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  • M Marc Clifton

    leckey wrote:

    our Independence Day is next week

    Drive around with a bullhorn shrieking: "Independence from foreign oil" "Independence from taxation without representation" "Independence from 21st century slave labor" "Independence from private health insurance fiasco" "Independence from the social security boondogle" :-D Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

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    S Douglas
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    Marc Clifton wrote:

    "Independence from private health insurance fiasco"

    As if Public health care would be any better, see your next point.

    Marc Clifton wrote:

    "Independence from the social security boondogle"

    :~


    I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:

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    • C Colin Angus Mackay

      Maximilien wrote:

      and in Quebec, also known as "Moving Day" when most of the appartment leases end

      Ummm... Sorry about that.... (If you didn't know - I saw a documentary a wee while ago that explained it was based on a Scots law thing centuries ago. The Scots and French were very close allies for many centuries and imported a lot of things from each other - And it then got imported into Quebec. I don't know if France still has this law, but we got rid of a long long time ago.)


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      Denevers
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      I think it was because Scotts actually owned a lot (most) of buildings and they imported that leasing rule in Quebec. Denevers

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      • L leckey 0

        For the Americans on the board, our Independence Day is next week. What are your favorite things to do on the holiday? What do you plan on doing this year? For those of you non-Yanks, when is Indepence Day in your country (if you have one) and what are some of the customs?

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        code frog 0
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        We get together and kill aliens with software off our macs. Have to live up to all that mac hype you know... Defending the world, heck even the universe... It's BSD after all.:rolleyes:


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        • R Ravi Bhavnani

          leckey wrote:

          What do you plan on doing this year?

          This will prolly come as no surprise to anyone, but I'll be spending the long weekend writing code. Oh, and I actually bought some ham again - first time in several months! :) /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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          code frog 0
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          First time in several months?!?! :wtf: Are you feeling okay?:-D The ham drawer should never be empty.


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          • L leckey 0

            Yes, I see on my calendar tomorrow is Canada Day and observed on Monday. Is it always "observed" on Monday like our Presidents' Day? And what is the significance of July 1st? (if you know...)

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            Denevers
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            No. it's just because this year it falls on a saturday. The celebration remains on July 1st, but the day off is given on the next business day --- except in Quebec of course, which is the day before. But since I'm a fed public servant, I've got monday off instead of the rest of Quebecers. > And what is the significance of July 1st? signature of the British North America Act, which creates officially the Dominion of Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_North_America_Act[^]), made of 4 founding provinces (Québec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia). Other provinces gradually been added until the last one in 1949 (Newfoundland). The last change to political map was 1999 with the creation of Nunavut. Denevers

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            • R Ravi Bhavnani

              leckey wrote:

              What do you plan on doing this year?

              This will prolly come as no surprise to anyone, but I'll be spending the long weekend writing code. Oh, and I actually bought some ham again - first time in several months! :) /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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              Jorgen Sigvardsson
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              I had ham salad for lunch. Mmmm. One of the best pigs I've ever had. :)

              -- 100% natural. No superstitious additives.

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              • A Andy Brummer

                I see you are off that wonder bread crack. I hope you had some mustard on that. A sandwich on rye without mustard is a real shame.


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                Ravi Bhavnani
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                Andy Brummer wrote:

                I see you are off that wonder bread crack.

                Heh, yes. :-D Unfortunately, I never developed a taste for mustard and never add it to sandwiches or dogs. Also, I only just started eating ketchup (sparingly, with fries and potato chips). /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                  I had ham salad for lunch. Mmmm. One of the best pigs I've ever had. :)

                  -- 100% natural. No superstitious additives.

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                  Ravi Bhavnani
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                  Nice! /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                  • C code frog 0

                    First time in several months?!?! :wtf: Are you feeling okay?:-D The ham drawer should never be empty.


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                    Ravi Bhavnani
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                    I think I lost my yearning for ham (I still enjoy it, but don't pine for it like I do for fjords) ever since I started hacking .NET full-time. Weird, isn't it? /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                    • R Ravi Bhavnani

                      Andy Brummer wrote:

                      I see you are off that wonder bread crack.

                      Heh, yes. :-D Unfortunately, I never developed a taste for mustard and never add it to sandwiches or dogs. Also, I only just started eating ketchup (sparingly, with fries and potato chips). /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                      Andy Brummer
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                      Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

                      I only just started eating ketchup (sparingly, with fries and potato chips).

                      As I was reading along the thought oh my god he isn't putting ketchup on ham popped into my mind. I got to fries and it was all better, but then I hit potato chips, WTF? Ketchup is for burgers, fries and hot dogs.


                      I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon

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                      • A Andy Brummer

                        Ravi Bhavnani wrote:

                        I only just started eating ketchup (sparingly, with fries and potato chips).

                        As I was reading along the thought oh my god he isn't putting ketchup on ham popped into my mind. I got to fries and it was all better, but then I hit potato chips, WTF? Ketchup is for burgers, fries and hot dogs.


                        I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon

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                        Ravi Bhavnani
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                        All this talk of food is making me hungry. Btw, have you seen these DVDs? Heartily recommended by yours truly:

                        • Sandwiches That You Will Like[^]
                        • A Hot Dog Program[^]

                        /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                        • L leckey 0

                          For the Americans on the board, our Independence Day is next week. What are your favorite things to do on the holiday? What do you plan on doing this year? For those of you non-Yanks, when is Indepence Day in your country (if you have one) and what are some of the customs?

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                          El Corazon
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                          leckey wrote:

                          What do you plan on doing this year?

                          My boss scheduled a demonstration the day following the 4th... so I will be working the weekend to catch up to the list of features he wants. If I get it all done, I will be resting... if I can't get it all done, I will be working. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                            For the Americans on the board, our Independence Day is next week. What are your favorite things to do on the holiday? What do you plan on doing this year? For those of you non-Yanks, when is Indepence Day in your country (if you have one) and what are some of the customs?

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                            Steven J Jowett
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                            I tend to sit crying into my beer:((. It was a bad day when my British government decided to allow the USA own rule:-D, it was a bad day the British Government gave any country own rule. Steve Jowett British Imperialist - We will rule the world again (maybe)

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