Frogleg wrote:

(Victor Sack) wrote:

See Message-ID: .

How are those message addresses used, Victor?

Use Google groups advanced search at
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search and paste the Msg-Id
into the appropriate box.

Good offline newsreaders like the one I use (MacSOUP) will show you the
message if you just click on the Msg-Id, if the message is still in the
newsreader database. If it has already been purged, it ought to be
possible to make the newsreader invoke a browser which will look it up
on Google groups (this, of course, is possible with on-line newsreaders,
too). I use a script to do that, which is very convenient. I don't
know if there are any Windows newsreaders able to do that.

Victor

Frogleg wrote:

....in a Thai restaurant only to learn
that Thais mostly use forks, spoons, and fingers....

Yes, but the fork is generally only used to push the food onto the spoon...And
a fork is never used to cut anything, as is common in the West. Such is the
reason why forks and spoons in Thailand are normally made of the thinnest
aluminum...Trying to use the side of a Thai fork to cut something would most
likely result in a request from the waitress for another, less-mangled, fork...

Lawrence

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 23:43:29 +0100, (Victor
Sack) wrote:

Frogleg wrote:

(Victor Sack) wrote:

See Message-ID: .

How are those message addresses used, Victor?

Use Google groups advanced search at
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search and paste the Msg-Id
into the appropriate box.

Thanks. I was finally able to find it.

Good offline newsreaders like the one I use (MacSOUP) will show you the
message if you just click on the Msg-Id, if the message is still in the
newsreader database. If it has already been purged, it ought to be
possible to make the newsreader invoke a browser which will look it up
on Google groups (this, of course, is possible with on-line newsreaders,
too). I use a script to do that, which is very convenient. I don't
know if there are any Windows newsreaders able to do that.

I apologize for using the wrong newsreader (and computer), but since
looking something up in Google is a browser, not newsreader function,
I don't see what difference it would make.

Ah. Now I see my problem. There are TWO 'Vietnamese table etiquette'
threads, one distinguished by "ot:" Since I was posting/replying in
the most recent one, I was unaware of the previous thread.

Victor

Frogleg wrote:

Ah. Now I see my problem. There are TWO 'Vietnamese table etiquette'
threads, one distinguished by "ot:" Since I was posting/replying in
the most recent one, I was unaware of the previous thread.

No, there is only one thread - just check the references, all of which
include the Message-ID of my original post in the thread (and which,
incidentally, had no 'ot' in the subject header). The threads appear
separate on Google which, for some unfathomable reasons, is still unable
to thread by references and threads by subjects instead. Bad, bad
Google.

Victor

(Victor Sack) wrote
The threads appear
separate on Google which, for some unfathomable reasons, is still unable
to thread by references and threads by subjects instead. Bad, bad
Google.

and if the subject is a really popular one, when you click on it you
might see separate discussions dating back to 1992, all under one
"thread". Bad, bad, bad Google!

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 23:43:29 +0100, (Victor
Sack) wrote:

Frogleg wrote:

(Victor Sack) wrote:

See Message-ID: .

How are those message addresses used, Victor?

Use Google groups advanced search at
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search and paste the Msg-Id
into the appropriate box.

Good offline newsreaders like the one I use (MacSOUP) will show you the
message if you just click on the Msg-Id, if the message is still in the
newsreader database.

Victor

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"James Silverton" wrote:
snipCertainly, on a slightly different topic, I
have been told by Thais that the normal utensils in Thailand are a spoon
and
a fork but many people ask for chopsticks in restaurants around
here.snip

Interesting. I use any excuse I can to use chopsticks. Absolutely love
them and prefer them to most any other utensils. Must be because it was one
of the first things I discovered I could do better than my parents.

Heather Fair

Heather Fair wrote:

"James Silverton" wrote:
snipCertainly, on a slightly different topic, I

have been told by Thais that the normal utensils in Thailand are a spoon

and

a fork but many people ask for chopsticks in restaurants around

here.snip

Interesting. I use any excuse I can to use chopsticks. Absolutely love
them and prefer them to most any other utensils. Must be because it was one
of the first things I discovered I could do better than my parents.

I recently heard a report that people in mainland China have higher
occurrences of arthritis in their chopstick hand, due to the repetitive
use of chopsticks (RSI or something).

That doesn't stop me from using them though..

--
Dan

Dan Logcher wrote:
+ I recently heard a report that people in mainland China have higher
+ occurrences of arthritis in their chopstick hand, due to the repetitive
+ use of chopsticks (RSI or something).
[...]
+ That doesn't stop me from using them though..

Sometimes, chopsticks are just the best tool for the job,
but that doesn't mean chopsticks are _always_ the best tool.