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From: Mr. Travel on 22 Dec 2007 02:53 Greg Procter wrote: > Jeff wrote: > >>"Craig Welch" <craig(a)pacific.net.sg> wrote in message >>news:5k7jm3p9oqljfhauogac946kt3mgg23bts(a)4ax.com... >> >>>"Mr. Travel" <mtravel(a)a.a> said: >>> >>> >>>>It is possible to be against a country without being in a war with them. >>>> >>>>For example, look at Iran and North Korea. >>>>We aren't at war with them. >>>>By your logic, that means we are their friend. >>> >>>The US is still at war with North Korea. >>> >> >>Actually, there is no "war" between the U.S. and North Korea. This was a UN >>action and the armastice (sp??) is between North and South Korea. > > > > No war between the US and North Korea? All those dead soldiers will be > pleased to hear that! There was no war declared by either side in the conflict.
From: Mr. Travel on 22 Dec 2007 03:07 Dave Witmarsh wrote: > > Every country has some shitty restaurants. In america you *only* have > shitty restaurants. For people with such over-inflated opinions of > yourselves you are remakarbly happy to eat crud. Obviously there is no convincing idiots that make such statements.
From: Lumpy on 22 Dec 2007 13:35 On Dec 21, 10:53 pm, Dave Witmarsh <gogo...(a)gogo.not> wrote: > > Every country has some shitty restaurants. In america you *only* have > shitty restaurants. For people with such over-inflated opinions of > yourselves you are remakarbly happy to eat crud. > HTH Sad, but true. I have the means to eat anywhere I please. In the last 15 years, I have yet to have a decent meal, other than a few Mexican owned and operated places in the SW, who haven't succumbed to AmeriMex, which is processed cheese on top of canned refried beans and microwaved. What happened is even "fine" dining restaurants began ordering their ingredients from large manufacturer/distributors, which guarantees that 99% of every meal tastes the same. I've had a few outstanding meals but they were in places where the restaurant was actually in the business of producing it's own meat, fowl, vegetables and fruit.
From: Greg Procter on 22 Dec 2007 14:03 "Mr. Travel" wrote: > > Jeff wrote: > > "Craig Welch" <craig(a)pacific.net.sg> wrote in message > > news:5k7jm3p9oqljfhauogac946kt3mgg23bts(a)4ax.com... > > > >>"Mr. Travel" <mtravel(a)a.a> said: > >> > >> > >>>It is possible to be against a country without being in a war with them. > >>> > >>>For example, look at Iran and North Korea. > >>>We aren't at war with them. > >>>By your logic, that means we are their friend. > >> > >>The US is still at war with North Korea. > >> > > > > > > Actually, there is no "war" between the U.S. and North Korea. This was a UN > > action and the armastice (sp??) is between North and South Korea. > > As mentioned on M*A*S*H many times, it was a police action. You were slaughtering Koreans to stop them from reuniting their own country.
From: Greg Procter on 22 Dec 2007 14:06
"Mr. Travel" wrote: > > Greg Procter wrote: > > > "Mr. Travel" wrote: > > > >>Greg Procter wrote: > >> > >> > >>>"Mr. Travel" wrote: > >> > >>>That's somewhat backwards logic, but at the time I was prescribed > >>>antibiotics I had an infection. > >>> > >>>Quote: "> > I had an infection." > >> > >>Agreed. You said, "I had an infection." You also said, "I take > >>prescribed drugs such as the antibiotics suggested by my dentist" > >> > >>"I take" is present tense. "I had" is past tense. > >>So, with no infection now, you are still taking the drugs. > > > > > > In that situation "I take" is a generalization covering my entire adult > > life. > > > > Is this Kiwi grammar? It's called 'English grammar'. |