Hi Pat, On 21/05/2008, Pat McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You guys keep saying there's no activity on this site? Must be ghosts who > are posting all the mail and stuff.
Well, let's some french ghost reply then ;) > Re; English vs. Metric. I'm fortunate that I live in Canada, except for > that one thing. Why somebody allowed a number of displaced Frenchman to > govern our fair country I'll never know. Maybe because any Canadian (except natives) have french, brit, irish or dutch origins? > The French haven't won a war in recent history, But haven't been involved in any one based on lies (still looking for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq...) making daily useless casualties among USians AND civilians... > have any number of turnovers and scandals in government (is > Bill Clinton of French descent?) Huh? Last "billclintonish" scandal in France was former presidents François Mitterand's daughter, Mazarine Pingeot. That was publicly known in 1994. And anyway, that's his private life, who cares? > and don't even make good wine anymore. > Okanagan wine is much better, cheaper, and is HOME GROWN. Never had the opportunity to taste it, will ask for it next time I go to my local wine-store... > To our > everlasting shame, they left us the legacy of everything being in metric. > BUT, the gas companies love it. Gas is $1.32 per liter at the gas stations > today; there are 4, count 'em, 4 liters to a gallon, roughly. That makes > the price of gas up here $5.28 per gallon. Makes you wonder, hmmmmmmmmm? Would it be cheaper if you paid per gallon instead of per litre? Sorry, didn't I get your point here... > By the way, some of you might have heard the story about the farmer and the > donkey that fell in the pit? Well, speaking of politicians again, we live > in the Cariboo, home of the Gold Rush of 1867 and any number of cattle > farms. [snip] > Poooooooooor Joe! Drowned in a HUGE pile of his own BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Sound like anybody (especially political types) that you know?????????? Mmm, nope, sorry, you'll have to explain this one (at least to me). I guess you refer to the current presidential campaign in the US, I try to keep myself informed through the press, but still I couldn't get it :/ Cheers, alexis
