Knock knock...
A B Magee
I'm getting nervous here all by myself.
Anne
--
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CG RUSSELL
: ... is anyone here?
: I'm getting nervous here all by myself.
I'm not.
--
Chris | Computer Officer
Russell's | Computer Centre
Five |
Line | It's like the Somme in here. There's
sig | bits of cream cracker everywhere.
nos...@speakeasy.org
: ... is anyone here?
no.
: I'm getting nervous here all by myself.
Hmm. Would hundreds of police and national guard in riot gear and
gas masks make you feel less nervous? Feel free to take some of ours.
Although those extra long riot batons are kind of cool.
Sarahg
--
sgoddard at speakeasy dot org
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
Whose there?
--
Geep
A B Magee
>A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>: ... is anyone here?
>
>no.
Didn't think so.
>: I'm getting nervous here all by myself.
>
>Hmm. Would hundreds of police and national guard in riot gear and
>gas masks make you feel less nervous?
Er... <thinks> No, Probably not. I never did go for men in uniform.
>Feel free to take some of ours.
>Although those extra long riot batons are kind of cool.
Why do you have hundreds of police and national guard with extra long
riot batons? Am I missing something? <quick visit to cnn.com> No
mention of Seattle. Is it some kind of secret government thingy?
Perhaps you or one of your neighbours is an alien.
Anne, curious girl
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <0omm4sg1eo15n3d95...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>
>Whose there?
Nobody. That's the problem.
Anne
A B Magee
>A B Magee (abm...@nbnet.nb.ca) wrote:
>: ... is anyone here?
>
>: I'm getting nervous here all by myself.
>
>I'm not.
Doesn't all this huge echoing emptiness get to you?
Annnnnuhnuhnuhnuhnuhnuhnuhnne
LilPeach
Geep <ge...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:o12M$AARN3...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk...
> Once upon a time, <0omm4sg1eo15n3d95...@4ax.com>, A B
> Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>
> Whose there?
Little Old Lady.
--
LilPeach - knock, knock joke girl
If I want to hear the pitter patter of little feet, I'll put shoes on
my cat.
http://lilpeach.toffee.net
LilPeach
A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
news:8jln4s4d2ascmk4k8...@4ax.com...
>
> Didn't think so.
>
> >
> >gas masks make you feel less nervous?
>
> Er... <thinks> No, Probably not. I never did go for men in uniform.
>
> >Feel free to take some of ours.
> >Although those extra long riot batons are kind of cool.
>
> Why do you have hundreds of police and national guard with extra
long
> riot batons? Am I missing something? <quick visit to cnn.com> No
> mention of Seattle. Is it some kind of secret government thingy?
> Perhaps you or one of your neighbours is an alien.
I only got this post because Anne replied to it...are those National
Guard guys stealing your posts, Sarah?
--
LilPeach - former Seattle girl
Ken Butler
> ... is anyone here?
Is anyone here who?
--
Ken Butler, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
e-mail is butler at mscs dot dal dot ca
** Tants caps, tants barrets. **
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Mon, 06 Dec 1999 06:41:03 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> ... is anyone here?
>
>Is anyone here who?
That's the strangest yodelling I've ever heard.
Anne
Ken Butler
> Once upon a time, <0omm4sg1eo15n3d95...@4ax.com>, A B
> Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>
> Whose there?
Well, it's not mine. I thought I'd lost a there recently, but I found
it down the back of my sofa.
Ken, who wouldn't dream of deliberately misunderstanding Geep, dear me
no.
Ken Butler
> A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> : ... is anyone here?
>
> no.
Ah, well, that's all right then.
> : I'm getting nervous here all by myself.
>
> Hmm. Would hundreds of police and national guard in riot gear and
> gas masks make you feel less nervous? Feel free to take some of ours.
I heard about this. At least, I am spectacularly underinformed about
the aims of the World Trade Organization and the people demonstrating
against them, but there seemed to be a serious attitude of We Will
Ensure There's No Danger to the Delegates (and to hell with the
demonstrators), as far as I could tell.
> Although those extra long riot batons are kind of cool.
I'm not touching this with a ten-foot pole.
Um.
Ken Butler
> Doesn't all this huge echoing emptiness get to you?
I have no problem with huge echoing emptiness. But then I *am* a
lecturer at a university.
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Mon, 06 Dec 1999 15:33:28 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Doesn't all this huge echoing emptiness get to you?
>
>I have no problem with huge echoing emptiness. But then I *am* a
>lecturer at a university.
Like statistics isn't confusing enough without an echo.
Geep
.better.than.SPAM.com> wibbled
>> Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>
>> Whose there?
>
>
Little Old Lady who?
--
Geep
CG RUSSELL
: >A B Magee (abm...@nbnet.nb.ca) wrote:
: >: ... is anyone here?
: >
: >: I'm getting nervous here all by myself.
: >
: >I'm not.
: Doesn't all this huge echoing emptiness get to you?
Nope. You're here to protect me.
LilPeach
I didn't know you yodeled.
LP
Geep
<kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wibbled
>On Mon, 6 Dec 1999 08:26:57 +0000, Geep wrote:
>
>> Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>
>> Whose there?
>
>it down the back of my sofa.
>
>Ken, who wouldn't dream of deliberately misunderstanding Geep, dear me
>no.
>
Something strange going on here - I seem to be missing posts, or at
least suffering some delayed reactions. I keep seeing Anne's replys to
posts, at least 24 hours before I see the originals.
--
Geep
Geep
better.than.SPAM.com> wibbled
>
>> >>
>> >> Whose there?
>> >
>> >Little Old Lady.
>> >
>> Little Old Lady who?
>
>I didn't know you yodeled.
>
--
Geep
LilPeach
Thou art not the only one. Same thing is happening here.
--
LilPeach
A B Magee
>A B Magee (abm...@nbnet.nb.ca) wrote:
>: Quoth CG RUSSELL (University of Bradford) on 6 Dec 1999 08:42:43 GMT:
>
>: >A B Magee (abm...@nbnet.nb.ca) wrote:
>: >: ... is anyone here?
>: >
>: >: I'm getting nervous here all by myself.
>: >
>: >I'm not.
>
>: Doesn't all this huge echoing emptiness get to you?
>
>Nope. You're here to protect me.
All that philosophical debate is over. I know why I'm here.
A B Magee
-0700:
>
>Geep <ge...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:Mw2V+MAX...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk...
>> Something strange going on here - I seem to be missing posts, or at
>> least suffering some delayed reactions. I keep seeing Anne's replys
>to
>> posts, at least 24 hours before I see the originals.
>
>Thou art not the only one. Same thing is happening here.
Boy, I knew I was fast, but that's ridiculous.
Anne, wondering if she is responding to Geep and LP before they posted
these messages
Ken Butler
> Something strange going on here - I seem to be missing posts, or at
> least suffering some delayed reactions. I keep seeing Anne's replys to
> posts, at least 24 hours before I see the originals.
Ah, that would be because Anne is fed up with the small quantity of
posts hereabouts, and has therefore taken to fabricating posts just so
that she has something to reply to.
Or something.
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 15:41:11 +0000, Geep wrote:
>
>> Something strange going on here - I seem to be missing posts, or at
>> least suffering some delayed reactions. I keep seeing Anne's replys to
>> posts, at least 24 hours before I see the originals.
>
>Ah, that would be because Anne is fed up with the small quantity of
>posts hereabouts, and has therefore taken to fabricating posts just so
>that she has something to reply to.
>
>Or something.
Dammit. I can't get away with anything around here.
Anne
Alan Brand
> Boy, I knew I was fast, but that's ridiculous.
Noted.
--
AlanB (Contextually challenged girl)
Geep
<kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wibbled
>On Tue, 7 Dec 1999 15:41:11 +0000, Geep wrote:
>
>> Something strange going on here - I seem to be missing posts, or at
>> least suffering some delayed reactions. I keep seeing Anne's replys to
>> posts, at least 24 hours before I see the originals.
>
>Ah, that would be because Anne is fed up with the small quantity of
>posts hereabouts, and has therefore taken to fabricating posts just so
>that she has something to reply to.
>
that Anne can read, inwardly digest, and comment upon. Hmm. This isn't
going to be easy.
It is our firm's Puevfgznf 'do' tomorrow evening. Is that exciting?
No, you're quite correct, it isn't. Gotta go, though, even though I'm
not really in the right frame of mind, ATM. Booked a table for 15,
including partners where appropriate, at a nearby Italian restaurant, so
not far from the office, but a long way home, post consumption of a
bottle or three. We already have a Puevfgznf tree in the office,
complete with flashing lights [1], tinsel etc., to welcome guests, and
there are even half a dozen cards on one of the filing cabinets.
The sense of joy is overwhelming.
>Or something.
>
Indeed.
[1] I'll assume you've all seen & heard xmas.exe, featuring Kevin Bloody
Wilson.
--
Geep
Tracy T.
: It is our firm's Puevfgznf 'do' tomorrow evening. Is that exciting?
Ours was last week. JerkBoy <content judged to on-topic and deleted> and
we all laughed at him, and everybody else tormented me by trying to get me
to dance after I had decided not to. And the food was excellent.
Almost left due to nowhere to sit and everybody else wandering around in
pairs and groups, but I was very good and stayed. I expected an award but
although 80% of everybody won the raffle this year again I won nothing
again.
: not far from the office, but a long way home, post consumption of a
: bottle or three.
True. I had a little over 1 drink in aggregate, despite it all being free.
Glad of it as well as all the other drunk people kept trying to run into
me on the way home, but for me 1 drink in over 4 hours is nothing so I was
alert and missed them all.
Would have been fun to drink but too far to taxi.
: We already have a Puevfgznf tree in the office,
: complete with flashing lights [1], tinsel etc., to welcome guests, and
: there are even half a dozen cards on one of the filing cabinets.
Sounds like us except for some reason we don't have the tree up yet this
year. When we do it's free food. All the suppliers have sent cards though
and they are pretty.
: The sense of joy is overwhelming.
Our first choccies from our suppliers came in yesterday and the supplied
one is on a diet so two of us got to eat all the tasty ones! We are
starting to get greed in our eyes with the thoughts of all the other
suppliers. Shame I have to be in Florida part of the time.
Tracy, give me hoilday tasty snacks and I will survive till January!
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth LilPeach (http://extra.newsguy.com) on Tue, 7 Dec 1999 20:57:20
>-0700:
>
>>
>>Geep <ge...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:Mw2V+MAX...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk...
>
>>> least suffering some delayed reactions. I keep seeing Anne's replys
>>to
>>> posts, at least 24 hours before I see the originals.
>>
>
>
>these messages
ROFL! I saw Alan's response a couple of hours before I saw the above.
--
Geep
Alan Brand
Are you suggesting that I'm faster than Anne, or just more ridiculous?
--
AlanB
LilPeach
Alan Brand <alan....@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:384EB555...@sympatico.ca...
Both.
HTH.
--
LilPeach - straddling the fence girl
A B Magee
>A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Boy, I knew I was fast, but that's ridiculous.
>
>Noted.
Oh oh.
Anne, scared girl
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <jqpr4scbps30t6vcj...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth LilPeach (http://extra.newsguy.com) on Tue, 7 Dec 1999 20:57:20
>>-0700:
>>
>>>
>>>Geep <ge...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>news:Mw2V+MAX...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk...
>>
>>>> Something strange going on here - I seem to be missing posts, or at
>>>> least suffering some delayed reactions. I keep seeing Anne's replys
>>>to
>>>> posts, at least 24 hours before I see the originals.
>>>
>>>Thou art not the only one. Same thing is happening here.
>>
>>Boy, I knew I was fast, but that's ridiculous.
>>
>>Anne, wondering if she is responding to Geep and LP before they posted
>>these messages
>
>ROFL! I saw Alan's response a couple of hours before I saw the above.
So Alan is faster than I am, but I'm faster than others. If you keep
track of all this stuff, we can figure out who the fastest afban is.
Anne
A B Magee
>Geep wrote:
>
>> Once upon a time, <jqpr4scbps30t6vcj...@4ax.com>, A B
>> Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>> >Quoth LilPeach (http://extra.newsguy.com) on Tue, 7 Dec 1999 20:57:20
>> >-0700:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>Geep <ge...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> >>news:Mw2V+MAX...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk...
>> >
>> >>> Something strange going on here - I seem to be missing posts, or at
>> >>> least suffering some delayed reactions. I keep seeing Anne's replys
>> >>to
>> >>> posts, at least 24 hours before I see the originals.
>> >>
>> >>Thou art not the only one. Same thing is happening here.
>> >
>> >Boy, I knew I was fast, but that's ridiculous.
>> >
>> >Anne, wondering if she is responding to Geep and LP before they posted
>> >these messages
>>
>> ROFL! I saw Alan's response a couple of hours before I saw the above.
>
>Are you suggesting that I'm faster than Anne, or just more ridiculous?
Why does he have to make a choice?
A B Magee
>In that case, I should reply promptly, and tell you something exciting,
>that Anne can read, inwardly digest, and comment upon. Hmm. This isn't
>going to be easy.
No. I usually prefer to inwardly digest food. But I suppose you still
haven't solved the little problem of emailing food.
>It is our firm's Puevfgznf 'do' tomorrow evening. Is that exciting?
No. Ours is soon. I'm not going. I was tempted by the thought of all
the photo opportunities, but I figured it would probably be too dark
to take decent pictures anyway
>No, you're quite correct, it isn't. Gotta go, though, even though I'm
>not really in the right frame of mind, ATM. Booked a table for 15,
>including partners where appropriate,
15? Including partners? You must work in a very small office.
>at a nearby Italian restaurant, so
>not far from the office, but a long way home, post consumption of a
>bottle or three. We already have a Puevfgznf tree in the office,
>complete with flashing lights [1], tinsel etc., to welcome guests, and
>there are even half a dozen cards on one of the filing cabinets.
We have a tree in the lobby. I'm not sure where they put the cards.
Probably out there too, stuck to the wall above the receptionist's
desk.
They'll be putting the Secret Santa gifts out there too, but I opted
out of that this year also.
Can't seem to get into the mood at all this year.
>The sense of joy is overwhelming.
Umph.
>[1] I'll assume you've all seen & heard xmas.exe, featuring Kevin Bloody
>Wilson.
One of my cow-orkers is named Kevin Wilson. I wouldn't go so far as to
call him "Bloody" although he does work in Sales.
What is this xmas.exe of which you speak?
Geep
<alan....@sympatico.ca> wibbled
>Geep wrote:
>> Once upon a time, <jqpr4scbps30t6vcj...@4ax.com>, A B
>> Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>> >
>> >these messages
>>
>> ROFL! I saw Alan's response a couple of hours before I saw the above.
>
>Are you suggesting that I'm faster than Anne, or just more ridiculous?
>
--
Geep
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Wed, 8 Dec 1999 12:50:36 +0000:
>
>>In that case, I should reply promptly, and tell you something exciting,
>>that Anne can read, inwardly digest, and comment upon. Hmm. This isn't
>>going to be easy.
>
>No. I usually prefer to inwardly digest food. But I suppose you still
>haven't solved the little problem of emailing food.
I haven't quite worked out the e-mailing technique yet, but I'm managing
to inwardly digest a corned beef and piccalilli sandwich, ATM, if that
helps.
>
>>It is our firm's Puevfgznf 'do' tomorrow evening. Is that exciting?
>
>No. Ours is soon. I'm not going. I was tempted by the thought of all
>the photo opportunities, but I figured it would probably be too dark
>to take decent pictures anyway
Attendance is compulsory here. Well, no-one has actually said so, but
not attending wouldn't be a wise move, really. Particularly as I'm
chief organizer [1] and bottle washer.
>
>>No, you're quite correct, it isn't. Gotta go, though, even though I'm
>>not really in the right frame of mind, ATM. Booked a table for 15,
>>including partners where appropriate,
>
>15? Including partners? You must work in a very small office.
Indeed. There are eight of us, plus another director who is only in the
office one day a week, but not everyone has a partner to bring, or has a
partner that can't come. Or something. There are now 16 though. Hope
that number doesn't change in the next few hours, or the restaurant will
get fed up with me.
>
>>at a nearby Italian restaurant, so
>>not far from the office, but a long way home, post consumption of a
>>bottle or three. We already have a Puevfgznf tree in the office,
>>complete with flashing lights [1], tinsel etc., to welcome guests, and
>>there are even half a dozen cards on one of the filing cabinets.
>
>We have a tree in the lobby. I'm not sure where they put the cards.
>Probably out there too, stuck to the wall above the receptionist's
>desk.
Our half a dozen cards are now eleven, but I want to work where Tracy
works, cos nothing edible has arrived here, yet. Well, that isn't quite
true, as we have a kitchen full of goodies to entertain the masses
tonight, before wandering off to the restaurant, but we haven't been
sent any boxes of Quality Street, or Roses, or anything like that.
>
>They'll be putting the Secret Santa gifts out there too, but I opted
>out of that this year also.
Wossat?
>
>Can't seem to get into the mood at all this year.
>
AOL
>>[1] I'll assume you've all seen & heard xmas.exe, featuring Kevin Bloody
>>Wilson.
>
>One of my cow-orkers is named Kevin Wilson. I wouldn't go so far as to
>call him "Bloody" although he does work in Sales.
>
>What is this xmas.exe of which you speak?
Ah! Rather depends upon your broadmindedness <g>
I'll e-mail it to you, if you like - 588KB
[1] Not Organiser. Morse would approve.
--
Geep
Geep
<tra...@value.net> wibbled
>Geep <ge...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>: It is our firm's Puevfgznf 'do' tomorrow evening. Is that exciting?
>
>Ours was last week. JerkBoy <content judged to on-topic and deleted> and
>we all laughed at him, and everybody else tormented me by trying to get me
>to dance after I had decided not to. And the food was excellent.
>
We *need* the deleted bit! Especially if it is you (or anyone else)
being nasty to/about JerkBoy.
And if anyone decides I should be dancing tonight, there may be trouble.
I'm wearing a tie decorated with little Puevfgznf trees, and socks
decorated with snowmen - how much more festive can a person be?
>Almost left due to nowhere to sit and everybody else wandering around in
>pairs and groups, but I was very good and stayed. I expected an award but
>although 80% of everybody won the raffle this year again I won nothing
>again.
I think they are ganging up on you. Go and help yourself to all the
choccies and stuff that your suppliers send, as compensation.
>
>: not far from the office, but a long way home, post consumption of a
>: bottle or three.
>
>True. I had a little over 1 drink in aggregate, despite it all being free.
One? One! You did rather better than I intend doing ...
>Glad of it as well as all the other drunk people kept trying to run into
>me on the way home, but for me 1 drink in over 4 hours is nothing so I was
>alert and missed them all.
>
>Would have been fun to drink but too far to taxi.
Travelling home by train does have advantages. If the evening is
boring, I can always disappear, claiming I need to catch the last train,
cos no-one else will know [1] when my last train is.
>
>: We already have a Puevfgznf tree in the office,
>: complete with flashing lights [1], tinsel etc., to welcome guests, and
>: there are even half a dozen cards on one of the filing cabinets.
>
>Sounds like us except for some reason we don't have the tree up yet this
>year. When we do it's free food. All the suppliers have sent cards though
>and they are pretty.
*More* free food???
>
>: The sense of joy is overwhelming.
>
>Our first choccies from our suppliers came in yesterday and the supplied
>one is on a diet so two of us got to eat all the tasty ones! We are
>starting to get greed in our eyes with the thoughts of all the other
>suppliers. Shame I have to be in Florida part of the time.
>
>Tracy, give me hoilday tasty snacks and I will survive till January!
[1] Except Ken, of course.
--
Geep, give me holiday tasty snacks or I'll shout and scweam and stamp my feet!
Tracy T.
: Ah, that would be because Anne is fed up with the small quantity of
: posts hereabouts, and has therefore taken to fabricating posts just so
: that she has something to reply to.
Maybe it's one of those theories about time travel and free will? Once
Anne posts a reply to a post, everybody else feels compelled by laws of
nature to create the original post.
Tracy, paradox
Tracy T.
: I heard about this. At least, I am spectacularly underinformed about
: the aims of the World Trade Organization and the people demonstrating
: against them, but there seemed to be a serious attitude of We Will
: Ensure There's No Danger to the Delegates (and to hell with the
: demonstrators), as far as I could tell.
Mmm, from here it was anarchists trying to riot and destroy things being
met by police that didn't know how to deal with anything worse than
jaywalking. Apparently the whole world was laughing at us.
Most of the demonstrators were peaceful and the only thing I could gather
from the news is that very few people cared what they were doing because
they weren't violenting and weren't being violented at and weren't
discussing anything that could be explained in 10 seconds or less.
Tracy, it shows I need to work when I discuss topical subjects sorry
Tracy T.
: We *need* the deleted bit! Especially if it is you (or anyone else)
: being nasty to/about JerkBoy.
He was actually very good that night. He moved where he was sitting so I
didn't have to sit next to my supervisees. Much violence was averted. Not
that violence is necesarily bad...
We'll just say that two of the other people at the table were British and
JerkBoy had recently been to London, and much laughter ensued, and the
rest is too on-topic to mention and involves expressions such as "old
boy".
: I'm wearing a tie decorated with little Puevfgznf trees, and socks
: decorated with snowmen - how much more festive can a person be?
Today in the paper I saw light-up reindeer antlers.
:>True. I had a little over 1 drink in aggregate, despite it all being free.
: One? One! You did rather better than I intend doing ...
More or less? There weren't any public transports, so I was driving. I
made a sensible decision which I didn't regret, though I wouldn't mind
going for drinks one of these months.
:>Sounds like us except for some reason we don't have the tree up yet this
:>year. When we do it's free food. All the suppliers have sent cards though
:>and they are pretty.
: *More* free food???
Bagels and OJ. Nothing special. We spent serious amounts of time today
debating if it was more sensible to eat our own food at home and pay for
it, or wait till 9:30 and eat free work bagels. Tough choice. If we
weren't having tasty burgers for lunch at 11:30, the decision might have
swung the other way.
: Geep, give me holiday tasty snacks or I'll shout and scweam and stamp my feet!
There weren't any today and I behaved little better than that. Although
there were other factors involved.
Tracy, should be working girl
A B Magee
05:08:26 GMT:
>Geep <ge...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>: I'm wearing a tie decorated with little Puevfgznf trees, and socks
>: decorated with snowmen - how much more festive can a person be?
>
>Today in the paper I saw light-up reindeer antlers.
Loverly! Geep, please get a set and send me a picture! Please!
Anne, of you wearing them, of course
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <tt9u4ss4nbonun3gp...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Wed, 8 Dec 1999 12:50:36 +0000:
>>
>>>In that case, I should reply promptly, and tell you something exciting,
>>>that Anne can read, inwardly digest, and comment upon. Hmm. This isn't
>>>going to be easy.
>>
>>No. I usually prefer to inwardly digest food. But I suppose you still
>>haven't solved the little problem of emailing food.
>
>I haven't quite worked out the e-mailing technique yet, but I'm managing
>to inwardly digest a corned beef and piccalilli sandwich, ATM, if that
>helps.
Sounds okay. I'm inwardly digesting some stir-fried vegetables.
>>>It is our firm's Puevfgznf 'do' tomorrow evening. Is that exciting?
>>
>>No. Ours is soon. I'm not going. I was tempted by the thought of all
>>the photo opportunities, but I figured it would probably be too dark
>>to take decent pictures anyway
>
>Attendance is compulsory here. Well, no-one has actually said so, but
>not attending wouldn't be a wise move, really. Particularly as I'm
>chief organizer [1] and bottle washer.
We have a social committee nowadays. Mostly the same people who used
to do it before they were called a committee, but hey.
I'm not on it. I hate washing bottles.
>>>No, you're quite correct, it isn't. Gotta go, though, even though I'm
>>>not really in the right frame of mind, ATM. Booked a table for 15,
>>>including partners where appropriate,
>>
>>15? Including partners? You must work in a very small office.
>
>Indeed. There are eight of us, plus another director who is only in the
>office one day a week, but not everyone has a partner to bring, or has a
>partner that can't come. Or something. There are now 16 though. Hope
>that number doesn't change in the next few hours, or the restaurant will
>get fed up with me.
I expect they're used to it. Bistromatics or whatever it's called.
>>>at a nearby Italian restaurant, so
>>>not far from the office, but a long way home, post consumption of a
>>>bottle or three. We already have a Puevfgznf tree in the office,
>>>complete with flashing lights [1], tinsel etc., to welcome guests, and
>>>there are even half a dozen cards on one of the filing cabinets.
>>
>>We have a tree in the lobby. I'm not sure where they put the cards.
>>Probably out there too, stuck to the wall above the receptionist's
>>desk.
>
>Our half a dozen cards are now eleven, but I want to work where Tracy
>works, cos nothing edible has arrived here, yet. Well, that isn't quite
>true, as we have a kitchen full of goodies to entertain the masses
>tonight, before wandering off to the restaurant, but we haven't been
>sent any boxes of Quality Street, or Roses, or anything like that.
Mm, Roses, mmm...
I bought a couple of chocolate oranges for my two youngest nieces a
couple of weeks ago. I still have them both, but it's been a close
call a few times.
>>They'll be putting the Secret Santa gifts out there too, but I opted
>>out of that this year also.
>
>Wossat?
You draw names out of a hat and buy a small gift for the name.
>>Can't seem to get into the mood at all this year.
>>
>AOL
>
>>>[1] I'll assume you've all seen & heard xmas.exe, featuring Kevin Bloody
>>>Wilson.
>>
>>One of my cow-orkers is named Kevin Wilson. I wouldn't go so far as to
>>call him "Bloody" although he does work in Sales.
>>
>>What is this xmas.exe of which you speak?
>
>Ah! Rather depends upon your broadmindedness <g>
It isn't the Ho Ho Ho one, is it?
>I'll e-mail it to you, if you like - 588KB
If it's not the Ho Ho Ho one, go ahead. No problem at this end with a
little file like that.
>[1] Not Organiser. Morse would approve.
Good boy. Have a biscuit.
Anne
Charlie Ball
but...@mscs.dal.ca writes:
>On Mon, 06 Dec 1999 08:55:11 GMT, nos...@speakeasy.org wrote:
>I heard about this. At least, I am spectacularly underinformed about
>the aims of the World Trade Organization and the people demonstrating
>against them, but there seemed to be a serious attitude of We Will
>Ensure There's No Danger to the Delegates (and to hell with the
>demonstrators), as far as I could tell.
Yes, according to our news reports they achieved this aim admirably.
As long as you think that tear-gassing them qualifies.
Cheers,
Charlie
Ken Butler
> Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Tue, 07 Dec 1999 06:29:09
> GMT:
>
> >On Mon, 06 Dec 1999 15:33:28 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
> >
> >> Doesn't all this huge echoing emptiness get to you?
> >
> >I have no problem with huge echoing emptiness. But then I *am* a
> >lecturer at a university.
>
> Like statistics isn't confusing enough without an echo.
Gives you two chances to understand it.
Ken Butler
Maybe you're right.
Or perhaps the post simply doesn't exist until Anne replies to it.
Sort of a Schroedinger's Anne in a (tin) box.
> Tracy, paradox
Ken, pair o' Docs[1].
[1] Not actually true. Though I do own a Madness album.
A B Magee
GMT:
>On 10 Dec 1999 05:02:18 GMT, Tracy T. wrote:
>
>> Ken Butler <kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wrote:
>>
>> : Ah, that would be because Anne is fed up with the small quantity of
>> : posts hereabouts, and has therefore taken to fabricating posts just so
>> : that she has something to reply to.
>>
>> Maybe it's one of those theories about time travel and free will? Once
>> Anne posts a reply to a post, everybody else feels compelled by laws of
>> nature to create the original post.
>
>Maybe you're right.
>
>Or perhaps the post simply doesn't exist until Anne replies to it.
>Sort of a Schroedinger's Anne in a (tin) box.
If that were true, last weekend would never have happened and there
would be hundreds of posts a day.
Well, maybe not *hundreds*.
Anne, non-Schroedinger girl
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Tue, 07 Dec 1999 08:22:06 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Tue, 07 Dec 1999 06:29:09
>> GMT:
>>
>> >On Mon, 06 Dec 1999 15:33:28 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>> >
>> >> Doesn't all this huge echoing emptiness get to you?
>> >
>> >I have no problem with huge echoing emptiness. But then I *am* a
>> >lecturer at a university.
>>
>> Like statistics isn't confusing enough without an echo.
>
>Gives you two chances to understand it.
A really *good* echo would give you 15 chances to understand it.
Anne
nos...@speakeasy.org
: A B Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
:>
:> Why do you have hundreds of police and national guard with extra
: long
:> riot batons? Am I missing something? <quick visit to cnn.com> No
:> mention of Seattle. Is it some kind of secret government thingy?
:> Perhaps you or one of your neighbours is an alien.
: I only got this post because Anne replied to it...are those National
: Guard guys stealing your posts, Sarah?
*yawn* Are you all really making me look up some web addresses
with references to our riots? As to cnn - I know I saw a nice realplayer
video from CNN of the riots - so hard to imagine it wasn't there.
Hmmm - I'll check the rest of the thread first.
Sarahg
--
sgoddard at speakeasy dot org
nos...@speakeasy.org
: but...@mscs.dal.ca writes:
:>On Mon, 06 Dec 1999 08:55:11 GMT, nos...@speakeasy.org wrote:
:>I heard about this. At least, I am spectacularly underinformed about
:>the aims of the World Trade Organization and the people demonstrating
:>against them, but there seemed to be a serious attitude of We Will
:>Ensure There's No Danger to the Delegates (and to hell with the
:>demonstrators), as far as I could tell.
: Yes, according to our news reports they achieved this aim admirably.
: As long as you think that tear-gassing them qualifies.
Hmmm. And not just the protestors. We're talking about the disruption
of the entire downtown for an entire week. An imposition of a state
like martial law giving the police unusual powers, including a 24 hour
curfew when the 7pm curfew didn't seem to work. There were no taxis
for one day - and tough to find on the others. No buses went into
the downtown - and since all exchanges for routes occur downtown
-this made life for all extremely difficult. Most downtown businesses
were closed for the week. And I ended up smelling like teargas.
And when I say the buses didn't go into downtown - I don't mean for
just a few block area - I mean a huge freaking area. Which is what
caused the other police/protestor and resident problems. As the
police created a perimeter zone (through which most of us were not
to cross unless you wanted to be hassled - which meant even our
city council members getting thrown to the ground, gassed, or
shot with rubber bullets at close range). Since everyone was driven
out of the perimeter zone - it meant they were driven into residential
areas. People stepping out of their homes, the grocery store, etc were
assaulted by police.
Our chief of police has resigned, and our mayor is on the way out.
The uniforms the police were wearing made it impossible to identify
individual policemen (no badges showing - just all black outfits
and gas masks). So certain policemen got away with terrorizing
plenty of innocent citizens. The first lawsuit has been filed by
two girls who were in their car videotaping the riots for a school
project. A policeman tried to get in - then made them roll down the
window and said, "Record this bitch." And pepper sprayed them both
in the face.
Yes, it was still nothing like the violence of certain soccer matches
over there - but it was for an entire week. And not very pleasant
for any of us.
A B Magee
I'd heard about some riots but didn't pay any attention and didn't
realize they were in Seattle.
Anne, not interested in the news girl
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Thu, 9 Dec 1999 14:17:37 +0000:
>
>>
>>Ah! Rather depends upon your broadmindedness <g>
>
>It isn't the Ho Ho Ho one, is it?
It certainly is. I'll assume you've seen & heard it, then, as have most
people, by now.
>
>>I'll e-mail it to you, if you like - 588KB
>
>If it's not the Ho Ho Ho one, go ahead. No problem at this end with a
>little file like that.
>
>>[1] Not Organiser. Morse would approve.
>
>Good boy. Have a biscuit.
>
Woof!
--
Geep, barking mad
Geep
<tra...@value.net> wibbled
>Geep <ge...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>: I'm wearing a tie decorated with little Puevfgznf trees, and socks
>: decorated with snowmen - how much more festive can a person be?
>
>Today in the paper I saw light-up reindeer antlers.
I do have, tucked away in a box in the loft marked 'Christmas
Decorations' [1] a Santa style red and white hat [2].
>
>:>True. I had a little over 1 drink in aggregate, despite it all being free.
>
>: One? One! You did rather better than I intend doing ...
>
>More or less? There weren't any public transports, so I was driving. I
>made a sensible decision which I didn't regret, though I wouldn't mind
>going for drinks one of these months.
Sounds like a reasonable idea, but, yes, you're right, drinking whilst
driving is not recommended. Luckily, I just had to walk to Kings Cross,
then catch a train.
>
>: *More* free food???
>
>Bagels and OJ. Nothing special. We spent serious amounts of time today
>debating if it was more sensible to eat our own food at home and pay for
>it, or wait till 9:30 and eat free work bagels. Tough choice. If we
>weren't having tasty burgers for lunch at 11:30, the decision might have
>swung the other way.
Hmm. On Friday, the day after our office get together, the office
fridge was stuffed full of leftovers. It isn't now ...
>
>: Geep, give me holiday tasty snacks or I'll shout and scweam and stamp my
>feet!
>
>There weren't any today and I behaved little better than that. Although
>there were other factors involved.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is this a story we need to know?
>
>Tracy, should be working girl
Instead of what?
[1] The box is labelled, not the loft.
[2] Before Anne asks, the answer is No.
--
Geep, Thinking today is Sunday evening, and trying not to think about jbex
tomorrow.
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Tracy T. (Value Net Internetwork Services Inc.) on 10 Dec 1999
>05:08:26 GMT:
>
>
>>: I'm wearing a tie decorated with little Puevfgznf trees, and socks
>>: decorated with snowmen - how much more festive can a person be?
>>
>>Today in the paper I saw light-up reindeer antlers.
>
Luckily, the advertisement would appear to be in a Merkan newspaper, to
which I don't have access. Phew!
>
>Anne, of you wearing them, of course
With the Puevfgznf tree tie?
--
Geep, not mentioning Puevfgznf knickers
A B Magee
>[2] Before Anne asks, the answer is No.
WAAAAAAAH!
Anne
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:20:19 +0000:
>
>>[2] Before Anne asks, the answer is No.
>
>WAAAAAAAH!
>
--
Geep
Tracy T.
: Hmm. On Friday, the day after our office get together, the office
: fridge was stuffed full of leftovers. It isn't now ...
The wait staff took all our extra food away! It wasn't so tragic with the
main course, which was ok but wouldn't reheat well, but most of the people
at our table, and quite a few others, left the dark chocolate mousse cake
and, while I couldn't convince anybody to give me any at dinner, would
have made nice leftovers.
(I was sitting near the smart people who ate the cake, too far from the
silly people)
:>There weren't any today and I behaved little better than that. Although
:>there were other factors involved.
: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: Is this a story we need to know?
Oh, thrilling factors like supervisees doing their best to do no work and
do other things requiring talking-tos, and a supplier not sending us
stuff. Which is why I spent 5ish hours Saturday and 10ish hours Sunday and
who knows how extra long today working on it instead of doing it last
week.
Not that I'm done, I shouldn't be writing this...
:>Tracy, should be working girl
: Instead of what?
What else exactly is there? Elf bowling?
Tracy, to focus the mind between more workings
Geep
<tra...@value.net> wibbled
>Geep <ge...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>: Hmm. On Friday, the day after our office get together, the office
>: fridge was stuffed full of leftovers. It isn't now ...
>
>The wait staff took all our extra food away!
Argh!!! We were greedy. Our guests were invited to meet here in the
office, where we had huge quantities of food - crisps (chips), dips,
cheese, breadsticks and things like that, plus wine, and orange juice.
It was the remains of that lot that were kept, and there are still some
in the kitchen, today, wrapped in foil and clingfilm.
Afterwards we all wandered off to a restaurant for proper food, and more
wine, and not dancing.
> It wasn't so tragic with the
>main course, which was ok but wouldn't reheat well, but most of the people
>at our table, and quite a few others, left the dark chocolate mousse cake
>and, while I couldn't convince anybody to give me any at dinner, would
>have made nice leftovers.
Introduce your waiting staff to doggie bags.
>
>(I was sitting near the smart people who ate the cake, too far from the
>silly people)
Always a bad decision when leftovers may be available.
>
>Oh, thrilling factors like supervisees doing their best to do no work and
>do other things requiring talking-tos, and a supplier not sending us
>stuff. Which is why I spent 5ish hours Saturday and 10ish hours Sunday and
>who knows how extra long today working on it instead of doing it last
>week.
Hmm. Why are Supervisors called Supervisors, when they spend all their
lives talking, rather than supervising? And how can someone be called a
supplier, when they don't supply. The world is full of injustices.
>
>Not that I'm done, I shouldn't be writing this...
Yes you should. Afb-a is more important than work. I know, cos Anne
told me.
>
>:>Tracy, should be working girl
>
>: Instead of what?
>
>What else exactly is there? Elf bowling?
>
>Tracy, to focus the mind between more workings
Nooo! Working is to rest the mind between Afb-a reading and posting.
--
Geep, priorities boy.
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <8330gv$23n$3...@vnetnews.value.net>, Tracy T.
><tra...@value.net> wibbled
>>Not that I'm done, I shouldn't be writing this...
>
>Yes you should. Afb-a is more important than work. I know, cos Anne
>told me.
Good boy! (Tosses a biccie.)
A B Magee
That's not an excuse. There's nothing stopping you from buying one.
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <pl715soigt6ivne0h...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Thu, 9 Dec 1999 14:17:37 +0000:
>>
>>>>What is this xmas.exe of which you speak?
>>>
>>>Ah! Rather depends upon your broadmindedness <g>
>>
>>It isn't the Ho Ho Ho one, is it?
>
>It certainly is. I'll assume you've seen & heard it, then, as have most
>people, by now.
I saw it last year. It went over real big at work.
>>>I'll e-mail it to you, if you like - 588KB
>>
>>If it's not the Ho Ho Ho one, go ahead. No problem at this end with a
>>little file like that.
>>
>>>[1] Not Organiser. Morse would approve.
>>
>>Good boy. Have a biscuit.
>>
>Woof!
You're being remarkably good these days. Except for the minor business
of the light-up antlers and the Santa hat.
Ken Butler
> Travelling home by train does have advantages. If the evening is
> boring, I can always disappear, claiming I need to catch the last train,
> cos no-one else will know [1] when my last train is.
23:26 from Kings Cross, arriving 00:07.
I may have used that excuse myself once or twice. Though it's been
known to work in reverse as well, along the lines of "how are you
going to get home? Surely there's no buses this time of night", and
yet there is.
> [1] Except Ken, of course.
Oh bum.
Ken Butler
> Geep, barking mad
As opposed to "Barking Man", who is presumably your Essex-boy alter
ego.
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Mon, 13 Dec 1999 08:00:14 +0000:
>
>>Once upon a time, <bb485scvv5krhmh1f...@4ax.com>, A B
>>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:20:19 +0000:
>>>
>>>>[2] Before Anne asks, the answer is No.
>>>
>>>WAAAAAAAH!
>>>
>>But only, of course, because I don't have a digital camera ATM ...
>
>That's not an excuse. There's nothing stopping you from buying one.
>
would help, too. Plenty of space available, but it is a question of
getting on and doing something with it. One day. Maybe.
--
Geep
Geep
<kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wibbled
>On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:08:45 +0000, Geep wrote:
>
>> Geep, barking mad
>
>As opposed to "Barking Man", who is presumably your Essex-boy alter
>ego.
>
Escort XR3i with green sun strip - BM on one side, & Tracy [1] on
t'other.
[1] Not Afb-a Tracy, I'm sure. White stilettos? Gold ankle bracelet?
Extremely unlikely.
--
Geep
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Mon, 13 Dec 1999 17:30:23 +0000:
>
>>Once upon a time, <8330gv$23n$3...@vnetnews.value.net>, Tracy T.
>><tra...@value.net> wibbled
>
>>>Not that I'm done, I shouldn't be writing this...
>>
>>Yes you should. Afb-a is more important than work. I know, cos Anne
>>told me.
>
>Good boy! (Tosses a biccie.)
>
Choccie Digestive, of course ...
--
Geep, MCDBs are good at any time of day boy
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:08:45 +0000:
>>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Thu, 9 Dec 1999 14:17:37 +0000:
>>>
>>>>[1] Not Organiser. Morse would approve.
>>>
>>>Good boy. Have a biscuit.
>>>
>>Woof!
>
>You're being remarkably good these days. Except for the minor business
>of the light-up antlers and the Santa hat.
>
cheerful digital camera, that even includes a delayed reaction thingy,
the taking of self portraits, for the use of. Still no web site though
(although I have registered my own domain name, at last).
--
Geep, don't bother looking at http://www.binnsroad.co.uk
Geep
<kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wibbled
>On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 14:17:58 +0000, Geep wrote:
>
>> Travelling home by train does have advantages. If the evening is
>> boring, I can always disappear, claiming I need to catch the last train,
>> cos no-one else will know [1] when my last train is.
>
>23:26 from Kings Cross, arriving 00:07.
Hmm. Hang on, you know I'll just have to check that, don't you?
Tsk. Why do I bother? However, whilst the above is strictly true, it
should be pointed out that there are later (or earlier?) trains, at
00.06, 00.36, 01.06 and 01.36, arriving at 00.37, 01.07, 01.37 and 02.07
respectively.
>
>I may have used that excuse myself once or twice. Though it's been
>known to work in reverse as well, along the lines of "how are you
>going to get home? Surely there's no buses this time of night", and
>yet there is.
>
>> [1] Except Ken, of course.
>
>Oh bum.
>
This is worrying. I only know of two people in the universe who
regularly [1] use the expression 'Oh bum'. You are the other one.
[1] This is the second, if not third, use I've noticed, so regularity is
confirmed.
--
Geep
Alan Brand
> Once upon a time, <38560457...@news.dal.ca>, Ken Butler
> <kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wibbled
>
> >Oh bum.
> >
> This is worrying. I only know of two people in the universe who
> regularly [1] use the expression 'Oh bum'. You are the other one.
>
> [1] This is the second, if not third, use I've noticed, so regularity is
> confirmed.
It is reassuring to know that Ken is not constipated.
--
AlanB
LilPeach
Geep <ge...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:tun9pMAJ...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk...
Okay....I'm hiding my eyes...and counting...how high am I going to
have to be before I can go look?
--
LilPeach - not *that* kind of high girl
If I want to hear the pitter patter of little feet, I'll put shoes on
my cat.
http://lilpeach.toffee.net
Stuart Rogers
> Geep, don't bother looking at http://www.binnsroad.co.uk
I did. I was told that this page "Cannot be displayed".
Probably more to do with my crap web browser than anything else.
Stuart.
Tracy T.
: [1] Not Afb-a Tracy, I'm sure. White stilettos? Gold ankle bracelet?
: Extremely unlikely.
I could also never own a handbag. Handbag implies that the bag is held in
one's hand. Which means it can be dropped and left somewhere. Which is one
of my prime hobbies. Which would mean that my dancing[1] around it would
be a very short-lived phenomenon.
Besides Tracey has an "e" in it and has a friend named Sharon which I do
not, if ever I see Sharons I shun them.
Tracy, shuns the whole county of Essex as well except Stansted
[1] We have also already discussed the likelihood of this, any questions,
consult Dr Ken, I'm going to Florida
A B Magee
The first time I got one of those errors that mentions "DNS". When I
went back on to check the wording of the error message, I got an
"Under Construction" page.
So get to work, Geep! "Under Construction" messages are the ultimate
in tacky.
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <q6ab5s01l74a9vmab...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Good boy! (Tosses a biccie.)
>>
>Nah, that doesn't work with me. Well, not unless it is a McVities
>Choccie Digestive, of course ...
I was thinking of a Milk Bone.
Anne, Cadbury's Chocolate Sandwiches for me please
A B Magee
>Confession time. This afternoon I became the proud owner of a cheap but
>cheerful digital camera, that even includes a delayed reaction thingy,
>the taking of self portraits, for the use of.
Yay! What will it be first, the antlers or the hat?
>Still no web site though
>(although I have registered my own domain name, at last).
Does demon give out domain names for free or do you pay the full
price?
Anne
Geep
<stuart...@the.end.of.his.tether> wibbled
>Geep <ge...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:tun9pMAJ...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk...
>> --
>> Geep, don't bother looking at http://www.binnsroad.co.uk
>
>I did. I was told that this page "Cannot be displayed".
>Probably more to do with my crap web browser than anything else.
>
a tuit to hand, and therefore haven't made any effort whatsoever to
produce a site, it defaults to Page Under Construction, which, as Anne
so kindly mentions, is the ultimate in web-tacky <g>
--
Géčp
Geep
better.than.SPAM.com> wibbled
>Geep <ge...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> Geep, don't bother looking at http://www.binnsroad.co.uk
>
>Okay....I'm hiding my eyes...and counting...how high am I going to
>have to be before I can go look?
>
Put it like this. I draw my inspiration from the Millennium Dome. When
that is finally finished, I'll have a web site. Maybe.
>--
>LilPeach - not *that* kind of high girl
So the stories I hear elsewhere aren't true then ...
--
Geep <darfc> boy
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Tue, 14 Dec 1999 22:20:57 +0000:
>
>>Confession time. This afternoon I became the proud owner of a cheap but
>>cheerful digital camera, that even includes a delayed reaction thingy,
>>the taking of self portraits, for the use of.
>
>Yay! What will it be first, the antlers or the hat?
No comment!!!
>
>>Still no web site though
>>(although I have registered my own domain name, at last).
>
>Does demon give out domain names for free or do you pay the full
>price?
>
the @binnsroad.demon.co.uk domain name is 'free', in that it is part of
the monthly subscription (UKP 10.00 + VAT) to Demon, and includes 15MB
of web space. The new one @binnsroad.co.uk was from freeparking.com and
costs US $ 25 for two years. They don't provide web space, but if I do
create a site, it will appear without the Demon name, although will be
provided by Demon. Any e-mail addressed to binnsroad.co.uk will be
forwarded to binnsroad.demon.co.uk [1].
[1] This seems quite fast - I sent a test e-mail to myself last night,
and it arrived back within thirty seconds, having gone from Demon to
freeparking, who redirected it to Bigfoot, who redirected it to Demon,
then back to me.
--
Geep
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Stuart Rogers () on Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:33:18 GMT:
>
>>> --
>>Probably more to do with my crap web browser than anything else.
>
>went back on to check the wording of the error message, I got an
>"Under Construction" page.
It only went live last night, or possibly early this morning. Early?
Morning? Whoops! Shouldn't use those words in the same sentence.
>
>So get to work, Geep! "Under Construction" messages are the ultimate
>in tacky.
>
I know, I know. Did think about uploading a piccie of MM in all her
glory, but then left the camera at jbex. Tsk! Not a good evening,
yesterday. Telephone engineer arrives just after five, to do a 'quick
job', which took three hours. Guess which mug stayed here, to keep the
office open for him? Even made him a cup of coffee, and found him a bag
of left-over-from-the-party-crisps-(chips).
--
Geep
Geep
<tra...@value.net> wibbled
>Geep <ge...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>: [1] Not Afb-a Tracy, I'm sure. White stilettos? Gold ankle bracelet?
>: Extremely unlikely.
>
>I could also never own a handbag. Handbag implies that the bag is held in
>one's hand. Which means it can be dropped and left somewhere. Which is one
>of my prime hobbies. Which would mean that my dancing[1] around it would
>be a very short-lived phenomenon.
Indeed - but how do you, in the US, know all about Essex girls, and
dancing round handbags? What is the Merkan equivalent?
>
>Besides Tracey has an "e" in it and has a friend named Sharon
How do you *know* that?!!!
> which I do
>not, if ever I see Sharons I shun them.
>
>Tracy, shuns the whole county of Essex as well except Stansted
Having lived there [1] for nearly twenty years, until last year, I do
understand. Colchester isn't really Essex, though. Essex is the area
south and west of Chelmsford.
>
>[1] We have also already discussed the likelihood of this, any questions,
>consult Dr Ken, I'm going to Florida
Most certainly - hence the original lack of reference to dancing around
handbags. Florida? For how long? Jbex or pleasure?
[1] Essex, not the airport.
--
Geep, first snow of the winter, this morning <illegal frowny thing>
Nicholas J Little
Geep wrote:
> Once upon a time, <q6ab5s01l74a9vmab...@4ax.com>, A B
> Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
> >>Yes you should. Afb-a is more important than work. I know, cos Anne
> >>told me.
> >
> >Good boy! (Tosses a biccie.)
> >
> Nah, that doesn't work with me. Well, not unless it is a McVities
> Choccie Digestive, of course ...
> --
> Geep, MCDBs are good at any time of day boy
Milk or plain?
--
Nick Little
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Replace the obvious with concentric.
Nicholas J Little
Tracy T. wrote:
> Tracy, shuns the whole county of Essex as well except Stansted
>
But I was born there. In Billericay to be precise. I think we escaped before
any long term damage was done.
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <ilB54.1016$J4.2...@nnrp4.clara.net>, Stuart Rogers
><stuart...@the.end.of.his.tether> wibbled
>>Geep <ge...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:tun9pMAJ...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk...
>>> --
>>> Geep, don't bother looking at http://www.binnsroad.co.uk
>>
>>I did. I was told that this page "Cannot be displayed".
>>Probably more to do with my crap web browser than anything else.
>>
>Not your browser - the site has only just gone live, but as I don't have
>a tuit to hand, and therefore haven't made any effort whatsoever to
>produce a site, it defaults to Page Under Construction, which, as Anne
>so kindly mentions, is the ultimate in web-tacky <g>
Dunno about the "ultimate". Blinking text and tons of animated gifs
are tackier.
Anne, hoping she's not giving Geep ideas
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <k4ae5sk5f8n9uef10...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Stuart Rogers () on Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:33:18 GMT:
>>
>>>Geep <ge...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>news:tun9pMAJ...@binnsroad.demon.co.uk...
>>>> --
>>>> Geep, don't bother looking at http://www.binnsroad.co.uk
>>>
>>>I did. I was told that this page "Cannot be displayed".
>>>Probably more to do with my crap web browser than anything else.
>>
>>The first time I got one of those errors that mentions "DNS". When I
>>went back on to check the wording of the error message, I got an
>>"Under Construction" page.
>
>It only went live last night, or possibly early this morning. Early?
>Morning? Whoops! Shouldn't use those words in the same sentence.
Not in my presence, certainly. Grrr.
>>So get to work, Geep! "Under Construction" messages are the ultimate
>>in tacky.
>>
>I know, I know.
I changed my mind about the 'ultimate' part. Just slightly sticky, I
suppose.
>Did think about uploading a piccie of MM in all her
>glory, but then left the camera at jbex. Tsk! Not a good evening,
>yesterday. Telephone engineer arrives just after five, to do a 'quick
>job', which took three hours. Guess which mug stayed here, to keep the
>office open for him? Even made him a cup of coffee, and found him a bag
>of left-over-from-the-party-crisps-(chips).
You shouldn't feed telephone engineers. He'll be back now.
Anne, wants to see MM
Ken Butler
> Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Sat, 11 Dec 1999 07:07:40
> GMT:
>
> >On Tue, 07 Dec 1999 08:22:06 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
> >>
> >> Like statistics isn't confusing enough without an echo.
> >
> >Gives you two chances to understand it.
>
> A really *good* echo would give you 15 chances to understand it.
My students only need two chances, because I'm such a great teacher.
Ken, and modest with it.
Ken Butler
> Confession time. This afternoon I became the proud owner of a cheap but
> cheerful digital camera, that even includes a delayed reaction thingy,
> the taking of self portraits, for the use of. Still no web site though
> (although I have registered my own domain name, at last).
This sounds suspiciously like descent down a slippery slope. I, of
course, wouldn't dream of buying a digital camera when I recently
spent a vast[1] sum of money on a real one[2]. Though I hear tell that
my parents have acquired one (not to mention a computer), which will
require a certain amount of investigation in due course.
[1] This is another one of those lies I keep telling.
[2] No doubt there will soon be a name for a non-digital camera, now
that there's a need for one. Rather like "analogue watch". "Retronym"
is the name for this kind of thing.
Ken Butler
> Once upon a time, <38560457...@news.dal.ca>, Ken Butler
> <kbu...@rubbish.cs.dal.ca> wibbled
> >
> >23:26 from Kings Cross, arriving 00:07.
>
> Hmm. Hang on, you know I'll just have to check that, don't you?
>
> Tsk. Why do I bother? However, whilst the above is strictly true, it
> should be pointed out that there are later (or earlier?) trains, at
> 00.06, 00.36, 01.06 and 01.36, arriving at 00.37, 01.07, 01.37 and 02.07
> respectively.
Well then, Table 24 of the Great Britain Passenger Railway Timetable
is badly laid out. I went back to the beginning of Table 24 and found
these trains there, followed by a gap, and then another train at
5-something. Silly. Everyone knows that the day *ends* at 5 am.
I've even heard of for-employee-consumption railway timetables that
use a "27-hour clock", where the arrival times of your trains would be
listed as 24:37, 25:07, 25:37 and 26:07. (A much more sensible way of
listing them if you should happen to be playing around writing journey
planning software, as I, for some reason, was at one point.)
> >Oh bum.
> >
> This is worrying. I only know of two people in the universe who
> regularly [1] use the expression 'Oh bum'. You are the other one.
I'm trying to decide whether my life has been improved by knowing that
I am "the other one". The figurative jury is still out, I think.
Ken Butler
> Tracy T. wrote:
>
> > Tracy, shuns the whole county of Essex as well except Stansted
>
> But I was born there. In Billericay to be precise. I think we escaped before
> any long term damage was done.
I've been through Billericay on a train, you know.
I was on my way to Southminster (for no other reason than that this
was the end of the line). The train waited 15 minutes and then
returned the way it had come. With me on it, having exhausted the
delights of Southminster.
I wonder whether Burnham-on-Crouch would have been any better?
There's a town in Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston, really) called
Billerica. To judge by the prevalence of other transplanted town names
from that part of England, I should think there is probably still a y
floating somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic.
Geep
<vi...@nospam.net> wibbled
>Geep wrote:
>> --
>> Geep, MCDBs are good at any time of day boy
>
> Milk or plain?
Ah! MMCDBs
--
Geep
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:23:51 +0000:
>
>>Morning? Whoops! Shouldn't use those words in the same sentence.
>
>Not in my presence, certainly. Grrr.
I must admit that you were at the back of my mind, when those words were
typed.
>
>>>So get to work, Geep! "Under Construction" messages are the ultimate
>>>in tacky.
>>>
>>I know, I know.
>
>I changed my mind about the 'ultimate' part. Just slightly sticky, I
>suppose.
>
>>Did think about uploading a piccie of MM in all her
>>glory, but then left the camera at jbex. Tsk! Not a good evening,
>>yesterday. Telephone engineer arrives just after five, to do a 'quick
>>job', which took three hours. Guess which mug stayed here, to keep the
>>office open for him? Even made him a cup of coffee, and found him a bag
>>of left-over-from-the-party-crisps-(chips).
>
>You shouldn't feed telephone engineers. He'll be back now.
Tell me about it. He was here yesterday. Twice. And an engineer from
the Telco. Does this mean that our telephone system now works
faultlessly? <Insert appropriate answer here>
You would think that the combined efforts of teams of techies from both
the Telco and the supplier/installer could cope with one tiny telephone
system, wouldn't you? We are hardly a multi national company with
thousands of phones all over the world. Just one office, in the middle
of London, and a grand total of ten telephones. Do they work properly?
No they oblody don't.
>
>Anne, wants to see MM
<bg> I'm reading that this morning, having taken two piccies of her
last night. Haven't checked the results yet though, but I'm sure she
will look wary in both. How did she *know*? She wouldn't settle, even
before I took the first one.
--
Geep
Geep
Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:18:46 +0000:
>>>
>>Not your browser - the site has only just gone live, but as I don't have
>>a tuit to hand, and therefore haven't made any effort whatsoever to
>>produce a site, it defaults to Page Under Construction, which, as Anne
>>so kindly mentions, is the ultimate in web-tacky <g>
>
>Dunno about the "ultimate". Blinking text and tons of animated gifs
>are tackier.
Oh yes. And a PITA for those of us who pay by the minute to view 'em.
>
>Anne, hoping she's not giving Geep ideas
Certainly not! Something simple will do. I want to try using a basic
text editor, and straightforward HTML, just to see if I can do it,
really.
Talking of web sites & stuff, how easy is it for anyone to find my
personal details? I gave that sort of information to the peeps hosting
the site, but doing a whois search just shows the owner as Geep. OK,
that is good. Could a determined person find out more, though? Virtual
chocolate biccie to the first person who can find my full name & postal
address from the web - but preferably don't broadcast it!
--
Geep
Nicholas J Little
Ken Butler wrote:
But do you know a man called Dickie? And, most importantly, is he doing very well?
Nicholas J Little
Geep wrote:
Well there we must part company. They're just too sweet for me.
Alan Brand
[snip mention of Billericay]
> But do you know a man called Dickie? And, most importantly, is he doing very well?
New Boots and Panties. I took my Mum to see Mr. Dury once upon a time. She said he was
"Quite good, really."
--
AlanB
Nick Piesco
: I've even heard of for-employee-consumption railway timetables that
: use a "27-hour clock", where the arrival times of your trains would be
: listed as 24:37, 25:07, 25:37 and 26:07. (A much more sensible way of
: listing them if you should happen to be playing around writing journey
: planning software, as I, for some reason, was at one point.)
I remember from my time as a PBS programmer that the PLTs (the timetable
showing, appropriately enough, the programmes, line-ups, and times on the
different satellite transponders) ran up to 26.00. And that our operations
schedule had people working the 15.30-25.30 shift.
--N., who's not exactly sure why he felt compelled to share that
--
Nick Piesco... got the fever for the flavour of a crowd-pleaser.
mailto:bohemian%40futuresouth.com Bohemian::::0xe5ad
A B Magee
GMT:
>On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 08:20:47 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>
>> Quoth Ken Butler (Dalhousie University) on Sat, 11 Dec 1999 07:07:40
>> GMT:
>>
>> >On Tue, 07 Dec 1999 08:22:06 GMT, A B Magee wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Like statistics isn't confusing enough without an echo.
>> >
>> >Gives you two chances to understand it.
>>
>> A really *good* echo would give you 15 chances to understand it.
>
>My students only need two chances, because I'm such a great teacher.
>
>Ken, and modest with it.
Ah. I understand now.
Anne, stepping back to allow room for Ken's modesty
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <ntkg5sghcmqbt8k4d...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:18:46 +0000:
>>>>
>>>Not your browser - the site has only just gone live, but as I don't have
>>>a tuit to hand, and therefore haven't made any effort whatsoever to
>>>produce a site, it defaults to Page Under Construction, which, as Anne
>>>so kindly mentions, is the ultimate in web-tacky <g>
>>
>>Dunno about the "ultimate". Blinking text and tons of animated gifs
>>are tackier.
>
>Oh yes. And a PITA for those of us who pay by the minute to view 'em.
A PITA for everyone, a PITW for you.
>>Anne, hoping she's not giving Geep ideas
>
>Certainly not! Something simple will do. I want to try using a basic
>text editor, and straightforward HTML, just to see if I can do it,
>really.
Try Arachnophilia. It's an HTML editor, but not the WYSIWYG kind. Just
has some stuff to help you out. And it's free.
>Talking of web sites & stuff, how easy is it for anyone to find my
>personal details? I gave that sort of information to the peeps hosting
>the site, but doing a whois search just shows the owner as Geep. OK,
>that is good. Could a determined person find out more, though? Virtual
>chocolate biccie to the first person who can find my full name & postal
>address from the web - but preferably don't broadcast it!
I don't think it's all that easy, unless those peeps of yours are dumb
enough to keep their customer database on the web. But even if it's
possible, don't get too paranoid. I've read about some guy who has had
his name, address, and home phone number on his very busy web page for
years and had no trouble.
Anne
Alan Moore
Nicholas J Little drooled at the prospect of:
> > McVities
> > Choccie Digestive, of course ...
> > --
> > Geep, MCDBs are good at any time of day boy
>
> Milk or plain?
And, from the cupboard or straight out of the freezer?
Al, frozen chocolate girl (which sounds nice)
A B Magee
GMT:
>[2] No doubt there will soon be a name for a non-digital camera, now
>that there's a need for one. Rather like "analogue watch". "Retronym"
>is the name for this kind of thing.
A lot of people seem to be saying "film camera" now.
Anne, retronyms R us
A B Magee
>Once upon a time, <pvkg5sgq0a3vnpo35...@4ax.com>, A B
>Magee <abm...@nbnet.nb.ca> wibbled
>>Quoth Geep (Geep) on Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:23:51 +0000:
>>
>>>It only went live last night, or possibly early this morning. Early?
>>>Morning? Whoops! Shouldn't use those words in the same sentence.
>>
>>Not in my presence, certainly. Grrr.
>
>I must admit that you were at the back of my mind, when those words were
>typed.
I deny it. I've never been at the back of your mind. I couldn't afford
the air fare.
The back of beyond, yes...
>>>Telephone engineer arrives just after five, to do a 'quick
>>>job', which took three hours. Guess which mug stayed here, to keep the
>>>office open for him? Even made him a cup of coffee, and found him a bag
>>>of left-over-from-the-party-crisps-(chips).
>>
>>You shouldn't feed telephone engineers. He'll be back now.
>
>Tell me about it. He was here yesterday. Twice. And an engineer from
>the Telco. Does this mean that our telephone system now works
>faultlessly? <Insert appropriate answer here>
Of course not. You fed the engineer.
>You would think that the combined efforts of teams of techies from both
>the Telco and the supplier/installer could cope with one tiny telephone
>system, wouldn't you? We are hardly a multi national company with
>thousands of phones all over the world. Just one office, in the middle
>of London, and a grand total of ten telephones. Do they work properly?
>No they oblody don't.
That's your problem, you see. If you upgrade to a super-duper system
with loadsaphones and voice mail and all the bells and whistles,
everything would work. For a while. Until they had a superer-duperer
system to sell you.
>>Anne, wants to see MM
>
><bg> I'm reading that this morning, having taken two piccies of her
>last night. Haven't checked the results yet though, but I'm sure she
>will look wary in both. How did she *know*? She wouldn't settle, even
>before I took the first one.
They can detect the camera rays. Try putting an aluminium hat on her.
Anne