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In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.960316155002.13724C-100000@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> Joel Ivens Travis <joeltrav@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> writes:
>On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, Craig Chilton wrote:
[snip]
>OK, so far we have one vote each for Melbourne, Leadville, Montreal, and 
>Mexico City, three for Vancouver, and 5,000 for Newark. (Maybe only I 
>voted for Newark- I won't explain why here, since I did so in a previous 
>post- but my vote counts 5,000 times.)

The Reform Act of 1832 in England, which updated the voting system and got
rid of the "rotten boroughs" which were simply owned by rich people and had no
population is said to have passed by a similar method.  The bill had passed
the House of Commons, but there was a chance that the very conservative
House of Lords would reject it. A very fat lord walked through the aisle to
vote in favor, and the tellers count him as ten. Maybe a history buff can
tell me the source of this story, and if it has any smidgen of truth. But it
is nice to know that the principle is still in use.

>MILWAUKEE   ; liquidated

Really? I boarded a comfortable Milwaukee bus this morning, and everything
looked fine to me.

>Thanx for your time.

Don't bother to thank us. Anyone who reads posts like this has time to spare.

>Joel T.


-- 
			Alan D. Corre
			Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Studies
			University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
                            Alanis not Morrissette

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In article <4id2k5$7uh@bob.sbt.net>, xanadu@sbt.net (Craig Chilton) wrote:

> IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL GROUPS RECEIVING THIS!
> PLEASE SEE THE LAST PARAGRAPH.
> I WILL NOT "SPAM" IN FUTURE TO GROUPS NOT
> INTERESTED IN THIS THREAD, WHICH IS OFF-TOPIC
> TO MANY OF YOU...
> 
> corre@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Alan D Corre) wrote:
> 
> >In article <4iasnr$iko@bob.sbt.net> xanadu@sbt.net (Craig Chilton) writes:
> >>linda@netbistro.com (linda) wrote:
> 
> >>>I'm sure they're lovely places, but I don't think I've seen a prettier 
> >>>city than Vancouver, B.C.
> 
> >[snip]
> 
> >>But that's just the opinion of one person.  Anyone else have a
> >>nomination for "Most Beautiful North American City?"
> 
> 
> >I must say I was impressed with Mexico City. The boulevards are like Paris.
> >It is not its fault that it is so overcrowded. Can you imagine what the
> >traffic jams would be like if they had not put in a subway a few years ago?
> >And the Anthropological Museum is just wonderful. And what are we doing
> >holding a normal conversation? It seems strange.
> 
> >-- 
> >                       Alan D. Corre
> >                       Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Studies
> >                       University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> >                            Alanis not Morrissette
> 
> Good one, Alan.  By "North America," I had meant Canada and the U.S.
> (because although I've seen much of Mexico, I haven't been to quite
> all of ITS towns & cities of 25,000 or more.  Yet.  :)   )
> 
> Mexico City is a most exceptional place.  I went to college there,
> when the Univ. of the Americas was still on the Toluca road.  (It's
> since moved to Puebla.)  I called Mexico City by a nickname with which
> I dubbed it, when talking to friends: "Cosmopolis," because it's so
> cosmopolitan, as you observed.  And with a population of around 20
> million, it may well be the world's most populous city.  My favorite
> pastime while attending college there was to go out to nearby
> Amecameca on weekends and climb 18,000-ft./5,500-m Mount
> Popocatepetl,  Its a symmetrical volcano, easy to climb except for the
> very thin air above 14,000 feet.
> 
> Today, Mexico City is tarnished by horrendous smog problems throughout
> the Anahuac Valley, and terrible poverty and pollution on its fringes.
> Yet it is still a very noteworthy city!
> 
> !!!!!!!    BTW, I was flamed badly by a person who complained to my
> Postmaster due to the automatic "spamming" nature of the Agent
> program.  This occurs  unless one deletes the other NGs that are
> displayed, before posting.  In deference to all who have no interest
> in this thread -- because it IS quite off-topic for many of those, I
> request that you please e-mail me and tell me which group you no
> longer want this thread on.  Then I will ENSURE that my program no
> longer spams to this thread on that/those group/groups.  All such
> requests made in a friendly manner will be honored.  So will the
> flames (although I won't be nearly as happy with you if you do that
> :)  .)   I'm a participant in:   ab.general   ...and the first time I
> responded to this thread, I hadn't realized that the post was going
> out to others.
> 
> For those who enjoy this thread, I think we can have a lot of fun!
> 
> 
>        -- Craig Chilton     xanadu@sbt.net

Have you ever been to Humboldt County, California?  It is very beautiful! 
There are redwood trees everywhere, some of which are over 1000 years old
and have base diameters of 20ft. across!  They are outstanding!  Every
area in the county has a view of redwood covered mountains.  And if you
ever get tired of mountains, we also have a beautiful coastline!  It's
really a beautiful place to live!  I realize that you were looking for the
most beautiful city, but I thought that you might like to hear about
Humboldt.  Has anyone ever heard of it?

jep@northcoast.com wrote:

>In article <4id2k5$7uh@bob.sbt.net>, xanadu@sbt.net (Craig Chilton) wrote:

>> IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL GROUPS RECEIVING THIS!
>> PLEASE SEE THE LAST PARAGRAPH.
>> I WILL NOT "SPAM" IN FUTURE TO GROUPS NOT
>> INTERESTED IN THIS THREAD, WHICH IS OFF-TOPIC
>> TO MANY OF YOU...

>Have you ever been to Humboldt County, California?  It is very beautiful! 
>There are redwood trees everywhere, some of which are over 1000 years old
>and have base diameters of 20ft. across!  They are outstanding!  Every
>area in the county has a view of redwood covered mountains.  And if you
>ever get tired of mountains, we also have a beautiful coastline!  It's
>really a beautiful place to live!  I realize that you were looking for the
>most beautiful city, but I thought that you might like to hear about
>Humboldt.  Has anyone ever heard of it?

     An excellent choice!  To the idea of including beautiful regions
or counties (or for Louisianans, parishes) in this... why not!

     Back for a moment to the "spamming" nature of the posting
software, as I described earlier...

>> ...This occurs  unless one deletes the other NGs that are
>> displayed, before posting.  In deference to all who have no interest
>> in this thread -- because it IS quite off-topic for many of those, I
>> request that you please e-mail me and tell me which group you no
>> longer want this thread on.  Then I will ENSURE that my program no
>> longer spams to this thread on that/those group/groups.  All such
>> requests made in a friendly manner will be honored.  So will the
>> flames (although I won't be nearly as happy with you if you do that
>> :)  .)   I'm a participant in:   ab.general   ...and the first time I
>> responded to this thread, I hadn't realized that the post was going
>> out to others.
>> 
>> For those who enjoy this thread, I think we can have a lot of fun!

    The following is the only feedback I've had thus far on this:

           One request that we delete   alt.3d   from the thread.

    Also, this is an unnecessary nuisance to the folks who maintain
test NGs.  Therefore, I've deleted the following groups from this
post, and in deference to the above, I request that you ensure that
none of the following be included when you make your posts.  That way,
only those who enjoy this thread will see it...

DELETE:	alt.3d
		alt.3d.misc
		abg.test
		acs.test
		ak.test
		alc.suicide

    No one on the suicide group requested deletion, but I can't
imagine any group for which this thread would be much more off-topic.
So I included it in my "deletions" list.


       -- Craig Chilton     xanadu@sbt.net

Joel, Joel, Joel,

It is with heavy heart that I must inform you Newark has become a
suburb of New York City.....yes, THE New York City that is famous for
that Taco Salza....hence, I declare (by the powers vested),  New York
City (et al) to be impossibly impossible...Newark is hereby
disqualified from the runnings for misrepresentation. As was said in
North Carolina when I was there....(many years ago)..anything North of
North Carolina is North...anything North of West (by God) Virginia is
New York...anything North of Washington D.C. is New York City....and
anything east of Chicago is New York City....

Vancouver or Seattle Rulz!!!




Joel Ivens Travis <joeltrav@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu> wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, Craig Chilton wrote:

>> IMPORTANT NOTE TO ALL GROUPS RECEIVING THIS!
>> PLEASE SEE THE LAST PARAGRAPH.
>> I WILL NOT "SPAM" IN FUTURE TO GROUPS NOT
>> INTERESTED IN THIS THREAD, WHICH IS OFF-TOPIC
>> TO MANY OF YOU...
>Nothing is off-topic at 0d.

>OK, so far we have one vote each for Melbourne, Leadville, Montreal, and 
>Mexico City, three for Vancouver, and 5,000 for Newark. (Maybe only I 
>voted for Newark- I won't explain why here, since I did so in a previous 
>post- but my vote counts 5,000 times.)
>But Melbourne isn't in North America, you say! Craven puppy that you are, 
>you probably forget that that vote was made before he ever made the 
>OnlyNorthAmerica provision.
>Tucson, meanwhile, has received votes for both Best City and Worst City, 
>which cancel each other out, so I hearby declare Tucson stricken from 
>every map. It no longer exists.

>To recap, the voting so far;

>NEWARK      ; 5,000
>VANCOUVER   ;     3
>MELBOURNE   ;     1
>MEXICO CITY ;     1
>LEADVILLE   ;     1
>MONTREAL    ;     1
>TUCSON      ; destroyed 
>MILWAUKEE   ; liquidated

>Thanx for your time.

>Joel T.