"Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message 
news:BDD612E3.2D76E%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
> 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?

It does include the USA, not "could have"

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

I'm simply reporting back to you what you wrote. No assumptions involved, 
but your mind seems to be scarmbled

>>> 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.
>

I have the sense to prefer the Island