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Bruce Parham wrote:
> erikc wrote:
> 
>> Zack Widup wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 31 Jan 2006, Ted Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> After reading the various replys to my original comment I apologise
>>>> for upsetting anyone and it was not my intention to start a diatribe
>>>> on the subject.
>>>> It's just that we in Australia are sensitive to being put down (Eg.
>>>> references to being "down under") and naturally have the desire to set
>>>> things straight.
>>>> I shall stick to purely technical matters in future.
>>>> Ted
>>>>
>>> I have many Aussie friends, both here in the USA and overseas via the 
>>> radio and Internet.  Most don't seem to mind the terms "down under", 
>>> "Oz", etc. at all.  
>>>
>>> Those who live in the USA now often wonder why they can't find Vegemite 
>>> in the grocery stores.  Especially with a Kraft plant right here in the 
>>> town where I live. All I say is that it's not a perfect world.
>>>
>>> Zack
>>
>> Here in Texas we have a grocery chain called "Fiesta".  There, you can 
>> get all sorts of international foodstuffs, including Vegemite.  (You 
>> can also get Marmite if you are British).  If you did not grow up with 
>> the stuff, I do not recommend it.   I've tried it and it is NASTY.
> 
> 
> Marmite? Sounds a bit like Road-Kill pate...

Think of highly salted axle grease.

> Bruce

erikc
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