Re: "IDS 10.0 Cities Tour 2006" - now off topic

Posted in 2006

Captain Pedantic — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:08:40 -0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"bozon" <curtis@crowson1.com> wrote in message news:1136904124.808247.205690@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >From a US born citizen's view point, I can certainly agree with > Richard. > > Hell we even exclude some of our own states. When I was growing up in > Hawaii almost nothing would get a new kid's ass kicked more than the > phrase "back in the states." As in "Back in the states we had really > cool cars." The same gratifying effect can be had when talking to Irish people and referring to England as "The Mainland"!