From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #427 Reply-To: ammf@smoe.org Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Tuesday, September 8 1998 Volume 01 : Number 427 Today's Subjects: ----------------- poutine (was: Re: Errors) [Christi218@aol.com] Re: Other local-ish Bands ["Gabby" ] Re: Canadian Cuisine? ["Gabby" ] Labor Day [Ofer Inbar ] RE: Canadian Cuisine? [wbsmiles@aol.com (Wbsmiles)] Re: Chad VS Chad (WAS: Musical stuff) [Chad Schrock ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 22:16:28 GMT From: Christi218@aol.com Subject: poutine (was: Re: Errors) In a message dated 98-09-08 09:06:16 EDT, ingrid@ehmail.com writes: > Novac wrote: > > > Besides, don't bug me about asking dumb questions about Canadians. I know > > a bit more than the average American does....especially now that I've eaten that > > horrible French-Canadian cuisine labeled "poutine". > > HEY! *DON'T* bash poutine! Granted, it IS horribly fat and disgusting- looking > and everything that food shouldn't be, except for goddamn GOOD. Right Chris? > Lisa?... Someone? Me? Are you talking to me? =D I'm a Chris, but am I the *right* Chris? :) It *was* disgusting looking? I couldn't really see (yes, I was looking out of my good eye ) -- it was pretty dark when I was eating it. :) I would say it was pretty good -- and that's from a person who had a horrible sore throat that weekend and still managed to eat it. :) Christine. - --Chrissy_K on irc *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ Christi218@aol.com & bh108@freenet.buffalo.edu - --Diet soda? - --No thanks. FREAKED!!!!!!!!!! - --Fiddle Faddle? Elijah to Ricky - --Alright.....delicious. 1993 *^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 16:34:34 -0600 From: "Gabby" Subject: Re: Other local-ish Bands ingrid@ehmail.com wrote in message <6t41hd$a8f$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... > >They're not local, they're not THAT similar to Fruvous, but a lot of people >like them. I'm you've heard of the Arrogant Worms... > >I saw them for the first time at this year's Summerfolk and LOVED them. Yep, the Arrogant Worms come highly reccomended from me. They have a terrific live album, which in my mind is almost as good as Live Noise (almost.) They are also really friendly guys, who don't ever mind talking to and photo-posing with fans such as myself. >hKath said, I can just picture Jian and Chris exchanging Shania pictures... Heh, Heh:-). That's right, Chris does have quite a Shania Twain thing-but he's a nice guy anyway:-). -----Gabby----- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 16:28:06 -0600 From: "Gabby" Subject: Re: Canadian Cuisine? ingrid@ehmail.com wrote in message <6t457k$ff6$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>... >This very enthusiastic guy at a Beaver Tail stand last year gave hKatherine >all this information on BT's. Basically, they're available in every major >Canadian cities, except for Winnipeg, and they're originally from Ottawa. *Except* for Winnipeg? Are you sure? I've had Beaver Tails in Winnipeg before. Of course, in Winnipeg, as well as Alberta, they're known as Whale Tails. They taste exactly the same, though-that wonderful, deep-fried, doughy, brown sugary taste that I'm sure will one day be served in heaven. And they're so conveniant, too-you get an entire year's worth of calories in just one serving! >And on another note, must every Canadian delicacy be so darn *fat*? > (Sigh) Sad, but true-Whale's Tails, poutine, Canadian bacon...even beer is apparently loaded with sugar:-). I think I may be living in the wrong country. -----Gabby----- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 22:59:34 GMT From: Ofer Inbar Subject: Labor Day "A.J. LoCicero" writes: > Hugo Rodrigues wrote: > > > > In article <1998090604291900.AAA01664@ladder03.news.aol.com>, ourhamster@aol.com (OurHamster) wrote: > > >Do the Canuks have any type of holiday related to our Labor Day? Perhaps a > > >holida called "LaboUr Day"? :) > > > > That's a little silly, isn't it? Yes, we poor canucks do have a labour day. > > Sheesh. > > Why is that silly Hugo? It's a legitimate question. Labor day is a US > holiday. It has no European historical antecedant that I know of. There is much irony in that statement. Labor Day is an international holiday, which, if I recally correctly, was first officially declared in France. The USA is one of the few countries in the world that does *not* celebrate Labor Day. And yet it is actually a holiday with its origins in the USA. Labor Day is May 1st, aka May Day, which had been a pagan holiday for centuries. The common practive of workers to take May Day off from work, on their own initiative, made it a natural day for the labor movement to adopt. In 1886, there was a huge nationwide strike in the US beginning on May Day. Their demand: an 8 hour work day. In Chicago, where most of the local industry was paralyzed by the strike, police brutality against strikers inflamed the situation. A few days into the strike, at Haymarket Square, a bomb exploded in a group of police, and many were wounded or killed. They responded by firing into the crowd. Who detonated the bomb is not known, and no effort was ever made to find out. Instead, police arrested the leaders of the strike. They were tried for being anarchists, that is, for their political views. No evidence linking them to the bomb, other than their leadership of the strike, was ever presented, but they were found guilty and executed. The backlash against these events helped the labor movement grow in the coming years, and the 8 hour day was among their achievements. International Labor Day was declared in solidarity with the workers of the USA, and in commemoration of the Haymarket executions. In the atmosphere of the time, the US government was pretty much forced to declare a national Labor Day, since various states were already declaring Labor Days on various days. September was picked primarily for two reasons: 1) it fills the long space between July and October, which had no holidays; 2) it is about as far from May 1st as you can get, and thus is a good propoganda move aimed at destroying awareness of the real Labor Day and the events it was supposed to commemorate. It worked. People in the US generally don't have a clue. The events of 1886 are much more widely known in foreign countries, the vast majority of which still celebrate Labor Day on May 1st, and know what it's for. Here, we take things like the 8 hour day, the weekend, safety regulations, maternity leave, worker's compensation, minimum wage, and so on, all for granted. Unfortunately, we're slipping in a lot of these, and we've lost the traditions and awareness of how to protect them or get them back. > Why would Canada necessarily have Labor day (and why necessarily on > the same day? Because Canada was the only other country to have a nationwide strike on May Day, 1886, along with the American strike. Unfortunately, Canada is also the only other country I know of that officially observes Labor Day in September, along with the US. > I don't think Mexico has Labor Day. Mexico observes Labor Day on May 1st along with most of the world. Among the many other countries that celebrate Labor Day on May 1st are Brazil, Argentina, China, France, Germany, Italy, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Kenya, Finland, Spain, Thailand, ... For a good source of information about May Day on the web, see: http://www.accessweb.com/mayday/history.html It's a page of links to various sites all over the web with May Day related information or articles. And ignore the trickery - observe Labor Day on May 1st. -- Cos (Ofer Inbar) -- cos@leftbank.com cos@cs.brandeis.edu -- WBRS (100.1 FM) -- WBRS@brandeis.edu http://www.wbrs.org/ Suffrage is no substitute for democracy ------------------------------ Date: 8 Sep 1998 23:08:41 GMT From: wbsmiles@aol.com (Wbsmiles) Subject: RE: Canadian Cuisine? Okay, time to plead the ignorant American.....what exactly is poutine? And is it strictly a breakfast food? I'm imagining something like scrapple, how off am I? :o) thanks, Wendy :o) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 21:01:51 -0400 From: Chad Schrock Subject: Re: Chad VS Chad (WAS: Musical stuff) Chad Maloney wrote: > > Well, if you are amused, Summer, that was really the entire > point. I don't think we were having a serious discussion > about my mom (or anyone's Chad's Mom). > I think all this started when chad posted something about some > bands he likes. I looked through my CD case and had many of the > same CDs. So, I asked chad if he were me, just in case, you > know? I mean, if he were me, that would make things really really > confusing for me. I already have it nice because when I see a > post by someone named Chad, I know pretty quickly who posted it. > I either wrote it or didn't and it all works out. > So, chad was testing to see if we were the same using the > Scientific Method (tm). He noted a hypothesis (Chad wears glasses) > and started the experiment to test his hypothesis (asked on the > ng if I wore glasses). The initial experimental response was a > story from me that was a witty anecdote about me wearing glasses > for a bit in grade school and I asked if you squinted a lot now. > and mentioned my mom. As an aside, I pointed out that > I really hoped that a Chad's Mom thread wouldn't start. This > experiment shows that I don't wear glasses or contacts proving > that I wasn't chad, but instead an entirely different person. > Hope that helps! It helped me, thanks! :) > Legend: > Chad = Chad Maloney > chad = Chad Schrock > Elizabeth = Zard > Marie-Claude = Ingrid You know, we're going to need a scorecard if this keeps up.... :) - -- chad@ radix.net ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V1 #427 ********************************************