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(...) I have coyotes and roadrunners in mine. :-) What myth? Hershey's chocolate sucks. Cadbury's not the best, but it's a darn sight better than most of the junk they sell in America. Bruce (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Maybe this discussion was never going to gain anything major, but I'd hope that it might have shown at least 1 person in the US that the world exists outside the US, and that the people who do live outside the US would at least like some (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Semi-permanent on a temporary basis until we decide to come home. Two years is a good number for us at this stage. It's a work transfer/life experience/lets see what the rest of the world is like type thing. (...) Cool, the cogs are (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Guys guys guys! I'm not sure there's a lot to be gained here. The Americans rule the planet by weight of economic resources and the success of their economic/military model. Get used to it. That success has brought a bunch of real advantages for the (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Appologies for the length of this, but I thought I'd list the catalogues I've got. If a catalogue doesn't have a number greater than 1 in the quantity column, or isn't listed, it means that I don't have a complete copy, and would like it. This (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Kinda like the Lone Star franchise out here by the looks of it. Icky at the best of times. Do they have a stiffed Kangaroo head on the wall? A life sized Aborigine manikin in the corner with a Crocodile Dundee hat on? Framed, autographed (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Australian (...) references (...) be (...) I (...) Disneyfication (...) idea (...) entirely (...) Ummmmm, I was indicating that while the rest of the world screams about Americanization and Cultural Imperialism (Don't Buy Our Stuff if that's a (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | RE: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) Sounds like the 'Lonestar steakhouses' [or something similar] over here, although they are designed to represent america's outback area [I think] [Due to possible censoring, I won't give my opinion of this :) ] Unfortunately, at least in my (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) That's the root of my rant about Americanism--it's actually a hybrid culture that's gravitated towards the US because of economic power and demographic strength. The insidious part of Americanism is actually its functioning--its corporatist (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) LOL! Ever noticed, even on LUGNET, that many of the non-native speakers of English use better grammer than quite a few Americans? Every now and then, some obscure idiom slips in, but otherwise, I must commend you ESLers on your proficiency[1]! (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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