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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Diamonds are a goy's best friend #110010 08/14/2003 9:29 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Totally unrelated to AWAD, but I found it interesting: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond_pr.html noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Diamonds are a goy's best friend #110011 08/15/2003 12:44 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park well goody! Diamonds were never my favorite stone, and in recent years, i went totally off them--too many were blood diamonds, and de Beers marketing make all diamonds too expensive -and in that way contributed to the blood diamonds value.. I think i would like a synthetic manufactured diamond.. to hell with de Beers, and their cartel. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Diamonds are a goy's best friend #110012 08/15/2003 6:21 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont that was a very interesting article alphabet-man! two things especially sparked me; the future of computer chip stuff(fast, fast, fast), and the thought that if they can get the word out about DeBeers machinations they might do very well in the jewelry market. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Diamonds are a goy's best friend #110013 08/15/2003 7:10 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory I read that in WIRED -- very interesting. There's also a good article about a guy who is a high-tech hunter of ship wrecks and sunken treasure. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Diamonds are a goy's best friend #110014 08/15/2003 7:35 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui >especially sparked me; the future of computer chip stufffast, fast, fast Yeah, that was what grabbed me too. I also appreciated helen's post. I had never before thought about the fact that De Beer's monopolistic practices helped sutain the trade in blood diamonds. Thanks, helen. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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