Re: Spider space elevator? (was: US-based missilestohaveglobalreach)

2003-07-11 Thread R M Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 01:03:14PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: And once again, we have a winner! Congratulations! Which one? Which won? Witch wun?? Did I need to spell it out for you? ;- Regards, Ray/ ___

Re: Birth Rates Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-07-01 Thread R M Ludenia
iaamoac wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chad Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This model of Education being the principal factor would also hold through to undeveloped countries, contrary to JDG's proposal that religion is a catalyst for having children in developed countries. I don't see

Re: Strine

2003-06-30 Thread R M Ludenia
Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Ray Ludenia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have any of youse septic blokes or shielas come across instances of ridgy didge use of strine? http://minirich.twoday.net/stories/8088/ BUGGER! Strine -- Australian slang -- is invading American speech...snip..terms such as

Re: Speaking of Bottled Water...

2003-03-16 Thread R M Ludenia
Kevin Tarr wrote: Anyone else use those pitchers with built in filters? I don't use one normally, but I've tasted water made using one and tasted no difference. I had a water softener installed weeks after buying my house. I didn't think it tasted bad, but knew it needed it. Of the four

Re: German Giant Taking Over American Water Supply

2003-02-10 Thread R M Ludenia
Robert Seeberger wrote: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGASBSOGWBD.html The influence of foreign business can be seen across America, with consumers cheerfully buying Japanese cars, Korean TVs and clothing made in China. But many Americans aren't so happy about foreigners controlling their

Re: Alberto's Offenses Re: JDG offenses [was: Our Friends at theUN]

2002-10-30 Thread R M Ludenia
John D. Giorgis wrote: At 10:14 AM 10/30/2002 -0300 Alberto Monteiro wrote: _Banana Republic_ should be *only* used when applied to Latino-American countries I resent the sexist implications of referring only to Latino-American and not Latina-American countries! Hey. What about