[Goanet] Mr. Johnson and Mr. Patel

2003-02-23 Thread Mervyn Lobo
For more information/links, see http://goanet.netfirms.com You know when Monty Python writes about current events, the world must be really crazy!!! A letter to the London Observer from Terry Jones (yes, he of

[Goanet] The FBI is watching you

2003-02-19 Thread Mervyn Lobo
For more information/links, see http://goanet.netfirms.com The FBI has developed a new method of monitoring your computer activities. They think it will not be noticed by you. Click on this:

[Goanet] If your happy and you know it, bomb Iraq.

2003-02-19 Thread Mervyn Lobo
For more information/links, see http://goanet.netfirms.com Folks, This is by John Robbins, sung to the tune If your happy and you know it clap your hands. Mervyn --

Re: [GOANET] M.A.G. URGES GOVT TO NOTIFY EXEMPTIONS

2003-02-10 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- --- Miguel Braganza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If a slow moving truck rolls over a

Re: [GOANET] HELMET ISSUE: TRANSPORT MINISTER URGED TO NOTIFY EXEMPTIONS

2003-02-09 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- --- Joel D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adv. Rodrigues has said that it should be

[GOANET] US/Texas terminology

2003-02-06 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- http://www.democracymeansyou.com/satire/explainified.htm

Re: [GOANET] M.A.G. URGES GOVT TO NOTIFY EXEMPTIONS

2003-02-01 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Joel D'Souza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The meeting vowed to strongly oppose any

[GOANET] He turned around a failed state

2003-01-30 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Jan. 30, 2003. 01:00 AM He turned around a failed state HAROON SIDDIQUI HYDERABAD—In

[GOANET] Canadians paupers.......

2003-01-30 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Paupers at cricket's shining palace NORMAN DA COSTA SPORTS REPORTER THE TORONTO STAR

[GOANET] Panjim Thursday 30th Jan:Road Accidents in Goa - a call for concern.

2003-01-29 Thread Mervyn Lobo
knowledge. Hopefully, this 'action group' is going to see the light sometime and realize that the candle they need to light is the one that brings knowledge and not the one that commemorates death. Mervyn Lobo __ Post your free ad now

[GOANET] Look who is bombing you

2003-01-26 Thread Mervyn Lobo
, it is the prescribing agency and not the pilots who must take responsibility for any adverse consequences. - Brings a new meaning to the term, War on drugs dosen't it? Mervyn Lobo __ Post your

[GOANET] An article by Siddiqui

2003-01-26 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- HAROON SIDDIQUI THE TORONTO STAR MYSORE—This historic city in India has been

[GOANET] Re: Pacem in Terris

2003-01-22 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] The above rationale is not very credible considering

Re: [GOANET] MAG DEPLORES POLICE HIGH-HANDEDNES

2003-01-22 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- HELMET ISSUE: MAG DEPLORES POLICE HIGH-HANDEDNESS Mr. Lotlikar reiterated that that

Re: [GOANET] BB TUESDAY FILM AND DINNER MEETING

2003-01-20 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- BB Cafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BETWEEN BREATHS OPEN AIR FILM PROJECTION AND DINNER:

Re: [GOANET] HELMET ISSUE: M A G SUSPENDS AGITATION

2003-01-15 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- The delegation told the Minister that in April 2001 his predecessor Mr. Pandurang Raut,

[GOANET] The unknown

2003-01-12 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Sydney Omarr, the most widely read astrologer in the world, died on January 2nd. He had

Re: [GOANET] The Goa Helmet Controversy is back in focus.

2003-01-05 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Goa Desc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In passing, it may be said that abroad there is

[GOANET] Only in Canada

2003-01-01 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- By ROBERT MATAS The Globe and Mail, Canada VANCOUVER -- Iraqi soldier Najah Aboud always

[GOANET] Canada 2002

2003-01-01 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Lasting words 2002 By JOHN ROBERT COLOMBO The Globe and Mail Tuesday, December 31,

Re: [GOANET] MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE NEW YEAR

2002-12-29 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Aires Rodrigues wrote: Wearing a helmet could never be one of my New Year resolutions.

[GOANET] New Year's Resolutions

2002-12-27 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- 1. I will try to figure out why I really need 4 e-mail addresses. 2. I will stop

[GOANET] Christmas Carols for the Psychiatrically Impaired

2002-12-13 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Ongoing: Exhibition of paintings, Art Chamber, Calangute www.goa-art.com Dec 13: Dance workshop, with Jaap Van Maanen. Tel 2275733 BB Cafe Dec 14 onwards: Shireen Mody's Goa 2002 exhibition, Arpora. Tel 2276759 Dec 14:

[GOANET] Accountant Jokes

2002-12-10 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Ongoing: Exhibition of paintings, Art Chamber, Calangute www.goa-art.com Dec 13: Dance workshop, with Jaap Van Maanen. Tel 2275733 BB Cafe Dec 14 onwards: Shireen Mody's Goa 2002 exhibition, Arpora. Tel 2276759 Dec 14:

[GOANET] Congressman

2002-12-09 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Dec 7-8: Seminar 'Jesuits in India', at XCHR-Porvorim Ongoing: Exhibition of paintings, Art Chamber, Calangute www.goa-art.com Dec 14: Customer Relationship Mgt Seminar, Xaviers, Mapusa Tel 2262356 Dec 13: Dance workshop,

[GOANET] Canadian Weather

2002-11-30 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number).

Re: [GOANET] HU'S ON FIRST

2002-11-21 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number).

[GOANET] Brendon Desouza: Part 1

2002-11-17 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number).

[GOANET] Dr. Colin D'Cunha has 12 million patients. You're one of them.

2002-11-15 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number).

[Goanet] Job for African Presidents

2002-10-26 Thread Mervyn Lobo
You can post to GoaNet. Send in your views and comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanted: Retired politician for one-year job. Salary: Undisclosed, but

[Goanet] Investing Terms

2002-10-26 Thread Mervyn Lobo
You can post to GoaNet. Send in your views and comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MOMENTUM INVESTING -- The fine art of buying high and selling low. VALUE

Re: [Goanet] Strongly recommended

2002-10-19 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim -- Marlon Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Of

[Goanet] Check this one out, folks.

2002-10-15 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 16-17: Ornithology workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim

Re: [Goanet] Goans are everywhere........

2002-10-14 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 15: Magic in town... Illusion India show, Panjim then Vasco * Oct 16-17: Ornithology workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award)

[Goanet] Goans are everywhere........

2002-10-08 Thread Mervyn Lobo
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 11: Konkani translation of Satre book, Alliance Francaise * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Oct 15: Magic in town... Illusion India magic show, Pnj then Vasco * Mid-Oct: 2-day

[Goanet] Inner Peace

2002-09-05 Thread Mervyn Lobo
INNER PEACE Someone sent me an article that said the way to achieve inner peace is to finish things you've started. It is definitely working for me. I am now making a point of always finishing what I start, and I think I am well on my way toward finding inner peace. Because I care for you, I

[Goanet] Water supply problems in Tanzania

2002-09-02 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, If you think India has water supply problems, check out what they also have to deal with In Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania :-) Mervyn http://www.tanzanet.org/pantomime/pic00535.jpg http://www.tanzanet.org/pantomime/culverts.jpg

[Goanet] 'Coconut oil healthiest oil on earth'

2002-08-15 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, Doh! when I first read the above heading, I thought it was going to be funny article or a joke. Clinical studies have shown coconut oil has anti-microbial and anti-viral properties, and it is now being used to treat AIDS. Studies in the Philippines last year showed coconut oil reduces

[Goanet] Another Elvis?

2002-08-13 Thread Mervyn Lobo
With one Elvis fan owning as much as half a pound of his late idol's hair, it's possible that the entertainer could be cloned, reports The Memphis Commercial Appeal. We can do it, says Dr. Dan Goldowitz, a member of the mouse genome project and the director of the Center of Excellence for

Re: [Goanet] Letter - Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna beaches

2002-07-30 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Tim de Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re:Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna beaches Tim, Pray tell me what they are using the sand for? And please don't say it is for construction as I always thought that you could not use salt contaminated sand with cement. In fact, if I remember

Re: [Goanet] Tits Bits .003

2002-07-30 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Tid-Bits, Floriano :-) __ Post your ad for free now! http://personals.yahoo.ca =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet

[Goanet] ] Re:30 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS

2002-07-30 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Nagesh Bhatcar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We certainly take a lot of pride in associating a lot of celebrities of Goan origin to be Goans, although many of them have absolutely no idea of what Goa is! I always wonder as to whether or not any of these folks have any affinity to Goa, were

[Goanet] WYD

2002-07-28 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Orlando deMelo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just want to clarify something about the World Youth Day. Every registered WYD pilgrim as they are called is given a knapsack and on it is the WYD Emblem and the Canadian emblem as can be seen at this link. Im not sure if that is what Mervyn is

[Goanet] World Youth Day 2002

2002-07-28 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, There were close to a million people at today's mass. It was a real colourfull event as about every 50 feet or so, there was someone waving the flag of his country. India was well represented and I think it was about the 5th most represented flag i.e. after Canada, Poland, USA, and

[Goanet] This one is dumb

2002-07-26 Thread Mervyn Lobo
real dumb. You have been warned, folks. This is the time to hit that delete button. Still here? Ok, most of you will know that the Pope is in Toronto to help celebrate World Youth Day 2002. First the good news. There are more than 400,000 young tourists/pilgrims in town. It is a real

[Goanet] Canada

2002-07-24 Thread Mervyn Lobo
How should I look at this? For the second time in a row or for the second time in ten years Canada is not the best country in the world to live in. It's dropped to third place.. The best place, according to the UN, is Norway, followed by Sweden. The yardsticks used were life expectancy,

[Goanet] US asylum seekers in Canada

2002-07-24 Thread Mervyn Lobo
By KIM LUNMAN The GLobe and Mail Wednesday, July 24, 2002 OTTAWA -- Pot-smoking political asylum seekers from the United States are unlikely to receive refugee status in Canada, immigration experts said yesterday. At least three Americans living in British Columbia are arguing that they have

Re: [Goanet] BRIEfnCOUNTERS:

2002-07-05 Thread Mervyn Lobo
BRIEfnCOUNTERS: 'DOWN-TO-EARTH' ROMAN CATHOLICS, NETWORKING VIA THE NET Spiritualism at the click of a mouse? It not be such an easy task, but a network of Goan expats is working to harness the powers of the Internet to network on a religious basis. CGN, or the Catholic Goan Network, first

Re: [Goanet] re: 4 questions for Margaret

2002-07-03 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Eugene Correia wrote: News of controversies involving CanWest itself is routinely blacked out in company newspapers and TV stations. Or reported with a corporate spin. The erosion in the fundamental freedom of journalists to report without fear of intimidation has prompted calls for an inquiry

[Goanet] TANZANIANS take 1-2-3 at world cup!

2002-07-01 Thread Mervyn Lobo
i.e. if you accept the contention that the first man walked out of Olduvai gorge, Tanzania :-) Mervyn =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet

Re: [Goanet] Miracle is an appeal to ignorance

2002-06-21 Thread Mervyn Lobo
santoshhelekar wrote: History has shown us time and again that advancement of human knowledge has occurred every single time that we have stopped believing in a miraculous explanation. If we had continued to believe that thunder and lightning were acts of God, we would still be lighting oil

Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Indian PMO says Time article is in bad taste

2002-06-18 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Sonali wrote: Dont forget Mr. Bush Sr. who puked in Japan or Jr. who choked on a harmless pretzel. At least Vajpayee can devour his food without any problems. Sonali, Here's something from today's The Globe and Mail, (Canada) that I found interesting. Mervyn

Re: [Goanet] Forts: Goa's sentinels lie neglected

2002-06-15 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Mayuresh: Thank you for this posting. Mervyn Forts: Goa’s sentinels lie neglected =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet ===

[Goanet] Quote

2002-06-13 Thread Mervyn Lobo
If you kill one person, you're prosecuted. If you kill ten people, you're a celebrity; If you kill a quarter-of-a-million people, you're invited to a peace conference. --Haris Silajdzic, Bosnian Prime Minister =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To

[Goanet] Re: India may grant dual citizenship by end of 2002

2002-04-30 Thread Mervyn Lobo
understood the logic of the Indians, to celebrate the aniversary of Mahatma Gahdhi's return to India, India is going to create a special class of citizens that will not have the rights to run for political office? I thank my stars I live in Canada. Mervyn Lobo

[Goanet] On Mangoes

2002-04-25 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Eddie Fernandes wrote: So to a new problem. What is the best way to eat a ripe mango? (though VM seems to eat them by the dozen at each sitting). I have lost the reference I saw to advice given by an Englishman in the 19th century that to enjoy the mango it is necessary to strip off

[Goanet] Presidential Elections in India

2002-04-23 Thread Mervyn Lobo
leaders and his contribution to Humanism in Health is widely known. He has once again been nominated for a Nobel and recipient of many international awards. Mr. Borges, Please tell me this is not the same Dr. Leo Rebello who wants to cure aids by music therapy. Regards Mervyn Lobo