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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:08 pm
Post subject: I thought this was funny :)
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Mark Dryden works for a small software company with clients spread
across the state. One of their clients had some in-house development
skill but wanted to outsource a fairly large project: redoing their
sales database. The client had a number of features to be added and
wanted to improve its interface, which had a cyan-colored background
featuring a magenta-colored map with sunshine yellow controls placed in
seemingly random places. However, the in-house developer vehemently
disagreed, claiming that this could be handled with a few simple tweaks
instead of a costly, out-sourced rewrite.
The client held a meeting so that the in-house developer and Mark could
meet and make their case for their solution. Having seen the code and
database structure, and realizing that the GUI was actually the
application's strong point, Mark knew it would be a fairly easily sell
....
Mark: I'm a bit puzzled why the first line of the address for each
customer is the primary key in the Customer's Table ...
Developer: I decided that was the most unique item for each entity
Mark: So what happens when you get a customer that shares the same first
line of the address?
Developer: That generates an error - the user then rings me up and I
generate the customer record.
Mark: Ah - so you change the first line of the address, what to?
Developer: Well, I prefix the line with a numerical value - indicating
the duplication number.
Mark: So ... a new customer with the address of "1 Main Street" would be
changed to "2 1 Main Street"?
Developer: Correct
Owner: Does it?
Developer: Er ... Yes.
Owner: ...
Owner: Well, that explains why most of our marketing and billing post is
never delivered...
Things seemed to go downhill from there. It all ended well, though; by
the time Mark's team went in with the project, the original developer
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:55 am
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Stephen Limowski wrote:
> Mark: I'm a bit puzzled why the first line of the address for each
> customer is the primary key in the Customer's Table ...
> Developer: I decided that was the most unique item for each entity
> Mark: So what happens when you get a customer that shares the same first
> line of the address?
> Developer: That generates an error - the user then rings me up and I
> generate the customer record.
> Mark: Ah - so you change the first line of the address, what to?
> Developer: Well, I prefix the line with a numerical value - indicating
> the duplication number.
> Mark: So ... a new customer with the address of "1 Main Street" would be
> changed to "2 1 Main Street"?
> Developer: Correct
> Owner: Does it?
> Developer: Er ... Yes.
> Owner: ...
> Owner: Well, that explains why most of our marketing and billing post is
> never delivered...
Thus, "Customer numbers" are explained.
Of course, you Americans are weird anyway, for prefixing house numbers.
They should be postfixed, like in sane nations.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:55 am
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Frank van Schie <frankNOSPAM DeleteThis @email.it> wrote in news:9_-
dnWXstblp_yPeRVny2w DeleteThis @casema.nl:
> Of course, you Americans are weird anyway, for prefixing house numbers.
> They should be postfixed, like in sane nations.
At least we can generally infer the block from the number, for instance by
numbering all houses in block in the 100's, the next block in the 200's,
etc. I understand that in Japan they're just numbered consecutively (or is
it randomly?), making it virtually impossible to locate an address on a
long street.
(Not that I can really brag; the office numbers in my office park are not
numbered consecutively, so we've had problems with shippers not finding our
office as it's numbered in the wrong order from the prevailing direction.) >> Stay informed about: I thought this was funny :) |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:55 am
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ScratchMonkey wrote:
> Frank van Schie <frankNOSPAM RemoveThis @email.it> wrote in news:9_-
> dnWXstblp_yPeRVny2w RemoveThis @casema.nl:
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>>Of course, you Americans are weird anyway, for prefixing house numbers.
>>They should be postfixed, like in sane nations.
>
> At least we can generally infer the block from the number, for instance by
> numbering all houses in block in the 100's, the next block in the 200's,
> etc. I understand that in Japan they're just numbered consecutively (or is
> it randomly?), making it virtually impossible to locate an address on a
> long street.
Oh yes, you have these 'blocks'.
I live in a 750 year old town. We don't have 'blocks', we have spaghetti
streets. Look up your average US city in Google Earth. Then look up
Delft. (the picture was taken on a Thursday, when there was a market on
the Grote Markt (lit: Big Market), so that center of the town is filled
with whitish squares)
With some exceptions, streets mostly aren't long enough to require
anything other than consecutive numbering.
> (Not that I can really brag; the office numbers in my office park are not
> numbered consecutively, so we've had problems with shippers not finding our
> office as it's numbered in the wrong order from the prevailing direction.)
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:55 am
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:32:52 +0100, Frank van Schie
<frankNOSPAM.DeleteThis@email.it> wrote:
>ScratchMonkey wrote:
>> Frank van Schie <frankNOSPAM.DeleteThis@email.it> wrote in news:9_-
>> dnWXstblp_yPeRVny2w.DeleteThis@casema.nl:
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>>
>>>Of course, you Americans are weird anyway, for prefixing house numbers.
>>>They should be postfixed, like in sane nations.
>>
>> At least we can generally infer the block from the number, for instance by
>> numbering all houses in block in the 100's, the next block in the 200's,
>> etc. I understand that in Japan they're just numbered consecutively (or is
>> it randomly?), making it virtually impossible to locate an address on a
>> long street.
>
>Oh yes, you have these 'blocks'.
>
>I live in a 750 year old town. We don't have 'blocks', we have spaghetti
>streets. Look up your average US city in Google Earth. Then look up
>Delft. (the picture was taken on a Thursday, when there was a market on
>the Grote Markt (lit: Big Market), so that center of the town is filled
>with whitish squares)
>
>With some exceptions, streets mostly aren't long enough to require
>anything other than consecutive numbering.
Paris and London have even spaz-ghettier streets. Delft is fairly
blocky by comparison.
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:55 pm
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"Smeghead" <tribesfan.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:32:52 +0100, Frank van Schie
> <frankNOSPAM.TakeThisOut@email.it> wrote:
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>>ScratchMonkey wrote:
>>> Frank van Schie <frankNOSPAM.TakeThisOut@email.it> wrote in news:9_-
>>> dnWXstblp_yPeRVny2w.TakeThisOut@casema.nl:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Of course, you Americans are weird anyway, for prefixing house numbers.
>>>>They should be postfixed, like in sane nations.
>>>
>>> At least we can generally infer the block from the number, for instance
>>> by
>>> numbering all houses in block in the 100's, the next block in the 200's,
>>> etc. I understand that in Japan they're just numbered consecutively (or
>>> is
>>> it randomly?), making it virtually impossible to locate an address on a
>>> long street.
>>
>>Oh yes, you have these 'blocks'.
>>
>>I live in a 750 year old town. We don't have 'blocks', we have spaghetti
>>streets. Look up your average US city in Google Earth. Then look up
>>Delft. (the picture was taken on a Thursday, when there was a market on
>>the Grote Markt (lit: Big Market), so that center of the town is filled
>>with whitish squares)
>>
>>With some exceptions, streets mostly aren't long enough to require
>>anything other than consecutive numbering.
>
> Paris and London have even spaz-ghettier streets. Delft is fairly
> blocky by comparison.
>
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:55 pm
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On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:52:44 +0000 (UTC), "Adrian Ng"
<spam.ng.DeleteThis@btopenworld.com> wrote:
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>"Smeghead" <tribesfan.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:32:52 +0100, Frank van Schie
>> <frankNOSPAM.DeleteThis@email.it> wrote:
>>
>>>ScratchMonkey wrote:
>>>> Frank van Schie <frankNOSPAM.DeleteThis@email.it> wrote in news:9_-
>>>> dnWXstblp_yPeRVny2w.DeleteThis@casema.nl:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Of course, you Americans are weird anyway, for prefixing house numbers.
>>>>>They should be postfixed, like in sane nations.
>>>>
>>>> At least we can generally infer the block from the number, for instance
>>>> by
>>>> numbering all houses in block in the 100's, the next block in the 200's,
>>>> etc. I understand that in Japan they're just numbered consecutively (or
>>>> is
>>>> it randomly?), making it virtually impossible to locate an address on a
>>>> long street.
>>>
>>>Oh yes, you have these 'blocks'.
>>>
>>>I live in a 750 year old town. We don't have 'blocks', we have spaghetti
>>>streets. Look up your average US city in Google Earth. Then look up
>>>Delft. (the picture was taken on a Thursday, when there was a market on
>>>the Grote Markt (lit: Big Market), so that center of the town is filled
>>>with whitish squares)
>>>
>>>With some exceptions, streets mostly aren't long enough to require
>>>anything other than consecutive numbering.
>>
>> Paris and London have even spaz-ghettier streets. Delft is fairly
>> blocky by comparison.
>>
>
>Well Delft is a much smaller town, so that isn't a great comparison.
It could be.
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"Smeghead" <tribesfan DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:52:44 +0000 (UTC), "Adrian Ng"
> <spam.ng DeleteThis @btopenworld.com> wrote:
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>>
>>"Smeghead" <tribesfan DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:786tr1lgt2qrm10nbghrf7t6cg1rkuvune@4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:32:52 +0100, Frank van Schie
>>> <frankNOSPAM DeleteThis @email.it> wrote:
>>>
>>>>ScratchMonkey wrote:
>>>>> Frank van Schie <frankNOSPAM DeleteThis @email.it> wrote in news:9_-
>>>>> dnWXstblp_yPeRVny2w DeleteThis @casema.nl:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Of course, you Americans are weird anyway, for prefixing house
>>>>>>numbers.
>>>>>>They should be postfixed, like in sane nations.
>>>>>
>>>>> At least we can generally infer the block from the number, for
>>>>> instance
>>>>> by
>>>>> numbering all houses in block in the 100's, the next block in the
>>>>> 200's,
>>>>> etc. I understand that in Japan they're just numbered consecutively
>>>>> (or
>>>>> is
>>>>> it randomly?), making it virtually impossible to locate an address on
>>>>> a
>>>>> long street.
>>>>
>>>>Oh yes, you have these 'blocks'.
>>>>
>>>>I live in a 750 year old town. We don't have 'blocks', we have spaghetti
>>>>streets. Look up your average US city in Google Earth. Then look up
>>>>Delft. (the picture was taken on a Thursday, when there was a market on
>>>>the Grote Markt (lit: Big Market), so that center of the town is filled
>>>>with whitish squares)
>>>>
>>>>With some exceptions, streets mostly aren't long enough to require
>>>>anything other than consecutive numbering.
>>>
>>> Paris and London have even spaz-ghettier streets. Delft is fairly
>>> blocky by comparison.
>>>
>>
>>Well Delft is a much smaller town, so that isn't a great comparison.
>
> It could be.
You may be right. However, that is only because i was not able to find any
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On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 18:29:10 +0000 (UTC), "Adrian Ng"
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>"Smeghead" <tribesfan RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 16:52:44 +0000 (UTC), "Adrian Ng"
>> <spam.ng RemoveThis @btopenworld.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>>"Smeghead" <tribesfan RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>> On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:32:52 +0100, Frank van Schie
>>>> <frankNOSPAM RemoveThis @email.it> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>ScratchMonkey wrote:
>>>>>> Frank van Schie <frankNOSPAM RemoveThis @email.it> wrote in news:9_-
>>>>>> dnWXstblp_yPeRVny2w RemoveThis @casema.nl:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Of course, you Americans are weird anyway, for prefixing house
>>>>>>>numbers.
>>>>>>>They should be postfixed, like in sane nations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At least we can generally infer the block from the number, for
>>>>>> instance
>>>>>> by
>>>>>> numbering all houses in block in the 100's, the next block in the
>>>>>> 200's,
>>>>>> etc. I understand that in Japan they're just numbered consecutively
>>>>>> (or
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> it randomly?), making it virtually impossible to locate an address on
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> long street.
>>>>>
>>>>>Oh yes, you have these 'blocks'.
>>>>>
>>>>>I live in a 750 year old town. We don't have 'blocks', we have spaghetti
>>>>>streets. Look up your average US city in Google Earth. Then look up
>>>>>Delft. (the picture was taken on a Thursday, when there was a market on
>>>>>the Grote Markt (lit: Big Market), so that center of the town is filled
>>>>>with whitish squares)
>>>>>
>>>>>With some exceptions, streets mostly aren't long enough to require
>>>>>anything other than consecutive numbering.
>>>>
>>>> Paris and London have even spaz-ghettier streets. Delft is fairly
>>>> blocky by comparison.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Well Delft is a much smaller town, so that isn't a great comparison.
>>
>> It could be.
>
>You may be right. However, that is only because i was not able to find any
>such town named "Delft" in eithe Google Earth or Maps.
So, how cold will it be in the mid to south of England in early
February?
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Adrian Ng wrote:
>>>>>I live in a 750 year old town. We don't have 'blocks', we have spaghetti
>>>>>streets. Look up your average US city in Google Earth. Then look up
>>>>>Delft. (the picture was taken on a Thursday, when there was a market on
>>>>>the Grote Markt (lit: Big Market), so that center of the town is filled
>>>>>with whitish squares)
>>>>>
>>>>>With some exceptions, streets mostly aren't long enough to require
>>>>>anything other than consecutive numbering.
>>>>
>>>>Paris and London have even spaz-ghettier streets. Delft is fairly
>>>>blocky by comparison.
Granted.
>>>Well Delft is a much smaller town, so that isn't a great comparison.
>>
>>It could be.
Probably is. London, as I recall, is an agglomeration of many small
villages and towns close together. Since the 'grids' don't match up, you
get a huge pretty mess.
Plus, you've got geography. We got shovels and pumps.
> You may be right. However, that is only because i was not able to find any
> such town named "Delft" in eithe Google Earth or Maps.
Try: Delft, Netherlands
The old city (the inner city, or "The City" to residents) goes from the
Phoenixstraat in the west (used to be a wall, ages ago) to that greenish
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:41:40 +0100, Frank van Schie
<frankNOSPAM.RemoveThis@email.it> wrote:
>Adrian Ng wrote:
>>>>>>I live in a 750 year old town. We don't have 'blocks', we have spaghetti
>>>>>>streets. Look up your average US city in Google Earth. Then look up
>>>>>>Delft. (the picture was taken on a Thursday, when there was a market on
>>>>>>the Grote Markt (lit: Big Market), so that center of the town is filled
>>>>>>with whitish squares)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>With some exceptions, streets mostly aren't long enough to require
>>>>>>anything other than consecutive numbering.
>>>>>
>>>>>Paris and London have even spaz-ghettier streets. Delft is fairly
>>>>>blocky by comparison.
>
>Granted.
But compared to, say, Arlington, Texas it's pasta streets galore!
Arlington is grid after grid of homes and shops and malls.
>>>>Well Delft is a much smaller town, so that isn't a great comparison.
>>>
>>>It could be.
>
>Probably is. London, as I recall, is an agglomeration of many small
>villages and towns close together. Since the 'grids' don't match up, you
>get a huge pretty mess.
>
>Plus, you've got geography. We got shovels and pumps.
And the know-how to use them.
>> You may be right. However, that is only because i was not able to find any
>> such town named "Delft" in eithe Google Earth or Maps.
>
>Try: Delft, Netherlands
>
>The old city (the inner city, or "The City" to residents) goes from the
>Phoenixstraat in the west (used to be a wall, ages ago) to that greenish
>river from north to east to south of town
Looks like a nice town, from geosync orbit.
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Smeghead wrote:
> On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:41:40 +0100, Frank van Schie
> <frankNOSPAM.DeleteThis@email.it> wrote:
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>> Adrian Ng wrote:
>>>>>>> I live in a 750 year old town. We don't have 'blocks', we have
>>>>>>> spaghetti streets. Look up your average US city in Google
>>>>>>> Earth. Then look up Delft. (the picture was taken on a
>>>>>>> Thursday, when there was a market on the Grote Markt (lit: Big
>>>>>>> Market), so that center of the town is filled with whitish
>>>>>>> squares)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With some exceptions, streets mostly aren't long enough to
>>>>>>> require anything other than consecutive numbering.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paris and London have even spaz-ghettier streets. Delft is fairly
>>>>>> blocky by comparison.
>>
>> Granted.
>
> But compared to, say, Arlington, Texas it's pasta streets galore!
> Arlington is grid after grid of homes and shops and malls.
>
>>>>> Well Delft is a much smaller town, so that isn't a great
>>>>> comparison.
>>>>
>>>> It could be.
>>
>> Probably is. London, as I recall, is an agglomeration of many small
>> villages and towns close together. Since the 'grids' don't match up,
>> you get a huge pretty mess.
>>
>> Plus, you've got geography. We got shovels and pumps.
>
> And the know-how to use them.
>
>>> You may be right. However, that is only because i was not able to
>>> find any such town named "Delft" in eithe Google Earth or Maps.
>>
>> Try: Delft, Netherlands
>>
>> The old city (the inner city, or "The City" to residents) goes from
>> the Phoenixstraat in the west (used to be a wall, ages ago) to that
>> greenish river from north to east to south of town
>
> Looks like a nice town, from geosync orbit.
Keep in mind that in places like Texas where the industry was mainly cattle
or farming, land is pretty much divided up in sections which are 1 square
mile, and they are divided usually with roads. So everything pretty much
started with squares, which only got smaller as those were divided. I am
sure it was similarly done all over the states in like areas. Here on the
coast where I live now though, things are not so ordered, yet not like a
bowel of spaghetti.
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On Fri, 6 Jan 2006 19:20:22 -0600, "Quixote" <quixote.RemoveThis@writeme.com>
wrote:
>Smeghead wrote:
>> On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:41:40 +0100, Frank van Schie
>> <frankNOSPAM.RemoveThis@email.it> wrote:
>>
>>> Adrian Ng wrote:
>>>>>>>> I live in a 750 year old town. We don't have 'blocks', we have
>>>>>>>> spaghetti streets. Look up your average US city in Google
>>>>>>>> Earth. Then look up Delft. (the picture was taken on a
>>>>>>>> Thursday, when there was a market on the Grote Markt (lit: Big
>>>>>>>> Market), so that center of the town is filled with whitish
>>>>>>>> squares)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> With some exceptions, streets mostly aren't long enough to
>>>>>>>> require anything other than consecutive numbering.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paris and London have even spaz-ghettier streets. Delft is fairly
>>>>>>> blocky by comparison.
>>>
>>> Granted.
>>
>> But compared to, say, Arlington, Texas it's pasta streets galore!
>> Arlington is grid after grid of homes and shops and malls.
>>
>>>>>> Well Delft is a much smaller town, so that isn't a great
>>>>>> comparison.
>>>>>
>>>>> It could be.
>>>
>>> Probably is. London, as I recall, is an agglomeration of many small
>>> villages and towns close together. Since the 'grids' don't match up,
>>> you get a huge pretty mess.
>>>
>>> Plus, you've got geography. We got shovels and pumps.
>>
>> And the know-how to use them.
>>
>>>> You may be right. However, that is only because i was not able to
>>>> find any such town named "Delft" in eithe Google Earth or Maps.
>>>
>>> Try: Delft, Netherlands
>>>
>>> The old city (the inner city, or "The City" to residents) goes from
>>> the Phoenixstraat in the west (used to be a wall, ages ago) to that
>>> greenish river from north to east to south of town
>>
>> Looks like a nice town, from geosync orbit.
>
>Keep in mind that in places like Texas where the industry was mainly cattle
>or farming, land is pretty much divided up in sections which are 1 square
>mile, and they are divided usually with roads. So everything pretty much
>started with squares, which only got smaller as those were divided. I am
>sure it was similarly done all over the states in like areas. Here on the
>coast where I live now though, things are not so ordered, yet not like a
>bowel of spaghetti.
Yep! Divisions and sub-divisions. If you look at the counties in Texas
the only time the quadrilateral monotony is broke is when a river gets
in the way.
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:24 am
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Miracle wrote:
> Went to Google, and was reminded again that I want a
> Gmail account. Can only join nowby invitation from someone
> who already has an account. *HINT* *HINT*
>
Check your peoplepc addy.
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:55 am
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On 7 Jan 2006 07:43:48 GMT, "Miracle" <GetLost RemoveThis @yourexpense.com> wrote:
>Smeghead wrote:
>> I'm really looking forward to my first visit to England. I've never
>> even been over the border of our neighboring countries, much less to
>> Rightpondia.
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> I've been all over Mexico, and you ain't missed much!
>'Cept for white sand beaches and Montezuma's revenge,
>natch.
> But British Columbia in Canada has some breathtaking
>mountain scenery.
Yeah, I can't wait until we annex Canada and subjugate her populace...
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