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  Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-10 09:13 +1300
    Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-01-11 18:37 +0000
      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-12 10:16 +1300
      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-11 21:47 +0000
        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-11 14:11 -0800
      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-11 22:01 +0000
      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-11 17:24 -0700
        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Jim Jaeger <jimjaeger@example.com> - 2014-01-11 16:38 -0800
          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-12 09:19 +0000
            Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-12 08:07 -0800
              Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-12 18:03 +0000
                Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-12 10:25 -0800
                  Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-12 18:33 +0000
                    Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-12 10:46 -0800
                    Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-12 12:53 -0700
                      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-13 07:42 +1100
                        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-12 15:36 -0800
                          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-13 11:09 +1100
                            Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-15 10:39 -0800
                              Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-16 07:11 +1100
                    Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-13 07:34 +1100
                    Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-12 15:33 -0800
                      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-13 10:59 +1100
                        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-01-12 23:37 -0800
                          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-13 09:42 +0000
                          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-13 20:54 +1100
                  Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-13 09:02 +1300
                    Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-12 12:24 -0800
                      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-12 15:38 -0600
                      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-12 21:59 +0000
                      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-13 09:02 +1100
                      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-13 13:14 +1300
                        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-12 16:44 -0800
                          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-13 17:08 +1300
                            Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-12 23:31 -0500
                              Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-13 18:55 +1300
                                Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-14 09:16 +1300
                        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-01-13 18:14 +0000
                          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-13 18:37 -0500
                            Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-14 13:13 +1300
                            Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-13 16:26 -0800
                              Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-14 13:49 +1300
                    Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-12 22:15 +0000
                      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-12 15:39 -0800
                        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-13 13:28 +1300
                Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2014-01-12 15:31 -0800
                  Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-12 23:33 +0000
                  Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-12 18:15 -0700
                    Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-12 17:19 -0800
              Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-13 07:25 +1100
            Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-12 09:18 -0700
              Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-12 11:25 -0600
                Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-12 10:40 -0800
                  Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-01-12 23:26 +0000
                    Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-12 16:28 -0800
                      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-12 18:14 -0700
                        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-12 17:29 -0800
                        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2014-01-16 17:51 -0500
                          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-16 23:11 +0000
                            Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2014-01-24 22:33 -0600
                      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-13 17:13 +1300
                        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2014-01-12 20:52 -0800
                          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-13 18:57 +1300
        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-11 19:50 -0500
          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-11 18:02 -0700
          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-12 15:52 +1300
          Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-11 20:56 -0600
      Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-11 20:55 -0600
        Re: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-12 17:49 +1300

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#3356

In article <120120141833024989%timstreater@greenbee.net>,
 Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:

> I'm surprised there aren't posts from people in other countries
> saying that there's never been a Civil War.

That's because I decided not to post about how the very unfair fight 
against our original inhabitants is not really to be so described.

-- 
dorayme

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#3365

On 1/12/14   PDT, 10:33 AM, Tim Streater wrote:

> I'm well aware that the Americans managed to have a Civil War rather
> after ours, but if I see a post that just refers to "the Civil War" my
> default interpretation is going to be that it refers to the English
> one. I'm surprised there aren't posts from people in other countries
> saying that there's never been a Civil War.
>
> If you wish to do something other than refer to Civil Wars in general,
> you'll need to make your reference more specific.

Or you could stop being semi-pedantic and realize that these groups are 
US centric. But you knew that.

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#3368

In article <lav8oc$vum$2@dont-email.me>,
 John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:

> Or you could stop being semi-pedantic and realize that these groups are 
> US centric. But you knew that.

It is not pedantic or semi-pedantic or any-pedantic to show a mild 
irritability with the assumptions of some people.

-- 
dorayme

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#3384

In article <do_ray_me-20DDDF.10592813012014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
<do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> It is not pedantic or semi-pedantic or any-pedantic to show a mild 
> irritability with the assumptions of some people.

Strip everyone of all assumptions. All that's left is math.

leo

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#3385

In article <120120142337051287%leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>, Leonard
Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> In article <do_ray_me-20DDDF.10592813012014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
> <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> > It is not pedantic or semi-pedantic or any-pedantic to show a mild 
> > irritability with the assumptions of some people.
> 
> Strip everyone of all assumptions. All that's left is math.

No, the moth comes first and eats your clothes. That's why the people
end up stripped.

-- 
"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to
 lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores 
 the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them
 into it in the first place."                             - Douglas Adams

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#3386

In article <120120142337051287%leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net>,
 Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> In article <do_ray_me-20DDDF.10592813012014@news.albasani.net>, dorayme
> <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> > It is not pedantic or semi-pedantic or any-pedantic to show a mild 
> > irritability with the assumptions of some people.
> 
> Strip everyone of all assumptions. All that's left is math.

Oh I don't know, Leonard... that is a bit severe. All of human life 
and science is based on assumptions. As for mathematics, it needs to 
be applied to be useful, that is where assumptions that could irritate 
could creep in. I seem to irritate people on usenet without making any 
assumptions, so maybe we should not condemn assumptions per se... <g>

-- 
dorayme

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#3353

In article <2014011210252517719-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2014-01-12 18:03:46 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> said:
> > In article <2014011208071963901-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> > Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> >> On 2014-01-12 09:19:22 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> said:
> >> > In article
> >> > <jimjaeger-1DF813.16385911012014@news.eternal-september.org>, Jim
> >> > Jaeger <jimjaeger@example.com> wrote:
> >> >>In article <las31b$sho$1@dont-email.me>, Kirˆ°ly
> >> >> <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > This will make you feel *really* old. Remember the original Star 
> >> >> > Wars movie? Its release date was closer in time to the attack on 
> >> >> > Pearl Harbor than to today.
> >> >> >
> >> >> My birthdate is closer to the Civil War than to today.
> >> >> You kids get off my lawn.
> >> >
> >> > The Civil War was in the 1640s. Are you at least 180 years old?
> >> 
> >> When us folks in North America talk of the Civil War we think in terms 
> >> of 1861-65, The Union & The Confederacy, U.S. Grant & R. E. Lee, not 
> >> Parliamentarians & Royalists, Cromwell & Charles I.
> >> So for a WWII veteran of say 90-95 years of age, his birthdate could 
> >> well be some 30 years closer to the U.S. Civil War than today.
> > 
> > Us folks are not in North America.
> 
> Yup!
> We are a tad insular when we read "Civil War", thinking only of ours. 
> That seems to be a trait shared with the English who seem to know of no 
> other "Civil War", but theirs.

Americans are "a tad insular" in pretty much everything.  :-\

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#3354

On 2014-01-12 20:02:16 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:

> In article <2014011210252517719-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>> On 2014-01-12 18:03:46 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> said:
>>> In article <2014011208071963901-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2014-01-12 09:19:22 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> said:
>>>>> In article
>>>>> <jimjaeger-1DF813.16385911012014@news.eternal-september.org>, Jim
>>>>> Jaeger <jimjaeger@example.com> wrote:
>>>>>> In article <las31b$sho$1@dont-email.me>, Kirˆ°ly
>>>>>> <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This will make you feel *really* old. Remember the original Star
>>>>>>> Wars movie? Its release date was closer in time to the attack on
>>>>>>> Pearl Harbor than to today.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> My birthdate is closer to the Civil War than to today.
>>>>>> You kids get off my lawn.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Civil War was in the 1640s. Are you at least 180 years old?
>>>> 
>>>> When us folks in North America talk of the Civil War we think in terms
>>>> of 1861-65, The Union & The Confederacy, U.S. Grant & R. E. Lee, not
>>>> Parliamentarians & Royalists, Cromwell & Charles I.
>>>> So for a WWII veteran of say 90-95 years of age, his birthdate could
>>>> well be some 30 years closer to the U.S. Civil War than today.
>>> 
>>> Us folks are not in North America.
>> 
>> Yup!
>> We are a tad insular when we read "Civil War", thinking only of ours.
>> That seems to be a trait shared with the English who seem to know of no
>> other "Civil War", but theirs.
> 
> Americans are "a tad insular" in pretty much everything.  :-\

...and Australians aren't?

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#3358

On 1/12/14 2:24 PM, in article
2014011212242540582-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, "Savageduck"
<savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

> On 2014-01-12 20:02:16 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:
> 
>> In article <2014011210252517719-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>>> On 2014-01-12 18:03:46 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> said:
>>>> In article <2014011208071963901-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>>>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 2014-01-12 09:19:22 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net>
>>>>> said:
>>>>>> In article
>>>>>> <jimjaeger-1DF813.16385911012014@news.eternal-september.org>, Jim
>>>>>> Jaeger <jimjaeger@example.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <las31b$sho$1@dont-email.me>, Kir?°ly
>>>>>>> <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This will make you feel *really* old. Remember the original Star
>>>>>>>> Wars movie? Its release date was closer in time to the attack on
>>>>>>>> Pearl Harbor than to today.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> My birthdate is closer to the Civil War than to today.
>>>>>>> You kids get off my lawn.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The Civil War was in the 1640s. Are you at least 180 years old?
>>>>> 
>>>>> When us folks in North America talk of the Civil War we think in terms
>>>>> of 1861-65, The Union & The Confederacy, U.S. Grant & R. E. Lee, not
>>>>> Parliamentarians & Royalists, Cromwell & Charles I.
>>>>> So for a WWII veteran of say 90-95 years of age, his birthdate could
>>>>> well be some 30 years closer to the U.S. Civil War than today.
>>>> 
>>>> Us folks are not in North America.
>>> 
>>> Yup!
>>> We are a tad insular when we read "Civil War", thinking only of ours.
>>> That seems to be a trait shared with the English who seem to know of no
>>> other "Civil War", but theirs.
>> 
>> Americans are "a tad insular" in pretty much everything.  :-\
> 
> ...and Australians aren't?
> 

The Land of Tall Tales, mate!

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#3359

In message <2014011212242540582-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> 
  Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2014-01-12 20:02:16 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:

>> In article <2014011210252517719-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>>> On 2014-01-12 18:03:46 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> said:
>>>> In article <2014011208071963901-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>>>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 2014-01-12 09:19:22 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> said:
>>>>>> In article
>>>>>> <jimjaeger-1DF813.16385911012014@news.eternal-september.org>, Jim
>>>>>> Jaeger <jimjaeger@example.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> In article <las31b$sho$1@dont-email.me>, Kirˆ°ly
>>>>>>> <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This will make you feel *really* old. Remember the original Star
>>>>>>>> Wars movie? Its release date was closer in time to the attack on
>>>>>>>> Pearl Harbor than to today.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> My birthdate is closer to the Civil War than to today.
>>>>>>> You kids get off my lawn.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The Civil War was in the 1640s. Are you at least 180 years old?
>>>>> 
>>>>> When us folks in North America talk of the Civil War we think in terms
>>>>> of 1861-65, The Union & The Confederacy, U.S. Grant & R. E. Lee, not
>>>>> Parliamentarians & Royalists, Cromwell & Charles I.
>>>>> So for a WWII veteran of say 90-95 years of age, his birthdate could
>>>>> well be some 30 years closer to the U.S. Civil War than today.
>>>> 
>>>> Us folks are not in North America.
>>> 
>>> Yup!
>>> We are a tad insular when we read "Civil War", thinking only of ours.
>>> That seems to be a trait shared with the English who seem to know of no
>>> other "Civil War", but theirs.
>> 
>> Americans are "a tad insular" in pretty much everything.  :-\

> ...and Australians aren't?

Neither are as bad as the Brits though.

-- 
In my world there are people in chains and you can ride them like ponies

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#3360

In article <2014011212242540582-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
 Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

> > Americans are "a tad insular" in pretty much everything.  :-\
> 
> ...and Australians aren't?

Propose a reasonable way to quantify such a thing and then you can see 
for yourself. Need help?

-- 
dorayme

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#3370

In article <2014011212242540582-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2014-01-12 20:02:16 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:
> > In article <2014011210252517719-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> > Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> >> On 2014-01-12 18:03:46 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> said:
> >>> In article <2014011208071963901-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> >>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> >>>> On 2014-01-12 09:19:22 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net>
> >>>> said:
> >>>>> In article
> >>>>> <jimjaeger-1DF813.16385911012014@news.eternal-september.org>, Jim
> >>>>> Jaeger <jimjaeger@example.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> In article <las31b$sho$1@dont-email.me>, Kir¬à¬ƒly
> >>>>>> <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> This will make you feel *really* old. Remember the original Star
> >>>>>>> Wars movie? Its release date was closer in time to the attack on
> >>>>>>> Pearl Harbor than to today.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>> My birthdate is closer to the Civil War than to today.
> >>>>>> You kids get off my lawn.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> The Civil War was in the 1640s. Are you at least 180 years old?
> >>>> 
> >>>> When us folks in North America talk of the Civil War we think in terms
> >>>> of 1861-65, The Union & The Confederacy, U.S. Grant & R. E. Lee, not
> >>>> Parliamentarians & Royalists, Cromwell & Charles I.
> >>>> So for a WWII veteran of say 90-95 years of age, his birthdate could
> >>>> well be some 30 years closer to the U.S. Civil War than today.
> >>> 
> >>> Us folks are not in North America.
> >> 
> >> Yup!
> >> We are a tad insular when we read "Civil War", thinking only of ours.
> >> That seems to be a trait shared with the English who seem to know of no
> >> other "Civil War", but theirs.
> > 
> > Americans are "a tad insular" in pretty much everything.  :-\
> 
> ...and Australians aren't?

No idea, never been there.  :-p

Of course, Australians do apprently tend to claim every New Zealand
born "celebrity" who becomes famous as their own, as well as many New
Zeland inventions ... not that I care since I'm not a New Zealander
either.

Then there's the New Zealand media, which makes a massive deal about
any connection with a famous person, place, or event, no matter how
insignificant that connection actually is.

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#3373

On 2014-01-13 00:14:48 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:

> In article <2014011212242540582-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>> On 2014-01-12 20:02:16 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:
>>> In article <2014011210252517719-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2014-01-12 18:03:46 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> said:
>>>>> In article <2014011208071963901-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
>>>>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2014-01-12 09:19:22 +0000, Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net>
>>>>>> said:
>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>> <jimjaeger-1DF813.16385911012014@news.eternal-september.org>, Jim
>>>>>>> Jaeger <jimjaeger@example.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article <las31b$sho$1@dont-email.me>, Kir¬à¬ƒly
>>>>>>>> <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> This will make you feel *really* old. Remember the original Star
>>>>>>>>> Wars movie? Its release date was closer in time to the attack on
>>>>>>>>> Pearl Harbor than to today.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> My birthdate is closer to the Civil War than to today.
>>>>>>>> You kids get off my lawn.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The Civil War was in the 1640s. Are you at least 180 years old?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> When us folks in North America talk of the Civil War we think in terms
>>>>>> of 1861-65, The Union & The Confederacy, U.S. Grant & R. E. Lee, not
>>>>>> Parliamentarians & Royalists, Cromwell & Charles I.
>>>>>> So for a WWII veteran of say 90-95 years of age, his birthdate could
>>>>>> well be some 30 years closer to the U.S. Civil War than today.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Us folks are not in North America.
>>>> 
>>>> Yup!
>>>> We are a tad insular when we read "Civil War", thinking only of ours.
>>>> That seems to be a trait shared with the English who seem to know of no
>>>> other "Civil War", but theirs.
>>> 
>>> Americans are "a tad insular" in pretty much everything.  :-\
>> 
>> ...and Australians aren't?
> 
> No idea, never been there.  :-p
> 
> Of course, Australians do apprently tend to claim every New Zealand
> born "celebrity" who becomes famous as their own, as well as many New
> Zeland inventions ... not that I care since I'm not a New Zealander
> either.
> 
> Then there's the New Zealand media, which makes a massive deal about
> any connection with a famous person, place, or event, no matter how
> insignificant that connection actually is.

So what does a young Norwegian such as you, do in New Zealand?

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#3378

In article <2014011216440976491-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2014-01-13 00:14:48 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:
> > In article <2014011212242540582-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> > Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> >> On 2014-01-12 20:02:16 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:
> >>> In article <2014011210252517719-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>,
> >>> Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> Yup!
> >>>> We are a tad insular when we read "Civil War", thinking only of ours.
> >>>> That seems to be a trait shared with the English who seem to know of no
> >>>> other "Civil War", but theirs.
> >>> 
> >>> Americans are "a tad insular" in pretty much everything.  :-\
> >> 
> >> ...and Australians aren't?
> > 
> > No idea, never been there.  :-p
> > 
> > Of course, Australians do apprently tend to claim every New Zealand
> > born "celebrity" who becomes famous as their own, as well as many New
> > Zeland inventions ... not that I care since I'm not a New Zealander
> > either.
> > 
> > Then there's the New Zealand media, which makes a massive deal about
> > any connection with a famous person, place, or event, no matter how
> > insignificant that connection actually is.
> 
> So what does a young Norwegian such as you, do in New Zealand?

I'm not Norwegian either ... but judging recent(ish) news stories,
young Europeas come here to be beaten up, raped, killed, partly thanks
to their own stupidity in hitchhiking around the country.  :-(

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#3380

On 14-01-12 23:08, Your Name wrote:

>> So what does a young Norwegian such as you, do in New Zealand?
> 
> I'm not Norwegian either ... but judging recent(ish) news stories,
> young Europeas come here to be beaten up, raped, killed, partly thanks
> to their own stupidity in hitchhiking around the country.  :-(

Perhaps tourists travel to NZ to sample the local sheep, and the sheep
are fighting back ?

:-)

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#3382

In article <52d36c27$0$10266$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 14-01-12 23:08, Your Name wrote:
> >> 
> >> So what does a young Norwegian such as you, do in New Zealand?
> > 
> > I'm not Norwegian either ... but judging recent(ish) news stories,
> > young Europeas come here to be beaten up, raped, killed, partly thanks
> > to their own stupidity in hitchhiking around the country.  :-(
> 
> Perhaps tourists travel to NZ to sample the local sheep, and the sheep
> are fighting back ?
> 
> :-)

You say that as a joke, but one of the few "theme parks" (more like
lectures, a museum, and trained animal shows) here is called The
Agrodome which is actually *is* all about sheep.
http://www.agrodome.co.nz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LI98uSGcno

A couple of years ago there was also a big media fuss over a sheep that
had been caught after hiding in the wilderness and hadn't been to the
shearing shed for years, so was very woolly.

Just about proves the "high" level of "exciting" and "interesting"
things that happen here.  :-\

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#3388

In article <130120141855015437%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> In article <52d36c27$0$10266$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> > On 14-01-12 23:08, Your Name wrote:
> > >> 
> > >> So what does a young Norwegian such as you, do in New Zealand?
> > > 
> > > I'm not Norwegian either ... but judging recent(ish) news stories,
> > > young Europeas come here to be beaten up, raped, killed, partly thanks
> > > to their own stupidity in hitchhiking around the country.  :-(
> > 
> > Perhaps tourists travel to NZ to sample the local sheep, and the sheep
> > are fighting back ?
> > 
> > :-)
> 
> You say that as a joke, but one of the few "theme parks" (more like
> lectures, a museum, and trained animal shows) here is called The
> Agrodome which is actually *is* all about sheep.
> http://www.agrodome.co.nz
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LI98uSGcno
> 
> A couple of years ago there was also a big media fuss over a sheep that
> had been caught after hiding in the wilderness and hadn't been to the
> shearing shed for years, so was very woolly.
> 
> Just about proves the "high" level of "exciting" and "interesting"
> things that happen here.  :-\

I forgot until I saw the advert last night for the new season, there's
also a locally made "reality" TV series called The Shearing Gang which
follows the "fun and excitement" of a group of sheep shearers.  :-\

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#3387

In comp.sys.mac.system Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
> Then there's the New Zealand media, which makes a massive deal about
> any connection with a famous person, place, or event, no matter how
> insignificant that connection actually is.

It's nice to hear we Canadians don't have a lock on that.

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#3389

On 14-01-13 13:14, Király wrote:
> In comp.sys.mac.system Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
>> Then there's the New Zealand media, which makes a massive deal about
>> any connection with a famous person, place, or event, no matter how
>> insignificant that connection actually is.
> 
> It's nice to hear we Canadians don't have a lock on that.


BTW, Canada also has lots of sheep, we just don't brag about it. On the
other hand, NZ is superior because they don't export stuff like Justin
Bieber.

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#3390

In article <52d478b8$0$61304$c3e8da3$5e5e430d@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 14-01-13 13:14, Király wrote:
> > In comp.sys.mac.system Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
> >> Then there's the New Zealand media, which makes a massive deal about
> >> any connection with a famous person, place, or event, no matter how
> >> insignificant that connection actually is.
> > 
> > It's nice to hear we Canadians don't have a lock on that.
> 
> BTW, Canada also has lots of sheep, we just don't brag about it. On the
> other hand, NZ is superior because they don't export stuff like Justin
> Bieber.

You obviously (and luckily) haven't seen the silly soap opera Shortland
Street (there are good reasons it is nicknamed Sh*tland Street) nor
Temuera Morrison's "acting" abilitiy (let alone his "singing" and
"comedic" abilities). There are also numerous F-grade New Zealand
"actors" trying to "make it big" in Hollyweird, plus New Zealand tries
to claim Russell Crowe.

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