Post #87,341
3/11/03 12:42:07 PM
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I'll disagree on V and XI, but otherwise, very nice.
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Post #87,345
3/11/03 1:00:38 PM
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Move to Canada
Free health care and multi-culturalism are official policy here. To get a handle on some of the philosophical ideas behind it, start [link|http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030311/COSAUL/TPComment/TopStories|here]. Then go and get some of his [link|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/103-4478434-8270220|other books]. A good first read is the Doubter's Companion... extremely funny. Read the entry on Kenneth Taylor... it's priceless. --\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca *\r\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca] [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\r\n* Kingston Ontario Canada [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
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Post #87,349
3/11/03 1:09:31 PM
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Re: Move to Canada
We can't - the prejudice against Americans wishing to emigrate is too much to overcome.
-drl
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Post #87,351
3/11/03 1:11:23 PM
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:)
You'd probably have a hard time getting in, anyway. One of the big debates going on up here now is around how we've changed our immigration/refugee policy at the behest of the US (in order to keep an open border); it includes automatic detention for refugees.
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Post #87,355
3/11/03 1:16:19 PM
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It's Not Funny
I would move tomorrow if it were even halfway possible.
I don't feel at home anywhere in the States. That is what my govt has done for me.
I've considered just showing up on the doorstep.
-drl
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Post #87,370
3/11/03 1:44:57 PM
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NAFTA is bi-directional
we can work and live there no prob if it is in an listed industry.
thanx,
bill
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Post #87,376
3/11/03 1:53:01 PM
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Yeah, right.
The exchange rate ruins that.
People in Canada work in the States because they get paid more, both in dollar amounts and because of the exchange rate. The cost of living is lower in Canada, so it's a big win. The exact same forces prevent US workers from doing the same; it isn't economically feasible.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #87,385
3/11/03 2:15:44 PM
3/11/03 2:20:32 PM
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Yep
Not only that..
I've investigated emigration to several places. The answer is always a mix of doubts and impossible roadblocks.
IOW, multiculturalism is fine, unless you're white, western, and male.
-drl
Edited by deSitter
March 11, 2003, 02:20:32 PM EST
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Post #87,389
3/11/03 2:18:23 PM
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In practice, multiculturalism doesn't work out that way
But you'd have to pass some time up here to see that.
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Post #88,243
3/14/03 12:51:20 AM
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Escape from St. Louis
Form your own country, I think that island on the Mississippi river can be claimed as a new country. It is usually known as no-man's land and people met there to duel because the state and federal laws didn't apply there.
The United States Of deSitter, population 1. Build a lean-to, and elect yourself as President and then apply to the UN for membership. Print up your own money using an Inkjet or Laserjet printer.
Either that or apply for a Reality TV show and get relocated for a few months to someplace else and hope you don't get voted off.
Canada don't want you, how about Mexico? Learn to speak Spanish and get a job at one of the many factories there. We stop them from coming into the US, but not from leaving the US to Mexico. Bring as many US Dollars as you can to Mexico, enough to buy some land and a house, with money left over to bribe the officials to keep you out of jail for being a Gringo. :)
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Post #87,839
3/12/03 9:04:50 PM
8/21/07 6:28:06 AM
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Too cold
I grew up in Detroit - that's close enough.
"I made up the term 'object-oriented', and I can tell you I didn't have C++ in mind"
- Alan Kay, OOPSLA '97
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Post #87,849
3/12/03 9:19:18 PM
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What??
You grew up in Detroit??
That is great!
Hey! Guess who the Blues have in goal now?
(That is hilarious - you and admin and fooker. What is it about Michigan? ps just bought "Grank Funk the 1971 Tour" recorded in part in Detroit. Flint band - ROCK.)
-drl
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Post #87,851
3/12/03 9:25:52 PM
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MC5 WAS the michigan band of all time
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Post #87,996
3/13/03 9:41:00 AM
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Kick Out the Jams, Mothe -
:)
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
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Post #88,006
3/13/03 9:58:26 AM
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got that vynl around somewhere
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Post #88,015
3/13/03 10:35:11 AM
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Heh
Blue Öyster Cult had a great cover of that tune on one of their live albums... ummm. Some Enchanted Evening.
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Post #87,875
3/12/03 10:09:05 PM
8/21/07 6:29:05 AM
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All the good live albums were cut in the motor city.
Bob Seger Live Bullet
Most of the J Geils live stuff
Even the dreaded Journey "Captured".
Great rock town.
RE: Blues - I'm an Avs fan. Sister is still in Detroit - makes for interesting family dynamics on Wings-Avs game weekends. Much razzing all around.
"I was reading in Rolling Stone where they said the Detroit audiences are the greatest rock n roll audiences in the world. I thought to myself, "shit I've know that for ten years".
Bob Seger
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Post #87,877
3/12/03 10:11:30 PM
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Sister still here?
Let me know if you're ever in town to visit her, of course. :-)
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #87,893
3/12/03 10:45:49 PM
8/21/07 6:29:23 AM
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Yep - Grosse Pte
But I never go visit her - for some reason she always wants to come here :-) In fact, she'll be here (OK Vail) this weekend.
"I made up the term 'object-oriented', and I can tell you I didn't have C++ in mind"
- Alan Kay, OOPSLA '97
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Post #87,909
3/12/03 11:13:14 PM
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Vail? Well, damn...
Screw you, buddy... I'll just go to Vail with your sister... ;-)
Been too long since I've had some really good skiing. Last time was Winter Park in '90 or so.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #87,881
3/12/03 10:17:21 PM
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Wrong fscking answer
I was in Denver, and there was ZERO hockey interest outside some for DU's college team. (Nice hoochies though - intellectual and all.) The very year I left, the Avs slunk in from Quebec - just when the Nordiques were about to give the Quebecois something to cheer about - and stole the goddamn cup! Well, I HATE the "Avs" (what kind of name is that?), and we will kick your ass in the playoffs, goalie or none! We'll do it for Canada!
The right answer is "OOOSSS-GOOOOODD OSSSSS-GOOOODDD".
With utmost respect nevertheless to Sakic and Roy.
-drl
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Post #87,878
3/12/03 10:12:05 PM
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Fooker...?
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #87,885
3/12/03 10:22:35 PM
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Re: Fooker...?
Fooker.
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-drl
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Post #87,887
3/12/03 10:27:23 PM
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Oh, *THAT* Fooker.
Didn't realize he was supposed to be from Detroit. :-)
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #87,888
3/12/03 10:29:50 PM
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Folkert - fooker - okay it's a stretch
..but somehow it always seemed to fit.
Did YOU get it, fooker?
-drl
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Post #87,891
3/12/03 10:38:27 PM
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Heh...
Well, he's from Michigan at least... about 2.5-3 hours away, so he might as well be Drew for that matter. :-)
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #87,919
3/12/03 11:37:18 PM
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ohio michigan wtfd :)
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Post #87,980
3/13/03 8:50:43 AM
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Snowfall.
And the smell. But then again, the smell makes it easier to find Ohio State for away games...
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #88,103
3/13/03 3:39:38 PM
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/me cheerfully fails to rise to the bait
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