| 42 of course [message #88434] |
Fr, 22 Juli 2005 13:40 |
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On Monday, the Pentagon filed documents asking Congress to increase the
maximum age for military recruits to 42, in all branches of the service.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/politics/22recruit.html?
Don't the Japanese consider 42 an age synonymous with death ?
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| Re: 42 of course [message #88435 ] |
Fr, 22 Juli 2005 18:55 |
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Deep Drought wrote:
> On Monday, the Pentagon filed documents asking Congress to increase the
> maximum age for military recruits to 42, in all branches of the service.
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/politics/22recruit.html?
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> Don't the Japanese consider 42 an age synonymous with death ?
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I think Chinese look at "4" as having the numerology of death.
I've never heard anything about the Japanese...
--
Tian
7/21: I finished changing the battery in my car today.
It had been dead for weeks. For the first week or so
I enjoyed telling people "my car has a dead battery."
After that I started wanting to fix it. Glad it's done.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: 42 of course [message #88450 ] |
Sa, 23 Juli 2005 22:56 |
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"Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com10532310> wrote
> I've never heard anything about the Japanese...
They're these guys that draw cartoons and still like rock n roll. Pretty
good at making cars and bikes and musical instruments. They eat raw fish
and slaughter whales -surely you've heard of them ?
Steve M
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| Re: 42 of course [message #88453 ] |
So, 24 Juli 2005 00:31 |
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Steve Marshall wrote:
> "Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com10532310> wrote
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>>I've never heard anything about the Japanese...
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> They're these guys that draw cartoons and still like rock n roll. Pretty
> good at making cars and bikes and musical instruments. They eat raw fish
> and slaughter whales -surely you've heard of them ?
>
>
I thought you were talking about Californians until you got to the
"slaughter whales" part. (shudder) Yeah, I've heard of them, now
that you mention it.
--
Tian
7/21: I finished changing the battery in my car today.
It had been dead for weeks. For the first week or so
I enjoyed telling people "my car has a dead battery."
After that I started wanting to fix it. Glad it's done.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: 42 of course [message #88454 ] |
So, 24 Juli 2005 05:48 |
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"Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com78625449> wrote in message
news:dbuggh$uu9$3 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
> Steve Marshall wrote:
>> "Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com10532310> wrote
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>>
>>>I've never heard anything about the Japanese...
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>>
>> They're these guys that draw cartoons and still like rock n roll. Pretty
>> good at making cars and bikes and musical instruments. They eat raw fish
>> and slaughter whales -surely you've heard of them ?
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>>
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> I thought you were talking about Californians until you got to the
> "slaughter whales" part. (shudder) Yeah, I've heard of them, now
> that you mention it.
Not a lot of difference these days, I'm told. Japanese and Californians both
like to slaughter the English language too :)
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| Re: 42 of course [message #88455 ] |
So, 24 Juli 2005 08:25 |
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Neil Gerace wrote:
> "Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com78625449> wrote in message
> news:dbuggh$uu9$3 [at] domitilla.aioe.org...
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>>Steve Marshall wrote:
>>
>>>"Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com10532310> wrote
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've never heard anything about the Japanese...
>>>
>>>
>>>They're these guys that draw cartoons and still like rock n roll. Pretty
>>>good at making cars and bikes and musical instruments. They eat raw fish
>>>and slaughter whales -surely you've heard of them ?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I thought you were talking about Californians until you got to the
>>"slaughter whales" part. (shudder) Yeah, I've heard of them, now
>>that you mention it.
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> Not a lot of difference these days, I'm told. Japanese and Californians both
> like to slaughter the English language too :)
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>
My name got butchered WAY MORE when I was living in Illinois
than Californians ever could. But yeah, a lot of cultural stuff
comes out of both Japan and California. But they speak Japlish
and we speak Murican. English is spoken on the other side of the
other puddle. :-)
--
Tian
7/21: I finished changing the battery in my car today.
It had been dead for weeks. For the first week or so
I enjoyed telling people "my car has a dead battery."
After that I started wanting to fix it. Glad it's done.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: 42 of course [message #88466 ] |
Mo, 25 Juli 2005 00:25 |
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"Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:42e30ece$0$29436$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
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> Not a lot of difference these days, I'm told. Japanese and Californians
> both like to slaughter the English language too :)
That's what comes of relying on hearsay.
Chiggy.
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| Re: 42 of course [message #88467 ] |
Mo, 25 Juli 2005 02:35 |
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"Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:42e30ece$0$29436$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>>>I've never heard anything about the Japanese...
>>> They're these guys that draw cartoons and still like rock n roll.
>>> Pretty
>>> good at making cars and bikes and musical instruments. They eat raw
>>> fish
>>> and slaughter whales -surely you've heard of them ?
>> I thought you were talking about Californians until you got to the
>> "slaughter whales" part. (shudder) Yeah, I've heard of them, now
>> that you mention it.
> Not a lot of difference these days, I'm told. Japanese and Californians
> both like to slaughter the English language too :)
Difference being the Japanese have the excuse that English is *not* supposed
to be their first language.
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Fræk
> SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0
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| Re: 42 of course [message #91482 ] |
Mo, 25 Juli 2005 21:53 |
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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:35:41 +0100, "Freakstone"
<cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
>news:42e30ece$0$29436$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>>>>I've never heard anything about the Japanese...
>>>> They're these guys that draw cartoons and still like rock n roll.
>>>> Pretty
>>>> good at making cars and bikes and musical instruments. They eat raw
>>>> fish
>>>> and slaughter whales -surely you've heard of them ?
>>> I thought you were talking about Californians until you got to the
>>> "slaughter whales" part. (shudder) Yeah, I've heard of them, now
>>> that you mention it.
>> Not a lot of difference these days, I'm told. Japanese and Californians
>> both like to slaughter the English language too :)
>
>Difference being the Japanese have the excuse that English is *not* supposed
>to be their first language.
I heard something somewhere along the lines that the population of
California has more "Spanish as a first language" people than "English
as a first language".
Or was it just that there are more spanish speakers than english
speakers?
Tian? Can you help with these stats?
Lloyd
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"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
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| Re: 42 of course [message #91491 ] |
Di, 26 Juli 2005 19:39 |
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Deep Drought <Water [at] brain.net> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> On Monday, the Pentagon filed documents asking Congress to increase the
> maximum age for military recruits to 42, in all branches of the service.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/politics/22recruit.html?
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> Don't the Japanese consider 42 an age synonymous with death ?
Do you imply that getting too old for military is just like death?
/Rasmus
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| Re: 42 of course [message #91493 ] |
Di, 26 Juli 2005 19:50 |
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Lloyd Gilbert wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 01:35:41 +0100, "Freakstone"
> <cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
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>>"Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
>>news:42e30ece$0$29436$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>
>>>>>>I've never heard anything about the Japanese...
>>>>>
>>>>>They're these guys that draw cartoons and still like rock n roll.
>>>>>Pretty
>>>>>good at making cars and bikes and musical instruments. They eat raw
>>>>>fish
>>>>>and slaughter whales -surely you've heard of them ?
>>>>
>>>>I thought you were talking about Californians until you got to the
>>>>"slaughter whales" part. (shudder) Yeah, I've heard of them, now
>>>>that you mention it.
>>>
>>>Not a lot of difference these days, I'm told. Japanese and Californians
>>>both like to slaughter the English language too :)
>>
>>Difference being the Japanese have the excuse that English is *not* supposed
>>to be their first language.
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> I heard something somewhere along the lines that the population of
> California has more "Spanish as a first language" people than "English
> as a first language".
>
> Or was it just that there are more spanish speakers than english
> speakers?
>
> Tian? Can you help with these stats?
>
It's an interesting question. For sure, California
has a lot of both English and Spanish speakers.
There was certainly a time when Spanish speakers
were the majority in California. Now I think they
are a minority, but that is partly because their
educated children speak English. Ethnically speaking,
there is no majority ethnic group in California.
Everybody is a part of a minority. Some are smaller
than others though...
--
Tian
7/24: I saw the San Jose Giants beat the High Desert
Mavericks with my old friend Sylia. Meanwhile, the
San Francisco Giants lost to the Florida Marlins.
My only activism that day was talking to 2 Irish guys.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: 42 of course [message #91497 ] |
Di, 26 Juli 2005 21:43 |
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 10:50:46 -0700, Tian
<DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com18841047> wrote:
>Lloyd Gilbert wrote:
>> I heard something somewhere along the lines that the population of
>> California has more "Spanish as a first language" people than "English
>> as a first language".
>>
>> Or was it just that there are more spanish speakers than english
>> speakers?
>>
>> Tian? Can you help with these stats?
>>
>
>It's an interesting question. For sure, California
>has a lot of both English and Spanish speakers.
>There was certainly a time when Spanish speakers
>were the majority in California. Now I think they
>are a minority, but that is partly because their
>educated children speak English. Ethnically speaking,
>there is no majority ethnic group in California.
>Everybody is a part of a minority. Some are smaller
>than others though...
Interesting, thanks!
Lloyd
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"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
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| Re: 42 of course [message #95928 ] |
Sa, 30 Juli 2005 14:57 |
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Tian wrote:
>
> Steve Marshall wrote:
> > "Tian" <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com10532310> wrote
> >
> >
> >>I've never heard anything about the Japanese...
> >
> >
> > They're these guys that draw cartoons and still like rock n roll. Pretty
> > good at making cars and bikes and musical instruments. They eat raw fish
> > and slaughter whales -surely you've heard of them ?
> >
> >
>
> I thought you were talking about Californians until you got to the
> "slaughter whales" part. (shudder) Yeah, I've heard of them, now
> that you mention it.
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake's_Plate_of_Brass
> --
> Tian
> 7/21: I finished changing the battery in my car today.
> It had been dead for weeks. For the first week or so
> I enjoyed telling people "my car has a dead battery."
> After that I started wanting to fix it. Glad it's done.
> http://tian.greens.org
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