Dead horse needs flogging
Feb 4th 2004, 4:30 am
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Dead horse needs flogging
Is it me, or are there a load of suspicious troll posts around the last few days?
Not the banter about cats etc, I mean the various new posters (welcome! welcome!) who give us their life story using the same typically bad spelling and punctuation that makes me think some schoolkids are carrying an exercise in trolldom.
Guess it's just me.
Not the banter about cats etc, I mean the various new posters (welcome! welcome!) who give us their life story using the same typically bad spelling and punctuation that makes me think some schoolkids are carrying an exercise in trolldom.
Guess it's just me.
Feb 4th 2004, 4:50 am
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Yes I believe you were correct in your last sentence, it is just you.
I'm personally much more interested in yet another (yawn) post about the exchange rate, which inevitably leads to a string of "oh my I can't live in a 24 bedroom mansion any more" stories (groan).
Oh - it was you that posted it too.
I'm personally much more interested in yet another (yawn) post about the exchange rate, which inevitably leads to a string of "oh my I can't live in a 24 bedroom mansion any more" stories (groan).
Oh - it was you that posted it too.
Feb 4th 2004, 4:54 am
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Originally posted by RichS
Yes I believe you were correct in your last sentence, it is just you.
I'm personally much more interested in yet another (yawn) post about the exchange rate, which inevitably leads to a string of "oh my I can't live in a 24 bedroom mansion any more" stories (groan).
Oh - it was you that posted it too.
Yes I believe you were correct in your last sentence, it is just you.
I'm personally much more interested in yet another (yawn) post about the exchange rate, which inevitably leads to a string of "oh my I can't live in a 24 bedroom mansion any more" stories (groan).
Oh - it was you that posted it too.
Feb 4th 2004, 4:59 am
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Hey I was expecting outrage and vitriol.
No-one is rising to the bait today. Even the guy who wanted to know about moving his horse to NZ didn't get that annoyed when I referred him to Pedigree Chum.
No-one is rising to the bait today. Even the guy who wanted to know about moving his horse to NZ didn't get that annoyed when I referred him to Pedigree Chum.
Feb 4th 2004, 5:14 am
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Originally posted by RichS
Hey I was expecting outrage and vitriol.
No-one is rising to the bait today. Even the guy who wanted to know about moving his horse to NZ didn't get that annoyed when I referred him to Pedigree Chum.
Hey I was expecting outrage and vitriol.
No-one is rising to the bait today. Even the guy who wanted to know about moving his horse to NZ didn't get that annoyed when I referred him to Pedigree Chum.
Feb 4th 2004, 6:01 am
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Re: Dead horse needs flogging
Originally posted by pleasancefamily
Is it me, or are there a load of suspicious troll posts around the last few days?
Not the banter about cats etc, I mean the various new posters (welcome! welcome!) who give us their life story using the same typically bad spelling and punctuation that makes me think some schoolkids are carrying an exercise in trolldom.
Guess it's just me.
Is it me, or are there a load of suspicious troll posts around the last few days?
Not the banter about cats etc, I mean the various new posters (welcome! welcome!) who give us their life story using the same typically bad spelling and punctuation that makes me think some schoolkids are carrying an exercise in trolldom.
Guess it's just me.
Could be trolls, could be the time of year. Look at the going back to the UK board, nearly everyone mentions the climate, many aussies would escape summer if they could. Nothing like a nice spell of 40 to snap people into a decision?
Feb 4th 2004, 6:06 am
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Re: Dead horse needs flogging
Originally posted by dotty
Could be trolls, could be the time of year. Look at the going back to the UK board, nearly everyone mentions the climate, many aussies would escape summer if they could. Nothing like a nice spell of 40 to snap people into a decision?
Could be trolls, could be the time of year. Look at the going back to the UK board, nearly everyone mentions the climate, many aussies would escape summer if they could. Nothing like a nice spell of 40 to snap people into a decision?
I can fathom half of these multi - posters (Don if it's you.. cut it out)
Feb 4th 2004, 6:48 am
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Re: Dead horse needs flogging
Originally posted by Ceri
You're missing the Indian thread, looks like an argument is about to start there.. right I'm off, time to go home.
I can fathom half of these multi - posters (Don if it's you.. cut it out)
You're missing the Indian thread, looks like an argument is about to start there.. right I'm off, time to go home.
I can fathom half of these multi - posters (Don if it's you.. cut it out)
Feb 4th 2004, 7:50 am
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Originally posted by RichS
Hey I was expecting outrage and vitriol.
No-one is rising to the bait today. Even the guy who wanted to know about moving his horse to NZ didn't get that annoyed when I referred him to Pedigree Chum.
Hey I was expecting outrage and vitriol.
No-one is rising to the bait today. Even the guy who wanted to know about moving his horse to NZ didn't get that annoyed when I referred him to Pedigree Chum.
Feb 4th 2004, 8:46 am
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Re: Dead horse needs flogging
Originally posted by pleasancefamily
Is it me, or are there a load of suspicious troll posts around the last few days?
Not the banter about cats etc, I mean the various new posters (welcome! welcome!) who give us their life story using the same typically bad spelling and punctuation that makes me think some schoolkids are carrying an exercise in trolldom.
Guess it's just me.
Is it me, or are there a load of suspicious troll posts around the last few days?
Not the banter about cats etc, I mean the various new posters (welcome! welcome!) who give us their life story using the same typically bad spelling and punctuation that makes me think some schoolkids are carrying an exercise in trolldom.
Guess it's just me.
COMMAS chaps, helps a great deal. There are also things called full stops and semi colons, colon's and apostrophes that help too, but I'll take just a few commas in the short term.
Feb 4th 2004, 10:12 am
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Pollster,
I can see that you like apostrophes so much you've decided to add a few extra ones where they are not required (colon's, should be colons).
Unneccessary punctuation is as bad as lack of punctuation, but I suppose we all make typos (but never typo's).
I agree with you that some of the mails from native English speakers are dreadful.
Z
I can see that you like apostrophes so much you've decided to add a few extra ones where they are not required (colon's, should be colons).
Unneccessary punctuation is as bad as lack of punctuation, but I suppose we all make typos (but never typo's).
I agree with you that some of the mails from native English speakers are dreadful.
Z
Feb 4th 2004, 11:48 am
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please spare a thought for those of us who can spell very well, but can't type for shit!! 
Feb 4th 2004, 12:25 pm
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Originally posted by zephyr147
Pollster,
I can see that you like apostrophes so much you've decided to add a few extra ones where they are not required (colon's, should be colons).
Unneccessary punctuation is as bad as lack of punctuation, but I suppose we all make typos (but never typo's).
I agree with you that some of the mails from native English speakers are dreadful.
Z
Pollster,
I can see that you like apostrophes so much you've decided to add a few extra ones where they are not required (colon's, should be colons).
Unneccessary punctuation is as bad as lack of punctuation, but I suppose we all make typos (but never typo's).
I agree with you that some of the mails from native English speakers are dreadful.
Z
Aha - well done - you spotted the deliberate grammatical mistake in my post about grammar!
Feb 4th 2004, 12:30 pm
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Originally posted by podgypossum
please spare a thought for those of us who can spell very well, but can't type for shit!!
please spare a thought for those of us who can spell very well, but can't type for shit!!
.....!!!!!!
Feb 4th 2004, 12:30 pm
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Originally posted by Larissa
and those of us who can spell & punctuate but don't give a $hit!!! (I rather like my use of ellipsis and multiple punctuation marks, must be because I'm a repressed punctuation and "proper syntax" hater... .....!!!!!!
and those of us who can spell & punctuate but don't give a $hit!!! (I rather like my use of ellipsis and multiple punctuation marks, must be because I'm a repressed punctuation and "proper syntax" hater...
.....!!!!!!