Afba FAQ
Charlie Ball
"life force" <j...@spiro99.clara.co.uk> writes:
Follows is the FAQ for the newsgroup 'alt.fan.british-accent'.
Q : What is this newsgroup about anyway?
A : Anything you like except accents. Try to be interesting, unless you are
wilfully being boring.
Q : What about smileys?
A : No smileys. They're horrid.
End FAQ.
That should do the trick. That's all we have as far as FAQ goes.
Cheers,
Charlie
Martin Sohnius
I have two minor supplements:
Q: What are threads for?
A: To indicate the topic that postings under this thread are not about,
and to compete for an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the
longest-ever thread.
Q: Any other rules?
A: Try to spell correctly. Post in Catalan wherever possible.
--
Martin
"Des Menschen Leben gleicht der Brille; man macht viel durch"
- Heinz Ehrhardt
Joe
Martin Sohnius <msoh...@novell.co.uk> wrote:
<snip>
> Q: Any other rules?
> A: Try to spell correctly.
That's not much of a challenge, is it? You've even printed the word
"correctly" so people can crib from it.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
Ken Butler
> A: Try to spell correctly. Post in Catalan wherever possible.
És un foradet molt petitó, però si no el tapeu de seguida, anirà
eixamplant-se i llavors hi passarà la pluja[1].
[1] "It's a very tiny little hole, but if you don't block it up
straight away it will go on getting wider and then the rain will come
in through it."
--
Ken Butler, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
e-mail is butler at mscs dot dal dot ca
** Tants caps, tants barrets. **
A B Magee
>On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 14:37:52 -0700, Martin Sohnius wrote:
>
>> A: Try to spell correctly. Post in Catalan wherever possible.
>
>És un foradet molt petitó, però si no el tapeu de seguida, anirà
>eixamplant-se i llavors hi passarà la pluja[1].
But is it spelled correctly?
Anne
--
Never whistle your own canoe
See my photographs at http://members.xoom.com/abmagee/
See my internet friends at http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/abmagee/
Ken Butler
> Quoth Ken Butler on Wed, 03 Nov 1999 06:34:05 GMT:
>
> >On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 14:37:52 -0700, Martin Sohnius wrote:
> >
> >> A: Try to spell correctly. Post in Catalan wherever possible.
> >
> >És un foradet molt petitó, però si no el tapeu de seguida, anirà
> >eixamplant-se i llavors hi passarà la pluja[1].
>
> But is it spelled correctly?
Of course it is. What do you take me for?[2]
I had to be careful with those a**ents, though. The third person
singular of the future tense has to end with à, not á.[3]
[2] Don't answer that.
[3] I successfully guessed that these were alt-0224 and alt-0225,
respectively. Now, where did I put my anorak?
A B Magee
>On Wed, 03 Nov 1999 06:46:02 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler on Wed, 03 Nov 1999 06:34:05 GMT:
>>
>> >On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 14:37:52 -0700, Martin Sohnius wrote:
>> >
>> >> A: Try to spell correctly. Post in Catalan wherever possible.
>> >
>> >És un foradet molt petitó, però si no el tapeu de seguida, anirà
>> >eixamplant-se i llavors hi passarà la pluja[1].
>>
>> But is it spelled correctly?
>
>Of course it is. What do you take me for?[2]
A bunch of letters on a screen?
>I had to be careful with those a**ents, though. The third person
>singular of the future tense has to end with à, not á.[3]
<respectful pause>
Oh. Ah.
>
>[2] Don't answer that.
Oops.
>[3] I successfully guessed that these were alt-0224 and alt-0225,
>respectively. Now, where did I put my anorak?
Probably on the floor beside the explaining jacket.
lardyboy
kbu...@knattspyrnusambandislands.dal.ca (Ken Butler) wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 14:37:52 -0700, Martin Sohnius wrote:
> > A: Try to spell correctly. Post in Catalan wherever possible.
> eixamplant-se i llavors hi passarą la pluja[1].
> [1] "It's a very tiny little hole, but if you don't block it up
> straight away it will go on getting wider and then the rain will
> come
> in through it."
1) why do some of the accents go forward, the others backwards?
2) Is this another indication of "entry via the chocolate starfish"?
G - I do hope so girl
* Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network *
The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!
Ken Butler
> In article <381fcfaa...@news.dal.ca>,
> kbu...@knattspyrnusambandislands.dal.ca (Ken Butler) wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 14:37:52 -0700, Martin Sohnius wrote:
> > > A: Try to spell correctly. Post in Catalan wherever possible.
> > És un foradet molt petitó, perņ si no el tapeu de seguida, anirą
> > eixamplant-se i llavors hi passarą la pluja[1].
> > [1] "It's a very tiny little hole, but if you don't block it up
> > straight away it will go on getting wider and then the rain will
> > come
> > in through it."
>
> 1) why do some of the accents go forward, the others backwards?
"As a guide to punctuation and spelling, remember that a can only take
a grave accent `; that i and u can only take an acute accent ', and
that e and o can take either a grave or an acute, according to whether
their pronunciation is open or closed."
So says Teach Yourself Catalan, anyway. Presumably it defines "open"
and "closed" somewhere, but it's far too much trouble to find that at
the moment.
> 2) Is this another indication of "entry via the chocolate starfish"?
I'm sure I don't know what you mean.
A B Magee
>On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 07:52:43 -0800, lardyboy wrote:
[snip Catalan]
>> 1) why do some of the accents go forward, the others backwards?
>
>"As a guide to punctuation and spelling, remember that a can only take
>a grave accent `; that i and u can only take an acute accent ', and
>that e and o can take either a grave or an acute, according to whether
>their pronunciation is open or closed."
Butbutbut.. If a letter can only take one kind of accent, why put the
accent there at all? Or does your book mean it can either go naked or
with an accent?
>So says Teach Yourself Catalan, anyway. Presumably it defines "open"
>and "closed" somewhere, but it's far too much trouble to find that at
>the moment.
Possibly the mouth is open or closed.
Anne, typing with mouth closed
lardyboy
kbu...@knattspyrnusambandislands.dal.ca (Ken Butler) wrote:
> > > És un foradet molt petitó, perņ si no el tapeu de seguida,
> anirą
> > > eixamplant-se i llavors hi passarą la pluja[1].
> > > [1] "It's a very tiny little hole, but if you don't block it up
> > > straight away it will go on getting wider and then the rain
> will
> > > come
> > > in through it."
> >
> > 1) why do some of the accents go forward, the others backwards?
> "As a guide to punctuation and spelling, remember that a can only
> take
> a grave accent `; that i and u can only take an acute accent ', and
> that e and o can take either a grave or an acute, according to
> whether
> their pronunciation is open or closed."
> So says Teach Yourself Catalan, anyway. Presumably it defines
> "open"
> and "closed" somewhere, but it's far too much trouble to find that
> at
> the moment.
Suits yerself sonny.
> > 2) Is this another indication of "entry via the chocolate
> starfish"?
> I'm sure I don't know what you mean.
I'm sure you know exactly what I'm intimating.
G - tradesman's entrance girl
Ken Butler
> Quoth Ken Butler on Tue, 09 Nov 1999 06:19:40 GMT:
>
> >On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 07:52:43 -0800, lardyboy wrote:
>
> [snip Catalan]
>
> >> 1) why do some of the accents go forward, the others backwards?
> >
> >"As a guide to punctuation and spelling, remember that a can only take
> >a grave accent `; that i and u can only take an acute accent ', and
> >that e and o can take either a grave or an acute, according to whether
> >their pronunciation is open or closed."
>
> Butbutbut.. If a letter can only take one kind of accent, why put the
> accent there at all? Or does your book mean it can either go naked or
> with an accent?
It means precisely that (as in "the last of the things you were
suggesting"). In fact, the whole diacritical-mark thing in Catalan is
a microcosm of its French-Spanish nature. The presence of both ' and `
is French (the same as French, in fact, apart from the letters that
can get accents). However the use of the accents is Spanish: like
Spanish, Catalan has a collection of rules about which syllable in a
word should get the stress (basically, the last-but-one syllable for
words that end in a vowel, the last syllable otherwise: "costa" is
COS-ta, but "final" is fee-NAHL). Words that don't play by the rules
get an accent on the vowel of the syllable that should be stressed
instead -- thus "màquina" is "MA-kee-na", not "ma=KEE-na", and "jardí"
is "zhar-DEE" rather than "ZHAR-dee".
Catalan has quite a few words that end in í or ó that would be French
if they had a nasalised "n" on the end. "Jardí" is one such, since it
means "garden".
> >So says Teach Yourself Catalan, anyway. Presumably it defines "open"
> >and "closed" somewhere, but it's far too much trouble to find that at
> >the moment.
>
> Possibly the mouth is open or closed.
Or possibly not.
> Anne, typing with mouth closed
Ken, typing with tongue sticking out.
A B Magee
>On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 03:16:55 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler on Tue, 09 Nov 1999 06:19:40 GMT:
>>
>> >On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 07:52:43 -0800, lardyboy wrote:
>>
>> [snip Catalan]
>>
>> >> 1) why do some of the accents go forward, the others backwards?
>> >
>> >"As a guide to punctuation and spelling, remember that a can only take
>> >a grave accent `; that i and u can only take an acute accent ', and
>> >that e and o can take either a grave or an acute, according to whether
>> >their pronunciation is open or closed."
>>
>> Butbutbut.. If a letter can only take one kind of accent, why put the
>> accent there at all? Or does your book mean it can either go naked or
>> with an accent?
>
>It means precisely that (as in "the last of the things you were
>suggesting"). In fact, the whole diacritical-mark thing in Catalan is
>a microcosm of its French-Spanish nature. The presence of both ' and `
>is French (the same as French, in fact, apart from the letters that
>can get accents). However the use of the accents is Spanish: like
>Spanish, Catalan has a collection of rules about which syllable in a
>word should get the stress (basically, the last-but-one syllable for
>words that end in a vowel, the last syllable otherwise: "costa" is
>COS-ta, but "final" is fee-NAHL). Words that don't play by the rules
>get an accent on the vowel of the syllable that should be stressed
>instead -- thus "màquina" is "MA-kee-na", not "ma=KEE-na", and "jardí"
>is "zhar-DEE" rather than "ZHAR-dee".
Are you saying the accent only indicates emphasis? So it doesn't
really matter which accent you use then, does it?
>Catalan has quite a few words that end in í or ó that would be French
>if they had a nasalised "n" on the end. "Jardí" is one such, since it
>means "garden".
Very sensible. That nasal stuff is a serious pain.
>> >So says Teach Yourself Catalan, anyway. Presumably it defines "open"
>> >and "closed" somewhere, but it's far too much trouble to find that at
>> >the moment.
>>
>> Possibly the mouth is open or closed.
>
>Or possibly not.
Hey ho. (tm Geep)
>> Anne, typing with mouth closed
>
>Ken, typing with tongue sticking out.
I hope your mouth is open then. Otherwise you have just bitten your
tongue off.
Anne
Ken Butler
> Quoth Ken Butler on Mon, 08 Nov 1999 05:21:21 GMT:
> >
> >Of course it is. What do you take me for?[2]
>
> A bunch of letters on a screen?
That, and a voice that didn't sound nearly Scottish enough.
> >[3] I successfully guessed that these were alt-0224 and alt-0225,
> >respectively. Now, where did I put my anorak?
>
> Probably on the floor beside the explaining jacket.
<looks down>
Gosh, you're right. And apparently covered in fragments of sour cream
and onion chips/crisps.
Ken Butler
> Quoth Ken Butler on Sun, 14 Nov 1999 08:26:14 GMT:
>
> >On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 03:16:55 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
> >>
> >> Butbutbut.. If a letter can only take one kind of accent, why put the
> >> accent there at all? Or does your book mean it can either go naked or
> >> with an accent?
> >
> >It means precisely that (as in "the last of the things you were
> >suggesting"). In fact, the whole diacritical-mark thing in Catalan is
> >a microcosm of its French-Spanish nature. The presence of both ' and `
> >is French (the same as French, in fact, apart from the letters that
> >can get accents). However the use of the accents is Spanish: like
> >Spanish, Catalan has a collection of rules about which syllable in a
> >word should get the stress (basically, the last-but-one syllable for
> >words that end in a vowel, the last syllable otherwise: "costa" is
> >COS-ta, but "final" is fee-NAHL). Words that don't play by the rules
> >get an accent on the vowel of the syllable that should be stressed
> >instead -- thus "màquina" is "MA-kee-na", not "ma=KEE-na", and "jardí"
> >is "zhar-DEE" rather than "ZHAR-dee".
>
> Are you saying the accent only indicates emphasis? So it doesn't
> really matter which accent you use then, does it?
Butbutbut... this is true in Spanish, and they only have the '
accents. French uses accents to indicate sound and not stress; my
point was (or, at least, may once have been) that Catalan, being a
mixture of both, uses accents for both purposes at once.
> >Catalan has quite a few words that end in í or ó that would be French
> >if they had a nasalised "n" on the end. "Jardí" is one such, since it
> >means "garden".
>
> Very sensible. That nasal stuff is a serious pain.
Don't try and learn Portuguese, then. Their word for "one" is "um",
pronounced "oong". And they have ~ accents on vowels, too.
> >Ken, typing with tongue sticking out.
>
> I hope your mouth is open then. Otherwise you have just bitten your
> tongue off.
Mrgh grgh.
A B Magee
>On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 06:21:54 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler on Mon, 08 Nov 1999 05:21:21 GMT:
>> >[3] I successfully guessed that these were alt-0224 and alt-0225,
>> >respectively. Now, where did I put my anorak?
>>
>> Probably on the floor beside the explaining jacket.
>
><looks down>
>
>Gosh, you're right. And apparently covered in fragments of sour cream
>and onion chips/crisps.
If you had a dog, those fragments wouldn't be there. (That's the thing
I regret most about not having a dog -- no one to eat the crumbs, the
last dry bite of sandwich, the last two perogies when I cook too many,
etc.)
Oh wait, I'm forgetting Sprinter. He must be falling down on the job.
A B Magee
>On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 09:21:08 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler on Sun, 14 Nov 1999 08:26:14 GMT:
>>
>> >On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 03:16:55 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Butbutbut.. If a letter can only take one kind of accent, why put the
>> >> accent there at all? Or does your book mean it can either go naked or
>> >> with an accent?
>> >
>> >It means precisely that (as in "the last of the things you were
>> >suggesting"). In fact, the whole diacritical-mark thing in Catalan is
>> >a microcosm of its French-Spanish nature. The presence of both ' and `
>> >is French (the same as French, in fact, apart from the letters that
>> >can get accents). However the use of the accents is Spanish: like
>> >Spanish, Catalan has a collection of rules about which syllable in a
>> >word should get the stress (basically, the last-but-one syllable for
>> >words that end in a vowel, the last syllable otherwise: "costa" is
>> >COS-ta, but "final" is fee-NAHL). Words that don't play by the rules
>> >get an accent on the vowel of the syllable that should be stressed
>> >instead -- thus "màquina" is "MA-kee-na", not "ma=KEE-na", and "jardí"
>> >is "zhar-DEE" rather than "ZHAR-dee".
>>
>> Are you saying the accent only indicates emphasis? So it doesn't
>> really matter which accent you use then, does it?
>
>Butbutbut... this is true in Spanish, and they only have the '
>accents. French uses accents to indicate sound and not stress; my
>point was (or, at least, may once have been) that Catalan, being a
>mixture of both, uses accents for both purposes at once.
Now I'm totally confused. How can that possibly work?
>> >Catalan has quite a few words that end in í or ó that would be French
>> >if they had a nasalised "n" on the end. "Jardí" is one such, since it
>> >means "garden".
>>
>> Very sensible. That nasal stuff is a serious pain.
>
>Don't try and learn Portuguese, then. Their word for "one" is "um",
>pronounced "oong". And they have ~ accents on vowels, too.
You're making this stuff up. You can't put ~s on vowels. It's
unnatural.
>> >Ken, typing with tongue sticking out.
>>
>> I hope your mouth is open then. Otherwise you have just bitten your
>> tongue off.
>
>Mrgh grgh.
Kids. They just don't listen.
Ken Butler
> Quoth Ken Butler on Wed, 17 Nov 1999 06:18:35 GMT:
> ><looks down>
> >
> >Gosh, you're right. And apparently covered in fragments of sour cream
> >and onion chips/crisps.
>
> If you had a dog, those fragments wouldn't be there. (That's the thing
> I regret most about not having a dog -- no one to eat the crumbs, the
> last dry bite of sandwich, the last two perogies when I cook too many,
> etc.)
Ah yes, I remember this, with a dog around the place. Anything on the
floor was either considered to be food and therefore eaten, or
considered to be a toy, in which case it would be brought to you to
throw.
Trouble was, he never quite mastered the idea of *giving* you the
thing you were supposed to throw, and so getting it off him tended to
involve a tug-of-war.
> Oh wait, I'm forgetting Sprinter. He must be falling down on the job.
I knew it was a mistake to give him that glass of wine.
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 05:23:20 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler on Wed, 17 Nov 1999 06:18:35 GMT:
>
>> ><looks down>
>> >
>> >Gosh, you're right. And apparently covered in fragments of sour cream
>> >and onion chips/crisps.
>>
>> If you had a dog, those fragments wouldn't be there. (That's the thing
>> I regret most about not having a dog -- no one to eat the crumbs, the
>> last dry bite of sandwich, the last two perogies when I cook too many,
>> etc.)
>
>Ah yes, I remember this, with a dog around the place. Anything on the
>floor was either considered to be food and therefore eaten, or
>considered to be a toy, in which case it would be brought to you to
>throw.
Or, if it was something you really valued, it was merely chewed to
bits without you being aware of it.
>Trouble was, he never quite mastered the idea of *giving* you the
>thing you were supposed to throw, and so getting it off him tended to
>involve a tug-of-war.
That was the best part. From the dog's point of view, at least. I
didn't mind much, unless the thing was a tennis ball. There isn't much
that's ickier than trying to get a soggy slobbery tennis ball out of a
dog's mouth.
>> Oh wait, I'm forgetting Sprinter. He must be falling down on the job.
>
>I knew it was a mistake to give him that glass of wine.
I bought some whisky a couple of weeks ago, just to try. It's vile.
Tastes and smells like something someone from the 50s would put on
their hair. Do you think Sprinter would like it?
Ken Butler
> Quoth Ken Butler on Wed, 17 Nov 1999 06:18:36 GMT:
>
> >On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 09:21:08 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
> >>
> >> Are you saying the accent only indicates emphasis? So it doesn't
> >> really matter which accent you use then, does it?
> >
> >Butbutbut... this is true in Spanish, and they only have the '
> >accents. French uses accents to indicate sound and not stress; my
> >point was (or, at least, may once have been) that Catalan, being a
> >mixture of both, uses accents for both purposes at once.
>
> Now I'm totally confused. How can that possibly work?
Smoothly, since the exact sound of unaccented vowels doesn't matter
very much: it's the accented ones (that is, in the sense both of
"stressed" and of "carrying a written mark") that need to be
pronounced properly.
> >Don't try and learn Portuguese, then. Their word for "one" is "um",
> >pronounced "oong". And they have ~ accents on vowels, too.
>
> You're making this stuff up. You can't put ~s on vowels. It's
> unnatural.
O, não sé[1].
There was a discussion on one of my mailing lists the other day about
how even ISO-8859-2 (or whatever it's called) doesn't have all the
proper accented letters. The discussion was of, I think, Turkish
football teams (some of which are properly written with s's that have
cedillas underneath). Not to mention Polish l's with lines through (as
in Lech Walesa's last name[2], which, now that I think about it, also
requires a cedilla underneath the *e*), and Lithuanian, which has a's
and o's with lines atop them.
LaTeX will let you stick any accent on any letter by the simple
expedient of overwriting. The ability to overtype was going to be the
Next Big Thing in keyboards about 15 years ago, I recall, back when
APL was going to be the Next Big Programming Language.
> >> I hope your mouth is open then. Otherwise you have just bitten your
> >> tongue off.
> >
> >Mrgh grgh.
>
> Kids. They just don't listen.
I see no kids.
Oh, wait, *I'm* the kid, on account of being younger than you. Right.
[1] "Oh, I don't know" in Portuguese.
[2] "Slowly, I pick my life up,
Then I go and pick the wife up.
She works in Marks and Spencers,
La, la la, Lech Walesas." (HMHB, unsurprisingly.)
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Thu, 18 Nov 1999 07:09:18 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler on Wed, 17 Nov 1999 06:18:36 GMT:
>>
>> >On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 09:21:08 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Are you saying the accent only indicates emphasis? So it doesn't
>> >> really matter which accent you use then, does it?
>> >
>> >Butbutbut... this is true in Spanish, and they only have the '
>> >accents. French uses accents to indicate sound and not stress; my
>> >point was (or, at least, may once have been) that Catalan, being a
>> >mixture of both, uses accents for both purposes at once.
>>
>> Now I'm totally confused. How can that possibly work?
>
>Smoothly, since the exact sound of unaccented vowels doesn't matter
>very much: it's the accented ones (that is, in the sense both of
>"stressed" and of "carrying a written mark") that need to be
>pronounced properly.
And this is your idea of 'smoothly', is it? I hope you never make
custard.
>> >Don't try and learn Portuguese, then. Their word for "one" is "um",
>> >pronounced "oong". And they have ~ accents on vowels, too.
>>
>> You're making this stuff up. You can't put ~s on vowels. It's
>> unnatural.
>
>O, não sé[1].
I thought you knew everything.
>There was a discussion on one of my mailing lists the other day about
>how even ISO-8859-2 (or whatever it's called) doesn't have all the
>proper accented letters. The discussion was of, I think, Turkish
>football teams (some of which are properly written with s's that have
>cedillas underneath). Not to mention Polish l's with lines through (as
>in Lech Walesa's last name[2], which, now that I think about it, also
>requires a cedilla underneath the *e*), and Lithuanian, which has a's
>and o's with lines atop them.
That's just plain silly. Some people just have to take things to
extremes.
>LaTeX will let you stick any accent on any letter by the simple
>expedient of overwriting. The ability to overtype was going to be the
>Next Big Thing in keyboards about 15 years ago, I recall, back when
>APL was going to be the Next Big Programming Language.
Dunno about that, but I had a word processor on the Amiga that could
do that. Or something very similar. You typed some kind of escape
sequence to identify the accent, then hit the letter you wanted
accented. Can't remember if it showed onscreen or just on the printer
though.
Come to think of it, I used to do something like that with a
typewriter too.
>> >> I hope your mouth is open then. Otherwise you have just bitten your
>> >> tongue off.
>> >
>> >Mrgh grgh.
>>
>> Kids. They just don't listen.
>
>I see no kids.
>
>Oh, wait, *I'm* the kid, on account of being younger than you. Right.
Right.
>[1] "Oh, I don't know" in Portuguese.
Yeah, I know[1]. It's close enough to Spanish that I can figure it
out.
>[2] "Slowly, I pick my life up,
> Then I go and pick the wife up.
> She works in Marks and Spencers,
> La, la la, Lech Walesas." (HMHB, unsurprisingly.)
You've lost me. His Majesty Henry Blake? He Makes Horrible Booze? He
Must Have Beans? His Mother Hates Bagels?
Anne
[1] "Yeah, I know" in English.
Charlie Ball
A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> writes:
>Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Tue, 23 Nov 1999 05:57:29
>GMT:
>>[1] "Oh, I don't know" in Portuguese.
>
>Yeah, I know[1]. It's close enough to Spanish that I can figure it
>out.
>
>>[2] "Slowly, I pick my life up,
>> Then I go and pick the wife up.
>> She works in Marks and Spencers,
>> La, la la, Lech Walesas." (HMHB, unsurprisingly.)
>
>You've lost me. His Majesty Henry Blake? He Makes Horrible Booze? He
>Must Have Beans? His Mother Hates Bagels?
It's Half Man Half Biscuit as any fule kno.
'If I was a linesman
I'd execute defenders who applauded my offsides'
Cheers,
Charlie
A B Magee
GMT:
>In article <kqck3sshieqr3hig4...@4ax.com>,
> A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> writes:
>>Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Tue, 23 Nov 1999 05:57:29
>>GMT:
>
>>>[1] "Oh, I don't know" in Portuguese.
>>
>>Yeah, I know[1]. It's close enough to Spanish that I can figure it
>>out.
>>
>>>[2] "Slowly, I pick my life up,
>>> Then I go and pick the wife up.
>>> She works in Marks and Spencers,
>>> La, la la, Lech Walesas." (HMHB, unsurprisingly.)
>>
>>You've lost me. His Majesty Henry Blake? He Makes Horrible Booze? He
>>Must Have Beans? His Mother Hates Bagels?
>
>It's Half Man Half Biscuit as any fule kno.
I'm not just any fule then. I'm a particular kind of fule, the kind
that's barely even heard of Half Man Half Biscuit and has never
actually *heard* them. It. Him. Whatever.
>'If I was a linesman
>I'd execute defenders who applauded my offsides'
*sigh* I'm also the kind of fule who doesn't understand this stuff.
Know where I can get a humour transplant?
Anne
Ken Butler
> Quoth Charlie Ball (University of Warwick, UK) on 23 Nov 1999 09:47:05
> GMT:
>
> >In article <kqck3sshieqr3hig4...@4ax.com>,
> > A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> writes:
> >>Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Tue, 23 Nov 1999 05:57:29
> >>GMT:
> >>
> >>>[2] "Slowly, I pick my life up,
> >>> Then I go and pick the wife up.
> >>> She works in Marks and Spencers,
> >>> La, la la, Lech Walesas." (HMHB, unsurprisingly.)
> >>
> >>You've lost me. His Majesty Henry Blake? He Makes Horrible Booze? He
> >>Must Have Beans? His Mother Hates Bagels?
> >
> >It's Half Man Half Biscuit as any fule kno.
>
> I'm not just any fule then. I'm a particular kind of fule, the kind
> that's barely even heard of Half Man Half Biscuit and has never
> actually *heard* them. It. Him. Whatever.
Them. Keep an eye on your mail, where you might find something to your
advantage.
> >'If I was a linesman
> >I'd execute defenders who applauded my offsides'
>
> *sigh* I'm also the kind of fule who doesn't understand this stuff.
> Know where I can get a humour transplant?
You need to watch more fitba'. Then you will know that players, when
they applaud the officials, are doing so in the sense of "oh, so you
finally got one right, eh?".
I've been watching a lot of fitba' lately. This is on account of
having acquired[1] CTV Sportsnet[2]. They show, it seems, three
English games each weekend, so of course I watched them all.
Everton-Chelsea was interesting (with Chelsea stealing a point they
didn't deserve), Southampton-Tottenham was dull, and Coventry-Villa
was somewhere in between (with me wondering why Villa paid so much for
the bunch of incompetents playing for them at the moment).
[1] Well, permission to watch their broadcasting. I haven't bought the
entire company, or anything. I don't have *that* much spare cash. And
besides, I wouldn't tell you if I had, what with your comments in one
of those other threadlets.
[2] A further footnote for Anne's benefit: this of course meant
getting a bunch of other channels I'll never watch, including
something called Aboriginal Teople's Television Network (I think). I
managed to do this, however, by filling in a form on the cable co.'s
web page, and thus neatly avoided having to phone anybody. (On the web
page, it said "a representative will call you to confirm your choice
of new channels", but nobody has. One day, I just discovered that they
had appeared.)
Ken Butler
> Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Sat, 20 Nov 1999 06:30:29
> GMT:
> >Trouble was, he never quite mastered the idea of *giving* you the
> >thing you were supposed to throw, and so getting it off him tended to
> >involve a tug-of-war.
>
> That was the best part. From the dog's point of view, at least. I
> didn't mind much, unless the thing was a tennis ball. There isn't much
> that's ickier than trying to get a soggy slobbery tennis ball out of a
> dog's mouth.
And why are dogs so good at collecting tennis balls, anyway? One dog I
knew had so many, you'd think he had a full time job collecting them
from around the neighbourhood.
> I bought some whisky a couple of weeks ago, just to try. It's vile.
> Tastes and smells like something someone from the 50s would put on
> their hair. Do you think Sprinter would like it?
He's a dog. If it's consumable, he'll consume it. Besides, it'll go
down without touching the sides, so he won't taste it anyway.
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Sat, 20 Nov 1999 07:58:25 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Sat, 20 Nov 1999 06:30:29
>> GMT:
>
>> >Trouble was, he never quite mastered the idea of *giving* you the
>> >thing you were supposed to throw, and so getting it off him tended to
>> >involve a tug-of-war.
>>
>> That was the best part. From the dog's point of view, at least. I
>> didn't mind much, unless the thing was a tennis ball. There isn't much
>> that's ickier than trying to get a soggy slobbery tennis ball out of a
>> dog's mouth.
>
>And why are dogs so good at collecting tennis balls, anyway? One dog I
>knew had so many, you'd think he had a full time job collecting them
>from around the neighbourhood.
My uncle used to have a dog (trainee police dog name of Captain) who
collected rocks and bits of brick. Everytime he (my uncle) took him
(the dog) on a walk, he (the dog) would pick up rocks and bits of
brick and carry several of them (up to 5 pieces, all in his mouth at
once) back to his kennel. He had a heap of them some two feet high on
the floor, and he slept on them.
When we visited Scotland in 1967, we thought it was great fun to go
for walks with Uncle Bill and Captain and count how many rocks and
bits of brick he could carry at once.
>> I bought some whisky a couple of weeks ago, just to try. It's vile.
>> Tastes and smells like something someone from the 50s would put on
>> their hair. Do you think Sprinter would like it?
>
>He's a dog. If it's consumable, he'll consume it. Besides, it'll go
>down without touching the sides, so he won't taste it anyway.
That's true. I've never figured out why dogs like food so much. They
eat too fast to taste it. Unless they have their tastebuds in their
stomach or something.
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Wed, 24 Nov 1999 03:11:37 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Charlie Ball (University of Warwick, UK) on 23 Nov 1999 09:47:05
>> GMT:
>>
>> >In article <kqck3sshieqr3hig4...@4ax.com>,
>> > A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> writes:
>> >>Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Tue, 23 Nov 1999 05:57:29
>> >>GMT:
>> >>
>> >>>[2] "Slowly, I pick my life up,
>> >>> Then I go and pick the wife up.
>> >>> She works in Marks and Spencers,
>> >>> La, la la, Lech Walesas." (HMHB, unsurprisingly.)
>> >>
>> >>You've lost me. His Majesty Henry Blake? He Makes Horrible Booze? He
>> >>Must Have Beans? His Mother Hates Bagels?
>> >
>> >It's Half Man Half Biscuit as any fule kno.
>>
>> I'm not just any fule then. I'm a particular kind of fule, the kind
>> that's barely even heard of Half Man Half Biscuit and has never
>> actually *heard* them. It. Him. Whatever.
>
>Them. Keep an eye on your mail, where you might find something to your
>advantage.
Thy warning cometh too late. I have already downloaded said something
and listened to it.
>> >'If I was a linesman
>> >I'd execute defenders who applauded my offsides'
>>
>> *sigh* I'm also the kind of fule who doesn't understand this stuff.
>> Know where I can get a humour transplant?
>
>You need to watch more fitba'. Then you will know that players, when
>they applaud the officials, are doing so in the sense of "oh, so you
>finally got one right, eh?".
Ah, so it's a bloke thing then. Forget the humour transplant. I don't
want to be a bloke. Well, not unless it means I'll be taller and
thinner.
>I've been watching a lot of fitba' lately. This is on account of
>having acquired[1] CTV Sportsnet[2]. They show, it seems, three
>English games each weekend, so of course I watched them all.
>Everton-Chelsea was interesting (with Chelsea stealing a point they
>didn't deserve), Southampton-Tottenham was dull, and Coventry-Villa
>was somewhere in between (with me wondering why Villa paid so much for
>the bunch of incompetents playing for them at the moment).
So *that's* where you were all weekend. I was wondering if maybe you'd
been evacuated by that fire.
Well, because of that fire. Not likely the fire would evacuate you.
>[1] Well, permission to watch their broadcasting. I haven't bought the
>entire company, or anything. I don't have *that* much spare cash. And
>besides, I wouldn't tell you if I had, what with your comments in one
>of those other threadlets.
>[2] A further footnote for Anne's benefit: this of course meant
>getting a bunch of other channels I'll never watch, including
>something called Aboriginal Teople's Television Network (I think). I
What's a Teople?
>managed to do this, however, by filling in a form on the cable co.'s
>web page, and thus neatly avoided having to phone anybody. (On the web
>page, it said "a representative will call you to confirm your choice
>of new channels", but nobody has. One day, I just discovered that they
>had appeared.)
That's convenient. I wonder if I can do that? Not that I want to
really. There are a few channels I wouldn't mind having, if only
because the really old shows they recycle are really old shows that I
used to like, but I certainly don't want the Disney channel with them.
The movie channels might be nice once in a while but they're not worth
the money.
Anne, who still hasn't got her hard drive
Charlie Ball
but...@mscs.dal.ca writes:
>They show, it seems, three
>English games each weekend, so of course I watched them all.
>Everton-Chelsea was interesting (with Chelsea stealing a point they
>didn't deserve),
So flukey were Chelsea that even the inordinately partisan GLR (a local radio
station) admitted that they had committed a grotesque larceny.
>Southampton-Tottenham was dull, and Coventry-Villa
>was somewhere in between (with me wondering why Villa paid so much for
>the bunch of incompetents playing for them at the moment).
Having a soft spot for Cov, this delighted me inordinately. Robbie Keane - top
lad.
Charlie, failing to understand why the current League top scorers, possessors
of the best goal difference, possessor of the league's top scorer and only
unbeaten team in all four divisions (proving that they are, indeed a side
of superior quality), insist on drawing so many away games 2:2.
Vit Padoon
>That, and a voice that didn't sound nearly Scottish enough.
I did not know the voice can be heard reading letters on your screen.
A B Magee
>>> A bunch of letters on a screen?
>
>>That, and a voice that didn't sound nearly Scottish enough.
>
>I did not know the voice can be heard reading letters on your screen.
Only if you have the afba LTV (pat pending). The LTV is a small
cranial implant that connects your visual lobe to your audio centre
and, through software magic, allows you to hear messages in the voice
of the sender. A USB connection, hidden under your hair or disguised
as hair if you don't have any, allows you to easily update the
software online. Only $99,999.99 at all the best electronics stores
(with substantial discounts to regular afba posters). Batteries not
included.
Or, of course, you could use a phone.
Hi, Vit.
Anne
Ken Butler
> It's Half Man Half Biscuit as any fule kno.
>
> 'If I was a linesman
> I'd execute defenders who applauded my offsides'
Hey, wait a minute, where's that from? I don't know it at all (though
it would be a fairly safe guess as HMHB, all things considered).
Ken Butler
> In article <383b7bfe...@news.dal.ca>,
> but...@mscs.dal.ca writes:
>
> >They show, it seems, three
> >English games each weekend, so of course I watched them all.
> >Everton-Chelsea was interesting (with Chelsea stealing a point they
> >didn't deserve),
>
> So flukey were Chelsea that even the inordinately partisan GLR (a local radio
> station) admitted that they had committed a grotesque larceny.
I saw the goal again last week. "Grotesque larceny" doesn't begin to
describe it.
> >Southampton-Tottenham was dull, and Coventry-Villa
> >was somewhere in between (with me wondering why Villa paid so much for
> >the bunch of incompetents playing for them at the moment).
>
> Having a soft spot for Cov, this delighted me inordinately. Robbie Keane - top
> lad.
Lad's got a bit of skill. It'll soon be knocked out of him.
(Why is it that English football *still* looks like English football,
even though most of the players playing it aren't English?)
> Charlie, failing to understand why the current League top scorers, possessors
> of the best goal difference, possessor of the league's top scorer and only
> unbeaten team in all four divisions (proving that they are, indeed a side
> of superior quality), insist on drawing so many away games 2:2.
I expect their manager did some Advanced Mathematics and determined
that if they won their home games and drew their away games, that'd be
enough for promotion, and so the players took him at his word.
It's better than losing all your away games and most of your home ones
as well, which is what Reading (currently gracing 21st place) are
doing. Mind you, I shouldn't be too optimistic considering the level
of "entertainment" served up the last time I saw them play (against
Notts County: the winning goal consisted of a long punt from the
Reading keeper that one of the opposing defenders neatly back-headed
over his own keeper and into the net. That was the high skill of the
day. Even a new spaceship-shaped stadium can only disguise so much
crap.)
Nicholas J Little
Ken Butler wrote:
> On 24 Nov 1999 10:56:54 GMT, Charlie Ball wrote:
>
> > In article <383b7bfe...@news.dal.ca>,
> > but...@mscs.dal.ca writes:
> >
> > >They show, it seems, three
> > >English games each weekend, so of course I watched them all.
> > >Everton-Chelsea was interesting (with Chelsea stealing a point they
> > >didn't deserve),
> >
> > So flukey were Chelsea that even the inordinately partisan GLR (a local radio
> > station) admitted that they had committed a grotesque larceny.
>
> I saw the goal again last week. "Grotesque larceny" doesn't begin to
> describe it.
>
> > >Southampton-Tottenham was dull, and Coventry-Villa
> > >was somewhere in between (with me wondering why Villa paid so much for
> > >the bunch of incompetents playing for them at the moment).
> >
> > Having a soft spot for Cov, this delighted me inordinately. Robbie Keane - top
> > lad.
>
> Lad's got a bit of skill. It'll soon be knocked out of him.
>
It still pains me to see Keane play. If it wasn't for that unspeakable imbecile Doug
Ellis he'd be in a Villa shirt and we'd be powering towards the top of the league.
Having got that off my chest, I'll go back to grumbling quietly into my Bovril.
--
Nick Little
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Replace the obvious with concentric.
A B Magee
11:54:28 EST:
>It still pains me to see Keane play. If it wasn't for that unspeakable imbecile Doug
>Ellis he'd be in a Villa shirt and we'd be powering towards the top of the league.
>
>Having got that off my chest, I'll go back to grumbling quietly into my Bovril.
Great. You go away for ages then come back and talk about sports.
Howya been, Nick? Get deported yet?
>--
>Nick Little
>
>A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Been watching the Simpsons?
Ken Butler
<whaddaya mean, "Nicholas J Little"? You don't fool me.>
> It still pains me to see Keane play. If it wasn't for that unspeakable imbecile Doug
> Ellis he'd be in a Villa shirt and we'd be powering towards the top of the league.
Instead of towards the glory of mid-table. Yeah, it would be nice to
have a higher target than the Inter-Toto Cup.
The first Villa game I ever went to (1984 or thereabouts):
Villa 3 Man U 0. I was quite chuffed.
'Ere, you're not related to Brian Little, are you?
> A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Not sure Lisa would agree with you there.
Nicholas J Little
A B Magee wrote:
> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 06 Dec 1999
> 11:54:28 EST:
>
> >It still pains me to see Keane play. If it wasn't for that unspeakable imbecile Doug
> >Ellis he'd be in a Villa shirt and we'd be powering towards the top of the league.
> >
> >Having got that off my chest, I'll go back to grumbling quietly into my Bovril.
>
> Great. You go away for ages then come back and talk about sports.
>
Well what else is there?
> Howya been, Nick? Get deported yet?
>
As of yet, no. I've been spending the last year or so in very occasional lurk mode due to
crazy work hours (7 am till 8.30 pm & Saturdays too), which has resulted in my present
situation, to whit, in thespian parlance, I am resting. I am waiting to hear back from an
interview which I thought went very well for a job that'll involve travelling to South
Florida 4 to 5 times a year. It's tough, but I think I can handle it.
> >--
> >Nick Little
> >
> >A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
>
> Been watching the Simpsons?
>
> Anne
> --
> Never whistle your own canoe
Of course I have. Once again, what else is there? Well, apart from the aforementioned
sports, that is...
--
Nick Little
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Charlie Ball
but...@mscs.dal.ca writes:
>On 23 Nov 1999 09:47:05 GMT, Charlie Ball wrote:
>
>> It's Half Man Half Biscuit as any fule kno.
>>
>> 'If I was a linesman
>> I'd execute defenders who applauded my offsides'
>
>Hey, wait a minute, where's that from? I don't know it at all (though
>it would be a fairly safe guess as HMHB, all things considered).
It's a song on 'Voyage To The Bottom Of The Road', who's name I momentarily
forget. 'Paintball's Coming Home'. That's the one.
Cheers,
Charlie
Charlie Ball
>It still pains me to see Keane play. If it wasn't for that unspeakable imbecile
>Doug Ellis he'd be in a Villa shirt and we'd be powering towards the
>top of the league.
'Villa Fan In 'Not Overly Pleased With Deadly Doug' Shocker!'
And Cov are above you in the table as well. How often does that happen?
21 games unbeaten, and home to Wolves in the Cup on Saturday. Cooooome On!
Charlie, Latics girl
Nicholas J Little
Charlie Ball wrote:
If it happens once it's once too often. Still, at least there's the
Coca-Cola/Rumbelows/Milk/Whatever it's called now.
A B Magee
10:22:11 EST:
>
>
>A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 06 Dec 1999
>> 11:54:28 EST:
>>
>> >It still pains me to see Keane play. If it wasn't for that unspeakable imbecile Doug
>> >Ellis he'd be in a Villa shirt and we'd be powering towards the top of the league.
>> >
>> >Having got that off my chest, I'll go back to grumbling quietly into my Bovril.
>>
>> Great. You go away for ages then come back and talk about sports.
>>
>
>Well what else is there?
ooh, lotsa stuff. Music, TV, black holes, cats, rain, computers,
sheep, toenails, toys, backscratchers, pliers, Replogles, ReBoot...
>> Howya been, Nick? Get deported yet?
>>
>
>As of yet, no. I've been spending the last year or so in very occasional lurk mode due to
>crazy work hours (7 am till 8.30 pm & Saturdays too), which has resulted in my present
>situation, to whit, in thespian parlance, I am resting.
Fired eh? Oh well, happens to the best of us.
>I am waiting to hear back from an
>interview which I thought went very well for a job that'll involve travelling to South
>Florida 4 to 5 times a year. It's tough, but I think I can handle it.
Bleurgh. It's too hot down there. And they have hurricanes and
tourist-killers.
>> Been watching the Simpsons?
> Of course I have. Once again, what else is there? Well, apart from the aforementioned
>sports, that is...
Babylon 5, Lawn Order, ReBoot, Shadow Raiders, Weird-Ohs, Lexx, Red
Dwarf, Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Anne, suggestions R us girl
--
Never whistle your own canoe
See my photographs at http://members.xoom.com/abmagee/
Alan Brand
Raiders ! Now you're just agreeing with Nick.
--
AlanB
A B Magee
Pfui. We've already agreed that there isn't a word in the English
language that hasn't been used as the name of a sports team.
I would never agree with Nick. Neither Nick. (Where's the other one
anyway? Is there some kind of law that says we can only have one Nick
at a time?)
Anne
Ken Butler
That would explain why I don't know it. I think a trip to HMV in
Liverpool[1] is in order.
Would I be correct in guessing that the album appeared around 1996?
[1] For some reason, I've found several CDs there that I'd been
looking for. And I know how to get there from the station[2].
[2] Lime Street, in this case. There's a Liverpool Central, too, but I
don't know where anything is relative to that.
Tracy T.
: On 7 Dec 1999 11:00:46 GMT, Charlie Ball wrote:
:> It's a song on 'Voyage To The Bottom Of The Road', who's name I momentarily
:> forget. 'Paintball's Coming Home'. That's the one.
: Would I be correct in guessing that the album appeared around 1996?
Why would you think that? I was guessing much earlier.
Tracy, after all paintball really peaked in popularity in the mid-80s
Nicholas J Little
A B Magee wrote:
> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 07 Dec 1999
> 10:22:11 EST:
>
> >
> >
> >A B Magee wrote:
> >
> >> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 06 Dec 1999
> >> 11:54:28 EST:
> >>
> >> >It still pains me to see Keane play. If it wasn't for that unspeakable imbecile Doug
> >> >Ellis he'd be in a Villa shirt and we'd be powering towards the top of the league.
> >> >
> >> >Having got that off my chest, I'll go back to grumbling quietly into my Bovril.
> >>
> >> Great. You go away for ages then come back and talk about sports.
> >>
> >
> >Well what else is there?
>
> ooh, lotsa stuff. Music, TV, black holes, cats, rain, computers,
> sheep, toenails, toys, backscratchers, pliers, Replogles, ReBoot...
>
That explains how empty mt life has been without these.
> >> Howya been, Nick? Get deported yet?
> >>
> >
> >As of yet, no. I've been spending the last year or so in very occasional lurk mode due to
> >crazy work hours (7 am till 8.30 pm & Saturdays too), which has resulted in my present
> >situation, to whit, in thespian parlance, I am resting.
>
> Fired eh? Oh well, happens to the best of us.
>
Really no. I was put on 30 day probation, which generally means 'Find another job, we hate
you, you bastard', but I confounded them by meeting the ridiculous goals they had set for me.
I came in on the Monday for them to tell me that I still had a job, just to tell them where
they could insert the position. Unfortunately, the company that 'offered' me the new job is
sort of backing away on the start date. But at least that gives me time to convert our spare
bedroom into a nursery & finish off the kitchen/utility room.
> >I am waiting to hear back from an
> >interview which I thought went very well for a job that'll involve travelling to South
> >Florida 4 to 5 times a year. It's tough, but I think I can handle it.
>
> Bleurgh. It's too hot down there. And they have hurricanes and
> tourist-killers.
>
And big bugs, which disturbs me. But at least it'll be a warm get away in the winter.
> >> Been watching the Simpsons?
>
> > Of course I have. Once again, what else is there? Well, apart from the aforementioned
> >sports, that is...
>
> Babylon 5, Lawn Order, ReBoot, Shadow Raiders, Weird-Ohs, Lexx, Red
> Dwarf, Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
>
> Anne, suggestions R us girl
You missed the X-files and The West Wing, the only new show that's worth watching this year,
despite Rob Lowe's presence. It's not his acting, mind you. It's a deep seated psychological
problem resulting from childhood trauma he caused me.
Nicholas J Little
A B Magee wrote:
> I would never agree with Nick. Neither Nick. (Where's the other one
> anyway? Is there some kind of law that says we can only have one Nick
> at a time?)
>
> Anne
Yes you would.
A B Magee
11:56:34 EST:
>
>
>A B Magee wrote:
>
>> I would never agree with Nick.
>Yes you would.
Pfui. <makes rude noises>
A B Magee
11:55:53 EST:
>A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 07 Dec 1999
>> 10:22:11 EST:
>> >A B Magee wrote:
>> >> Great. You go away for ages then come back and talk about sports.
>> >
>> >Well what else is there?
>>
>> ooh, lotsa stuff. Music, TV, black holes, cats, rain, computers,
>> sheep, toenails, toys, backscratchers, pliers, Replogles, ReBoot...
>
>That explains how empty mt life has been without these.
You don't have toenails?
>> >> Howya been, Nick? Get deported yet?
>> >
>> >As of yet, no. I've been spending the last year or so in very occasional lurk mode due to
>> >crazy work hours (7 am till 8.30 pm & Saturdays too), which has resulted in my present
>> >situation, to whit, in thespian parlance, I am resting.
>>
>> Fired eh? Oh well, happens to the best of us.
>
>Really no. I was put on 30 day probation, which generally means 'Find another job, we hate
>you, you bastard', but I confounded them by meeting the ridiculous goals they had set for me.
>I came in on the Monday for them to tell me that I still had a job, just to tell them where
>they could insert the position.
Good for you!!!
>Unfortunately, the company that 'offered' me the new job is
>sort of backing away on the start date. But at least that gives me time to convert our spare
>bedroom into a nursery & finish off the kitchen/utility room.
<perks up ears> Nursery? Are you pregnant? Way hey, an afba baby.
>> >I am waiting to hear back from an
>> >interview which I thought went very well for a job that'll involve travelling to South
>> >Florida 4 to 5 times a year. It's tough, but I think I can handle it.
>>
>> Bleurgh. It's too hot down there. And they have hurricanes and
>> tourist-killers.
>
>And big bugs, which disturbs me. But at least it'll be a warm get away in the winter.
Forgot about the big bugs. Shudder. I'd rather stay home and just not
go outdoors very often.
>> >> Been watching the Simpsons?
>>
>> > Of course I have. Once again, what else is there? Well, apart from the aforementioned
>> >sports, that is...
>>
>> Babylon 5, Lawn Order, ReBoot, Shadow Raiders, Weird-Ohs, Lexx, Red
>> Dwarf, Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
>>
>> Anne, suggestions R us girl
>
> You missed the X-files
I can do without X-Files. It gets more and more ridiculous every year.
I haven't seen too many this season because last season was so
horrible. Did you see the one about the ship? Could drive you to
suicide.
>and The West Wing, the only new show that's worth watching this year,
>despite Rob Lowe's presence. It's not his acting, mind you. It's a deep seated psychological
>problem resulting from childhood trauma he caused me.
Haven't seen that. I'd run a mile in tight shoes to miss Rob Lowe
though.
Nick Piesco
: I would never agree with Nick. Neither Nick. (Where's the other one
: anyway?
This week? Either at work or in bed. I had to pop into work early on
Saturday after a long Friday night, and my sleep schedule hasn't been the
same since. (Having to be at work at 4.30am [1] every day so far this week
may have had something to do with this.)
: Is there some kind of law that says we can only have one Nick at a
: time?)
I don't think so, but it helps to reduce the amount of confusion round
here. Though my father and grandfather are named Nick too, so I'm used to
it.
--N., who woke up from his afternoon nap at 10pm
[1] My (and apparently several other a.f.b-ans') usual bedtime.
--
Nick Piesco... denn Zeit ist Geld.
mailto:bohemian%40futuresouth.com Bohemian::::0xe5ad
A B Magee
>A B Magee (abm...@nbnet.nb.ca) wrote:
>
>: I would never agree with Nick. Neither Nick. (Where's the other one
>: anyway?
>
>This week? Either at work or in bed. I had to pop into work early on
>Saturday after a long Friday night, and my sleep schedule hasn't been the
>same since. (Having to be at work at 4.30am [1] every day so far this week
>may have had something to do with this.)
4:30am? 4:30 bloody A M?? Gerroutofit. That's gotta be against the
Geneva convention or something.
>: Is there some kind of law that says we can only have one Nick at a
>: time?)
>
>I don't think so, but it helps to reduce the amount of confusion round
>here. Though my father and grandfather are named Nick too, so I'm used to
>it.
My great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and brother were all named
Hugh. Two of 'em have given it up though.
It was especially confusing, telephonically-speaking, after my
brother's friends hit puberty. Before that, if callers asked to speak
to Hugh, you could tell which Hugh they meant by the pitch of their
voices. Afterwards, you had to ask "big Hugh or little Hugh?" but that
only worked until my brother was 16, when he grew taller than my
father. We tried "old Hugh or young Hugh?", but that annoyed my father
who is still young nowadays at 68. We also tried "junior or senior?"
but that annoyed my brother who hates being called junior. Also the
old/young/junior/senior thing was confusing to callers who didn't know
the family and had no idea whether that meant my dad and his son or my
dad and his father.
I gave up and moved out.
>--N., who woke up from his afternoon nap at 10pm
>
>[1] My (and apparently several other a.f.b-ans') usual bedtime.
As a bedtime, 4:30am is eminently sensible.
Ken Butler
> Ken Butler <kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wrote:
> : On 7 Dec 1999 11:00:46 GMT, Charlie Ball wrote:
>
> :> It's a song on 'Voyage To The Bottom Of The Road', who's name I momentarily
> :> forget. 'Paintball's Coming Home'. That's the one.
>
> : Would I be correct in guessing that the album appeared around 1996?
>
> Why would you think that? I was guessing much earlier.
I was looking at the other end of it: "Paintball's Coming Home" was
nearly the slogan for Euro 96 (fitba', that is).
Nicholas J Little
A B Magee wrote:
> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 08 Dec 1999
> 11:55:53 EST:
>
> >A B Magee wrote:
> >
> >> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 07 Dec 1999
> >> 10:22:11 EST:
>
> >> >A B Magee wrote:
>
> >> >> Great. You go away for ages then come back and talk about sports.
> >> >
> >> >Well what else is there?
> >>
> >> ooh, lotsa stuff. Music, TV, black holes, cats, rain, computers,
> >> sheep, toenails, toys, backscratchers, pliers, Replogles, ReBoot...
> >
> >That explains how empty mt life has been without these.
>
> You don't have toenails?
>
Gasp. My sordid secret is out. I was thinking more about the Replogle, which I may have to buy out
of principal today for the aforementioned nursery (see later).
> >> >> Howya been, Nick? Get deported yet?
> >> >
> >> >As of yet, no. I've been spending the last year or so in very occasional lurk mode due to
> >> >crazy work hours (7 am till 8.30 pm & Saturdays too), which has resulted in my present
> >> >situation, to whit, in thespian parlance, I am resting.
> >>
> >> Fired eh? Oh well, happens to the best of us.
> >
> >Really no. I was put on 30 day probation, which generally means 'Find another job, we hate
> >you, you bastard', but I confounded them by meeting the ridiculous goals they had set for me.
> >I came in on the Monday for them to tell me that I still had a job, just to tell them where
> >they could insert the position.
>
> Good for you!!!
>
More like "Absolutely stupid of you", as I now have no income for at least another week.
> >Unfortunately, the company that 'offered' me the new job is
> >sort of backing away on the start date. But at least that gives me time to convert our spare
> >bedroom into a nursery & finish off the kitchen/utility room.
>
> <perks up ears> Nursery? Are you pregnant? Way hey, an afba baby.
>
Well, I'm not pregnant, but my wife is expecting our first in February.
> >> >I am waiting to hear back from an
> >> >interview which I thought went very well for a job that'll involve travelling to South
> >> >Florida 4 to 5 times a year. It's tough, but I think I can handle it.
> >>
> >> Bleurgh. It's too hot down there. And they have hurricanes and
> >> tourist-killers.
> >
> >And big bugs, which disturbs me. But at least it'll be a warm get away in the winter.
>
> Forgot about the big bugs. Shudder. I'd rather stay home and just not
> go outdoors very often.
>
> >> >> Been watching the Simpsons?
> >>
> >> > Of course I have. Once again, what else is there? Well, apart from the aforementioned
> >> >sports, that is...
> >>
> >> Babylon 5, Lawn Order, ReBoot, Shadow Raiders, Weird-Ohs, Lexx, Red
> >> Dwarf, Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
> >>
> >> Anne, suggestions R us girl
> >
> > You missed the X-files
>
> I can do without X-Files. It gets more and more ridiculous every year.
> I haven't seen too many this season because last season was so
> horrible. Did you see the one about the ship? Could drive you to
> suicide.
>
I hate to say it, but I liked that episode. Maybe it's because I'm in love with Scully.
> >and The West Wing, the only new show that's worth watching this year,
> >despite Rob Lowe's presence. It's not his acting, mind you. It's a deep seated psychological
> >problem resulting from childhood trauma he caused me.
>
> Haven't seen that. I'd run a mile in tight shoes to miss Rob Lowe
> though.
>
> Anne
A girl I was trying to date in high school had an obsession with him. That should probably have
warned me that the relationship would never have worked.
Nick Piesco
: 4:30am? 4:30 bloody A M?? Gerroutofit. That's gotta be against the
: Geneva convention or something.
That's why I much prefer that sort of shift be left to someone else.
: My great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and brother were all named
: Hugh. Two of 'em have given it up though.
:
: It was especially confusing, telephonically-speaking, after my
: brother's friends hit puberty. Before that, if callers asked to speak
: to Hugh, you could tell which Hugh they meant by the pitch of their
: voices. Afterwards, you had to ask "big Hugh or little Hugh?" but that
: only worked until my brother was 16, when he grew taller than my
: father. We tried "old Hugh or young Hugh?", but that annoyed my father
: who is still young nowadays at 68. We also tried "junior or senior?"
: but that annoyed my brother who hates being called junior. Also the
: old/young/junior/senior thing was confusing to callers who didn't know
: the family and had no idea whether that meant my dad and his son or my
: dad and his father.
'Junior or Senior?' was the standard-issue response in my household,
probably because I was never appreciably taller than my father.
Particularly savvy friends of mine would save the trouble and ask for
'Nick Junior' [1] straight away. Of course, this was unnecessary because
my parents and sister recognised all my friends' voices.
The one situation in which it did come in handy was to provide positive
identification [2] for telemarketers, who hadn't a clue who to ask for.
: I gave up and moved out.
As did I.
: As a bedtime, 4:30am is eminently sensible.
I hope to make it my bedtime this evening, but as my recent schedule
forced me to wake up at an hour which I'd normally find ungodly but is
positively sloth-like if you're used to getting up at 3.30am I don't think
I'll be able to make it without chemical assistance.
Best,
Nick
[1] No jokes revolving round a certain children's cable-television network
please; I've heard them all before.
[2] Casting the first light of suspicion, of course, would be how badly
they mangled 'Piesco'.
--
Nick Piesco... can't wait forever, but can till the 12th of never.
mailto:bohemian%40futuresouth.com Bohemian::::0xe5ad
Tracy T.
: I was looking at the other end of it: "Paintball's Coming Home" was
: nearly the slogan for Euro 96 (fitba', that is).
I'll have you know I had just driven the Women's Underwear out of my
mental mp3 player and now I have that song, which AFAIK has even fewer
lyrics and is even catchier.
OTOH happy memories.
Tracy, Germany-Czechia[1] girl
[1]I first saw Chequia as the name for the Czech Republic in a football
schedule in Spain, and immediately fell in love with the name, mainly
because I'm lazy (I believe the correct name is "republica chequa" or
some such, only with a**ents). The Czechs seemed to validate my fondness
by chanting something sounding remarkably like "Czech-ie", which I thought
was sweet but they lost anyway
Tracy T.
: ooh, lotsa stuff. Music, TV, black holes, cats, rain, computers,
: sheep, toenails, toys, backscratchers, pliers, Replogles, ReBoot...
Hmm...
My toenails (and fingernails) grow very fast and strong, much unlike my
hair. But one toenail, no matter what I do, always splits and catches on
my socks and makes me glad I don't wear nylons.
I don't haev a backscratcher but I did get pliers for my birthday. Any
ideas (not from Alan) about what would be good to ply with them? They are
looking very keen to do something useful.
Tracy, and try as I might, I can't get the cuticles from half my
fingernails to recede past that white bit they're supposed to leave
showing. And I always get hangnails. I don't like them
A B Magee
11:02:52 EST:
>
>
>A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 08 Dec 1999
>> 11:55:53 EST:
>>
>> >A B Magee wrote:
>> >
>> >> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 07 Dec 1999
>> >> 10:22:11 EST:
>>
>> >> >A B Magee wrote:
>>
>> >> >> Great. You go away for ages then come back and talk about sports.
>> >> >
>> >> >Well what else is there?
>> >>
>> >> ooh, lotsa stuff. Music, TV, black holes, cats, rain, computers,
>> >> sheep, toenails, toys, backscratchers, pliers, Replogles, ReBoot...
>> >
>> >That explains how empty mt life has been without these.
>>
>> You don't have toenails?
>>
>
>Gasp. My sordid secret is out. I was thinking more about the Replogle, which I may have to buy out
>of principal today for the aforementioned nursery (see later).
Good idea. Get the littlest Little started out on the right foot.
>> >> >> Howya been, Nick? Get deported yet?
>> >> >
>> >> >As of yet, no. I've been spending the last year or so in very occasional lurk mode due to
>> >> >crazy work hours (7 am till 8.30 pm & Saturdays too), which has resulted in my present
>> >> >situation, to whit, in thespian parlance, I am resting.
>> >>
>> >> Fired eh? Oh well, happens to the best of us.
>> >
>> >Really no. I was put on 30 day probation, which generally means 'Find another job, we hate
>> >you, you bastard', but I confounded them by meeting the ridiculous goals they had set for me.
>> >I came in on the Monday for them to tell me that I still had a job, just to tell them where
>> >they could insert the position.
>>
>> Good for you!!!
>>
>
>More like "Absolutely stupid of you", as I now have no income for at least another week.
Principle is more important than money. Or so I'm told. I'll let you
know if I ever have any money.
>> >Unfortunately, the company that 'offered' me the new job is
>> >sort of backing away on the start date. But at least that gives me time to convert our spare
>> >bedroom into a nursery & finish off the kitchen/utility room.
>>
>> <perks up ears> Nursery? Are you pregnant? Way hey, an afba baby.
>>
>
>Well, I'm not pregnant, but my wife is expecting our first in February.
Too lazy to do it yourself? Typical. Oh well, congrats to your sperm.
[snippity]
>> >> >> Been watching the Simpsons?
>> >>
>> >> > Of course I have. Once again, what else is there? Well, apart from the aforementioned
>> >> >sports, that is...
>> >>
>> >> Babylon 5, Lawn Order, ReBoot, Shadow Raiders, Weird-Ohs, Lexx, Red
>> >> Dwarf, Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
>> >>
>> >> Anne, suggestions R us girl
>> >
>> > You missed the X-files
>>
>> I can do without X-Files. It gets more and more ridiculous every year.
>> I haven't seen too many this season because last season was so
>> horrible. Did you see the one about the ship? Could drive you to
>> suicide.
>>
>
>I hate to say it, but I liked that episode. Maybe it's because I'm in love with Scully.
Good grief. Snot possible, is it?
>> >and The West Wing, the only new show that's worth watching this year,
>> >despite Rob Lowe's presence. It's not his acting, mind you. It's a deep seated psychological
>> >problem resulting from childhood trauma he caused me.
>>
>> Haven't seen that. I'd run a mile in tight shoes to miss Rob Lowe
>> though.
>>
>> Anne
>
> A girl I was trying to date in high school had an obsession with him. That should probably have
>warned me that the relationship would never have worked.
Gosh, yes. A Sign if ever I saw one.
BTW, what's with your line length? I need to use a second monitor to
read your posts. Is there any way you can snip off a couple of miles?
Anne, have we had this discussion before?
A B Magee
>A B Magee (abm...@nbnet.nb.ca) wrote:
>
>: 4:30am? 4:30 bloody A M?? Gerroutofit. That's gotta be against the
>: Geneva convention or something.
>
>That's why I much prefer that sort of shift be left to someone else.
So I should think. I'm still shuddering at the thought.
>: My great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and brother were all named
>: Hugh. Two of 'em have given it up though.
>:
>: It was especially confusing, telephonically-speaking, after my
>: brother's friends hit puberty. Before that, if callers asked to speak
>: to Hugh, you could tell which Hugh they meant by the pitch of their
>: voices. Afterwards, you had to ask "big Hugh or little Hugh?" but that
>: only worked until my brother was 16, when he grew taller than my
>: father. We tried "old Hugh or young Hugh?", but that annoyed my father
>: who is still young nowadays at 68. We also tried "junior or senior?"
>: but that annoyed my brother who hates being called junior. Also the
>: old/young/junior/senior thing was confusing to callers who didn't know
>: the family and had no idea whether that meant my dad and his son or my
>: dad and his father.
>
>'Junior or Senior?' was the standard-issue response in my household,
>probably because I was never appreciably taller than my father.
>Particularly savvy friends of mine would save the trouble and ask for
>'Nick Junior' [1] straight away. Of course, this was unnecessary because
>my parents and sister recognised all my friends' voices.
The worst time was when the voices of all Hugh's friends changed. This
was spread out over a few years, because their ages varied a fair
amount. A familiar voice would mutate into something you might hear
from an open grave.
Also, Dad was personnel manager at that time and he got a lot of calls
from people none of us knew.
>The one situation in which it did come in handy was to provide positive
>identification [2] for telemarketers, who hadn't a clue who to ask for.
We didn't have telemarketers as such back then. Nowadays I recognize
telemarketers when they call me "Mrs Magee". ("Mrs Magee" is my
mother.)
>: I gave up and moved out.
>
>As did I.
>
>: As a bedtime, 4:30am is eminently sensible.
>
>I hope to make it my bedtime this evening, but as my recent schedule
>forced me to wake up at an hour which I'd normally find ungodly but is
>positively sloth-like if you're used to getting up at 3.30am I don't think
>I'll be able to make it without chemical assistance.
Stink bombs?
>[1] No jokes revolving round a certain children's cable-television network
> please; I've heard them all before.
S'alright. I'm Canadian. I know nothing about Nickelodeon.
>[2] Casting the first light of suspicion, of course, would be how badly
> they mangled 'Piesco'.
Oh yes. They manage to mangle "Magee" too. I just say "um" no matter
what they call me.
Anne
Charlie Ball
but...@mscs.dal.ca writes:
>On 8 Dec 1999 14:31:44 GMT, Tracy T. wrote:
>
>> Ken Butler <kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wrote:
>> : On 7 Dec 1999 11:00:46 GMT, Charlie Ball wrote:
>>
>> :> It's a song on 'Voyage To The Bottom Of The Road', who's name I momentarily
>> :> forget. 'Paintball's Coming Home'. That's the one.
>>
>> : Would I be correct in guessing that the album appeared around 1996?
>>
>> Why would you think that? I was guessing much earlier.
>
>nearly the slogan for Euro 96 (fitba', that is).
It was '97 I think. I'm not sure, tho. (When the record was out, that is.)
Cheers,
Charlie
Alan Brand
> A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
> : ooh, lotsa stuff. Music, TV, black holes, cats, rain, computers,
> : sheep, toenails, toys, backscratchers, pliers, Replogles, ReBoot...
>
> Hmm...
>
> My toenails (and fingernails) grow very fast and strong, much unlike my
> hair. But one toenail, no matter what I do, always splits and catches on
> my socks and makes me glad I don't wear nylons.
>
> I don't haev a backscratcher but I did get pliers for my birthday. Any
> ideas (not from Alan) about what would be good to ply with them? They are
> looking very keen to do something useful.
>
> Tracy, and try as I might, I can't get the cuticles from half my
> fingernails to recede past that white bit they're supposed to leave
> showing. And I always get hangnails. I don't like them
You're obviously trying to tempt me to suggest that you use your b'day pliers
to remove the offending toe or finger nails, so I won't.
--
AlanB
Tracy T.
: You're obviously trying to tempt me to suggest that you use your b'day pliers
: to remove the offending toe or finger nails, so I won't.
I'll have you know I've never offended anybody with my nails.
Tracy, long nails do have their uses though
Nicholas J Little
A B Magee wrote:
The idea of 'Junior' doesn't really work with my surname...
A B Magee
10:53:26 EST:
>A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Nick Piesco (The Bohemian Group) on 09 Dec 1999 18:21:29 GMT:
[snip a bunch of stuff about duplicate names in families]
> The idea of 'Junior' doesn't really work with my surname...
Are you a "junior"?
I just thought -- if you name your nipper-to-be Nick too, you can be
Big Nick Little and s/he can be Little Nick Little.
(Psst. I think your snipper needs a new blade.)
Alan Brand
If you put them to the use that just came to my mind, Jan would be offended, and
I'd be off'ed. Probably.
--
AlanB
Nicholas J Little
A B Magee wrote:
> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 10 Dec 1999
> 10:53:26 EST:
>
> >A B Magee wrote:
> >
> >> Quoth Nick Piesco (The Bohemian Group) on 09 Dec 1999 18:21:29 GMT:
>
> [snip a bunch of stuff about duplicate names in families]
>
> > The idea of 'Junior' doesn't really work with my surname...
>
> Are you a "junior"?
>
No. But here in the land of unimaginative parents it's asssumed you'll
name your child after yourself.
> I just thought -- if you name your nipper-to-be Nick too, you can be
> Big Nick Little and s/he can be Little Nick Little.
>
> (Psst. I think your snipper needs a new blade.)
>
> Anne
Why? This is only my first child.
A B Magee
17:13:17 EST:
>
>
>A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 10 Dec 1999
>> 10:53:26 EST:
>>
>> >A B Magee wrote:
>> >
>> >> Quoth Nick Piesco (The Bohemian Group) on 09 Dec 1999 18:21:29 GMT:
>>
>> [snip a bunch of stuff about duplicate names in families]
>>
>> > The idea of 'Junior' doesn't really work with my surname...
>>
>> Are you a "junior"?
>>
>
>No. But here in the land of unimaginative parents it's asssumed you'll
>name your child after yourself.
Seems to me parents nowadays are either unimaginative or way too
imaginative. (They either name the kid after themselves or they make
something up.) What's wrong with just giving the kid a real name that
just happens to not be yours?
Except for Jason and the variations on Kaylie.
>> (Psst. I think your snipper needs a new blade.)
> Why? This is only my first child.
Grrr. This wilful misunderstanding is getting far too common these
days.
A B Magee
04:44:42 GMT:
>A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
>: ooh, lotsa stuff. Music, TV, black holes, cats, rain, computers,
>: sheep, toenails, toys, backscratchers, pliers, Replogles, ReBoot...
>
>Hmm...
>
>My toenails (and fingernails) grow very fast and strong, much unlike my
>hair. But one toenail, no matter what I do, always splits and catches on
>my socks and makes me glad I don't wear nylons.
My toenails detected the fact that I'd lost my nailclippers and
started to grow ten times faster than they usually do.
>I don't haev a backscratcher but I did get pliers for my birthday. Any
>ideas (not from Alan) about what would be good to ply with them? They are
>looking very keen to do something useful.
Well, they come in handy for er.. well... opening very small bottles
and hammering thumbtacks.
>Tracy, and try as I might, I can't get the cuticles from half my
>fingernails to recede past that white bit they're supposed to leave
>showing. And I always get hangnails. I don't like them
I've got white bits on my thumbnails and the merest hit of white on my
index fingers and one middle finger. The rest seem to be white free.
This probably indicates something very important.
Anne, who wants to watch Red Dwarf but it looks like fundraising
season on PBS again
Nicholas J Little
A B Magee wrote:
> Quoth Nicholas J Little (Concentric Internet Services) on 11 Dec 1999
> 17:13:17 EST:
>
> >
> >
> >A B Magee wrote:
> >
>
> Seems to me parents nowadays are either unimaginative or way too
> imaginative. (They either name the kid after themselves or they make
> something up.) What's wrong with just giving the kid a real name that
> just happens to not be yours?
>
> Except for Jason and the variations on Kaylie.
>
There is a tad of hypocrisy here on my part. I'm almost definitely naming my
son after my grandfather.
> >> (Psst. I think your snipper needs a new blade.)
>
> > Why? This is only my first child.
>
> Grrr. This wilful misunderstanding is getting far too common these
> days.
>
> Anne
>
But oh so fun, wouldn't you say?
Ken Butler
> Quoth Tracy T. (Value Net Internetwork Services Inc.) on 10 Dec 1999
> 04:44:42 GMT:
>
> >Tracy, and try as I might, I can't get the cuticles from half my
> >fingernails to recede past that white bit they're supposed to leave
> >showing. And I always get hangnails. I don't like them
>
> I've got white bits on my thumbnails and the merest hit of white on my
> index fingers and one middle finger. The rest seem to be white free.
> This probably indicates something very important.
That you are dead, possibly. (HTH, HAND, etc.)
Only my thumbnails are sporting any white at all, which presumably
means that I am even deader than you (or will be tomorrow, if I emerge
at what the rest of the world insists on calling a reasonable hour).
"Lunulae". That's the name for those white bits. On account of being
(with sufficient imagination) crescent-moon-shaped.
> Anne, who wants to watch Red Dwarf but it looks like fundraising
> season on PBS again
Is it just me, or has it been PBS fundraising season for about the
last year?
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 03:53:50 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Tracy T. (Value Net Internetwork Services Inc.) on 10 Dec 1999
>> 04:44:42 GMT:
>>
>> >Tracy, and try as I might, I can't get the cuticles from half my
>> >fingernails to recede past that white bit they're supposed to leave
>> >showing. And I always get hangnails. I don't like them
>>
>> I've got white bits on my thumbnails and the merest hit of white on my
>> index fingers and one middle finger. The rest seem to be white free.
>> This probably indicates something very important.
>
>That you are dead, possibly. (HTH, HAND, etc.)
Glad you said that. I've been wondering what that meant for ages.
HAND, I mean. I know what HTH means. And 'etc' and even 'dead'.
>Only my thumbnails are sporting any white at all, which presumably
>means that I am even deader than you (or will be tomorrow, if I emerge
>at what the rest of the world insists on calling a reasonable hour).
Are they forcing you out of bed before noon again?
>"Lunulae". That's the name for those white bits. On account of being
>(with sufficient imagination) crescent-moon-shaped.
The ones on my thumbnails sort of are. Sort of.
>> Anne, who wants to watch Red Dwarf but it looks like fundraising
>> season on PBS again
>
>Is it just me, or has it been PBS fundraising season for about the
>last year?
I guess it wasn't actually fundraising season, just whatever the show
was before Red Dwarf attempting to sell large quantities of video
tapes. (I think it was some kind of country western concert or
something, but I had the audio muted so I don't know for sure.)
Anne
Alan Moore
Quoth A B Magee:
> tapes. (I think it was some kind of country western concert or
> something, but I had the audio muted so I don't know for sure.)
Very wise.
Al. We got BOTH sorts of music.
------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm not cheap, but I am on special offer this week
------------------------------------------------------------------
A B Magee
>
>Quoth A B Magee:
>
>> tapes. (I think it was some kind of country western concert or
>> something, but I had the audio muted so I don't know for sure.)
>
>Very wise.
>
>
>Al. We got BOTH sorts of music.
Wayne AND Shuster.
Oops, wrong joke.
Ken Butler
> Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:02:25
> GMT:
> >
> >That you are dead, possibly. (HTH, HAND, etc.)
>
> Glad you said that. I've been wondering what that meant for ages.
> HAND, I mean. I know what HTH means. And 'etc' and even 'dead'.
Have A Nice Day, allegedly.
Now that I say that, however, I have only ever seen "HAND" in remarks
of the same tone as mine.
> Are they forcing you out of bed before noon again?
I'm forcing myself out of bed before noon, that's the worrying part. I
failed this morning, but then I was still in the office at 10:30pm,
finishing off the marking of the first pile of exams. (I have now done
53 out of 259.) Thus, dinner after 11, and after-dinner coffee after
midnight. (I got, over dinner, embroiled in possibly the
year-before-last's World Darts final: a guy who only ever gets 180 or
60, against another guy who will do anything to set up double top, and
never misses it.)
> >Is it just me, or has it been PBS fundraising season for about the
> >last year?
>
> I guess it wasn't actually fundraising season, just whatever the show
> was before Red Dwarf attempting to sell large quantities of video
> tapes. (I think it was some kind of country western concert or
> something, but I had the audio muted so I don't know for sure.)
That sounds wise. Here, I keep running into Andrea Bocelli or Sarah
sodding Brightman (that's her name, you know), so it *must* be
fundraising season.
Alan Moore
> Sarah sodding Brightman (that's her name, you know)
LOL >:o)
Didn't she split up with Smug Features, a while back?
And, talking about him, whatever happened to his promise to leave the UK if
a Labour government got in? Yet another election pledge goes down the
toilet...
(God, please don't send him over here)
Al
------------------------------------------------------------------
Interviewer: Why do you think Margaret Thatcher disliked you?
Ted Heath: Well, I'm not a doctor...
------------------------------------------------------------------
Geep
<kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wibbled
>On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 03:08:28 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:02:25
>>
>> HAND, I mean. I know what HTH means. And 'etc' and even 'dead'.
>
>Have A Nice Day, allegedly.
>
>Now that I say that, however, I have only ever seen "HAND" in remarks
>of the same tone as mine.
Yup - I think it is only used as a slightly sarcastic comment. Not by
me, though. Oh no ...
>
> Sarah
>sodding Brightman (that's her name, you know), so it *must* be
>fundraising season.
>
Hehehehe. We've got rid of her, at last. She is all yours now.
--
Phantom
sazz
<ge...@binnsroad.co.uk> wrote:
> Once upon a time, <3859e3ef...@news.dal.ca>, Ken Butler
> <kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wibbled
> > Sarah
> >sodding Brightman (that's her name, you know), so it *must* be
> >fundraising season.
> >
> Hehehehe. We've got rid of her, at last. She is all yours now.
Yeah but look at the replacement. Charlotte Church.
*sigh*
-Sarah
* Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network *
The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 03:08:28 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:02:25
>> GMT:
>> >
>> >That you are dead, possibly. (HTH, HAND, etc.)
>>
>> Glad you said that. I've been wondering what that meant for ages.
>> HAND, I mean. I know what HTH means. And 'etc' and even 'dead'.
>
>Have A Nice Day, allegedly.
<spit> I hate that. My response is "Don't tell me what kind of day to
have!"
>Now that I say that, however, I have only ever seen "HAND" in remarks
>of the same tone as mine.
I should hope so. I have met people who take it seriously and get
quite insulted when you look at them like they're demented.
>> Are they forcing you out of bed before noon again?
>
>I'm forcing myself out of bed before noon, that's the worrying part.
You sick?
>I
>failed this morning, but then I was still in the office at 10:30pm,
>finishing off the marking of the first pile of exams. (I have now done
>53 out of 259.) Thus, dinner after 11, and after-dinner coffee after
>midnight. (I got, over dinner, embroiled in possibly the
>year-before-last's World Darts final: a guy who only ever gets 180 or
>60, against another guy who will do anything to set up double top, and
>never misses it.)
Oh dear. Sports again. I suppose this does mean something...
>> >Is it just me, or has it been PBS fundraising season for about the
>> >last year?
>>
>> I guess it wasn't actually fundraising season, just whatever the show
>> was before Red Dwarf attempting to sell large quantities of video
>> tapes. (I think it was some kind of country western concert or
>> something, but I had the audio muted so I don't know for sure.)
>
>That sounds wise. Here, I keep running into Andrea Bocelli or Sarah
>sodding Brightman (that's her name, you know), so it *must* be
>fundraising season.
Never heard of SsB. Am I lucky?
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:08:27
>GMT:
>>
>>sodding Brightman (that's her name, you know), so it *must* be
>>fundraising season.
>
>Never heard of SsB. Am I lucky?
>
higher than even Sir Cliffy. Probably second only to her ex HWMBO.
--
Geep
Geep
<sarahN...@broque.demon.co.uk.invalid> wibbled
>> >sodding Brightman (that's her name, you know), so it *must* be
>> >fundraising season.
>> >
>
>Yeah but look at the replacement. Charlotte Church.
>
the person to whom they are married?
--
Geep
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <jdsl5so9kvlmop7ti...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Fri, 17 Dec 1999 08:08:27
>>GMT:
>>>
>>>That sounds wise. Here, I keep running into Andrea Bocelli or Sarah
>>>sodding Brightman (that's her name, you know), so it *must* be
>>>fundraising season.
>>
>>Never heard of SsB. Am I lucky?
>>
>Arghhhh! On the World Top One Hundred Puke Scale, SsB is much, much
>higher than even Sir Cliffy. Probably second only to her ex HWMBO.
And he would be?
Coinky-dinkily, I saw a bunch of SsB mp3s on one of the newsgroups
last night. Some of them were actually complete. I didn't download any
though.
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sat, 18 Dec 1999 08:58:34 +0000:
>
>>>
>>Arghhhh! On the World Top One Hundred Puke Scale, SsB is much, much
>>higher than even Sir Cliffy. Probably second only to her ex HWMBO.
>
>And he would be?
Andrew (now Lord) Lloyd Webber, who, apart from writing & producing some
extremely popular musicals, wrote an immensely tedious series of
restaurant reviews in the Telegraph, every Saturday, for a few months.
I rather think he fancied himself in the shoes of P G Wodehouse, but
failed to fill 'em.
>
>Coinky-dinkily, I saw a bunch of SsB mp3s on one of the newsgroups
>last night. Some of them were actually complete. I didn't download any
>though.
>
A very wise decision. She starred in Phantom over here, for ages, with
Michael Crawford, but whether or not she toured with the show, I've no
idea. She did hit the British charts once, too. I lost my heart to a
starship trooper. Oh, and several other occasions, too, with other
people, including Steve (Come up & see me, make me smile, Cockney Rebel)
Harley and, full circle, Sir Cliffy.
More information that you needed?
--
Geep
Ken Butler
> Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sat, 18 Dec 1999 08:58:34 +0000:
> >Arghhhh! On the World Top One Hundred Puke Scale, SsB is much, much
> >higher than even Sir Cliffy. Probably second only to her ex HWMBO.
>
> And he would be?
Andrew Loud-Warbler[1].
> Coinky-dinkily, I saw a bunch of SsB mp3s on one of the newsgroups
> last night. Some of them were actually complete. I didn't download any
> though.
<mops brow>
[1] Approximately.
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <gfmn5soaap0g9ifvt...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sat, 18 Dec 1999 08:58:34 +0000:
>>
>>>>Never heard of SsB. Am I lucky?
>>>>
>>>Arghhhh! On the World Top One Hundred Puke Scale, SsB is much, much
>>>higher than even Sir Cliffy. Probably second only to her ex HWMBO.
>>
>>And he would be?
>
>Andrew (now Lord) Lloyd Webber,
Him. My brother-in-law used to play a CD full of excerpts from his
shows. I lived downstairs and used to suffer mightily through it.
>who, apart from writing & producing some
>extremely popular musicals, wrote an immensely tedious series of
>restaurant reviews in the Telegraph, every Saturday, for a few months.
I didn't know that. There are advantages to living in the back of
beyond.
>I rather think he fancied himself in the shoes of P G Wodehouse, but
>failed to fill 'em.
I doubt very much he could even find 'em. Conceited little twerp.
>>Coinky-dinkily, I saw a bunch of SsB mp3s on one of the newsgroups
>>last night. Some of them were actually complete. I didn't download any
>>though.
>>
>A very wise decision. She starred in Phantom over here, for ages, with
>Michael Crawford, but whether or not she toured with the show, I've no
>idea. She did hit the British charts once, too. I lost my heart to a
>starship trooper. Oh, and several other occasions, too, with other
>people, including Steve (Come up & see me, make me smile, Cockney Rebel)
>Harley and, full circle, Sir Cliffy.
It all sounds revolting.
>More information that you needed?
Yes thank you. If I ever consider moving back to Britain, I will
reread this and change my mind.
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 19:01:58 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sat, 18 Dec 1999 08:58:34 +0000:
>
>> >Arghhhh! On the World Top One Hundred Puke Scale, SsB is much, much
>> >higher than even Sir Cliffy. Probably second only to her ex HWMBO.
>>
>> And he would be?
>
>Andrew Loud-Warbler[1].
I like that version.
>> Coinky-dinkily, I saw a bunch of SsB mp3s on one of the newsgroups
>> last night. Some of them were actually complete. I didn't download any
>> though.
>
><mops brow>
Not to worry. I wouldn't send them to you even if I did download them.
Well, not unless you you did something to really really annoy me.
>[1] Approximately.
Close enough.
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:18:21 +0000:
>>
>>Andrew (now Lord) Lloyd Webber,
>
>Him. My brother-in-law used to play a CD full of excerpts from his
>shows. I lived downstairs and used to suffer mightily through it.
Him indeed. You have my sympathy. I can't claim that musicals form my
favourite type of entertainment. Understatement of the Year.
>
>>who, apart from writing & producing some
>>extremely popular musicals, wrote an immensely tedious series of
>>restaurant reviews in the Telegraph, every Saturday, for a few months.
>
>I didn't know that. There are advantages to living in the back of
>beyond.
You didn't miss much. He was replaced by Michael Beurk, who wasn't too
bad, but he has now been replaced by someone called Alice Thompson, who
writes the same column under the not very original title of Alice's
Restaurant.
>
>>I rather think he fancied himself in the shoes of P G Wodehouse, but
>>failed to fill 'em.
>
>I doubt very much he could even find 'em. Conceited little twerp.
Precisely.
>>>
>>A very wise decision. She starred in Phantom over here, for ages, with
>>Michael Crawford, but whether or not she toured with the show, I've no
>>idea. She did hit the British charts once, too. I lost my heart to a
>>starship trooper. Oh, and several other occasions, too, with other
>>people, including Steve (Come up & see me, make me smile, Cockney Rebel)
>>Harley and, full circle, Sir Cliffy.
>
>It all sounds revolting.
>
>>More information that you needed?
>
>Yes thank you. If I ever consider moving back to Britain, I will
>reread this and change my mind.
>
Certainly one to print and stick to the fridge with one of those handy
magnets. My fridge magnet is a reproduction of an old advertising
poster, showing a Morris Minor. Well, 'tis one of several, actually,
some of which show (whispers) genvaf ...
--
Geep
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <iqpo5sslhtjc00l1t...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:18:21 +0000:
>>>
>>>Andrew (now Lord) Lloyd Webber,
>>
>>Him. My brother-in-law used to play a CD full of excerpts from his
>>shows. I lived downstairs and used to suffer mightily through it.
>
>Him indeed. You have my sympathy. I can't claim that musicals form my
>favourite type of entertainment. Understatement of the Year.
I've never actually seen a stage musical, but I've seen movie
musicals. I always thought they were daft, no matter how good the
music. I mean, if you were chatting to someone and they suddenly burst
into song (with complete orchestral accompaniment), wouldn't you be
surprised? Maybe shocked? You certainly wouldn't join in and sing a
duet with the bugger.
>>>who, apart from writing & producing some
>>>extremely popular musicals, wrote an immensely tedious series of
>>>restaurant reviews in the Telegraph, every Saturday, for a few months.
>>
>>I didn't know that. There are advantages to living in the back of
>>beyond.
>
>You didn't miss much. He was replaced by Michael Beurk, who wasn't too
>bad, but he has now been replaced by someone called Alice Thompson, who
>writes the same column under the not very original title of Alice's
>Restaurant.
Arlo should sue.
[snip]
>>Yes thank you. If I ever consider moving back to Britain, I will
>>reread this and change my mind.
>>
>Certainly one to print and stick to the fridge with one of those handy
>magnets. My fridge magnet is a reproduction of an old advertising
>poster, showing a Morris Minor. Well, 'tis one of several, actually,
>some of which show (whispers) genvaf ...
Hm. I've got two. One is Cartman from South Park, the other is a grey
thing that I took from a previous employer. I've no idea what it was
originally meant to do, but it was going to be thrown out and I
rescued it.
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sun, 19 Dec 1999 09:29:54 +0000:
>>
>>favourite type of entertainment. Understatement of the Year.
>
>I've never actually seen a stage musical, but I've seen movie
>musicals. I always thought they were daft, no matter how good the
>music. I mean, if you were chatting to someone and they suddenly burst
>into song (with complete orchestral accompaniment), wouldn't you be
>surprised? Maybe shocked? You certainly wouldn't join in and sing a
>duet with the bugger.
Be fun to try though, wouldn't it. No? Hmm. You're probably right.
Reminds me of a film. Blazing Saddles?
>
>[snip]
>>>
>>Certainly one to print and stick to the fridge with one of those handy
>>magnets. My fridge magnet is a reproduction of an old advertising
>>poster, showing a Morris Minor. Well, 'tis one of several, actually,
>>some of which show (whispers) genvaf ...
>
>Hm. I've got two. One is Cartman from South Park, the other is a grey
>thing that I took from a previous employer. I've no idea what it was
>originally meant to do, but it was going to be thrown out and I
>rescued it.
And it is magnetic? Stupid question, really, cos if it wasn't, it
wouldn't stick to the fridge. I've got four that you would like - four
black cat silhouettes, made from thin sheet metal, with little magnets
on the back.
--
Geep
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <d9aq5sskc2tp9811o...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sun, 19 Dec 1999 09:29:54 +0000:
>>>
>>>Him indeed. You have my sympathy. I can't claim that musicals form my
>>>favourite type of entertainment. Understatement of the Year.
>>
>>I've never actually seen a stage musical, but I've seen movie
>>musicals. I always thought they were daft, no matter how good the
>>music. I mean, if you were chatting to someone and they suddenly burst
>>into song (with complete orchestral accompaniment), wouldn't you be
>>surprised? Maybe shocked? You certainly wouldn't join in and sing a
>>duet with the bugger.
>
>Be fun to try though, wouldn't it. No? Hmm. You're probably right.
>Reminds me of a film. Blazing Saddles?
Can't remember Blazing Saddles all that clearly. Must remember to
watch it again next time it appears.
>>[snip]
>>>>
>>>Certainly one to print and stick to the fridge with one of those handy
>>>magnets. My fridge magnet is a reproduction of an old advertising
>>>poster, showing a Morris Minor. Well, 'tis one of several, actually,
>>>some of which show (whispers) genvaf ...
>>
>>Hm. I've got two. One is Cartman from South Park, the other is a grey
>>thing that I took from a previous employer. I've no idea what it was
>>originally meant to do, but it was going to be thrown out and I
>>rescued it.
>
>And it is magnetic? Stupid question, really, cos if it wasn't, it
>wouldn't stick to the fridge.
Ah, I should have been clearer. The word "thing" is defined "really
powerful magnet", for purposes of my sentence above.
Well, not as powerful as the one my dad got from the drydock, which
was used to hold steel plates together while they were welded or
something, but considerably more powerful than the usual fridge
magnet.
>I've got four that you would like - four
>black cat silhouettes, made from thin sheet metal, with little magnets
>on the back.
That does sound nice. I haven't seen any nice fridge magnets for ages.
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sun, 19 Dec 1999 22:36:24 +0000:
>>
>>Be fun to try though, wouldn't it. No? Hmm. You're probably right.
>>Reminds me of a film. Blazing Saddles?
>
>Can't remember Blazing Saddles all that clearly. Must remember to
>watch it again next time it appears.
Do I mean Blazing Saddles? Where a full orchestra appears in the middle
of the desert, or somewhere, playing the theme music.
>
>>>[snip]
>>>
>>>Hm. I've got two. One is Cartman from South Park, the other is a grey
>>>thing that I took from a previous employer. I've no idea what it was
>>>originally meant to do, but it was going to be thrown out and I
>>>rescued it.
>>
>>And it is magnetic? Stupid question, really, cos if it wasn't, it
>>wouldn't stick to the fridge.
>
>Ah, I should have been clearer. The word "thing" is defined "really
>powerful magnet", for purposes of my sentence above.
As opposed to Thing, with a capital T. Who isn't a magnet, or stuck on
fridge doors.
>
>Well, not as powerful as the one my dad got from the drydock, which
>was used to hold steel plates together while they were welded or
>something, but considerably more powerful than the usual fridge
>magnet.
Hmm. Sounds like a boy's toy. Boys like playing with powerful magnets.
No idea why.
>
>>I've got four that you would like - four
>>black cat silhouettes, made from thin sheet metal, with little magnets
>>on the back.
>
>That does sound nice. I haven't seen any nice fridge magnets for ages.
>
I don't really know where mine all come from - there was a phase of them
being given away free with all sorts of things, although the four cat
ones were bought to support a cat rescue charity.
--
Geep
LilPeach
Geep <ge...@binnsroad.co.uk> wrote in message
news:UH9jDaAo...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk...
> Once upon a time, <d9aq5sskc2tp9811o...@4ax.com>, A B
> Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
> >Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sun, 19 Dec 1999 09:29:54 +0000:
> >>
> >>Him indeed. You have my sympathy. I can't claim that musicals
form my
> >>favourite type of entertainment. Understatement of the Year.
> >
> >I've never actually seen a stage musical, but I've seen movie
> >musicals. I always thought they were daft, no matter how good the
> >music. I mean, if you were chatting to someone and they suddenly
burst
> >into song (with complete orchestral accompaniment), wouldn't you be
> >surprised? Maybe shocked? You certainly wouldn't join in and sing a
> >duet with the bugger.
This made me laugh so hard my morning coffee spewed out my nose. I
always thought this same thing, but never gave voice to it, as my
mother is an absolute nut about musicals. Thanks to her, I *could*
burst into any number of songs during normal conversation.
> Be fun to try though, wouldn't it. No? Hmm. You're probably
right.
> Reminds me of a film. Blazing Saddles?
Now there was a funny fillum.
> >[snip]
> >>>
> >>Certainly one to print and stick to the fridge with one of those
handy
> >>magnets. My fridge magnet is a reproduction of an old advertising
> >>poster, showing a Morris Minor. Well, 'tis one of several,
actually,
> >>some of which show (whispers) genvaf ...
> >
> >Hm. I've got two. One is Cartman from South Park, the other is a
grey
> >thing that I took from a previous employer. I've no idea what it
was
> >originally meant to do, but it was going to be thrown out and I
> >rescued it.
>
> And it is magnetic? Stupid question, really, cos if it wasn't, it
> wouldn't stick to the fridge. I've got four that you would like -
four
> black cat silhouettes, made from thin sheet metal, with little
magnets
> on the back.
I have several fridge magnets (though not so many I'd be thought mad)
including a peach (natcherly) and several Dilbert characters with
empty converations balloons you can fill in with marking pen...I leave
goofy messages for the SO all the time.
--
LilPeach - magnet girl
If I want to hear the pitter patter of little feet, I'll put shoes on
my cat.
http://lilpeach.toffee.net
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <pprq5scm1hapr8a4e...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sun, 19 Dec 1999 22:36:24 +0000:
>>>
>>>Be fun to try though, wouldn't it. No? Hmm. You're probably right.
>>>Reminds me of a film. Blazing Saddles?
>>
>>Can't remember Blazing Saddles all that clearly. Must remember to
>>watch it again next time it appears.
>
>Do I mean Blazing Saddles? Where a full orchestra appears in the middle
>of the desert, or somewhere, playing the theme music.
Sounds vaguely familiar.
>>Ah, I should have been clearer. The word "thing" is defined "really
>>powerful magnet", for purposes of my sentence above.
>
>As opposed to Thing, with a capital T. Who isn't a magnet, or stuck on
>fridge doors.
He frequently stick to my ankles, however, and he once got stuck in
the fridge.
>>Well, not as powerful as the one my dad got from the drydock, which
>>was used to hold steel plates together while they were welded or
>>something, but considerably more powerful than the usual fridge
>>magnet.
>
>Hmm. Sounds like a boy's toy. Boys like playing with powerful magnets.
>No idea why.
I used to like playing with it. It weighed two or three pounds and was
made sort of like a sandwich. It came with a metal plug thing and the
only way to get that off was to slide it.
Great fun. Don't stick it to the fridge though. You'd never get it off
and might pull the fridge over trying.
>>>I've got four that you would like - four
>>>black cat silhouettes, made from thin sheet metal, with little magnets
>>>on the back.
>>
>>That does sound nice. I haven't seen any nice fridge magnets for ages.
>>
>I don't really know where mine all come from - there was a phase of them
>being given away free with all sorts of things, although the four cat
>ones were bought to support a cat rescue charity.
I've got some at work somewhere, one of them from my vet. A previous
cubicle had metal walls and I used them for sticking phone lists and
things on the walls. My current cubicle is not magnetic, but I can't
remember what I did with the magnets.
Funny how no one gives them away any more.
A B Magee
-0700:
>This made me laugh so hard my morning coffee spewed out my nose.
That must've hurt. What do you do for scalded nasal passages?
>I
>always thought this same thing, but never gave voice to it, as my
>mother is an absolute nut about musicals. Thanks to her, I *could*
>burst into any number of songs during normal conversation.
Wouldn't be very normal after you burst into song.
Anne, make an excuse and walk away fast girl
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:14:01 +0000:
>>
>>As opposed to Thing, with a capital T. Who isn't a magnet, or stuck on
>>fridge doors.
>
>He frequently stick to my ankles, however, and he once got stuck in
>the fridge.
That sounds like a story, waiting to be told. I once shut MM in the
airing cupboard, where she could have suffocated, I suppose - it is very
warm in there. She slipped in when I wasn't looking, and it was only
later, when I realised that she wasn't around, that I started opening
cupboard doors, and released her. She hasn't learned, though, and still
tries to get in there.
>
>Great fun. Don't stick it to the fridge though. You'd never get it off
>and might pull the fridge over trying.
Hmm. Sounds more & more like a boys toy. Great fun.
>
>I've got some at work somewhere, one of them from my vet. A previous
>cubicle had metal walls and I used them for sticking phone lists and
>things on the walls. My current cubicle is not magnetic, but I can't
>remember what I did with the magnets.
Magnetic cubicles. That sounds like a good idea. Most of 'em seem to
be made with aluminium, which is no good to man nor beast. There is
only one divider in our office, separating the board room from the open
plan area, and that is all glass & aluminium. About the only stuck on
thing around here is a Dilbert quote Pritt sticked to the server monitor
- 'When I'm at work' etc., nicked from a sig not a million miles from
here.
>
>Funny how no one gives them away any more.
No-one gives anything away any more. Well, no-one except Tracy's
suppliers.
--
Geep
Tracy T.
: That sounds like a story, waiting to be told. I once shut MM in the
: airing cupboard, where she could have suffocated, I suppose - it is very
: warm in there. She slipped in when I wasn't looking, and it was only
: later, when I realised that she wasn't around, that I started opening
: cupboard doors, and released her. She hasn't learned, though, and still
: tries to get in there.
She might like the heat. Our cats have been known to lie on the heating
vents during the Winter. We do worry about them getting locked in places
though, because they really don't meow very much and would just sit
quietly wherever they were stuck.
:>
:>Great fun. Don't stick it to the fridge though. You'd never get it off
:>and might pull the fridge over trying.
: Hmm. Sounds more & more like a boys toy. Great fun.
A magnet? Or am I missing something? I had a great strong magnet when I
was a little girl and it was difficult to get off things, but not like
that. You would have to slide it off things and end up scraping them,
though. I really enjoyed running the magnet through sand and coming up
with loads of metallic dust and play with that.
: No-one gives anything away any more. Well, no-one except Tracy's
: suppliers.
Oh, they are getting much cheaper this year. No 3-type popcorn for me to
eat all of, and the only choccies we got were milk chocolate. Which means
no lemon truffles, no marshmallow caramels...
Tragic.
Tracy, life has lost its meaning girl
LilPeach
A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:03vt5ssup31qub93n...@4ax.com...
> Quoth LilPeach (http://extra.newsguy.com) on Mon, 20 Dec 1999
09:21:54
> -0700:
>
> >This made me laugh so hard my morning coffee spewed out my nose.
>
> That must've hurt. What do you do for scalded nasal passages?
Not much except suffer.
> >I
> >always thought this same thing, but never gave voice to it, as my
> >mother is an absolute nut about musicals. Thanks to her, I *could*
> >burst into any number of songs during normal conversation.
>
> Wouldn't be very normal after you burst into song.
Fortunately, I curb these tendencies.
LilPeach - of the curbed tendencies
A B Magee
-0700:
>
>A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
>news:03vt5ssup31qub93n...@4ax.com...
>> Quoth LilPeach (http://extra.newsguy.com) on Mon, 20 Dec 1999
>09:21:54
>> -0700:
>>
>> >This made me laugh so hard my morning coffee spewed out my nose.
>>
>> That must've hurt. What do you do for scalded nasal passages?
>
>Not much except suffer.
I think I'd rather suffer it than try to explain it to the nurse at
the emergency ward.
>> >I
>> >always thought this same thing, but never gave voice to it, as my
>> >mother is an absolute nut about musicals. Thanks to her, I *could*
>> >burst into any number of songs during normal conversation.
>>
>> Wouldn't be very normal after you burst into song.
>
>Fortunately, I curb these tendencies.
>LilPeach - of the curbed tendencies
Curbed tendencies sound almost as painful as scalded nasal passages.
Anne uncurbed
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <c8vt5scp6gn1nrp5g...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Mon, 20 Dec 1999 09:14:01 +0000:
>>>
>>>As opposed to Thing, with a capital T. Who isn't a magnet, or stuck on
>>>fridge doors.
>>
>>He frequently stick to my ankles, however, and he once got stuck in
>>the fridge.
>
>That sounds like a story, waiting to be told.
I already told it, but you probably weren't here then. Everyone else
can just skip to the next message.
It happened when Thing was just a kitten. He had made several
determined attempts to climb into the fridge, so before I opened the
door, I glanced around to see where he was. He was over by the front
door, diagonally across the kitchen from the fridge, probably 20 feet
away. So I opened the door, picked up the milk, and closed the door
again.
Then I realized that I had heard the thunder of little cat feet just
as I was closing the door and that Thing was no longer across the
room. I thought, "He must have run up the hall. He couldn't possibly
have gone into the fridge in that short time." I mean, it would have
meant running 20 feet, ducking *under* the fridge door, then jumping
up at least a foot onto the bottom shelf. Completely impossible.
But, just in case, I opened the door again and there, sticking out
from the bottom shelf was a little black pointed tail. The rest of the
kitten was totally absorbed in attacking what later turned out to be a
bag of onions. He hadn't even noticed that the light had gone out then
come on again.
One hand was full of milk, so I grabbed the little pointed tail and
pulled it, kitten, bag on onions, and bag of batter mix out onto the
floor.
>I once shut MM in the
>airing cupboard, where she could have suffocated, I suppose - it is very
>warm in there. She slipped in when I wasn't looking, and it was only
>later, when I realised that she wasn't around, that I started opening
>cupboard doors, and released her. She hasn't learned, though, and still
>tries to get in there.
How could she suffocate in an airing cupboard? Isn't there any air in
there? If not, why don't they call it an vacuum cupboard?
>>I've got some at work somewhere, one of them from my vet. A previous
>>cubicle had metal walls and I used them for sticking phone lists and
>>things on the walls. My current cubicle is not magnetic, but I can't
>>remember what I did with the magnets.
>
>Magnetic cubicles. That sounds like a good idea.
These ones don't look like metal, they look rather like plastic. But
the plastic must be coated on top of metal because magnets do stick to
them. Very handy.
>Most of 'em seem to
>be made with aluminium, which is no good to man nor beast.
All the other cubicles are made of carpet. Well, maybe not carpet, but
some kind of coarse fabric wrapped around a frame. You can stick pins
in it but they don't stay stuck. The best way to hold things on is to
stick the end of paperclip through the fabric then slip the paper
under the paper clip. It's not perfect but it works fairly well.
I leaned against someone's cubicle wall tonight for a second then
walked away. The wall fell down behind me. It was just leaning against
the desk, nothing holding it up.
>There is
>only one divider in our office, separating the board room from the open
>plan area, and that is all glass & aluminium. About the only stuck on
>thing around here is a Dilbert quote Pritt sticked to the server monitor
>- 'When I'm at work' etc., nicked from a sig not a million miles from
>here.
I was going to ask who is Pritt and why didn't you say 'stuck' when I
suddenly remembered that Pritt Sticks are glue sticks. Whew.
>>Funny how no one gives them away any more.
>
>No-one gives anything away any more. Well, no-one except Tracy's
>suppliers.
We had some free food today. Must've been something going on next door
with clients, because the leftovers showed up in the kitchen at
suppertime. The usual: one raw veggies and dip platter (all the
carrots were gone) and one crackers and cheese platter. I snaffled
some crackers and cheese for dessert.
Anne
Alan Brand
> Quoth LilPeach (http://extra.newsguy.com) on Tue, 21 Dec 1999
> >A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
> >news:03vt5ssup31qub93n...@4ax.com...
> >> Quoth LilPeach (http://extra.newsguy.com) on Mon, 20 Dec 1999
> >
> >> >I
> >> >always thought this same thing, but never gave voice to it, as my
> >> >mother is an absolute nut about musicals. Thanks to her, I *could*
> >> >burst into any number of songs during normal conversation.
> >>
> >> Wouldn't be very normal after you burst into song.
> >
> >Fortunately, I curb these tendencies.
>
> >LilPeach - of the curbed tendencies
>
> Curbed tendencies sound almost as painful as scalded nasal passages.
>
> Anne uncurbed
But do you stoop 'n' scoop?
--
AlanB
Geep
.better.than.SPAM.com> wibbled
>>
>> That must've hurt. What do you do for scalded nasal passages?
>
>Not much except suffer.
Aww
>
>LilPeach - of the curbed tendencies
Tendencies should be allowed to run riot ...
--
Geep
Geep
<tra...@value.net> wibbled
>Geep <ge...@binnsroad.co.uk> wrote:
>
>She might like the heat. Our cats have been known to lie on the heating
>vents during the Winter. We do worry about them getting locked in places
>though, because they really don't meow very much and would just sit
>quietly wherever they were stuck.
Yes, I'm afraid MM would just sit somewhere, unable to get out. I've
shut her in the loft before now, and found her curled up & asleep.
Probably be a different story if she was hungry, though.
>
>: Hmm. Sounds more & more like a boys toy. Great fun.
>
>A magnet? Or am I missing something? I had a great strong magnet when I
>was a little girl and it was difficult to get off things, but not like
>that. You would have to slide it off things and end up scraping them,
>though. I really enjoyed running the magnet through sand and coming up
>with loads of metallic dust and play with that.
>
I used to enjoy putting metallic dust (or iron filings) on a sheet of
paper, with different magnets below the paper, to create patterns of the
magnetic forces.
>: No-one gives anything away any more. Well, no-one except Tracy's
>: suppliers.
>
>Oh, they are getting much cheaper this year. No 3-type popcorn for me to
>eat all of, and the only choccies we got were milk chocolate. Which means
>no lemon truffles, no marshmallow caramels...
>
>Tragic.
The end of life as we know it.
>
>Tracy, life has lost its meaning girl
--
Geep, no chocolate of any kind in this office boy
Tracy T.
: Yes, I'm afraid MM would just sit somewhere, unable to get out. I've
: shut her in the loft before now, and found her curled up & asleep.
: Probably be a different story if she was hungry, though.
See what a wonderful and useful tool hunger is?
: I used to enjoy putting metallic dust (or iron filings) on a sheet of
: paper, with different magnets below the paper, to create patterns of the
: magnetic forces.
I'm sure we used to do that sort of thing but since we did so before
moving at age 8 I don't remember too much beyond being impressed that
there was so much metal in sand.
After age 8 there was no sand for metal. The ground was clay and the
playground was grass.
: The end of life as we know it.
We're all bemoaning the chocolate situation. Really we used to get several
boxes of high-quality stuff, this year we have 3 only, 1 was small, 1 is
Hersheys kisses with almonds (ick! we don't care for nuts), and 1 was
decent but milk chocolate only.
They did send us wine from some company. Being as there are people out on
maternity who don't believe in drinking whilst materniting, and we're not
allowed any drinkies at work, we had to take them home to drink them. I
got one and rights to all future bottles arriving at a particular desk.
But the fun used to be snagging cookies or lemon truffles or handsful of
popcorn or pieces of cheesecake on your way past the Food Place, and now
that fun is dead.
: Geep, no chocolate of any kind in this office boy
But certainly you have something? What otherwise is the point in life?
When I found out yesterday that not only 2 but all 3 of the people in my
department that I like are out next week, and there is no chocolate at
all, I decided next week is Work From Home week.
Tracy, not happy and can't wait for January 3 girl