, they would take on more risk and almost always loose.
A smart Britisher would be better off, investing his money at the London Stock
Exchange.
Jim Fernandes.
New York.
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From: Gabe Menezes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sterling is riding high! In Margao you
Please read my email once again in its entirety, if you'd like to debate on
this issue.
Jim F.
New York.
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From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jim Fernandes,
If considered in pure economic terms
This is why God made the iPhone Now with 3G speed.
You can go online, trade stocks, check the news . And ofcourse
check your mail Find your way if lost Watch video or just
blast your ear drums if you got some coool music on board.
Heck, if not ... There's always the web
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Hi Jim
Many thanks for an interesting analysis re the value of the dollar. I hope
you, Mervyn, Gabe and others will send us more such info from time to time.
Are
the £ sterling and Euro the best to hold for now?
Cornel
Jim Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is bad news
to Goans who have been *badly hit* all these years
by a dollar which has grown from seven rupees to a dollar, to nearly
Rs 49 per dollar in three to four decades? And I'm not referring to
mineowners. FN
On 21/09/2007, Jim Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is bad news for Goans who have
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On Mon Sep 24 20:14:19 PDT 2007, Jim Fernandes wrote:
This response of mine appears to have its first para missing !!!
How could that have happened?
GoaNet isn't supposed to edit the material and
distribute it to the list
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(who also happens to be from Quepem) were aware of
this gentleman's passing away, as I did not hear any reference to Sanny's death.
May his soul rest in peace.
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New York.
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St. Mary's Convent High school, Mapusa is staging a play titled Lion King
Very sad to hear this news. I've known James since high school days. He was a
couple of years senior to me at Loyola High in Margao.
He was a good looking blue eyed boy (a rarity among Goans) and was very popular
at school. But he shot to prominence with his excellent skills on the drums. He
Does the guy understand the binary system?
Jim
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On Apr 9, 2008, at 10:45 PM, Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
To Goanet -
In a rare humanitarian gesture, Chief Minister
Digambar Kamat donated a princely sum of
10 (translates to 47 rupees in the decimal
I am not sure what we (people residing outside Goa) can do, to stop this
carnage.
I have seen several compelling pictures R Parrikar sent out on GoaNet.
Everytime, a new post comes on GoaNet about this, I am dumb struck, unable to
do anything, or perhaps, I am choosing to ignore the problem.
I am in transit in Bombay on my way back to New York after spending 4 days in
Goa.
I must say, I relished the frogs they delivered to my home. And I might want to
add, that I am NOT going to stop eating them - regardless of a ban to serve
them or not !!!
Banning Goans from killing the frogs
graph tells you:
http://zfacts.com/p/318.html
Warm regards,
Jim Fernandes
New York.
) and wake up in 2016. By then, the world would be a lot
peaceful place, we shall have a much stronger economy and America would have
mended strained relationships with many other nations overseas.
Jim Fernandes.
New York.
-- Original message --
From: Mario Goveia
the aptly titled subject line of
this thread: It's the economy, stupid.
Jim Fernandes.
New York.
-- Original message --
From: Mario Goveia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:12:05 +
From: Jim Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The mumbo-jumbo you guys
Eric is absolutely right. Stay away from commodities / metals.
Now that Senhor Bush is all but gone and the Oil Mafia and the hedge funds have
nobody to back them anymore, I expect oil to sell for about $35 a barrel in
less than a year.
Jim F
New York.
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If you would like to
This campaign cannot work. Period.
As long as there are people in Goa who are willing to purchase frogs/frog meat,
there will always be suppliers to fill the void. It's simple demand and supply
economics.
Even as you claim this has been a successful campaign, I have gotten reports of
people
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Hey Amit,
In today's world, you can get info on pretty much anything, on the INTERNET.
You can go to www.google.com and type out Goa Tourism Development Corp GTDC
(without the double quotes) and I quickly got the link you are looking for.
Here it is:
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Follow the online presence of the Museum of Christian Art, Old Goa
Contacts: Tel: +91
http://www.GOANET.org
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if the Indian rupee hits 35 to one USD
within the next 18 to 24 months.
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New York.
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Jim Fernandes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is it true?
I think so.
Jim F.
From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't think the US dollar is in trouble
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For all your Goa-based media
They can't seem to let go of the merry years they had under the lousy Prez Bush
Jr.
The new prez is already un-doing many of the bad policies of the former prez. I
am going to relax and enjoy not just the next four years ... but eight!!!
The next eight years are going to very hard for the
Folks,
If you have substantial amount of money, there are not places in the world out
there to park your cash. I see only two options at this point. The US dollar
and gold.
If you don't like the USD, you are better off with gold, though you may have to
watch out for the herd mentality. These
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Jim F
New York.
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From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca
Jim
All I saw was a bunch of Tantiam !!!
Happy New Year to you all.
Jim F.
New York.
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The Goa Tourism site: http://goatourism.org
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Darn good research Bosco.
This should give Rajan ample ammo to load up his guns.
Jim F.
New York.
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On Sun Jan 20 20:38:02 PST 2008, Rajan P. Parrikar wrote:
I asked the Batim villagers below and
I don't think many US based Goans (and Indians) understand the impact MLK made
in the United States.
I hear all the time, my fellow Indians referring to African Americans as
Kallu's. These guys have no idea, that without the sacrifices of the African
American people, Indians would never be
Could someone take a look at Rajan's pictures and explain with a scientific
reason, how the rocks got to the beach down there?
Jim F.
New York.
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From: Rajan P. Parrikar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To Goanet -
When I took the picture in Vagator
%A9union_hotspot
Does anybody have anything to add or dis-prove this theory?
Jim F.
New York.
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From: Mervyn Lobo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jim Fernandes wrote:
Could someone take a look at Rajan's pictures and explain with a scientific
reason,
how
These dates don't add up.
World War I began in 1914 and ended in 1918. According to the below
material, Hitler's mother passed away in 1907 - long before the First
World War began. So how could the writer suggest that the Second World
War (1939-1945) was started because of the First World
Maybe I was totally out of touch with Goa. What exactly is the meaning
of Pai Tiatrist? It cannot be translated as Father of Tiatrists. If
this was the case, a better term would be Tiatristancho Pai.
I had NEVER heard of this term when I grew up in Goa and had never
heard of the man they
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certificate or school diploma. If submitting a diploma, it must be a High
School Diploma or above.
Jim Fernandes
New York.
Finally, somebody hit bulls eye!!!
These were the same questions I posed my own inquisitive mind many
years ago. The answer always came back to just one word - Goans.
It's we, Goans, who must blame ourselves, for our miseries. We are in
such a deep hole, that it wouldn't matter anymore -
A friend forwarded me this joke. I thought it was kind of apt, in light of one
of the current debates raging on GoaNet. I edited it a bit, to downgrade its
rating from NC-17 to PG-13.
It was the first day at a school in the United States. A new Indian student
named Chandrasekhar Subramanian
Fred,
Would you know when this book is coming out?
Jim F
New York.
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From: Barnabe and Luiza kkbt...@cox.net
Could someone tell me if this book will be available in New York ?
Appreciate your reply.
Barnabe Rodrigues
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What is this crap about?
The
I speak to my sister, who is married to a gentleman from Loutolim, almost every
other day. But we never brought this topic, until this morning.
She started by asking, Did you know Nadia's mother? She ia a school teacher at
Loyola's? I immediately knew, she was talking about the dead girl and
Joe,
Don't you see that Mr Jenu Dipu Naik was not associated with any minister in
the Goa cabinet? They don't care about nobody types in Goa ... I fully agree
with your rhetorical question.
If Nadia was not a pretty young woman and if she was not associated with a
minister, nobody would offer
Did someone say Churchill made sacrifices for the sake of Konkani?
You kidding me? By making Konkani as the medium of instruction, the
pig screwed all the Jesuit managed and parochial schools. Nobody I
know sends their kids to Loyola High School anymore. Instead, Goan
parents send their
Forty lakhs is 4 million rupees - not 40 million.
Jim F
New York.
--- On Sat, 6/19/10, Jim Fernandes amigo...@att.net wrote:
From: Jim Fernandes amigo...@att.net
Subject: Re: [Goanet] HC declines to hear Pacheco bail plea
To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org
If not GoaNetters, there would be at least a few Goans in there.
Overall, the place is full of Indians where you might even find a few
Indians baking cow dung cakes for fuel in their yard!
On a side note, a person of Indian origin from that area (Old Bridge),
was murdered by three American
I don't give much importance to the invention of zero by an ancient
Indian to arithmetic. If the decimal numbering system was the only
system humans used, maybe one could argue on it's importance.
The entire field of electronics and computer science uses binary,
octal or hexa-decimal
Dr Kamat,
Very interesting pictures! Please do keep us posted on what the IFRAO chairman
has to say on your research.
Do you have any materials on the early settlers in Goa - folks who might have
migrated out of Africa and settled in Goa while on their onward migration to
the Far
I do not totally discount what Santosh says. But we need to put our thoughts
into current context and perspectives.
He listed four Indian individuals below who he considers as having made radical
discoveries or inventions. These individuals may be considered great heroes in
India, but what he
Gabe,
Can I pick the Dutch to win the Finals? Why? Because I think the finals would
be played between the Germans and the Dutch. Considering the Germans are a way
stronger team than the rest of the field, I'd like to side with the underdogs.
Jim F
New York.
--- On Sat, 7/3/10, Gabe Menezes
Mr Baliga,
You fail to undertand that if given a chance, half the Indians would happily
leave India in a nano-second to go settle in the United States or some wealthy
Western nation.
Most Indian Americans I know, who go back to India permanently, is when they
are retired or semi-retired. They
Folks,
I recently had the misfortune of being included in a Non-GoaNet related forum,
without my permission.
I have nothing against people having their independent mailing lists, but it
should NOT come at the expense of innocent people who never requested to be
included in such lists, to
attack against
me because of a private matter was posted in this forum by
Jim Fernandes without my permission in clear violation of
laws governing such public forums. I would request Goanet
moderators not to allow on public forums such personal
attacks originating from private exchanges
Hey Rajan,
I admire your work but let's give credit where it is due.
Personally, I loved the way the Indian government went about selecting
the currency symbol for the country. I also loved the artistic value
of it's meaning. I think it was a brilliant piece of art.
Had the goernment
OK - So I am back fresh from my short vacation and ready to skin Mr Helekar ...
:)
In my humble opinion, GoaNet admin is doing a fantastic job. Folks like Fred
and Bosco (and possibly more people) are putting in countless hours, to ensure
the network is running as smooth as possible. While
:
--- On Mon, 7/19/10, Jim Fernandes amigo...@att.net wrote:
It is not the figment of my imagination, but a click on the
below URL might help Mr Helekar to refresh his neurons with
GoaNet rules:
http://goanet.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesid=9
Once again, Shri Fernandes
Senhor Helekar,
Some days ago, you claimed GoaNet has no rules whatesoever. When I
gave you the relevant link, you claimed not seeing the relevant rule
there. Are you visually challenged or brain dead?
It appears that spoon feeding you with the relevant rule was not
enough. Now you want
examples of your indecent abusive
verbiage and name-calling directed at me in continued clear
violation of a Goanet rule:
Are you visually challenged or brain dead?
Shri Jim Fernandes abusing me
...
...
Shri Fernandes, you are wasting your hot air. Your
persistent abuse will invariably lead
To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org
Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 12:32 PM
--- On Thu, 7/22/10, Jim Fernandes
amigo...@att.net
wrote:
Since I am not able to make you understand simple
logic, let me make take this to the REAL next level.
Shri Fernandes
.:=)) Not to loose
this 'learning
moment', what exactly is Folkways and Mores? And why do
we need to observe
them? See my next post for answers.
Regards, GL
--- Jim Fernandes wrote:
I am glad to report to you all that I took out one target
this morning. This
target had
?
Jim F
New York
--- On Sat, 7/24/10, Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Santosh Helekar chimbel...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Cross Pollination
To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list goanet@lists.goanet.org
Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 8:58 PM
--- On Fri, 7/23/10, Jim
Ricky,
What is the background to this story? Tell us something more about Naresh and
the sequence of events surrounding this case and also about contacts made so
far, with local law enforcement.
Jim F
New York.
--- On Sun, 8/8/10, Ricky bryan fernandes lovebe...@rediffmail.com wrote:
From:
Joe,
For someone like you, who likes to take a lot of pictures, likes to
create audio / video clips and does not like to deal with computer
viruses (pardon me for profiling you :) ), I'd recommend Mac mini
by Apple Computers.
It's very portable and cheap - costs only about USD 700 +
Joe,
I called up my contacts in Goa to inquire about this case. It does not appear
this case is going to go anywhere - unless ofcourse, Goans shake some trees.
I suspect two possibilities:
1. The cops have been bribed by the perpertrators - I think there is more than
one person involved in the
Well said Bosco.
This guy is now expanding his skills from neurotix to socialogical research.
How sad !!!
Jim F
New York.
--- On Sun, 8/15/10, Bosco D bos...@canada.com wrote:
From: Bosco D bos...@canada.com
Subject: Re: [Goanet] A request to all active contributors to Goanet
To:
I agree with Eric on New York consulate.
If someone asked me ten years ago about the level of customer
satisfaction at the NY Indian consulate, I'd give it a miserable
score of 2 out of 10.
However, in 2010, it's an entirely different situation. Now I'd give
it 9 out of 10.
The NY
?
On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 6:28 AM, Jim Fernandes amigo...@att.net
wrote:
Well said Bosco.
This guy is now expanding his skills from neurotix to
socialogical
research. How sad !!!
Jim F
New York.
--- On Sun, 8/15/10, Bosco D bos...@canada.com
wrote:
Jim
Fernandes is because of the bogus personal issue .,
...
Cheers,
Santosh
This Jim Fernandes is now abusing Dr.
Teotonio D'Souza because of another of his personal
problems, in this case with Dr. D'Souza, and totally
unrelated to the current thread.
My response:
I too was wondering why Helekar brought Teotonio into the discussion. All
Helekar could have done
Folks,
This is a long shot but I'll give it a try anyway.
We are trying to locate a British man and his wife of Mangalorean
origin, who has a house for sale in Goa.
The couple is probably in senior citizen age-group and their house is
located at St Mary's Gardens near the intersection of
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Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath)
for
The term is of course very commonly used amongst the hispanics. But they
pronounce it as 'Dudh'.
Catch you later dudh,
Jim F
New York.
-- Original message --
From: Mario Goveia mgov...@sbcglobal.net
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:51:16 -0400
From: Venantius J
If folks would like to distinguish the two Non Resident Goan groups ... here is
a suggestion:
1. NORI-GOANS - NOn Resident Inner GOANS ('Inner' Goans for geographic
closeness to Goa)
2. NORO-GOANS - NOn Resident Outer GOANS ('Outer' Goans for being very far
away from Goa).
Just like Inner
What is your asking price?
Jim F
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 17, 2009, at 4:17 AM, amar kantak kanta...@yahoo.com wrote:
17th November 2009
Dear All,
I have a 1BHK spacious flat 65 Sqmts located on 1st floor in “CHRISV
ILLE APARTMENTS”. The building is just 5 years old and situated near
Welcome to my world.
I did the same thing in New York - though a slight variation. After I
got out of there, I never went back for any if their functions and
it's been several years since I quit.
Goan associations, I have come to understand, are full of
contradictions, back stabbings,
I am NOT convinced that frog population in Goa reached so low that it's now
threatening their existence. Any animal that has a capacity to lay thousands of
eggs in a single season, cannot be in danger. Period.
I do support the concept of conservation of wild life - but not frogs.
In Earth's
11:42:44 +
From: Jim Fernandes amigo...@att.net
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Torches in the Fields at Night
...
...
...
In Earth's past history, millions of animals came and went extinct. But
the animal world still survived even though it must have disrupted their
food chain. For example
When laws become redundant, they ought to be changed. This law obviosly is
out-dated and is badly in need of some re-org. Did you know at one point, bull
fights in Goa were banned? Well, bull fights are legal once again.
Even when bull fights were illegeal in Goa, one could easily attend these
What is the scientific basis you are making your claims that frog population is
in danger? Have you taken your torch at night and counted them all over Goa?
Now please don't come to me with some vague bio indicators. This is all crap
and have no scientific basis.
When I say millions are born
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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training
-
Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) book launch in
London, England @ the World Goa Day festivities on 15 Aug at 7pm
Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com
Sometimes over confidence gets you. Any Goan would tell you, the sea around
Goa
isn't a safe place in the months from June through August - whether you have
life
guards on duty or not.
Jim F
Colva, Goa.
-- Original message --
From: JoeGoaUk
Can you
August 20 - WORLD GOA DAY
Celebrating the inclusion of Konkani in the 8th schedule of the
Indian Constitution on August 20, 1992
For a list of World Goa Day events see:
The frog season hasn't began as yet, but I already had my share of frogs at a
local joint.
How many frogs were you guys able to save last year. Could you quantify it?
Jim F.
Colva, Goa.
Campaigner,
Eat More Frogs.
-- Original message --
From: Clinton Vaz
) with immediate effect.
Further, is it not true that GFFA treasurer and joker Prabhakar Sinari had his
daughter married off to a Portuguese national?
What a joke!
Jim Fernandes
New York.
--- On Wed, 4/27/11, JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
From: JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: [Goanet] Goans
. Without their sacrifice India would not have
conquered Goa. They also fought hard to prevent the merger
of Goa with Maharashtra, and for the recognition of Konknni
as a distinct and independent Indian language.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- On Thu, 4/28/11, Jim Fernandes amigo...@att.net
belt out a performance for a little
copa-chem and food.
Jim Fernandes.
New York.
--- On Thu, 5/5/11, Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca wrote:
From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Pictures of dead Bin Laden won't be released
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994
on GoaNet shortly after 9/11.
Jim Fernandes.
New York.
--- On Sun, 5/8/11, Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca wrote:
From: Mervyn Lobo mervynal...@yahoo.ca
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Pictures of dead Bin Laden won't be released
To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org
Folks,
I find this to be an interesting topic.
The only time I travelled directly to Goa on an international flight, was via
Qatar Airways from JFK to DOHA to GOA and that was some 13 months ago. The Goan
Customs officer who handled my case, a gentleman named D'Souza was a gem of a
person. He
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