"Diamond Dave" wrote in message
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On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:50:23 +1100, "mark jb" nukeleer at internode dot on
dot
net wrote:

Thanks for the tip, please let us know when you get the
Amsterdam New York USA police comms online. :-)

Fortunately, there is a world outside America; even if most american
citizens couldn't locate Canada or Mexico on a map.

We know exactly where Canada and Mexico are, one sends us snow and the
other
sends us cheap labor and drugs.

That's not all we send.

New England runs mostly on hydroelectric power from Quebec. The Boston Globe
and New York Times is made
with Quebec paper.

In California, electricity has been sent from British Columbia as has
natrual gas.

American builders use high quality wood products from British Columbia and
Ontario.

Sacremento, Seattle, and many other large cities use Canadian made buses and
rapid transit systems.

The robotic arm aboard the NASA Space Shuttle is Canadian. In fact the
Apollo programme was built using Canadian
talent.

As for Europe, The Brits have given Americans The Beatles, Elton John, and
Boy George. Not to mention Rolls Royces and
Jaguars and real movie heroes such as James Bond. The French has given the
world culture and fine cuisine. Germany has given the world precision
instruments, top quality cameras, Beemers and Volkwagens. Italy has given
fine cars such as
Lambrogini, and fine art.

So what has the USA given the world lately? A bit of a headache caused by
George Dubya's patriotic flag waving and
telling the world the US is the best democracy there is. Which it isn't.

Over there in the UK -- sorry lads. We have to put up with this neighbour of
ours to the south all the time. They're a bit of a handfull at times.