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Rob Kemp - 07 Jul 2005 13:59 GMT
I hope none of you were not involved in the attacks, It feels horrible being
stuck here in the US while all this sh.t happens at home.
Rob
Jane Sullivan - 07 Jul 2005 14:22 GMT
>I hope none of you were not involved in the attacks,

I hope you did not intend this double negative.

"Luckily" for me, I am currently sitting at home, off work sick.

> It feels horrible being
>stuck here in the US while all this sh.t happens at home.
>Rob

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Rob Kemp - 07 Jul 2005 14:37 GMT
>>I hope none of you were not involved in the attacks,
>
> I hope you did not intend this double negative.

Of course not, bit shocked.
John Turner - 07 Jul 2005 20:16 GMT
> I hope none of you were involved in the attacks, It feels horrible being
> stuck here in the US while all this sh.t happens at home.

Stiff upper lip mate, but seething underneath!  :-)

John.
William Pearce - 08 Jul 2005 07:08 GMT
   From the far side of the world, my hearfelt condolences to all affected
by this frightful attack, a very sad day, especially after the day of
rejoicing about the 2012 Olympics.
                           Regards,
                                           Bill, in Melbourne.

> > I hope none of you were involved in the attacks, It feels horrible being
> > stuck here in the US while all this sh.t happens at home.
>
> Stiff upper lip mate, but seething underneath!  :-)
>
> John.
John Turner - 08 Jul 2005 09:39 GMT
"William Pearce"

>     From the far side of the world, my hearfelt condolences to all affected
> by this frightful attack, a very sad day, especially after the day of
> rejoicing about the 2012 Olympics.

Your condolences are appreciated I'm sure, but you didn't have to let us
thrash you at cricket again!  ;-)

John.
William Pearce - 09 Jul 2005 08:38 GMT
One-day games have no significance in the real world! They only exist on TV.
                               Regards,
                                                       Bill.

> "William Pearce"
>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> John.
John Turner - 09 Jul 2005 10:25 GMT
> One-day games have no significance in the real world! They only exist on TV.

Lol - we'll not regard you as world champs in that case!  ;-)

John.
stuart chalcraft - 11 Jul 2005 12:25 GMT
The UK thanks all for your kind words at this deadly time.
Do any of our mates in the US have any good ideas who we should invade next
in retalliation?
Personally I've run right out,the Irish proved to be quite a handful ,and
the Zulus too; though I think the Esqiumaux might be a good next safe bet.
We could blame them for smokin seals and the subsequent global warming .
I wouldn't think it would be too difficult for even George or Tony to find a
smokin' seal in Greenland.
Stu

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John Turner - 11 Jul 2005 12:34 GMT
> The UK thanks all for your kind words at this deadly time.
> Do any of our mates in the US have any good ideas who we should invade next
> in retalliation?

You might want to consider Iran.  They have consistently supported terrorism
and are now on the verge of becoming a nuclear power.  Imagine the impact of
last week's London bombs, had Iran supplied those terrorists with the
capability of adding nuclear fallout to their evil devices - often referred
to as dirty bombs.

Wait for it - it will happen.

John.
Richard - 11 Jul 2005 12:56 GMT
> You might want to consider Iran.  They have consistently supported terrorism
> and are now on the verge of becoming a nuclear power.  Imagine the impact of
> last week's London bombs, had Iran supplied those terrorists with the
> capability of adding nuclear fallout to their evil devices - often referred
> to as dirty bombs.

Yes, imagine just how far the fallout would spread from a dirty bomb in
a tube tunnel...

R.
James Christie - 11 Jul 2005 15:06 GMT
>> The UK thanks all for your kind words at this deadly time.
>> Do any of our mates in the US have any good ideas who we should invade
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
>John.

It's not the Iranians we should fear, or any other terrorists, it's
China. As that country's insatiable hunger for raw materials grows, it
will try and secure it's own. China is why there is a worldwide shortage
of steel, China is why shipping rates are growing through the ceiling,
and it will get worse and worse.
You mark my words, China will be the next superpower, far greater than
anything before, it might take them some time to get there, but they
will get there.
And when they come looking for Oil, Iron Ore and the like, then we
should be afraid, VERY afraid.

Remember the words of Napoleon: "Beware of the yellow man, as one day he
will rule the world".
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James Christie

"Luck is my middle name," he said, indistinctly.
"Mind you, my first name is Bad."

John Turner - 11 Jul 2005 16:04 GMT
> It's not the Iranians we should fear, or any other terrorists, it's China.
> As that country's insatiable hunger for raw materials grows, it will try
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> anything before, it might take them some time to get there, but they will
> get there.

Ah but China will only continue to grow if there's a demand for its
products.

John.
Greg Procter - 11 Jul 2005 20:30 GMT
> > It's not the Iranians we should fear, or any other terrorists, it's China.
> > As that country's insatiable hunger for raw materials grows, it will try
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Ah but China will only continue to grow if there's a demand for its
> products.

They have a customer base of 1.2 billion right there at home!
scoot - 12 Jul 2005 07:30 GMT
>> > It's not the Iranians we should fear, or any other terrorists, it's
>> > China.
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
> They have a customer base of 1.2 billion right there at home!

Thats why my mother only had 4 children. She had heard that every fifth
child in the world was Chinese....and she didnt speak the language....
John Turner - 12 Jul 2005 09:35 GMT
> They have a customer base of 1.2 billion right there at home!

That's true but school economics (which don't seem to apply these days)
suggested that you had to export to survive - as you well know in New
Zealand.

John.
Greg Procter - 12 Jul 2005 21:06 GMT
> > They have a customer base of 1.2 billion right there at home!
>
> That's true but school economics (which don't seem to apply these days)
> suggested that you had to export to survive - as you well know in New
> Zealand.

Britain did very well just importing for a couple of centuries!
The US seems to be following that example with oil!

> John.
Norman - 11 Jul 2005 18:27 GMT
> China is why there is a worldwide shortage of steel,

And we all thought it was successive governments closing down segments
of British Steel.
Greg Procter - 11 Jul 2005 20:29 GMT
> >> The UK thanks all for your kind words at this deadly time.
> >> Do any of our mates in the US have any good ideas who we should invade
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> will try and secure it's own. China is why there is a worldwide shortage
> of steel,

Be fair, China largely uses that steel to manufacture for the US and Europe, plus
the infrastructure to actually do the manufacturing. The steel would be used
either way, whether it was China or the US/Europe doing the manufacturing.

> China is why shipping rates are growing through the ceiling,
> and it will get worse and worse.

Try moving to NZ, our shipping rates from the manufacturing centers are dropping
:-)

> You mark my words, China will be the next superpower, far greater than
> anything before, it might take them some time to get there, but they
> will get there.

Absolutely!

> And when they come looking for Oil, Iron Ore and the like, then we
> should be afraid, VERY afraid.
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> "Luck is my middle name," he said, indistinctly.
> "Mind you, my first name is Bad."
kim - 12 Jul 2005 14:10 GMT
> Remember the words of Napoleon: "Beware of the yellow man, as one day he
> will rule the world".

If it means being able to buy British outline models at Chinese mainland
prices I'm all in favour.

(kim)
Greg Procter - 12 Jul 2005 21:08 GMT
> > Remember the words of Napoleon: "Beware of the yellow man, as one day he
> > will rule the world".
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> (kim)

Selling price bears very little relationship to production costs.
Jane Sullivan - 13 Jul 2005 08:11 GMT
>> Remember the words of Napoleon: "Beware of the yellow man, as one day he
>> will rule the world".
>
>If it means being able to buy British outline models at Chinese mainland
>prices I'm all in favour.

You can do that now. Go and live in China.

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crazy_horse_12002@yahoo.co.uk - 11 Jul 2005 19:06 GMT
I think this is a bit insensitive at the present time.

After all, we have nuclear weapons along with Israel, India, Pakistan
etc. I dont think that after the Iraq invasion, anyone should be
shouting their mouths off about evidence of possessing WMD being a
reason to extract revenge on a countries' innocent population.

Doesn't that just put you on the same  level of ignorance as the
bombers?
John Turner - 11 Jul 2005 20:07 GMT
>I think this is a bit insensitive at the present time.
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Doesn't that just put you on the same  level of ignorance as the
> bombers?

It wasn't a serious suggestion, it was a tongue-in-cheek response to stuart
chalcraft would asked:-

< quote >
Do any of our mates in the US have any good ideas who we should invade next
in retalliation?
</quote>

John.
Greg Procter - 11 Jul 2005 20:18 GMT
> > The UK thanks all for your kind words at this deadly time.
> > Do any of our mates in the US have any good ideas who we should invade
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> capability of adding nuclear fallout to their evil devices - often referred
> to as dirty bombs.

How about Britain, or the USa?
They have consistantly supported dictatorships, feudal monarchies and terrorists
and are both nuclear powers!

Regards,
Greg.P.
Steve W - 11 Jul 2005 19:40 GMT
> The UK thanks all for your kind words at this deadly time.
> Do any of our mates in the US have any good ideas who we should invade
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> smokin' seal in Greenland.
> Stu

Don't need the US to guide us here. A few weeks ago, when the budget talks
failed at the EU summit, the newspapers had as their headlines, "France:
It's War" and my little heart jumped up for a moment as I really thought it
was.

Anyway, some good reasons to invade the French:

1. They are French.
2. They are next door.
3. Garlic, snails, frogs-legs and other culinary abominations.
4. They are French.
5. It's Trafalgar Day soon.
6. They think they are something special and need a smack to straighten them
out.
7. They are French.

Finally, for the retaliation element, £10 of my money says that the London
tube terrorists are Algerian Muslims who hail from Paris and have been
blowing up the Metro for years. Nothing whatosever to do with Iraq.

Cheers,
Steve
Duncan - 11 Jul 2005 22:27 GMT
> > The UK thanks all for your kind words at this deadly time.
> > Do any of our mates in the US have any good ideas who we should invade
[quoted text clipped - 23 lines]
> out.
> 7. They are French.

ROFL, will remember this next week when I'm in Cherbourg for the tall ships.

> Finally, for the retaliation element, £10 of my money says that the London
> tube terrorists are Algerian Muslims who hail from Paris and have been
> blowing up the Metro for years...

.......and who were planning to wreck Paris's Olympic celebration and so got
on a Eurostar on Wednesday night after a last minute change of plan....??? -
not impossible, it might explain the lack of warning.

>Nothing whatosever to do with Iraq

Iraq proves, in the minds of those who've always hated us anyway, that they
were right.
 
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