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Posted by Jamal Spelling on February 29, 2008, at 16:19:01
He hasn't posted since he was blocked, and his babblemail is deactivated.
Posted by Sigismund on February 29, 2008, at 16:47:46
In reply to I hope linkadge is OK, posted by Jamal Spelling on February 29, 2008, at 16:19:01
Yes. I was wondering about him too.
Posted by Kath on February 29, 2008, at 17:46:42
In reply to Re: I hope linkadge is OK, posted by Sigismund on February 29, 2008, at 16:47:46
Maybe he'll read this & babblemail someone to let us know.When is the block finished?
Kath
Posted by Fivefires on February 29, 2008, at 19:02:11
In reply to Re: I hope linkadge is OK, posted by Kath on February 29, 2008, at 17:46:42
Posted by 10derHeart on February 29, 2008, at 19:26:14
In reply to Re: I hope linkadge is OK, posted by Kath on February 29, 2008, at 17:46:42
Posters can't send Babblemail when blocked, but his block was over on 2/17/08.
It is frustrating when someone chooses to have B-mail off and you want to contact them. Hope he reads this here, or, maybe he's given out his email address to someone who will read here and shoot him a message on behalf of all of you.
I hope so.
Posted by Larry Hoover on February 29, 2008, at 21:36:29
In reply to Re: I hope linkadge is OK » Kath, posted by 10derHeart on February 29, 2008, at 19:26:14
> maybe he's given out his email address to someone who will read here and shoot him a message on behalf of all of you.
>
> I hope so.He did, I have, but haven't heard back.
Lar
Posted by Larry Hoover on March 1, 2008, at 13:39:32
In reply to Re: I hope linkadge is OK » 10derHeart, posted by Larry Hoover on February 29, 2008, at 21:36:29
Linkadge said:
"Yeah, I am doing fine, I have (sorry to say) left Babble.
I do it in a manner of ('you can't block me, I quit)."The 'blocked for generalizations' issue was the last straw. I can't say more, nor quote him further, for fear of my being blocked.
Lar
Posted by Sigismund on March 1, 2008, at 13:51:54
In reply to His reply, posted by Larry Hoover on March 1, 2008, at 13:39:32
It could only happen on the med board.
If I was to say 'It's cold in Canada' or even 'It's cold in Australia', I can't imagine being blocked here.
Posted by Jamal Spelling on March 1, 2008, at 15:34:55
In reply to Re: His reply » Larry Hoover, posted by Sigismund on March 1, 2008, at 13:51:54
> 'It's cold in Australia'
Sigismund, please be civil!
Posted by Sigismund on March 1, 2008, at 15:51:07
In reply to Re: His reply » Sigismund, posted by Jamal Spelling on March 1, 2008, at 15:34:55
It's very difficult for me, Jamal.
Australians are a friendly people but not a civil one.
Posted by Jamal Spelling on March 1, 2008, at 16:06:02
In reply to Re: His reply » Jamal Spelling, posted by Sigismund on March 1, 2008, at 15:51:07
> It's very difficult for me, Jamal.
>
> Australians are a friendly people but not a civil one.I know it is difficult, Sigismund, but we must nonetheless try, for it is civility that separates us from the brutes.
Posted by Sigismund on March 1, 2008, at 16:37:58
In reply to Re: His reply » Sigismund, posted by Jamal Spelling on March 1, 2008, at 16:06:02
How about "American university students spend too much time on Psychobabble'?
Posted by Jamal Spelling on March 2, 2008, at 5:30:13
In reply to Re: His reply » Jamal Spelling, posted by Sigismund on March 1, 2008, at 16:37:58
Are you from Australia, Sigismund? That's cool. I would love to one day go on a European holiday, starting in England, then a few days in France, followed by Germany, Australia, and ending in Italy maybe. It would be so nice to sip expensive coffee while reading a newspaper on one of those romantic Viennese street cafes.
Posted by Sigismund on March 2, 2008, at 13:38:37
In reply to Re: His reply » Sigismund, posted by Jamal Spelling on March 2, 2008, at 5:30:13
Austria has always made me a bit nervous (too much awful history) but Czechoslovakia doesn't. Now that Prague has been overwhelmed by us all, I wondered if Bratislava might be OK. Or Slovenia. Or maybe Croatia.
But from Australia you have limited options. You can head east and end up in South America, north east and end up in North America, north and end up in Japan or South East Asia. From Japan you can zip over the north pole and land in Europe.
What I did enjoy was seeing Prague when it was a communist satellite (listen to this language. Well, I didn't make it up). It was preserved, you could still smell the coal in the streets that was brought to the coal chutes in the houses. It was (of course) spectacularly unhappy. I read that until the 70s (I think) the streetlamps were still lit by hand. This seemed almost as good as going back before WWI. One of these is Kafka's house. Truly, I went weak at the knees.....
http://www.johnbowman.btinternet.co.uk/eastern_europe_photos/prague_8.JPGWe went to church in this cathedral
http://www.prague.net/gallery/winter/images/st_vitus_cathedral__hradcany_and_prague_bridges.jpg
just to see the secret police, and to see how religion was prospering in the people's state.The Prague clocktower does I don't know precisely what apart from tell the time. I suspect it is an astrological clock and tells you in what constellation the sun is at any one time. The man who made it, so the story goes, had his eyes put out after he'd finished, and needed to wait years until repairs were needed to get his revenge on the mechanism.
http://www.prague.net/gallery/winter/images/st_vitus_cathedral__hradcany_and_prague_bridges.jpgWhen the hour strikes a skeletons pass by windows and stuff, life is vanity etc etc.
Posted by Sigismund on March 2, 2008, at 13:41:07
In reply to Re: His reply » Jamal Spelling, posted by Sigismund on March 2, 2008, at 13:38:37
http://www.prague.net/gallery/winter/images/st_vitus_cathedral__hradcany_and_prague_bridges.jpg
Let's see if this is the clock
Posted by Sigismund on March 2, 2008, at 13:47:43
In reply to Re: His reply, posted by Sigismund on March 2, 2008, at 13:41:07
Maybe this?
http://blog.boucault.net/public/czech%20republic/.P7220010_m.jpg
Posted by Jamal Spelling on March 2, 2008, at 14:07:51
In reply to Re: His reply » Jamal Spelling, posted by Sigismund on March 2, 2008, at 13:38:37
I won't go otherwise.
Posted by Sigismund on March 2, 2008, at 14:39:32
In reply to Do they have McDonald's in Czechoslovakia?, posted by Jamal Spelling on March 2, 2008, at 14:07:51
They do now, so I've read.
Posted by Fivefires on March 2, 2008, at 15:32:19
In reply to His reply, posted by Larry Hoover on March 1, 2008, at 13:39:32
Tks Lar; and Link, don't know specifics, but this is not good ... receiving neg v. pos treatment and respect here = no. I'd probably say adios as well. If u ever feel need to come back, there's so many here who'd welcome this choice.
5f
Posted by karen_kay on March 11, 2008, at 12:05:03
In reply to Re: Do they have McDonald's in Czechoslovakia? » Jamal Spelling, posted by Sigismund on March 2, 2008, at 14:39:32
i kid you not. i could live there forever. and a walk-up, drive thru! beer in a plastic cup, just like when i worked there :)
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