Am I the only single male in Britain?
Stephen Dunn
Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no! Or is it twice
for yes and once for no? I can never remember.
Hi! I am 3,1straight, work as a welfare benefits worker. I like Science
Fiction, from Blockbusters through to thoughtful and lyrical. I am very new
to the net. And... and... I'll tell you more if you write to me!!!
Martin W M Bryant
In article <60qgfp$a...@newton.cc.rl.ac.uk>, John Wright (j...@isise.rl.ac.uk) writes:
>On Tue, 30 Sep 1997 01:40:20 +0100, in
><199709300...@zetnet.co.uk>, Claire Havlin wrote:
>>In message <60p17b$arv$1...@rockcake.bt.net>
>> "Stephen Dunn" <stephe...@lineone.net> writes:
>>
>>> Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no! Or is it twice
>>> for yes and once for no? I can never remember.
>>
>>
>>> Hi! I am 3,
>>
>>But heck there starting young these days!
>
>Well Kes is only 2 and most men I know fancy her...
>
>
>--
>John Wright
KES IS THREE now and wont make it to four ,
kes is dead long live 7 of 9>
--
Matin W M Bryant
Times Reader
Sats & Mondays
Claire Havlin
> Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no! Or is it twice
> for yes and once for no? I can never remember.
Mmm not sure!??
> Hi! I am 3,
But heck there starting young these days!
Claire :o)
David Curtis
j...@isise.rl.ac.uk (John Wright) wrote:
>
>Knock knock.
Who's there?
David
--
Replace the 'ecs' with 'comlab' in the header for main email address
http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/users/sharon.curtis/
v 3.12 GM/CS d s:++ a-< C++ U+ p L !E W++ N++ o+ K W-- O? M-- V--
PS? PE? Y PGP- t-- !5 X- R- tv--- b+++ DI+ D- G e++++ h- r z+(--)
Pete Bevin
David Curtis writes:
>>Knock knock.
>Who's there?
>David
David who?
Pete (or did I mess up[TM]?)
--
Pete Bevin <mo...@bestiary.com>, quietly taking a leak in the gene pool.
==> Spam welcomed at <ba...@bestiary.com> <==
Martin W M Bryant
CCaseyMora
j...@isise.rl.ac.uk (John Wright) wrote:
>On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 20:55:48 +0100, in <60p17b$arv$1...@rockcake.bt.net>,
>Stephen Dunn wrote:
>>Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no!
>
>Knock knock.
>
>
>--
>John Wright
>
>
Who's there?
(Well, somebody had to...)
- - - - -
Colleen in Los Angeles
It's very primitive and definitely under construction, but if you're still
interested:
http://members.aol.com/ccaseymora/index.html
Martin W M Bryant
In article <19970930180...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, CCaseyMora (ccase...@aol.com) writes:
> j...@isise.rl.ac.uk (John Wright) wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 20:55:48 +0100, in <60p17b$arv$1...@rockcake.bt.net>,
>>Stephen Dunn wrote:
>>>Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no!
>>
>>Knock knock.
>>
>>
>>--
>>John Wright
>>
>>
>Who's there?
>
john >
Stuart A. Bronstein
>>Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no!
>
>Knock knock.
A friend is one who knocks before he enters rather than after he leaves.
--
Stu
"The good thing about masturbation is that you don't have to dress up for
it."
-Truman Capote
Hob
Back in the dim, dark and distant past, sha...@ecs.ox.ac.uk (David
Curtis) waffled on about:
>j...@isise.rl.ac.uk (John Wright) wrote:
>>
>>Knock knock.
>
>Who's there?
Doctor.
--
Hob.
Short on brains, long on.. well, nothing really.
http://www.cableinet.co.uk/users/andyst - Can you beat Java "Join 4" ??
David Curtis
mo...@bestiary.com (Pete Bevin) wrote:
>David Curtis writes:
>>>Knock knock.
>>Who's there?
>
>David who?
David Eoman
>Pete (or did I mess up[TM]?)
No worries, here's the Jif and cloth.
Nev Young
CCaseyMora used up bandwidth on 30 Sep 1997 18:01:19 GMT with
>>Knock knock.
>Who's there?
>
>(Well, somebody had to...)
Frappe Frappe !
Que la
Don
Don que
Eyaw eyaw
--
<Nev Young> <rot13>ariv...@aqverpg.pb.hx</rot13>
veni vici snugli
----------------------------------------------
Stuart A. Bronstein
Nev Young <ariv...@aqverpg.pb.hx> wrote:
>
>Frappe Frappe !
>
>Que la
>
>Don
>
>Don que
Yer velcome.
--
Stu
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself.
-- Mark Twain
Simon Brooke
In article <60qgfp$a...@newton.cc.rl.ac.uk>,
j...@isise.rl.ac.uk (John Wright) writes:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 1997 01:40:20 +0100, in
> <199709300...@zetnet.co.uk>, Claire Havlin wrote:
>> "Stephen Dunn" <stephe...@lineone.net> writes:
>>
>>> Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no! Or is it twice
>>> for yes and once for no? I can never remember.
>>
>>Mmm not sure!??
>>
>>> Hi! I am 3,
>>
>>But heck there starting young these days!
>
I assume this 'Kes' would be a character represented in a fictional
entertainment on some form of electronic broadcasting apparatus, yes?
Simon (and you may call me m'lud)
--
si...@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon
'graveyards are full of indispensable people'
st...@horrida.demon.co.uk
On Tue, 30 Sep 1997 21:48:21 GMT, h...@cableinet.co.uk (Hob) wrote:
>Back in the dim, dark and distant past, sha...@ecs.ox.ac.uk (David
>Curtis) waffled on about:
>
>>j...@isise.rl.ac.uk (John Wright) wrote:
>>>
>>>Knock knock.
>>
>>Who's there?
>
>Doctor.
Livingston, I presume
--
Steve
C H A T C L I E N T S
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ipage / Palace name "Agrippa"
Icq name "TheAgg"
Powwow name.........."Aggie"
email st...@horrida.demon.co.uk
....... s...@netcomuk.co.uk
www http://www.horrida.demon.co.uk/stev.html
( dedicated to Shona, Nov `84--Sept `97 )
st...@horrida.demon.co.uk
On Tue, 30 Sep 1997 18:50:41 GMT, Brenc...@aol.com (Bob Brenchley)
wrote:
>>
>>kes is dead long live 7 of 9>
>
>7 of 9, no you are talking - just think what the other 8 are like :)
>
>Bob.
The first one is always the best..the rest mere copies..
gx...@dial.pipex.com
ariv...@aqverpg.pb.hx (Nev Young) wrote:
>CCaseyMora used up bandwidth on 30 Sep 1997 18:01:19 GMT with
>>>Knock knock.
>>Who's there?
>>
>>(Well, somebody had to...)
>Frappe Frappe !
>Que la
>Don
So! What are you doing there?
Fifi
Don Whybrow
"gx...@dial.pipex.com" <gx...@dial.pipex.com> wrote:
>ariv...@aqverpg.pb.hx (Nev Young) wrote:
>
>>Frappe Frappe !
>
>>Que la
>
>>Don
>
>So! What are you doing there?
By the look of it I am being compared to a donkey, someone must have
looked at the last boink.
--
Don Whybrow
john
In article <60p17b$arv$1...@rockcake.bt.net>, Stephen Dunn
<stephe...@lineone.net> writes
>Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no! Or is it twice
>for yes and once for no? I can never remember.
>
>Fiction, from Blockbusters through to thoughtful and lyrical. I am very new
>to the net. And... and... I'll tell you more if you write to me!!!
>
>
any girls see this then lets party!
--
john
NF Stevens
On Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:23:37 GMT, j...@isise.rl.ac.uk (John Wright)
wrote:
>On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 20:55:48 +0100, in <60p17b$arv$1...@rockcake.bt.net>,
>Stephen Dunn wrote:
>>Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no!
>
>Knock knock.
I will resist, I will resist.
Norman
Who's th&^%++ [NO CARRIER]
Nhi Vanye
$ from sha...@ecs.ox.ac.uk -#149520 | sed "1,$s/^/> /"
No, who's on first.
>
>David
>--
> Replace the 'ecs' with 'comlab' in the header for main email address
> http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/users/sharon.curtis/
> v 3.12 GM/CS d s:++ a-< C++ U+ p L !E W++ N++ o+ K W-- O? M-- V--
> PS? PE? Y PGP- t-- !5 X- R- tv--- b+++ DI+ D- G e++++ h- r z+(--)
vanye.
--
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Lord Byron: "She walks in beauty"
Pete Bevin
Simon Brooke writes:
>Simon (and you may call me m'lud)
Why? Are you drunk as one?
Pete.
James Kemp
Simon Brooke allegedly added the following to the fount of human
knowledge that is uk.singles on Wed, 1 Oct 1997 at 18:28:23
>In article <60qgfp$a...@newton.cc.rl.ac.uk>,
> j...@isise.rl.ac.uk (John Wright) writes:
>> On Tue, 30 Sep 1997 01:40:20 +0100, in
>> <199709300...@zetnet.co.uk>, Claire Havlin wrote:
>>>But heck there starting young these days!
>>
>> Well Kes is only 2 and most men I know fancy her...
>
>I assume this 'Kes' would be a character represented in a fictional
>entertainment on some form of electronic broadcasting apparatus, yes?
>
>Simon (and you may call me m'lud)
<judge>
I assume that you aer referring to this new-fangled wireless receiving
equipment which I am led to believe allows someone to speak to you from
a long distance away. Very popular with the masses I hear.
</judge>
--
Jas
gx...@dial.pipex.com
gw0...@swansea.ac.uk
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tel:01482-463253; 8 a.m. to midnight.
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Simon Brooke
In article <3440d55d...@news.ndirect.co.uk>,
ariv...@aqverpg.pb.hx (Nev Young) writes:
> CCaseyMora used up bandwidth on 30 Sep 1997 18:01:19 GMT with
>
>>Who's there?
>>
>
> Frappe Frappe !
>
> Que la
>
> Don
>
Hotay!
--
si...@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon
;; in faecibus sapiens rheum propagabit
Ariel4UKMs
>Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no! Or is it twice
>for yes and once for no? I can never remember.
Har, har... cute--neither can I, and I'm always getting knocked, in this news
group! :-P
>Hi! I am 3,1straight, work as a welfare benefits worker. I like Science
>Fiction, from Blockbusters through to thoughtful and lyrical. I am very new
>to the net. And... and... I'll tell you more if you write to me!!!
>
Errrmmm... sorry, love... 3'1" is even a little short for me, at 5'1". As
for the welfare benefits, I've often entertained the thought of coming over
and going on the dole... that's what I'll have to do if I can't get a job in
the UK. You could help me a lot there. (If you write to me, BTW, I only get
worse...) :-D
Single... yes, technically... Available? Well... theoretically... Easy?
Complex? Only an engineer might know, for sure...
Martin W M Bryant
In article <19971010194...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, Ariel4UKMs (ariel...@aol.com) writes:
>>Is there anybody there? Knock once for yes and twice for no! Or is it twice
>>for yes and once for no? I can never remember.
>
> for the welfare benefits, I've often entertained the thought of coming over
> and going on the dole... that's what I'll have to do if I can't get a job in
> the UK. You could help me a lot there. (If you write to me, BTW, I only get
> worse...) :-D
>Single... yes, technically... Available? Well... theoretically... Easy?
> Complex? Only an engineer might know, for sure...
5f1 god thats tiny even the queen is taller do you were heels >
mousetrap
In article <h1LWwPAA...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk>, Paul Duncan
<Pa...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk> rambled:
>I doubt you'd have to do that at the moment. You (in common with others
>who can use UseNet) are at least vaguely computer literate, and there's
>this big problem called "Year 2000" at the moment, and people are in big
>demand to just sift through code looking for time related bits. Borring,
>but you could probably do it. Probably pays better than the dole too :-)
Right-o. I can handle that, and am available from December, where do I
sign up ?
--
mousetrap
"I can see a miracle, and through it all we rise and fall, tear it apart and
stay forever and I know where heaven is, and somewhere in between miracles
happen"
mousetrap
In article <47d76dbd...@argonet.co.uk>, Mike Harvey
<mha...@argonet.co.uk> rambled:
>In article <19971010194...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
> Ariel4UKMs <ariel...@aol.com> wrote:
>> Single... yes, technically
>
>How can one be 'technically' single?
One is single, divorced or widowed. If one is separated, one is
technically married. But being single doesn't necessarily mean not
spoken for....
>> ... Available? Well... theoretically
>
>Come on, either you are or you aren't.
Somehow, I don't think she is....
Stuart A. Bronstein
Dan Glover <d...@dangl.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Single... yes, technically
>
>>How can one be 'technically' single?
>
>That one's easy: I'm technically "married".
>
>>> ... Available? Well... theoretically
>
>>Come on, either you are or you aren't.
>
>I think you're meant to take this as "no".
>
>>> ... Easy? Complex? Only an engineer might know, for sure...
>
>>Well, as an amateur mathematician perhaps I can help here. Is any part of
>>you imaginary?
>
>Nul points for failing to pick up the clue.
But how does his television pick up signals?
--
Stu
"When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane,
most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear
that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition
continuously until death do them part."
-George Bernard Shaw
Dan Glover
>In article <19971010194...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
>How can one be 'technically' single?
That one's easy: I'm technically "married".
>> ... Available? Well... theoretically
>Come on, either you are or you aren't.
I think you're meant to take this as "no".
>> ... Easy? Complex? Only an engineer might know, for sure...
>Well, as an amateur mathematician perhaps I can help here. Is any part of
>you imaginary?
Nul points for failing to pick up the clue.
Dan
--
Dan Glover
Paul Duncan
In article <Mm3B6HDS...@cheeseshop.demon.co.uk>, mousetrap
<mous...@cheeseshop.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <h1LWwPAA...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk>, Paul Duncan
><Pa...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk> rambled:
>
>>I doubt you'd have to do that at the moment. You (in common with others
>>who can use UseNet) are at least vaguely computer literate, and there's
>>this big problem called "Year 2000" at the moment, and people are in big
>>demand to just sift through code looking for time related bits. Borring,
>>but you could probably do it. Probably pays better than the dole too :-)
>
>Right-o. I can handle that, and am available from December, where do I
>sign up ?
Computer Weekly, or one of the other trade rags, they should be able to
help :-)
--
Paul Duncan
CCaseyMora
>In article <61ojpu$r...@crl6.crl.com>,
It starts out by saying, "Hi there...come here often?"
- - - - -
Colleen in Los Angeles
It's very primitive and definitely under construction, but if you're still
interested:
http://members.aol.com/ccaseymora/index.html
Simon Brooke
In article <47d76dbd...@argonet.co.uk>,
Mike Harvey <mha...@argonet.co.uk> writes:
> In article <19971010194...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
> Ariel4UKMs <ariel...@aol.com> wrote:
>> ... Easy? Complex? Only an engineer might know, for sure...
>
> Well, as an amateur mathematician perhaps I can help here. Is any part of
> you imaginary?
Don't you need the imaginary part to calculate the standing wave on an
Ariel? I'm sure at least one of the radio hams around here will know.
Simon, strictly software.
--
si...@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon
I shall continue to be an impossible person so long as those
who are now possible remain possible -- Michael Bakunin
mousetrap
Paul Duncan <Pa...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk> rambled:
><mous...@cheeseshop.demon.co.uk> writes
>>
>>Right-o. I can handle that, and am available from December, where do I
>>sign up ?
>I think if you just contact some of the agencies who advertise in
>Computer Weekly, or one of the other trade rags, they should be able to
>help :-)
I suspect I would need to learn to learn some languages first....
--
mousetrap, who's just started her first night-class tonight and nearly nodded
off....
Steve Way
In article <61tf1v$e...@caleddon.jasmine.org.uk>, Simon Brooke <simon@cal
eddon.jasmine.org.uk> writes
>In article <47d76dbd...@argonet.co.uk>,
> Mike Harvey <mha...@argonet.co.uk> writes:
>> In article <19971010194...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
>> Ariel4UKMs <ariel...@aol.com> wrote:
>>> ... Easy? Complex? Only an engineer might know, for sure...
>>
>> Well, as an amateur mathematician perhaps I can help here. Is any part of
>> you imaginary?
>
>Don't you need the imaginary part to calculate the standing wave on an
>Ariel? I'm sure at least one of the radio hams around here will know.
>
>Simon, strictly software.
Fuck art, let's dance
--
Steve, strictly ballroom.
Pete Bevin
Toby writes:
>Resistance is futile.
Not according to Maplin's.
Paul Duncan
In article <876885...@llondel.demon.co.uk>, "Dave {Reply address
in.sig}" <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> writes
>When you're stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do, you could
>always get in some morse practice. It isn't really that hard.
I can do morse, just not fast enough :-(
--
Paul Duncan
Paul Kinsler
Dave {Reply address in.sig} <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> When you're stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do, you could
> always get in some morse practice. It isn't really that hard.
If it isn't getting that hard, then you _definately_
need some more practise.
--
#Paul.
------------------------------+soluble fish+------------------------------
Inst Microwaves & Photonics, University of Leeds, UK. (ph) +44 113 2332089
"You people, you do not see the grandeur in the wind and stone and stars,
in the blood and fire and iron - but paint only the flowers."
Stuart A. Bronstein
Paul Kinsler <kin...@bloch.leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
>Dave {Reply address in.sig} <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> When you're stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do, you could
>> always get in some morse practice. It isn't really that hard.
>
>If it isn't getting that hard, then you _definately_
>need some more practise.
And you know that from your vast personal experience?
--
Stu
He saw a Lawyer killing a viper
On a dunghill hard by his own stable;
And the Devil smiled, for it put him in mind
Of Cain and his brother, Abel.
--Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Devil's Thoughts
to...@cottingham.u-net.com
On 1997-10-15 no...@llondel.demon.co.uk said:
>Believe me, when you get to the other side of the 12wpm barrier and
>run your speed up a bit more, 12wpm seems painfully slow.
Seconded.
73, de Toby Fisher: email: to...@cottingham.u-net.com
tel:01482-463253; 8 a.m. to midnight.
Nettamer, the best dos-based ppp package around;
visit http://www.nettamer.net/ and find out for yourself!
Beware the person who has nothing to lose. He always wins
Paul Kinsler
Stuart A. Bronstein <ad...@crl2.crl.com> wrote:
> Paul Kinsler <kin...@bloch.leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
> >Dave {Reply address in.sig} <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >> When you're stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do, you could
> >> always get in some morse practice. It isn't really that hard.
> >If it isn't getting that hard, then you _definately_
> >need some more practise.
> And you know that from your vast personal experience?
Practise makes perfect, as they say.
mousetrap
In article <47d92f6...@argonet.co.uk>, Dave Stratford
<da...@argonet.co.uk> rambled:
>In article <47d8ed30...@argonet.co.uk>,
> Mike Harvey <mha...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Preferably something ancient such as COBOL. I suspect the agencies have
>> all the C programmers they can handle.
>
>True, tell em you know cobol and you'll be on to a winner for at least the
>next three to five years. Millennium followed by ecu will see to that.
Haven't seen any classes in that......
Anyway, what good's learning a dying language ?
--
mousetrap
Stuart A. Bronstein
mousetrap <mous...@cheeseshop.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Dave Stratford <da...@argonet.co.uk> rambled:
>> Mike Harvey <mha...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Preferably something ancient such as COBOL. I suspect the agencies have
>>> all the C programmers they can handle.
>>
>>True, tell em you know cobol and you'll be on to a winner for at least the
>>next three to five years. Millennium followed by ecu will see to that.
>
>Haven't seen any classes in that......
>Anyway, what good's learning a dying language ?
Because it's not dead enough.
--
Stu
"You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this ... that I really wish I'd
listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen"
-Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Hob
Back in the dim, dark and distant past, Mike Harvey
<mha...@argonet.co.uk> waffled on about:
>> I suspect I would need to learn to learn some languages first....
>
>Preferably something ancient such as COBOL. I suspect the agencies have
>all the C programmers they can handle.
This is true; the market is crying out for COBOL people at the moment.
Hob, who happens to be contract and know COBOL
--
Short on brains, long on.. well, nothing really.
http://www.cableinet.co.uk/users/andyst - Can you beat Java "Join 4"
??
Andrew Marshall
In article <oOfk+GAv3$Q0E...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk>, Paul Duncan
<Pa...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <876885...@llondel.demon.co.uk>, "Dave {Reply address
>in.sig}" <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> writes
>>When you're stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do, you could
>>always get in some morse practice. It isn't really that hard.
< .- --- .-.. > -- . - --- --- < -..-. .- --- .-.. >
I get stuck at about 8wpm, like many folk in that situation.
73,
Andrew G8BUR.
--
Andrew Marshall.
Unsolicited advertising matter unwelcome. Offenders may be blacklisted.
Nick Leverton
In article <3447253c....@news.cableinet.co.uk>
h...@cableinet.co.uk (Hob) writes:
>
>This is true; the market is crying out for COBOL people at the moment.
Well, the market is crying out for *cheap* COBOL people. I wouldn't get
out of bed for what the agencies are offering. I've still yet to see
the fabled megabuck rates that some people are claiming. If they want
experience, they're going to have to pay for it, same as always. Folk
(not meaning you, Hob) who've just read a book on it, or wrote a program
ten years ago, are not going to dig anyone out of any hole any time much
before the next millennium.
>Hob, who happens to be contract and know COBOL
N, too.
--
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Don Whybrow
mousetrap <mous...@cheeseshop.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <47d92f6...@argonet.co.uk>, Dave Stratford
><da...@argonet.co.uk> rambled:
>>
>>next three to five years. Millennium followed by ecu will see to that.
>
>Haven't seen any classes in that......
>Anyway, what good's learning a dying language ?
Ahem! If that's the case, why have they been saying that for 20 years
now?
--
Don Whybrow
Paul Duncan
>True, tell em you know cobol and you'll be on to a winner for at least the
>next three to five years. Millennium followed by ecu will see to that.
Once upon a time there was this program. It was called blahblah,
compiled on a VAX8800 to run on an ICL2966 and.... etc etc etc
--
Paul Duncan
Paul Duncan
In article <Z9pQBAAZ...@g8bur.demon.co.uk>, Andrew Marshall
<and...@g8bur.demon.co.uk> writes
>< .- --- .-.. > -- . - --- --- < -..-. .- --- .-.. >
I'm guessing the slash. I know the question mark and full stop, but not
much more punctuation.
73!
--
Paul Duncan, G7KES/VP8CMF.
Paul Duncan
In article <qVX423Er...@cheeseshop.demon.co.uk>, mousetrap
<mous...@cheeseshop.demon.co.uk> writes
>Haven't seen any classes in that......
>Anyway, what good's learning a dying language ?
the programs from scratch would be exceedingly expensive. Even if they
decided that they _did_ want to re-write these systems in something
nicer like C (or even use a database like Oracle), they would probably
want to check what exactly the existing programs did. My guess is that
half the specification documents for the original programs have gone
missing. There will definately by demand for COBOL programmers for a
while yet. FORTRAN is still being used heavily in the research community
too.
--
Paul Duncan
Stuart A. Bronstein
Hob <h...@cableinet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>This is true; the market is crying out for COBOL people at the moment.
Nobody's looking for Fortran or Pascal? %-(
--
Stu
Happiness is not having what you want.
It is wanting what you have.
Hob
Back in the dim, dark and distant past, lev...@warren.demon.co.uk
(Nick Leverton) waffled on about:
>Well, the market is crying out for *cheap* COBOL people. I wouldn't get
>out of bed for what the agencies are offering. I've still yet to see
Oh, I don't know - I'm doing okay.. I think it depends on the agency,
the end company and what platform and stuff you know.
>(not meaning you, Hob) who've just read a book on it, or wrote a program
>ten years ago, are not going to dig anyone out of any hole any time much
>before the next millennium.
*g* You've obviously seen my CV..
I agree; anyone can get a job doing this these days. It's boring,
mundane, and pays the mortgage. Judging by some of the muppets we've
got on contract, they're straight in off the street..
>N, too.
Hob, who knows 370 Assembler, too..
Chris Morgan
lev...@warren.demon.co.uk (Nick Leverton) writes:
>
> In article <3447253c....@news.cableinet.co.uk>
> h...@cableinet.co.uk (Hob) writes:
> >
> >This is true; the market is crying out for COBOL people at the moment.
>
> Well, the market is crying out for *cheap* COBOL people. I wouldn't get
> out of bed for what the agencies are offering.
Things _are_ pretty crazy in the market for C++ programmers at the
moment, as the banks will hire any old idiot with some experience. I
know this for a fact :-)
Chris
--
"everything remotely enjoyable turns out to be
powerfully addictive and expensive and bad for you"
- Elizabeth Bryant
Nick Leverton
In article <qVX423Er...@cheeseshop.demon.co.uk>
mousetrap <mous...@cheeseshop.demon.co.uk> writes:
><da...@argonet.co.uk> rambled:
>>
>>True, tell em you know cobol and you'll be on to a winner for at least the
>>next three to five years. Millennium followed by ecu will see to that.
>
>Anyway, what good's learning a dying language ?
Which dying language would this be ? The vast majority of the world's
commercial applications are still written in COBOL. Not maybe by count
of end-users (millions of lemm^H^H^H^HWindows users count for something
there), but certainly the sheer numbers of sites, programs and
applications in COBOL far outweigh the few C++ companies programming
mass-market stuff. You trot along to comp.lang.cobol and just ask ...
N.
Paul Duncan
In article <626a9c$fr$2...@despair.u-net.com>, to...@cottingham.u-net.com
writes
>daadididaa dididaadi didi didaa di,
X F? I A E
>didididaa daadaa didididi daadidaa daadidi,
V M H K D?
>didaadaadaa daadaadi dididi daadidididi didididaadaa,
J G S 6 3
>daadaadididaadaa didaadaadaadaa daadaadaa didi daadidaadi,
,? 1 O I C
>didaadidi didaadaa dididaa daa daadididi,
L W U T? B
>daadaadaadaadaa didaadidaadidaa daadadidi didi daadidaadaa,
0 . Z I Y
>daadaadidaa didaadaadi dididaadi daadidaadaadi didaadi,
Q P F /? R
>daadaadaadaadi didaadidaadi daadididaa daadididi daadidididaa,
9 AR X B pass
>didaadidaadi daadidaa.
AR K
>
>
>That concludes the lesson.
Hmmm... I seem to have forgotten lots :-(
--
Paul Duncan
Chris Morgan
Paul Duncan <Pa...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk> writes:
> half the specification documents for the original programs have gone
-----------------------
|
Errm, could you explain this - concept please?
Chris Morgan
James Kemp <Ja...@jmkemp.demon.co.uk> writes (re spec documents):
> IIRC it's something the customer doesn't understand in the slightest and
> the contractor pretends to ignore completely.
Ok, I think I follow the concept now...
Actually I am of course kidding as my previous company specialised in
producing paperwork, masses of it. Software was an irregular output
they weren't so good at. They successfully produced the spec. for the
HCI (you know, the graphics and that) for our command and control
system for the Navy which was literally about 6 pounds of double sided
a4 output. Nice document. In the meanwhile almost all their
programmers in that area left. I'm sure they know what they're
doing...
Now in my new job it's just the more straightforward "think hard for a
while and then start coding" approach. There must be a middle way (?)
Chris
--
Chris Morgan <mihalis @ ix.netcom.com>
James Kemp
Chris Morgan allegedly added the following to the fount of human
knowledge that is uk.singles on Fri, 17 Oct 1997 at 23:08:00
>Paul Duncan <Pa...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>> half the specification documents for the original programs have gone
> -----------------------
> |
>Errm, could you explain this - concept please?
IIRC it's something the customer doesn't understand in the slightest and
the contractor pretends to ignore completely.
HTH
--
Jas
to...@cottingham.u-net.com
Yes
>>didididaa daadaa didididi daadidaa daadidi,
>V M H K D?
Yes
>>didaadaadaa daadaadi dididi daadidididi didididaadaa,
>J G S 6 3
yes
>>daadaadididaadaa didaadaadaadaa daadaadaa didi daadidaadi,
,? >,? 1 O I C
Yes
>didaadidi didaadaa dididaa daa daadididi,
>L W U T? B
Yes
>>daadaadaadaadaa didaadidaadidaa daadadidi didi daadidaadaa,
>0 . Z I Y
Yes
>>daadaadidaa didaadaadi dididaadi daadidaadaadi didaadi,
>Q P F /? R
Yes, but be aware that daadidaadaadi can also be, end of message.
>>daadaadaadaadi didaadidaadi daadididaa daadididi daadidididaa,
>9 AR X B pass
Okay, the one you didn't know was pause.
>>didaadidaadi daadidaa.
>AR K
End of transmission.
>>That concludes the lesson.
>Hmmm... I seem to have forgotten lots :-(
NOt that much, actually.
Keep going, you'll get your brains removed yet, as they'd say on GB3DA.:-)
>--
>Paul Duncan
73, de Toby Fisher: email: to...@cottingham.u-net.com
tel:01482-463253; 8 a.m. to midnight.
Nettamer, the best dos-based ppp package around;
visit http://www.nettamer.net/ and find out for yourself!
After two weeks of dieting, all I lost was two weeks.
Ariel4UKMs
>
>How can one be 'technically' single?
--- ERM... NOT MARRIED
>
>> ... Available? Well... theoretically
>
>Come on, either you are or you aren't
--- THAT'S WHAT I SAID!!
>
>> ... Easy? Complex? Only an engineer might know, for sure...
>
>Well, as an amateur mathematician perhaps I can help here. Is any part of
>you imaginary?
>
>
--- THERE ARE PARTS OF ME THAT ARE ASPIRINGLY IMAGINARY.
AMATEUR MATHEMATICIAN? THAT HAS TO BE IMAGINARY... WHAT COULD BE A WORSE
AVOCATION?
______________
Ariel, who has neither a killfile nor the desire to get one, but who would
love to obtain at least a program line or two that could temporarily STUN...
if not torture and maim, on occasion. =)
Ariel4UKMs
>In article <47d76dbd...@argonet.co.uk>, Mike Harvey
>>In article <19971010194...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
>> Ariel4UKMs <ariel...@aol.com> wrote:
>>> Single... yes, technically
>
>>How can one be 'technically' single?
>
>
>>> ... Available? Well... theoretically
>
>>Come on, either you are or you aren't.
>
>I think you're meant to take this as "no".
Mmmmm... I never say "No" until all avenues are sealed (and the aisles
filled with guests...). <g>
>
>>> ... Easy? Complex? Only an engineer might know, for sure...
>
>>Well, as an amateur mathematician perhaps I can help here. Is any part of
>>you imaginary?
>
>Nul points for failing to pick up the clue.
>
>Dan
>Dan Glover
>
-- Way cool for you, Dan. ;-) Big points. Hey, not everyone knows
everybody else's occupation on here. Math guys try...
______________
Ariel, who has no control over changing the contents of these AOL headers, to
her knowledge, in order to prevent archiving these inane responses, and
subsequently forgets to keep varying the signature lines so as not to seem
overly hostile
Ariel4UKMs
>I've often entertained the thought of coming over
>> and going on the dole... that's what I'll have to do if I can't get a job
>in
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> the UK. You could help me a lot there. (If you write to me, BTW, I only
>get
>> worse...) :-D
>I doubt you'd have to do that at the moment. You (in common with others
>who can use UseNet) are at least vaguely computer literate, and there's
>this big problem called "Year 2000" at the moment, and people are in big
>demand to just sift through code looking for time related bits. Borring,
>but you could probably do it. Probably pays better than the dole too :-)
>--
>Paul Duncan
>
It's not the pay, it's the principle! Anyway, non-EU nationals need to be
sponsored by employers to do work in the UK, boring or otherwise. Are you
telling me that only people outside the EU have the brains to do crap work?
I'll look into it--but I'd hate to think I couldn't make a gadzillion pounds,
eventually, with any of my promising artistic projects, or just as a plain,
fool staff or freelance writer or editor--20,000 quid a year would actually
do. :-)
Ariel4UKMs
>Dan Glover <d...@dangl.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>Mike Harvey <mha...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Ariel4UKMs <ariel...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>>> Single... yes, technically
>>
>>>How can one be 'technically' single?
>>
>>That one's easy: I'm technically "married".
>>
>>>> ... Available? Well... theoretically
>>
>>>Come on, either you are or you aren't.
>>
>>I think you're meant to take this as "no".
>>
>>
>>>Well, as an amateur mathematician perhaps I can help here. Is any part of
>>>you imaginary?
>>
>>Nul points for failing to pick up the clue.
>
>
-- Whose television? There wasn't one, I swear--I'll vouch for that one, to
the license inspector...
Ariel4UKMs
>In article <61ojpu$r...@crl6.crl.com>,>I don't own one, so it doesn't.
>
>Mike H
>
-- Oh, no... another one? I'm going to start getting a complex...
______________
Ariel, whose postings are *not* getting picked up on her Snugglie entry page
within the uk.singles web site, for some reason...
Ariel4UKMs
>>Don't you need the imaginary part to calculate the standing wave on an
>>Ariel? I'm sure at least one of the radio hams around here will know.
>>
>>Simon, strictly software.
>
>Fuck art, let's dance
>
>
LOL!!!! REALLY!!!
______________
Ariel, who's feeling loads of empathy for those with inferior transmitters...
Ariel4UKMs
>> >Ariel? I'm sure at least one of the radio hams around here will know.
>>
>> frequency, and then correct for the fact that its going through wire
>> (multiply by 0.95?) I've got enough info to make a dipole and that's
>> usually good enough :-)
>>
>> Paul, G7KES, VP8CMF and maybe, one day if I'm really lucky M0???.
>
>>
>When you're stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do, you could
>always get in some morse practice. It isn't really that hard.
>
>--
>dav e...@llondel.demon.co.uk
Yes, it is that hard... but it was the duration more than the consistency that
generated the most powerful signals... no?
Ariel4UKMs
>> Well, as an amateur mathematician perhaps I can help here. Is any part of
>> you imaginary?
>
>
>
-- No imaginary parts are necessary, nor do they exist--only the best parts one
could ever imagine... actually, the entire ham was the most superb and
succulent anyone could hope to find!
Ariel4UKMs
>Believe me, when you get to the other side of the 12wpm barrier and run
>your speed up a bit more, 12wpm seems painfully slow.
>
>Dave
>--
>dav e...@llondel.demon.co.uk
But no one needs to be bothering with the "w"s once the "s-" and "b-" pursuits
have been in effect...
Ariel4UKMs
>
>Practise makes perfect, as they say.
>
>--
>#Paul.
And there are those exceedingly rare individuals who are just about perfect
before any practice ever comes to pass...
Ariel4UKMs
>In article <345ee52a....@news.demon.co.uk>
> ma...@cleopatra.co.uk (Marc Wilson) writes:
>> Ariel4UKMs wrote:
>>
>> |Single... yes, technically... Available? Well... theoretically... Easy?
>> | Complex? Only an engineer might know, for sure...
>>
>>
>Real.
>
>
>Dave
>--
>dav e...@llondel.demon.co.uk
Don't believe him--even if he IS an engineer. =)
______________
Ariel
So inextricably engrossed in the glamour of news-group posting, there
isn't any hope left for a more constructive future.
James Kemp
Ariel4UKMs allegedly added the following to the fount of human knowledge
that is uk.singles on Sun, 19 Oct 1997 at 07:01:53
>>Believe me, when you get to the other side of the 12wpm barrier and run
>>your speed up a bit more, 12wpm seems painfully slow.
>>
>
> have been in effect...
Fortunately I'd just swallowed my coffee when I read this one. Truly
warped & terribly funny, at least I thought so...
--
Jas
Stephen Milner
Ariel4UKMs, some one we should all take note of, said:
> ... is there never any rest?
Only for the wicked...
Steve <Just woken up after 13hrs sleep!>
--
Four thousand years ago man worshiped cats;
the cats have never forgotton
http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/elrick/
http://www.bestiary.com/walrus/
Martin W M Bryant
In article <19971019060...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, Ariel4UKMs (ariel...@aol.com) writes:
>>>...this big problem called "Year 2000" at the moment, and people are in big
>>>demand to just sift through code looking for time related bits. Borring,
>>>but you could probably do it. Probably pays better than the dole too :-)
>>
>>sign up ?
>>--
>>mousetrap
>>
>Blimey, I'm probably going to be back by December--wouldn't you rather
> contemplate starting an interesting business? Let's open a real nightclub in
> Cambridge, or such... I'll need work *and* something to do for
> entertainment... well, part of the time.
>______________
> Ariel, who has neither a killfile nor the desire to get one, but who would
> love to obtain at least a program line or two that could temporarily STUN...
> if not torture and maim, on occasion. =)
you could always table dance in hammersmith>
--
Matin W M Bryant
Times Reader
Sats & Mondays
Ariel4UKMs
>you could always table dance in hammersmith>
>
>
Where's Hammersmith, and what's table dancing? If it's like lap-dancing in
L.A., I'm afraid it won't work... I have certain parties to answer to on the
other side of the pond. (And no desire to expose myself to anyone but one
particular party...)
______________
Ariel
Absolutely gob-smacked over a mild-mannered Englishman, these days...
Martin W M Bryant
hammersmith is in the centre of london and we have just had a
table dancing club opening recently a tenner in the belt and they
go down to undies -- bella my local landlandlady spens a fair time
there -- just to fondle a young male thigh >
mousetrap
>>you could always table dance in hammersmith>
>
>Where's Hammersmith, and what's table dancing? If it's like lap-dancing in
> L.A., I'm afraid it won't work... I have certain parties to answer to on the
> other side of the pond. (And no desire to expose myself to anyone but one
> particular party...)
The parties aren't being very vocal in coming to your defence.......
--
mousetrap
"I can see a miracle, and through it all we rise and fall, tear it apart and
stay forever and I know where heaven is, and somewhere in between miracles
happen"
Ariel4UKMs
>>But no one needs to be bothering with the "w"s once the "s-" and "b-"
>pursuits
>> have been in effect...
>
>Fortunately I'd just swallowed my coffee when I read this one. Truly
>warped & terribly funny, at least I thought so...
>
>--
>Jas
>
too clever for my endeavors!
______________
Ariel
Now trying hard to fend off revolutions per minute by an Englishman who
insists he is *not* at all "mild-mannered."
Simon Brooke
In article <877118...@warren.demon.co.uk>,
lev...@warren.demon.co.uk (Nick Leverton) writes:
>
> Which dying language would this be ? The vast majority of the world's
> commercial applications are still written in COBOL. Not maybe by count
> of end-users (millions of lemm^H^H^H^HWindows users count for something
> there), but certainly the sheer numbers of sites, programs and
> applications in COBOL far outweigh the few C++ companies programming
> mass-market stuff. You trot along to comp.lang.cobol and just ask ...
I wouldn't know. of course. I've only been in this industry fifteen
years, it was out of date before my time.
Simon, who writes LISP for preference; a language as old as he is.
--
si...@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon
;; I'd rather live in sybar-space
NF Stevens
On 17 Oct 1997 23:08:00 -0400, Chris Morgan <mih...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:
>Paul Duncan <Pa...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>> half the specification documents for the original programs have gone
> -----------------------
> |
>Errm, could you explain this - concept please?
They're kind of like novels. You give them to the users to read
while they're waiting for the software to be ready.
HTH
Norman
Chris Morgan
ariel...@aol.com (Ariel4UKMs) writes:
> Blimey, I'm probably going to be back by December--wouldn't you rather
> contemplate starting an interesting business? Let's open a real nightclub in
> Cambridge, or such... I'll need work *and* something to do for
> entertainment... well, part of the time.
Please get back on your medication, you're not making no sense any more.
Chris, who did mean that double negative, and who also likes this
little trick of editorialising on his own message a la Simon.
--
Charles Bryant
In article <9+f6ABAZ...@whybrow.demon.co.uk>,
Don Whybrow <D...@whybrow.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>mousetrap <mous...@cheeseshop.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>Anyway, what good's learning a dying language ?
>
>Ahem! If that's the case, why have they been saying that for 20 years
>now?
It's like a big animal with a tiny brain - when you cut off its head, the
legs don't find out for six weeks.
David Curtis
ariel...@aol.com (Ariel4UKMs) wrote:
> learning Italian and German, now... And where are all these Daves coming
> from, anyway? What's going on? It was tedious enough keeping count of all the
> Marks and Steves and Tonys and Simons and Jons and Pauls and Phils and Martins
> and Dougs and Ians... is there never any rest?
Heh heh heh heh...
David
--
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Nick Leverton
In article <87bu0ng...@mihalis.i-have-a-misconfigured-system-so-shoot-me>
Chris Morgan <mih...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>Paul Duncan <Pa...@chaos-hovel.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>> half the specification documents for the original programs have gone
> -----------------------
>Errm, could you explain this - concept please?
They're usually written in text form and have filenames ending in .cbl
(or starting with SYSCBL, or other platform-specific attribute).
Except of course for those that are in binary form and have the
appropriate executable attribute set ...
N.
--
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Julian Richardson
Chris Morgan <mih...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>
> ariel...@aol.com (Ariel4UKMs) writes:
>
> > Blimey, I'm probably going to be back by December--wouldn't you rather
> > contemplate starting an interesting business? Let's open a real nightclub in
> > Cambridge, or such... I'll need work *and* something to do for
> > entertainment... well, part of the time.
>
> Please remove your armadillo, it is giving me a headache.
>
What?
> Chris, who did mean to drink that double espresso, and who also likes
> this little trick of editorialising on his own message a la Great
> Magician Simon of Borg.
You're raving, pal. :-)
Julian
--
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Department of Artificial Intelligence, Phone: +44 131 650 2721
University of Edinburgh, Fax: +44 131 650 6516
80 South Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1HN, Scotland. mailto: jul...@dai.ed.ac.uk
Chris Morgan
James Kemp <Ja...@jmkemp.demon.co.uk> writes:
> You worked for MOD then? And presumably all those double-sided A4 sheets
> had TOP SECRET or something stamped in red ink across the top and bottom
> of every single page?
Something like that. I worked on the smcs project (submarine command
system) that is fitted to uk Trident subs (and some of the older
types).
> We do a couple of pages of A4 that describes the general aim, the
> timescale, the output & the cost to the customer. We then think for a
> bit and crack on - admittedly I do management/policy consultancy for a
> Government department - not quite the same as writing code.
I've gone from something far more bureaucratic to something far less,
the vertigo still gets me at times. Of course then there is the small
matter of moving to a different country. It certainly gets your
attention at times.
Chris
CCaseyMora
ariel...@aol.com wrote:
>>In article <19971010194...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
>> Ariel4UKMs <ariel...@aol.com> wrote:
>>> Single... yes, technically
>>
>>How can one be 'technically' single?
> --- ERM... NOT MARRIED
>>
>>> ... Available? Well... theoretically
>>
>>Come on, either you are or you aren't
> --- THAT'S WHAT I SAID!!
>>
>>> ... Easy? Complex? Only an engineer might know, for sure...
>>
>>Well, as an amateur mathematician perhaps I can help here. Is any part of
>>you imaginary?
>>
>>Mike H
>>
> --- THERE ARE PARTS OF ME THAT ARE ASPIRINGLY IMAGINARY.
>
>AMATEUR MATHEMATICIAN? THAT HAS TO BE IMAGINARY... WHAT COULD BE A WORSE
> AVOCATION?
>
Please stop shouting...I have a headache.
- - - - -
Colleen in Los Angeles
It's very primitive and definitely under construction, but if you're still
interested:
http://members.aol.com/ccaseymora/index.html
Stephen Milner
Ariel4UKMs, some one we should all take note of, said:
> >Ariel4UKMs, some one we should all take note of, said:
> >
> >
>
> But exactly *how* does one get any rest when one (or two, or more) is (are)
> spending so much time being wicked?
Wickedness and rest aren't mutually exclusive in the same 'bed period' A
manic willingness to excel in former oftern leads to a deep and peacefull
period of the latter <often to be followed by more of the former and then
....>
> And thank you for the kind remark about
> me, BTW...
As I said, I was impressed.
> at least, I think it was... :-)
I think it was too ;)
Steve (wondering what to cook for tea (dinner to most folks))
Don Guido Ravioli
In article <13...@papanui.win-uk.net>, mw...@papanui.win-uk.net (Martin W M Bryant) wrote:
> In article <19971019060...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, Ariel4UKMs (ariel...@aol.com) writes:
> >Blimey, I'm probably going to be back by December--wouldn't you rather
> > contemplate starting an interesting business? Let's open a real nightclub in
> > Cambridge, or such... I'll need work *and* something to do for
> > entertainment... well, part of the time.
> you could always table dance in hammersmith>
Won't make much of a living though Matin, crumpled crisp packets
and torn rizla aren't much of a substitute for cash.
--
Worlock, a Ninja Bonsai Gardener on the information super highway
... Experience: What you get when you don't get what you want.
gx...@dial.pipex.com
Elr...@bigfoot.com (Stephen Milner) wrote:
>Ariel4UKMs, some one we should all take note of, said:
>> ... is there never any rest?
>Only for the wicked...
>Steve <Just woken up after 13hrs sleep!>
And what were you doing beforehand that made you need it?
Fifi
Chris Morgan
Julian Richardson <jul...@dai.ed.ac.uk> writes:
> You're raving, pal. :-)
>
> Julian
Shurely you meant "your raving pal Julian" ?
Martin W M Bryant
In article <19971020....@worlock.demon.co.uk>, Don Guido Ravioli (br...@worlock.demon.co.uk) writes:
>In article <13...@papanui.win-uk.net>, mw...@papanui.win-uk.net (Martin W M Bryant) wrote:
>
>> In article <19971019060...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, Ariel4UKMs (ariel...@aol.com) writes:
>
>> >Blimey, I'm probably going to be back by December--wouldn't you rather
>> > contemplate starting an interesting business? Let's open a real nightclub in
>> > Cambridge, or such... I'll need work *and* something to do for
>> > entertainment... well, part of the time.
>
>> you could always table dance in hammersmith>
>
>Won't make much of a living though Matin, crumpled crisp packets
>and torn rizla aren't much of a substitute for cash.
>
>--
Chris Morgan
Charles Bryant <n182510...@chch.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> In article <19971019071...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
> Ariel4UKMs <ariel...@aol.com> wrote:
> > And where are all these Daves coming
> > from, anyway?
>
> Must be quantum fluctuations.
>
No, no, no! They produce eddies, everyone knows that.
Stephen Milner
mousetrap, some one we should all take note of, said:
> In article <MPG.eb3ff357...@news.prestel.co.uk>, Stephen
> Milner <Elr...@bigfoot.com> rambled:
> >Ariel4UKMs, some one we should all take note of, said:
> >
> >> ... is there never any rest?
> >
> >Only for the wicked...
> >
> >Steve <Just woken up after 13hrs sleep!>
>
Blissfully alone.
gx...@dial.pipex.com
Elr...@bigfoot.com (Stephen Milner) wrote:
>Work, work, and marrying a friend the weekend before... Oh, and work,
>work and work.
Oh Steve, you didn't tell us you were getting married - how lovely.
But are you having a party, that's what I'd like to know.
>Steve <Thankfully _fully_ recovered>
Glad to hear it.
Fifi
Pete Bevin
Dave Stratford writes:
>I an not fluctuating quantumly, (or if I am, I can't see it)
And frankly, the way quantum physics is going these days, if you can't
see it, it'll probably turn out it wasn't happening anyway.
Pete.
--
Pete Bevin <mo...@bestiary.com>, quietly taking a leak in the gene pool.
==> Spam welcomed at <ba...@bestiary.com> <==
David Curtis
"Dave {Reply address in.sig}" <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <1997Oct22.1...@leeds.ac.uk>
> kin...@bloch.leeds.ac.uk (Paul Kinsler) writes:
>> Mike Harvey <mha...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>> > In article <877494...@llondel.demon.co.uk>,
>> > Dave {Reply address in.sig} <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> > > You married one of your friends? Congratulations......
>>
>> > It certainly strikes me as much more sensible than marrying an enemy.
>>
>> Tell that to Romeo & Juliette...
>>
>Can I do a spelling flame here?
No. HTH
David Curtis
mo...@bestiary.com (Pete Bevin) wrote:
>Paul Kinsler writes:
>>> It certainly strikes me as much more sensible than marrying an enemy.
>>Tell that to Romeo & Juliette...
>
I keep reading that as "enema"!! Argh why do I have bottoms on the
brain? Very stupid place to put them...
Stuart A. Bronstein
Mike Harvey <mha...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> Dave {Reply address in.sig} <no...@llondel.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> You married one of your friends? Congratulations......
>
>It certainly strikes me as much more sensible than marrying an enemy.
Unfortunately, as it turns out, we often do end up marrying an enemy.
--
Stu
"'If the law supposes that,' said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat
emphatically in both hands, 'the law is a ass - a idiot.'"
Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens