Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gee, this is all really grand, but could you all take it to your private e mail, since the vast majority of us don't give a damn.... > > >Hi Rob - > > Next time I'll try to make it. This wasn't a good month for talking >photo >fun - I'm on attorney hours and lately most of my free time has been taken >up >running around finding Christmas presents. But I'll try to come out and >play >with the photo boys next time. By the way, where the devil is Papa Vino's? >I >had never heard of it. > >Holiday Cheer >Dante > >In a message dated 12/24/99 7:58:15 PM, robmueller@home.com writes: > ><< Just look towards the windsor casino, most are michiganders. by the way > >dante, you should have joined us the other day for our MI Luggers dinner. > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > >Gaifana@aol.com > >Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 5:37 PM > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Thrones, Dominions, and Powers OFF-TOPIC > > > > > > > ---------- > > > From: Gaifana@aol.com[SMTP:GAIFANA@AOL.COM] > > > Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 5:36:47 PM > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Thrones, Dominions, and Powers OFF-TOPIC > > > Auto forwarded by a Rule > > > > > > > >But it's worse than that. When I look out my office window at Windsor, > >Ontario, I know that if I had a strong enough telescope, I could see that > >all > >the license plates are from Michigan! > > >Cheers > >Dante > > >In a message dated 12/24/99 1:43:29 PM, dcardish@microtec.net writes: > > ><< But, we still have the Queen's picture on our money, and we still have > >Governor Generals, and Throne Speeches at the beginning of our Parlimentary > >sessions. > > >Dan C. > > >At 12:31 PM 24-12-99 -0500, Marc James Small wrote: > > >At 11:32 AM 12/24/1999 -0500, Dan Cardish wrote: > > >>Even then, it was just a formality. Canada could act independently of > > >>Britain since the 30s. For instance, Canada waited a few days after >Great > > >>Britain before declaring war on Germany at the start of WW2. It wasn't > > >>automatic. > > > > > >The Statute of Westminister (1931) established the right of the >independent > > >Dominions (Canada, New Zealand, Saorstadt na h-Eireann, Australia, and >the > > >Union of South Africa) to great freedom from the control of the UK. The > > >only remaining link to the UK was through the common throne and the right > > >of aggreived subjects to appeal from the local government to the Judicial > > >Council of the UK's Privy Council. Only New Zealand retains the last, I > > >believe, though: Eire left the Commonwealth completely in '49 (the final > > >victory of Dev and the long-dead Big Fellow), South Africa in 1960, while > > >Australia eliminated the Privy Council appeal around 1974 and Canada >around > > >1982. (The Republic of South Africa did rejoin the Commonwealth within >the > > >past decade, after Apartheid was ended.) > > > > > >So, effectively, the Empire became a Commonwealth in 1931. > > > > > >(Of course, in 1931, Newfoundland, Bermuda, Jamaica, the BVI, Trinidad & > > >Tobago, British Guinea, on to Pitcairn Island, Hong Kong, Malaya, > > >Singapore, Brunei, Borneo, Burma, Ceylon, and half of Africa, were all > > >colonies under the direct rule of the British Colonial Office, while the > > >Indian Sub-Continent was a separate and independent nation which just > > >happened to be ruled by the British government, a fascinating > > >constitutional quirk.) > > > > > >Marc > > > > > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > > >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > > > > > > > > > > > >NO ARCHIVE > > > > ></XMP> > > >----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > >Return-Path: <daemon@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >Received: from rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (rly-yc04.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.36]) > >by air-yc05.mail.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 24 Dec 1999 13:43:29 >-0500 > >Received: from mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >[192.147.236.1]) > >by rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (v67.7) with ESMTP; Fri, 24 Dec 1999 13:43:08 -0500 > >Received: (from daemon@localhost) > > by mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA03714; Fri, 24 Dec 1999 > >10:33:51 -0800 (PST) > >Received: from vesuve.globetrotter.net (vesuve.globetrotter.net > >[142.169.1.81]) > > by mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA03704; Fri, 24 > >Dec 1999 10:33:48 -0800 (PST) > >Received: from dcardish (ts1-45.f3212.quebectel.com [142.169.171.245]) > > by vesuve.globetrotter.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA09970 > > for <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; Fri, 24 Dec 1999 13:33:08 >-0500 > >(EST) > >Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19991224133259.0087a260@pop.microtec.net> > >X-no-archive: yes > >X-Sender: dcardish@pop.microtec.net > >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) > >Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 13:32:59 -0500 > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Thrones, Dominions, and Powers OFF-TOPIC > >In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19991224123144.00a0a4f0@roanoke.infi.net> > >References: <3.0.5.32.19991224113255.0087b910@pop.microtec.net> > > <B488E7B2.B44%jbcollier@home.com> > > <B488510F.1782%ewelch@neteze.com> > >Mime-Version: 1.0 > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Sender: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Precedence: bulk > >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > > >> > > ></XMP> > >----------------------- Headers -------------------------------- > >> > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com