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Calvin
Sep 5, 2017, 7:18:41 PM9/5/17
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1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"?
6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a bird with a human face?
7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge’s Palace?
9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear?
10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
cheers,
calvin
Dan Blum
Sep 5, 2017, 8:36:41 PM9/5/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
651
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"?
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge?s Palace?
Venice
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear?
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
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Mark Brader
Sep 5, 2017, 9:27:10 PM9/5/17
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"Calvin":
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
Titicaca.
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
Ireland.
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
Burton?
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a
> Thousand Faces"?
Cheney.
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form
> of a bird with a human face?
Gorgon.
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
Jordan.
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge's Palace?
Venice.
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the
> papers want to know whose shirts you wear?
"I Have No Idea".
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo
> pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
Tzatziki?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Not looking like Pascal is not
m...@vex.net a language deficiency!" -- Doug Gwyn
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> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
651.
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a
> Thousand Faces"?
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form
> of a bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge's Palace?
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the
> papers want to know whose shirts you wear?
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo
> pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Not looking like Pascal is not
m...@vex.net a language deficiency!" -- Doug Gwyn
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader
Sep 5, 2017, 9:28:23 PM9/5/17
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Dan Blum:
> England
Oh, right, *now* I remember what country George Best Airport is in!
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I can be gullible about these kinds of things.
m...@vex.net | Or so people tell me, and I believe them."
> England
Oh, right, *now* I remember what country George Best Airport is in!
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I can be gullible about these kinds of things.
m...@vex.net | Or so people tell me, and I believe them."
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 6, 2017, 8:40:09 AM9/6/17
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Calvin (334...@gmail.com) writes:
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
651
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge’s Palace?
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the
> papers want to know whose shirts you wear?
but I seem to recall that it reappeared on the charts.)
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo
> pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
>
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Gareth Owen
Sep 6, 2017, 3:05:25 PM9/6/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> writes:
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
Depends where I mentally insert the brackets
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
729-81+3 = 651
or
729-(81+3) = 645
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand
> Faces"?
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of
> a bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge’s Palace?
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers
> want to know whose shirts you wear?
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry,
> chopped nuts and honey?
> cheers,
> calvin
Mark Brader
Sep 6, 2017, 3:26:43 PM9/6/17
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Gareth Owen:
--
Mark Brader | "It's not in the slightest bit harder to write Fortran
Toronto | or Basic programs in C++ or Smalltalk than it is
m...@vex.net | to write them in C or Pascal." -- Peter da Silva
> Depends where I mentally insert the brackets
You mean "invent".
--
Mark Brader | "It's not in the slightest bit harder to write Fortran
Toronto | or Basic programs in C++ or Smalltalk than it is
m...@vex.net | to write them in C or Pascal." -- Peter da Silva
Gareth Owen
Sep 6, 2017, 4:57:44 PM9/6/17
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
> Gareth Owen:
>> Depends where I mentally insert the brackets
>
> You mean "invent".
Well, I can equally use pauses ...
> Gareth Owen:
>> Depends where I mentally insert the brackets
>
> You mean "invent".
If someone asked you "what is seven minus *breath* three plus two?",
don't tell me you'd think the intended answer was unambiguously six.
Mark Brader
Sep 6, 2017, 5:51:11 PM9/6/17
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Gareth Owen:
>>> Depends where I mentally insert the brackets
Mark Brader:
>>> Depends where I mentally insert the brackets
>> You mean "invent".
Gareth Owen:
> Well, I can equally use pauses ...
Again, you mean "invent".
> If someone asked you "what is seven minus *breath* three plus two?",
> don't tell me you'd think the intended answer was unambiguously six.
the usage I picked up at some point in my education.
But in a contest conducted in writing, there'd have to be some indication
that such a pause, bracketing, or the like was intended, and there wasn't.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "What Europe needs is a fresh, unused mind."
m...@vex.net | -- Foreign Correspondent
Dan Tilque
Sep 7, 2017, 3:05:41 AM9/7/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
651
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"?
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge’s Palace?
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear?
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
Dan Tilque
Peter Smyth
Sep 7, 2017, 6:18:41 AM9/7/17
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Calvin wrote:
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
651
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
Titicaca
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
Northern Ireland
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
>
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand
> Faces"?
Buster Keaton
>
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand
> Faces"?
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a
> bird with a human face?
Harpy
> bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
Jordan
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge’s Palace?
Venice
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers
> want to know whose shirts you wear?
Space Oddity
> want to know whose shirts you wear?
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry,
> chopped nuts and honey?
Baklava
> chopped nuts and honey?
Peter Smyth
Pete Gayde
Sep 7, 2017, 4:31:43 PM9/7/17
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Calvin <334...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:86fc96b7-dbc1-4a07...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of
> nine?
651
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
Titicaca
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
Northern Ireland
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
Orson Welles
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a
> Thousand Faces"?
Rudolph Valentino
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female
> monsters had the form of a bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO
> world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
Jordan
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge’s Palace?
Venice
> 9 Which hit
> song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know
> whose shirts you wear?
Space Oddity
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek
> dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
Baklava
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
news:86fc96b7-dbc1-4a07...@googlegroups.com:
>
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of
> nine?
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a
> Thousand Faces"?
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female
> monsters had the form of a bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO
> world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge’s Palace?
> 9 Which hit
> song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know
> whose shirts you wear?
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek
> dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
>
>
> cheers,
> calvin
>
Pete Gayde
Mark Brader
Sep 7, 2017, 6:11:29 PM9/7/17
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Mark Brader:
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Don't be silly -- send it to Canada"
m...@vex.net -- British postal worker
> Oh, right, *now* I remember what country George Best Airport is in!
Or not!
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Don't be silly -- send it to Canada"
m...@vex.net -- British postal worker
Chris F.A. Johnson
Sep 9, 2017, 11:08:05 PM9/9/17
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On 2017-09-05, Calvin wrote:
>
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
645
>
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"?
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge???s Palace?
Venice
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear?
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
Marc Dashevsky
Sep 11, 2017, 10:21:14 AM9/11/17
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In article <86fc96b7-dbc1-4a07...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
titicaca
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"?
Lon Chanel
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
Jordan
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge?s Palace?
Venice
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear?
>
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
baklava
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
651
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"?
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge?s Palace?
Venice
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear?
>
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Marc Dashevsky
Sep 11, 2017, 11:55:23 AM9/11/17
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In article <MPG.342057c...@news.eternal-september.org>, use...@MarcDashevsky.com says...
>
> In article <86fc96b7-dbc1-4a07...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> >
> > 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
> 651
>
> > 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> titicaca
>
> > 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> > 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> > 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"?
> Lon Chanel
this is a typo -- I do know his name
> In article <86fc96b7-dbc1-4a07...@googlegroups.com>, 334...@gmail.com says...
> >
> > 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
> 651
>
> > 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> titicaca
>
> > 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> > 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> > 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"?
> Lon Chanel
Calvin
Sep 12, 2017, 9:39:48 PM9/12/17
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On Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 9:18:41 AM UTC+10, Calvin wrote:
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
651
> 1 What is nine cubed minus nine squared plus the square root of nine?
> 2 What is the largest inland lake in South America?
> 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
Belfast's airport is named after him
> 4 Who played Henry VIII in the 1969 film ''Anne of 1000 Days''?
> 5 What American actor (1883-1930) was known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces"?
He is unrelated to Coco Chanel :-)
> 6 In Greek and Roman mythology, which female monsters had the form of a bird with a human face?
> 7 The UNESCO world heritage site of Petra is located in which country?
> 8 In which Italian city would one find the Doge’s Palace?
> 9 Which hit song of 1973 includes the following line: And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear?
> 10 What is the name of the sweet Greek dessert made with filo pastry, chopped nuts and honey?
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 TOTAL TB Quiz 502
0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 51 Chris Johnson
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 56 Peter Smyth
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 57 Dan Blum
1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 7 45 Gareth Owen
1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 51 Pete Gayde
1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 51 Erland S
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 40 Mark Brader
1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 45 Dan Tilque
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 6 45 Marc Dashevsky
- - - - - - - - - - --- ----------
8 8 4 2 5 5 8 9 7 7 63 70%
Congratulations Chris.
cheers,
calvin
Mark Brader
Sep 13, 2017, 2:03:09 AM9/13/17
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"Calvin":
-- that's why I said Ireland. I was assuming Northern Irishmen would
play on the Irish team, since there isn't a UK team. If that's wrong,
then no point for me.
--
Mark Brader "All economic statistics are best seen as
Toronto a peculiarly boring form of science fiction..."
m...@vex.net --Paul Krugman
> > 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
>
> Northern Ireland
> Belfast's airport is named after him
Yeah, I know (even if I did temporarily think it was in Manchester)
>
> Northern Ireland
> Belfast's airport is named after him
-- that's why I said Ireland. I was assuming Northern Irishmen would
play on the Irish team, since there isn't a UK team. If that's wrong,
then no point for me.
--
Mark Brader "All economic statistics are best seen as
Toronto a peculiarly boring form of science fiction..."
m...@vex.net --Paul Krugman
gwo...@gmail.com
Sep 13, 2017, 8:22:41 AM9/13/17
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On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 7:03:09 AM UTC+1, Mark Brader wrote:
> "Calvin":
> > > 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> >
> > Northern Ireland
> > Belfast's airport is named after him
>
> Yeah, I know (even if I did temporarily think it was in Manchester)
He did play his best football in Manchester (for Manchester United). As I'm sure you know, the airport near Manchester is the imaginatively named "Manchester Airport" (formerly Ringway).
> "Calvin":
> > > 3 George Best represented which country in football (soccer)?
> >
> > Northern Ireland
> > Belfast's airport is named after him
>
> Yeah, I know (even if I did temporarily think it was in Manchester)
Mark Brader
Sep 13, 2017, 3:55:38 PM9/13/17
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Mark Brader:
> As I'm sure you know, the airport near Manchester is the imaginatively
> named "Manchester Airport"...
Well, I knew it was called that the last time *I* used it, but I had to
look it up to see that it was *still* called that.
--
Mark Brader | "...it is happening a lot to me recently. almost
Toronto | as if my beliefs are no longer strong enough
m...@vex.net | to counter reality." --Stephen Perry
> > Yeah, I know (even if I did temporarily think it was in Manchester)
Gareth Owen:
> He did play his best football in Manchester (for Manchester United).
Ah. I must have somehow happened to hear about that.
> As I'm sure you know, the airport near Manchester is the imaginatively
Well, I knew it was called that the last time *I* used it, but I had to
look it up to see that it was *still* called that.
--
Mark Brader | "...it is happening a lot to me recently. almost
Toronto | as if my beliefs are no longer strong enough
m...@vex.net | to counter reality." --Stephen Perry
Gareth Owen
Sep 13, 2017, 5:00:21 PM9/13/17
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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
> Mark Brader:
>> > Yeah, I know (even if I did temporarily think it was in Manchester)
>
> Gareth Owen:
>> He did play his best football in Manchester (for Manchester United).
>
> Ah. I must have somehow happened to hear about that.
>
>> As I'm sure you know, the airport near Manchester is the imaginatively
>> named "Manchester Airport"...
>
> Well, I knew it was called that the last time *I* used it, but I had to
> look it up to see that it was *still* called that.
I don't think the Blue half of the City would stand for it to be renamed
> Mark Brader:
>> > Yeah, I know (even if I did temporarily think it was in Manchester)
>
> Gareth Owen:
>> He did play his best football in Manchester (for Manchester United).
>
> Ah. I must have somehow happened to hear about that.
>
>> As I'm sure you know, the airport near Manchester is the imaginatively
>> named "Manchester Airport"...
>
> Well, I knew it was called that the last time *I* used it, but I had to
> look it up to see that it was *still* called that.
after a Red.
Erland Sommarskog
Sep 14, 2017, 3:39:48 AM9/14/17
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Northern Ireland playing in Irish national team - that's an idea which also
would not go well with half (roughly) of the NI population...
Peter Smyth
Sep 14, 2017, 5:21:34 AM9/14/17
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Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> Gareth Owen (gwo...@gmail.com) writes:
> > m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
> >
> >> Mark Brader:
> >>> > Yeah, I know (even if I did temporarily think it was in Manchester)
> >>
> >> Gareth Owen:
> >>> He did play his best football in Manchester (for Manchester United).
> > >
> >> Ah. I must have somehow happened to hear about that.
> > >
> >>> As I'm sure you know, the airport near Manchester is the
> imaginatively >>> named "Manchester Airport"...
> > >
> >> Well, I knew it was called that the last time I used it, but I had to
> Gareth Owen (gwo...@gmail.com) writes:
> > m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:
> >
> >> Mark Brader:
> >>> > Yeah, I know (even if I did temporarily think it was in Manchester)
> >>
> >> Gareth Owen:
> >>> He did play his best football in Manchester (for Manchester United).
> > >
> >> Ah. I must have somehow happened to hear about that.
> > >
> >>> As I'm sure you know, the airport near Manchester is the
> imaginatively >>> named "Manchester Airport"...
> > >
> >> look it up to see that it was still called that.
> >
> > I don't think the Blue half of the City would stand for it to be
> > renamed after a Red.
>
> Mark does indeed have some interesting ideas about football. Players from
> Northern Ireland playing in Irish national team - that's an idea which
> also would not go well with half (roughly) of the NI population...
It's not quite that simple. There are many sports (notably Rugby Union and
> > I don't think the Blue half of the City would stand for it to be
> > renamed after a Red.
>
> Mark does indeed have some interesting ideas about football. Players from
> Northern Ireland playing in Irish national team - that's an idea which
> also would not go well with half (roughly) of the NI population...
Cricket) where there is just one team representing the whole of the island
of Ireland.
Peter Smyth
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