peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) said: > > > Dorian Gray <D.Gray(a)picture.invalid> wrote: > True enough. Anyone who dislikes Fry is lower class. Yep, idiotic from > where i'm coming from. That's not what I said. > I took you at face value, you just belittle other people's views because > they don't fit into you're upper clas tory mindset. Upper class tory? Wash your filthy mouth. > >> However the fact that you see James Jolley's posts > >> indicates to me that your kill-file is close to empty. > > > > It is indeed. I think the only one in there is our occasional guest > > pottymouth. I do, however, use MacSoup's filter to select all of a > > particular thread or poster, Cmd-M to remove from sight when I can't be > > arsed reading the chaff. > > Good strategy. And there was me thinking I was of assistance. You often are James. Why has anything I said changed your mind about that? Do you read every post in every thread? If you do, good for you. If not, then you're doing the same as me, being a bit selective about what you read and what you don't. -- Pd
From: Woody on 28 Jan 2010 12:47 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Just before christmas arriving in miami, got off the plane, walked to > > the place where they were doing the checking. Stood in a queue for just > > over an hour before we got through. > > Getting into the USA with a non-US passport has *always* been that bad, > even before 'Pearl 9/11'. Almost as bad as getting into Britain. > Although not quite... It used to be a lot quicker when I had to do SF every couple of months in 96-98. This is a quite a lot different. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: D.M. Procida on 28 Jan 2010 12:50 Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > IS this the PD arrogance people keep talking about? Shame really, > > > you've usually been fine with me. > > > > Arrogant? Yesterday he said he preferred prostitutes to me. Arrogant's > > not even the word. The guy's unbelievable. > > Honestly I think that wasn't a rejection as such, more an issue of > relative cost. He said it was because he didn't think I was good enough for him, basically. Daniele
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 28 Jan 2010 12:59
On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:25:16 +0000, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: >Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > >> For some people the real world (....) >> is flying across the Atlantic for a two hour meeting, >> then flying back again. > >Oh, don't... > >Thank gahd I'll never have to do anything like that again. And sod the >carbon footprint, it's *me* I care about. Although I guess the two are >the same. With a fairly serious lag... Yar. I just got back from a Saturday->Wednesday business trip to Calgary, which is fading me out badly just now. Cheers - Jaimie -- "We have to go forth and crush every world view that doesn't believe in tolerance and free speech." - David Brin |