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  UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-14 21:47 -0700
    Re: UK Love Is Blind Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-09-15 16:51 +0200
      Re: UK Love Is Blind athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-09-15 16:33 +0000
        Re: UK Love Is Blind Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-09-15 19:30 +0100
        Re: UK Love Is Blind nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2026-09-16 21:42 +0200
      Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-15 11:32 -0700
        Re: UK Love Is Blind "Johann \"Myrkraverk\" Oskarsson" <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-16 03:34 +0800
          Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-15 15:11 -0700
          Re: UK Love Is Blind Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-09-16 09:29 +1000
      Re: UK Love Is Blind athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-09-16 16:35 +0000
        Re: UK Love Is Blind richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-09-16 16:54 +0000
        Re: UK Love Is Blind "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-09-16 21:33 +0100
          Re: UK Love Is Blind Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-09-17 07:21 +0100
            Re: UK Love Is Blind "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-09-17 09:18 +0000
              Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:07 -0700
        Re: UK Love Is Blind Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-09-17 06:28 +0200
          Re: UK Love Is Blind Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-09-17 08:13 +0200
            Re: UK Love Is Blind Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-09-17 07:25 +0100
              Re: UK Love Is Blind Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-09-17 11:03 +0200
                Re: UK Love Is Blind Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> - 2026-09-17 12:36 +0100
                  Re: UK Love Is Blind Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> - 2026-09-17 15:53 -0400
                    Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:26 -0700
                      Re: UK Love Is Blind Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-09-21 10:05 +1000
                        Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 19:38 -0700
                        Re: UK Love Is Blind "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-09-21 20:25 +0200
                          Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-21 14:40 -0700
                            Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-21 15:16 -0700
                            Re: UK Love Is Blind Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-09-22 02:25 +0200
                              Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-21 20:57 -0700
                                Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-21 21:14 -0700
                              Re: UK Love Is Blind Bertel Lund Hansen <rundtosset@lundhansen.dk> - 2026-09-22 08:02 +0200
                                Re: UK Love Is Blind Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> - 2026-09-22 08:18 +0100
                                  Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-22 00:44 -0700
                                    Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-22 01:02 -0700
                                  Re: UK Love Is Blind Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2026-09-22 19:07 +0100
                                Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-22 00:42 -0700
                                  Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-22 00:47 -0700
                                Re: UK Love Is Blind Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-09-22 11:11 +0200
                                  Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-22 11:11 -0700
                        Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-21 14:27 -0700
                  Re: UK Love Is Blind Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-09-17 16:00 -0700
                    Re: UK Love Is Blind Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net> - 2026-09-18 10:37 -0400
                      Re: UK Love Is Blind Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-09-18 10:15 -0700
                      Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:32 -0700
                    Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:28 -0700
                  Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:23 -0700
                Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:21 -0700
              Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:16 -0700
            Re: UK Love Is Blind Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-09-17 09:10 +0200
              Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:36 -0700
            Re: UK Love Is Blind Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-09-17 17:27 +1000
              Re: UK Love Is Blind HVS <office@REMOVETHISwhhvs.co.uk> - 2026-09-17 12:59 +0100
              Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:39 -0700
            Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:14 -0700
          Re: UK Love Is Blind athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-09-17 08:06 +0000
            Re: UK Love Is Blind Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-09-18 10:00 +0200
              Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:44 -0700
          Re: UK Love Is Blind richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2026-09-17 18:37 +0000
            Re: UK Love Is Blind Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-09-17 20:15 +0000
              Re: UK Love Is Blind Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> - 2026-09-18 12:02 +0200
                Re: UK Love Is Blind Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> - 2026-09-18 20:41 +1000
                  Re: UK Love Is Blind Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> - 2026-09-18 12:56 +0200
                    Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 01:11 -0700
                  Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 01:06 -0700
                Re: UK Love Is Blind Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-09-18 13:45 +0000
                  Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 01:20 -0700
                Re: UK Love Is Blind Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-09-18 20:00 +0100
                  Re: UK Love Is Blind Silvano <Silvano@noncisonopernessuno.it> - 2026-09-18 23:24 +0200
                    Re: UK Love Is Blind Janet <nobody@home.com> - 2026-09-19 14:14 +0100
                      Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 01:18 -0700
                    Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 01:16 -0700
                  Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 01:13 -0700
                Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 01:04 -0700
              Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 01:03 -0700
            Re: UK Love Is Blind Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-09-18 10:03 +0200
            Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:59 -0700
          Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:10 -0700
        Re: UK Love Is Blind The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-09-20 00:04 -0700

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#1150671 — UK Love Is Blind

I was watching 
UK Love Is Blind..

but it is differcult
understanding what everyone is
saying because either they talk
stange English and they all seem
to have a French accent???

I don't get it?

I thought UK was in England, but
it sounds like everyone is from France.

What happen? 

I heard somewhere that French people
are a minority in France...so who is doing all the
talking in France???

Maybe UK is not part of Englang, or all the French people
moved to...UK????

I'm sooo confused.

Good thing Netflix has English subtitles.

And the subtitles are in English!

I lucked out, by jove!

btw, I saw Love Is Blind France, but nobody there
seemed to be from France!?!? Or was it Love Is Blind Italy??

What difference does it make, right? Nobody in UK speaks English anyway!

dis rubish vorld is a bloody mess...

i caun't speak english anymore. 



-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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#1150711

On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:47:33 -0700, The Starmaker
<starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>I thought UK was in England, but
>it sounds like everyone is from France.

No, you got that wrong. 

The UK is not in England; England is in the UK, though perhaps not for
much longer. 


-- 
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web:  http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

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#1150719

Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> posted:

> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:47:33 -0700, The Starmaker
> <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> >I thought UK was in England, but
> >it sounds like everyone is from France.
> 
> No, you got that wrong. 
> 
> The UK is not in England; England is in the UK, though perhaps not for
> much longer. 
> 
It's of no significance that The Starmaker got this wrong. If you visit 
sci.physics.relativity you'll see that he is one of the crackpots in that 
group who has earned a place in many killfiles. 


-- 
athel

Living in Marseilles for 39 years; mainly in England before that,
with long periods in Singapore, California, Chile and Canada 

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#1150725

On 15/09/2026 17:33, athel.cb@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> posted:
> 
>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:47:33 -0700, The Starmaker
>> <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I thought UK was in England, but
>>> it sounds like everyone is from France.
>>
>> No, you got that wrong.
>>
>> The UK is not in England; England is in the UK, though perhaps not for
>> much longer.
>>
> It's of no significance that The Starmaker got this wrong. If you visit
> sci.physics.relativity you'll see that he is one of the crackpots in that
> group who has earned a place in many killfiles.
> 
> 
A troll who is off his trolley?

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#1150779

<athel.cb@gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> posted:
> 
> > On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:47:33 -0700, The Starmaker
> > <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >I thought UK was in England, but
> > >it sounds like everyone is from France.
> > 
> > No, you got that wrong. 
> > 
> > The UK is not in England; England is in the UK, though perhaps not for
> > much longer. 
> > 
> It's of no significance that The Starmaker got this wrong. If you visit
> sci.physics.relativity you'll see that he is one of the crackpots in that
> group who has earned a place in many killfiles. 

He's not even a relativity crackpot.
Just a random general purpose nutter,

Jan
(no idea what brought him to AUE)

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#1150726

Steve Hayes wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:47:33 -0700, The Starmaker
> <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> >I thought UK was in England, but
> >it sounds like everyone is from France.
> 
> No, you got that wrong.
> 
> The UK is not in England; England is in the UK, though perhaps not for
> much longer.
> 
> --
> Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa

According to https://www.economist.com/  South Africa is a Mafia state.


> Web:  http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
> Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
> E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk



Daniel Webster invented the Webster English dictionary to get rid of all
those England/French sounding words like colour to color.

UK needs to read Webster's Dictionary to learn English!

It's an elevator, not a lift.









-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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#1150728

On 9/16/2026 2:32 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> Steve Hayes wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:47:33 -0700, The Starmaker
>> <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I thought UK was in England, but
>>> it sounds like everyone is from France.
>>
>> No, you got that wrong.
>>
>> The UK is not in England; England is in the UK, though perhaps not for
>> much longer.
>>
>> --
>> Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
> 
> According to https://www.economist.com/  South Africa is a Mafia state.

So?  I'm from Iceland, yet I can teach you nothing about money laundry.
I don't even have a bank account in Panama.

> 
> 
>> Web:  http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
>> Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
>> E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
> 
> 
> 
> Daniel Webster invented the Webster English dictionary to get rid of all
> those England/French sounding words like colour to color.
> 
> UK needs to read Webster's Dictionary to learn English!
> 
> It's an elevator, not a lift.
It seems you can benefit from watching /Yes, Minister/.  If nothing
else, you'll learn a lot of complicated verbiage, and enjoy a joke or
three.


Best wishes, and happy Bri'ish TV!
-- 
Johann | email: invalid -> com | http://www.myrkraverk.com/blog/
I'm not from the Internet, I just work there. | via Easynews.com
https://bsky.app/profile/myrkraverk.bsky.social | for ( ;; ) _:;

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#1150737

Johann "Myrkraverk" Oskarsson wrote:
> 
> On 9/16/2026 2:32 AM, The Starmaker wrote:
> > Steve Hayes wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:47:33 -0700, The Starmaker
> >> <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I thought UK was in England, but
> >>> it sounds like everyone is from France.
> >>
> >> No, you got that wrong.
> >>
> >> The UK is not in England; England is in the UK, though perhaps not for
> >> much longer.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
> >
> > According to https://www.economist.com/  South Africa is a Mafia state.
> 
> So?  I'm from Iceland, yet I can teach you nothing about money laundry.
> I don't even have a bank account in Panama.
> 
> >
> >
> >> Web:  http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
> >> Blog: http://methodius.blogspot.com
> >> E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
> >
> >
> >
> > Daniel Webster invented the Webster English dictionary to get rid of all
> > those England/French sounding words like colour to color.
> >
> > UK needs to read Webster's Dictionary to learn English!
> >
> > It's an elevator, not a lift.
> It seems you can benefit from watching /Yes, Minister/.  If nothing
> else, you'll learn a lot of complicated verbiage, and enjoy a joke or
> three.
> 
> Best wishes, and happy Bri'ish TV!

In Mexico and England TV is pronounced "Tele"...

i don't get the connection.





> --
> Johann | email: invalid -> com | http://www.myrkraverk.com/blog/
> I'm not from the Internet, I just work there. | via Easynews.com
> https://bsky.app/profile/myrkraverk.bsky.social | for ( ;; ) _:;

-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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#1150739

[Crackpot group removed]

On 16/09/26 05:34, Johann "Myrkraverk" Oskarsson wrote:
>
> Best wishes, and happy Bri'ish TV!

I noticed just recently that some Australian TV presenters have adopted
that glo'al stop. It's quite distracting.

-- 
Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

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#1150773

Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> posted:

> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:47:33 -0700, The Starmaker
> <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> >I thought UK was in England, but
> >it sounds like everyone is from France.
> 
> No, you got that wrong. 

Well, yes he did. But what do you expect from The Starmaker?
> 
> The UK is not in England; England is in the UK, though perhaps not for
> much longer. 
> 
I think you're taking the SNP propaganda too seriously. They had the referendum
they asked for in 2014, and convincingly lost. As it happened, I went to a
meeting at Ross Priory in the week of the referendum, and on the 40 minute
taxi ride from Glasgow I passed just one referendum poster in any window that 
we passed. I had the impression that no one was too bothered either way. 

I don't know about Plaid Cymru.

So far as Northern Ireland is concerned, it's clear that there is still a very
clear majority for staying in the UK, whatever the orange loon may say.

-- 
athel

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#1150774

In article <1789576512-12588@newsgrouper.org>,
athel.cb@gmail.com  <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

>As it happened, I went to a meeting at Ross Priory in the week of the
>referendum, and on the 40 minute taxi ride from Glasgow I passed just
>one referendum poster in any window that we passed. I had the
>impression that no one was too bothered either way.

That was not an accurate impression.

-- Richard

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#1150784

On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:35:12 GMT
athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

> 
> Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> posted:
> 
> > On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:47:33 -0700, The Starmaker
> > <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >I thought UK was in England, but
> > >it sounds like everyone is from France.
> > 
> > No, you got that wrong. 
> 
> Well, yes he did. But what do you expect from The Starmaker?
> > 
> > The UK is not in England; England is in the UK, though perhaps not for
> > much longer. 
> > 
> I think you're taking the SNP propaganda too seriously. They had the referendum
> they asked for in 2014, and convincingly lost. As it happened, I went to a
> meeting at Ross Priory in the week of the referendum, and on the 40 minute
> taxi ride from Glasgow I passed just one referendum poster in any window that 
> we passed. I had the impression that no one was too bothered either way. 
> 
> I don't know about Plaid Cymru.
> 
> So far as Northern Ireland is concerned, it's clear that there is still a very
> clear majority for staying in the UK, whatever the orange loon may say.

IIRC Ian Paisley is (at last) staying quiet.


-- 
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

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#1150812

 Ar an séú lá déag de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh John Kerr-Mudd: 

 > On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:35:12 GMT
 > athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
 > 
 > > [...] So far as Northern Ireland is concerned, it's clear that there is
 > > still a very clear majority for staying in the UK, whatever the orange
 > > loon may say.
 > 
 > IIRC Ian Paisley is (at last) staying quiet.

Well, he’s dead. Ian Óg doesn’t have the political power his father does.

-- 
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)

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#1150833

Aidan Kehoe wrote:

> 
>  Ar an séú lá déag de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh John Kerr-Mudd: 
> 
> > On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:35:12 GMT
> > athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
> > wrote: 
> > > 
> > > [...] So far as Northern Ireland is concerned, it's 
> > > clear that there is  still a very clear majority for 
> > > staying in the UK, whatever the orange  loon may say.
> > 
> > IIRC Ian Paisley is (at last) staying quiet.
> 
> Well, he's dead. Ian Óg doesn’t have the political power 
> his father does.

... while the Jeffrey Donaldson case isn't helping the DUP's
profile much either.

It's clear what way the wind is blowing on this island... but 
as the old saying goes, Rome wasn't built in a day.

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#1151029

Blueshirt wrote:
> 
> Aidan Kehoe wrote:
> 
> >
> >  Ar an séú lá déag de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh John Kerr-Mudd:
> >
> > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:35:12 GMT
> > > athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > [...] So far as Northern Ireland is concerned, it's
> > > > clear that there is  still a very clear majority for
> > > > staying in the UK, whatever the orange  loon may say.
> > >
> > > IIRC Ian Paisley is (at last) staying quiet.
> >
> > Well, he's dead. Ian Óg doesn’t have the political power
> > his father does.
> 
> ... while the Jeffrey Donaldson case isn't helping the DUP's
> profile much either.
> 
> It's clear what way the wind is blowing on this island... but
> as the old saying goes, Rome wasn't built in a day.


Everybody keeps sayin "Rome wasn't built in a day."...how many days did
it take???

-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, 
and challenge the unchallengeable.

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#1150806

On Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:35:12 GMT, athel.cb@gmail.com
<user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

>
>Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> posted:
>
>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2026 21:47:33 -0700, The Starmaker
>> <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >I thought UK was in England, but
>> >it sounds like everyone is from France.
>> 
>> No, you got that wrong. 
>
>Well, yes he did. But what do you expect from The Starmaker?

I don't expect much in the way of geographical knowledge from anyone
in the UK or US after watching numerous TV quiz shows.

Of course some people don't take kindly to correction, and even try to
propagate false information. I still recall when PTD tried very hard
to persuade me that El Paso, Illinois did not exist, despite my having
some relatives who were born there and some that still lived there.  

>> 
>> The UK is not in England; England is in the UK, though perhaps not for
>> much longer. 
>> 
>I think you're taking the SNP propaganda too seriously. They had the referendum
>they asked for in 2014, and convincingly lost.

That was before Brexit. 

In the Brexit referendum the majority of Scots voted to remain. 


-- 
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#1150811

Den 17.09.2026 kl. 06.28 skrev Steve Hayes:

> Of course some people don't take kindly to correction, and even try to
> propagate false information. I still recall when PTD tried very hard
> to persuade me that El Paso, Illinois did not exist, despite my having
> some relatives who were born there and some that still lived there.

El Paso certainly exists. It appears in a Danish children's song.

   	Jeg har min hest jeg har min lasso. (hest = horse)
  	Jeg har min kær'ste i El Paso. (kæreste = sweetheart)

-- 
Bertel, Kolt, Danmark

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#1150813

 Ar an seachtú lá déag de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Bertel Lund Hansen: 

 > Den 17.09.2026 kl. 06.28 skrev Steve Hayes:
 > 
 > > Of course some people don't take kindly to correction, and even try to
 > > propagate false information. I still recall when PTD tried very hard
 > > to persuade me that El Paso, Illinois did not exist, despite my having
 > > some relatives who were born there and some that still lived there.
 > 
 > El Paso certainly exists. It appears in a Danish children's song.
 > 
 >   	Jeg har min hest jeg har min lasso. (hest = horse)
 >  	Jeg har min kær'ste i El Paso. (kæreste = sweetheart)

But is that El Paso, Texas, or El Paso, Illinois?

Or theoretically El Paso (Cochabamba), Bolivia, El Paso (Cesar), Colombia, El
Paso (La Palma), Spain, El Paso, Guyana, El Paso (Sonora), Mexico, El Paso
(Wisconsin), or the county of El Paso in Colorado.

-- 
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)

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#1150831

Den 17.09.2026 kl. 08.25 skrev Aidan Kehoe:

>   > El Paso certainly exists. It appears in a Danish children's song.
>   >
>   >   	Jeg har min hest jeg har min lasso. (hest = horse)
>   >  	Jeg har min kær'ste i El Paso. (kæreste = sweetheart)
> 
> But is that El Paso, Texas, or El Paso, Illinois?

I never thought about that before, but I suppose that it's Texas. Isn't 
that the most cowboyish state?

-- 
Bertel, Kolt, Danmark

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#1150840

 Ar an seachtú lá déag de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Bertel Lund Hansen: 

 > Den 17.09.2026 kl. 08.25 skrev Aidan Kehoe:
 > 
 > >   > El Paso certainly exists. It appears in a Danish children's song.
 > >   >
 > >   >   	Jeg har min hest jeg har min lasso. (hest = horse)
 > >   >  	Jeg har min kær'ste i El Paso. (kæreste = sweetheart)
 > >
 > > But is that El Paso, Texas, or El Paso, Illinois?
 > 
 > I never thought about that before, but I suppose that it's Texas. Isn't that
 > the most cowboyish state?

I believe Wyoming or Montana would be in the running, but I await comment from
our New World posters.

-- 
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)

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