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Date:         Mon, 25 Dec 2006 23:21:57 -0800
Reply-To:     Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET>
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From:         Nathaniel Poole <npoole@TELUS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Come out of the closet, all
In-Reply-To:  <5c80974c0612252256g6e4466c5t3d2357333fae395a@mail.gmail.com>
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Oh, God, the language - is there anything more beautiful? This came out of a mind. A mind more perfect than that which came up with the idea of aluminum heads in an aircooled engine.

On 12/25/06 10:56 PM, "Sudhir Desai" <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> "To be or not to be, that is the question ‹ > Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer > The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, > Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, > And by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep ‹ > No more; and by a sleep to say we end > The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks > That flesh is heir to ‹ 'tis a consummation > Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep ‹ > To sleep, perchance to dream. Ay, there's the rub, > For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, > When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, > Must give us pause. There's the respect > That makes calamity of so long life, > For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, > Th'oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, > The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, > The insolence of office, and the spurns > That patient merit of th'unworthy takes, > When he himself might his quietus make > With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear, > To grunt and sweat under a weary life, > But that the dread of something after death, > The undiscovered country from whose bourn > No traveller returns, puzzles the will, > And makes us rather bear those ills we have > Than fly to others that we know not of? > Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, > And thus the native hue of resolution > Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, > And enterprises of great pitch and moment > With this regard their currents turn awry, > And lose the name of action." > > In short, no. ;) > it just occurred to me. Shakespeare was a horrible grammaticist. > good fight, good night. > sudhir > > On 12/25/06, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote: >> ??? >> >> Brady, do you think you're white? >> Sudhir, how about you? >> Ben T.? you? >> >> The short answer is, no. >> >> On Dec 25, 2006, at 9:21 PM, Edward Maglott wrote: >> >>> Speaking of demographics, is it only White people that own >>> Vanagons? I've >>> gone to events with 100-200 vans and seen only White people. East >>> Coast, YMMV. >>> Edward >>


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