Tipping in USA/Canada
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From: Greg Procter on 22 Dec 2007 14:09 "Mr. Travel" wrote: > > Greg Procter wrote: > > > "Mr. Travel" wrote: > > > >>Greg Procter wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Sarah Czepiel wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:48:51 +1300, Greg Procter <procter(a)ihug.co.nz> > >>>>wrote: > >>>> > >>>>:>> Have you read the poem, " High Flight" ? > >>>>:> > >>>>:>No - why would I? > >>>> > >>>>Intellectual curiosity. > >>>> > >>>>It's a 14 line poem of 112 words. You are a lesser man for not > >>>>having read it at least once. > >>> > >>> > >>>Until now it hasn't travelled beyond N.America. > >> > >>He was in England, flying for the RCAF, when he wrote it. > >> > >>The CIA World Factbook says England is in Europe, which means it is > >>beyond N.America. > > > > > > > > "CIA factbook"? > > LOL! > > Does it contain all that yanks are allowed to know about the world or > > just the facts made up by the CIA??? > > Are you suggesting England is not beyond N. America? No, that's your story.
From: Greg Procter on 22 Dec 2007 14:09 "Mr. Travel" wrote: > > Greg Procter wrote: > > > "Mr. Travel" wrote: > > > >>Craig Welch wrote: > >> > >>> > >>>Have you ever lived anywhere except New Zealand? > >>> > >> > >>With a mind as closed as his? > >>I doubt he's ever left Porpoise Spit. > >> > >>(Oh, that's in Oz, isn't it?) > > > > > > > > I've never been a porpoise so I've never left porpoise spit, and I've > > never come across anywhere called Porpoise Spit in NZ. > > Yep, but I wouldn't be surprised if you are a dancing queen. Sure, but truth would surprise, if you could recognise it.
From: Greg Procter on 22 Dec 2007 14:10 "Mr. Travel" wrote: > > Greg Procter wrote: > > > "Mr. Travel" wrote: > > > >>Craig Welch wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Greg Procter <procter(a)ihug.co.nz> said: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Air New Zealand did have > >>>>DC10s but I think they were all sold long before my daughter joined Air > >>>>New Zealand. > >>> > >>> > >>>Air New Zealand? Isn't that the airline the management of which > >>>engaged in "an orchestrated litany of lies"? > >>> > >> > >>Did they add sales tax to the price? > > > > > > The price included sales tax. > > So, they weren't liars. In regard to advertised prices, no.
From: Greg Procter on 22 Dec 2007 14:12 "Mr. Travel" wrote: > > 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. That seems to be an entirely yank concept! (see brainwashing)
From: Mr Travel on 23 Dec 2007 05:33
Greg Procter wrote: > "Mr. Travel" wrote: >> >>There was no war declared by either side in the conflict. > > > > That seems to be an entirely yank concept! (see brainwashing) Great, please report the evidence that either side declared war on the other. |