From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
Ian Burton <notvalid(a)notvalid.com> wrote:

> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and
> deansgate" <this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1hm8z8p.rycicjb4dshiN%this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk...
> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city
> >> south and
> >> deansgate wrote:
> >>
> >> > James Silverton <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > []
> >> >
> >> >>You can get what the French call English bread for toast etc.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > At least at the Parisian cafe we breakfasted in on Saturday morning, it
> >> > was called "special organic" bread or something like that. :) It was
> >> > perfectly fine, but not unlike a slice of wholewheat bread I'd expect
> >> > from one of the better loafs from Tesco. :)
> >> >
> >> > However, boiled egg with _soldiers_, that was something I hadn't had
> >> > since I was a child! :)
> >>
> >> Huh? Translation, please - for the benfit of us ignorant
> >> Americans who've never encountered that particular delicacy?
> >
> > Read further down! :) What do you call them where you're from?
>
> I've never come across these soldiers in the US. I'm even more surprised
> I've never heard my close friends in Yorkshire mention them.

It could be a Scottish thing. For all I know, it could even be a
Clackmannanshire thing!

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From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
B Vaughan <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:10:03 +0200, Dave Frightens Me
> <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
> >I was passing comment on the differences between US and Italian
> >culture in regards to the observation of laws. An unpopular law is
> >much more likely to be observed in the USA than Italy in my opinion.
>
> I don't think you know the US very well.

That's what I've been thinking too, so I'm glad I'm not the only one.

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From: Dave Frightens Me on
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:30:06 +0100,
this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:

>B Vaughan <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:10:03 +0200, Dave Frightens Me
>> <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>>
>> >I was passing comment on the differences between US and Italian
>> >culture in regards to the observation of laws. An unpopular law is
>> >much more likely to be observed in the USA than Italy in my opinion.
>>
>> I don't think you know the US very well.
>
>That's what I've been thinking too, so I'm glad I'm not the only one.

Why did you even add that comment?
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From: Dave Frightens Me on
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:21:07 +0200, B Vaughan<me(a)privacy.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:10:03 +0200, Dave Frightens Me
><deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
>
>>I was passing comment on the differences between US and Italian
>>culture in regards to the observation of laws. An unpopular law is
>>much more likely to be observed in the USA than Italy in my opinion.
>
>I don't think you know the US very well. Enforcement of many laws is
>much more rigorous in the US than in Italy, and it is that, and public
>opinion that keeps people on the straight and narrow.

Ummm... isn't that consistent with what I was saying?
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From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on
Dave Frightens Me <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:30:06 +0100,
> this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of
> the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote:
>
> >B Vaughan <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:10:03 +0200, Dave Frightens Me
> >> <deepfreudmoors(a)eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> >>
> >> >I was passing comment on the differences between US and Italian
> >> >culture in regards to the observation of laws. An unpopular law is
> >> >much more likely to be observed in the USA than Italy in my opinion.
> >>
> >> I don't think you know the US very well.
> >
> >That's what I've been thinking too, so I'm glad I'm not the only one.
>
> Why did you even add that comment?

Because I had been wondering if I was the only person reading who
thought that way.

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