Digital photography, changing the world
Dec 12th 2004, 2:20 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
... >
... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
... >> wrote:
... >>
... >>> [email protected] writes:
... >>>
... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
... >>>
... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
... >>
... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
... >
... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
...
... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
... >
... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
... >> wrote:
... >>
... >>> [email protected] writes:
... >>>
... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
... >>>
... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
... >>
... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
... >
... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
...
... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
Dec 12th 2004, 2:21 pm
#812
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:20:53 +0100, Magda
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
>electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
> ... >
> ... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
> ... >> wrote:
> ... >>
> ... >>> [email protected] writes:
> ... >>>
> ... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
> ... >>>
> ... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
> ... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
> ... >>
> ... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
> ... >
> ... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
> ...
> ... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
>In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
Are you sharing Jeremy's kitchen with Mixi?
--
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
>electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
> ... >
> ... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
> ... >> wrote:
> ... >>
> ... >>> [email protected] writes:
> ... >>>
> ... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
> ... >>>
> ... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
> ... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
> ... >>
> ... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
> ... >
> ... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
> ...
> ... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
>In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
Are you sharing Jeremy's kitchen with Mixi?
--
Martin
Dec 12th 2004, 2:22 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
Jeremy Henderson writes:
> > The first time this happened, years ago, it didn't. But it doesn't now
>
> Eh?
The first verb should be "did," not "didn't." Sorry.
> I mean, say, doctorates in scientific disciplines, for example.
Who, and which ones?
> Perhaps. Since you haven't tried, we have only your word for the fact
> that this mysterious concept is more difficult to understand than all
> the myriad areas of expertise of your readers, and that you alone are
> capable of comprehending it.
Yes. But I'm not alone in being capable of comprehending it. Quite a
few people can. But they are still a minority--and not a very vocal one
at that.
> Or maybe there's another explanation.
There could be, but I believe this explanation is the correct one, after
dealing with this for many years.
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> > The first time this happened, years ago, it didn't. But it doesn't now
>
> Eh?
The first verb should be "did," not "didn't." Sorry.
> I mean, say, doctorates in scientific disciplines, for example.
Who, and which ones?
> Perhaps. Since you haven't tried, we have only your word for the fact
> that this mysterious concept is more difficult to understand than all
> the myriad areas of expertise of your readers, and that you alone are
> capable of comprehending it.
Yes. But I'm not alone in being capable of comprehending it. Quite a
few people can. But they are still a minority--and not a very vocal one
at that.
> Or maybe there's another explanation.
There could be, but I believe this explanation is the correct one, after
dealing with this for many years.
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:23 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
[email protected] writes:
> You claimed French CEOs lived in poverty in accommodation like yours.
Backquote exactly what I said, instead of paraphrasing. In most cases,
the difference between what I actually said and what most people wish to
believe I said is quite significant.
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> You claimed French CEOs lived in poverty in accommodation like yours.
Backquote exactly what I said, instead of paraphrasing. In most cases,
the difference between what I actually said and what most people wish to
believe I said is quite significant.
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:25 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
[email protected] writes:
> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
I didn't ask about the whole of rte, I asked only how many people were
sharing the PC of the poster who used this pronoun.
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> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
I didn't ask about the whole of rte, I asked only how many people were
sharing the PC of the poster who used this pronoun.
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:28 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:23:09 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> You claimed French CEOs lived in poverty in accommodation like yours.
>Backquote exactly what I said, instead of paraphrasing. In most cases,
>the difference between what I actually said and what most people wish to
>believe I said is quite significant.
Quote what you said on the subject of how poor the French are.
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wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> You claimed French CEOs lived in poverty in accommodation like yours.
>Backquote exactly what I said, instead of paraphrasing. In most cases,
>the difference between what I actually said and what most people wish to
>believe I said is quite significant.
Quote what you said on the subject of how poor the French are.
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:29 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:21:59 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:20:53 +0100, Magda
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
... >electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
... > ... wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
... > ... >
... > ... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
... > ... >> wrote:
... > ... >>
... > ... >>> [email protected] writes:
... > ... >>>
... > ... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
... > ... >>>
... > ... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
... > ... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
... > ... >>
... > ... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
... > ... >
... > ... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
... > ...
... > ... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
... >
... >In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
...
... Are you sharing Jeremy's kitchen with Mixi?
Well, I can't share mine - it's too small, even for one person.
electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:20:53 +0100, Magda
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
... >electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... > ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
... > ... wrote:
... > ...
... > ... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
... > ... >
... > ... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
... > ... >> wrote:
... > ... >>
... > ... >>> [email protected] writes:
... > ... >>>
... > ... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
... > ... >>>
... > ... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
... > ... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
... > ... >>
... > ... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
... > ... >
... > ... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
... > ...
... > ... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
... >
... >In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
...
... Are you sharing Jeremy's kitchen with Mixi?
Well, I can't share mine - it's too small, even for one person.
Dec 12th 2004, 2:30 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:25:43 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
>I didn't ask about the whole of rte, I asked only how many people were
>sharing the PC of the poster who used this pronoun.
If it helps, I share his views if not his PC.
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wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
>I didn't ask about the whole of rte, I asked only how many people were
>sharing the PC of the poster who used this pronoun.
If it helps, I share his views if not his PC.
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:34 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
[email protected] writes:
> Quote what you said on the subject of how poor the French are.
I already did, when I wrote it.
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> Quote what you said on the subject of how poor the French are.
I already did, when I wrote it.
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:35 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:41:17 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Keith Willshaw writes:
>> We have
>"We"? How many people use your computer?
The original text that you snipped is ...
"
> Instead of asking for credentials, why not just read what I say and
> evaluate that on its own merit?
We have
> I explain things. You can decide
> whether the explanation makes sense or not yourself.
It doesnt."
WTF has Keith's post got to do with your implication that we all share
Keith's computer?
.
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wrote:
>Keith Willshaw writes:
>> We have
>"We"? How many people use your computer?
The original text that you snipped is ...
"
> Instead of asking for credentials, why not just read what I say and
> evaluate that on its own merit?
We have
> I explain things. You can decide
> whether the explanation makes sense or not yourself.
It doesnt."
WTF has Keith's post got to do with your implication that we all share
Keith's computer?
.
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:35 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
On 2004-12-12 16:21:59 +0100, [email protected] said:
> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:20:53 +0100, Magda
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
>> [email protected] arranged some
>> electrons, so they looked like this :
>>
>> ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
>> ... wrote:
>> ... ... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
>> ... >
>> ... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>> ... >> wrote:
>> ... >> ... >>> [email protected] writes:
>> ... >>> ... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
>> ... >>> ... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
>> ... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
>> ... >> ... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte
>> sharing a PC.
>> ... >
>> ... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
>> ... ... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
>>
>> In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
>
> Are you sharing Jeremy's kitchen with Mixi?
Can't be - I have a hob.
J;
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> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:20:53 +0100, Magda
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
>> [email protected] arranged some
>> electrons, so they looked like this :
>>
>> ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
>> ... wrote:
>> ... ... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
>> ... >
>> ... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>> ... >> wrote:
>> ... >> ... >>> [email protected] writes:
>> ... >>> ... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
>> ... >>> ... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
>> ... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
>> ... >> ... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte
>> sharing a PC.
>> ... >
>> ... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
>> ... ... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
>>
>> In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
>
> Are you sharing Jeremy's kitchen with Mixi?
Can't be - I have a hob.
J;
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:36 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:34:59 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> Quote what you said on the subject of how poor the French are.
>I already did, when I wrote it.
How could your original post be a quote of what you said?
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wrote:
>[email protected] writes:
>> Quote what you said on the subject of how poor the French are.
>I already did, when I wrote it.
How could your original post be a quote of what you said?
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:38 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
[email protected] writes:
> WTF has Keith's post got to do with your implication that we all share
> Keith's computer?
He said "we have" and not "I have."
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> WTF has Keith's post got to do with your implication that we all share
> Keith's computer?
He said "we have" and not "I have."
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:38 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:29:03 +0100, Magda
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:21:59 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
>electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:20:53 +0100, Magda
> ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
> ... >electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... > ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
> ... > ... wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
> ... > ... >> wrote:
> ... > ... >>
> ... > ... >>> [email protected] writes:
> ... > ... >>>
> ... > ... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
> ... > ... >>>
> ... > ... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
> ... > ... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
> ... > ... >>
> ... > ... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
> ... >
> ... >In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
> ...
> ... Are you sharing Jeremy's kitchen with Mixi?
>Well, I can't share mine - it's too small, even for one person.
The Moulinex mangle/grape/trouser/pate/printing press is going to have
to go :-)
Just finished the last of the first batch of mince pies.
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:21:59 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
>electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:20:53 +0100, Magda
> ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, [email protected] arranged some
> ... >electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... > ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
> ... > ... wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
> ... > ... >> wrote:
> ... > ... >>
> ... > ... >>> [email protected] writes:
> ... > ... >>>
> ... > ... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
> ... > ... >>>
> ... > ... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
> ... > ... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
> ... > ... >>
> ... > ... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte sharing a PC.
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
> ... >
> ... >In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
> ...
> ... Are you sharing Jeremy's kitchen with Mixi?
>Well, I can't share mine - it's too small, even for one person.
The Moulinex mangle/grape/trouser/pate/printing press is going to have
to go :-)
Just finished the last of the first batch of mince pies.
--
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Dec 12th 2004, 2:40 pm
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Re: Digital photography, changing the world
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:35:52 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 2004-12-12 16:21:59 +0100, [email protected] said:
>> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:20:53 +0100, Magda
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
>>> [email protected] arranged some
>>> electrons, so they looked like this :
>>>
>>> ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
>>> ... wrote:
>>> ... ... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
>>> ... >
>>> ... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>>> ... >> wrote:
>>> ... >> ... >>> [email protected] writes:
>>> ... >>> ... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
>>> ... >>> ... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
>>> ... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
>>> ... >> ... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte
>>> sharing a PC.
>>> ... >
>>> ... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
>>> ... ... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
>>>
>>> In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
>>
>> Are you sharing Jeremy's kitchen with Mixi?
>Can't be - I have a hob.
for hob knobbing with?
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wrote:
>On 2004-12-12 16:21:59 +0100, [email protected] said:
>> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:20:53 +0100, Magda
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:18:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe,
>>> [email protected] arranged some
>>> electrons, so they looked like this :
>>>
>>> ... On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:14:18 +0100, Jeremy Henderson <[email protected]>
>>> ... wrote:
>>> ... ... >On 2004-12-12 16:12:44 +0100, [email protected] said:
>>> ... >
>>> ... >> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:10:03 +0100, Mxsmanic <[email protected]>
>>> ... >> wrote:
>>> ... >> ... >>> [email protected] writes:
>>> ... >>> ... >>>> That is totally irrelevant.
>>> ... >>> ... >>> "We" is plural, and implies more than one user. If this were
>>> ... >>> irrelevant, there'd be no reason to change pronouns.
>>> ... >> ... >> "We" implies more than one person, not the whole of rte
>>> sharing a PC.
>>> ... >
>>> ... >We don't? So who are all these strange people in my kitchen?
>>> ... ... Magda's gentlemen after her juicy marsh mallows? :-)
>>>
>>> In Jeremy's kitchen ?!
>>
>> Are you sharing Jeremy's kitchen with Mixi?
>Can't be - I have a hob.
for hob knobbing with?
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