Re: OT-Thrifty Schwabs-was:Hello and thanks to Pentax for the*ist D

2003-03-05 Thread frank theriault
Game, set and match, Mike! vbg -frank Mike Johnston wrote: snipWhat say ye, do we gi' the Schwabians a run fa' their money? g --Mike -- Honour - that virtue of the unjust! -Albert Camus

Re: OT-Thrifty Schwabs-was:Hello and thanks to Pentax for the*ist D

2003-03-05 Thread Keith Whaley
Mike Johnston wrote: There was and continues to be a large German population in Berlin/Kitchener. I had many friends whose families originated in Schwabia. Economical is a very polite description of them. g And yes, more economical than the Scots, I'd say... I feel compelled to

Re: OT-Thrifty Schwabs-was:Hello and thanks to Pentax for the *ist D

2003-03-04 Thread frank theriault
Hi, Cotty, I'm loathe to perpetuate cultural stereotypes - at least most of the time. But, I used to live in the City of Kitchener (named after Lord Kitchener, the man who developed the concentration camp, and perfected it in and after the Boer War), Ontario, Canada. It used to be called

Re: OT-Thrifty Schwabs-was:Hello and thanks to Pentax for the *ist D

2003-03-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: frank theriault Subject: Re: OT-Thrifty Schwabs-was:Hello and thanks to Pentax for the *ist D And yes, more economical than the Scots, I'd say... I have it on good account that copper wire was invented when some Welshman rolled a penny down a street in

Re: OT-Thrifty Schwabs-was:Hello and thanks to Pentax for the*ist D

2003-03-04 Thread Mike Johnston
There was and continues to be a large German population in Berlin/Kitchener. I had many friends whose families originated in Schwabia. Economical is a very polite description of them. g And yes, more economical than the Scots, I'd say... I feel compelled to defend the ethic honor of