Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-05 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:41 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:03 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: PS: Does my comment remind anyone that we seem to be missing some of the picky arguments and linguistic contortions of the past on the list? Um .

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:36 PM 10/1/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: The A$ is certaily not pegged to the US$. When I visited the States in 2001, we got US$0.52 for our dollar, yet it is now worth US$68. The Australian dollar really increased in value by 13,077% relative to the US dollar in the past two years? Wow!

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:36 PM 10/1/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: The A$ is certaily not pegged to the US$. When I visited the States in 2001, we got US$0.52 for our dollar, yet it is now worth US$68. The Australian dollar really increased in value by 13,077% relative to the US

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:03 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:36 PM 10/1/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: The A$ is certaily not pegged to the US$. When I visited the States in 2001, we got US$0.52 for our dollar, yet it is now worth US$68. The Australian dollar really increased

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Kevin Tarr
Regards, Ray. (wannabe American millionaire) PS: Does my comment remind anyone that we seem to be missing some of the picky arguments and linguistic contortions of the past on the list? Um . . . I've been busy recently. Perhaps the other pickers of nits have also. -- Ronn! :) I didn't

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:03 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: PS: Does my comment remind anyone that we seem to be missing some of the picky arguments and linguistic contortions of the past on the list? Um . . . I've been busy recently. Perhaps the other pickers of nits have

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:03 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: PS: Does my comment remind anyone that we seem to be missing some of the picky arguments and linguistic contortions of the past on the list? Um . . . I've been busy recently. Perhaps the other pickers of nits have

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia Thompson wrote: actually got some sleep last night, we may have the nighttime feeding situation under control for now! __ So how are the babies doing after 1 week? What does their big brother think of them? How are you holding up? Doug

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: actually got some sleep last night, we may have the nighttime feeding situation under control for now! __ So how are the babies doing after 1 week? What does their big brother think of them? How are you

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:41 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:03 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: PS: Does my comment remind anyone that we seem to be missing some of the picky arguments and linguistic contortions of the past on the list? Um . . . I've been busy recently.

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:33:48PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Australia has tied its economy to US, In what way? Is the Australian currency pegged to the US dollar? I've noticed that the Australian stock market is one of the least correlated with the US stock market.

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/1/2003 6:52:22 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It certainly is here in Australia. Living in a farming area, I get lonely here sometimes. grin Regards, Ray. I'll sheepishly ignore the obvious reply here. Outside of a dog, a man's best friend

RE: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Chad Cooper
So? I haven't seen many barrel makers or stevedores lately either. What do you mean? There is a Cooper on this list! Kevin Tarr ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread TomFODW
Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. At least give credit to Groucho when you're quoting him! Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last. -

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/1/2003 2:03:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. At least give credit to Groucho when you're quoting him! Tom Beck Wasn't thinking. I

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-09-30 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:33:48PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Australia has tied its economy to US, In what way? Is the Australian currency pegged to the US dollar? I've noticed that the Australian stock market is one of the least correlated with the US stock market. Europe and the Far-East have

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-09-30 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 11:21 AM 9/30/2003 -0700, you wrote: There is another factor. Every nation contains some people who remember that the nation bears responsibility for feeding itself. There is a wish never to completely abandon the land. America is down to the lowest fraction of farmers since we left the

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-09-30 Thread Doug Pensinger
Kevin Tarr wrote: At 11:21 AM 9/30/2003 -0700, you wrote: There is another factor. Every nation contains some people who remember that the nation bears responsibility for feeding itself. There is a wish never to completely abandon the land. America is down to the lowest fraction of