Re: [Goanet] Married Catholic priests in the UK

2006-11-29 Thread Cornel DaCosta
Hi Cecil Thanks for the article on married RC priests in the UK. I had met one officiating at a wedding six months ago. Last week, at a supermarket, I met a cheerful Goan friend who lives fairly close to my home. We exchanged lots of pleasantries and especially about the weather which is

[Goanet] Absence of women on Goanet

2006-11-29 Thread Cornel DaCosta
Hi Selma I reckon we definitely have more than one female Goanetter at present. My question however, is how do we increase the numbers? Regards Cornel - Original Message - From: Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Tuesday,

Re: [Goanet] Portuguese Medley

2006-11-29 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
Can someone help my friend Vijay, please? FN On 29/11/06, Vijay D'Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Fred, I would like to have the lyrics of the popular Portuguese Medley usually sung in Goa. I would appreciate if you could guide me on how to obtain the lyrics. Regards Lieutenant Vijay

[Goanet] Raffle tickets for Goa Sudharop now on sale!

2006-11-29 Thread George Pinto
A big thank you to Mervyn Lobo for organizing this fundraising raffle for Goa Sudharop and a big thank you to the prize donors for their generous gifts. So far 105 tickets have sold. Use can now pay for tickets through PAYPAL on the Goa Sudharop website at www.goasudharop.org (you don't need a

[Goanet] Galaxy of Great Goans, contd.

2006-11-29 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
Jean and Marcos Catao, That was a comprehensive list on Great Goan Men - perhaps you should include our Great Goan Manas too. We have so many of them including Reita Faria - the first Miss Universe of Goan Origin, Shashikala Kakodkar one of the first women to become CM, sportswomen, Doctors,

Re: [Goanet] St Thomas Was Speared To Death

2006-11-29 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
Afra, See my earlier note to Chris Vaz on Goanet below. St Peter was the only aposle to be crucified upside down and that too by choice. He preferred it that way because he wanted to suffer more than Christ, But the truth is that he probably didnt - because death is faster (and relatively less

Re: [Goanet] Galaxy of Great Goans, contd.

2006-11-29 Thread CARMO DCRUZ
Hi Gilbert, Thanks for your note . That sure should be added to the list of Great Goans under the name Dr. (Dotor) Gilberto Laurencio of ___vaddo, Goa ! We should ensure that none of the credits for our Great Goan accomplishments slips to the Anglo-Indians (those underachievers are just

Re: [Goanet] Table in Ribandar (Was: The Mess......)

2006-11-29 Thread Carvalho
Hahaha Santosh. I've seen your photo and I don't think so :)) Selma --- --- Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder when I said I was glad not to be born in Goa, especially since I was born in

[Goanet] Domnic, in a tiatro...

2006-11-29 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
Domnic Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] of Dom's antique bookshelf fame, heads from the KSA to Bahrain on Wenesday (Nov 29, 2006) via the causeway, to act in a tiatro. Here's wishing one of Goanet's very faithful contributors all the very best and and interesting time there. Domnic does a lot to

Re: [Goanet] Married Catholic priests in the UK

2006-11-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
Re:[Goanet] Married Catholic priests in the UK Well, like we used to have various split Congress parties like Congress(I), Congress(U), Congress(S) etc, soon we may have split Catholics sects or religious bodies such as Catholic(C), Catholic(M), Catholic(G) etc etc I read somewhere long time

[Goanet] Check this out: Another song clip ' O Dolly'

2006-11-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
check this another 'test' song http://youtube.com/watch?v=kGVObdBk1Ew Tips: watch it in it's original form. for this, please click on the second last button at the bottom of your YouTube video player. It will reduce to a very small screen (the original). [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI

[Goanet] Fyi: Article on Dabolim Airport

2006-11-29 Thread Philip Thomas
Pls check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabolim_Airport You are requested to update and expand it based on inputs available to you and your associates. Thanks. Phil Thomas Goa _ Connect with your friends who use Yahoo!

[Goanet] Konkani Musical Show Natalamcho Kunsvar in Bahrain - 30/11/2006

2006-11-29 Thread Goa's Pride Goa-World.Com
Konkani Musical Show 'Natalamcho Kunsvar' Manama, Nov. 29: Francis de Tuem, a budding artiste of the Konkani stage based in Kuwait, will arrive this evening into Bahrain along with Jose Rod to perform in the Konkani Musical Show 'Natalamcho Kunsvar'. The well-known Goan, Domnic Fernandes (de

Re: [Goanet] Talking Photos: Goan Delicacies (some more added)

2006-11-29 Thread Mario Goveia
--- JoeGoaUk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talking Photos: Goan Delicacies (some more added) http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=213413960size=l http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/307445126/ Mario responds: Here I am, eating a hamburger and French fries, with the prospect of going

Re: [Goanet] Bleeding labour dry

2006-11-29 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Mario Goveia wrote: Just to clarify the height of your balderdash, what Cornel described as codswallop was my opinion that it is no one else's business what a worker who needs a job accepts from an employer in terms of wages and benefits. Perhaps you, Cornel or Selma can

Re: [Goanet] The Mess That is Goa - Personal Ramblings

2006-11-29 Thread Roland Francis
/20061129/9e05ae2d/attachment.html Goanet supports BMX, the alumni network of Britto's, St Mary's and Xavier's -- three prominent institutions in Mapusa, Goa. Events scheduled from Dec 16 to 21, 2006 For more details visit http

Re: [Goanet] Bleeding labour dry

2006-11-29 Thread Vidyadhar Gadgil
On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 23:01 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sunith D Velho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] Bleeding labour dry/reply to (Vidyadhar Gadgil) To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;

[Goanet] Re.BMI

2006-11-29 Thread Radhakrishnan Nair
JoeGoaUk wrote: I think age of a person should also be taken into account e.g. A young friend of mine 21, 185cms 93kgs It seems he has only 1kg excess of ideal wt. but for his age, I think 93kgs wt. is far too much. You're right, Joe. The method I described is a rule of the thumb for middle-aged

[Goanet] Talking Photos: Distance between them is just 7 metres

2006-11-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
Distance between them is just 7 metres http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauksix/304675629/ Another http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauksix/304675468/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film

[Goanet] The Mess that is Goa/ reply to Selma

2006-11-29 Thread Sunith D Velho
Dear Selma and Roland, I don't judge the choices people make nor the reasons for them. If economic circumstance or career development has forced a Goan to seek employment anywhere in the world, it doesn't make them any less Goan than someone living or working in Goa. However if they express

Re: [Goanet] What is the Pope's salary? (Yahoo! Answers)

2006-11-29 Thread Mario Goveia
--- Frederick \FN\ Noronha wrote: http://ask.yahoo.com/20001115.html What is the Pope's salary? Josh El Paso, Texas Dear Josh: A search on Pope salary lead us to a thread from a message board, where someone had posed just that question. According to one reply, the Pope's compensation

[Goanet] Goa news for November 30, 2006

2006-11-29 Thread Goanet News Service
Goa News from Yahoo! News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** India lacks sheen to host world class fest (NDTV) In the stunning beaches of Goa yet another International Film Festival of India or IFFI is drawing to a close but during a run through

[Goanet] Tickets for Goa Sudharop raffle

2006-11-29 Thread Mervyn Lobo
George Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So far 105 tickets have sold. Folks, This is great news! This is great news because: 1) It is proof that people here care about Goa. 2) Some people made their commitment right away. 3) The backing for the work Goa Sudharop does is a nice reward to those

[Goanet] Bhakti wins Commonwealth Gold, Goa completes treble!

2006-11-29 Thread Goanet Sports
Goa's Woman FIDE Master Bhakti Kulkarni (ELO 2062) added another Gold medal and a feather in her cap in the Commonwealth Chess Championships to complete a scintillating run for the Goan Chess players in 2006. First, in the month of June, Bhakti won the Gold in the Asian Under 14 in Teheran,

Re: [Goanet] Absence of women on Goanet

2006-11-29 Thread Helga do Rosario Gomes
Why surprised Selma? Are there any women on the 'up to date' list of Great Goan men? Or was a list of Great Goan MEN!? As far as lists are concerned this one had less statistical merit than People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive! But maybe we can start one for women? Let me put at Number# 1 the much

Re: [Goanet] Married Catholic priests in the UK

2006-11-29 Thread WILSON SOARES
I am sure the Catholic (G) is for Gay Wilson __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Goanet supports BMX, the

[Goanet] Goa fails to be the new Cannes

2006-11-29 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
Goa fails to be the new Cannes Puja Talwar http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?category=Nationalslug=Goa+fails+to+be+the+new+Cannesid=97164 Wednesday, November 29, 2006 (Panaji): India's dream to host a world class film festival like Cannes or Berlinale remains just that a dream.

Re: [Goanet] Absence of women on Goanet

2006-11-29 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 29/11/06, Cornel DaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Selma I reckon we definitely have more than one female Goanetter at present. My question however, is how do we increase the numbers? Regards Cornel RESPONSE: How about you offer the first Lady to come on to Goanet now, a dinner for two

Re: [Goanet] Goan village life through the eyes of a Karachi Goan, now settled in USA

2006-11-29 Thread Frederick \FN\ Noronha
Sounds like a holidayers' Goa to me! Reena, don't get bugged by this comment... :-) For the Goan-in-Goa, life is about (no, not *just* corrupt politicians as seen from a cyber-perspective, or the explanations dished out by editors wanting to sell papers) lack of opportunity, a badly broken

Re: [Goanet] Absence of women on Goanet

2006-11-29 Thread Helga do Rosario Gomes
Maybe start another raffle?! Helga Hi Selma I reckon we definitely have more than one female Goanetter at present. My question however, is how do we increase the numbers? Regards Goanet supports BMX, the alumni

[Goanet] Church - Priests Ministers

2006-11-29 Thread JoeGoaUk
In my earlier message, it was said that I would not be able to accept new changes viz. married priests.. http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-November/051071.html For that matter, I don't even accept when the lay people distribute Holy Communion at Old Goa and at many

Re: [Goanet] Great Men of Goa

2006-11-29 Thread Mervyn Maciel
Congrats. to Marcos Catao for producing such an interesting and exhaustive list of Great Men of Goa. As a Senior Goan, I am ashamed to admit that, with a few exceptions, I wasn't aware of the great contribution our Goans have made in a variety of fields. Well done Marcos! Best wishes

Re: [Goanet] GREAT MEN OF GOA

2006-11-29 Thread Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
Dear Marcos, Your piece on the Great Men of Goa made indeed a very pleasant and enlightening reading. As I said in another e-mail, I concur entirely with Paulo Colaco Dias and with Tony Correia Afonso, and have made some observations of my own. Now kindly permit me to correct a small mistake

[Goanet] Pratap Naik visits Tokyo

2006-11-29 Thread pratap naik
I will be at Tokyo, Japan from 3 December noon to 14 December morning 2006 to attend and to read a paper related to contribution of Jesuits to Education and Konknni in Goa during the period 1542-1759 at Institute of Asian Cultures of Sophia University, Tokyo. I will be staying at : Jesuit

[Goanet] Goanetters meeting on 21st December

2006-11-29 Thread Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami
Hi Vivian, Thanks for informing us of the Goanetters meeting on the 21st December at Foodlands in Miramar. Normally we have it at the Quarter-Deck, opp the Mandovi Hotel. Can we have it there, this is just a suggestion. Will be there. Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami

Re: [Goanet] What's wrong with Goans ?

2006-11-29 Thread Cyril D'souza
Dear Goenkar bhaowa gabbe, magta tuka bori saude ani bollikee. DEV BOREM KORUM. if you have Seeen goo of late, it will remind you that the fiesta time siesta time is over for goans. They have to abandon relaxation, partying and take up arms. The place is fallin apart at