From: James H. E. Maugham (CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com)
Date: Mon Oct 08 2001 - 17:01:53 EDT
Dominique Pivard [mailto:domi_at_kenavo.fi] wrote:
>> Getting a bit chauvanistic for a Nordic immigrant, eh? ;-)
>
> You may say so ;-)
How could you _possibly_ prefer:
Oi maamme Suomi, synnyinmaa!
Soi, sana kultainen!
Ei laaksoa ei kukkulaa,
Ei vettä, rantaa rakkaampaa,
Kuin kotimaa tää pohjoinen,
Maa kallis isien!
to:
Allons enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
Contre nous de la tyrannie!
L'étendard sanglant est levé
;-)
> Upstart in telecom, maybe, but you'll be surprised to learn Nokia was
> founded 30 years before Paul Galvin was even born (see
> http://www.nokia.com/inbrief/history/). I'm quite sure someone who owned
> and kept Nokia shares since the 1920's would be far wealthier than with
> the equivalent amount of money invested in Motorola shares over the same
> period.
Sounds like my old environmental joint-venture partner, Pakhoed, NV. Very
proud of the fact that they were one of the original Dutch East India
companies established in 1616:
http://www.vopak.com/about_vopak/about_vopakhistory.html.
Only problem that I had with them was the fact that they STILL had the same
board of directors from that year. :^)
> My dear James, I'm happy to see your view of Europe is at least as
> stereotyped as most Europeans' view of America ;-).
What's wrong with sterotypes? Some of my best friends are stereotypes, I'll
have you know! ;-)
(Why do I always flinch when someone says "My dear James"? It's like those
three words are always followed by "Ouch!".) <VBG>
Regards,
James
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