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I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in
August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy!  |
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"Schizoid Man" wrote in message ... I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! I doubt if France has suffered any serious tourism drop because of the fact there government is wimpy on terrorism. If I were taking a vacation abroad, my choices, for what it's worth, would be Ireland or Hong Kong. |
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"Michael McKelvy" wrote in message "Schizoid Man" wrote in message I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! I doubt if France has suffered any serious tourism drop because of the fact there government is wimpy on terrorism. If I were taking a vacation abroad, my choices, for what it's worth, would be Ireland or Hong Kong. I've been to Ireland before, and I just returned from a trip that took me to Hong Kong for a few days. |
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Schizoid Man wrote:
"Michael McKelvy" wrote in message "Schizoid Man" wrote in message I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! I doubt if France has suffered any serious tourism drop because of the fact there government is wimpy on terrorism. If I were taking a vacation abroad, my choices, for what it's worth, would be Ireland or Hong Kong. I've been to Ireland before, and I just returned from a trip that took me to Hong Kong for a few days. Well I've never been to Spain, but I kinda like the music. Another audio-related post. (Not working too tirelessly trying to audioize RAO). Bruce J. Richman |
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"Schizoid Man" wrote in message ... I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! **Come down to Australia instead. Australia is huge and you have a diverse range of places to choose from (impossible to see all in a few weeks). At this time of year, you can swelter in North Queensland and Northern Territory, or snow ski in New South Wales and Victoria. Australia is friendly, very inexpensive, safe and easy to get around. Food is cheap and high quality, tipping is not required, driving is easy (except in Sydney) and we (mostly) all speak English. The flight is a bit of a bugger though. If you are restricted to your choices, then I would go for Italy, first, Spain, second and Greece a distant last. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au |
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"Schizoid Man" said:
I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Forget the Mediterranean, you ought to visit Scotland. I once took a motorbike trip for a month there, just me and the bike. The best vacation I've ever had! No nagging wife, kids or co-travelers! :-) -- Sander deWaal Vacuum Audio Consultancy |
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"Trevor Wilson" said:
**Come down to Australia instead. Don't do it! There's a risk you run into Phil Allison! -- Sander deWaal Vacuum Audio Consultancy |
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"S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/18/2004 3:45 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "Schizoid Man" wrote in message ... I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! I doubt if France has suffered any serious tourism drop because of the fact there government is wimpy on terrorism. If I were taking a vacation abroad, my choices, for what it's worth, would be Ireland or Hong Kong. why Hong Kong? Because I enjoyed it immensely the 2 times I was there before. One of the most alive cities you can imagine, great bargains on many items, especially clothing. Beautiful geography. Great entertainment. Great food. What's not to like? |
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"S888Wheel" wrote in message The smell of sewege for starters. I like the skyline but I didn't find the landscape to be particularly interesting at all. I was not crazy about the food one bit. I wonder if by alive you mean over-populated? It is the most densely populated piece of real estate on earth. The only bargains I found were on high end film camaras and silk products.I did find a lot of scam operations though. Now if I were asked to go back there again for work I would, but I would not consider a trip there on my own dime. I will say this for Hong Kong though, it was the only place I could make listening comparisons between a Rockport Sirius III, a Clear Audio Master Reference and a Forsell Air Reference all with the same cartridge. I did enjoy that and found it quite enlightening. One of the few times that I have to agree with McKelvy. Hong Kong is phenomenal. The skyline makes Manhattan look like Wichita, Kansas, the neon lights makes Times Square look like a traffic intersection in Canton, Ohio. And what you call over-population, I call street life and energy. Even New York City in unmatched in terms of the sheer vitality of Hong Kong. Add to that, a true shoppers paradise, everything from street vendors selling chimsa to (as you have pointed out) Rockport Sirius dealers, and not nearly as prohibitively expensive as European cities. In terms of food to call Hong Kong outstanding would be a euphemistic injustice. The range of cuisine available is in the same league as New York, San Francisco or London. A truly wonderful place. |
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"S888Wheel" wrote in message From: "Schizoid Man" Date: 5/19/2004 10:20 AM Pacific Standard Time In terms of food to call Hong Kong outstanding would be a euphemistic injustice. The range of cuisine available is in the same league as New York, San Francisco or London. London perhaps. Both being pretty weak. You can get better food here in L.A. than you can in Hong Kong. San Fransisco and New York blow Hong Kong away for food. But really, if food is what you want go to New Orleans or Santa Fe or Belgium. Actually, London really has transformed in the last 10 years from a grotty, grimy European capital to a truly cosmoplitan city, replete with world-class shopping and eating. I would definite put it in the same league as SF and NYC. I am not too sure about New Orleans - the cuisine, though good, is not very eclectic. I've never been to Santa Fe, so I will not comment. But Belgium? I know they have fancy beers and expensive chocolates, but food??? A truly wonderful place. I found it a mixed bag. To each his own. |
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From: "Schizoid Man"
Date: 5/19/2004 1:08 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: "S888Wheel" wrote in message From: "Schizoid Man" Date: 5/19/2004 10:20 AM Pacific Standard Time In terms of food to call Hong Kong outstanding would be a euphemistic injustice. The range of cuisine available is in the same league as New York, San Francisco or London. London perhaps. Both being pretty weak. You can get better food here in L.A. than you can in Hong Kong. San Fransisco and New York blow Hong Kong away for food. But really, if food is what you want go to New Orleans or Santa Fe or Belgium. Actually, London really has transformed in the last 10 years from a grotty, grimy European capital to a truly cosmoplitan city, replete with world-class shopping and eating. I would definite put it in the same league as SF and NYC. I can't say that I have sampled everything London has to offer within the past 10 years. It is obviously better but still not in the same league as New York or San Fransisco to my taste buds. I am not too sure about New Orleans - the cuisine, though good, is not very eclectic. I'm not sure how one gets any more eclectic than two forms of indigenous styls of food in one area, both of which are unlike any cuisine anywhere else on earth. But the bottom line for me is taste. For me nothing comes close to New Orleans. I often say they have the second best food in the world. Who has the best? New Orleans. I give them the 2 top spots. It's that good. I've never been to Santa Fe, so I will not comment. But Belgium? I know they have fancy beers and expensive chocolates, but food??? It seems to be a well kept secret but yes, the food there is awsome. But hey, it is truly a matter of taste. By the way, I think the chocolates in Belgium are the best but not the most expensive.In fact my favorite chocolates are a bargain. But again, taste. A truly wonderful place. I found it a mixed bag. To each his own. |
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"The Devil" wrote in message On Wed, 19 May 2004 08:10:32 GMT, "Trevor Wilson" wrote: **Come down to Australia instead. Agreed. I'm coming to Oz soon to seed some of your wenches. At $1,000 a pop from your government, could be a nice little sideline. Would love to, but I think I'll save the Down Under trip for the next time that Tendulkar and Dravid are there to knock around Lee and Harvey! Plus, it takes a day and a half to get there from here! |
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"S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/19/2004 8:42 AM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: k.net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/18/2004 3:45 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "Schizoid Man" wrote in message ... I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! I doubt if France has suffered any serious tourism drop because of the fact there government is wimpy on terrorism. If I were taking a vacation abroad, my choices, for what it's worth, would be Ireland or Hong Kong. why Hong Kong? Because I enjoyed it immensely the 2 times I was there before. One of the most alive cities you can imagine, great bargains on many items, especially clothing. Beautiful geography. Great entertainment. Great food. What's not to like? The smell of sewege for starters. Just like Paris? I like the skyline but I didn't find the landscape to be particularly interesting at all. I was not crazy about the food one bit. Palette of the beholder Iguess. I wonder if by alive you mean over-populated? I mean it seemed like there was vitality. It is the most densely populated piece of real estate on earth. Kinda like New Jersey. The only bargains I found were on high end film camaras and silk products. Used to be great values on home electronics and many products from Europe. I did find a lot of scam operations though. Like New York City. Now if I were asked to go back there again for work I would, but I would not consider a trip there on my own dime. I will say this for Hong Kong though, it was the only place I could make listening comparisons between a Rockport Sirius III, a Clear Audio Master Reference and a Forsell Air Reference all with the same cartridge. I did enjoy that and found it quite enlightening. Good for you. |
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Dr. Richman said:
Well I've never been to Spain, but I kinda like the music. Another audio-related post. Someone just told me that Madrid is the number one destination in Europe for Americans. How did that happen? Boon |
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Can we post about audio equipment please? Thanks. On Wed, 19 May 2004, Michael McKelvy wrote: "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/19/2004 8:42 AM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: k.net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/18/2004 3:45 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "Schizoid Man" wrote in message ... I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! I doubt if France has suffered any serious tourism drop because of the fact there government is wimpy on terrorism. If I were taking a vacation abroad, my choices, for what it's worth, would be Ireland or Hong Kong. why Hong Kong? Because I enjoyed it immensely the 2 times I was there before. One of the most alive cities you can imagine, great bargains on many items, especially clothing. Beautiful geography. Great entertainment. Great food. What's not to like? The smell of sewege for starters. Just like Paris? I like the skyline but I didn't find the landscape to be particularly interesting at all. I was not crazy about the food one bit. Palette of the beholder Iguess. I wonder if by alive you mean over-populated? I mean it seemed like there was vitality. It is the most densely populated piece of real estate on earth. Kinda like New Jersey. The only bargains I found were on high end film camaras and silk products. Used to be great values on home electronics and many products from Europe. I did find a lot of scam operations though. Like New York City. Now if I were asked to go back there again for work I would, but I would not consider a trip there on my own dime. I will say this for Hong Kong though, it was the only place I could make listening comparisons between a Rockport Sirius III, a Clear Audio Master Reference and a Forsell Air Reference all with the same cartridge. I did enjoy that and found it quite enlightening. Good for you. --- All opinions and comments in this message are my own, and are not on behalf of any or all of Indiana University in any way. Support Search and Rescue - Get Lost! ---------------------------------------------------- Shawn C. Robak ---------------------------------------------------- http://www.robak.net ICQ#: 41962699 75232335 |
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From: "Michael McKelvy"
Date: 5/19/2004 3:37 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/19/2004 8:42 AM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: k.net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/18/2004 3:45 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "Schizoid Man" wrote in message ... I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! I doubt if France has suffered any serious tourism drop because of the fact there government is wimpy on terrorism. If I were taking a vacation abroad, my choices, for what it's worth, would be Ireland or Hong Kong. why Hong Kong? Because I enjoyed it immensely the 2 times I was there before. One of the most alive cities you can imagine, great bargains on many items, especially clothing. Beautiful geography. Great entertainment. Great food. What's not to like? The smell of sewege for starters. Just like Paris? Funny. I didn't really notice it in Paris. There were areas in Hong Kong where the stentch was so bad that I had to walk around it for fear of throwing up. They have a serious sewege problem there. I like the skyline but I didn't find the landscape to be particularly interesting at all. I was not crazy about the food one bit. Palette of the beholder Iguess. I wonder if by alive you mean over-populated? I mean it seemed like there was vitality. It is the most densely populated piece of real estate on earth. Kinda like New Jersey. You can live in a house in New Jersey yes? Those sixty story highrise apartment buildings in Hong Kong were just plain creepy to me. The population density there is just ridiculous. The only bargains I found were on high end film camaras and silk products. Used to be great values on home electronics and many products from Europe. Used to be. I did find a lot of scam operations though. Like New York City. I haven't done much shopping in NYC Now if I were asked to go back there again for work I would, but I would not consider a trip there on my own dime. I will say this for Hong Kong though, it was the only place I could make listening comparisons between a Rockport Sirius III, a Clear Audio Master Reference and a Forsell Air Reference all with the same cartridge. I did enjoy that and found it quite enlightening. Good for you. Thank you. Hey, if you want to go there and you liked it before, more power to you. |
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"The Devil" wrote in message news:gukna0t0nt7rotn4f4o5ue1kcpsqb0i369@rdmzrnewst xt.nz... On Wed, 19 May 2004 08:10:32 GMT, "Trevor Wilson" wrote: **Come down to Australia instead. Agreed. I'm coming to Oz soon to seed some of your wenches. At $1,000 a pop from your government, could be a nice little sideline. **Heheh. Pretty tricky, old Dev. It'll cost you at least 3 beers to nail an Aussie chick. That Pommy accent won't help you either. Now, if you were a Scot...... The Irish seem to get laid a lot over here too. -- Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au |
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"S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/19/2004 3:37 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/19/2004 8:42 AM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: k.net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/18/2004 3:45 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "Schizoid Man" wrote in message ... I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! I doubt if France has suffered any serious tourism drop because of the fact there government is wimpy on terrorism. If I were taking a vacation abroad, my choices, for what it's worth, would be Ireland or Hong Kong. why Hong Kong? Because I enjoyed it immensely the 2 times I was there before. One of the most alive cities you can imagine, great bargains on many items, especially clothing. Beautiful geography. Great entertainment. Great food. What's not to like? The smell of sewege for starters. Just like Paris? Funny. I didn't really notice it in Paris. There were areas in Hong Kong where the stentch was so bad that I had to walk around it for fear of throwing up. They have a serious sewege problem there. You need a better tour guide. I like the skyline but I didn't find the landscape to be particularly interesting at all. I was not crazy about the food one bit. Palette of the beholder Iguess. I wonder if by alive you mean over-populated? I mean it seemed like there was vitality. It is the most densely populated piece of real estate on earth. Kinda like New Jersey. You can live in a house in New Jersey yes? Those sixty story highrise apartment buildings in Hong Kong were just plain creepy to me. The population density there is just ridiculous. People tend to flock where there's economic freedom I guess. It never bothered me, the driving on the wrong side of the road did though. :-0 The only bargains I found were on high end film camaras and silk products. Used to be great values on home electronics and many products from Europe. Used to be. I did find a lot of scam operations though. Like New York City. I haven't done much shopping in NYC Now if I were asked to go back there again for work I would, but I would not consider a trip there on my own dime. I will say this for Hong Kong though, it was the only place I could make listening comparisons between a Rockport Sirius III, a Clear Audio Master Reference and a Forsell Air Reference all with the same cartridge. I did enjoy that and found it quite enlightening. Good for you. Thank you. Hey, if you want to go there and you liked it before, more power to you. All I was doing was giving my impressions. You gave yours. In the end, they're worth what we each paid for them. |
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Shawn C Robak said:
Hi. Can we post about audio equipment please? Thanks. Your post isn't about audio, either. Neither are the e-mails you've been sending to everyone. If you want to talk about audio equipment, go ahead. Schmuck. Boon |
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Marc Phillips said: Someone just told me that Madrid is the number one destination in Europe for Americans. How did that happen? Great prices on weed. Really? Boon |
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Dr. Richman said: Well I've never been to Spain, but I kinda like the music. Another audio-related post. Someone just told me that Madrid is the number one destination in Europe for Americans. How did that happen? Boon Flamenco and/or castanets? Bruce J. Richman |
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Dr. Richman said:
Mr. Phillips wrote: Dr. Richman said: Well I've never been to Spain, but I kinda like the music. Another audio-related post. Someone just told me that Madrid is the number one destination in Europe for Americans. How did that happen? Boon Flamenco and/or castanets? I'd have thought that Barcelona would be the more popular destination. The one thing I keep hearing over the years about Madrid is that it's Pickpocket Central. Boon |
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From: "Michael McKelvy"
Date: 5/19/2004 7:43 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: k.net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/19/2004 3:37 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/19/2004 8:42 AM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: k.net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/18/2004 3:45 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "Schizoid Man" wrote in message ... I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! I doubt if France has suffered any serious tourism drop because of the fact there government is wimpy on terrorism. If I were taking a vacation abroad, my choices, for what it's worth, would be Ireland or Hong Kong. why Hong Kong? Because I enjoyed it immensely the 2 times I was there before. One of the most alive cities you can imagine, great bargains on many items, especially clothing. Beautiful geography. Great entertainment. Great food. What's not to like? The smell of sewege for starters. Just like Paris? Funny. I didn't really notice it in Paris. There were areas in Hong Kong where the stentch was so bad that I had to walk around it for fear of throwing up. They have a serious sewege problem there. You need a better tour guide. I was pretty happy with the one I had. Not his fault about the plumbing. I like the skyline but I didn't find the landscape to be particularly interesting at all. I was not crazy about the food one bit. Palette of the beholder Iguess. I wonder if by alive you mean over-populated? I mean it seemed like there was vitality. It is the most densely populated piece of real estate on earth. Kinda like New Jersey. You can live in a house in New Jersey yes? Those sixty story highrise apartment buildings in Hong Kong were just plain creepy to me. The population density there is just ridiculous. People tend to flock where there's economic freedom I guess. It never bothered me, the driving on the wrong side of the road did though. :-0 Maybe we drive on the wrong side of the road. Left side did come first all be it on horse back. The only bargains I found were on high end film camaras and silk products. Used to be great values on home electronics and many products from Europe. Used to be. I did find a lot of scam operations though. Like New York City. I haven't done much shopping in NYC Now if I were asked to go back there again for work I would, but I would not consider a trip there on my own dime. I will say this for Hong Kong though, it was the only place I could make listening comparisons between a Rockport Sirius III, a Clear Audio Master Reference and a Forsell Air Reference all with the same cartridge. I did enjoy that and found it quite enlightening. Good for you. Thank you. Hey, if you want to go there and you liked it before, more power to you. All I was doing was giving my impressions. You gave yours. In the end, they're worth what we each paid for them. I guess but I was paid, I didn't pay. |
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Marc Phillips wrote:
Shawn C Robak said: Hi. Can we post about audio equipment please? Thanks. Your post isn't about audio, either. Neither are the e-mails you've been sending to everyone. If you want to talk about audio equipment, go ahead. Schmuck. The RAO lady of charm has spoken... |
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On Wed, 20 May 2004, Marc Phillips wrote:
Your post isn't about audio, either. It at least has the word "audio" in it. This newsgroup has toilet-bowled into a political ****-fest, and it is going to stop. NOW. Neither are the e-mails you've been sending to everyone. They don't have to be. Your email doesn't have a puiblic listing of marc.phillips.personal.email.for.audio.chat, nor does anyone elses. Annoyed by being called out for the errors you have made in a public fora? Stop making them. As for the folks that have "threatened" to contact my ISP if I mail them again (s888wheel and vinylanach)- KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT. They have less tolerance of mis-use of public fora than I do. Continue posting off topic political garbage, and not only will I continue to send mails to you demanding your improper use of the newsgroup cease, but I will also forward emails to your ISP administration as well as senior execs at the company. Results will happen and this newsgroup will contain the traffic it was intended for. If you want to talk about audio equipment, go ahead. I would, however the s/n ratio in this newsgroup isn't high enough to make any threads worthwhile at this point. That will change, and in short order. Do your part and take your political garbage to alt.politics. Most folks come to this newsgroup to get *away* from that kinda garbage. Why bring that nonsense here, where it is completely off topic and where people don't want to read it? This is an audio related newsgroup. Post audio here. Political discussion does not belong here. Do not post it. Failure to use this group for its intended purpose and continued abuse of it WILL result in retro-moderation, cancellation messages, emails to offenders ISP's and senior execs of those ISP's, and blanket additions of offending domains into the Real Time Internet Black Hole List. This isn't the first newsgroup that has required some major cleanup that I have undertaken - and it will not be the last. Anyone want to dance? Take a number. Post audio. Everything else to alt.politics or /dev/null --- All opinions and comments in this message are my own, and are not on behalf of any or all of Indiana University in any way. Support Search and Rescue - Get Lost! ---------------------------------------------------- Shawn C. Robak ---------------------------------------------------- http://www.robak.net ICQ#: 41962699 75232335 |
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Arny said:
Marc Phillips wrote: Shawn C Robak said: Hi. Can we post about audio equipment please? Thanks. Your post isn't about audio, either. Neither are the e-mails you've been sending to everyone. If you want to talk about audio equipment, go ahead. Schmuck. The RAO lady of charm has spoken... Oh, is she another of your sockpuppets? Boon |
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Shawn C Robak said:
On Wed, 20 May 2004, Marc Phillips wrote: Your post isn't about audio, either. It at least has the word "audio" in it. This newsgroup has toilet-bowled into a political ****-fest, and it is going to stop. NOW. Neither are the e-mails you've been sending to everyone. They don't have to be. Your email doesn't have a puiblic listing of marc.phillips.personal.email.for.audio.chat, nor does anyone elses. Annoyed by being called out for the errors you have made in a public fora? Stop making them. As for the folks that have "threatened" to contact my ISP if I mail them again (s888wheel and vinylanach)- KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT. They have less tolerance of mis-use of public fora than I do. Continue posting off topic political garbage, and not only will I continue to send mails to you demanding your improper use of the newsgroup cease, but I will also forward emails to your ISP administration as well as senior execs at the company. Results will happen and this newsgroup will contain the traffic it was intended for. If you want to talk about audio equipment, go ahead. I would, however the s/n ratio in this newsgroup isn't high enough to make any threads worthwhile at this point. That will change, and in short order. Do your part and take your political garbage to alt.politics. Most folks come to this newsgroup to get *away* from that kinda garbage. Why bring that nonsense here, where it is completely off topic and where people don't want to read it? This is an audio related newsgroup. Post audio here. Political discussion does not belong here. Do not post it. Failure to use this group for its intended purpose and continued abuse of it WILL result in retro-moderation, cancellation messages, emails to offenders ISP's and senior execs of those ISP's, and blanket additions of offending domains into the Real Time Internet Black Hole List. This isn't the first newsgroup that has required some major cleanup that I have undertaken - and it will not be the last. Anyone want to dance? Take a number. Post audio. Everything else to alt.politics or /dev/null Internet geeks like you come and go around here. Do your worst. Boon |
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Mr. Middius said:
Marc Phillips said: Someone just told me that Madrid is the number one destination in Europe for Americans. How did that happen? Great prices on weed. Really? That's what I heard. 'Borgs excepted, of course. I guess I'd better cancel that trip to Amsterdam, then. Boon |
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Mr. Middius said:
Marc Phillips said: This isn't the first newsgroup that has required some major cleanup that I have undertaken - and it will not be the last. Anyone want to dance? Take a number. Post audio. Everything else to alt.politics or /dev/null Internet geeks like you come and go around here. Do your worst. How come the Newsgroup Nanny didn't email me? I feel left out. Did she whale on Schizo or Jacob? How about the Krooborg? It probably got bounced back, just like my last three e-mails to you! :-( Boon |
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Stephen said:
I'd have thought that Barcelona would be the more popular destination. Too gaudy. I got that! Hey! Boon |
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"Shawn C Robak" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 May 2004, Marc Phillips wrote: Your post isn't about audio, either. It at least has the word "audio" in it. This newsgroup has toilet-bowled into a political ****-fest, and it is going to stop. NOW. Neither are the e-mails you've been sending to everyone. They don't have to be. Your email doesn't have a puiblic listing of marc.phillips.personal.email.for.audio.chat, nor does anyone elses. Annoyed by being called out for the errors you have made in a public fora? Stop making them. As for the folks that have "threatened" to contact my ISP if I mail them again (s888wheel and vinylanach)- KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT. They have less tolerance of mis-use of public fora than I do. Attention dip****: This is a public forum and people talk about anything they choose. Your e-mails are spam and will be treated as such. Continue posting off topic political garbage, and not only will I continue to send mails to you demanding your improper use of the newsgroup cease, but I will also forward emails to your ISP administration as well as senior execs at the company. Results will happen and this newsgroup will contain the traffic it was intended for. You're the only one bitching, you'll be treated as a crank. If you want to talk about audio equipment, go ahead. I would, however the s/n ratio in this newsgroup isn't high enough to make any threads worthwhile at this point. That will change, and in short order. Do your part and take your political garbage to alt.politics. Most folks come to this newsgroup to get *away* from that kinda garbage. Why bring that nonsense here, where it is completely off topic and where people don't want to read it? Buy a clue, if they didn't want to read it there would be less of it. Support Search and Rescue - Get Lost! Words to live by. ---------------------------------------------------- Shawn C. Robak ---------------------------------------------------- http://www.robak.net ICQ#: 41962699 75232335 |
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"S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/19/2004 7:43 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: k.net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/19/2004 3:37 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/19/2004 8:42 AM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: k.net "S888Wheel" wrote in message ... From: "Michael McKelvy" Date: 5/18/2004 3:45 PM Pacific Standard Time Message-id: .net "Schizoid Man" wrote in message ... I have not taken a holiday in ages and wanted to take 3 weeks off in August/September and do a European country. The choices right now are Italy, Greece and Spain. Any suggestions? I had planned on renting a car and driving around rather than jumping on an organized tour. Any recommendations? Actually, I wanted to mention France too, but I figured I would have drawn fire from the likes of McKelvy! I doubt if France has suffered any serious tourism drop because of the fact there government is wimpy on terrorism. If I were taking a vacation abroad, my choices, for what it's worth, would be Ireland or Hong Kong. why Hong Kong? Because I enjoyed it immensely the 2 times I was there before. One of the most alive cities you can imagine, great bargains on many items, especially clothing. Beautiful geography. Great entertainment. Great food. What's not to like? The smell of sewege for starters. Just like Paris? Funny. I didn't really notice it in Paris. There were areas in Hong Kong where the stentch was so bad that I had to walk around it for fear of throwing up. They have a serious sewege problem there. You need a better tour guide. I was pretty happy with the one I had. Not his fault about the plumbing. I like the skyline but I didn't find the landscape to be particularly interesting at all. I was not crazy about the food one bit. Palette of the beholder Iguess. I wonder if by alive you mean over-populated? I mean it seemed like there was vitality. It is the most densely populated piece of real estate on earth. Kinda like New Jersey. You can live in a house in New Jersey yes? Those sixty story highrise apartment buildings in Hong Kong were just plain creepy to me. The population density there is just ridiculous. People tend to flock where there's economic freedom I guess. It never bothered me, the driving on the wrong side of the road did though. :-0 Maybe we drive on the wrong side of the road. Left side did come first all be it on horse back. The only bargains I found were on high end film camaras and silk products. Used to be great values on home electronics and many products from Europe. Used to be. I did find a lot of scam operations though. Like New York City. I haven't done much shopping in NYC Now if I were asked to go back there again for work I would, but I would not consider a trip there on my own dime. I will say this for Hong Kong though, it was the only place I could make listening comparisons between a Rockport Sirius III, a Clear Audio Master Reference and a Forsell Air Reference all with the same cartridge. I did enjoy that and found it quite enlightening. Good for you. Thank you. Hey, if you want to go there and you liked it before, more power to you. All I was doing was giving my impressions. You gave yours. In the end, they're worth what we each paid for them. I guess but I was paid, I didn't pay. I was talking about the opinions. Sheesh! |
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Marc Phillips wrote:
Arny said: Marc Phillips wrote: Shawn C Robak said: Hi. Can we post about audio equipment please? Thanks. Your post isn't about audio, either. Neither are the e-mails you've been sending to everyone. If you want to talk about audio equipment, go ahead. Schmuck. The RAO lady of charm has spoken... Oh, is she another of your sockpuppets? As paranoid as you are Phillips, you must really be afraid of me. Why, I can't imagine. I have no interest in you being harmed in any way. Indeed Phillips, I hope for the best for you. This includes my sincere hope that you acquire your first brain. |
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