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Stephen wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:47:11 +0100, "St." <dot### [at] dot com> wrote:
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>> "Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
>> news:48038975$1@news.povray.org...
>>
>>
>>> It's not that you know lots of doctors. It's that you ignore all the poor
>>> people who you pass every day.
>> That was a low call.
>>
>
> Fighting talk, where I come from. Worse than putting your empty beer
> glass, upside down on the table.
I don't currently know any doctors. I can't afford to know any doctors.
I did spend a number of years doing people's taxes.
--Sherry Shaw
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Stephen wrote:
> I had not heard "Zeeuws Vlaanderen" before but now know where you
> mean.
Interesting it *is* the name of the area you are in.
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And lo on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:22:22 +0100, Chambers
<ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> did spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>> Then in economic terms you're a plug stopping the flow of money, how
>> selfish of you :-P
>
> Fine by me; I'll plug up the economy, let everyone else go bankrupt, and
> then buy all their stock with my hardearned savings :)
Congratulations you are now the proud owner of worthless stock, have lost
all your money, and now have to get a loan and go into debt; [sniff] what
a fine upstanding citizen you've become.
--
Phil Cook
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http://flipc.blogspot.com
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:57:44 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>
>> I had not heard "Zeeuws Vlaanderen" before but now know where you
>> mean.
>
>Interesting it *is* the name of the area you are in.
So it is :) but everyone speaks English to me and Babel fish
translates it to Zeeuws Flanders. I did find a Dutch dictionary that
told me it was Zeeland. I think I need a history lesson :)
BTW I am working from home and only go to the Netherlands for face to
face meetings and to actually work on the system.
I'll tell you one thing Sluiskil is not an easy place to reach by
public transport.
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Regards
Stephen
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:13:26 -0500, Sherry Shaw <ten### [at] aolcom>
wrote:
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>I don't currently know any doctors. I can't afford to know any doctors.
When my wife was a student she shared an apartment with five other
girls, four of them graduated as doctors. One of them was so rich that
she did not know how to make tea. She once put sprouts in the kettle
at the same time thinking she was taking a short cut. The stories
about Trudy are legend :)
> I did spend a number of years doing people's taxes.
How the other half (1%) live. :)
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Regards
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:57:44 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom>
> wrote:
>
>> Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> I had not heard "Zeeuws Vlaanderen" before but now know where you
>>> mean.
>> Interesting it *is* the name of the area you are in.
>
> So it is :) but everyone speaks English to me and Babel fish
> translates it to Zeeuws Flanders. I did find a Dutch dictionary that
> told me it was Zeeland. I think I need a history lesson :)
Zee means sea and the name Zeeland is the origin of the later discovered
new version of it. You know, that island on the other side of the
worldwith lots of birds and no original mammals other than a bat.
Zeeuws is sort of the possessive of zee, in the context of Zeeland, like
e.g. scottish is for Scotland. It should normally have been Zee's but I
guess they added the 'w' sound to make it more pronounceable (for the
Dutch that is). Of the history of it I know little, so I can't help you
there.
> BTW I am working from home and only go to the Netherlands for face to
> face meetings and to actually work on the system.
> I'll tell you one thing Sluiskil is not an easy place to reach by
> public transport.
>
Yes I can imagine. Probably more easily reached from Belgium than from
the Netherlands.
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:32:13 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:57:44 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom>
>> wrote:
>> So it is :) but everyone speaks English to me and Babel fish
>> translates it to Zeeuws Flanders. I did find a Dutch dictionary that
>> told me it was Zeeland. I think I need a history lesson :)
>Zee means sea and the name Zeeland is the origin of the later discovered
>new version of it. You know, that island on the other side of the
>worldwith lots of birds and no original mammals other than a bat.
>Zeeuws is sort of the possessive of zee, in the context of Zeeland, like
>e.g. scottish is for Scotland. It should normally have been Zee's but I
>guess they added the 'w' sound to make it more pronounceable (for the
>Dutch that is). Of the history of it I know little, so I can't help you
>there.
Thank you kind sir. :)
FWIW [not directed at you] and since you mention it there is another
possessive for Scotland and that is "Scotch" which is only applied to
inanimate objects such as Scotch Whisky or Scotch broth etc. I wish
someone would tell the English this :)
>> BTW I am working from home and only go to the Netherlands for face to
>> face meetings and to actually work on the system.
>> I'll tell you one thing Sluiskil is not an easy place to reach by
>> public transport.
>>
>Yes I can imagine. Probably more easily reached from Belgium than from
>the Netherlands.
That is what I do. I get the Eurostar to Brussels then to Gent from
there a taxi. 21st Century?
--
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
>> Yes I can imagine. Probably more easily reached from Belgium than from
>> the Netherlands.
> That is what I do. I get the Eurostar to Brussels then to Gent from
> there a taxi. 21st Century?
I checked it. It should take 4 hours 15 minutes from my home town (e.g.
3:45 from schiphol).
All public transport, a lot of changes, most 5-10 minutes wait in
between. The problem is, I guess, that although the netherlands do have
a good public transport system, Sluiskil is not in the netherlands as
such, nor is it in belgium (I think we have no Zeeuwen in this group, so
that is probably save to say here).
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Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:22:22 +0100, Chambers
> <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> did spake, saying:
>
>> Phil Cook wrote:
>>> Then in economic terms you're a plug stopping the flow of money, how
>>> selfish of you :-P
>>
>> Fine by me; I'll plug up the economy, let everyone else go bankrupt,
>> and then buy all their stock with my hardearned savings :)
>
> Congratulations you are now the proud owner of worthless stock, have
> lost all your money, and now have to get a loan and go into debt;
> [sniff] what a fine upstanding citizen you've become.
>
Au contraire, I am now the sole proprietor of several profitable
businesses, ones which are suffering more due to public perception of
wealth than due to any inherent problems in their business plans.
I may now proceed with my plans of world domination! Muwahaha!
--
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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And lo on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:06:21 +0100, Chambers
<ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> did spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>> And lo on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:22:22 +0100, Chambers
>> <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> did spake, saying:
>>
>>> Phil Cook wrote:
>>>> Then in economic terms you're a plug stopping the flow of money, how
>>>> selfish of you :-P
>>>
>>> Fine by me; I'll plug up the economy, let everyone else go bankrupt,
>>> and then buy all their stock with my hardearned savings :)
>> Congratulations you are now the proud owner of worthless stock, have
>> lost all your money, and now have to get a loan and go into debt;
>> [sniff] what a fine upstanding citizen you've become.
>
> Au contraire, I am now the sole proprietor of several profitable
> businesses, ones which are suffering more due to public perception of
> wealth than due to any inherent problems in their business plans.
Like Northern Rock and Bear Stearns ;-)
> I may now proceed with my plans of world domination! Muwahaha!
Pah the financial route's for sissys, give me a good old fashioned Death
Ray anytime.
--
Phil Cook
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http://flipc.blogspot.com
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