On 07/06/2010 5:37 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:

>> <  lots of local
>>> "green" initiatives (including vehicles that run on alternative fuels
>>> for the city),
>>
>> -1 point (I worked for oil companies for almost 20 years) :-P
>
> Surely not BP, no?  If so, you might be buying the first round. ;-)
>

No, I worked for Conoco for 12 years and for 4 years I contracted for 
other operators.

> But in terms of 'liberal' point of view, green energy is a pretty good
> sign, don't you think?
>

Yes, :-D
I transferred my orniness to this thread. ;-)

>
>> I imagine a lot don’t go more than once. Although, I recommended it to a
>> Chinese Australian who came on holiday and he ate there 10 times in a
>> week. The price might have had something to do with it. ;-)
>
> I imagine it's also popular with student visitors. :-)
>

Yes, the average age is quite low if you don’t count the singletons.

>>> OK, I misread, then. :-)
>>
>> I may have miss-writ.
>
> <Stephen Colbert>I accept your apology, sir</Stephen Colbert>
>

Lost on me as we don't get Stephen Colbert here.

>> It is if you can eat Hong Kong style food. For instance in the scramble
>> egg rice the egg is barely cooked.
>
> Might work for me, or it could end up being a texture thing.
>

Slimy is a description, it goes for “ho fun” too.

>>>
>> No, then it is full of tourists and hot. Off season is best. :-)
>
> Well, "hot" to you is different than "hot" to me.  It's 82F here right
> now, and we're supposed to hit 90F by mid-week.
>

I thought that as I was writing it.

> I guess spring is over.<sigh>
>

Spring has sprung,



the grass has ris’,
I wonder where the birdie is?

There he is up in the sky,
He dropped some whitewash in my eye!

I‘m alright, I won't cry,
I'm just glad that cows can't fly!


>> Some people think it is an unclean meat. They don’t know what they are
>> missing.
>
> Well, it tends to be thought of as such for religious reasons, so it
> either becomes "throw away my religion and religious traditions" or eat
> it.  Generally; I know a guy who is ostensibly Jewish who likes the
> occasional bacon sandwich (made with the real thing, not turkey bacon).
>

Yeah, bacon butties are the Devil's invention.


-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen

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