Thank You RTE Homies !
Jan 20th 2005, 8:22 pm
#31
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Following up to nitram
>> ... I see signs of your premature senility every now and then.
>>Stop looking in the mirror, then.
>How can I see signs of *your* premature senility by looking in a
>mirror?
can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
use of "your"?
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>> ... I see signs of your premature senility every now and then.
>>Stop looking in the mirror, then.
>How can I see signs of *your* premature senility by looking in a
>mirror?
can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
use of "your"?
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Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
Jan 20th 2005, 8:34 pm
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:22:22 +0000, The Reids
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to nitram
>>> ... I see signs of your premature senility every now and then.
>>>Stop looking in the mirror, then.
>>How can I see signs of *your* premature senility by looking in a
>>mirror?
>can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
>use of "your"?
:-)
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Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to nitram
>>> ... I see signs of your premature senility every now and then.
>>>Stop looking in the mirror, then.
>>How can I see signs of *your* premature senility by looking in a
>>mirror?
>can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
>use of "your"?
:-)
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Martin
Jan 20th 2005, 9:06 pm
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:22:22 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, The Reids
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... Following up to nitram
...
... >> ... I see signs of your premature senility every now and then.
... >>
... >>Stop looking in the mirror, then.
... >
... >How can I see signs of *your* premature senility by looking in a
... >mirror?
...
... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
... use of "your"?
How can *you* know ? LOL
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... Following up to nitram
...
... >> ... I see signs of your premature senility every now and then.
... >>
... >>Stop looking in the mirror, then.
... >
... >How can I see signs of *your* premature senility by looking in a
... >mirror?
...
... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
... use of "your"?
How can *you* know ? LOL
Jan 20th 2005, 9:13 pm
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:54:18 GMT, Deep Foiled Malls wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:22:56 -0600, "Douglas W. Hoyt"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>If there is no moderator, there is always a big risk that any flamer or
>>spammer or curmudgeon can come along to make everybody miserable and turn a
>>newsgroup into a scary little wasteland--but if you have good-hearted,
>>fun-loving, travel-interested, decent-minded regulars minding the pub
>>every day,
>
> *hic*
>
> Who are you refering to in particular?
>
>>I know that I have complete freedom to ignore any threads that start
>>wandering eastward toward Tazmania
>
> Pictures of Tazmania:
> http://www.deepfriedmars.com/Tasmania.htm
Non-smoking ATM machines in Tasmania: www.nosmoke-tas.au
--
Tim C.
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:22:56 -0600, "Douglas W. Hoyt"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>If there is no moderator, there is always a big risk that any flamer or
>>spammer or curmudgeon can come along to make everybody miserable and turn a
>>newsgroup into a scary little wasteland--but if you have good-hearted,
>>fun-loving, travel-interested, decent-minded regulars minding the pub
>>every day,
>
> *hic*
>
> Who are you refering to in particular?
>
>>I know that I have complete freedom to ignore any threads that start
>>wandering eastward toward Tazmania
>
> Pictures of Tazmania:
> http://www.deepfriedmars.com/Tasmania.htm
Non-smoking ATM machines in Tasmania: www.nosmoke-tas.au
--
Tim C.
Jan 20th 2005, 9:31 pm
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:13:09 +0100, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:54:18 GMT, Deep Foiled Malls wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:22:56 -0600, "Douglas W. Hoyt"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>If there is no moderator, there is always a big risk that any flamer or
>>>spammer or curmudgeon can come along to make everybody miserable and turn a
>>>newsgroup into a scary little wasteland--but if you have good-hearted,
>>>fun-loving, travel-interested, decent-minded regulars minding the pub
>>>every day,
>>
>> *hic*
>>
>> Who are you refering to in particular?
>>
>>>I know that I have complete freedom to ignore any threads that start
>>>wandering eastward toward Tazmania
>>
>> Pictures of Tazmania:
>> http://www.deepfriedmars.com/Tasmania.htm
>Non-smoking ATM machines in Tasmania: www.nosmoke-tas.au
Yeah, but do they run WinXP SP2?
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:54:18 GMT, Deep Foiled Malls wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:22:56 -0600, "Douglas W. Hoyt"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>If there is no moderator, there is always a big risk that any flamer or
>>>spammer or curmudgeon can come along to make everybody miserable and turn a
>>>newsgroup into a scary little wasteland--but if you have good-hearted,
>>>fun-loving, travel-interested, decent-minded regulars minding the pub
>>>every day,
>>
>> *hic*
>>
>> Who are you refering to in particular?
>>
>>>I know that I have complete freedom to ignore any threads that start
>>>wandering eastward toward Tazmania
>>
>> Pictures of Tazmania:
>> http://www.deepfriedmars.com/Tasmania.htm
>Non-smoking ATM machines in Tasmania: www.nosmoke-tas.au
Yeah, but do they run WinXP SP2?
--
Martin
Jan 20th 2005, 10:01 pm
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:13:33 +0100, B Vaughan wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:00:34 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>[email protected] (Luca Logi) wrote:
>>>Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:29:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram
>>>> <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
>>>fellows, sorry to play the old fart role, but could you care to quote
>>>correctly? Any message where scrolling is needed to reach the the
>>>significant or more recent section is likely to remain unread.
>>As one old fart to another, might I suggest that what you really want
>>people to do is snip appropriately?
>
> I've always thought that when an exchange reaches four levels of
> indentation between two people only, it should revert to email.
> However, I was afraid I would be mistaken for an old fart if I
> expressed my feelings. Now that all the other old farts have openly
> declared themselves, I feel liberated.
Babsie's coming out of the closet? ;-)
--
Tim C.
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:00:34 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>[email protected] (Luca Logi) wrote:
>>>Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:29:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram
>>>> <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
>>>fellows, sorry to play the old fart role, but could you care to quote
>>>correctly? Any message where scrolling is needed to reach the the
>>>significant or more recent section is likely to remain unread.
>>As one old fart to another, might I suggest that what you really want
>>people to do is snip appropriately?
>
> I've always thought that when an exchange reaches four levels of
> indentation between two people only, it should revert to email.
> However, I was afraid I would be mistaken for an old fart if I
> expressed my feelings. Now that all the other old farts have openly
> declared themselves, I feel liberated.
Babsie's coming out of the closet? ;-)
--
Tim C.
Jan 20th 2005, 10:26 pm
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:01:13 +0100, Tim Challenger
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:13:33 +0100, B Vaughan wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:00:34 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>[email protected] (Luca Logi) wrote:
>>>>Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:29:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram
>>>>> <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
>>>>fellows, sorry to play the old fart role, but could you care to quote
>>>>correctly? Any message where scrolling is needed to reach the the
>>>>significant or more recent section is likely to remain unread.
>>>As one old fart to another, might I suggest that what you really want
>>>people to do is snip appropriately?
>>
>> I've always thought that when an exchange reaches four levels of
>> indentation between two people only, it should revert to email.
>> However, I was afraid I would be mistaken for an old fart if I
>> expressed my feelings. Now that all the other old farts have openly
>> declared themselves, I feel liberated.
>Babsie's coming out of the closet? ;-)
With the back of her dress tucked into her knickers? :-)
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:13:33 +0100, B Vaughan wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:00:34 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>[email protected] (Luca Logi) wrote:
>>>>Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:29:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram
>>>>> <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
>>>>fellows, sorry to play the old fart role, but could you care to quote
>>>>correctly? Any message where scrolling is needed to reach the the
>>>>significant or more recent section is likely to remain unread.
>>>As one old fart to another, might I suggest that what you really want
>>>people to do is snip appropriately?
>>
>> I've always thought that when an exchange reaches four levels of
>> indentation between two people only, it should revert to email.
>> However, I was afraid I would be mistaken for an old fart if I
>> expressed my feelings. Now that all the other old farts have openly
>> declared themselves, I feel liberated.
>Babsie's coming out of the closet? ;-)
With the back of her dress tucked into her knickers? :-)
--
Martin
Jan 21st 2005, 12:04 am
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:14:21 -0500, Miss L. Toe wrote:
> "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com> wrote:
>>> >I couldn't even begin to top that remark, so I will just sit here and
> say
>>> >nothing!
>>> >
>>> You just didn't.
>> But how would anybody actually know that if I didn't announce it? If a
> tree
>> falls in the forest...
>
> Then the cat in the box is dead
but only until you open it.
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> "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> "szozu" <hoppbunny at hotmail com> wrote:
>>> >I couldn't even begin to top that remark, so I will just sit here and
> say
>>> >nothing!
>>> >
>>> You just didn't.
>> But how would anybody actually know that if I didn't announce it? If a
> tree
>> falls in the forest...
>
> Then the cat in the box is dead
but only until you open it.
--
Tim C.
Jan 21st 2005, 12:04 am
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:26:13 +0100, nitram wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:01:13 +0100, Tim Challenger
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:13:33 +0100, B Vaughan wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:00:34 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>[email protected] (Luca Logi) wrote:
>>>>>Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:29:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram
>>>>>> <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
>>>>>fellows, sorry to play the old fart role, but could you care to quote
>>>>>correctly? Any message where scrolling is needed to reach the the
>>>>>significant or more recent section is likely to remain unread.
>>>>As one old fart to another, might I suggest that what you really want
>>>>people to do is snip appropriately?
>>>
>>> I've always thought that when an exchange reaches four levels of
>>> indentation between two people only, it should revert to email.
>>> However, I was afraid I would be mistaken for an old fart if I
>>> expressed my feelings. Now that all the other old farts have openly
>>> declared themselves, I feel liberated.
>>Babsie's coming out of the closet? ;-)
>
> With the back of her dress tucked into her knickers? :-)
LOL!
--
Tim C.
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:01:13 +0100, Tim Challenger
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:13:33 +0100, B Vaughan wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:00:34 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>[email protected] (Luca Logi) wrote:
>>>>>Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:29:01 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram
>>>>>> <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
>>>>>fellows, sorry to play the old fart role, but could you care to quote
>>>>>correctly? Any message where scrolling is needed to reach the the
>>>>>significant or more recent section is likely to remain unread.
>>>>As one old fart to another, might I suggest that what you really want
>>>>people to do is snip appropriately?
>>>
>>> I've always thought that when an exchange reaches four levels of
>>> indentation between two people only, it should revert to email.
>>> However, I was afraid I would be mistaken for an old fart if I
>>> expressed my feelings. Now that all the other old farts have openly
>>> declared themselves, I feel liberated.
>>Babsie's coming out of the closet? ;-)
>
> With the back of her dress tucked into her knickers? :-)
LOL!
--
Tim C.
Jan 21st 2005, 12:25 am
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Following up to Magda
> ... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
> ... use of "your"?
>How can *you* know ? LOL
I was just guessing, its a 50/50 bet, could we have your'e
explanation of the usage so I can post more grammatically in
future?
--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
> ... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
> ... use of "your"?
>How can *you* know ? LOL
I was just guessing, its a 50/50 bet, could we have your'e
explanation of the usage so I can post more grammatically in
future?
--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
Jan 21st 2005, 12:35 am
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The Reids <[email protected]> wrote:
>Following up to Magda
>> ... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
>> ... use of "your"?
>>How can *you* know ? LOL
>I was just guessing, its a 50/50 bet, could we have your'e
>explanation of the usage so I can post more grammatically in
>future?
Perhaps, Mike, you should revert to thou, thee, thy, and thine.
--
PB
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>Following up to Magda
>> ... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
>> ... use of "your"?
>>How can *you* know ? LOL
>I was just guessing, its a 50/50 bet, could we have your'e
>explanation of the usage so I can post more grammatically in
>future?
Perhaps, Mike, you should revert to thou, thee, thy, and thine.
--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED
Jan 21st 2005, 12:57 am
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:35:22 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
<[email protected]> wrote:
>The Reids <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Following up to Magda
>>> ... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
>>> ... use of "your"?
>>>How can *you* know ? LOL
>>I was just guessing, its a 50/50 bet, could we have your'e
>>explanation of the usage so I can post more grammatically in
>>future?
>Perhaps, Mike, you should revert to thou, thee, thy, and thine.
He saves them for SWMBO.
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>The Reids <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Following up to Magda
>>> ... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
>>> ... use of "your"?
>>>How can *you* know ? LOL
>>I was just guessing, its a 50/50 bet, could we have your'e
>>explanation of the usage so I can post more grammatically in
>>future?
>Perhaps, Mike, you should revert to thou, thee, thy, and thine.
He saves them for SWMBO.
--
Martin
Jan 21st 2005, 1:20 am
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:25:07 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, The Reids
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... Following up to Magda
...
... > ... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
... > ... use of "your"?
... >
... >How can *you* know ? LOL
...
... I was just guessing, its a 50/50 bet, could we have your'e
... explanation of the usage so I can post more grammatically in
... future?
Ok, I'll bite.
you're = you are. (Yes, you are !!)
your = POSSESSIVE. (Yes, I'm shouting.)
Happy now ?
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
... Following up to Magda
...
... > ... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
... > ... use of "your"?
... >
... >How can *you* know ? LOL
...
... I was just guessing, its a 50/50 bet, could we have your'e
... explanation of the usage so I can post more grammatically in
... future?
Ok, I'll bite.
you're = you are. (Yes, you are !!)
your = POSSESSIVE. (Yes, I'm shouting.)
Happy now ?
Jan 21st 2005, 1:23 am
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:20:40 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:25:07 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, The Reids
><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... Following up to Magda
> ...
> ... > ... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
> ... > ... use of "your"?
> ... >
> ... >How can *you* know ? LOL
> ...
> ... I was just guessing, its a 50/50 bet, could we have your'e
> ... explanation of the usage so I can post more grammatically in
> ... future?
>Ok, I'll bite.
>you're = you are. (Yes, you are !!)
>your = POSSESSIVE. (Yes, I'm shouting.)
>Happy now ?
Your bonkers?
--
Martin
wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:25:07 +0000, in rec.travel.europe, The Reids
><[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... Following up to Magda
> ...
> ... > ... can I take this opportunity to congratulate you on the correct
> ... > ... use of "your"?
> ... >
> ... >How can *you* know ? LOL
> ...
> ... I was just guessing, its a 50/50 bet, could we have your'e
> ... explanation of the usage so I can post more grammatically in
> ... future?
>Ok, I'll bite.
>you're = you are. (Yes, you are !!)
>your = POSSESSIVE. (Yes, I'm shouting.)
>Happy now ?
Your bonkers?
--
Martin
Jan 21st 2005, 2:05 am
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Following up to Magda
>you're = you are. (Yes, you are !!)
>your = POSSESSIVE. (Yes, I'm shouting.)
>Happy now ?
Not entirely, what do you mean by possessive or possibly even
POSSESIVE? How can words possess each other?
--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
>you're = you are. (Yes, you are !!)
>your = POSSESSIVE. (Yes, I'm shouting.)
>Happy now ?
Not entirely, what do you mean by possessive or possibly even
POSSESIVE? How can words possess each other?
--
Mike Reid
Wasdale-Thames path-London-photos "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
Eat-walk-Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk" <-- dontuse@ all, it's a spamtrap
