Any rules here?
Mar 3rd 2003 | 6:04 am
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Re: Any rules here?
"Jean Moulin" wrote in message
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> Hi,
> pretty wide open if you're nice.
> I've always thought that "I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I
> won't be layed a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I
> require the same from them." was a good set of "laws to live by".
Well said Pilgrim!
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> Hi,
> pretty wide open if you're nice.
> I've always thought that "I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I
> won't be layed a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I
> require the same from them." was a good set of "laws to live by".
Well said Pilgrim!
Mar 3rd 2003 | 7:30 am
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Re: Any rules here?
Hi Dave- since I still can't figure out the thread stuff: YOU wrote:
Last I knew both Turkey and Russia were considered European countries (at least for Russia west of the Urals and Turkey west of the Bosporus).
Yes, it certainly depends on who you ask and whose criteria you are following... but HERE in this forum? I mean really.... employment, available infrastructure and government shouldn't be criteria HERE....
Impossible to answer your question without knowing what newsreader software you use, or, if through a website, what browser you use; browser fonts are usually changeable through the configuration editor.
OK, well: I am just reading the group with explorer (http://britishexpats.com/forum) and replying to the relevant message using the "reply" box... but I know there is another way because everyone was wondering where the FAQs were and there is actually a FAQ tab at the top of this page frame...
Hilfe bitte!
Liz in Bern
Last I knew both Turkey and Russia were considered European countries (at least for Russia west of the Urals and Turkey west of the Bosporus).
Yes, it certainly depends on who you ask and whose criteria you are following... but HERE in this forum? I mean really.... employment, available infrastructure and government shouldn't be criteria HERE....
Impossible to answer your question without knowing what newsreader software you use, or, if through a website, what browser you use; browser fonts are usually changeable through the configuration editor.
OK, well: I am just reading the group with explorer (http://britishexpats.com/forum) and replying to the relevant message using the "reply" box... but I know there is another way because everyone was wondering where the FAQs were and there is actually a FAQ tab at the top of this page frame...
Hilfe bitte!
Liz in Bern
Mar 3rd 2003 | 8:47 am
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Re: Any rules here?
le 2 Mar 2003 19:15:25 +0100, dans l'article , Emilia a dit ...
>>> Well.......this is an interesting group........as a new comers, i
>>> would like to know are there any RULES here?like things we can't
>>> mention.....
>> Travel.
> Oh yuk! I hate that! Is that a requirement for this group???
>
Erm ... that was the joke. You know ... 'things we can't mention' ?
'Travel' ..?
It must be the way I tell 'em ...
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>>> Well.......this is an interesting group........as a new comers, i
>>> would like to know are there any RULES here?like things we can't
>>> mention.....
>> Travel.
> Oh yuk! I hate that! Is that a requirement for this group???
>
Erm ... that was the joke. You know ... 'things we can't mention' ?
'Travel' ..?
It must be the way I tell 'em ...
--
Desmond Coughlan
desmond @ zeouane.org
http: // www . zeouane . org
Mar 3rd 2003 | 9:27 am
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Re: Any rules here?
Abby Lam wrote:
> Well.......this is an interesting group........as a new comers, i
> would like to know are there any RULES here?like things we can't
> mention.....
> I saw most of the messages you guys have posted.It seems to me that
> this group is quite long in history and most of the people are very
> kind in offering help to each other.I learnt much here anyway.
Anything goes, in rec.travel.europe, especially off - topic stuff.
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Greg
> Well.......this is an interesting group........as a new comers, i
> would like to know are there any RULES here?like things we can't
> mention.....
> I saw most of the messages you guys have posted.It seems to me that
> this group is quite long in history and most of the people are very
> kind in offering help to each other.I learnt much here anyway.
Anything goes, in rec.travel.europe, especially off - topic stuff.
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Greg
Mar 3rd 2003 | 9:34 am
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Re: Any rules here?
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
> As do many of the rest of us - which is why those threads grow so long,
> alas.
Hey Evelyn, that "Boycotting French and German Products" I started is now up
to about 1130 posts and counting.....
Are you proud of me or *what*....??? ;-p
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Greg
> As do many of the rest of us - which is why those threads grow so long,
> alas.
Hey Evelyn, that "Boycotting French and German Products" I started is now up
to about 1130 posts and counting.....
Are you proud of me or *what*....??? ;-p
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Greg
Mar 3rd 2003 | 9:37 am
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Re: Any rules here?
devil wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 05:23:55 +0000, Gerrit wrote:
> >
> > There is a set of "rules" which is posted here fairly regularly by
> > Yves Bellefeuille ([email protected]). If you go to Newsgroups on Google
> > and search for "rec.travel.europe FAQ" then you will be able to view
> > this. There have been some accrimonious debates about this FAQ but
> > this is the closest to a set of rules I know about. If nothing else it
> > does have some good information.
> Careful here. I don't believe there is anything like a consensus on
> these. More a case of a self-appointed vigilante really. (Although it
> would appear he has recently stepped down.)
Sometimes good things *do* happen.....
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Greg
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 05:23:55 +0000, Gerrit wrote:
> >
> > There is a set of "rules" which is posted here fairly regularly by
> > Yves Bellefeuille ([email protected]). If you go to Newsgroups on Google
> > and search for "rec.travel.europe FAQ" then you will be able to view
> > this. There have been some accrimonious debates about this FAQ but
> > this is the closest to a set of rules I know about. If nothing else it
> > does have some good information.
> Careful here. I don't believe there is anything like a consensus on
> these. More a case of a self-appointed vigilante really. (Although it
> would appear he has recently stepped down.)
Sometimes good things *do* happen.....
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Greg
Mar 3rd 2003 | 9:39 am
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Re: Any rules here?
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
> bill frogg wrote:
> >
> > It seems helpful if you are about thirteen years old, sexually and
> > politically naive, and born of boring rightwing parents.....
> > froglett
> ....See what I meant about a thick skin? We have a few unfortunates
> here like this one, who greet complete strangers with gratuitous
> insults. (They don't all wait for offensive or inflammatory posts to
> spit their venom, but insulting strangers on newsgroups evidently makes
> them feel better, and it's cheaper than seeking professional help for
> their problems.)
I like to insult the *long - time* members of newsgroups.
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Greg
> bill frogg wrote:
> >
> > It seems helpful if you are about thirteen years old, sexually and
> > politically naive, and born of boring rightwing parents.....
> > froglett
> ....See what I meant about a thick skin? We have a few unfortunates
> here like this one, who greet complete strangers with gratuitous
> insults. (They don't all wait for offensive or inflammatory posts to
> spit their venom, but insulting strangers on newsgroups evidently makes
> them feel better, and it's cheaper than seeking professional help for
> their problems.)
I like to insult the *long - time* members of newsgroups.
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Greg
Mar 3rd 2003 | 9:43 am
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Re: Any rules here?
hobart xaxinojo wrote:
> don't worry about this person she seems to be a self loathing horrid
> imposter of a human being. i for one have seen many thank you's and do so
> often myself. also i would say most of us give advice to help and yes
this
> mostly makes us feel good but thanks are nice too and just common
courtesy.
> maybe in diva without a whatever's life (divamanque) this is not the case
> but then ........ oh heck i will just leave it at that.
Hobart, I do hope you stick around for rather a *long* while.
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Greg
> don't worry about this person she seems to be a self loathing horrid
> imposter of a human being. i for one have seen many thank you's and do so
> often myself. also i would say most of us give advice to help and yes
this
> mostly makes us feel good but thanks are nice too and just common
courtesy.
> maybe in diva without a whatever's life (divamanque) this is not the case
> but then ........ oh heck i will just leave it at that.
Hobart, I do hope you stick around for rather a *long* while.
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Greg
Mar 3rd 2003 | 9:45 am
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Re: Any rules here?
Jean Moulin wrote:
> Hi,
> pretty wide open if you're nice.
This is something a hooker would say.
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Greg
> Hi,
> pretty wide open if you're nice.
This is something a hooker would say.
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Greg
Mar 3rd 2003 | 1:44 pm
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Re: Any rules here?
On Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:30:50 +0000, upthemountain
wrote:
>Hi Dave- since I still can't figure out the thread stuff: YOU wrote:
>Last I knew both Turkey and Russia were considered European countries
>(at least for Russia west of the Urals and Turkey west of the Bosporus).
>Yes, it certainly depends on who you ask and whose criteria you are
>following... but HERE in this forum? I mean really.... employment,
>available infrastructure and government shouldn't be criteria HERE....
We get questions here about both Turkey and Russia.
BTW, in the 19th century the Ottoman empire was known in Europe as the
"Sick man of Europe"
>Impossible to answer your question without knowing what newsreader
>software you use, or, if through a website, what browser you use;
>browser fonts are usually changeable through the configuration editor.
>OK, well: I am just reading the group with explorer
>(http://britishexpats.com/forum) and replying to the relevant
>message using the "reply" box... but I know there is another way because
>everyone was wondering where the FAQs were and there is actually a FAQ
>tab at the top of this page frame...
>Hilfe bitte!
Somebody more familiar with Explorer is going to have to help you
here.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
wrote:
>Hi Dave- since I still can't figure out the thread stuff: YOU wrote:
>Last I knew both Turkey and Russia were considered European countries
>(at least for Russia west of the Urals and Turkey west of the Bosporus).
>Yes, it certainly depends on who you ask and whose criteria you are
>following... but HERE in this forum? I mean really.... employment,
>available infrastructure and government shouldn't be criteria HERE....
We get questions here about both Turkey and Russia.
BTW, in the 19th century the Ottoman empire was known in Europe as the
"Sick man of Europe"
>Impossible to answer your question without knowing what newsreader
>software you use, or, if through a website, what browser you use;
>browser fonts are usually changeable through the configuration editor.
>OK, well: I am just reading the group with explorer
>(http://britishexpats.com/forum) and replying to the relevant
>message using the "reply" box... but I know there is another way because
>everyone was wondering where the FAQs were and there is actually a FAQ
>tab at the top of this page frame...
>Hilfe bitte!
Somebody more familiar with Explorer is going to have to help you
here.
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
Mar 3rd 2003 | 2:06 pm
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Re: Any rules here?
Hatunen wrote:
>
> BTW, in the 19th century the Ottoman empire was known in Europe as the
> "Sick man of Europe"
>
In the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire covered quite a bit of Europe.
>
> BTW, in the 19th century the Ottoman empire was known in Europe as the
> "Sick man of Europe"
>
In the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire covered quite a bit of Europe.
Mar 3rd 2003 | 2:54 pm
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Re: Any rules here?
Pan wrote:
>
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 19:05:34 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> wrote:
>
> >Quite a few of our "regulars" seem to have left us! I know Jack has a
> >grandson to occupy his time now, and Mxmanic e-mailed me privately to
> >explain why he hasn't been around lately (nothing world-shaking, but he
> >obviously preferred not to post it here). But there was Robert (can't
> >remember the last name) a widely traveled New Yorker with an interest in
> >fine wines, and Yves and a couple of others that don't seem to be around
> >anymore.
>
> Do you think anyone has gone because of the amount of bandwidth
> monopolized by off-topic shouting matches?
Not really, since you seem one of the few who object, and the people I
refer to took part in their fair share of "controversy". I still don't
understand why you bother to read and reply to posts of which you
disapprove (thus contributing to the "bandwidth monopolized")! Also,
I'd been given to understand that "bandwidth" was a non-issue, these
days - unless you have a very, VERY old computer.
>
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 19:05:34 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> wrote:
>
> >Quite a few of our "regulars" seem to have left us! I know Jack has a
> >grandson to occupy his time now, and Mxmanic e-mailed me privately to
> >explain why he hasn't been around lately (nothing world-shaking, but he
> >obviously preferred not to post it here). But there was Robert (can't
> >remember the last name) a widely traveled New Yorker with an interest in
> >fine wines, and Yves and a couple of others that don't seem to be around
> >anymore.
>
> Do you think anyone has gone because of the amount of bandwidth
> monopolized by off-topic shouting matches?
Not really, since you seem one of the few who object, and the people I
refer to took part in their fair share of "controversy". I still don't
understand why you bother to read and reply to posts of which you
disapprove (thus contributing to the "bandwidth monopolized")! Also,
I'd been given to understand that "bandwidth" was a non-issue, these
days - unless you have a very, VERY old computer.
Mar 3rd 2003 | 2:59 pm
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Re: Any rules here?
Pan wrote:
>
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:54:57 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> wrote:
>
> > Suppose you include ALL of it, next time?
>
> Suppose I don't. Snipping that part of the post not relevant to a
> reply is good nettiquette.
But when the entire sentence IS "relevant" to your remark, including
only the part that serves your purpose is not!
>
> >Taking remarks out of context so you can make them say what YOU want
> >them to say is not exactly good "nettiquette", either.
>
> You seek to talk to me about nettiquette? Are the off-topic shouting
> matches good nettiquette? Mind you, I am more on your side than the
> side of your opponents, but all the political bullshit here annoys the
> hell out of me.
So don't read it! By now you should be aware of which threads are
likely to contain "political" posts - your browser won't allow you to
scroll past them?
>
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:54:57 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> wrote:
>
> > Suppose you include ALL of it, next time?
>
> Suppose I don't. Snipping that part of the post not relevant to a
> reply is good nettiquette.
But when the entire sentence IS "relevant" to your remark, including
only the part that serves your purpose is not!
>
> >Taking remarks out of context so you can make them say what YOU want
> >them to say is not exactly good "nettiquette", either.
>
> You seek to talk to me about nettiquette? Are the off-topic shouting
> matches good nettiquette? Mind you, I am more on your side than the
> side of your opponents, but all the political bullshit here annoys the
> hell out of me.
So don't read it! By now you should be aware of which threads are
likely to contain "political" posts - your browser won't allow you to
scroll past them?
Mar 3rd 2003 | 3:03 pm
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Re: Any rules here?
Pan wrote:
>
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:56:20 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Alex Starke wrote:
>
> >> I agree with you Michael, but some of these people interjecting why people
> >> should not travel to Europe or boycott countries are just too much for me
> >> not to say something. I always try to help people with questions that I can
> >> answer, but I feel the need to go after the negative characters. }:~>
> >
> >As do many of the rest of us - which is why those threads grow so long,
> >alas.
>
> So why don't you take it upon yourself to quit posting on them? If
> people one by one stopped posting on those threads, they'd eventually
> take up less space and, perhaps, end.
I haven't noticed you refraining from making them even longer by whining
about those who post to them! (Some of us actually feel that discussion
of a prospective war that may in one way or another involve a good
portion of the world DOES have a certain relevance to international
travel.)
>
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:56:20 -0800, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Alex Starke wrote:
>
> >> I agree with you Michael, but some of these people interjecting why people
> >> should not travel to Europe or boycott countries are just too much for me
> >> not to say something. I always try to help people with questions that I can
> >> answer, but I feel the need to go after the negative characters. }:~>
> >
> >As do many of the rest of us - which is why those threads grow so long,
> >alas.
>
> So why don't you take it upon yourself to quit posting on them? If
> people one by one stopped posting on those threads, they'd eventually
> take up less space and, perhaps, end.
I haven't noticed you refraining from making them even longer by whining
about those who post to them! (Some of us actually feel that discussion
of a prospective war that may in one way or another involve a good
portion of the world DOES have a certain relevance to international
travel.)
Mar 3rd 2003 | 3:05 pm
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Re: Any rules here?
devil wrote:
>
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 19:05:34 +0000, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > devil wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 05:23:55 +0000, Gerrit wrote:
> >> >
> >> > There is a set of "rules" which is posted here fairly regularly by
> >> > Yves Bellefeuille ([email protected]). If you go to Newsgroups on Google
> >> > and search for "rec.travel.europe FAQ" then you will be able to view
> >> > this. There have been some accrimonious debates about this FAQ but
> >> > this is the closest to a set of rules I know about. If nothing else it
> >> > does have some good information.
> >>
> >> Careful here. I don't believe there is anything like a consensus on
> >> these. More a case of a self-appointed vigilante really. (Although it
> >> would appear he has recently stepped down.)
> >
> > Quite a few of our "regulars" seem to have left us! I know Jack has a
> > grandson to occupy his time now, and Mxmanic e-mailed me privately to
> > explain why he hasn't been around lately (nothing world-shaking, but he
> > obviously preferred not to post it here). But there was Robert (can't
> > remember the last name) a widely traveled New Yorker with an interest in
> > fine wines, and Yves and a couple of others that don't seem to be around
> > anymore.
>
> That would have been Robert Buxbaum?
Right! Does anyone know why he's no longer here? (Fortunately he did
continue to post after 9/11, so one can assume he was not one of the
casualties.)
>
> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 19:05:34 +0000, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > devil wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 05:23:55 +0000, Gerrit wrote:
> >> >
> >> > There is a set of "rules" which is posted here fairly regularly by
> >> > Yves Bellefeuille ([email protected]). If you go to Newsgroups on Google
> >> > and search for "rec.travel.europe FAQ" then you will be able to view
> >> > this. There have been some accrimonious debates about this FAQ but
> >> > this is the closest to a set of rules I know about. If nothing else it
> >> > does have some good information.
> >>
> >> Careful here. I don't believe there is anything like a consensus on
> >> these. More a case of a self-appointed vigilante really. (Although it
> >> would appear he has recently stepped down.)
> >
> > Quite a few of our "regulars" seem to have left us! I know Jack has a
> > grandson to occupy his time now, and Mxmanic e-mailed me privately to
> > explain why he hasn't been around lately (nothing world-shaking, but he
> > obviously preferred not to post it here). But there was Robert (can't
> > remember the last name) a widely traveled New Yorker with an interest in
> > fine wines, and Yves and a couple of others that don't seem to be around
> > anymore.
>
> That would have been Robert Buxbaum?
Right! Does anyone know why he's no longer here? (Fortunately he did
continue to post after 9/11, so one can assume he was not one of the
casualties.)
