Merlin wrote:
> I always thought that Madison was a square somewhere in the US :)
>
> At 12:47 3/04/98 +1000, you wrote:
> >And my kids thought "madison" was some kind of dance ;-)
> >
> >Regards,
> >Bruce.
> >
> >Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.
> >
> >Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >----------
> >> 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
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----------
> >> > > 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)
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
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>
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>
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> I am a wide flood on a plain;
> I am a wind on the deep waters;
> I am a shining tear of the sun;
> I am a hawk on a cliff;
> I am fair among flowers;
> I am a God who sets the head afire with smoke."
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