Craig Welch wrote:
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> Greg Procter said:
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> >Craig Welch wrote:
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> >> Greg Procter said:
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> >> >Craig Welch wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Greg Procter wrote:
> >> >> > Craig Welch wrote:
> >> >> >> Greg Procter said:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>> Craig Welch wrote:
> >> >> >>>> Greg Procter said:
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>>>> :>> :>> Indeed. " High Flight".
> >> >> >>>>>> :>> :>>
> >> >> >>>>>> :>> :>> Finally something On-topic for rec.travel.air :)
> >> >> >>>>>> :>> :>
> >> >> >>>>>> :>> :>
> >> >> >>>>>> :>> :>I hope that means something to others besides you Sarah.
> >> >> >>>>>> :>>
> >> >> >>>>>> :>> You've never heard of the poem, " High Flight" ? Your ignorance is
> >> >> >>>>>> :>> boundless.
> >> >> >>>>>> :>
> >> >> >>>>>> :> You mean _your_ ignorance has bounds? I very much doubt that.
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>> You've never heard of a very famous poem. That doesn't surprise me.
> >> >> >>>>> I've heard of many famous poems - perhaps your one isn't famous.
> >> >> >>>> Just a moment. One of the two groups to which this thread is posted
> >> >> >>>> is rec.travel.air, an aviation group.
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>> The poem in question is arguably *the* most famous aviation poem
> >> >> >>>> ever.
> >> >> >>> I can't claim ever to have been into aviation poetry. In fact I've never
> >> >> >>> really been into poetry unless it has music attached to it.
> >> >> >> Nor I. But this goes to general knowledge.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > It may well go to _your_ general knowledge, but why would you imagine it
> >> >> > would go to anyone else's general knowledge - where should all of us who
> >> >> > aren't you have come across it?
> >> >>
> >> >> It would seem that you don't understand what 'general' knowledge is.
> >> >
> >> >Pot/kettle.
> >>
> >> Feel free to expand on that comment ...
> >
> >You're questioning my general knowledge when you should be questioning
> >your own.
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> Why? Have any of posts demonstrated a lack of general knowledge?
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> Feel free to point them out.
They are too numerous to go back over, but I could point out future
lapses.
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> >> >> It's knowledge that you would expect a reasonably educated first world
> >> >> person to have.
> >> >
> >> >North America isn't neccessarily a part of the first world.
> >>
> >> Even if that were so, we're talking about *your* general knowledge.
> >>
> >> Would you say that New Zealand is part of the first world?
> >
> >That would depend on one's point of view.
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> From your point of view, is New Zealand part of the first world?
Absolutely.
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> >> >> Where might one have come across it? Heck, I know how a television
> >> >> works, but I couldn't tell you where I found out. I can re-build a
> >> >> motorcycle engine, but I can't tell you how I learned to do so.
> >>
> >> >I don't live in North America.
> >>
> >> Have you ever lived anywhere except New Zealand?
> >
> >Is that relevant to anything?
>
> Yes, it goes to general knowledge.
You yanks are very insular in outlook whereas New Zealanders are much
more aware of the world in general. It's a factor of nation size and
outlook. |