Justlinux.ca

rm · External Since: Nov 05, 2009 Posts: 1

So Mr. Pitcher stole justlinux.ca and has done nothing with it.
Clearly his intent was to simply irritate us.

If he really wanted the domain name and he had any class, he would
have reminded us that we needed to pay to keep it up, and he would
have asked if he could have it if we did not want it anymore.

But he didn't. He simply snuck in there and took a domain that we
owned for 7 or 8 years and he has done nothing with it.

A real class act.

cordially, as always,

rm

Sidney Lambe · External Since: Jul 05, 2009 Posts: 20

On alt.os.linux.slackware, rm.RemoveThis@realtomargarino.ca <rm.RemoveThis@realtomargarino.ca> wrote:
> So Mr. Pitcher stole justlinux.ca and has done nothing with it.
> Clearly his intent was to simply irritate us.
>
> If he really wanted the domain name and he had any class, he would
> have reminded us that we needed to pay to keep it up, and he would
> have asked if he could have it if we did not want it anymore.
>
> But he didn't. He simply snuck in there and took a domain that we
> owned for 7 or 8 years and he has done nothing with it.
>
> A real class act.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm

From the site:

A Prisoner of Windows (Part 1)

We who use Linux desktops sometimes forget that most of our peers
do not have our luxuries. At times, we find ourselves forced to
devolve, and use a Windows desktop to do our work. When we do, we
pine for the vast variety of tools we had under Linux and curse
the clumsiness of the software prison that we are locked into.

http://justlinux.ca/ArticlesIndex

The tools he refers to have nothing to do with the GDEs, the
'Linux Desktop'. These are just suites of graphical apps that
include those tools and they do not need the GDE to be used.

Furthermore, the GDEs are Windows-clone interfaces and anyone
who uses them _is_ a prisoner of Windows.

Sid

notbob · External Since: Jun 08, 2004 Posts: 792

On 2009-11-05, rm.RemoveThis@realtomargarino.ca <rm.RemoveThis@realtomargarino.ca> wrote:

> Clearly his intent was to simply irritate us.

Apparently, it worked.

nb

Dan C · External Since: Nov 26, 2006 Posts: 657

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:46:53 +0000, rm wrote:

> So Mr. Pitcher stole justlinux.ca and has done nothing with it. Clearly
> his intent was to simply irritate us.
>
> If he really wanted the domain name and he had any class, he would have
> reminded us that we needed to pay to keep it up, and he would have asked
> if he could have it if we did not want it anymore.
>
> But he didn't. He simply snuck in there and took a domain that we owned
> for 7 or 8 years and he has done nothing with it.
>
> A real class act.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm

LOL! HAR!

Loser.

--
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Lew Pitcher · External Since: May 16, 2007 Posts: 54

On November 5, 2009 10:24, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Joe
(undisclosed@undisclosed.invalid) wrote:

> In newsgroup alt.os.linux.slackware, rm DeleteThis @realtomargarino.ca wrote:
>
>> So Mr. Pitcher stole justlinux.ca and has done nothing with it.
>> Clearly his intent was to simply irritate us.

Is RM still complaining about his own stupidity?

RM: Get over it. You abandoned justlinux.ca. I waited a suitable length of
time before making a bid for it, and CIRA let me lease it.

You /obviously/ didn't want it; you got email reminders that the lease was
about to expire, /and/ after your lease expired, you got a grace period of
one month in which you could renew your lease before anyone else could make
a bid. You neglected to renew, ignored the email reminder, and refused to
release the domain name during the grace period. *You abandoned your claim
to justlinux.ca*

Now, I have an interest in Linux. I have written several articles, and
intend to write more. I have long intended to separate my Linux writings
from my personal webpage. I was looking for a suitable name. JustLinux.ca
was just such a name. I bid for a lease on it, and CIRA, finding no
overriding counterbids, leased it to me. What I do with justlinux.ca is
now *my business*, not yours. Remember, *YOU ABANDONED YOUR CLAIM TO THE
DOMAIN*.

I have asked you politely to cease using the justlinux.ca domain name in
your email address, and (with some abusive grumbling on your part) you have
done so. I am even now dealing with your justlinux.ca clientele; you are
aware that you ran an open telnet service, aren't you? I don't run such
services, and have had to block your old clientele from my systems.

Further, you seem to have been a busy boy with email addresses. While my
email service will accept properly addressed justlinux.ca emails, it
rejects those which I have not authorized. I find that people are trying to
reach you at the following addresses:
adist_is_a_pathetic_loser DeleteThis @justlinux.ca,
litium.udmvt.ru-1256905742-testing DeleteThis @justlinux.ca,
deletethis DeleteThis @justlinux.ca,
r... DeleteThis @justlinux.ca,
r DeleteThis @justlinux.ca,
realto DeleteThis @justlinux.ca,
rm.deletethis DeleteThis @justlinux.ca,
rm.removethis DeleteThis @justlinux.ca, and
rm DeleteThis @justlinux.ca
Please inform your correspondents that you no longer receive mail at these
(or any other) justlinux.ca email addresses. I will continue to reject
(550) emails to these or any other unauthorized justlinux.ca email
addresses.

So, RM, get over it.

Cordially,
--
Lew Pitcher

Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | GPG public key available by request
---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------

John K. Herreshoff · External Since: Jan 16, 2007 Posts: 68

Lew Pitcher wrote:

> On November 5, 2009 10:24, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Joe
> (undisclosed@undisclosed.invalid) wrote:
>
>> In newsgroup alt.os.linux.slackware, rm RemoveThis @realtomargarino.ca wrote:
>>
>>> So Mr. Pitcher stole justlinux.ca and has done nothing with it.
>>> Clearly his intent was to simply irritate us.
>
> Is RM still complaining about his own stupidity?
>
> RM: Get over it. You abandoned justlinux.ca. I waited a suitable length of
> time before making a bid for it, and CIRA let me lease it.
>
> You /obviously/ didn't want it; you got email reminders that the lease was
> about to expire, /and/ after your lease expired, you got a grace period of
> one month in which you could renew your lease before anyone else could
> make a bid. You neglected to renew, ignored the email reminder, and
> refused to release the domain name during the grace period. *You abandoned
> your claim to justlinux.ca*
>
> Now, I have an interest in Linux. I have written several articles, and
> intend to write more. I have long intended to separate my Linux writings
> from my personal webpage. I was looking for a suitable name. JustLinux.ca
> was just such a name. I bid for a lease on it, and CIRA, finding no
> overriding counterbids, leased it to me. What I do with justlinux.ca is
> now *my business*, not yours. Remember, *YOU ABANDONED YOUR CLAIM TO THE
> DOMAIN*.
>
> I have asked you politely to cease using the justlinux.ca domain name in
> your email address, and (with some abusive grumbling on your part) you
> have done so. I am even now dealing with your justlinux.ca clientele; you
> are aware that you ran an open telnet service, aren't you? I don't run
> such services, and have had to block your old clientele from my systems.
>
> Further, you seem to have been a busy boy with email addresses. While my
> email service will accept properly addressed justlinux.ca emails, it
> rejects those which I have not authorized. I find that people are trying
> to reach you at the following addresses:
> adist_is_a_pathetic_loser RemoveThis @justlinux.ca,
> litium.udmvt.ru-1256905742-testing RemoveThis @justlinux.ca,
> deletethis RemoveThis @justlinux.ca,
> r... RemoveThis @justlinux.ca,
> r RemoveThis @justlinux.ca,
> realto RemoveThis @justlinux.ca,
> rm.deletethis RemoveThis @justlinux.ca,
> rm.removethis RemoveThis @justlinux.ca, and
> rm RemoveThis @justlinux.ca
> Please inform your correspondents that you no longer receive mail at these
> (or any other) justlinux.ca email addresses. I will continue to reject
> (550) emails to these or any other unauthorized justlinux.ca email
> addresses.
>
> So, RM, get over it.
>
> Cordially,

LOL! I've had him plonked for the longest time, so I did not know what was
going on with him.

Cordially Wink

John.
--
Using the Laptop at home.

Loki Harfagr · External Since: Feb 05, 2009 Posts: 24

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:48:21 -0500, Lew Pitcher did cat :

> Please inform your correspondents that you no longer receive mail at
> these (or any other) justlinux.ca email addresses. I will continue to
> reject (550) emails to these or any other unauthorized justlinux.ca
> email addresses.

You may even prefer to put some action to reaction, just replace
the 550 reject with a plain 'let the sender bear the cub', e.g.:
471 abandoned mail domain, please contact mailmaster at rm.DeleteThis@realtomargarino.ca

Admitted, that's a little bit too cord(iall)ite, and the MX doesn't answer yet, but...

Loki Harfagr · External Since: Feb 05, 2009 Posts: 24

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:14:31 -0500, Lew Pitcher did cat :

> On November 5, 2009 13:02, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Loki Harfagr
> (l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID) wrote:
>
>> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:48:21 -0500, Lew Pitcher did cat :
>>
>>> Please inform your correspondents that you no longer receive mail at
>>> these (or any other) justlinux.ca email addresses. I will continue to
>>> reject (550) emails to these or any other unauthorized justlinux.ca
>>> email addresses.
>>
>> You may even prefer to put some action to reaction, just replace
>> the 550 reject with a plain 'let the sender bear the cub', e.g.: 471
>> abandoned mail domain, please contact mailmaster at
>> rm.RemoveThis@realtomargarino.ca
>>
>> Admitted, that's a little bit too cord(iall)ite, and the MX doesn't
>> answer yet, but...
>
> I thought of that, but...
> 1) I /do/ host email addresses in the justlinux.ca domain. I have no
> desire to mislead /my/ correspondants in such a manner.

that'd be easy to cope with.

> 2) Taking such a step (I've considered replying to that list with a
> 550 "RM no longer lives here" or similar) would only exacerbate the
> situation. I have no desire to hose RM that way,

neither did I and I supposed that was the same with you, I guess
that I just tried to be funny after a too heavily loaded double Monday today
and I miserably failed at it Very Happy

)

> even though his
> behaviour may warrant it and it would be a legally acceptable
> approach on my part.

True, AAMOF some loonies inside my domains deserved that treat (and of
course it accelerated the solving of that "mysterious mail routing problem"
they had) but to do it for an external concern is a bit harsh, at least.

>
> In other words, I don't intend to shoot either myself or RM in the foot.

And that's the best attitude ever.
Besides, we all have a somewhat limited quantity of feet while the
subweapons are too many to even think about puking on them all in a go.

Lew Pitcher · External Since: May 16, 2007 Posts: 54

On November 5, 2009 13:02, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Loki Harfagr
(l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID) wrote:

> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:48:21 -0500, Lew Pitcher did catÂ :
>
>> Please inform your correspondents that you no longer receive mail at
>> these (or any other) justlinux.ca email addresses. I will continue to
>> reject (550) emails to these or any other unauthorized justlinux.ca
>> email addresses.
>
> You may even prefer to put some action to reaction, just replace
> the 550 reject with a plain 'let the sender bear the cub', e.g.:
> 471 abandoned mail domain, please contact mailmaster at
> rm RemoveThis @realtomargarino.ca
>
> Admitted, that's a little bit too cord(iall)ite, and the MX doesn't answer
> yet, but...

I thought of that, but...
1) I /do/ host email addresses in the justlinux.ca domain. I have no
desire to mislead /my/ correspondants in such a manner.
2) Taking such a step (I've considered replying to that list with a
550 "RM no longer lives here" or similar) would only exacerbate the
situation. I have no desire to hose RM that way, even though his
behaviour may warrant it and it would be a legally acceptable
approach on my part.

In other words, I don't intend to shoot either myself or RM in the foot..

--
Lew Pitcher

Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | GPG public key available by request
---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------

Lew Pitcher · External Since: May 16, 2007 Posts: 54

On Nov 5, 5:03 pm, Keith Keller <kkeller-use... DeleteThis @wombat.san-
francisco.ca.us> wrote:
> On 2009-11-05, Lew Pitcher <lpitc... DeleteThis @teksavvy.com> wrote:
>
> > On November 5, 2009 14:32, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Keith Keller
> > (kkeller-use...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us) wrote:
> >> I tried finding this information, but could not find an explicit rule:
> >> are you required to be a Canada resident in order to register a .ca
> >> domain? The only thing I found is a blurb on their "why CA" page:
>
> > According tohttp://cira.ca/faq-canadian-presence-requirements/
>
> Thanks a bunch. I finally did find this document; though really I
> should have been able to find it myself. Oy, I'm gettin' old.
>
> Not that it's our business, but which of the below are you?
>
>
>
> > "What is a legal type?"
> > "A legal type is a category that classifies a Registrant???s legal status
> > in Canada as defined in the document Canadian Presence Requirements for
> > Registrants. A dot-ca Registrant must conform to at least one legal type
> > to meet CIRA???s Canadian presence requirements. The legal type categories
> > are the following:
>
> > 1. Canadian citizen
> > 2. Permanent resident of Canada
> > 3. Legal representative of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
> > 4. Corporation (Canada or Canadian province or territory)
> > 5. Trust established in Canada
> > 6. Partnership registered in Canada
> > 7. Canadian unincorporated association
> > 8. Canadian trade union
> > 9. Canadian political party
> > 10. Canadian educational institution
> > 11. Canadian library, archive or museum
> > 12. Canadian hospital
> > 13. Her Majesty the Queen
> > 14. Indian band recognized by the Indian Act of Canada
> > 15. Aboriginal Peoples (individuals and groups) indigenous to Canada
> > 16. Government or government entity in Canada
> > 17. Trade-mark registered in Canada (by a non-Canadian owner)
> > 18. Official marks registered in Canada"

I'm a Canadian citizen. I presume that RM is as well, or at least that
he falls into one of the first three catagories. CIRA has erected a
privacy boundary around WHOIS information; if the domain lessor falls
into one of the first three categories, WHOIS won't release the
personal information (name, address, phone #, etc) for the domain's
lessor, administration, or technical contact. You have to go through a
cira.ca webpage to contact the domain contact list.

> I assume not Her Majesty. Smile

Only on alternate Saturdays Wink

Loki Harfagr · External Since: Feb 05, 2009 Posts: 24

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:59 -0800, Keith Keller did cat :

> That certainly implies that you must be Canadian,
"Ich bin ein canadair!"

Lew Pitcher · External Since: May 16, 2007 Posts: 54

On November 5, 2009 14:32, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Keith Keller
(kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us) wrote:
> I tried finding this information, but could not find an explicit rule:
> are you required to be a Canada resident in order to register a .ca
> domain? The only thing I found is a blurb on their "why CA" page:

According to http://cira.ca/faq-canadian-presence-requirements/

"What are Canadian Presence Requirements?"
"Canadian presence requirements are criteria that classify Registrants
according to legal type (e.g., as a company or an individual). The legal
type determines whether Registrants are eligible to register dot-ca
domain names and ensures that Registrants have a legal connection to
Canada. CIRA requires potential Registrants to establish Canadian
presence requirements before granting them a dot-ca domain."

"What is a legal type?"
"A legal type is a category that classifies a Registrantâ€™s legal status
in Canada as defined in the document Canadian Presence Requirements for
Registrants. A dot-ca Registrant must conform to at least one legal type
to meet CIRAâ€™s Canadian presence requirements. The legal type categories
are the following:

1. Canadian citizen
2. Permanent resident of Canada
3. Legal representative of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
4. Corporation (Canada or Canadian province or territory)
5. Trust established in Canada
6. Partnership registered in Canada
7. Canadian unincorporated association
8. Canadian trade union
9. Canadian political party
10. Canadian educational institution
11. Canadian library, archive or museum
12. Canadian hospital
13. Her Majesty the Queen
14. Indian band recognized by the Indian Act of Canada
15. Aboriginal Peoples (individuals and groups) indigenous to Canada
16. Government or government entity in Canada
17. Trade-mark registered in Canada (by a non-Canadian owner)
18. Official marks registered in Canada"

"Where can I find more information on CIRA's Canadian Presence
requirements?"

"For further information, please refer to the document Canadian Presence
Requirements for Registrants
(http://cira.ca/assets/Documents/Legal/Registrants/CPR.pdf)"

HTH
--
Lew Pitcher

Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | GPG public key available by request
---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------

Keith Keller · External Since: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 478

On 2009-11-05, Lew Pitcher <lpitcher.RemoveThis@teksavvy.com> wrote:
> On November 5, 2009 14:32, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Keith Keller
> (kkeller-usenet@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us) wrote:
>> I tried finding this information, but could not find an explicit rule:
>> are you required to be a Canada resident in order to register a .ca
>> domain? The only thing I found is a blurb on their "why CA" page:
>
> According to http://cira.ca/faq-canadian-presence-requirements/

Thanks a bunch. I finally did find this document; though really I
should have been able to find it myself. Oy, I'm gettin' old.

Not that it's our business, but which of the below are you?

> "What is a legal type?"
> "A legal type is a category that classifies a Registrant???s legal status
> in Canada as defined in the document Canadian Presence Requirements for
> Registrants. A dot-ca Registrant must conform to at least one legal type
> to meet CIRA???s Canadian presence requirements. The legal type categories
> are the following:
>
> 1. Canadian citizen
> 2. Permanent resident of Canada
> 3. Legal representative of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
> 4. Corporation (Canada or Canadian province or territory)
> 5. Trust established in Canada
> 6. Partnership registered in Canada
> 7. Canadian unincorporated association
> 8. Canadian trade union
> 9. Canadian political party
> 10. Canadian educational institution
> 11. Canadian library, archive or museum
> 12. Canadian hospital
> 13. Her Majesty the Queen
> 14. Indian band recognized by the Indian Act of Canada
> 15. Aboriginal Peoples (individuals and groups) indigenous to Canada
> 16. Government or government entity in Canada
> 17. Trade-mark registered in Canada (by a non-Canadian owner)
> 18. Official marks registered in Canada"

I assume not Her Majesty. Smile

--keith

--
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(try just my userid to email me)
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Helmut Hullen · External Since: Mar 16, 2009 Posts: 13

Hallo, Loki,

Du meintest am 05.11.09:

>> That certainly implies that you must be Canadian,

> "Ich bin ein canadair!"

"Vive le Canada! Vive le Quebec! ..."

Viele Gruesse
Helmut

"Ubuntu" - an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".

Lew Pitcher · External Since: May 16, 2007 Posts: 54

On November 5, 2009 13:31, in alt.os.linux.slackware, John K. Herreshoff
(nope@not.here) wrote:

> Lew Pitcher wrote:
>
>> On November 5, 2009 10:24, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Joe
>> (undisclosed@undisclosed.invalid) wrote:
>>
>>> In newsgroup alt.os.linux.slackware, rm RemoveThis @realtomargarino.ca wrote:
[snip]
> LOL! I've had him plonked for the longest time, so I did not know what
> was going on with him.

Since he started his personal attacks on me, I've plonked him as well. I
only knew he posted something because Dan C, Joe, SL/AC, and notbob all
responded to him.

> Cordially Wink

With great pleasure Smile

--
Lew Pitcher

Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | GPG public key available by request
---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------

.Martin. · External Since: Nov 05, 2009 Posts: 1

Lew Pitcher wrote:
> On November 5, 2009 13:02, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Loki Harfagr
> (l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID) wrote:
>
>> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:48:21 -0500, Lew Pitcher did cat :
>>
>>> Please inform your correspondents that you no longer receive mail at
>>> these (or any other) justlinux.ca email addresses. I will continue to
>>> reject (550) emails to these or any other unauthorized justlinux.ca
>>> email addresses.
>> You may even prefer to put some action to reaction, just replace
>> the 550 reject with a plain 'let the sender bear the cub', e.g.:
>> 471 abandoned mail domain, please contact mailmaster at
>> rm.RemoveThis@realtomargarino.ca
>>
>> Admitted, that's a little bit too cord(iall)ite, and the MX doesn't answer
>> yet, but...
>
> I thought of that, but...
> 1) I /do/ host email addresses in the justlinux.ca domain. I have no
> desire to mislead /my/ correspondants in such a manner.
> 2) Taking such a step (I've considered replying to that list with a
> 550 "RM no longer lives here" or similar) would only exacerbate the
> situation. I have no desire to hose RM that way, even though his
> behaviour may warrant it and it would be a legally acceptable
> approach on my part.
>
> In other words, I don't intend to shoot either myself or RM in the foot.
>
Wow, I don't know what this is all about but the guy actually did you a
big favour promoting your website:)

Joe · External Since: Feb 22, 2007 Posts: 15

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In newsgroup alt.os.linux.slackware, Loki Harfagr wrote:

> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:59 -0800, Keith Keller did cat :
>
>> That certainly implies that you must be Canadian,
> "Ich bin ein canadair!"

canadair?

canadian to german = Kanadierin, kanadisch, Kanadier

Loki Harfagr · External Since: Feb 05, 2009 Posts: 24

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:23:26 -0500, Joe did cat :

> In newsgroup alt.os.linux.slackware, Loki Harfagr wrote:
>
>> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:59 -0800, Keith Keller did cat :
>>
>>> That certainly implies that you must be Canadian,
>> "Ich bin ein canadair!"
>
> canadair?
>
> canadian to german = Kanadierin, kanadisch, Kanadier

oh yeah, but seems you just missed the pun Smile

A Canadair is a very useful and appreciated water bombardier plane
very useful for forest fires, and the Canada is much appreciated
in my country (.fr) and the mimicked expression from JFK was
just as plain clumsy as the one I suggested, after all I prefer to
be helped by a yellow orange plane than by a greasy sausage.
Well, of course it is much less funny when dissected...

steveski · External Since: Nov 04, 2009 Posts: 2

Loki Harfagr wrote:

> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:23:26 -0500, Joe did cat :
>
>> In newsgroup alt.os.linux.slackware, Loki Harfagr wrote:
>>
>>> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:59 -0800, Keith Keller did cat :
>>>
>>>> That certainly implies that you must be Canadian,
>>> "Ich bin ein canadair!"
>>
>> canadair?
>>
>> canadian to german = Kanadierin, kanadisch, Kanadier
>
> oh yeah, but seems you just missed the pun Smile

> A Canadair is a very useful and appreciated water bombardier plane
> very useful for forest fires, and the Canada is much appreciated
> in my country (.fr) and the mimicked expression from JFK was
> just as plain clumsy as the one I suggested, after all I prefer to
> be helped by a yellow orange plane than by a greasy sausage.
> Well, of course it is much less funny when dissected...

I didn't know that a Berliner had sausage in it. I thought it was a dessert
pastry. Thanks - You learn something new everyday Smile

--
Steveski

Loki Harfagr · External Since: Feb 05, 2009 Posts: 24

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:31:05 +0000, steveski did cat :

> Loki Harfagr wrote:
>
>> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:23:26 -0500, Joe did cat :
>>
>>> In newsgroup alt.os.linux.slackware, Loki Harfagr wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:32:59 -0800, Keith Keller did cat :
>>>>
>>>>> That certainly implies that you must be Canadian,
>>>> "Ich bin ein canadair!"
>>>
>>> canadair?
>>>
>>> canadian to german = Kanadierin, kanadisch, Kanadier
>>
>> oh yeah, but seems you just missed the pun Smile

A Canadair is a very
>> useful and appreciated water bombardier plane very useful for forest
>> fires, and the Canada is much appreciated in my country (.fr) and the
>> mimicked expression from JFK was just as plain clumsy as the one I
>> suggested, after all I prefer to be helped by a yellow orange plane
>> than by a greasy sausage.
>> Well, of course it is much less funny when dissected...
>
> I didn't know that a Berliner had sausage in it. I thought it was a
> dessert pastry. Thanks - You learn something new everyday Smile

Yup, though I wouldn't bet that a german donut is more far from
a greasy sausage than from a dessert pastry ;D)
And anyway, the special usage is in "ein" not in "Berliner"
but that made some noise at the time, like some "reporters"
in those days were already ahad of their era and ready to
dive down into the wonderful world of chatting about Brit'sPears
or Hilton bettings. Really, the XXth century was even shorter
than the 27 or 28 years it usually represents ;->