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quote:Originally posted by qpanquote:Originally posted by gsmollinMost school kids don't know where Michigan is, never mind Cambridge, MA. Cambridge, UK only has a chance if it's in the next Harry Potter movie.I thought MA was Massachussetts?"I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it."-Edgar Allan Poe
quote:Originally posted by gsmollinMost school kids don't know where Michigan is, never mind Cambridge, MA. Cambridge, UK only has a chance if it's in the next Harry Potter movie.
quote:Originally posted by tweenerquote:It is a crying shame that there is very rarely anywhere on this planet where the 'natives' of the land they inhabit, in some way shape or form have not been imposed upon in one way or another.....I can only speculate that somewhere only the remotest tribes in extreme isolated location may still remain untouched......and I would presume that won't last foreverWhat about the UK and other parts of europe. Other than a lot of internal invasions, they have been pretty much left to their own devices haven't they? [][Yes Neil, I do get your point.] I think there are some tribes in the Amazon basin that have had almost no contact with "civilization". But I don't really romanticize living in the stone age. It was a hard life.----John - The Eternal Pessimist.
quote:It is a crying shame that there is very rarely anywhere on this planet where the 'natives' of the land they inhabit, in some way shape or form have not been imposed upon in one way or another.....I can only speculate that somewhere only the remotest tribes in extreme isolated location may still remain untouched......and I would presume that won't last forever
quote:However, what's more embarrassing I think is when people lack basic skills like calculating in their heads what 11 plus 24 is, as so often happens on British TV quizzes (not that I watch them too often).