"Wesley Struebing"  wrote in message
news:bn8it25fncmijpi1i8lhopuaacq2r65s4m{at}4ax.com...
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:50:25 GMT, Amy Guskin 
> wrote:
>
> >>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:57:06 -0500, lizardgirl wrote
> >(in article ):
> >
> >> On Feb 18, 9:28 am, Jeffrey MacHott
 wrote:
> >>> Michael Harper wrote:
> >>>> "Jeffrey MacHott"
 wrote in message
> >>>> news:GvFBh.144666$Dx5.68448{at}fe10.news.easynews.com...
> >>>
> >>>>> Besides, if folks get riled up on the concept of
invading another
> >>>>> country for something useful like oil, can you
imagine the fuss
they'd
> >>>>> raise if you attacked another country for *tobacco*?
> >>>
> >>>> Not just tobacco, Jeff. Cigars. The most divine form of that
pestiferous
> >>>> weed ever developed. Cigarettes are nasty barn sweepings. Pipe
tobacco is
> >>>> too sticky. I don't want to think about that godawful
snuff/dip/chaw
crap.
> >>>
> >>>> But cigars... oo. Delightful. The pure leaf, no
chemical additives.
Maybe
> >>>> some flavoring, like rum or vanilla.
> >>>
> >>>> I know they're bad for me and they're gonna kill me.
So what? My life
is
> >>>> barely tolerable now. Why prolong the frustration?
> >>>
> >>>> Mike
> >>>
> >>> I have cigars every once in a while.  For my 22nd
Birthday, I bought a
> >>> couple of these Dominican cigars that cost me $8 each
(which may not
> >>> sound like a LOT, but I could have gotten a pack of good
cigarettes or
a
> >>> case of good beer for less) and went to visit a friend in
Florida (she
> >>> shares my birthday, so she got one of the cigars).
> >>
> >>
> >> good god!  did you say a GOOD *case* of beer for less the 8 dollars!?
> >>
> >> you need an intervention friend :^) <<
> >
> >On this, I am with you.  But I'm saving my shekels for my _own_ next trip
to
> >Ireland, thankyewverymuch.
> >
> This year is our 25th.  We had intended to return to London, spend
> some more time there and see many things (including the henges) that
> we didn't get to see last time (and hopefully get together with more
> of our friends for a celebration) - and the *booming economy* came up
> and bit me in the ass.
>
> Know anyone who needs a mainframe software engineer who has also works
> with C# and Visual Studio .NET?  (this after Qwest reported for the
> first time in its history a full year of profitability...)

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Dennis


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