At 12:24 PM 7/22/02, Jim Sharkey wrote: >Matt Grimaldi wrote: > >>Dan Minette wrote: > >>>I wonder if we could become addicted to Spam? > >Jim Sharkey wrote: > >>It's my understanding that it is wildly popular in Hawaii, of all > >>places. Not sure why that is, but that's what I've > >>been told by a few acquaintances that live there. > > > > > As I understand it, the Hawaiian facination > > with spam has to do with the availability > > of red meat, being not at all until the 20th > > century. I've heard that they say mainlanders > > don't give spam the respect it deserves. > >Could be. Oh, and today, as if by divine providence, the Newark >Star-Ledger has a large article on SPAM (the canned deli meat, that is) >today. It's kind of interesting, and you can read it here: >http://www.nj.com/living/ledger/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1027329014122916.xml
At 12:34 PM 7/22/02, Jim Sharkey wrote: >A giant squid washed up on the shores of Tasmania, and it may even be a >new species. It's 60 feet long. Now that's a lot of calamari! :) > >http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/07/22/australia.squid/index.html SPAM calamari. Now there's a concept. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle
