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ernest breakfield wrote: daytime use of running lights (what you and many Amerikuns call parking lights I find your continued use of the term Amerikuns insulting and demeaning. You may think it's oh-so-trendy looking down at the common herd but I find it a bit much. I would think that as a newish contributor to this list, you would be a bit more circumspect. Roger Ellingson/Seattle
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I prefer the term Merkins, myself. On 11/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find your continued use of the term Amerikuns insulting and demeaning. You may think it's oh-so-trendy looking down at the common herd but I find it a bit much. I would think that as a newish contributor to this list, you would be a bit more circumspect. Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: I drive in a persistent vegetative state '87 300TD intercooler/propane #22 0-60mph 7.3sec (220k) '84 300D (218k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K) http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG
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hi Roger! if you think i can't make fun of a group that we're a part of, then we have very different senses of humor, and/or you're too easily offended/demeaned, and/or you don't understand the freedoms of expression and the right to not necessarily blindly agree with government that our (arguably great) country was founded on. aside from that, it *certainly* isn't that big a deal. i don't believe the fact that i've been here (and on the previous incarnation of this list) for years (whether you've noticed or not) doesn't really have any bearing on the matter. i guess you can (and perhaps will) feel insulted and demeaned if you choose to, but it's not meant that way. regardless, i honor, respect and support your right to do so, as much as my right to make fun of myself.;-) cheers! e '85 300D Berkeley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ernest breakfield wrote: daytime use of running lights (what you and many Amerikuns call parking lights I find your continued use of the term Amerikuns insulting and demeaning. You may think it's oh-so-trendy looking down at the common herd but I find it a bit much. I would think that as a newish contributor to this list, you would be a bit more circumspect. Roger Ellingson/Seattle
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rumor has it that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ernest breakfield wrote: daytime use of running lights (what you and many Amerikuns call parking lights I find your continued use of the term Amerikuns insulting and demeaning. You may think it's oh-so-trendy looking down at the common herd but I find it a bit much. I would think that as a newish contributor to this list, you would be a bit more circumspect. I think it is entirely appropriate to poke fun at the folks in the USA that think they alone are Americans. What about Canada? And Mexico? They are both even in _North_ America. What about all of central and south America? They should all qualify for the term American just as much as people from Japan, China, Korea, etc. can all be called Asian. America is a _continent_ not a country!! So if Ernest uses self-imposed miss-label in a less than flattering fasion, I think it is eminently suitable. -- Philip, a proud patriot of the USA
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Yeah Phillip.What you said. Mike New York - Original Message - From: Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] AMERIKUNS rumor has it that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ernest breakfield wrote: daytime use of running lights (what you and many Amerikuns call parking lights I find your continued use of the term Amerikuns insulting and demeaning. You may think it's oh-so-trendy looking down at the common herd but I find it a bit much. I would think that as a newish contributor to this list, you would be a bit more circumspect. I think it is entirely appropriate to poke fun at the folks in the USA that think they alone are Americans. What about Canada? And Mexico? They are both even in _North_ America. What about all of central and south America? They should all qualify for the term American just as much as people from Japan, China, Korea, etc. can all be called Asian. America is a _continent_ not a country!! So if Ernest uses self-imposed miss-label in a less than flattering fasion, I think it is eminently suitable. -- Philip, a proud patriot of the USA ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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I'm sure the last thing a Canadian wants to be called is an American. (We're the imperialistic scum of the earth, don't you know?) Those in Mexico just aim for US citizenship, and everyone south of that has their own country name. American is just a leftover common term no one else wanted, so we got t because it's easier that saying Citizen of the United States of America There are no Asians, Africans or Europeans that designate sovereign citizenship status of a particualr country. (No wonder we're considered such arrogant bastards) Austrailia is the obvious exception, of course. _ Fixing up the home? Live Search can help http://imagine-windowslive.com/search/kits/default.aspx?kit=improvelocale=en-USsource=hmemailtaglinenov06FORM=WLMTAG
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list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2006 GSD, Anke -1985 300SD, 217K, Wulf -1982 300Dt, 117K, little blue klatter box -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, One Banger - Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 28 18:38:03 2006 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.232] helo=nz-out-0102.google.com) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Gp7qE-0004HM-C8 for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:38:02 + Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id n29so971032nzf for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:35:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.193.8 with SMTP id q8mr1291167qbf.1164738906284; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:35:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.103.8 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:35:06 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:35:06 -0500 From: dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] AMERIKUNS X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com List-Unsubscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archive: /pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com List-Post: mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Subscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:38:11 - Q) what specifically identifies a USA person? A) Ignorance and disinterest of anything and anyplace outside of the USA. -Dave Walton On 11/28/06, Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was quite surprised when a Mexican pointed out to me, Hey, we are Americans too! So if North and South Americans are Americans, then what are residents of the USA? USA-ers? USers? Users? (that would be Canadians with their pot law! - laugh! no flame!)...Seriously, aside from American, what specifically identifies a USA person? CM Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rumor has it that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and many Amerikuns call parking lights I find your continued use of the term Amerikuns insulting and demeaning. You may think it's oh-so-trendy looking down at the common herd but I find it a bit much. I would think that as a newish contributor to this list, you would be a bit more circumspect. I think it is entirely appropriate to poke fun at the folks in the USA that think they alone are Americans. What about Canada? And Mexico? They are both even in _North_ America. What about all of central and south America? They should all qualify for the term American just as much as people from Japan, China, Korea, etc. can all be called Asian. America is a _continent_ not a country!! So if Ernest uses self-imposed miss-label in a less than flattering fasion, I think it is eminently suitable. -- Philip, a proud patriot of the USA ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2006 GSD, Anke -1985 300SD, 217K, Wulf -1982 300Dt, 117K, little blue klatter box -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, One Banger - Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Well I guess not knowing what to call himself would be a good way to tell.You set yourself up for that one...LOL US Citizen would be what I say. Mike - Original Message - From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] AMERIKUNS I was quite surprised when a Mexican pointed out to me, Hey, we are Americans too! So if North and South Americans are Americans, then what are residents of the USA? USA-ers? USers? Users? (that would be Canadians with their pot law! - laugh! no flame!)...Seriously, aside from American, what specifically identifies a USA person? CM Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rumor has it that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and many Amerikuns call parking lights I find your continued use of the term Amerikuns insulting and demeaning. You may think it's oh-so-trendy looking down at the common herd but I find it a bit much. I would think that as a newish contributor to this list, you would be a bit more circumspect. I think it is entirely appropriate to poke fun at the folks in the USA that think they alone are Americans. What about Canada? And Mexico? They are both even in _North_ America. What about all of central and south America? They should all qualify for the term American just as much as people from Japan, China, Korea, etc. can all be called Asian. America is a _continent_ not a country!! So if Ernest uses self-imposed miss-label in a less than flattering fasion, I think it is eminently suitable. -- Philip, a proud patriot of the USA ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2006 GSD, Anke -1985 300SD, 217K, Wulf -1982 300Dt, 117K, little blue klatter box -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, One Banger - Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Heh heh, I like Users...says it all. On 11/28/06, Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So if North and South Americans are Americans, then what are residents of the USA? USA-ers? USers? Users? (that would be Canadians with their pot law! - laugh! no flame!)...Seriously, aside from American, what specifically identifies a USA person? Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: I drive in a persistent vegetative state '87 300TD intercooler/propane #22 0-60mph 7.3sec (220k) '84 300D (218k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K) http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG
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: Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] AMERIKUNS X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com List-Unsubscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archive: /pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com List-Post: mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Subscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:23:15 - Okay, isn't the noise to signal ratio getting a little out of hand on these threads? I'm not trying to be list nazi, but some of these threads get quite out of hand, and you don't want certain experts on this list to get tired of having to kill every thread and leave (again). K On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 11:16:26AM -0800, Christopher McCann wrote: It's true that US Americans are, on the average, ignorant of anything beyond the USA. But that is mostly due to our geography. I drove 17 hours from Kansas City to Greeneville, SC. There are regional differences, but pretty much the same. 897 miles...1,440 km. Now Barcelona, Spain to Prague, Czech Republic is 1,679 km. Not sure the route...but probably, Spain, France, Germany, Czech Republic...maybe through Switzerland if a southern route is taken. In Switzerland alone 4 languages are spoke (German, French, Italian, Romansch)...Europeans are forced to think beyond their borders. We are not. I firmly believe (OK, here is where I will get banned for being a Nazi - FYI I am NOT A NAZI) that different peoples IN GENERAL have different characteristics and national qualities. Americans are FRIENDLY - probably the friendliest people in the world (some Euros interpret this as insincerity) and Americans are also very can-do people...positive, DIY, independent (sometimes to a fault). Germans have described this as the ability to cut through paperwork. Well, my 2 cents. Chris (who is so non-American, I only take a shower once a week. My German penpals found that to be totally normal)
