Re: I dislike PS/2 floppies !

[Dan McGrath]

On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:18:17 +0800, supervinx <supe...@libero.it>
wrote:

>If it had been a standard floppy, it could have been thrown away ... but
>(almost here) PS/2 floppies are very rare ...

There is no such word as "rare".

- Dan
--
Daniel G. McGrath
Binghamton, New York
e-mail: dmcg6174[AT]gmail[DOT]com

[Prai Jei]

Dan McGrath set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time
continuum:

> On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:18:17 +0800, supervinx <supe...@libero.it>
> wrote:
>
>>If it had been a standard floppy, it could have been thrown away ... but
>>(almost here) PS/2 floppies are very rare ...
>
> There is no such word as "rare".
>
> - Dan

Are there still PS/2's out there? Are there still floppies out there? They
must all be very ra^H^Huncommon these days.
--
ξ:) Proud to be curly

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[contrex]

On 5 Jan, 18:48, Dan McGrath <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:18:17 +0800, supervinx <superv...@libero.it>

> wrote:
>
> >If it had been a standard floppy, it could have been thrown away ... but
> >(almost here) PS/2 floppies are very rare ...
>
> There is no such word as "rare".
>
> - Dan
> --
> Daniel G. McGrath
> Binghamton, New York
> e-mail: dmcg6174[AT]gmail[DOT]com

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[Athel Cornish-Bowden]

On 2010-01-07 21:47:15 +0100, contrex <mike.j...@gmail.com> said:

> On 5 Jan, 18:48, Dan McGrath <inva...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:18:17 +0800, supervinx <superv...@libero.it>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> If it had been a standard floppy, it could have been thrown away ... but
>>> (almost here) PS/2 floppies are very rare ...
>>
>> There is no such word as "rare".
>>
>> - Dan
>> --
>> Daniel G. McGrath
>> Binghamton, New York
>> e-mail: dmcg6174[AT]gmail[DOT]com
>
> Oh God! Not this again! There is such a word as "rare": here it is

> rare rare rare rare [�... ] rare rare rare

Indeed, it is not even a rare word.

--
athel

[Louis Ohland]

On 1/8/2010 01:21, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:

>>>> (almost here) PS/2 floppies are very rare ...
>>>
>>> There is no such word as "rare".
>>

>> Oh God! Not this again! There is such a word as "rare": here it is
>> rare rare rare rare [ ... ] rare rare rare
>
> Indeed, it is not even a rare word.

Shut up! I order you to shut up!

Help! Help! I'm being oppressed by a member of the ruling classes!

[J. Clarke]

Dan McGrath wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:18:17 +0800, supervinx <supe...@libero.it>
> wrote:
>
>> If it had been a standard floppy, it could have been thrown away ...
>> but (almost here) PS/2 floppies are very rare ...
>
> There is no such word as "rare".

So when you want a steak that is not well done and not medium and not medium
well, in what state do you instruct the waiter to provide it?

[Tim Knight/CT]

On Jan 18, 7:54 am, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...@cox.net> wrote:
> Dan McGrath wrote

>
> So when you want a steak that is not well done and not medium and not medium
> well, in what state do you instruct the waiter to provide it?

Moooooo?

CT

[JWR]

> well, in what state do you instruct the waiter to provide it?
>

Puzzled?

[R H Draney]

Tim Knight/CT filted:

>
>On Jan 18, 7:54=A0am, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...@cox.net> wrote:
>> Dan McGrath wrote
>>

>> So when you want a steak that is not well done and not medium and not med=

>ium
>> well, in what state do you instruct the waiter to provide it?
>
>Moooooo?

Now *that's* a zen answer!...r

--
A pessimist sees the glass as half empty.
An optometrist asks whether you see the glass
more full like this?...or like this?

[Peter Moylan]

On 19/01/10 02:53, A.C...@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:

> In alt.usage.english J. Clarke <jclarke...@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> So when you want a steak that is not well done and not medium and not medium
>> well, in what state do you instruct the waiter to provide it?
>

> I would say, "Just cut off the tail and wipe its ass!"
>
A friend of mine became a bit concerned about her cat's state of
cleanliness, and did a lot of wiping before realising that the cat had
freckles.

--
Peter Moylan, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. http://www.pmoylan.org
For an e-mail address, see my web page.

[Dr. Jim]

JWR wrote:
>> well, in what state do you instruct the waiter to provide it?
>>
>
> Puzzled?

Nebraska.