On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 12:23:10PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I don't get where you're going with this...
Merely commenting on a fact. Look at a census for the NW US
and Canada sometime.
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 06:00:59PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> Well, this statement is going to be controversial, but one type of
> redneck lives in a 95% white culture, and one type lives in a roughly
> 50-50% white-black culture. Not that you implie
On Saturday 17 January 2004 01:48, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> when parking goes free. Gotta plug meters on the street between
> 8AM-6PM every day except legal holidays. Thank God Sunday is still a
> legal holiday in the US.
Yeah, he's the one to thank.
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 05:30:18PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Ah, then we have another type of redneck: South by Northwest.
> Southern drawl white trailer trash that somehow made it to the
> northwest. Most famous example would be Tanya Harding's most recent
> ex-husband.
Well, this statement i
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:25:08PM +, Pigeon wrote:
> Same here. Especially given that the Lake District is *made* for walking,
> and trying to drive there in the tourist season is a painful experience -
> very narrow roads, flanked by drystone wal
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 08:23:48AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Coeur d?Alene, that is... ;-) It's French...
The Pacific Northwest and southwestern Canada don't claim French as a
major language (even if it is an official language for southwestern
C
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 11:14:56PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> The "wife-beater" white undershirt is not a phenotype I saw much of --
> that's more of a New York Italian stereotype. In the South it's usually
> a black t-shirt with a picture of a wolf
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:17:09PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 07:27:06PM +, Pigeon wrote:
> > > (the average distance a tourist moves
> > > from their car is 300 yds or some such number).
> >
> > Just far enough to
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:01:48PM -0500, Paul M Foster wrote:
Albertan accent instead of a southern drawl. I saw more than one GEO
Metro with a gun rack in Couer d'Alane.
Coeur d´Alene, that is... ;-) It's French...
Hugo.
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 10:38:19PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> I'd say if you really want to go for the overpowering, stereotypical
> southerner, go to Idaho. Replace wife-beaters with flannel and an
> Albertan accent instead of a southern drawl. I saw more than one GEO
> Metro with a gun rack i
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 05:33:38PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 07:27:06PM +, Pigeon wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:49:24AM +, Dave Howorth wrote:
> [snip]
> > It's just that (unless you're a pseudodruid) there's maybe 10 minutes worth
> > of interest in it. A lo
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:01:48PM -0500, Paul M Foster wrote:
> I'm from the South (USA) as well, and I'm _not_ very sensitive about it.
> There _are_ inbred, pointy-headed biggots in the South. But only idiots
> think all people from the South act/th
> Did someone say Legoes! Now that they are dumping the mindstrom legos,
> they want to focus on JUST LEGOS! ask them to build a lego stonehenge
> (actual size!) x-)
Already done, but not in original size:
http://www.x-brick.de/legoland/windsor/stonehenge.jpg
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:28:36AM +, Richard Lyons wrote:
> On Tuesday 13 January 2004 16:29, Jim Higson wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:54:13 -0800, Nano Nano
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Stonehenge sucks!
> >
> > Seriously, don't visit it. You get to walk around a rope 10 meters
how about
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 03:10:46PM +1100, Matthew Joyce wrote:
> > A humble request: could everybody be more consciencous about dropping
> > offensive terms like KKK. The cognitive processes preceding such an
> > utterance disturb me. Being from the South, I am really
> > sensitive about
>
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 07:27:06PM +, Pigeon wrote:
> > (the average distance a tourist moves
> > from their car is 300 yds or some such number).
>
> Just far enough to get to a public toilet...
I never understood this. I usually try to find so
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:49:24AM +, Dave Howorth wrote:
> But surely it would be far better to build the replica in America and
> save them all the hassle of a long plane flight! The food would be
> familiar. There could even be stonehenge-ea
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 10:50:41PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 08:36:33PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 03:10:46PM +1100, Matthew Joyce wrote:
> > >
> > > Personally I find this request unreasonable.
> > > Not unlike if Germans ask everyone not to men
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:28:36AM +, Richard Lyons wrote:
> Really, the main problem is that it is far too distant from London,
> where most of the target audience (American or other) is visiting. Far
> better would be a good replica close to L
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 08:36:33PM -0800, Nano Nano wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 03:10:46PM +1100, Matthew Joyce wrote:
> >
> > Personally I find this request unreasonable.
> > Not unlike if Germans ask everyone not to mention Nazi's ever again.
>
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 04:29:37PM -, Jim Higson wrote:
> And then there's the people (mostly American) standing around filming the
> stones with their camcorder - huh?
Long before everyone was walking around like retarded idiots, paying
attentio
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 07:27:06PM +, Pigeon wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:49:24AM +, Dave Howorth wrote:
[snip]
> It's just that (unless you're a pseudodruid) there's maybe 10 minutes worth
> of interest in it. A lot of big stones in a rather bleak field miles from
> anywhere, and th
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:49:24AM +, Dave Howorth wrote:
> Richard Lyons wrote:
> >On Tuesday 13 January 2004 16:29, Jim Higson wrote:
> >>On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:54:13 -0800, Nano Nano
> >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Stonehenge sucks!
> >>Seriously, don't visit it. You get to walk around a
Deryk Barker wrote:
Thus spake Dave Howorth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
...
But surely it would be far better to build the replica in America and
save them all the hassle of a long plane flight! The food would be
familiar. There could even be stonehenge-east in say Atlantic City and
stonehenge-west a
Thus spake Dave Howorth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
...
> But surely it would be far better to build the replica in America and
> save them all the hassle of a long plane flight! The food would be
> familiar. There could even be stonehenge-east in say Atlantic City and
> stonehenge-west at Disneyland
Richard Lyons wrote:
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 16:29, Jim Higson wrote:
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:54:13 -0800, Nano Nano
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stonehenge sucks!
Seriously, don't visit it. You get to walk around a rope 10 meters or
so from the stones, which have mostly fallen doen anyway. I spent
On Tuesday 13 January 2004 16:29, Jim Higson wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:54:13 -0800, Nano Nano
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Stonehenge sucks!
>
> Seriously, don't visit it. You get to walk around a rope 10 meters or
> so from the stones, which have mostly fallen doen anyway. I spent
> most
Nano Nano wrote:
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 03:10:46PM +1100, Matthew Joyce wrote:
Personally I find this request unreasonable.
Not unlike if Germans ask everyone not to mention Nazi's ever again.
Um, duh, Godwin?
hehe - for those like me who thought wtf!?:
http://info.astrian.net/jargon/terms/g
On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 03:10:46PM +1100, Matthew Joyce wrote:
>
> Personally I find this request unreasonable.
> Not unlike if Germans ask everyone not to mention Nazi's ever again.
Um, duh, Godwin?
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> To: Debian Users
> Subject: Re: OT: Why stonehenge Sucks
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> On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 07:28:51PM -0800, Deryk Barker wrote:
> > Thus spake David P Jame
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 07:28:51PM -0800, Deryk Barker wrote:
> Thus spake David P James ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
[snip]
> > > These present day idiots in their KKK-style outfits have no more
> > > right to special treatment at Stonehenge than does Bugs Bunny.
> > > Actually rather less.
> > >
> >
> >
Thus spake Jim Higson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:12:38 -0800, Deryk Barker
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> >My major beef is the way that they allow the "Druids" (virutually
> >nothing is known about the real Druids aside from a paragraph in
> >Caesar) to prance about there
Thus spake David P James ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On January 13, 2004 14:12, Deryk Barker wrote:
> ...
> >
> > My major beef is the way that they allow the "Druids" (virutually
> > nothing is known about the real Druids aside from a paragraph in
> > Caesar) to prance about there on midsummer's morni
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:12:38 -0800, Deryk Barker wrote:
>
> My major beef is the way that they allow the "Druids" (virutually
> nothing is known about the real Druids aside from a paragraph in
> Caesar) to prance about there on midsummer's morning.
>
> Firstly the real Druids did *not* build Ston
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:12:38 -0800, Deryk Barker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thus spake Jim Higson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:54:13 -0800, Nano Nano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Stonehenge sucks!
No, the presentation, the limitation of access, suck. Stonehenge
itself is a truly str
On January 13, 2004 14:12, Deryk Barker wrote:
...
>
> My major beef is the way that they allow the "Druids" (virutually
> nothing is known about the real Druids aside from a paragraph in
> Caesar) to prance about there on midsummer's morning.
>
> Firstly the real Druids did *not* build Stonehenge
Thus spake Jim Higson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:54:13 -0800, Nano Nano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> Stonehenge sucks!
No, the presentation, the limitation of access, suck. Stonehenge
itself is a truly strange monument - try sleeping overnight in the
back of your car with
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:54:13 -0800, Nano Nano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Stonehenge sucks!
Seriously, don't visit it. You get to walk around a rope 10 meters or so
from the stones, which have mostly fallen doen anyway. I spent most of my
visit playing Sonic2 on a RedHat laptop.
And then there'
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