High Plains Thumper <highplainsthumper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> waterskidoo on Friday:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Typical American! Think that everybody else is from
>>>> America."
>>>
>>> Sadly true. See the Chevy Chase "European Vacation" movie
>>> for some fun on this. The scene where they are at an
>>> outdoors French cafe is hysterical.
>>
>> I'm lost here. *smile* One thing I can say is that
>> English-speaking people are upset when shopkeepers overseas
>> don't speak English.
>
> However, it is amazing how good their English becomes, when one
> attempts to speak their language. :-)
>
>> Actually, I was surprised to find that many people in Montreal
>> don't speak English at all...
>
> I am sure they are surprised at those who should but do not speak
> French. :-)
Ah, typical Americans... :-)
>
> Talking about Montreal, looks like they will have an exciting event:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/Montreal
>
> [quote]
> DebConf/Montreal
>
> A bunch of Montrealers have figured that by 2009, DebConf should
> return to North America. That is because we're assuming that
> DebConf8 won't be in Europe. :)
>
> And what better place to have DebConf9 than in Montréal, Canada?
> We'd love to show you around.
> [/quote]
>
> I think that would be worth a motorcycle ride to visit. :-)
>
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