I see with great delight that neither TdC nor any other British overseas territory shows up in the list of 139 European Regions. This confirms my view that...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 1, 2006 8:17 am
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For those interested in remote places, this article appeared in today's Contra Costa Times. The tims serves a large suburban area east of San Francisco and...
Do they have Rockall on their list? A "country" disputed between Britain, Ireland, Iceland and Denmark. Do they have enclave no. 22. of Baarle-Nassau, that...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 1, 2006 8:39 pm
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You're right about that ...about Americans and Europeans ...LOLOL best keep quiet Maggie...
As you know, I am trying to solve the ultimate mysteries of this world. The moment you step ashore on Tristan, you are surrounded by powerful four-wheel-drive...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 3, 2006 1:00 pm
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Ok I see you point, modernisation is all over the world, literally and as soon as it hits any place, it seems to corrupt more than help. Look at any tribe...
Maggie: Well, speaking to the island doctor: The prime problems of health on Tristan are (not asthma!) diabetes, hypertension, malnutrition. Looking with my...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 3, 2006 1:37 pm
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Wolfgang, I believe it has almost nothing to do with London or Brussels or Tristan, but is perhaps an unconscious habit arising from this: President Woodrow...
I agree with you, they suffer from the "nowadays" illnesses; diabetes, hypertension and such are weight related, diet related a lot of the time, maybe even...
... diabetes, ... the time, maybe ... other ... growing up on a farm in ... carried buckets ... to the ... order for it ... into ... habits have done ... Do...
You would have to READ. Reading means taking the meaning out of something. I said, I do NOT blame Conrad. I blame the governments for their stupidity. Wolfgang...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 3, 2006 4:44 pm
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right Wolfgang, I agree with you But also, the Pitcairners and Tristanians have a mind of their own and so does everyone out there. And the governments just...
Maggie: It would need somebody (the Administrator?) explaining that progress and modernization for Tristan may be something different from what the rest of the...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 3, 2006 6:38 pm
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That's right! I certainly see where you're coming from and media in any form can misconstrue things and give a completely wrong picture. Education is the key....
A new Adolf coming from Tristan? Not in my wildest dreams I had thought of that risk. Bob, when I came over from Cape Town I could smell much a greater...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 3, 2006 7:12 pm
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Education: Easier said than done. You know we cannot have a university on Tristan. All boys and girls who want a higher form of education must go abroad. I...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 3, 2006 7:51 pm
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It's a very unique set of problems a small community like Tristan has to contend with. So many move away permanantly after studying abroad. I am sure after a...
Something along these lines... could do the trick. Wolfgang ... Von: tristan-da-cunha@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tristan-da-cunha@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag von...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 3, 2006 8:23 pm
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Wolfgang, When people feel a lonely emptiness inside themselves and are emotionally alienated from the boring and meaningless life we've made for ourselves out...
Seems an excellent diagnosis, Wolfgang ... Von: tristan-da-cunha@yahoogroups.com [mailto:tristan-da-cunha@yahoogroups.com]Im Auftrag von Bob Conrich Gesendet:...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 3, 2006 9:21 pm
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Those interested in the preservation of traditional culture in Tristan may be interested in this cultural note, courtesy of Radio Saint FM in St. Helena: For...
And the imbecilification - nice word for the upper classes! - continues ... ... Von: tristan-da-cunha@yahoogroups.com ...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 6, 2006 8:54 pm
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I've discovered that the RMS St. Helena is offering to take people to Tristan: http://www.rms-st-helena.com/tristandacunha.html There are no such trips...
Bob, the idea is people should declare their "willingness-in-principle" to travel to TdC, and when enough people have registered they will organize a journey ...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 19, 2006 6:59 am
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Wolfgang, thanks, I was unaware of this. Since there's only one ship, it can only so to Tristan by not going elsewhere. There are conflicting preferences, not...
Bob, if this is a commercial enterprise those will win who can extract the most profit, and with the agenda most profitable. If the RMS, however, is primarily...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 19, 2006 11:59 am
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Wolfgang, Nothing is easy in the South Atlantic. The ship is managed or operated by Andrew Weir Shipping Lines, but they don't decide where it goes. A number...
sounds like politics to me and people and their needs and wishes get lost in the shuffle again. So in order to go to Tristan, all you have to say is that ...
Sounds as if the Euros in Brussels had also their fingers in... (and explains the helpless gestures that some of the RMS passengers made towards "His...
Wolfgang Schaub
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Apr 19, 2006 2:49 pm
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British South Atlantic Mini-Convention at Washington 2006 World Philatelic Exhibition Ajoint meeting of the Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group (FIPSG) and...
