Which, of course, all of us 'mericans would be familiar with had we not been
so dang rebellious. No wonder King George wanted to give us a good, sound
spanking. ;>)
To the list at large--things are a tad busy today what with the 3-day
weekend and a major power failure in my area during that time (I love the
smell of burning capacitors in the morning), so if I don't reply to your
personal posts as quickly as I normally do, well, daggone it! I gotta work!
:>(
-KYle
-----Original Message-----
From: Deri James [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 1:57 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Get to gether
"Kyle E. Cleveland" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ken,
>
[snip]
>
> I know what you mean about "dinner". Having married a
> multi-generation Yankee there was some initial confusion as to
> which meal we were referring to. After all, it's breakfast,
> dinner and supper, right? You don't take a "lunch box" to
> school either. It's a "dinner pail" or "dinner bucket". Aw, I
> suppose they can call it whatever they want up here. After
> all, most of it's not fit to eat anyway ;>)
>
> -Kyle
>
Ah, you missed out "tea" (around 4pm - Cucumber Sandwiches,
Marmite Soldiers, Scones, Strawberries & Cream and of course a
pot of Earl Grey)
Cheers,
--
Deri James
Computer: a device designed to speed and automate errors.
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