Regards,
Bruce.
Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
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> From: Andrew Boyd <andrew at pcug.org.au>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] James Madison
> Date: Friday, 3 April 1998 9:53
>
>
>
> Hehehe, Bruce, I won't get started on a diatribe (monotribe?) on American
> cultural imperialism ;)
>
> Let's just say that something I learnt very early on was that the then
> 80%of net bandwidth used by the USA (this was 4-5 years ago when I first
> left the narrow confines of Fido BBS' to roam the great wide world) was,
> and is, assumed by many to be 100% ... it's not so bad though, being an
> Aussie is still a novelty and has it's advantages (the cyberian
equivalent
> of the old "What does an Aussie do for foreplay in California? Say G'Day)
> ;)
>
> Cheers, Andrew
>
> On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Bruce Hansen wrote:
>
> > Dan
> >
> > Most Aussies spend just a little more time studying American history
than
> > American students spend studying Australian history ;-)
> >
> > And I guess that's just about the way it should be :-(
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bruce.
> >
> > Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
> >
> > Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
> >
> >
> >
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> > > From: dd at dandrake.com
> > > To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> > > Subject: [RML] James Madison
> > > Date: Thursday, 2 April 1998 10:47
> > >
> > > I hope everyone, including all those uneducated Aussies who probably
> > never
> > > spent very many years studying the fine details of American history
-- > > > shocking! -- will recognize that my Madison quote was about Alexander > > > Hamilton (who really was a bastard brat of a Scots peddler) and meant no > > > offense to the living Andrew Hamilton, but who can resist a quote like > > > that on April 1? (which it still is, where I sit) > > > > > > > >