Iain M Churches wrote:
"dave weil" wrote in message
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:40:18 +0300, "Iain M Churches"
wrote:


"dave weil" wrote in message
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:02:18 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

Iain M Churches wrote:

I don't have the opportunity to read Stereophile, as
I
live on the
other side of the world...

I've always thought the UK was a lot more cosmopolitan
than
that.

But Finland is probably not so "cosmopolitan"...

Or perhaps more so:-)

That's why I put the word in parentheses g.

Note that Weil apparently can't tell the difference between
quotes and parenthesis.

For Arnold, I suspect that cosmopolitan means more strip
malls and
the abillity to get a Starbucks' coffee.

One could apparently write a book about Weil's ignorance of
Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and US culture in general.

For openers, there can't be any strip malls in the city
where I live. They are simply illegal per the zoning laws.
There are no fast food drive-ins etc., same reason.

Secondly, the nicer strip malls contain shops like Barnes
and Nobles as well as Borders, who have fairly cosmopolitan
magazine stands including a goodly number of international
publications.

Perhaps he could be forgiven for thinking that
.fi stood for Finchley:-)

It's all that posting in a uk newsgroup and your name, Iain.

Of course, he can't even read headers these days and his
internet/computer expertise seems to be limited to
throwing some
boards in a box and selling them door to door as
"enterprise
systems".

As compared to Weil whose resturant-employer trusts him so
much that he's forbidden to access the cash register. Weil
is so ashamed of where he works he won't mention its name on
Usenet.

In addition to the English language mags, we also have
Swedish, German, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish and
even Russian periodicals which are probably not
available in the US or the UK.

Given that the Russians used to virtually own Finland, but
not the US or UK that's understandable.

You even have a reindeer or two.

And bears, and wolves, and pretty, blonde scantily-dressed
maidens. The last of these three being the most
dangerous:-)

Only if you are afraid of girls... ;-)