Current events

[dtoggs]

By now everyone knows Former Pres.Ronald Regan has died .He was a nice man and through his personality,made us a good leader. Sorry to see him pass. Does the French Pres. hate us americans so much that he will not convers with Tex in english? I wish all lthe biggies would get together and settle thier differences. Its N.Korea, and perhaps China(If Tiawan gets to be a problem) that the world has to worry about. There is no sloution to the mid east crisis. Iran,Iraq,Turkey,Greece have battling since biblical times,Israel since1940s. I pray that all hostilities cease,b ut realistic enough to know that won't happen. I was called up in the first Iraq operation and I know its no picnic. Whats the Aussie take on this?

[ozwinner]

I think that as long as mankind has sticks and stones to hurl at each other, then we will hurl.

There seems to be a mistrust from one people to another for no apparent reason, other than not understanding the others needs.


Cheers and peace, Al

[bitingmidge]

Can someone play the Desiderata in the background about now please?


Does the French Pres. hate us americans so much that he will not convers with Tex in english?

I wonder if a little Fro...err French woodworker is currently posting in an other language somewhere in the world except he's probably asking "Does the US Pres. hate us French so much that he will not converse with us in French?"


I wish all lthe biggies would get together and settle thier differences.

Nice thought, but I don't like the methods they use to settle them.

No point worrying about things that aren't under your control.

No point believing everything (or for that matter anything) you read in the press...particularly in the country in which one lives.

Either run for President and fix it, or keep making shavings, cause worrying can't help!

On that cheery note.

I am yours very truly,

BitingMidge, peacemaker, non-watcher of televison and non-reader of popularist press (except on Sundays when it's real true proper trash)!! :eek:

[ozwinner]

And not one reference about Seppo the forgotten one?
You make me proud to be an Ozzie mon ami ( said in my mock French accent )

Alfonce

[bitingmidge]

You make me proud to be an Ozzie mon ami ( said in my mock French accent )


Oui Oui Oui

Restrained, I thought......Besides, I never did thank you for your generous bequest!! :D :D

P

[ozwinner]

Look, I hate to get all political, but if someone swept up all those sticks and stones then there would be no problem. :( :(

Al

[bitingmidge]

...and there'd be plenty of materials for woodworkers and stone masons too!

:)

P

[Rocker]

dtoggs.

My Aussie take is that if President Bush is in France he should have the good manners to speak French. But then I expect he probably felt that partying was more important, when he was at Harvard, than learning French. For Americans to assume that the French President should be expected to speak English when he is in his own country demonstrates how out of touch they are with the rest of the world.

Rocker

[fxst]

I reckon all the world should speak Aussie so we could at least nknow what theyre going crook about........Bugger em Im going to do more scrolling.
Pete

[himzol]

Dtoggs,

In a previous job that I had I was required to travel to many countries where Engish is not a first language, In every case I tried to learn a few phrases, so that I can say thank you, hello, how much for those tools, etc.. I don't profess to be any form of linguist, infact I can only speak two languages English and my native language (serbo-croat). I was lucky with the people I met in that most of the time they were university students who wished to practice their English on me, so did not have problems communicating. I did not however expect this nor should I have. So when you ask the question ,
Does the French Pres. hate us americans so much that he will not convers with Tex in english? ,
my answer is, why the heck should the French President have to speak English in his own country. Surely the US president has heard the term "when in Rome do as the Romans do", or in this case, When in France speak as the French do.

regards,

Himzo

[bitingmidge]

I don't profess to be any form of linguist, infact I can only speak two languages English and my native language (serbo-croat)

Gimme five himzol!! I speak two languages too!!!

English, and Profane.


P
:D :D :D :D

[Iain]

Billy Connolly for a true ambassador, when he gets exited no one understands him (except me as he is from my country of origin and I have to translate for the family) and he smiles at the same time. He must be good.
May ye lum keep blithely reekin and ye girnals swell......
I'll let you figure that one out!
And.......leave it alone , it's not obscene :p

[Bob Willson]

O'ill dring ta tha'


May the best you’ve ever seen,

Be the worst you’ll ever see.

May the mouse ne’er leave your girnal

Wi’ a tear drap in it’s e’e

May your lum keep blithely reekin’

Till ye’re auld enough to dee.

May ye aye be jist as happy

As I wish ye now tae be.

[RETIRED]

Da ya thunk I dunna ken tha' :D

[Iain]

I actually have that framed on the wall, and our property name is 'Dail Eachraidh'.
Lets see if you can translate?

[Rocker]

Iain,

Dr Samuel Johnson remarked that "The noblest prospect that a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that high road that leads him to London". Perhaps, judging from your location in God's own Country, he should have said the Hume highway.

Rocker (another Scotchman in exile in paradise)