On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:47:52 +0000, Mike L wrote:
>"...
> So he stood in his shoes
> And he wonder'd,
> He wonder'd,
> He stood in his
> Shoes and he wonder'd. "
On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:59:00 -0500, Glenn Knickerbocker
<N...@bestweb.net> wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:47:52 +0000, Mike L wrote:
>>"...
>> So he stood in his shoes
>> And he wonder'd,
>> He wonder'd,
>> He stood in his
>> Shoes and he wonder'd. "
On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:11:10 +1100, Peter Moylan wrote:
> The letters I receive from Nigeria often have the
> salutation "Dear". Not "Dear Peter" or "Dear Mr Moylan". Just a bare "Dear".
That seems fairly usual in African and Asian business English, where an American would be taught to write "Dear Sir or Madam". (Or at least _this_ American was so taught, an embarrassing number of years ago.)
When I get emails addressed to "Dear," I always have to suppress my impulse to reply with a salutation of "Darling" or even "Sweetie".
-- "The difference between the /almost right/ word and the /right/ word
is ... the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning."
--Mark Twain
Stan Brown, Tompkins County, NY, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com
On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:06:16 -0500, tony cooper wrote:
> I have
> received calls offering a paid holiday, including airfare, in Orlando.
Good god! Couldn't they have come up with some more attractive destination to offer?
-- "The difference between the /almost right/ word and the /right/ word
is ... the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning."
--Mark Twain
Stan Brown, Tompkins County, NY, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com
> Peter Moylan <inva...@peter.pmoylan.org.invalid> writes:
>> It's not only the e-mail. It was interesting to see the "all gangsters
>> are Nigerian" stereotype in the South African film "District 9".
> Mind you, Florida is getting close in my opinion (no, I haven't won a
> bloody holiday, now get off my phone) - Tony take note.
I've recently been woken up in the middle of the night, more than once,
by a text message saying that I've won a million pounds. The sending
numbers vary, but they all start with 44. That's neither Nigeria nor
Florida.
-- Peter Moylan, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. http://www.pmoylan.org For an e-mail address, see my web page.
<the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:06:16 -0500, tony cooper wrote:
>> I have
>> received calls offering a paid holiday, including airfare, in Orlando.
>Good god! Couldn't they have come up with some more attractive >destination to offer?
I have suggested that they consider Ithaca as a Destination City. One
of the reviews of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ranked #6 in the
Ithaca list of most popular tourist attractions) states "A great place
to kill time near the airport".
In article <t549a81siar96jr7e1keh40spufphsn...@4ax.com>,
tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I have suggested that they [phone spammers] consider Ithaca as a
>Destination City. One of the reviews of the Cornell Lab of
>Ornithology (ranked #6 in the Ithaca list of most popular tourist
>attractions) states "A great place to kill time near the airport".
But Ithaca is Gorges!
-GAWollman
-- Garrett A. Wollman | What intellectual phenomenon can be older, or more oft
woll...@bimajority.org| repeated, than the story of a large research program
Opinions not shared by| that impaled itself upon a false central assumption
my employers. | accepted by all practitioners? - S.J. Gould, 1993
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:56:25 -0500, tony cooper wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:34:03 -0500, Stan Brown
> <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:06:16 -0500, tony cooper wrote:
> >> I have
> >> received calls offering a paid holiday, including airfare, in Orlando.
> >Good god! Couldn't they have come up with some more attractive > >destination to offer?
> I have suggested that they consider Ithaca as a Destination City. One
> of the reviews of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ranked #6 in the
> Ithaca list of most popular tourist attractions) states "A great place
> to kill time near the airport".
It is indeed. There's a forest called Sapsucker Woods, a few acres in size, adjacent to the building, and it has beautiful walking trails: all leveled out and covered with wood chips, so that they are usable even when the ground is muddy. When I was recovering from hip and knee replacements, I walked there frequently because the trails were very easy for someone who could walk only with difficulty and a cane.(*) It's a peaceful place, except when an airplane is taking off or arriving. But Ithaca's airport is fortunately not a busy one.
I saw a notable bird only rarely, but could hear their calls in the forest.
(*) I'm about 98% recovered now, thank you. :-) I haven't used the cane since three or four months after the surgeries.
-- "The difference between the /almost right/ word and the /right/ word
is ... the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning."
--Mark Twain
Stan Brown, Tompkins County, NY, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:09:03 +0000 (UTC), Garrett Wollman wrote:
> In article <t549a81siar96jr7e1keh40spufphsn...@4ax.com>,
> tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I have suggested that they [phone spammers] consider Ithaca as a
> >Destination City. One of the reviews of the Cornell Lab of
> >Ornithology (ranked #6 in the Ithaca list of most popular tourist
> >attractions) states "A great place to kill time near the airport".
> But Ithaca is Gorges!
Sapsucker Woods / Cornell Lab of Ornithology is not actually in the City of Ithaca, but about three or four miles north of the border and up a VERY steep hill.
-- "The difference between the /almost right/ word and the /right/ word
is ... the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning."
--Mark Twain
Stan Brown, Tompkins County, NY, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com
>> In article <t549a81siar96jr7e1keh40spufphsn...@4ax.com>,
>> tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >I have suggested that they [phone spammers] consider Ithaca as a
>> >Destination City. One of the reviews of the Cornell Lab of
>> >Ornithology (ranked #6 in the Ithaca list of most popular tourist
>> >attractions) states "A great place to kill time near the airport".
>> But Ithaca is Gorges!
>Sapsucker Woods / Cornell Lab of Ornithology is not actually in the >City of Ithaca, but about three or four miles north of the border and >up a VERY steep hill.
That's OK. Disney World is not in Orlando. No steep hills, though. I
suppose you could climb up Thunder Mountain if the guards are
watching.
On Nov 14, 11:56 pm, tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:34:03 -0500, Stan Brown
> <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> >On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:06:16 -0500, tony cooper wrote:
> >> I have
> >> received calls offering a paid holiday, including airfare, in Orlando.
> >Good god! Couldn't they have come up with some more attractive
> >destination to offer?
> I have suggested that they consider Ithaca as a Destination City. One
> of the reviews of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ranked #6 in the
> Ithaca list of most popular tourist attractions) states "A great place
> to kill time near the airport".
Orlando has its attractions too. I got my life Wood Stork in the
Orlando airport while my plane was taxiing.
<jerry_fried...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Nov 14, 11:56 pm, tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:34:03 -0500, Stan Brown
>> <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>> >On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:06:16 -0500, tony cooper wrote:
>> >> I have
>> >> received calls offering a paid holiday, including airfare, in Orlando.
>> >Good god! Couldn't they have come up with some more attractive
>> >destination to offer?
>> I have suggested that they consider Ithaca as a Destination City. One
>> of the reviews of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ranked #6 in the
>> Ithaca list of most popular tourist attractions) states "A great place
>> to kill time near the airport".
>Orlando has its attractions too. I got my life Wood Stork in the
>Orlando airport while my plane was taxiing.
You're lucky it wasn't sucked into one of the engines.
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:56:06 +0000 (UTC), Lewis
> <g.kr...@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>> In message <96o4a8hdrq10t5u87fqqfr5hd9fjpu3...@4ax.com> >> tony cooper <tony.cooper...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:18:52 +0000, Dr Nick
>>> <nospa...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>> It's not only the e-mail. It was interesting to see the "all gangsters
>>>>> are Nigerian" stereotype in the South African film "District 9".
>>>> Mind you, Florida is getting close in my opinion (no, I haven't won a
>>>> bloody holiday, now get off my phone) - Tony take note.
>>> But Florida is only the destination, not the source. Those telephone
>>> rooms from which the calls emanate are not usually in Florida. I have
>>> received calls offering a paid holiday, including airfare, in Orlando.
>> Didn't the Caller ID show the call as coming from somewhere in Florida?
>> I used to get tons of calls on my landline from Florida, and they were
>> all scams. Not just telemarketer scum, but actual scams.
> You're assuming all telephones show Caller ID. Until very recently,
> mine didn't. We recently changed to a package deal with Brighthouse
> on cable, phone, and internet that does provide Caller ID. Not being
> used to Caller ID, I forget to look at the little panel.
He's also assuming that the consumer-level caller ID shows the actual calling number. For a call from an individual subscriber, that is usually the case. For a call from a PBX, it could show your own number (if they had already chosen it).
> On 12/11/12 14:18, Glenn Knickerbocker wrote:
>> On 11 Nov 2012 13:33:43 -0800, R H Draney wrote:
>>> Why, after announcing that he'll identify ten salutations, are there only >>> four in the article?...r
>> And why, in discussing "well done," didn't he say "rare"?
> I was struck by the example "That piece of meat is tough because it is
> not well done". I would have said "... because it IS well done".
Depends on the cut, innit? Some pieces need to be cooked long hours to break down connecting tissue, etc. C.f. "pulled pork" and "pot roast".
>> Mind you, Florida is getting close in my opinion (no, I haven't won a
>> bloody holiday, now get off my phone) - Tony take note.
Tony Cooper:
> But Florida is only the destination, not the source. Those telephone
> rooms from which the calls emanate are not usually in Florida. I have
> received calls offering a paid holiday, including airfare, in Orlando.
I have heard it stated in Canadian news reports that the world capital
for telephone-based scams is Montreal.
-- Mark Brader "Never trust anybody who says 'trust me.'
Toronto Except just this once, of course."
m...@vex.net -- John Varley, "Steel Beach"
