in article e9Rrd.419168$%k.325829@pd7tw2no, Steph at steph@vancouver.island
wrote on 12/3/04 12:34 PM:

> 
> "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
> news:BDD4F29A.2D5CF%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
>> in article PFxrd.408966$%k.319588@pd7tw2no, Steph at
>> steph@vancouver.island
>> wrote on 12/2/04 2:23 PM:
>> 
>>> 
>>> "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
>>> news:BDD4BAAC.2D58C%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
>>>> in article prvrd.408257$%k.135983@pd7tw2no, Steph at
>>>> steph@vancouver.island
>>>> wrote on 12/2/04 11:52 AM:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
>>>>> news:BDD38D73.2D3C5%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I didn't assume you were English, merely that you were associated with
>>>>>> one
>>>>>> of the countries that once was part of their empire.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ROTFLMAO!
>>>>> And your starter for 10......."which empire owned the American
>>>>> colonies?"
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Britain, but then it lost it in combat. The US is not part of the
>>>> British
>>>> commonwealth.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> You said "one of the countries that was once part of their empire".
>>> Moving the goalposts now it doesn't suit you to have said what you said?
>> 
>> I said I thought he was associated with one of the counties that was
>> associated with the British empire, and it turns out I was correct. My
>> statement did not state or imply that America was not a former colony,
>> although it is alone in being the only former colony that won its
>> independence by armed conflict.
> 
> Read your own post!
> You said "one of the countries that was once part of their empire". It's
> there in black and white.

That could have included America, couldn't it?

Frankly, you are making assumptions that simply aren't warranted.

>> By the way, your domain name mentions Vancouver, which is a great city. It
>> appears to have much more in common with Portland and Seattle than it does
>> with Toronto or points East.
>> 
> 
> I live on Vancouver Island. Vancouver's a dump in a pretty spot

The spot is pretty, but the town is interesting. Too bad you don't have the
sense to appreciate what you have nearby.