Re: OT: In-n-Out (was AETE? How can I read these?)
Re: OT: In-n-Out (was AETE? How can I read these?)
- Subject: Re: OT: In-n-Out (was AETE? How can I read these?)
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:34:21 -0700
On 9/10/01 9:42 AM, "Arthur J Knapp" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On 10/9/01 1:44 PM +1000, Malcolm Fitzgerald, email@hidden, wrote:
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>> Though I must admit, these occasional glimpses into the lives of the North
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>> Americans reminds me how easily those physical distances are dwarfed in
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>> comparison to the cultural divide.
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> Lest any North Americans think it's a true chasm of which you speak, you
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So phase 1 of our colonization plan is going well, then...
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Not always. I lived many years near Hampstead, in London, which had a
successful citizen's protest - political "action", the whole bit - to
prevent MacDonald's from installing a franchise there.
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Do you have to group us with those darn Canadians?
I wondered about that one myself. (I'm also Canadian although living in the
States now.) More to the point - why blame Canadians for MacDonald's, let
alone In'n'Out? I think it must be Malcolm's unusual sensitivity to
Canadians' touchiness at being lumped in with Americans (Kiwis are like that
too, about being lumped in with Australians, but not as bad as us) that he
made a courteous acknowledgment of our existence by using the term "North
American"- but still lumped us in, regardless! (The English are like that.
Anyone non-British is just foreign anyway. We don't matter.) Being Canadian
means not having to take the blame for being American, but still getting to
live the same way, don't you know? (But colder, and with a health system.)
The British are becoming "Canadianized" in the same way, too, you're quite
right. (How does that sound? If you're becoming Americanized but don't want
to acknowledge it, that's becoming "Canadianized". It makes Canada sound
more important, our sore point. Never mind that it's nothing to do with
Canada...) The British not only have MacDonald's, they've now had central
heating for 20 years (or what they call central heating: it's not central,
but it is heating. It's actually better that way. Mind you, I don't have
central heating in southern California, but that's because you don't need it
here, a much better arrangement.)
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;-) Hi, Mark Alldritt ;-)
I'll let that stand. Don't forget Bill Briggs. Well, he lives there, anyway.
(Almost back on topic for a moment; sorry. Eh?)
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P.S. This is the best thread the list has had in a while... :)
Hmmm.
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Paul Berkowitz