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

2002-11-02 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, a

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 M

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 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
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 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, Oc

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 do

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-01 Thread Steven Montgomery
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. -- Steven Montgomery At 11:29 AM 11/1/2002, you wrote: Well, I'm not a headhunter so can't

RE: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-01 Thread Stephen Beecroft
-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. Stephen Automobiles don't kill people. People driving automobiles kill people. And the sooner we can get all

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-11-01 Thread Marc A. Schindler
Well, I'm not a headhunter so can't say, and realize this is a "throw-away remark," but since I'm still an Alberta civil servant responsible for high-tech trade promotion, even though I'm on medical leave, the salesman cells in my blood (vendocytes, they're called...) are still there. Heaven knows

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 fr

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-10-31 Thread Paul Osborne
>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. 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

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 N

Re: [ZION] Iraq: letters in Meridian

2002-10-31 Thread Marc A. Schindler
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 New York state jail because he brought his hunting rifle with him as he crossed the border to fill up at a gas station 15 metres from the border

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 her