Kansas Highlights
This is an off-topic thread with no Informix technical content. It began with a jokey quibble about the IIUG January newsletter describing Kansas as home to the only World War One museum in the USA, prompting a pedantic aside about the war's dates and a jibe about America entering both world wars late. The discussion turned into light-hearted (and occasionally touchy) exchanges about Midwestern hospitality, US foreign policy and whether such a topic belongs in comp.databases.informix. No technical problem is raised and no resolution is recorded.
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Captain Pedantic wrote: > From the IIUG January Newsletter: > >>> [Kansas features] The National World War One Museum. The ONLY World War >>> One Museum in the United States of America. > > World War One? That was the 1917-1918 was, was it? ;-) > > Maybe you should vist then - it help remove your ignorance 28 June 1914 to June 28th 1919
Paul Watson wrote: > Captain Pedantic wrote: >> From the IIUG January Newsletter: >> >>>> [Kansas features] The National World War One Museum. The ONLY World >>>> War One Museum in the United States of America. >> >> World War One? That was the 1917-1918 was, was it? ;-) >> > Maybe you should vist then - it help remove your ignorance > > 28 June 1914 to June 28th 1919 I suspect he was making a cheap joke about America turning up late.... twice :-) -- Clive
Clive Eisen wrote: > Paul Watson wrote: >> Captain Pedantic wrote: >>> From the IIUG January Newsletter: >>> >>>>> [Kansas features] The National World War One Museum. The ONLY World >>>>> War One Museum in the United States of America. >>> World War One? That was the 1917-1918 was, was it? ;-) >>> >> Maybe you should vist then - it help remove your ignorance >> >> 28 June 1914 to June 28th 1919 > > I suspect he was making a cheap joke about America turning up late.... > > twice :-) > What is funny about 12 million people being killed ?
Very strange topic here in c.d.i. Maybe on the more positive side for those of you ignorant Europeans that will be coming to America, you'll get to see the very heartland of America. Midwesterners are hard-working, many are descendants from Europeans who fled Europe for a variety of reasons. As boring as Kansas is, it would indeed be an education for Europeans who have never seen America where there are smaller towns and villages, away from the larger cities. You will find a part of America with open doors for visitors from other countries, eager to offer and share their lives with you, something you won't find in other parts of the country. As much as Kansas is boring to the extreme, on balance you will find the best of Americans there, people who think fondly of Europe and their lineage from your first-world. Come to America with an open mind and open heart and you will be received the same way. Along the way you will learn something about yourself in the process. Many Americans gave their lives for Europe, never to return to America alive, something we never forget, and neither should you. Paul Watson wrote: > Clive Eisen wrote: >> Paul Watson wrote: >>> Captain Pedantic wrote: >>>> From the IIUG January Newsletter: >>>> >>>>>> [Kansas features] The National World War One Museum. The ONLY World >>>>>> War One Museum in the United States of America. >>>> World War One? That was the 1917-1918 was, was it? ;-) >>>> >>> Maybe you should vist then - it help remove your ignorance >>> >>> 28 June 1914 to June 28th 1919 >> >> I suspect he was making a cheap joke about America turning up late.... >> >> twice :-) >> > > What is funny about 12 million people being killed ?
> > I suspect he was making a cheap joke about America turning up late.... > > twice :-) > Well we Americans used to like to let the little guys fight their own battles. Unfortunately we've learned our lesson and have since become the world's police. ;-P Of course the truth is that we had to wait until we were attacked before we "officially" stepped in. (Lustiania ?sp? and Pearl Harbor) _________________________________________________________________ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008
On Jan 4, 2:01 pm, InDeep <ind...@indeep.com> wrote: > Very strange topic here in c.d.i. > > Maybe on the more positive side for those of you ignorant Europeans that > will be coming to America, you'll get to see the very heartland of America. > > Midwesterners are hard-working, many are descendants from Europeans who fled > Europe for a variety of reasons. As boring as Kansas is, it would indeed > be an education for Europeans who have never seen America where there are > smaller towns and villages, away from the larger cities. You will find > a part of America with open doors for visitors from other countries, eager > to offer and share their lives with you, something you won't find in other > parts of the country. As much as Kansas is boring to the extreme, on > balance you will find the best of Americans there, people who think fondly > of Europe and their lineage from your first-world. Come to America with > an open mind and open heart and you will be received the same way. Along > the way you will learn something about yourself in the process. Many > Americans gave their lives for Europe, never to return to America alive, > something we never forget, and neither should you. > I didn't know Mike Huckabee was writing on C.D.I. :-)
On Jan 4, 2:50 pm, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I suspect he was making a cheap joke about America turning up late.... > > > twice :-) > > Well we Americans used to like to let the little guys fight their own battles. Unfortunately we've learned our > lesson and have since become the world's police. for further details, you can watch the (excellent?horrible?weird?) movie "Team America - World Police".
Don't confuse Arkansas with Kansas, or DeepThroat here with Chuck Norris. Although, reading these notes I was on the one hand amused and on the other hand offended, InDeep hit a number of good points here. Full disclosure: my mother and my namesake (died in WWII) are from Kansas. j. -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org]On Behalf Of Zachi Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 6:45 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Kansas Highlights On Jan 4, 2:01 pm, InDeep <ind...@indeep.com> wrote: > Very strange topic here in c.d.i. > > Maybe on the more positive side for those of you ignorant Europeans that > will be coming to America, you'll get to see the very heartland of America. > > Midwesterners are hard-working, many are descendants from Europeans who fled > Europe for a variety of reasons. As boring as Kansas is, it would indeed > be an education for Europeans who have never seen America where there are > smaller towns and villages, away from the larger cities. You will find > a part of America with open doors for visitors from other countries, eager > to offer and share their lives with you, something you won't find in other > parts of the country. As much as Kansas is boring to the extreme, on > balance you will find the best of Americans there, people who think fondly > of Europe and their lineage from your first-world. Come to America with > an open mind and open heart and you will be received the same way. Along > the way you will learn something about yourself in the process. Many > Americans gave their lives for Europe, never to return to America alive, > something we never forget, and neither should you. > I didn't know Mike Huckabee was writing on C.D.I. :-) _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list