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CalebHayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 07:59 PM
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Do we have any foreign DUers?
I was just curious
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 08:00 PM
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1. no we dont
;)
of course we do
Plenty of em.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 08:02 PM
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2. Tons
foreigncorrespondent, dutchdemocrat, Dirk39, DemEx_Pat and BonjourUSA are a few I can think of off the top of my head.
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 08:03 PM
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3. Quite a few, including
but not limited to a host of Canadians, some Brits, and Norwegian here and there, and Frenchman or two, several Aussies, some Kiwis...

The U.S. may have little use for Democrats, but apparently the rest of the world finds us fascinating.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 01:25 PM
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28. What am I, chopped liver?
:hi:
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 08:13 PM
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4. Thank gosh somebody does. n/t
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ConcernedCanuk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 08:23 PM
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5. . . . . YUP YUP
.
.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 08:32 PM
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6. hey we also have a swede
who was a mod the last go around,,,
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 08:42 PM
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7. serious?
Edited on Thu Jan-22-04 08:45 PM by Kamika
Damn those foreigners.. they take our jobs
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Djinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 09:23 PM
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8. yep!
lots of aussies - being interested in politics here is almost sacreligious! "what you mean you aren't watching the cricket, Davis Cup, Australian Open, David Hookes' memorial tributes........"
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 09:56 PM
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10. Actually, I like watching cricket. But there are other things in life.
And no forum like this in Australia that I'm aware of, although N.Z.
has Scoop. I really enjoy the exchange of views, and I've learned
a lot. And it's so good to know that not all Americans think the
sun shines out of Bush's behind.
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Djinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:24 PM
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12. I'd rather scoop out my eyeballs
than watch it but I live with a sport freak so I have to suffer sometimes! cricket, rugby, AFL, two flies racing up a wall....

I actually started coming here when I got sick of being called Anti American for not supporting Bush's pre-emptive nightmare in Iraq - needed reassurance that if that made me anti-american then there was heaps of US citizens who'd have to classified that way too!
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:31 PM
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14. I'm one of the few Aussies who doesn't even know who's playing
when asked "who's going to win the whatever Grand Final?

But cricket's the game they play in Heaven.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:36 PM
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15. Is that the Superbowl of Cricket?
eom
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 01:17 AM
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22. I guess it probably is.
n/t
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OldEurope Donating Member (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 03:19 AM
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25. Lots of.
I´m in Germany, for example.

:toast:
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 09:40 PM
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9. LOL
Edited on Thu Jan-22-04 09:41 PM by jonnyblitz
bastids. :crazy:
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 09:58 PM
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11. I met a newbie from Australia, oscarmitre
in LBN today, 17 posts.
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:28 PM
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13. I'm Irish
Living in Canada now
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:37 PM
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16. professor pot is from India.
eom
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Bhaisahab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:49 PM
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17. ... and he LOVES cricket!! :)
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:51 PM
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18. Hello from Green Bay, professor pot! I am a Packers fan meself.
:hi:
:smoke:
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Bhaisahab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 10:58 PM
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19. hi bob!
packers? i had to google search to know what that meant. its an NFL team eh?
i dont understand much about american football, although if someone could give me a crash course in baseball i'd appreciate it. i would like to like the game. but i can't understand all that running around in circles :shrug:
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Djinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 11:09 PM
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20. but you like all
the standing around and scratching they do in cricket???

it must be an ex-colony thing, I'm originally from Scotland so maybe I'll never understand it - but seriously a game that takes 5 DAYS to play????

sorry for hijacking this post into a cricket one!
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Bhaisahab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-04 11:13 PM
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21. ha ha!
you have a good point there. its one of the reasons cricket will never find favor with most of the world. it can be VERY boring. but i guess its a cultivated affection for most of us cricket fans. i wanted to play cricket for the country when i was 15. but then i developed epilepsy and had to quit all that dreaming.
in a way that was good, coz i continued my education and am now able to see right from wrong. which is why i'm in DU. i want to connect with people who understand how dangerous the bushies can be for the whole world.

on that note, arundhati has a new article on the new american century:
http://www.thenation.com/docprint.mhtml?i=20040209&s=roy
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 01:19 AM
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23. Hey, professor pot,, your team is doing great here right now!
Dravid, Ganguly and the great Tendulkar are putting on a great show.
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Bhaisahab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 03:11 AM
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24. absolutely!
i used to think they're a sorry bunch of losers when the lost the world cup to the aussies. but man these guys are making me feel good!
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Avonrepus Donating Member (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 12:35 PM
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26. I'm From the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

More specifically im from Brighton, England but am currently sitting in my room in the University of York. First year studying History and politics.
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 01:28 PM
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29. Welcome to DU, Avonrepus!
:hi:
Are you a cricket fan too?
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T_i_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 12:39 PM
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27. I suppose I count
UK DUer reporting for duty! :hi:

Here is another thread international DUers may be interested in.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=165000
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Avonrepus Donating Member (146 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 04:04 PM
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30. No
Don't like cricket, all i know is ENgland are not very good at it.
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jmatthan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 04:31 PM
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31. And a DUer from Finland who loves cricket!!
n/t
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BritishHuman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:28 AM
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32. Another Right-Pondian here.
Fascinated by how Dubya can still be in power.
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kayell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:39 AM
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34. It's that same sick fascination that makes people look at ghastly
Edited on Sat Jan-24-04 06:46 AM by kayell
car accidents as they drive past, whether they want to or not, isn't it?

Added: I am so grateful for the presence of Duers from around the world. It is nice to be reminded that there are parts of the world that approach sanity. It is also nice to know that some people in other countries know that not all in the US are crazed war-mongers.
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:34 AM
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33. I'm from Australia
I am an Australian citizen by birth -my dad is Australian-but I have lived overseas for some of my life
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 01:10 PM
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35. Foreign relations kick.
:dem:
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hel Donating Member (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 03:29 PM
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36. Istanbul, Turkey
Geographically I'm in Asia right now.

Though I travel to Europe to work, every day...

(Istanbul's Marmara sea-Bosphorus is the official border between Asia and Europe, so the city is divided between two continents)
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 06:10 PM
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37. That cool, a continental border in your town.
:hi:
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 06:25 PM
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38. Hello to all our international DUers!
:hi: :hi:

You're what makes the world go 'round! :* :* And another reason why DU is the best community on the Web.

:grouphug: :grouphug:
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earthman dave Donating Member (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 06:47 PM
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39. Southampton, England
And it's damn good to find some sane Americans, instead of the bloodthirsty talking heads I see on the TV.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-04 06:57 PM
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40. Welcome to DU earthman dave
:hi: :toast:

"sane Americans" .... us? You might not think so after visiting the Gungeon (er... Justice/Public Safety forum) :scared: ;-)

As you can see, we have quite a few other Brits here at DU. The only one not chiming in is Pert_UK who is currently taking a hike around Australia with his girlfriend.

The Lounge is usually goofy and fun... GD2004 gets wild and woolly. But we basically mean well. :D
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