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Skriven 2007-11-23 03:03:00 av Sean Dennis
     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
Ärende: Re: NORFOLK SAILORS 71122
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-=> GLEN JAMIESON wrote to SEAN DENNIS <=-

 GJ> It is still possible for foreigners to visit USA, although it has
 GJ> become more difficult and more degrading.  On my last visit I had to be

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Not all of us support that.  I had to sit and wait nearly five hours at
the airport because of what Kaare had to go through.  I think all of
that fingerprinting, photographing, et al. is really time-wasting and
stupid, as well as very demeaning and insulting, considering that the
majority of illegal traffic is flowing through the US/Mexico border now.
I was watching a show that was talking about that, saying the border was
the preferred method to smuggle into the US.

And what I really want to slap people about is the attitude of the
government of "why are our tourism dollars slipping away?"  Well, when
you treat visitors like prisoners, you think they're gonna come back?
Sheesh.

 GJ> BTW, it has just been announced that Japan has introduced the same
 GJ> system of fingerprinting and photographing of foreigners, so now
 GJ> Americans visiting there will learn what it is like from the other side
 GJ> of the Immigration counter.

Don't blame them.  It's now an act of Congress just to go to
Canada...having a passport to have to cross into Canada?  What a joke.

 GJ> Once in a European country you don't have to worry too much,
 GJ> particularly if you don't make it too obvious where you come from, by

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Yep.  I don't do that (learned that while in the Army) and keep a low
profile.  I wouldn't want to draw attention to me in that way.

 GJ> Re language; The Danish language is quite difficult for foreigners to
 GJ> pronounce, but almost all younger Danes speak excellent English.  When

Kaare thinks his English is not very good, but it's excellent for
someone who doesn't speak it natively.  On occasion, he has to think of
what he wants to say and he will ask, but other than that, he speaks and
writes it very nicely.  Danish is a "strange" language to learn (Kaare's
words), but I can pick up bits and pieces of it since they tend to use
words from other languages to add to their own.

 GJ> Thanks a lot for that.  Very useful information for this Echo.

You're quite welcome.  I didn't even know I had that in my database!  I
stumbled upon it by accident by searching for "British" in the title
search.

I am thinking about writing a utility for Ezycom's message base to
autoextract all messages that have a MM header somewhere in the message
body to a text file so I can do mass auto-imports of all the recipes
into my MM setup. <G>

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Three Bean Salad
 Categories: Salads, Middle east, Vegetarian
      Yield: 5 Servings

      2 c  Kidney beans, cooked
      2 c  Chick peas, cooked
      1 c  Lima beans, cooked
    1/4 c  Parsley, chopped
      1 sm Red onion, sliced
      4    Garlic cloves, minced
    1/3 c  Lemon juice
    1/3 c  Olive oil
      1 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Pepper

  Rinse all the beans in cold water, drain & palce in a salad bowl. Add
  the parsely and the onion rings.  Add the remaining ingredients &
  toss gently. The salad can either be served immediately or placed in
  the refrigerator to marinate for 4 to 5 hours before serving.

  Mary Salloum, "A Taste of the Mediterranean: Vegetarian Style" From:
  Mark Satterly                   Date: 05-18-96 (F) Cooking Ä

MMMMM

Later,
Sean

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