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Started byJeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com>
First post2016-05-30 16:06 -0700
Last post2016-05-31 16:33 -0700
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  hey Brits! Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-05-30 16:06 -0700
    Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-05-31 12:49 +1000
      Re: hey Brits! Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-05-30 20:28 -0700
        Re: hey Brits! Prince Michael <quarke.e2@gmail.com> - 2016-06-07 13:39 -0700
    Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 04:52 -0700
      Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-01 10:22 +1000
        Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 02:45 -0700
          Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-01 20:40 +1000
            Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 04:53 -0700
              Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-01 17:48 +0000
                Re: hey Brits! Hypatiab69 <opuzayo@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 10:58 -0700
                  Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-01 22:54 +0000
                    Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 03:07 -0700
                      Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-02 12:30 +0000
                        Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 06:37 -0700
                          Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-02 16:53 +0000
                            Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-03 10:42 +1000
                              Re: hey Brits! Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-06-03 05:09 -0700
                                Re: hey Brits! Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 00:02 -0400
                                  Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-04 16:06 +1000
                                    Re: hey Brits! Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 02:17 -0400
                                  Re: hey Brits! Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-06-04 04:19 -0700
                                    Re: hey Brits! Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-06-04 11:02 -0400
                                      Re: hey Brits! Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-06-04 15:06 -0700
                                        Re: hey Brits! Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-06-05 10:31 -0400
                                    Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-05 11:29 +1000
                                      Re: hey Brits! Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-06-04 20:55 -0700
                                        Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-05 18:38 +1000
                                          Re: hey Brits! Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-06-05 04:13 -0700
                          Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-03 10:45 +1000
                            Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 04:02 -0700
                              Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-04 11:00 +1000
                                Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 04:43 -0700
                                  Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-05 11:33 +1000
                                    Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 04:08 -0700
                                      Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-06 14:51 +0000
                                        Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 09:35 -0700
                                          Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-06 19:05 +0000
                                            Re: hey Brits! Les Hellawell <les@shant.tell> - 2016-06-06 20:30 +0100
                                              Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-07 05:12 -0700
                                                Re: hey Brits! Les Hellawell <les@shant.tell> - 2016-06-07 15:59 +0100
                                                  Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-08 09:34 +1000
                                                    Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 03:12 -0700
                                                    Re: hey Brits! Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2016-06-08 05:47 -0700
                                                      Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-09 18:41 +1000
                                                Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-08 09:25 +1000
                                                  Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-08 19:03 +0000
                                          Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-07 09:15 +1000
              Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-02 11:08 +1000
                Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-02 12:33 +0000
    Re: hey Brits! Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2016-05-31 05:37 -0700
      Re: hey Brits! John Ritson <j.ritson@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-05-31 16:10 +0100
        Re: hey Brits! Jeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> - 2016-05-31 16:33 -0700

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#2119254

FromOlrik <olrik666@gmail.com>
Date2016-06-04 02:17 -0400
Message-ID<nitrpg$t2l$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#2119251
Le 2016-06-04 à 02:06, Alex W. a écrit :
> On 04/06/2016 14:02, Olrik wrote:
>> Le 2016-06-03 à 08:09, Jeanne Douglas a écrit :
>>> In article <drc241FgbrhU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>>  "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 03/06/2016 02:53, Smiler wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 06:37:10 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered robot
>>>>>>>>>>>> drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their sash and fly
>>>>>>>>>>>> them across to dear old Alba.  It's not ideal territory for
>>>>>>>>>>>> solar power but it is an option.  Imagine an Orange Lodge March
>>>>>>>>>>>> being evicted in formation.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came from.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.) The
>>>>>>>> "Ulster Scots" are the product of deliberate "Plantation".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
>>>>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me - without much
>>>>>> investigation - that the world would be a better place if that
>>>>>> "Plantation" had not happened.
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree.
>>>>
>>>> Wholesale migration, whether involuntary or not, are part of human
>>>> behaviour and history.  Sometimes the effects have been beneficial,
>>>> sometimes not so much.  I suspect that in the case of Ireland, much
>>>> tragedy could have been avoided....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> But apparently the "Scoti" tribe had previously come from Ireland
>>>>>> anyway.  I don't know why, maybe they played bagpipes too loud and
>>>>>> were
>>>>>> emphatically asked to leave.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Irish also play bagpipes, but they are slightly more tuneful.
>>>>
>>>> "Slightly more tuneful"?
>>>>
>>>> That's like saying Hitler was slightly more humane than Stalin.
>>>>
>>>> Either sounds like a cat being drowned in a blender with misaligned
>>>> bearings....
>>>
>>>
>>> I love bagpipes. Must be my Scottish genes.
>>>
>>
>> What about haggis, then?
>>
>
> Food of the gods, it is.

No, bacon *is*. Sorry!

> Best served with a side of neeps'n'tatties (turnips and potatoes) and
> some roast onions.  A large dollop of apple sauce, if you like.

Oh, arsenic. Cool! I get you!

> All washed down with a pint of proper ale ... but if you insist, I would
> happily join you in a pint of Merlot.

In my neck of the woods, Merlot sometime comes in a one litre format, 
kool for the week-end!

> Hmmm ... this sets me to thinking.  Haggis poutine?  It could work...

Why not?! Poutine is the new haggis!

;-)

-- 
Olrik
aa #1981
EAC Chief Food Inspector, Bacon Division

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#2119311

FromJeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com>
Date2016-06-04 04:19 -0700
Message-ID<hlwdjsd2-907FE9.04192204062016@news.giganews.com>
In reply to#2119217
In article <nitjth$5lh$1@dont-email.me>, Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Le 2016-06-03 à 08:09, Jeanne Douglas a écrit :
> > In article <drc241FgbrhU1@mid.individual.net>,
> >  "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> On 03/06/2016 02:53, Smiler wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 06:37:10 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> <snip>
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
> >>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered robot
> >>>>>>>>>> drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their sash and fly
> >>>>>>>>>> them across to dear old Alba.  It's not ideal territory for
> >>>>>>>>>> solar power but it is an option.  Imagine an Orange Lodge March
> >>>>>>>>>> being evicted in formation.
> >>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came from.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.) The
> >>>>>> "Ulster Scots" are the product of deliberate "Plantation".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
> >>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me - without much
> >>>> investigation - that the world would be a better place if that
> >>>> "Plantation" had not happened.
> >>>
> >>> I agree.
> >>
> >> Wholesale migration, whether involuntary or not, are part of human
> >> behaviour and history.  Sometimes the effects have been beneficial,
> >> sometimes not so much.  I suspect that in the case of Ireland, much
> >> tragedy could have been avoided....
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> But apparently the "Scoti" tribe had previously come from Ireland
> >>>> anyway.  I don't know why, maybe they played bagpipes too loud and were
> >>>> emphatically asked to leave.
> >>>
> >>> The Irish also play bagpipes, but they are slightly more tuneful.
> >>
> >> "Slightly more tuneful"?
> >>
> >> That's like saying Hitler was slightly more humane than Stalin.
> >>
> >> Either sounds like a cat being drowned in a blender with misaligned
> >> bearings....
> >
> >
> > I love bagpipes. Must be my Scottish genes.
> >
> 
> What about haggis, then?
> 
> ;-)

Never had it and never will. I do not eat organ mean, on principle.

-- 

JD

Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream 
up a God superior to themselves. Most 
Gods have the manners and morals of a 
spoiled child.

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#2119398

FromDon Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net>
Date2016-06-04 11:02 -0400
Message-ID<olq5lb9kqb97bm95h8e3fbna5d4ldifver@4ax.com>
In reply to#2119311
On Sat, 04 Jun 2016 04:19:22 -0700, Jeanne Douglas
<hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

>> What about haggis, then?
>> 
>> ;-)
>
>Never had it and never will. I do not eat organ meat, on principle.

What sort of principle might that be, if you are willing to eat the
rest of the animal?

On my principles, I get to enjoy liver and onions, steak and kidney
pie, and, I expect, devilled kidneys, if I ever get to try one.

-- 
aa #2278 Never mind "proof." Where is your evidence?
BAAWA Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief Heckler
         Fidei defensor (Hon. Antipodean) 
          Je pense, donc je suis Charlie.

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#2119719

FromJeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com>
Date2016-06-04 15:06 -0700
Message-ID<hlwdjsd2-6C24B6.15065204062016@news.giganews.com>
In reply to#2119398
In article <olq5lb9kqb97bm95h8e3fbna5d4ldifver@4ax.com>,
 Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 04 Jun 2016 04:19:22 -0700, Jeanne Douglas
> <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >> What about haggis, then?
> >> 
> >> ;-)
> >
> >Never had it and never will. I do not eat organ meat, on principle.
> 
> What sort of principle might that be, if you are willing to eat the
> rest of the animal?

That they're disgusting guts. Completely and totally gross.


> On my principles, I get to enjoy liver and onions, steak and kidney
> pie, and, I expect, devilled kidneys, if I ever get to try one.

-- 

JD

Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream 
up a God superior to themselves. Most 
Gods have the manners and morals of a 
spoiled child.

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#2120190

FromDon Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net>
Date2016-06-05 10:31 -0400
Message-ID<hnb8lb9vtlsjgh1td5g4i39idc8vkbs5dn@4ax.com>
In reply to#2119719
On Sat, 04 Jun 2016 15:06:53 -0700, Jeanne Douglas
<hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

>In article <olq5lb9kqb97bm95h8e3fbna5d4ldifver@4ax.com>,
> Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 04 Jun 2016 04:19:22 -0700, Jeanne Douglas
>> <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >> What about haggis, then?
>> >> 
>> >> ;-)
>> >
>> >Never had it and never will. I do not eat organ meat, on principle.
>> 
>> What sort of principle might that be, if you are willing to eat the
>> rest of the animal?
>
>That they're disgusting guts. Completely and totally gross.

Errr, your grasp of anatomy is rather deficient.  There is one
alimentary canal, to be sure, but on the _banks_ of that canal dwell
several interesting and tasty organs.

>> On my principles, I get to enjoy liver and onions, steak and kidney
>> pie, and, I expect, devilled kidneys, if I ever get to try one.
-- 
aa #2278 Never mind "proof." Where is your evidence?
BAAWA Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief Heckler
         Fidei defensor (Hon. Antipodean) 
          Je pense, donc je suis Charlie.

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#2119840

From"Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-06-05 11:29 +1000
Message-ID<drhdkaFib6eU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#2119311
On 04/06/2016 21:19, Jeanne Douglas wrote:
> In article <nitjth$5lh$1@dont-email.me>, Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Le 2016-06-03 à 08:09, Jeanne Douglas a écrit :
>>> In article <drc241FgbrhU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>>  "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:


>>>
>>> I love bagpipes. Must be my Scottish genes.
>>>
>>
>> What about haggis, then?
>>
>> ;-)
>
> Never had it and never will. I do not eat organ mean, on principle.
>

You mean you never had foie gras?

<boggle>

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#2119904

FromJeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com>
Date2016-06-04 20:55 -0700
Message-ID<hlwdjsd2-EC431B.20554104062016@news.giganews.com>
In reply to#2119840
In article <drhdkaFib6eU1@mid.individual.net>,
 "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 04/06/2016 21:19, Jeanne Douglas wrote:
> > In article <nitjth$5lh$1@dont-email.me>, Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Le 2016-06-03 à 08:09, Jeanne Douglas a écrit :
> >>> In article <drc241FgbrhU1@mid.individual.net>,
> >>>  "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> 
> >>>
> >>> I love bagpipes. Must be my Scottish genes.
> >>>
> >>
> >> What about haggis, then?
> >>
> >> ;-)
> >
> > Never had it and never will. I do not eat organ mean, on principle.
> >
> 
> You mean you never had foie gras?
> 
> <boggle>

<gack>

-- 

JD

Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream 
up a God superior to themselves. Most 
Gods have the manners and morals of a 
spoiled child.

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#2119988

From"Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-06-05 18:38 +1000
Message-ID<dri6nuFmm1aU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#2119904
On 05/06/2016 13:55, Jeanne Douglas wrote:
> In article <drhdkaFib6eU1@mid.individual.net>,
>  "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 04/06/2016 21:19, Jeanne Douglas wrote:
>>> In article <nitjth$5lh$1@dont-email.me>, Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Le 2016-06-03 à 08:09, Jeanne Douglas a écrit :
>>>>> In article <drc241FgbrhU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>>>>  "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I love bagpipes. Must be my Scottish genes.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What about haggis, then?
>>>>
>>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> Never had it and never will. I do not eat organ mean, on principle.
>>>
>>
>> You mean you never had foie gras?
>>
>> <boggle>
>
> <gack>
>

You really are missing out on some utterly fantastic (and nutritious) 
dining experiences, Jeanne!

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#2120018

FromJeanne Douglas <hlwdjsd2@NOSPAMgmail.com>
Date2016-06-05 04:13 -0700
Message-ID<hlwdjsd2-191A03.04131905062016@news.giganews.com>
In reply to#2119988
In article <dri6nuFmm1aU2@mid.individual.net>,
 "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 05/06/2016 13:55, Jeanne Douglas wrote:
> > In article <drhdkaFib6eU1@mid.individual.net>,
> >  "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> On 04/06/2016 21:19, Jeanne Douglas wrote:
> >>> In article <nitjth$5lh$1@dont-email.me>, Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Le 2016-06-03 à 08:09, Jeanne Douglas a écrit :
> >>>>> In article <drc241FgbrhU1@mid.individual.net>,
> >>>>>  "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I love bagpipes. Must be my Scottish genes.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> What about haggis, then?
> >>>>
> >>>> ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Never had it and never will. I do not eat organ mean, on principle.
> >>>
> >>
> >> You mean you never had foie gras?
> >>
> >> <boggle>
> >
> > <gack>
> >
> 
> You really are missing out on some utterly fantastic (and nutritious) 
> dining experiences, Jeanne!


Well, I know liver is totally disgusting, so I hold out no hope for any 
other guts.

-- 

JD

Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream 
up a God superior to themselves. Most 
Gods have the manners and morals of a 
spoiled child.

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#2118469

From"Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-06-03 10:45 +1000
Message-ID<drc289FgbrhU2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#2118044
On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered robot
>>>>>>> drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their sash and fly
>>>>>>> them across to dear old Alba.  It's not ideal territory for solar
>>>>>>> power but it is an option.  Imagine an Orange Lodge March being
>>>>>>> evicted in formation.
>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came from.
>>>>>
>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
>>>>
>>>> Fuck off, forger.
>>>
>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.) The "Ulster
>>> Scots" are the product of deliberate "Plantation".
>>
>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
>
> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me -
> without much investigation - that the world would be a
> better place if that "Plantation" had not happened.

That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After three 
centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else.  To uproot them 
now would be to commit a new crime...


>
> But apparently the "Scoti" tribe had previously come
> from Ireland anyway.  I don't know why, maybe they
> played bagpipes too loud and were emphatically asked
> to leave.

The Pictsies must have been so happy to hear them approaching...


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#2118699

FromRobert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com>
Date2016-06-03 04:02 -0700
Message-ID<e1da5282-55df-4ec3-bd63-6834298b6017@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#2118469
On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> > On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler wrote:
> >>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> <snip>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
> >>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered robot
> >>>>>>> drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their sash and fly
> >>>>>>> them across to dear old Alba.  It's not ideal territory for solar
> >>>>>>> power but it is an option.  Imagine an Orange Lodge March being
> >>>>>>> evicted in formation.
> >>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came from.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
> >>>>
> >>>> Fuck off, forger.
> >>>
> >>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.) The "Ulster
> >>> Scots" are the product of deliberate "Plantation".
> >>
> >> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
> >> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
> >
> > I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me -
> > without much investigation - that the world would be a
> > better place if that "Plantation" had not happened.
> 
> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After three 
> centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else.  To uproot them 
> now would be to commit a new crime...

And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical 
international figure would ever consider such a thing?

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#2119122

From"Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-06-04 11:00 +1000
Message-ID<drenh6F236pU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#2118699
On 03/06/2016 21:02, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered robot
>>>>>>>>> drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their sash and fly
>>>>>>>>> them across to dear old Alba.  It's not ideal territory for solar
>>>>>>>>> power but it is an option.  Imagine an Orange Lodge March being
>>>>>>>>> evicted in formation.
>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came from.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
>>>>>
>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.) The "Ulster
>>>>> Scots" are the product of deliberate "Plantation".
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
>>>
>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me -
>>> without much investigation - that the world would be a
>>> better place if that "Plantation" had not happened.
>>
>> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After three
>> centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else.  To uproot them
>> now would be to commit a new crime...
>
> And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical
> international figure would ever consider such a thing?
>

Of course they have.

But never in a first-world nation with nukes....

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#2119321

FromRobert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com>
Date2016-06-04 04:43 -0700
Message-ID<f6a9d6ec-8d1d-4d0f-a767-505571f3652a@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#2119122
On Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:00:27 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> On 03/06/2016 21:02, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> > On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> <snip>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
> >>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered robot
> >>>>>>>>> drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their sash and fly
> >>>>>>>>> them across to dear old Alba.  It's not ideal territory for solar
> >>>>>>>>> power but it is an option.  Imagine an Orange Lodge March being
> >>>>>>>>> evicted in formation.
> >>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came from.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.) The "Ulster
> >>>>> Scots" are the product of deliberate "Plantation".
> >>>>
> >>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
> >>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
> >>>
> >>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me -
> >>> without much investigation - that the world would be a
> >>> better place if that "Plantation" had not happened.
> >>
> >> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After three
> >> centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else.  To uproot them
> >> now would be to commit a new crime...
> >
> > And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical
> > international figure would ever consider such a thing?
> >
> 
> Of course they have.
> 
> But never in a first-world nation with nukes....

Britain has made-in-America nuclear weapons.
I don't think they can be pointed towards the
western hemisphere.

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#2119843

From"Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
Date2016-06-05 11:33 +1000
Message-ID<drhdqcFic8oU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#2119321
On 04/06/2016 21:43, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:00:27 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>> On 03/06/2016 21:02, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>> On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>>> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
>>>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered robot
>>>>>>>>>>> drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their sash and fly
>>>>>>>>>>> them across to dear old Alba.  It's not ideal territory for solar
>>>>>>>>>>> power but it is an option.  Imagine an Orange Lodge March being
>>>>>>>>>>> evicted in formation.
>>>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came from.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.) The "Ulster
>>>>>>> Scots" are the product of deliberate "Plantation".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
>>>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me -
>>>>> without much investigation - that the world would be a
>>>>> better place if that "Plantation" had not happened.
>>>>
>>>> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After three
>>>> centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else.  To uproot them
>>>> now would be to commit a new crime...
>>>
>>> And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical
>>> international figure would ever consider such a thing?
>>>
>>
>> Of course they have.
>>
>> But never in a first-world nation with nukes....
>
> Britain has made-in-America nuclear weapons.
> I don't think they can be pointed towards the
> western hemisphere.
>

The missiles are American-made, but the warheads are entirely British.

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#2120747

FromRobert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com>
Date2016-06-06 04:08 -0700
Message-ID<3d45fdbc-5f1d-4453-a13b-d1067ba7d032@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#2119843
On Sunday, 5 June 2016 02:33:09 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> On 04/06/2016 21:43, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> > On Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:00:27 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >> On 03/06/2016 21:02, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>> On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >>>> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >>>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> <snip>
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered robot
> >>>>>>>>>>> drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their sash and fly
> >>>>>>>>>>> them across to dear old Alba.  It's not ideal territory for solar
> >>>>>>>>>>> power but it is an option.  Imagine an Orange Lodge March being
> >>>>>>>>>>> evicted in formation.
> >>>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came from.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.) The "Ulster
> >>>>>>> Scots" are the product of deliberate "Plantation".
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
> >>>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me -
> >>>>> without much investigation - that the world would be a
> >>>>> better place if that "Plantation" had not happened.
> >>>>
> >>>> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After three
> >>>> centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else.  To uproot them
> >>>> now would be to commit a new crime...
> >>>
> >>> And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical
> >>> international figure would ever consider such a thing?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Of course they have.
> >>
> >> But never in a first-world nation with nukes....
> >
> > Britain has made-in-America nuclear weapons.
> > I don't think they can be pointed towards the
> > western hemisphere.
> >
> 
> The missiles are American-made, but the warheads are
> entirely British.

I think so.  So, which part of that determines where
the loud bang happens?

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#2120812

FromSmiler <smiler@jo.king>
Date2016-06-06 14:51 +0000
Message-ID<nj42m8$krf$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#2120747
On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:08:53 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:

> On Sunday, 5 June 2016 02:33:09 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>> On 04/06/2016 21:43, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> > On Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:00:27 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>> >> On 03/06/2016 21:02, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> >>> On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>> >>>> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> >>>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>> >>>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>> >>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> <snip>
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
>> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered
>> >>>>>>>>>>> robot drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their
>> >>>>>>>>>>> sash and fly them across to dear old Alba.  It's not ideal
>> >>>>>>>>>>> territory for solar power but it is an option.  Imagine an
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Orange Lodge March being evicted in formation.
>> >>>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
>> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came from.
>> >>>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.) The
>> >>>>>>> "Ulster Scots" are the product of deliberate "Plantation".
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
>> >>>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me - without much
>> >>>>> investigation - that the world would be a better place if that
>> >>>>> "Plantation" had not happened.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After three
>> >>>> centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else.  To uproot
>> >>>> them now would be to commit a new crime...
>> >>>
>> >>> And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical international
>> >>> figure would ever consider such a thing?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> Of course they have.
>> >>
>> >> But never in a first-world nation with nukes....
>> >
>> > Britain has made-in-America nuclear weapons.
>> > I don't think they can be pointed towards the western hemisphere.
>> >
>> >
>> The missiles are American-made, but the warheads are entirely British.
> 
> I think so.  So, which part of that determines where the loud bang
> happens?

The human part that inputs the target's coordinates.

-- 
Smiler, The godless one.
aa #2279
Gods are all tailored to order. They are made 
to exactly fit the prejudices of the believer.

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#2120847

FromRobert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com>
Date2016-06-06 09:35 -0700
Message-ID<4f3294fe-4306-4f1d-956d-56150bd86819@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#2120812
On Monday, 6 June 2016 15:51:57 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:08:53 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> 
> > On Sunday, 5 June 2016 02:33:09 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >> On 04/06/2016 21:43, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >> > On Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:00:27 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >> >> On 03/06/2016 21:02, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >> >>> On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >> >>>> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >> >>>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >> >>>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>> <snip>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> robot drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> sash and fly them across to dear old Alba.  It's not ideal
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> territory for solar power but it is an option.  Imagine an
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Orange Lodge March being evicted in formation.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came from.
> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.) The
> >> >>>>>>> "Ulster Scots" are the product of deliberate "Plantation".
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
> >> >>>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me - without much
> >> >>>>> investigation - that the world would be a better place if that
> >> >>>>> "Plantation" had not happened.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After three
> >> >>>> centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else.  To uproot
> >> >>>> them now would be to commit a new crime...
> >> >>>
> >> >>> And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical international
> >> >>> figure would ever consider such a thing?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >> Of course they have.
> >> >>
> >> >> But never in a first-world nation with nukes....
> >> >
> >> > Britain has made-in-America nuclear weapons.
> >> > I don't think they can be pointed towards the western hemisphere.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> The missiles are American-made, but the warheads are entirely British.
> > 
> > I think so.  So, which part of that determines where the loud bang
> > happens?
> 
> The human part that inputs the target's coordinates.

Well, I'm proposing that there is no way to input a minus sign
(go west).

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#2120933

FromSmiler <smiler@jo.king>
Date2016-06-06 19:05 +0000
Message-ID<nj4hhp$1h7r$1@gioia.aioe.org>
In reply to#2120847
On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:35:49 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:

> On Monday, 6 June 2016 15:51:57 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:08:53 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> 
>> > On Sunday, 5 June 2016 02:33:09 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>> >> On 04/06/2016 21:43, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> >> > On Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:00:27 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>> >> >> On 03/06/2016 21:02, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> >> >>> On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>> >> >>>> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> >> >>>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>> >> >>>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler
>> >> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W. 
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> <snip>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> robot drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> sash and fly them across to dear old Alba.  It's not
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> ideal territory for solar power but it is an option. 
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Imagine an Orange Lodge March being evicted in
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> formation.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> from.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.)
>> >> >>>>>>> The "Ulster Scots" are the product of deliberate
>> >> >>>>>>> "Plantation".
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
>> >> >>>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me - without
>> >> >>>>> much investigation - that the world would be a better place if
>> >> >>>>> that "Plantation" had not happened.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After
>> >> >>>> three centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else. 
>> >> >>>> To uproot them now would be to commit a new crime...
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical
>> >> >>> international figure would ever consider such a thing?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >> Of course they have.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> But never in a first-world nation with nukes....
>> >> >
>> >> > Britain has made-in-America nuclear weapons.
>> >> > I don't think they can be pointed towards the western hemisphere.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> The missiles are American-made, but the warheads are entirely
>> >> British.
>> > 
>> > I think so.  So, which part of that determines where the loud bang
>> > happens?
>> 
>> The human part that inputs the target's coordinates.
> 
> Well, I'm proposing that there is no way to input a minus sign (go
> west).

There sure is. Go 300 degrees east and you end up 60 degrees west of here.

-- 
Smiler, The godless one.
aa #2279
Gods are all tailored to order. They are made 
to exactly fit the prejudices of the believer.

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#2120952

FromLes Hellawell <les@shant.tell>
Date2016-06-06 20:30 +0100
Message-ID<kljblblo5k44fanul15nhnncmlpv0m65j1@4ax.com>
In reply to#2120933
On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 19:05:29 +0000 (UTC), Smiler <smiler@jo.king>
wrote:

>On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:35:49 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>
>> On Monday, 6 June 2016 15:51:57 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>> On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:08:53 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>> 
>>> > On Sunday, 5 June 2016 02:33:09 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>> >> On 04/06/2016 21:43, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>> >> > On Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:00:27 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>> >> >> On 03/06/2016 21:02, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>> >> >>> On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>> >> >>>> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>> >> >>>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W. 
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> robot drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> sash and fly them across to dear old Alba.  It's not
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> ideal territory for solar power but it is an option. 
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Imagine an Orange Lodge March being evicted in
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> formation.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>> from.
>>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
>>> >> >>>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
>>> >> >>>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.)
>>> >> >>>>>>> The "Ulster Scots" are the product of deliberate
>>> >> >>>>>>> "Plantation".
>>> >> >>>>>>
>>> >> >>>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
>>> >> >>>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
>>> >> >>>>>
>>> >> >>>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me - without
>>> >> >>>>> much investigation - that the world would be a better place if
>>> >> >>>>> that "Plantation" had not happened.
>>> >> >>>>
>>> >> >>>> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After
>>> >> >>>> three centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else. 
>>> >> >>>> To uproot them now would be to commit a new crime...
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical
>>> >> >>> international figure would ever consider such a thing?
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >> Of course they have.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> But never in a first-world nation with nukes....
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Britain has made-in-America nuclear weapons.
>>> >> > I don't think they can be pointed towards the western hemisphere.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> The missiles are American-made, but the warheads are entirely
>>> >> British.
>>> > 
>>> > I think so.  So, which part of that determines where the loud bang
>>> > happens?
>>> 
>>> The human part that inputs the target's coordinates.
>> 
>> Well, I'm proposing that there is no way to input a minus sign (go
>> west).
>
>There sure is. Go 300 degrees east and you end up 60 degrees west of here.

How had can it be to modify the programme/circuity to make it fly to a
target in the west?



Les Hellawell
Greeting from
YORKSHIRE - The White Rose County

Martin Luther wrote:
"Faith must trample underfoot all sense, reason and understanding

Which means that if Luther practised what he preached
nothing he ever said made any sense

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#2121406

FromRobert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com>
Date2016-06-07 05:12 -0700
Message-ID<d78af19a-a96b-4f13-89d9-11cdfc465ff3@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#2120952
On Monday, 6 June 2016 20:30:21 UTC+1, Les Hellawell  wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 19:05:29 +0000 (UTC), Smiler <smiler@jo.king>
> wrote:
> 
> >On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:35:49 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >
> >> On Monday, 6 June 2016 15:51:57 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:08:53 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> > On Sunday, 5 June 2016 02:33:09 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >>> >> On 04/06/2016 21:43, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>> >> > On Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:00:27 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >>> >> >> On 03/06/2016 21:02, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>> >> >>> On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
> >>> >> >>>> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>> >> >>>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >>> >> >>>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>> >> >>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
> >>> >> >>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W. 
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>> <snip>
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> robot drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> sash and fly them across to dear old Alba.  It's not
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> ideal territory for solar power but it is an option. 
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Imagine an Orange Lodge March being evicted in
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> formation.
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>> from.
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
> >>> >> >>>>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
> >>> >> >>>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.)
> >>> >> >>>>>>> The "Ulster Scots" are the product of deliberate
> >>> >> >>>>>>> "Plantation".
> >>> >> >>>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
> >>> >> >>>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
> >>> >> >>>>>
> >>> >> >>>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me - without
> >>> >> >>>>> much investigation - that the world would be a better place if
> >>> >> >>>>> that "Plantation" had not happened.
> >>> >> >>>>
> >>> >> >>>> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After
> >>> >> >>>> three centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else. 
> >>> >> >>>> To uproot them now would be to commit a new crime...
> >>> >> >>>
> >>> >> >>> And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical
> >>> >> >>> international figure would ever consider such a thing?
> >>> >> >>>
> >>> >> >>>
> >>> >> >> Of course they have.
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> But never in a first-world nation with nukes....
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Britain has made-in-America nuclear weapons.
> >>> >> > I don't think they can be pointed towards the western hemisphere.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> The missiles are American-made, but the warheads are entirely
> >>> >> British.
> >>> > 
> >>> > I think so.  So, which part of that determines where the loud bang
> >>> > happens?
> >>> 
> >>> The human part that inputs the target's coordinates.
> >> 
> >> Well, I'm proposing that there is no way to input a minus sign (go
> >> west).
> >
> >There sure is. Go 300 degrees east and you end up 60 degrees west of here.
> 
> How had can it be to modify the programme/circuity to make it fly to a
> target in the west?

You mean, without tripping the anti tamper switch 
that causes it to play "The Star Spangled Banner"
while counting down from thirty right in front 
of you?  It might be tricky.

Okay, maybe it is possible to launch an American 
nuclear missile to attack America.  But I think 
I won't do it until I have more than one of them.

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