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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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 Posted - 2005-07-01 : 18:18:11
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| Do you consider Australia to be part of the "western world"?steveAlright Brain, you don't like me, and I don't like you. But lets just do this, and I can get back to killing you with beer. |
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Merkin
Funky Drop Bear Fearing SQL Dude!
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Posted - 2005-07-01 : 21:10:57
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| Yes, do you ?Damian"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Emerson |
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Kristen
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Posted - 2005-07-02 : 04:50:30
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Saying No would be dangerous at this point, right?  Kristen |
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Kristen
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Posted - 2005-07-02 : 04:56:14
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| elwoos its a bit of an ambiguous question.Geographically? Don't think so.Japan? That's about as fast East as you can get ..."G8 basis"? Yeah. But then Russia is in that club, isn't it?What about all those Iron Curtain countries we've let into the EC - are they now part of the Western World?England? How long will that survive in the "Western World"? We've stopped making anything (like cars), we don't dig stuff out of the ground any more (like coal), we hardly farm anything (it comes from goodness-knows-what-countries that have the farming practices we abhor and have outlawed here). 3rd world here we come ...Kristen |
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eyechart
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2005-07-02 : 13:30:12
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| kristen, you've got pubs everywhere and you do make some pretty decent beer. that counts for something. I'd take that over digging stuff out of the ground any day. :)-ec |
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elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2005-07-02 : 14:35:38
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| In an economic sense I have no doubt that it is, but I suppose I meant more geographically. When I think of the east (in particular the Far East) I don't really think of Australia. SteveAlright Brain, you don't like me, and I don't like you. But lets just do this, and I can get back to killing you with beer. |
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Kristen
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Posted - 2005-07-03 : 08:42:32
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| Australasia? |
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For the Aussies