Former US marine runs off with 12 year old UK girl
John Stone
went to Manchester after he flew to the UK from the US via the
Netherlands. They then flew via Heathrow to Paris and from there who
knows? They might still be in France or somewhere else. Hope this
has a happy ending. I'm sure it is all over the news in the UK.
Mogga
wrote:
"We got to the point where I would limit her to five hours a day, at a
maximum," he said.
"But we've since realised when we're not there, you can't watch her,
that she's been there for about 11 hours."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3067303.stm
I shouldn't really be too harsh else someone will ask if I know what
my son and his friend did with a punnet of peaches yesterday and I
don't know the answer to that.
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Marcus Houlden
wrote the following to uk.misc:
> On 15 Jul 2003 09:03:07 -0700, sto...@mail.lib.msu.edu (John Stone)
> wrote:
>
>>He is 31 and thought she was 19. They met in an internet chatroom. He
>>went to Manchester after he flew to the UK from the US via the
>>Netherlands. They then flew via Heathrow to Paris and from there who
>>knows? They might still be in France or somewhere else. Hope this
>>has a happy ending. I'm sure it is all over the news in the UK.
>
>
> "We got to the point where I would limit her to five hours a day, at a
> maximum," he said.
>
> "But we've since realised when we're not there, you can't watch her,
> that she's been there for about 11 hours."
In the days when I used to do DJ work in my hall bar, if I wanted to make
sure people wouldn't play around with the DJing equipment when I wasn't
around (usually between setting everything up before the bar opened and
actually making a start), I'd take the amp power lead away. Dunno if that
would work with kids' computers but it might be worth a try.
mh.
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Marcus Houlden
wrote the following to uk.misc:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Mortimer Hebblethwaite wrote:
>
>> >I shouldn't really be too harsh else someone will ask if I know what my
>> >son and his friend did with a punnet of peaches yesterday
>>
>> Do you know what your son and his friend did with a punnet of peaches
>> yesterday?
>
>> >and I
>> >don't know the answer to that.
>>
>> It can't be that hard.
>
> The answer is what that guy in American Pie did to that lovely apple pie!
Possibly an urban myth, possibly true...
In Private Eye a few months back there was the story of someone who decided
to have a go at the apple pie stunt. Unfortunately he forgot to read the
"filling may be hot" label on the wrapper.
You heard what happen to Pidge and the chillis, didn't you?
Eric Jarvis
has anyone noticed...Shevaun Pennington...Toby
Studabaker...if they can't spell their own bloody names
properly is it any wonder they had problems with getting
ages straight?
--
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www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"Hey Lord don't ask me questions
There ain't no answer in me"
Mogga
<mort...@lardymong.org.asm> wrote:
>>"But we've since realised when we're not there, you can't watch her,
>>that she's been there for about 11 hours."
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3067303.stm
>
>What exactly are these "internet chatrooms" anyway?
>
>Do you know any with gullible 30ish women who'd fall for somebody pretending
>to be a 19-year old boy?
>
>>I shouldn't really be too harsh else someone will ask if I know what
>>my son and his friend did with a punnet of peaches yesterday
>
>Do you know what your son and his friend did with a punnet of peaches
>yesterday?
>
Well they threw them at something. Haven't found them yet though.
Suspect they're down the grid.
>>and I
>>don't know the answer to that.
>
>It can't be that hard.
Well if I wanted to go and look where I think they are then I suspect
I'd find them...
Mogga
wrote:
>incidentally
>
>has anyone noticed...Shevaun Pennington...Toby
>Studabaker...if they can't spell their own bloody names
>properly is it any wonder they had problems with getting
>ages straight?
Oh indeed.
But someone in my sons cla is called Chevron (Don't know if its spelt
like that though)
John of Aix
"John Stone" <sto...@mail.lib.msu.edu> a écrit dans le message de
news: 764ca2f2.03071...@posting.google.com...
> He is 31 and thought she was 19. They met in an internet chatroom.
He
> went to Manchester after he flew to the UK from the US via the
> Netherlands. They then flew via Heathrow to Paris and from there who
> knows?
Wow, isn't that romantic?
John of Aix
"Marcus Houlden" <sp...@nukesoft.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de
news: slrnbh8bu...@neutron.nukesoft.co.uk...
> In the days when I used to do DJ work in my hall bar, if I wanted to
make
> sure people wouldn't play around with the DJing equipment when I
wasn't
> around (usually between setting everything up before the bar opened
and
> actually making a start), I'd take the amp power lead away. Dunno if
that
> would work with kids' computers but it might be worth a try.
Nah. Too techie.
Marcus Houlden
wrote the following to uk.misc:
>
True. I suppose removing the plug from something would be a bit beyond some
people. What they need is Carol Vorderman and AOL's Connie standing next to
the computer with a cane to discipline their kids.
Marcus Houlden
wrote the following to uk.misc:
> The entity currently known as Marcus Houlden wrote:
>
>> You heard what happen to Pidge and the chillis, didn't you?
>
> Bird's eye in the snake's eye?
Speaking of which, I got some Bird's eye chillis and lemongrass over the
weekend. I'm thinking about doing some kind of Thai cooking but I'm not sure
what to go for.
e
I'm on the edge of my seat.
--
e
MissJuggs
wrote:
>Speaking of which, I got some Bird's eye chillis and lemongrass over the
>weekend. I'm thinking about doing some kind of Thai cooking but I'm not sure
>what to go for.
Do you have a blender?
Blend the chillis - Birds eye are hot, so you might only need one with
some ginger (fresh) and soy sauce. And maybe wine or cider vinegar.
Marinade strips of beef in it.
STir fry beef, in sesame oil if you have it.
Add chopped pak choi until its wilted, Add the marinade and stir some
more, for a bit.
Yes, I use variations of that chili and ginger marinade on everything.
Glenys
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- Jon Tickle.
MissJuggs
wrote:
>> Blend the chillis - Birds eye are hot, so you might only need one with
>> some ginger (fresh) and soy sauce.
>
>No garlic?
It's carcinogenic.
Marcus Houlden
wrote the following to uk.misc:
> On 15 Jul 2003 20:18:24 GMT, sp...@nukesoft.co.uk (Marcus Houlden)
> wrote:
>
>>Speaking of which, I got some Bird's eye chillis and lemongrass over the
>>weekend. I'm thinking about doing some kind of Thai cooking but I'm not sure
>>what to go for.
>
> Do you have a blender?
That was one of last month's new toys. I got a 400W blender for £7.50 in a
sale.
> Blend the chillis - Birds eye are hot, so you might only need one with
> some ginger (fresh) and soy sauce. And maybe wine or cider vinegar.
>
> Marinade strips of beef in it.
>
> STir fry beef, in sesame oil if you have it.
>
> Add chopped pak choi until its wilted, Add the marinade and stir some
> more, for a bit.
It's a good job I've just eaten otherwise I'd feel hungry.
Another got to is to finally get round to visiting one of the Chinese
supermarkets in the mini Chinatown that Leeds has.
MissJuggs
wrote:
>> Add chopped pak choi until its wilted, Add the marinade and stir some
>> more, for a bit.
>
>It's a good job I've just eaten otherwise I'd feel hungry.
Um. You do need to add about six cloves of garlic as well, I forgot
to put that down earlier on.
With this one, you might want to get some cumin seed and roast it.
This is worth doing, and even investing in special equipment.
Basically, put a frying pan on the heat, dry, and when it's hot, chuck
in cumin seed and toss it about for about half a minute until it's
done - you can smell the seeds getting burnt if you do it for too
long.
Special equipment is a small frying pan, which makes it easier. And a
coffe grinder to grind it up. Although in this case, just chuck the
freshly roasted seed into the blender when you whizz the marinade up.
Linz
"August West" <aug...@kororaa.co.uk> wrote in message
news:6hoezv....@news2.kororaa.com...
> The entity currently known as MissJuggs wrote:
>
> > With this one, you might want to get some cumin seed and roast it.
> > This is worth doing, and even investing in special equipment.
>
> Worth every penny.
Beat me tuit.
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So don't tell me I've nothing to do
Linz
"Eric Jarvis" <w...@ericjarvis.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.197e6567e...@News.CIS.DFN.DE...
> incidentally
>
> has anyone noticed...Shevaun Pennington...Toby
> Studabaker...if they can't spell their own bloody names
> properly is it any wonder they had problems with getting
> ages straight?
You can't blame the kid for what her parents can't spell, though.
Sam Nelson
"Linz" <sp...@lindsayendell.org.uk> writes:
> "Eric Jarvis" <w...@ericjarvis.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:MPG.197e6567e...@News.CIS.DFN.DE...
> > Studabaker...if they can't spell their own bloody names
> > properly is it any wonder they had problems with getting
> > ages straight?
>
> You can't blame the kid for what her parents can't spell, though.
It's a pretty good heuristic for `having been given a crap start in life',
perhaps.
--
SAm.
MissJuggs
wrote:
>> Mortar and pestle.
>> Worth every penny.
>
>Beat me tuit.
I've had one. I prefer the coffee grinder for things like mashing up
roasted seeds.
Ian G Batten
> Mortimer Hebblethwaite <mort...@lardymong.org.asm> writes:
>
> [19 lines snipped]
>
> >What exactly are these "internet chatrooms" anyway?
>
> idea.
So it's not just me, then. Good. I didn't like to ask for fear of
seeming like the bloke trying to buy a hifi on Not the Nine O'Clock
News[*].
> Presumably something like IRC in a browser?
Presumably. I'm hoping my home firewall blocks them.
ian
[*] Originally a Burkiss Way sketch, recycled for the TV, pedants.
Sam Nelson
Ian G Batten <I.G.B...@batten.eu.org> writes:
> In article <bf1rju$s65$7...@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge <hu...@ukmisc.org.uk> wrote:
> > Mortimer Hebblethwaite <mort...@lardymong.org.asm> writes:
> >
> > [19 lines snipped]
> >
> > >What exactly are these "internet chatrooms" anyway?
> >
> > Bizarrely, despite having had an email address for over 20 years, I have no
> > idea.
>
> So it's not just me, then. Good. I didn't like to ask for fear of
> seeming like the bloke trying to buy a hifi on Not the Nine O'Clock
> News[*].
I was watching a couple of 12yos using a chatroom in a cafe in Elie at
the weekend. It does indeed look like IRC in a browser. Well, to me,
anyway. Not that I'm at all familiar with IRC. To me, one of the strengths
of Internet interaction is that you get to do it at your pace.
> [*] Originally a Burkiss Way sketch, recycled for the TV, pedants.
But it worked far better on TV than on radio, I thought.
--
SAm.
Andrew Norman
says...
> In article <bf1rju$s65$7...@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge <hu...@ukmisc.org.uk> wrote:
> > Mortimer Hebblethwaite <mort...@lardymong.org.asm> writes:
> >
> > [19 lines snipped]
> >
> > >What exactly are these "internet chatrooms" anyway?
> >
> > Bizarrely, despite having had an email address for over 20 years, I have no
> > idea.
>
> So it's not just me, then.
A Google for "internet chatrooms" reveals mainly that they are places
where paedophiles go to meet children, and they are also useful for
"adult dating", whatever that is. Actually it seems to be another
name for IRC etc. Every few years I feel I ought to at least look at
IRC because some colleagues use it for something or other, and I end
up recoiling in horror after about five minutes. Beelzebub only
knows what university lecturers are using it for (though the fact
that the main user appears to be the one who has only just discovered
the Google WMD "joke", and thought it would be funny to post it to
the staff mailing list, may be a clue).
--
Andrew Norman, Leicester, England
Sam Nelson
Andrew Norman <spam....@ajnorman.org> writes:
> Every few years I feel I ought to at least look at
> IRC because some colleagues use it for something or other, and I end
> up recoiling in horror after about five minutes.
<ECHO>
So it's not just me, then.
</ECHO>
I suppose if IRC and `internet chatrooms' didn't exist, these people would
be knocking about on Usenet? That probably makes them a pretty good thing.
--
SAm.
Eric Jarvis
they can be extremely useful...I used to have an account
with a chat server that allowed me to set up private chat
rooms with linked web pages and a facility to add et web
links to the chatroom page...utterly invaluable for a
team of web developers and designers all working from
home to liaise with clients...and a fraction of the cost
of an international conference call
I learned web design when I took a look to see what this
chat stuff was and lucked into a chat site used by a
bunch of designers who were building spoof web sites on
the fly
CNN used to have one integrated into their Q&A
show...where the chat room discussion was read by the
interviewer and questions lifted from it and asked to the
guests...we managed to flummox some pretty high profile
politicians...unfortunately their hosts for the show
since Riz Khan haven't been able to handle information
coming in that fast so it has largely been dropped
for Scunthorpe United games we generally manage to set up
a live commentary via web chat so that us exiles cam keep
up with the game
it's one of those things that is going to be extremely
useful when people stop farting about with it and get on
with seeing what it can do
Mary Pegg
> He is 31 and thought she was 19.
And apparently now she thought *he* was about 19.
Eric Jarvis
it's their own fault...they should know that EVERYONE on
the Internet is a 17 year old, blonde, lesbian
the fifteen year old, acne ridden boys, called Kevin are
too busy reading science fiction, and the rest of us all
have a life...wellknownfact innit
Linz
"MissJuggs" <myn...@relevantdomain.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:cj4ahv49l93th1h6i...@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:20:26 +0100, "Linz" <sp...@lindsayendell.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >> Mortar and pestle.
> >> Worth every penny.
> >
> >Beat me tuit.
>
> I've had one. I prefer the coffee grinder for things like mashing up
> roasted seeds.
I don't like them too finely ground.
Linz
"Sam Nelson" <s...@ssrl.org.uk> wrote in message
news:bf334r$spb$1...@dulnain.stir.ac.uk...
Perhaps.
Welcome back. Good holiday?
Sam Nelson
Still in the middle of it. I just happen to be at work, that's all. Off
again next week. Very complicated.
--
SAm.
Sam Nelson
hu...@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:
> Eric Jarvis <w...@ericjarvis.co.uk> writes:
> >Mary Pegg wrote:
> >> John Stone wrote:
> >>
> >> > He is 31 and thought she was 19.
> >>
> >> And apparently now she thought *he* was about 19.
> >>
> >
> >it's their own fault...they should know that EVERYONE on
> >the Internet is a 17 year old, blonde, lesbian
>
`were'? D'you know something we don't, like?
--
SAm.
Robert Campbell
Both now found, but the thot seems to be plickening:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_800460.html?menu=news.latestheadlines
Linz
Ah, the sunny groves of academe. Very odd.
Sam Nelson
Eh? I had a week off, then most of a week at work, then a long weekend off,
now I'm doing the rest of this week at work, and then I'm off next week. I
don't see how `sunny groves of academe' is relevant.
--
SAm.
Linz
The complicated holidays bit.
Most of the people around here aren't on holiday at the moment, but they're
definitely not at work. Some, on the other hand, are at work but not here.
Sam Nelson
"Linz" <sp...@lindsayendell.org.uk> writes:
> The complicated holidays bit.
> Most of the people around here aren't on holiday at the moment, but they're
> definitely not at work. Some, on the other hand, are at work but not here.
OK. ISWYM. But unlike many of m'colleagues, I'm not in much of a position to
`work at home'. If I'm not here, I'm not working, to a pretty close
approximation. You typically have to be within arm's length of broken
computers to fix 'em.
--
SAm.
Sam Nelson
August West <aug...@kororaa.co.uk> writes:
> With a deep and resigned sigh, SAm wrote:
>
> > You typically have to be within arm's length of broken computers to
> > fix 'em.
>
> different continent from me.
Sigh. YKFWWIM.
--
SAm.
Ian G Batten
August West <aug...@kororaa.co.uk> wrote:
> Of course I do; I was just providing an uneeded counter-example. I've
> actually fixed routers in my pyjamas. Damned if I know what they were
> doing in there in the first place, though.
Quite what ``fixed'' means in the context of something with the IOS
command interface means is left as an exercise to the reader.
ian
Ian G Batten
August West <aug...@kororaa.co.uk> wrote:
> The IOS[0] command interface is a thing of awe and wonder. Even more
> so once you've seen the baroque pre-processor monstrosity that it is
Sample choice IOS-ism of the day:
logging source-interface Ethernet0/1
ntp source Ethernet0/1
So, why isn't it `source' in both? Or `source-interface' in both?
Or, more subtly:
access-list 1 permit 172.16.0.0 0.0.255.255
but
ip route 154.32.0.0 255.255.0.0 154.32.21.0
OK, I _sort_of_ see why the masks have opposite polarity, but only sort
of.
ian
Militant Hedgerow
<spam....@ajnorman.org> wrote:
>Every few years I feel I ought to at least look at
>IRC because some colleagues use it for something or other, and I end
>up recoiling in horror after about five minutes.
I always used to be like that. Now, I leave it on all the time. It
takes virtually no bandwidth and barely uses any resources, so I just
find it easier to leave it sat connected all the time. A lot of
gamers use it - it's quite handy for arranging games and things like
that. I always used to just get bored because nobody seemed to say
anything, but what I was missing is that it's much better if you leave
it, get on with other stuff and then go back to it when you feel like
it.
Andrew Norman
nos...@caradawc.freeserve.co.uk says...
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:43:35 +0100, Andrew Norman
> <spam....@ajnorman.org> wrote:
>
> >Every few years I feel I ought to at least look at
> >IRC because some colleagues use it for something or other, and I end
> >up recoiling in horror after about five minutes.
>
> I always used to just get bored because nobody seemed to say
> anything
That would only improve IRC, in my experience.
John of Aix
"Marcus Houlden" <sp...@nukesoft.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de
news: slrnbh8oe...@neutron.nukesoft.co.uk...
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 20:14:14 +0200, John of Aix
<j.murph...@libertysurf.fr>
> wrote the following to uk.misc:
>
> >
> > "Marcus Houlden" <sp...@nukesoft.co.uk> a écrit dans le message de
> > news: slrnbh8bu...@neutron.nukesoft.co.uk...
> >
> >> In the days when I used to do DJ work in my hall bar, if I wanted
to
> > make
> >> sure people wouldn't play around with the DJing equipment when I
> > wasn't
> >> around (usually between setting everything up before the bar
opened
> > and
> >> actually making a start), I'd take the amp power lead away. Dunno
if
> > that
> >> would work with kids' computers but it might be worth a try.
> >
> > Nah. Too techie.
>
> True. I suppose removing the plug from something would be a bit
beyond some
> people. What they need is Carol Vorderman and AOL's Connie standing
next to
> the computer with a cane to discipline their kids.
Sod the kids, this sounds fun for adults.
Linz
Indeed.
I'm hoping one of the nicemen will be along to fix Boss's pc soon.