Haha
Fenny
Garden History course today and spent a happy 15 minutes talking about
hahas. When I said I had a photo of one, which I had bought at an
auction, I think several people in the class revised their opinion of me
from "Mostly Harmless" to "Completely bl**dy barking" :-)
--
Fenny
Thought for the Day...
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
Neil Hopkins
allspamwil...@rickmansworth.mersinet.co.uk (Fenny) wrote:
>We moved from the French style to the English Landscape style in our
>Garden History course today and spent a happy 15 minutes talking about
>hahas. When I said I had a photo of one, which I had bought at an
>auction, I think several people in the class revised their opinion of me
>from "Mostly Harmless" to "Completely bl**dy barking" :-)
:-)
--
neil h.
Spike : Sodding, blimey, shagging, knickers, bollocks, Oh God - I'm English!
Mike McMillan
<allspamwil...@rickmansworth.mersinet.co.uk> writes
>We moved from the French style to the English Landscape style in our
>Garden History course today and spent a happy 15 minutes talking about
>hahas. When I said I had a photo of one, which I had bought at an
>auction, I think several people in the class revised their opinion of me
>from "Mostly Harmless" to "Completely bl**dy barking" :-)
Have you 'outed' yourself as an UMRAT yet? That will be the real test!!!
Toodle Pip,
Mike
--
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mike dot mcmillan at ntlworld dot com
Tel: (+44) 0118 9265450. website tba.
Fenny
I heard Mike McMillan say...
> In message <MPG.18a25fdb3...@News.CIS.DFN.DE>, Fenny
> <allspamwil...@rickmansworth.mersinet.co.uk> writes
> >We moved from the French style to the English Landscape style in our
> >Garden History course today and spent a happy 15 minutes talking about
> >hahas. When I said I had a photo of one, which I had bought at an
> >auction, I think several people in the class revised their opinion of me
> >from "Mostly Harmless" to "Completely bl**dy barking" :-)
>
> Have you 'outed' yourself as an UMRAT yet? That will be the real test!!!
>
although they know I am a TA / R4 listener.
bogus address
> We moved from the French style to the English Landscape style in our
> Garden History course today and spent a happy 15 minutes talking about
> hahas. When I said I had a photo of one, which I had bought at an
> auction, I think several people in the class revised their opinion of
> me from "Mostly Harmless" to "Completely bl**dy barking" :-)
Perhaps you didn't pronounce the first comma clearly enough?
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Martin Clark
about...
>Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer ^W^W^W^W uk.media.radio.archers,
>I heard Mike McMillan say...
>> In message <MPG.18a25fdb3...@News.CIS.DFN.DE>, Fenny
>> <allspamwil...@rickmansworth.mersinet.co.uk> writes
>> >We moved from the French style to the English Landscape style in our
>> >Garden History course today and spent a happy 15 minutes talking about
>> >hahas. When I said I had a photo of one, which I had bought at an
>> >auction, I think several people in the class revised their opinion of me
>> >from "Mostly Harmless" to "Completely bl**dy barking" :-)
>>
>> Have you 'outed' yourself as an UMRAT yet? That will be the real test!!!
>>
>I don't think any of them would understand the concept of Usenet,
>although they know I am a TA / R4 listener.
I find it very hard to describe usenet to people. Umra doubly so.
--
Martin
Jane Vernon
<mar...@spl.at> writes
What I often find surprising is that many people who are comfortable
using email and browsing the web for all sorts of things still don't
know about newsgroups.
--
Jane
The potter in the purple socks
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http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook/contents.htm
Kim Andrews
<Purple...@clothandclay.co.uk> wrote:
>
>What I often find surprising is that many people who are comfortable
>using email and browsing the web for all sorts of things still don't
>know about newsgroups.
My bother uses email, the web, ebay, online shopping, but not usenet.
He can recognise a hole into which you pour time, and isn't taking any
chances!
--
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Martin Clark
about...
>
>What I often find surprising is that many people who are comfortable
>using email and browsing the web for all sorts of things still don't
>know about newsgroups.
>
have precious little to do with news. The only time they are mentioned
in The Media is in connection with pervy pursuits so maybe some people
pencil them in as things to be avoided. The name "usenet" is even less
accessible to most people.
--
Martin
Robin Fairbairns
>I may be imagining things, but I thought Fenny muttered something
>about...
>>although they know I am a TA / R4 listener.
>
>I find it very hard to describe usenet to people. Umra doubly so.
linda tried at our wedding reception. in the speech (i couldn't speak
so she did the groom's speech ;-).
incidentally, we have a vijo (done by good ol' martyn) which we could
offer for use as a sideshow at umra meets. only 3 umrats on show, but
i find it fun.
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge
Andy Collins
>Garden History course today and spent a happy 15 minutes talking about
>hahas.
When I was a lad, my mates and I spent many a happy hour in Wollaton
Park, Notts. Some of this time was spent wondering if we could jump
the haha on our push bikes, without getting wet, muddy or broken in
some way.
The problem was the lack of a suitable take-of ramp so the general
concensus was that it would be stupid to try.
Ah nostalgia.... I'm sure it was better in my day.
> When I said I had a photo of one, which I had bought at an
>auction, I think several people in the class revised their opinion of me
>from "Mostly Harmless" to "Completely bl**dy barking" :-)
>--
I'm hoping to get enough cash together to qualify as "eccentric" at
the moment I'm poor enough to be mad.
Cheers.
Andy
--
email andy <at> randomorbit <.> co <.> uk
Julian Day
"Andy Collins" <andy.colli...@belgravium.com> wrote in message
news:3e3a6efd...@news.demon.co.uk...
LOL!
Often it's all a matter of verbal conjugation:
The verb "to be eccentric"
I'm unconventional.
You're eccentric.
He / She's barking.
The verb "to drink alcohol"
I like a drink.
You're a piss artist.
He / She's an alcoholic.
The verb "to be relaxed"
I'm laid back.
You're irresponsible.
He's Kenton Archer.
and so on :-)
J
David Medcalf
<Purple...@clothandclay.co.uk> wrote:
>>I find it very hard to describe usenet to people. Umra doubly so.
>
>What I often find surprising is that many people who are comfortable
>using email and browsing the web for all sorts of things still don't
>know about newsgroups.
I think there must be an equation governing this - Robert Carnegie [1]
will be able to describe it, I'm sure - but it seems to me that, as
long ago as, say 5years, probably 50% of 'home users' used or at least
knew about Newsgroups.
Now it's probably 5%, though the actual number *may* have increased.
I'm just glad that the 0.001% of Usenet users who are polite and
literate have all found umra. :-)
David
[1] I forgot to add, in the post box thread, that one of the sites
visited [I think it was Bath Postal Museum] is supported by the
Carnegie Foundation. Thank you, Robert.
Michael Parry
andclay.co.uk> writes
>What I often find surprising is that many people who are comfortable
>using email and browsing the web for all sorts of things still don't
>know about newsgroups.
At least Usenet has survived and grown, even if not in proportion to
other Internet use.
How many people use Telnet, Gopher, Archie, Veronica, or even Finger
these days? FTP is still around but now browsers handle it, it's hard
to tell from WWW.
--
Michael Parry mic...@cavrdg.demon.co.uk
UK Aromatherapy Information and Products: http://www.celtic-flame.co.uk
Mike McMillan
<julia...@mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk> writes
I have an eye for the main chance.
You're dead crafty.
He's Matt Crawford.
Toodle Pip,
Mike
--
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mike dot mcmillan at ntlworld dot com
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Robin Fairbairns
>At least Usenet has survived and grown, even if not in proportion to
>other Internet use.
i'm regularly astounded how few people in my (computer science)
department use it.
>How many people use Telnet,
use it in extremis for internal traffic, and for checking other
people's mailers. you can't telnet on standard ports into our place
because it's insecure
>Gopher, Archie,
i hardly ever did use them; mostly superseded by the web and search
engines, which do the job far better. or maybe i mean faster...
>Veronica,
who's she?
>or even Finger
we're not allowed to offer it, for data protection reasons. none of
our machines offer a finger port, but you are allowed to finger people
on the machine you're logged-in to.
>these days? FTP is still around but now browsers handle it, it's hard
>to tell from WWW.
but it's a heck of a lot easier to manage. just as well, really, or
the 4 of us couldn't manage an international network the size of
ctan. (in our spare time, at least.)
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge
Martin Clark
something about...
>we're not allowed to offer it, for data protection reasons. none of
>our machines offer a finger port, but you are allowed to finger people
>on the machine you're logged-in to.
Is this a merger with the Braille tee-shirts thread?
--
Martin
Robert Carnegie
David Medcalf <david_...@hotmail.com> writes
>On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 07:40:54 +0000, Jane Vernon
><Purple...@clothandclay.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>>I find it very hard to describe usenet to people. Umra doubly so.
>>
>>What I often find surprising is that many people who are comfortable
>>using email and browsing the web for all sorts of things still don't
>>know about newsgroups.
>
>I think there must be an equation governing this - Robert Carnegie [1]
>will be able to describe it, I'm sure - but it seems to me that, as
>long ago as, say 5years, probably 50% of 'home users' used or at least
>knew about Newsgroups.
>Now it's probably 5%, though the actual number *may* have increased.
>
>I'm just glad that the 0.001% of Usenet users who are polite and
>literate have all found umra. :-)
>
>David
I don't know the equation, but I reckon there are further obstacles
to getting onto Usenet once you've got a basic Internet connection
going. The World Wide Web is easy to understand, it's a network
of private bulletin boards; and e-mail is straightforward too, you
send off a message and it gets to the person it's addressed to.
Basic ISPs and workplace Internet access are configured for Web
and e-mail access. But cheap ISPs and firewall-conscious
employers may make Usenet access difficult or impossible
(except allowing http://groups.google.com/ and previously
deja.com, both of which were rather slow to show responses),
you may need special software, there are tens of thousands of
newsgroups to choose from without (usually) benefit of a search
engine, and the level of off-topic noise, robust discussion, and
general exposure to the /whole world/ is intimidating - at least I felt
intimidated when I started, didn't you?
For me, now that I'm in, Usenet scores over other systems such
as Website-based bulletin boards and Internet Relay Chat
because it /is/ worldwide - there's usually just one newsgroup on
a topic, instead of half a dozen Web sites with private chat rooms,
so theoretically on Usenet you're in touch with everyone in the
world who shares your interest (in fact, with everyone in the world
who shares your interest and is into Usenet), you don't have to
bounce around looking for other places to hold the discussion -
and you can send a message out into the ether and watch
carefully considered replies come back over time, over days
perhaps, to carefully considered postings. AIUI, you don't get that
with chat.
E-mail is good for one-to-one communication, but I mostly use
that for work. The Web and a good search engine are good for
finding answers that someone has already written down for you, if
you have a question that needs an answer, and if you can
assemble a search query that will net you the answer. But if you
have a question that hasn't been answered yet online, or one that
you can't distill into a search query, I'll say Usenet is your man.
(For instance, I'm about to ask comp.os.linux whether you can
have more than one extended partition on a hard disk /or/ place
Windows 98 and Red Hat Linux 8.0 volumes in one extended
partition with both operating systems having full access to their
own volumes, although if anyone here knows I'd be glad to hear.
Discussions online of "what is an extended partition" seem never
to address the question of whether you can have more than one of
them or not. E-mail for details of what I'm trying to do - please? ;-)
>[1] I forgot to add, in the post box thread, that one of the sites
>visited [I think it was Bath Postal Museum] is supported by the
>Carnegie Foundation. Thank you, Robert.
Did you get to see a programme last night about Uncle Andy? :-)
Or maybe that was only on on BBC2 Scotland. ("on on" - ?)
Robert Carnegie at home, rja.ca...@excite.com at large
--
"Next week, we're going to be looking at the Rare Breeds Survival Trust,
and tasting the results of their work." - The Food Programme, BBC R4
Michael Parry
<r...@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes
Michael Parry <mic...@cavrdg.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>Veronica,
>
>who's she?
Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index of Computerized Archives
There's an FAQ at
http://www.ou.edu/research/electron/internet/veronica.htm
but, as it was last updated 1995-01-13, I do suspect that questions such
as 'How can I tell veronica to index PART of my gopher server?' are not
asked _all_ that frequently these days.
>>Gopher, Archie,
>i hardly ever did use them; mostly superseded by the web and search
>engines, which do the job far better. or maybe i mean faster...
Indeed. It is one of the truly impressive aspects of the WWW that
engines like Google or Alltheweb can find the bits you want from some
2 thousand million pages in a couple of seconds.
Nick Odell
<mic...@cavrdg.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index of Computerized Archives
>
>There's an FAQ at
>http://www.ou.edu/research/electron/internet/veronica.htm
>but, as it was last updated 1995-01-13, I do suspect that questions such
>as 'How can I tell veronica to index PART of my gopher server?' are not
>asked _all_ that frequently these days.
If anyone needs more information on veronica, there are several most
useful references to it/her in my copy of "The Internet Complete
Reference." Not very much about the World Wide Web though: but back in
1996 I don't suppose the authors expected it to catch on :)
Nick
--
real e-mail is themusic dot workshop at ntlworld dot com
Michael Parry
<gurzhfvp...@ntlworld.com> writes
>"The Internet Complete Reference."
>Not very much about the World Wide Web though: but back in
>1996 I don't suppose the authors expected it to catch on :)
<Yorkshireman>
We used to DREAM of having a 14.4k modem so we could see t' pretty
pictures.
</Yorkshireman>
Fenny
> In message <3e3bce30...@text.news.ntlworld.com>, Nick Odell
> <gurzhfvp...@ntlworld.com> writes
> >"The Internet Complete Reference."
>
> >Not very much about the World Wide Web though: but back in
> >1996 I don't suppose the authors expected it to catch on :)
>
> <Yorkshireman>
> We used to DREAM of having a 14.4k modem so we could see t' pretty
> pictures.
> </Yorkshireman>
>
1993 and used to read the Sheffield Wednesday page in my lunch hour. It
must have been 1996 when I persuaded them I needed my own password. If
they hadn't instisted on networking us, it would have kept all that
world wide web stuff locked away in the IT corridor where only us elite
few had access :-)
Chris McMillan
<rob...@redjac.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <gd5l3v44f9i73si00...@4ax.com>,
>David Medcalf <david_...@hotmail.com> writes
>>On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 07:40:54 +0000, Jane Vernon
>><Purple...@clothandclay.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>and e-mail is straightforward too, you
>send off a message and it gets to the person it's addressed to.
>
working again yet, LFF?
Sincerely, Chris
--
Chris McMillan
reply to: chris dot mcmillan at ntlworld dot com
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike.mcmillan/
Linda Fox
<spam...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>Tell that to Freedombird (and in some cases MSN as well). Are you
>working again yet, LFF?
I'm putting it out like mad but it has to come back in via Robin.
lff
David Medcalf
<rob...@redjac.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>David Medcalf wrote:
>>I think there must be an equation governing this - Robert Carnegie [1]
>>will be able to describe it, I'm sure
>
>I don't know the equation, but I reckon there are further obstacles
>to getting onto Usenet once you've got a basic Internet connection
>going.
>you may need special software, there are tens of thousands of
>newsgroups to choose from without (usually) benefit of a search
>engine, and the level of off-topic noise, robust discussion, and
>general exposure to the /whole world/ is intimidating - at least I felt
>intimidated when I started, didn't you?
A little, but that was mainly because I had too little spare time to
get deeply involved with Usenet.
The best Internet 'tool' that I have used [and strictly speaking, it
wasn't an *Internet* tool] was Compuserve, whose Forums used to be
superb. Unfortunately they could not meet the challenge of the
multitude of other ISPs that sprang up, especially the free ones, and
people moved away. [But their e-mail service remains very reliable,
and virually spam free, so I've kept my CIS address]. A Compuserve
Forum was always very easy to use, and very effective. At the same
time I started lurking on umra [having become a TA listener as an
advanced stage of R4 addiction, itself due to excessive travelling],
and less frequently in a few other groups, but was always too far
behind in a thread to be confident in posting - all the informative
answers or witty remarks all seemed to be made within hours, if not
minutes, of the original postings.
[I guess nothing changes.... :-) ]
My current flurry of activity in umra is because I've taken a back
seat with some voluntary work that I was heavily involved in and, as
everybody here is aware, umra expands to fill a vacuum. [And I'm a
bit more up to date as well :-)]
>
>For me, now that I'm in, Usenet scores over other systems such
>as Website-based bulletin boards and Internet Relay Chat
>because it /is/ worldwide
And, in its own way, more focussed. Apart from the 'social groups'
such as umra, I've always been able to find an answer to my dafter
queries[ never as erudite as "Red Hat Linux and extended partitions..
:-)] somewhere in Usenet - often just by browsing. So, yes, it works
for me.
David
Penny
>(For instance, I'm about to ask comp.os.linux whether you can
>have more than one extended partition on a hard disk /or/ place
>Windows 98 and Red Hat Linux 8.0 volumes in one extended
>partition with both operating systems having full access to their
>own volumes, although if anyone here knows I'd be glad to hear.
>Discussions online of "what is an extended partition" seem never
>to address the question of whether you can have more than one of
>them or not.
I am told you can only have one extended partition but can have as many
drives in it as you like - if that makes any sense. I did try to get my
informant to answer you himself but he's too busy reinstalling Mandrake.
--
Penny
Laughter is the dance of the spirit and the music of the soul.
umra Nicknames & Abbreviations http://www.bigwig.net/umra/nicks.html
Siderius Nuncius
David Medcalf wrote in message
>
>I've always been able to find an answer to my dafter
>queries [never as erudite as "Red Hat Linux and extended partitions"
Erudite maybe, but their second album was terrible.
--
Sid
Shepherds Bush, West London
David Medcalf
<siderius...@tesco.net> wrote:
>David Medcalf wrote in message
>>
>>I've always been able to find an answer to my dafter
>>queries [never as erudite as "Red Hat Linux and extended partitions"
>
>Erudite maybe, but their second album was terrible.
See - a perfect example of Usenet. Not just an answer, but an informed
opinion as well. :-)
David
M...@mygaff0.demon.co.uk
<r...@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes
vijo machine......
--
Min
But you're really a mackerel in the moonlight
Tim Ferguson
news:fobr3vos7m4atgp9i...@4ax.com:
> I did try to get my
> informant to answer you himself but he's too busy reinstalling Mandrake.
>
Oooh: do me next, me next... <g>
Tim F
bladeslizblades
>From: Tim Ferguson Fergu...@lycos.co.uk
>Newsgroups:
Oooh are a new Tim? If so welcome to umra.
Lizbuff
Elizabeth
Robert Carnegie
Penny <sp...@labyrinth.freeuk.com> writes
>On Sat, 1 Feb 2003 11:24:57 +0000, Robert Carnegie
><rob...@redjac.demon.co.uk> scrawled in the dust...
>
>>(For instance, I'm about to ask comp.os.linux whether you can
>>have more than one extended partition on a hard disk /or/ place
>>Windows 98 and Red Hat Linux 8.0 volumes in one extended
>>partition with both operating systems having full access to their
>>own volumes, although if anyone here knows I'd be glad to hear.
>>Discussions online of "what is an extended partition" seem never
>>to address the question of whether you can have more than one of
>>them or not.
>
>I am told you can only have one extended partition but can have as many
>drives in it as you like - if that makes any sense. I did try to get my
>informant to answer you himself but he's too busy reinstalling Mandrake.
I'm not sure that that's a good sign - but I think this is something I
can act on. (Not to spoil Round Umra Round 1a.) I've got
"Partition Manager" here which seems to be confident that it can
enlarge the extended partition I've already got. Mixing logical
partition types within one extended partition was what I was
concerned about, and I'm told that some versions of Windows
may lose the plot when they find a non-Windows partition in there
and fail to find another Windows partition further in, but I'm getting
to be confident, too. I think I can do it without erasing what I've
already done as Joe Grundy did (95% of umra wakes up with a
start having fallen asleep without stopping reading).
And I have a good enough backup anyway - although perhaps I'd
better have another one ;-)
Marjorie Clarke
"Martin Clark" <mar...@spl.at> wrote in message
news:xlo9sFDF...@auluk.freeserve.co.uk...
> I think the name "newsgroups" is perhaps somewhat confusing since they
> have precious little to do with news. The only time they are mentioned
> in The Media is in connection with pervy pursuits so maybe some people
> pencil them in as things to be avoided.
And we keep hearing about "chatrooms" as if these just launch themselves on
any unsuspecting computer-user just trying to look up a train time, and
before you know it you'll find yourself in earnest online conversation about
your sexual preferences, and arranging to meet some adolescent at the school
gate.
--
Marjorie Clarke
David Medcalf
<m...@springequinox.co.uk> wrote:
>And we keep hearing about "chatrooms" as if these just launch themselves on
>any unsuspecting computer-user just trying to look up a train time, and
>before you know it you'll find yourself in earnest online conversation about
>your sexual preferences, and arranging to meet some adolescent at the school
>gate.
Oh! So it's happened to you too!!
It's so good to know YANAOU, isn't it! ;-)
David
Anne Coulon
>
>
> And we keep hearing about "chatrooms" as if these just launch themselves on
> any unsuspecting computer-user just trying to look up a train time, and
> before you know it you'll find yourself in earnest online conversation about
> your sexual preferences, and arranging to meet some adolescent at the school
> gate.
As one *does*. Erme - *doesn't* one?
All the best,
Anne, lurking Gumrat.
>
>
Tim Ferguson
news:20030203171944...@mb-cc.aol.com:
>
> Oooh are a new Tim? If so welcome to umra.
>
>
>
Thanks for a new welcome: I came out of lurk a wee while back (and got into
a lot of bovver with parental responsibility) and someone said I wasn't
allowed to go back...
B Wishes
Tim F
Marjorie Clarke
"David Medcalf" <david_...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:vcov3vkdlgdc1tnvd...@4ax.com...
Well, it gets in the way a bit, all this chumminess. I mean, there I was at
the school gate looking out for my adolescent toyboy and wondering if he'd
still believe I was only 32 when he saw me, but I couldn't get a look-in
because of all these other middle-aged umrats crowding around.
--
Marjorie Clarke
David Medcalf
<m...@springequinox.co.uk> wrote:
>> It's so good to know YANAOU, isn't it! ;-)
>
>Well, it gets in the way a bit, all this chumminess. I mean, there I was at
>the school gate looking out for my adolescent toyboy and wondering if he'd
>still believe I was only 32 when he saw me, but I couldn't get a look-in
>because of all these other middle-aged umrats crowding around.
Oy! Are you calling 32 middle-aged? Anyway, how did you know it was
m.....I mean...other umrats??
Karen.....ooops, it's not Friday.....David
Marjorie Clarke
I didn't say I *was* 32. I was the one you thought was someone's granny. In
fact I *am* someone's granny. It's just that the Internet gives me the
chance to pretend be a babe, and flirt with fit young schoolboys. I mean,
it's what we all do, innit?
Seriously, just last night there was another thing on the radio about a
woman detective who "went onto the Internet" pretending to be a 14-year old
girl called Sydney and in no time at all she had endless men wanting to have
sex with her. Once again they seemed to be suggesting that simply opening
Internet Explorer was enough to expose you to lustful dirty old men.
Which is nonsense - eny ful no you want umra for that.
Love and kisses
Shelley, just 14, long blond hair, 38D, finished my homework and got
nothing to do...call me!
(woops, wrong sig!)
Serena Blanchflower
<m...@springequinox.co.uk> wrote:
> Seriously, just last night there was another thing on the radio about a
> woman detective who "went onto the Internet" pretending to be a 14-year old
> girl called Sydney and in no time at all she had endless men wanting to have
> sex with her.
Several of whom were probably other policemen/women, social workers or
journalists all researching this den of iniquity.
--
Cheers, Serena
Where nothing is sure, everything is possible (Margaret Drabble)
Kim Andrews
<nos...@sblanchflower.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Several of whom were probably other policemen/women, social workers or
>journalists all researching this den of iniquity.
True! :o) Though I must say, I do actually know one teenage girl who's
parents became deeply apprehensive about the relationship she built up
via a chat room. The guy was admitting to being older than her, but
lots of other things didn't ring true. He wanted to meet her, but was
evasive about how and when... the parents thought encouraging him to
come to the home would at least mean they could check him out. I
think he failed to show a time or two. They did a bit of homework,
and discovered he was probably a few years older than he claimed,
though not by a huge amount. The rather more significant issue was the
wife or girlfriend with whom he shared a home, that he somehow forgot
to mention. Details like name, employment status, history were all
fairly imaginative too.
--
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Serena Blanchflower
wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Feb 2003 11:52:02 +0000, Serena Blanchflower
> <nos...@sblanchflower.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >Several of whom were probably other policemen/women, social workers or
> >journalists all researching this den of iniquity.
>
> True! :o) Though I must say, I do actually know one teenage girl who's
> parents became deeply apprehensive about the relationship she built up
> via a chat room.
Yes, I do realise that there is a real problem, just not quite as
widespread as some of the doom mongers would have us believe. It sounds
as though your friends dealt with the situation admirably.
Kim Andrews
<nos...@sblanchflower.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>Yes, I do realise that there is a real problem, just not quite as
>widespread as some of the doom mongers would have us believe.
Wot!? The media exaggerate a problem for their own circulation
increasing purposes!?! Shame on you!
> It sounds
>as though your friends dealt with the situation admirably.
Yes, they were sensible and lucky. There were lots of tears and rows,
but worse was avoided.
bogus address
>> Seriously, just last night there was another thing on the radio about
>> a woman detective who "went onto the Internet" pretending to be a
>> 14-year old girl called Sydney and in no time at all she had endless
>> men wanting to have sex with her.
> Several of whom were probably other policemen/women, social workers
> or journalists all researching this den of iniquity.
Methinks there is scope for an update of "The Man Who Was Thursday"
using this theme... Sydney, meet Adelaide, Darwin, Brisbane, Hobart,
Melbourne and Perth...
========> Email to "j-c" at this site; email to "bogus" will bounce <========
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<http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/purrhome.html> food intolerance data & recipes,
Mac logic fonts, Scots traditional music files, and my CD-ROM "Embro, Embro".
Anne Coulon
>
> I didn't say I *was* 32. I was the one you thought was someone's granny. In
> fact I *am* someone's granny. It's just that the Internet gives me the
> chance to pretend be a babe, and flirt with fit young schoolboys. I mean,
> it's what we all do, innit?
>
> Seriously, just last night there was another thing on the radio about a
> woman detective who "went onto the Internet" pretending to be a 14-year old
> girl called Sydney and in no time at all she had endless men wanting to have
> sex with her. Once again they seemed to be suggesting that simply opening
> Internet Explorer was enough to expose you to lustful dirty old men.
>
> Which is nonsense - eny ful no you want umra for that.
>
> Love and kisses
> Shelley, just 14, long blond hair, 38D, finished my homework and got
> nothing to do...call me!
> (woops, wrong sig!)
>
ILUMGFU.
Bumra, please, Kim?
Stephen GC Tilley
>
>Marjorie Clarke wrote:
>>
>> Seriously, just last night there was another thing on the radio about a
>> woman detective who "went onto the Internet" pretending to be a 14-year old
>> girl called Sydney and in no time at all she had endless men wanting to have
>> sex with her. Once again they seemed to be suggesting that simply opening
>> Internet Explorer was enough to expose you to lustful dirty old men.
>>
>> Which is nonsense - eny ful no you want umra for that.
>>
>> Love and kisses
>> Shelley, just 14, long blond hair, 38D, finished my homework and got
>> nothing to do...call me!
>> (woops, wrong sig!)
>>
>ILUMGFU.
>Bumra, please, Kim?
May I second that please?
BTW how do you get into a chat room?? AFAIR I've never seen one advertised.
--
Stephen Tilley - Ste...@Tilley.net
Some people are like Slinkies . . . they're not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumbling down the stairs.
Kim Andrews
wrote:
>>ILUMGFU.
>>Bumra, please, Kim?
>
>May I second that please?
As you know, I have said I won't answer *all* bumra posts, just
quietly file them away, but as you're making so much noise over this
one, I shall deign to announce that I filed it immediately upon
Chris's request. :o)) I might even try to trap a small tuit this
weekend...
Martin Clark
something about...
>On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:45:43 -0000, "Marjorie Clarke"
><m...@springequinox.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Seriously, just last night there was another thing on the radio about a
>> woman detective who "went onto the Internet" pretending to be a 14-year old
>> girl called Sydney and in no time at all she had endless men wanting to have
>> sex with her.
>
>Several of whom were probably other policemen/women, social workers or
>journalists all researching this den of iniquity.
>
--
Martin
Neil Hopkins
wrote:
>I think it was on Fri, 07 Feb 2003 16:38:15 +0100, that I heard Anne say ...
>>
>>Marjorie Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>> Seriously, just last night there was another thing on the radio about a
>>> woman detective who "went onto the Internet" pretending to be a 14-year old
>>> girl called Sydney and in no time at all she had endless men wanting to have
>>> sex with her. Once again they seemed to be suggesting that simply opening
>>> Internet Explorer was enough to expose you to lustful dirty old men.
>>>
>>> Which is nonsense - eny ful no you want umra for that.
>>>
>>> Love and kisses
>>> Shelley, just 14, long blond hair, 38D, finished my homework and got
>>> nothing to do...call me!
>>> (woops, wrong sig!)
>>>
>>ILUMGFU.
>>Bumra, please, Kim?
>
>May I second that please?
>
>BTW how do you get into a chat room?? AFAIR I've never seen one advertised.
http://chat.msn.com/default.msnw is a good place to start - perhaps we
could set up an umra room?
--
neil h.
Spike : Sodding, blimey, shagging, knickers, bollocks, Oh God - I'm English!
Fenny
I heard Neil Hopkins say...
> >BTW how do you get into a chat room?? AFAIR I've never seen one advertised.
>
> http://chat.msn.com/default.msnw is a good place to start - perhaps we
> could set up an umra room?
>
won't use and an awful lot of security to be turned off. I much prefer
IRC or ICQ, as I have used both of them for years without having to
update anything or turn off my security measures.
--
Fenny
Thought for the Day...
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
Martin Clark
about...
>Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer ^W^W^W^W uk.media.radio.archers,
>I heard Neil Hopkins say...
>> >BTW how do you get into a chat room?? AFAIR I've never seen one advertised.
>>
>> http://chat.msn.com/default.msnw is a good place to start - perhaps we
>> could set up an umra room?
>>
>I find that msn and yahoo chat tend to require a version of OE that I
>won't use and an awful lot of security to be turned off. I much prefer
>IRC or ICQ, as I have used both of them for years without having to
>update anything or turn off my security measures.
Try #ambridge on demon and some other servers.
--
Martin
K Richard W
that
>Love and kisses
>Shelley, just 14, long blond hair, 38D, finished my homework and got
>nothing to do...call me!
I have said it before and I will say it again
That Marjorie is a foxy lady.
--
Kosmo Richard W
SNELLSS
Robert Carnegie
Serena Blanchflower <nos...@sblanchflower.freeserve.co.uk>
writes
>On Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:45:43 -0000, "Marjorie Clarke"
><m...@springequinox.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Seriously, just last night there was another thing on the radio about a
>> woman detective who "went onto the Internet" pretending to be a
>14-year old
>> girl called Sydney and in no time at all she had endless men wanting to
>have
>> sex with her.
>
>Several of whom were probably other policemen/women, social workers
>or
>journalists all researching this den of iniquity.
Legitimate undercover adults in teenager chatrooms probably
need a codeword to identify themselves, so that they don't waste
time flirting with each other (unless they want to).
One that comes to mind is for them to agree to be huge fans of a
pop act that doesn't actually exist - Green Turkey, say. Or Dross -
okay, Dross are real, we know most of the members and we've
heard them rehearsing, but they don't even have a recording deal.
Robert Carnegie at home, rja.ca...@excite.com at large
--
"Shabab Indian Takeaway. Opening Wednesday the 13th of April.
Just two minutes from Wiston Hospital."
Mike McMillan
<neil_h...@hotmail.com> writes
>On 7 Feb 2003 08:54:54 -0800, Stephen GC Tilley <Ste...@Tilley.net>
>wrote:
>
>
>http://chat.msn.com/default.msnw is a good place to start - perhaps we
>could set up an umra room?
>
tights and suck a 'fresh from the harvest' straw in my mouth?
Confused of Reading.
--
Mike McMillan,
The email address is spam trapped but any genuine communications may be sent to
mike dot mcmillan at ntlworld dot com
Tel: (+44) 0118 9265450. website: <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike.mcmillan/>
Martin Clark
something about...
>In message <3e441445...@news.cis.dfn.de>, Neil Hopkins
><neil_h...@hotmail.com> writes
>>On 7 Feb 2003 08:54:54 -0800, Stephen GC Tilley <Ste...@Tilley.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>BTW how do you get into a chat room?? AFAIR I've never seen one advertised.
>>
>>http://chat.msn.com/default.msnw is a good place to start - perhaps we
>>could set up an umra room?
>>
>Ermmm, if I wanted to join in,would I need to wear a miniskirt, fishnet
>tights and suck a 'fresh from the harvest' straw in my mouth?
>
--
Martin
Kim Andrews
<tinne...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>In message <3e441445...@news.cis.dfn.de>, Neil Hopkins
><neil_h...@hotmail.com> writes
>>http://chat.msn.com/default.msnw is a good place to start - perhaps we
>>could set up an umra room?
>>
>Ermmm, if I wanted to join in,would I need to wear a miniskirt, fishnet
>tights and suck a 'fresh from the harvest' straw in my mouth?
You wouldn't *have* to, but I see no reason why you should feel
pressured to remove them.
Mike McMillan
<mar...@spl.at> writes
>I may be imagining things, but I thought Mike McMillan muttered
>something about...
>>In message <3e441445...@news.cis.dfn.de>, Neil Hopkins
>><neil_h...@hotmail.com> writes
>>fishnet tights and suck a 'fresh from the harvest' straw in my mouth?
>>
>Do you mean to say that you are not already sporting those as you type?
Damn, rumbled!
Mike McMillan
<som...@hotmail.com> writes
>On Sat, 8 Feb 2003 14:33:11 +0000, Mike McMillan
><tinne...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>Ermmm, if I wanted to join in,would I need to wear a miniskirt, fishnet
>>tights and suck a 'fresh from the harvest' straw in my mouth?
>
>You wouldn't *have* to, but I see no reason why you should feel
>pressured to remove them.
But if I were to remo.... err, TMI I think!
Chris McMillan
>something about...
>>In message <3e441445...@news.cis.dfn.de>, Neil Hopkins
>><neil_h...@hotmail.com> writes
>>>On 7 Feb 2003 08:54:54 -0800, Stephen GC Tilley <Ste...@Tilley.net>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>fishnet tights and suck a 'fresh from the harvest' straw in my mouth?
>>
>Do you mean to say that you are not already sporting those as you type?
Broad grin. I am not going to look (actually I wasn't here when he
*tryped* them) so I can't possibly comment.
Sincerely, Chris
--
Chris McMillan
reply to: chris dot mcmillan at ntlworld dot com
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mike.mcmillan/
Marjorie Clarke
"K Richard W" <richard....@whitbread.freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:6wo2qKA+...@local.machine...
:-) 8
(38D smiley)
--
Marjorie Clarke
BrritSki
That's a helluva titter.
Linda Fox
<m...@springequinox.co.uk> wrote:
> :-) 8
>
>(38D smiley)
:-) 3
(40D smiley)
Stephen
<Brri...@iname.com> cry in a loud voice:
Glad to see you got that off your chest, Brritski.
--
Stephen
It's amazing how much kids can learn about chemistry the old-fashioned way.
As soon as you get home from work, demand that they mix you an Old-Fashioned.
Kim Andrews
O
:o) >
O
(no comment)
Mike McMillan
<stephe...@yahoo.com> writes
>And when the Seventh Seal was opened I heard BrritSki
><Brri...@iname.com> cry in a loud voice:
>
>>Marjorie Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>> "K Richard W" <richard....@whitbread.freeuk.com> wrote in message
>>> news:6wo2qKA+...@local.machine...
>>> > Whilst milking with Chaba on Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Marjorie Clarke opined
>>> > that
>>> > >Love and kisses
>>> > >Shelley, just 14, long blond hair, 38D, finished my homework and got
>>> > >nothing to do...call me!
>>> >
>>> > I have said it before and I will say it again
>>> >
>>> > That Marjorie is a foxy lady.
>>>
>>> :-) 8
>>>
>>> (38D smiley)
>>
>>That's a helluva titter.
>
>Glad to see you got that off your chest, Brritski.
>
Toodle Ti.............................p
Mike
Marjorie Clarke
"Linda Fox" <li...@fox.freedombird.net> wrote in message
news:mm2d4vgpib8hgiult...@4ax.com...
At least I had the decency to keep my bra on. I don't know what umra is
coming to....
--
Marjorie Clarke
Neil Hopkins
wrote:
>And when the Seventh Seal was opened I heard BrritSki
><Brri...@iname.com> cry in a loud voice:
>
>>Marjorie Clarke wrote:
>>>
>>> "K Richard W" <richard....@whitbread.freeuk.com> wrote in message
>>> news:6wo2qKA+...@local.machine...
>>> > Whilst milking with Chaba on Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Marjorie Clarke opined
>>> > that
>>> > >Love and kisses
>>> > >Shelley, just 14, long blond hair, 38D, finished my homework and got
>>> > >nothing to do...call me!
>>> >
>>> > I have said it before and I will say it again
>>> >
>>> > That Marjorie is a foxy lady.
>>>
>>> :-) 8
>>>
>>> (38D smiley)
>>
>>That's a helluva titter.
>
>Glad to see you got that off your chest, Brritski.
Bra-vo!
Stephen
<tinne...@ntlworld.com> cry in a loud voice:
>In message <3e468b59....@News.CIS.DFN.DE>, Stephen
><stephe...@yahoo.com> writes
>>And when the Seventh Seal was opened I heard BrritSki
>><Brri...@iname.com> cry in a loud voice:
>>
>>>Marjorie Clarke wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "K Richard W" <richard....@whitbread.freeuk.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:6wo2qKA+...@local.machine...
>>>> > Whilst milking with Chaba on Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Marjorie Clarke opined
>>>> > that
>>>> > >Love and kisses
>>>> > >Shelley, just 14, long blond hair, 38D, finished my homework and got
>>>> > >nothing to do...call me!
>>>> >
>>>> > I have said it before and I will say it again
>>>> >
>>>> > That Marjorie is a foxy lady.
>>>>
>>>> :-) 8
>>>>
>>>> (38D smiley)
>>>
>>>That's a helluva titter.
>>
>>Glad to see you got that off your chest, Brritski.
>>
>I think the remarks are getting rather brassy 'ere.
>
>Toodle Ti.............................p
Well of corset is umra.
BrritSki
Stephen wrote:
>
> And when the Seventh Seal was opened I heard BrritSki
> <Brri...@iname.com> cry in a loud voice:
>
> >Marjorie Clarke wrote:
> >>
> >> "K Richard W" <richard....@whitbread.freeuk.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6wo2qKA+...@local.machine...
> >> > Whilst milking with Chaba on Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Marjorie Clarke opined
> >> > that
> >> > >Love and kisses
> >> > >Shelley, just 14, long blond hair, 38D, finished my homework and got
> >> > >nothing to do...call me!
> >> >
> >> > I have said it before and I will say it again
> >> >
> >> > That Marjorie is a foxy lady.
> >>
> >> :-) 8
> >>
> >> (38D smiley)
> >
> >That's a helluva titter.
>
> Glad to see you got that off your chest, Brritski.
>
Well it was either that or bust.
Heather Cawte
And now you can basque in the admiration :)
--
luv from the Strumpling Chucklet xxxxxxxxx HAHA, GULP, MAME & TWIT
Heather Cawte
say
>On Sun, 09 Feb 2003 17:08:35 +0000, Linda Fox
><li...@fox.freedombird.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 16:12:18 -0000, "Marjorie Clarke"
>><m...@springequinox.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> :-) 8
>>>
>>>(38D smiley)
>>
>>:-) 3
>>
>>(40D smiley)
>
> O
> :o) >
> O
>
>(no comment)
One of the Beamish Boy's current favourite jokes is, 'What does a
middle-aged woman have between her breasts which a teenager doesn't? Her
belly button....'
Linda Fox
Oh, he will, cross my heart.
lff
Mike McMillan
>And when the Seventh Seal was opened I heard Mike McMillan
><tinne...@ntlworld.com> cry in a loud voice:
>
>>In message <3e468b59....@News.CIS.DFN.DE>, Stephen
>><stephe...@yahoo.com> writes
>>>And when the Seventh Seal was opened I heard BrritSki
>>><Brri...@iname.com> cry in a loud voice:
>>>
>>>>Marjorie Clarke wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "K Richard W" <richard....@whitbread.freeuk.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:6wo2qKA+...@local.machine...
>>>>> > Whilst milking with Chaba on Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Marjorie Clarke opined
>>>>> > that
>>>>> > >Love and kisses
>>>>> > >Shelley, just 14, long blond hair, 38D, finished my homework and got
>>>>> > >nothing to do...call me!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I have said it before and I will say it again
>>>>> >
>>>>> > That Marjorie is a foxy lady.
>>>>>
>>>>> :-) 8
>>>>>
>>>>> (38D smiley)
>>>>
>>>>That's a helluva titter.
>>>
>>>Glad to see you got that off your chest, Brritski.
>>>
>>I think the remarks are getting rather brassy 'ere.
>>
>>Toodle Ti.............................p
>
>Well of corset is umra.
>
Jenny M Benson
<li...@fox.freedombird.net> writes
>>>> Glad to see you got that off your chest, Brritski.
>>>>
>>>Well it was either that or bust.
>>
>>And now you can basque in the admiration :)
>
>Oh, he will, cross my heart.
You're on Exquisite Form to-day Linda. That remark was a Triumph!
--
Jenny
Robin Fairbairns
>"K decameron W" <richard....@whitbread.freeuk.com> wrote ...
>> I have said it before and I will say it again
>>
>> That Marjorie is a foxy lady.
>
> :-) 8
>
>(38D smiley)
3/2? i don't understand. (never did understand these uppercase
monetary units.)
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge
Dan Sheppard
Yup. 3'2" excluding 0'4" Value Added.
Tsk, I wasn't even alive when LSD was around. :)
Dan.
Tim Hall
<da...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
Shirley 3d would be more appropriate for the matter under discussion,
me old china.
Tim
--
fast and gripping, non pompous, glossy and credible.
Stephen
<da...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> cry in a loud voice:
If you can remember when LSD was around you weren't really there...
(Why doesn't the [tab] key change my monitor's colour scheme into
something psychedelic?)
Stephen GC Tilley
In LSD days it would have been Purchase Tax, probably at 16 2/3 %.
--
Stephen Tilley - Ste...@Tilley.net
Some people are like Slinkies . . . they're not really good for anything,
but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumbling down the stairs.
Dan Sheppard
>>>Robin Fairbairns <r...@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> "Marjorie Clarke" <m...@springequinox.co.uk> writes:
>>>>>(38D smiley)
>>>>
>>>>3/2? i don't understand. (never did understand these uppercase
>>>>monetary units.)
>>>
>>>Yup. 3'2" excluding 0'4" Value Added.
>
>
That makes it a 38F, I think. I wonder what that is in celcius?
Dan.
Marjorie Clarke
"Dan Sheppard" <da...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message
news:wHm*Aa...@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk...
3.333333333333333
which, if you tip your head to the left, looks like a great column of
droopy boobs.
Isn't umra maths wonderful? I bet Stephen Hawking never made all the
connections above.
--
Marjorie Clarke
Nick Leverton
Stephen <stephe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>If you can remember when LSD was around you weren't really there...
>
>(Why doesn't the [tab] key change my monitor's colour scheme into
>something psychedelic?)
If you swallowed it, it probably would.
Nick
Penny
scrawled in the dust...
>(Why doesn't the [tab] key change my monitor's colour scheme into
>something psychedelic?)
Cos you are not reading on an Amiga?
--
Penny
Laughter is the dance of the spirit and the music of the soul.
umra Nicknames & Abbreviations http://www.bigwig.net/umra/nicks.html