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Old Jan 26th 2007, 9:21 am
  #91  
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:55:27 -0800, "Mimi" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:41:38 +0100, Volker Hetzer
>> <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> Around 19941996 I was impressed by the piles of rubbish interspersed with
>> Nigerian prostitutes on rural roads on the southern outskirts of Rome and
>> by the
>> locals who dumped rubbish and picked up prostitutes on the way to work.
>> One
>> prostitute used to solicit from a battered armchair on top of a pile of
>> rubbish.
>> --
>
>How did you know they were Nigerian?

a) Because it was widely reported at the time.
b) Because they were deported to Nigeria.
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Old Jan 26th 2007, 9:23 am
  #92  
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:48:33 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:43:05 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:39:21 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> ... <deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> ...
> ... >Let is be knownst that on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:39:26 +0000, The Reid
> ... ><[email protected]> writted:
> ... >
> ... >>On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:53:57 +0100, Deeply Filled Mortician
> ... >><deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:
> ... >>
> ... >>>>>They spoke little Italian, little English, but kept eyeing me off,
> ... >>>>
> ... >>>>that's impressive, hygienic too.
> ... >>>
> ... >>>*shakes head*
> ... >>
> ... >>>You astound me sometimes, Mr Reid!
> ... >>
> ... >>*I* astound *you*, that's an achievement. BTW where is everybody, this
> ... >>used to be a high traffic group?
> ... >
> ... >They lack commitment.
> ...
> ... and he filters.
>
>So do we.

With far more control :-)
and not as much as the person who has filtered into oblivion 14 regular posters.
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Martin
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 9:40 am
  #93  
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:23:08 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:


... > ... >>*I* astound *you*, that's an achievement. BTW where is everybody, this
... > ... >>used to be a high traffic group?
... > ... >
... > ... >They lack commitment.
... > ...
... > ... and he filters.
... >
... >So do we.
...
... With far more control :-)
... and not as much as the person who has filtered into oblivion 14 regular posters.

Although, he may be right on one point - this group used to be *high traffic*; years ago I
would get about +200 posts/day. Nowadays it's more like 70 or so.

Or else it's my ISP's fault, again!
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 9:46 am
  #94  
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:40:09 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:23:08 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
>
> ... > ... >>*I* astound *you*, that's an achievement. BTW where is everybody, this
> ... > ... >>used to be a high traffic group?
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >They lack commitment.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... and he filters.
> ... >
> ... >So do we.
> ...
> ... With far more control :-)
> ... and not as much as the person who has filtered into oblivion 14 regular posters.
>
>Although, he may be right on one point - this group used to be *high traffic*; years ago I
>would get about +200 posts/day. Nowadays it's more like 70 or so.
>
>Or else it's my ISP's fault, again!

I thought it was something I had done at my end, by filtering out all those who
thought this was a group for red neck politics.
Do you mean they have all gone elsewhere?
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Martin
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 10:00 am
  #95  
-Magda
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:46:56 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:


... >Although, he may be right on one point - this group used to be *high traffic*; years ago I
... >would get about +200 posts/day. Nowadays it's more like 70 or so.
... >
... >Or else it's my ISP's fault, again!
...
... I thought it was something I had done at my end, by filtering out all those who
... thought this was a group for red neck politics.
... Do you mean they have all gone elsewhere?

How many posts do you get/day?
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 10:07 am
  #96  
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:29 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:46:56 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
>
> ... >Although, he may be right on one point - this group used to be *high traffic*; years ago I
> ... >would get about +200 posts/day. Nowadays it's more like 70 or so.
> ... >
> ... >Or else it's my ISP's fault, again!
> ...
> ... I thought it was something I had done at my end, by filtering out all those who
> ... thought this was a group for red neck politics.
> ... Do you mean they have all gone elsewhere?
>
>How many posts do you get/day?

I just checked. On the 26th I had 72.
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Martin
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 10:16 am
  #97  
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:07:35 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:


... > ... >Although, he may be right on one point - this group used to be *high traffic*; years ago I
... > ... >would get about +200 posts/day. Nowadays it's more like 70 or so.
... > ... >
... > ... >Or else it's my ISP's fault, again!
... > ...
... > ... I thought it was something I had done at my end, by filtering out all those who
... > ... thought this was a group for red neck politics.
... > ... Do you mean they have all gone elsewhere?
... >
... >How many posts do you get/day?
...
... I just checked. On the 26th I had 72.

127 for me.
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 10:35 am
  #98  
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:46:56 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:


>
>I thought it was something I had done at my end, by filtering out all those who
>thought this was a group for red neck politics.

Hot damn! Say, Martin, you ain't one o' them pinko commie Yooropeans,
are ye? Sheee-yit, how's things down the mosque these days, pardner?
Good job there's still some down home folks back here ready to save
your asses in two world wars an' to warn you of the rising tide of
ragheads that wanna deprive yo'of yo' good old Nyetherlands pint
glass, eh?

Keith, Bristol, UK
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 10:36 am
  #99  
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:16:54 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:07:35 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
>
> ... > ... >Although, he may be right on one point - this group used to be *high traffic*; years ago I
> ... > ... >would get about +200 posts/day. Nowadays it's more like 70 or so.
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >Or else it's my ISP's fault, again!
> ... > ...
> ... > ... I thought it was something I had done at my end, by filtering out all those who
> ... > ... thought this was a group for red neck politics.
> ... > ... Do you mean they have all gone elsewhere?
> ... >
> ... >How many posts do you get/day?
> ...
> ... I just checked. On the 26th I had 72.
>
>127 for me.

72 after filtering, I don't know how many in total.
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Martin
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 10:37 am
  #100  
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On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:35:15 +0000, Keith Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:46:56 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>I thought it was something I had done at my end, by filtering out all those who
>>thought this was a group for red neck politics.
>
>Hot damn! Say, Martin, you ain't one o' them pinko commie Yooropeans,
>are ye? Sheee-yit, how's things down the mosque these days, pardner?
>Good job there's still some down home folks back here ready to save
>your asses in two world wars an' to warn you of the rising tide of
>ragheads that wanna deprive yo'of yo' good old Nyetherlands pint
>glass, eh?

Ploink! You 'kin red neck stooge.
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Martin
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 10:41 am
  #101  
Keith Anderson
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:37:24 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:


>
>Ploink! You 'kin red neck stooge.

Aw, shee -it yo' ain't no fun no more, goddamit! Yo' been listenin' to
them mullahs to much, boy! They gonna creep up on you an' whup yo'
ass, lemme tell ya! You post on here an' say that Hamza el Sc'runge is
a faggot an' dey gonna chop yo' hand off for sure!


Keith, Bristol, UK
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 10:44 am
  #102  
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:36:29 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:16:54 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:07:35 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... >
... >
... > ... > ... >Although, he may be right on one point - this group used to be *high traffic*; years ago I
... > ... > ... >would get about +200 posts/day. Nowadays it's more like 70 or so.
... > ... > ... >
... > ... > ... >Or else it's my ISP's fault, again!
... > ... > ...
... > ... > ... I thought it was something I had done at my end, by filtering out all those who
... > ... > ... thought this was a group for red neck politics.
... > ... > ... Do you mean they have all gone elsewhere?
... > ... >
... > ... >How many posts do you get/day?
... > ...
... > ... I just checked. On the 26th I had 72.
... >
... >127 for me.
...
... 72 after filtering, I don't know how many in total.

Same here. You must filter more people than I do.

(Only Mixi, Pig and Poodle in my list.)
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 11:03 am
  #103  
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:44:55 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Magda <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:36:29 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
...
... ... On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:16:54 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
... ...
... ... >On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:07:35 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
... ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... ... >
... ... >
... ... > ... > ... >Although, he may be right on one point - this group used to be *high traffic*; years ago I
... ... > ... > ... >would get about +200 posts/day. Nowadays it's more like 70 or so.
... ... > ... > ... >
... ... > ... > ... >Or else it's my ISP's fault, again!
... ... > ... > ...
... ... > ... > ... I thought it was something I had done at my end, by filtering out all those who
... ... > ... > ... thought this was a group for red neck politics.
... ... > ... > ... Do you mean they have all gone elsewhere?
... ... > ... >
... ... > ... >How many posts do you get/day?
... ... > ...
... ... > ... I just checked. On the 26th I had 72.
... ... >
... ... >127 for me.
... ...
... ... 72 after filtering, I don't know how many in total.
...
... Same here. You must filter more people than I do.
...
... (Only Mixi, Pig and Poodle in my list.)

And Scrooge! I always forget him - it's so easy...
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 9:11 pm
  #104  
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:44:55 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:36:29 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:16:54 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:07:35 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
> ... >arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
> ... >
> ... >
> ... > ... > ... >Although, he may be right on one point - this group used to be *high traffic*; years ago I
> ... > ... > ... >would get about +200 posts/day. Nowadays it's more like 70 or so.
> ... > ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... >Or else it's my ISP's fault, again!
> ... > ... > ...
> ... > ... > ... I thought it was something I had done at my end, by filtering out all those who
> ... > ... > ... thought this was a group for red neck politics.
> ... > ... > ... Do you mean they have all gone elsewhere?
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >How many posts do you get/day?
> ... > ...
> ... > ... I just checked. On the 26th I had 72.
> ... >
> ... >127 for me.
> ...
> ... 72 after filtering, I don't know how many in total.
>
>Same here. You must filter more people than I do.
>
>(Only Mixi, Pig and Poodle in my list.)

Mixi has gone, so you can take him out of your list and replace him with the red
necks.
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Martin
 
Old Jan 26th 2007, 10:05 pm
  #105  
-Magda
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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:11:40 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:


... >(Only Mixi, Pig and Poodle in my list.)
...
... Mixi has gone, so you can take him out of your list and replace him with the red
... necks.

Naah, he will be back. Even his *ghost* can get back here! I'm not taking any chances.
 


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