Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-02 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 08:07 PM, Friday, 11/1/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote: I'm sorry to hear that. It can be very disruptive and discouraging, and I wish you all the best in finding something you enjoy as soon as possible. And seriously, if you're a high-tech worker or a professional in various other departments,

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-02 Thread Marc A. Schindler
I can only say amen. I'm also upset that I have to pay GST on things I buy from the States. I think a US plant would rather set up in a maquiladora in Ciudad Juarez, for instance, where environmental and labour laws are primitive, than allow those same workers into an Arizona or Texas plant. It's

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-01 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Stephen Beecroft wrote: -Marc- when it can dip *below* -40oC (which is also, as you probably know, -40oF). This is unnecessarily cruel. There was no need to preempt my favorite smart-alek comment. Meanie. You mean how F really means Foreignheat? Stephen Automobiles don't kill

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-01 Thread Grampa Bill
Marc A. Schindler wrote: Our foreign affairs people are advising Canadian citizens who were born in the Middle East not to travel via the US. = Grampa Bill comments: Well, that's about the best news I've heard lately! Don't waste the atonement. Sue Woodbury,

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-01 Thread Marc A. Schindler
I'm sorry to hear that. It can be very disruptive and discouraging, and I wish you all the best in finding something you enjoy as soon as possible. And seriously, if you're a high-tech worker or a professional in various other departments, as a citizen of a NAFTA country you can get a job anywhere

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-01 Thread Paul Osborne
Ok, I was just asking. Yet, it was not entirely a throw away remark, as after four years at a job that was perfect for myself and family at the time, I now find myself among the ranks of the unemployed. O dear! I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you get... Paul O [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-01 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Now, if we can just stop the flow of terrorists from the US into our country that'll be even better. Grampa Bill wrote: Marc A. Schindler wrote: Our foreign affairs people are advising Canadian citizens who were born in the Middle East not to travel via the US.

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-01 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Double bummer. Well, look after your own emotional health, too. I've learned the hard way that physical illness can have all kinds of psychological effects which in turn exacerbate the physical illness. I wish I had known that before I decided to get sick. :-/ You'll be in our prayers. Steven

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-10-31 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 08:46 PM, Wednesday, 10/30/02, Marc A. Schindler wrote: Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland Guns don't kill people; people with guns kill people. And people with knives. And people with rocks. And people with baseball bats. A few years ago

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-10-31 Thread Steven Montgomery
Things have changed indeed. Got any good job openings up there in maple leaf land? -- Steven Montgomery At 02:40 PM 10/31/2002, you wrote: You really don't want to get into this again. I'd rather face a guy with a bat than a guy with a firearm. Common sense. Ironically, a Canadian is now in a

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-10-31 Thread John W. Redelfs
At 05:42 PM, Thursday, 10/31/02, Paul Osborne wrote: Not me, Marc. The damage done by a bat could leave me in terrible shape with broken bones and a bashed in skull. The gun will probably kill me and send me on my way to bliss. So, I'll take the gun bullet, please, with a coke and an order of