<< ....just kidding, of course. As a Canadian I'm familiar with the abbreviations for the states and other subtle hints, such as Left Coast, but I'm willing to bet that some folks in Europe and elsewhere might find these puzzling. Just to put my money where my mouth is, I changed "ON" to "Ontario". Now, if I left off "Canada", others might think I'm in a Kounty in Kalifornia.>>
Thanks John, you make my point very well!
The Classic Rendezvous e-mail list now has members from Italy, UK, France, Sweden, Germany, South American, Yugoslavia, Japan Phillipines, and beyond. It is a courtesy to all members to state in our mail, in clear terms, where we "hail from"...
THANKS to all of you who are adapting to this protocol!
Dale Brown Greensboro, North Carolina USA http://www.classicrendezvous.com
-----Original Message----- From: johnb@oxford.net To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Sent: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:17 AM Subject: [CR]Where exactly is that?
At 06:45 AM 9/20/06 -0400, Ken Freeman wrote:
>(I guess Dale isn't really serious about needing to see "USA" in the
>sign-offs)
You probably don't have to be that specific. "Center of the Universe" will also do. :)
Just kidding, of course. As a Canadian I'm familiar with the abbreviations for the states and other subtle hints, such as Left Coast, but I'm willing to bet that some folks in Europe and elsewhere might find these puzzling. Just to put my money where my mouth is, I changed "ON" to "Ontario". Now, if I left off "Canada", others might think I'm in a Kounty in Kalifornia.
John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada _______________________________________________
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