"Robert" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:37:34 -0800 (PST), Alistair
> <alistair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>On 29 Feb, 12:54, "Michael Mattias" <mmatt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> "Pete Dashwood" <dashw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:62ot2dF24g05qU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> > "Michael Mattias" <mmatt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> >news:5nlxj.14737$Ch6.11325@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >> "Alistair" <alist...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>
>>news:b2f36f55-e83f-4f0e-ae76-ba68a10f0af4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> >>> The modern Brit-geek wears work boots.
>>>
>>> >> Never thought I would see "modern" and "Brit" in the same sentence.
>>> > You really should be reading more, Michael... :-)
>>>
>>> You're not the one who has to live only 3,950 air miles from them.
>>>
>>> MCM
>>
>>Hoi, it's your side of the s***-bloated pond which the world takes
>>exception to.
>
> Eurosnobs and terrorists despise the US; the other 90% want to be like
us.
:-) (your black and white extrapolations never cease to amaze (and amuse)
me, Robert...)
Being neither Eurosnob, Terrorist, nor in the 90% who want to be like you,
I
think Leonard Cohen (a Canadian) has it right:
"the cradle of the best and of the worst."
I always enjoy my visits.
Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


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