Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-26 Thread Keith Whaley
Well, I really like it all, but a fine tot or two of Connemara suits me just as well as one of Cardhu! keith whaley graywolf wrote: > > Oh yes, they do make good beer. And Irish Wiskey is great much better to my way > of thinking than that nasty tasting stuff the Scots make. >

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-26 Thread Lukasz Kacperczyk
> And Irish Wiskey is great much better to my way > of thinking than that nasty tasting stuff the Scots make. The best whisky/ey I've ever tasted was a 12 years old Bushmills single malt. Delicious. Lukasz [EMAIL PROTECTED] === www.fotopolis.pl

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-26 Thread graywolf
it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Have I done something to upset you. Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 00:05:30 -0500 And which of the 3500 or so tribes was that? Much as I like the Irish,

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-26 Thread graywolf
Well, tribal savages is probably too strong a term. There seems to be two histories of Ireland, the one you quote is certainly an idealization. The one I mentioned is like: A killed B and invaded C, then was murdered by D who... There were many who claimed to be the king of Ireland, quite a few

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread frank theriault
lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Have I done something to upset you. Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:47:21 -0800 Does this go back far enough? In the 5th century, the Irish abolished slavery, with the strong encouragement of Saint Patrick, a forme

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread Pat White
Does this go back far enough? In the 5th century, the Irish abolished slavery, with the strong encouragement of Saint Patrick, a former slave. It took most of the "first world" well over a thousand years to catch up to that one, and some countries still practice slavery today. Ironically, Irish p

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread frank theriault
OUCH!!! -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: Ann Sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I decided to play this game and offered my spell checker *istD and *isdD it substituted: fisted and misdeed anns

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Peter Jordan wrote: > > > P.S. My spellchecker offers "stud" as an alternative to *istD, I guess we > don't want to go there either . > I decided to play this game and offered my spell checker *istD and *isdD it substituted: fisted and misdeed annsan

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread Bob Walkden
D] >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: Have I done something to upset you. >>Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:47:55 -0500 >> >>Great response Boris. I doubt that anyone can go further back than you!!! >> >>

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread frank theriault
Yup. Game, Set and Match to Boris! -frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Su

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread Boris Liberman
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:25:16 -0600 "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message - From: "Peter Jordan" Subject: Re: Have I done something to upset you. Do any other cultures have rivalries where one side can go further back to prove supe

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread graywolf
No Doug is not going to remove anyone for what they say on the list, but bounced mail from your address will automatically unsubscribe you. You need to fix the problem, and then resubscribe. However, Monday was apparently just a slow day. -- Len Paris wrote: That's ridiculous! To the best of

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Peter Jordan" Subject: Re: Have I done something to upset you. > Do any other cultures have rivalries where one side can go further back to > prove superiority over another. This might not be a particularly good topic for discussion here. William Robb

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread Boris Liberman
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:47:55 -0500 "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Great response Boris. I doubt that anyone can go further back than you!!! Bill For good or for bad I can go back twice, having received almost complete Soviet education and having spent last 12 years of my life in Isra

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread Bill Owens
Great response Boris. I doubt that anyone can go further back than you!!! Bill - Original Message - From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:09 AM Subject: Re: Have I done something to upset you. >

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread Boris Liberman
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:40:02 - "Peter Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a challenge here. As an Englishman living in Scotland, I am constantly barraged about the clear superiority of the Scots over the English, much of which is based on the bragging right that arose from Scotland be

Re: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-25 Thread Peter Jordan
arter past one). Do any other cultures have rivalries where one side can go further back to prove superiority over another. Peter - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 12:08 AM Subject

RE: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-24 Thread frank theriault
I don't like your tone, Len. YOU'RE OUTTA HERE!! cheers, frank (pretending to be a mean list guy - which the Real List Guy isn't, of course) "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer From: "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PRO

RE: Have I done something to upset you.

2003-11-24 Thread Rob Brigham
I had a similar thing a couple of weeks ago. Presumably the message telling me I got unsubbed was bounced too though?!?! Seems to unsub you very quick these days. Not complaining as I can possibly understand why - just commenting. > -Original Message- > From: Peter Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL