Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!gcd.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!199.45.49.37!cyclone1.gnilink.net!bigfeed2.bellsouth.net!bigfeed.bellsouth.net!bignumb.bellsouth.net!news.bellsouth.net!bignews1.bellsouth.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: THE Old Man Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.scottish,soc.culture.welsh,soc.culture.japan,fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Why do British hate american culture? Message-ID: References: <4qe8005fq994ro2juuvhv0pnm71o8cpjoc@4ax.com> <40195fee.7920058@news> <4019c063.3574960@news> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 43 X-Trace: pcpocbcnbdmdhgfgdbdpiflmbcekedmfhojhikkbagflhcbobmohfhfbpebnafhnkpobdplifkggcomaihlbedijilmognkiiebplgcbppiejeondblafdjhbcbhbhiebdejmcglbadmkeojkbplmeacnfkebomf NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 00:47:38 EST Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:52:35 -0600 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:11679 On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:21:03 +0900, "Ryan Ginstrom" wrote: > >"Murchadh" wrote in message news:4019c063.3574960@news... >> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 07:51:51 +0900, "Ryan Ginstrom" >> >It's true, I don't get around much. I spend most of my time within about >10 >> >miles of my home. That doesn't change the fact that I wouldn't live in >the >> >Good Ole US of A if it wasn't the best place on earth. >> > >> >-- >> >Regards, >> >Ryan Ginstrom >> > >> >> Come on, pull your act together. If you've never been anywhere else, >> all you're doing is taking the opinion of others as gospel. > >The problem is, most of the places more than 10 miles from my house are >really hard to get to by car. > >But for instance, I go to see my folks every year or so, which does entail a >bit of traveling. Other than that, though, I simply don't have much >inclination to be anywhere but right here. > >> Come to Canada and ask the half million Americans who live here what >> they think. > >I can guarantee you that where I live is much nicer than Canada. > >For one thing, the fishing here is great. I have even been known to catch >two fish with the same bait! Now that IS cheap. At least we give each fish a chance at a previously unused piece of somethingorother. Donald Better late than never ... unless the band director is finicky!