Kicking a can about...
Urgy
him the full force of his displeasure, expressed pedestrianly.
The empty metal clanged around the docks of the Citadel... apparently
the entire city of Riva had been abandoned, for all Urgy could tell.
Not a single soul - and he used the term loosely - remained to welcome
him.
Not that a Murgo - or even a half Murgo - had a right to expect a
welcome anywhere.
"Seems the party is truly over," the disconsolate High King sighed. "I
always seem to show up when there's only light beers and blue cheeses
left."
Just then it occurred to him that tin cans hadn't been invited in the
dark ages, but he blamed such obvious logical inconsistencies on
African Swallows, who were known for their strange migration habits...
"No point hanging around here then," Urgy grumped. "Might as well go
stir up trouble on FaceBook."
And with that, he strode off back to his ship...
Jayjay
wrote:
Nothing here but the ghosts of usenet past,sorry to say :-)
--�
Jayjay
Senji
Urgy <nje...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Just then it occurred to him that tin cans hadn't been invited in the
>dark ages, but he blamed such obvious logical inconsistencies on
>African Swallows, who were known for their strange migration habits...
Tin Cans were invented remarkably early actually.
--
Jonathan D. Amery, http://www.pick.ucam.org/~jdamery/ #####
"Oh, my God," Senji said again. "Don't keep saying that, you o__#######
don't even know who your God is." "But you will Senji, and once \'#######
you have met him you will follow Him all the days of your life" - D. Eddings
krager
> In article
> <8cc788f3-6f2e-4999...@a37g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> Urgy <nje...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Just then it occurred to him that tin cans hadn't been invited in the
>>dark ages, but he blamed such obvious logical inconsistencies on
>>African Swallows, who were known for their strange migration habits...
>
> Tin Cans were invented remarkably early actually.
>
I do believe that some were found in Egyptian tombs
the apostate
Urgy
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:44:22 -0700 (PDT), Urgy <nje...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Nothing here but the ghosts of usenet past,sorry to say :-)
>
> --
> Jayjay
I'd agree, but all these wonderful people appeared out of the
woodwork :)
Hiya all!
Urgs... not a type of Vegemite.
Urgy
> Senji wrote:
> > In article
> > Urgy <nje...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>Just then it occurred to him that tin cans hadn't been invited in the
> >>dark ages, but he blamed such obvious logical inconsistencies on
> >>African Swallows, who were known for their strange migration habits...
>
> > Tin Cans were invented remarkably early actually.
>
> I do believe that some were found in Egyptian tombs
Krags! You old bugger! You still around? And Senji!!! I'm quite
overwhelmed :)
I bet it must have really pissed the Egyptians off if they had tin
cans... given that the can opener was only invented relatively
recently. ;-p
Probably why they stuck them in their tombs... the bloody things last
for ever.
Next you'll be telling me they invented Spam :)
Great to hear from you guys - what's been going on?
Urgs... the other tinned meat.
Urgy
> krager wrote:
> > I do believe that some were found in Egyptian tombs
>
> But they hadn't been *invited* to our shores - as ane fule kno
/me ducks as high flying idea shoots directly overhead...
Nup - sorry Apopy - no idea what you're talking about.
Hi there though :)
Urgs...frequently clueless.
Simon Challands
ps.com>
Urgy <nje...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 22, 2:19�am, Jayjay <jay...@vip.cybercity.dk> wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:44:22 -0700 (PDT), Urgy <nje...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Nothing here but the ghosts of usenet past,sorry to say :-)
>>
>> --�
>> Jayjay
> I'd agree, but all these wonderful people appeared out of the
> woodwork :)
That's surprising, since I thought the woodwork had fossilised long
ago.
--
Simon Challands (once Simon II)
Senji
Nothing much. Life.
--
Jonathan D. Amery, http://senji.livejournal.com/ #####
"Torak's just a myth--something the Angaraks dreamed up." o__#######
"Tell that to him," Beldin said pointing at Garion. \'#######
Senji swallowed hard, staring at Garion, "Did you really--I mean--?" - SoD
krager
> Krags! You old bugger! You still around? And Senji!!! I'm quite
> overwhelmed :)
Actually, first time I checked this for a few months, been busy doing
another Masters.
Must be serendipity.
Jayjay
wrote:
>> Nothing here but the ghosts of usenet past,sorry to say :-)
>>
>> --�
>> Jayjay
>
>I'd agree, but all these wonderful people appeared out of the
>woodwork :)
>
>Hiya all!
>
>Urgs... not a type of Vegemite.
Wow,there may be hope for the world yet. I thought everybody had gone
Web 2.0 by now :-)
--�
Jayjay
the apostate
> In article <dd6d4e3d-8692-4aa5...@x5g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> Urgy <nje...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Great to hear from you guys - what's been going on?
>
> Nothing much. Life.
>
MartinCarpenter
> In article <dd6d4e3d-8692-4aa5-abc6-bd0a2aeed...@x5g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>
> Urgy <nje...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Great to hear from you guys - what's been going on?
>
> Nothing much. Life.
Well I guess September finally finished a bit ago :)
Otherwise yes, not a lot.
--
Vard
Teut
>
> I bet it must have really pissed the Egyptians off if they had tin
> cans... given that the can opener was only invented relatively
> recently. ;-p
Actually (interesting fact time), food was stored in tins almost 100
years before the invention of the tin opener, and were opened with
whatever tools were handy.
--
Teut
Simon Challands
Teut <te...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Urgy wrote:
It also had the nasty problem of the cans being sealed with lead
solder. It certainly didn't help Franklin's North West Passage
expedition.
--
Simon Challands
Senji
MartinCarpenter <Martin.C...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>On 21 Oct, 23:54, Senji <se...@poboxes.com> wrote:
>com>,>> =A0Nothing much. =A0Life.
>
>Well I guess September finally finished a bit ago :)
I hear we're on the 1000-and-somethingth day of the October of Google
Groups.
Ghworg
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:52:23 -0700 (PDT), Urgy <nje...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> Nothing here but the ghosts of usenet past,sorry to say :-)
>>
>>I'd agree, but all these wonderful people appeared out of the
>>woodwork :)
>
> Wow,there may be hope for the world yet. I thought everybody had gone
> Web 2.0 by now :-)
Bah, they can take my usenet from my cold dead hands.
Though I admit I only still follow two genuine usenet newsgroups (including
this one), the rest are mailing lists piped through gmane and private
servers.
krager
>
> It also had the nasty problem of the cans being sealed with lead
> solder. It certainly didn't help Franklin's North West Passage
> expedition.
Also lead soldering led to and outbreak of Typhoid in Scotland in the 1950s
or 60s. Catering sized tins of Corned beef produced in South America were
cooled in the river. Insufficient solder joint allowed ingress of the river
water, where it infected the corned beef. That tin got opened and was sold,
quite a large outbreak ensued.
Urgy
Great minds an' all that :)
Or possibly just concurrent dementia :)
Either way, damn lucky!
Hope the weather's nice over there - it's been a bugger down here...
Urgy
> >> Great to hear from you guys - what's been going on?
>
> > Nothing much. Life.
>
> nope - rings no bells that. Off to twitter to find out the meaning :)
LOL - dat's funnzy :)
The idea of any idea penetrating the Twit-o-sphere is itself
hilarious.
Having said that I must admit to tragic FB infection... I'm taking
medication so I'm down to one status post a week at this point :)
Urgy... Off His FaceBook... ;)
Urgy
<Martin.Carpen...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> > >Great to hear from you guys - what's been going on?
>
> > Nothing much. Life.
>
> Well I guess September finally finished a bit ago :)
>
> Otherwise yes, not a lot.
> --
> Vard
September? Oh - Geelong won the Grand Final again... lots of people in
St Kilda feel like the world ended around about then.
Not that I'm big on football at all...
Unless you're referring to something else of course - I couldn't
possibly imagine what ;-p
Urgy... suspicious of any sport that requires ball handling skills...
Urgy
LOL! Tooty!! Long time no honk :)
I imagine there were a lot of frustrated people with blunt knives
around... actually that sorta explains the American Revolution,
doesn't it? :)
Urgy... frequently blunt... not good for the career, mind you...
Urgy
wrote:
> It also had the nasty problem of the cans being sealed with lead
> solder. It certainly didn't help Franklin's North West Passage
> expedition.
>
> --
> Simon Challands
Ooo... lots of heavy metal in their diet. I bet they died of severe
case of Iron Maiden... ;-p
Urgy... wishing for the 666th time he knew where his old Iron Maiden
tapes were...
Urgy
> In article <120de23a-0836-4279-a247-4542e7974...@e34g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>,
>
> MartinCarpenter <Martin.Carpen...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> >On 21 Oct, 23:54, Senji <se...@poboxes.com> wrote:
> >Well I guess September finally finished a bit ago :)
>
> I hear we're on the 1000-and-somethingth day of the October of Google
> Groups.
Silly - there's only 31 days in October :)
Unless Google bought it and crammed a few extra days in...
Urgy... frequently confused... and willing to share :)
Urgy
wrote:
> That's surprising, since I thought the woodwork had fossilised long
> ago.
>
> --
> Simon Challands (once Simon II)
Oi! Not fossilised yet... got at least a couple of years before I hit
40 :)
Krags on the other hand.... ;-p
Urgy.. confused by the regression from Simon II to Simon singular...
probably some cloning issue :)
Urgy
> Bah, they can take my usenet from my cold dead hands.
>
> Though I admit I only still follow two genuine usenet newsgroups (including
> this one), the rest are mailing lists piped through gmane and private
> servers.
So Ghworgy, you're telling us you're undead then are you? :)
Must admit I gave up on usenet years ago... just visit here from time
to time to see if anyone's around.
Looks like I got lucky this time!
Urgs... don't stop me now :)
Urgy
> Also lead soldering led to and outbreak of Typhoid in Scotland in the 1950s
> or 60s. Catering sized tins of Corned beef produced in South America were
> cooled in the river. Insufficient solder joint allowed ingress of the river
> water, where it infected the corned beef. That tin got opened and was sold,
> quite a large outbreak ensued.
Yuck! They obviously shoulda deep fried it ona stick... it'd still
kill ya, but not via Typhoid at least :)
Urgy... reverting to CMOT Dibbler worship...
Urgy
> Actually, first time I checked this for a few months, been busy doing
> another Masters.
*Double-take*
Wassat? ANOTHER Masters? Geez Krags, you're worse than me... at least
I gave up with the Postgraduate Diplomas!
So spill - whatcha studyin, and wheres ya up to?
Urgs.. not a Master... not even an apprentice :)
MartinCarpenter
> In article <120de23a-0836-4279-a247-4542e7974...@e34g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>,
>
> MartinCarpenter <Martin.Carpen...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> >On 21 Oct, 23:54, Senji <se...@poboxes.com> wrote:
> >> In article <dd6d4e3d-8692-4aa5-abc6-bd0a2aeed...@x5g2000prf.googlegroups.=
> >com>,
>
>
> >Well I guess September finally finished a bit ago :)
>
> I hear we're on the 1000-and-somethingth day of the October of Google
> Groups.
Somewhat less downright annoying than AOL was back in the day though.
Unless it posts this using html or something, in which case I may have
to commit ritual suicide.
My otherwise reasonable ISP (demon) doesn't have a usenet server on
its standard account (a real sign of the times that) and the free one
I'm using only does reading. I hardly post nowadays anyway - I'd
rather poke my eyes out than use a web interface to read news of
course.
Somewhere along the line we also seemed to lose the fight against top
quoting/html e-mail etc. Oh well.
September = traditional start of UK university term. Once upon a time
that meant something in usenet terms. Then one year (also quite
distant now!) it stopped doing so ;)
--
Vard
Simon Challands
ps.com>
Urgy <nje...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 22, 9:04�am, Simon Challands <simon_use...@helvellyn.plus.com>
> wrote:
>> That's surprising, since I thought the woodwork had fossilised long
>> ago.
> Oi! Not fossilised yet... got at least a couple of years before I hit
> 40 :)
> Krags on the other hand.... ;-p
> Urgy.. confused by the regression from Simon II to Simon singular...
> probably some cloning issue :)
No, just a case of fading away. Must be old age, don'tyknow?
--
Simon Challands
Senji
MartinCarpenter <Martin.C...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
>My otherwise reasonable ISP (demon) doesn't have a usenet server on
>its standard account (a real sign of the times that) and the free one
>I'm using only does reading. I hardly post nowadays anyway - I'd
>rather poke my eyes out than use a web interface to read news of
>course.
That is almost certainly a soluable problem with the right
resources....
--
Jonathan Amery.
##### The world is collapsing around our ears
#######__o I turned up the radio, but I can't hear it.
#######'/ - REM, Radio Song
Ghworg
> On Oct 24, 12:00 am, Ghworg <s...@trollgod.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Bah, they can take my usenet from my cold dead hands.
>>
>> Though I admit I only still follow two genuine usenet newsgroups
>> (including this one), the rest are mailing lists piped through gmane and
>> private servers.
>
> So Ghworgy, you're telling us you're undead then are you? :)
Absolutely not, and my desire for braaaaainz is entirely coincidental.
Urgy
<Martin.Carpen...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'd
> rather poke my eyes out than use a web interface to read news of
> course.
I gave in to Google Groups some time ago - All Our Bases Are Belong To
Google anyway, and Resistance is Futile :)
> Somewhere along the line we also seemed to lose the fight against top
> quoting/html e-mail etc. Oh well.
Sheeese, it's like being the only Roundhead at Cavaliers party in
here....
> September = traditional start of UK university term. Once upon a time
> that meant something in usenet terms. Then one year (also quite
> distant now!) it stopped doing so ;)
> --
> Vard
I'm pretty sure it was less than a decade ago... and that's not long
in my books ;)
Urgy... an old fart, admittedly...
Urgy
wrote:
> In message <4f23bb0f-891a-4c44-a5d6-43020ad10...@x6g2000prc.googlegrou
> ps.com>
> > Urgy.. confused by the regression from Simon II to Simon singular...
> > probably some cloning issue :)
>
> No, just a case of fading away. Must be old age, don'tyknow?
>
The original Benjamin Button, it seems ;)
Urgy... who's only regressing mentally :)
Urgy
> > So Ghworgy, you're telling us you're undead then are you? :)
>
> Absolutely not, and my desire for braaaaainz is entirely coincidental.
Oooo - now there's an idea... what if Eddings had done a Zombie
apocalyse Quitilogy :)
The Aaaaaarghariad, first novel being "Pawn of the Dead"!
This has possibilities... although frankly the idea of Ce'Nedra
cracking skulls and eating brains isn't much of a stretch ;)
Urgy... feeling much like Ed in "Shaun of the Dead" :)
Senji
Urgy <nje...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Sheeese, it's like being the only Roundhead at Cavaliers party in
>here....
With my curernt hair length and a bit of styling I might be able to
do "Cavalier".
>> September =3D traditional start of UK university term. Once upon a time
>> that meant something in usenet terms. Then one year (also quite
>> distant now!) it stopped doing so ;)
>I'm pretty sure it was less than a decade ago... and that's not long
>in my books ;)
1993.
MartinCarpenter
> In article <fb01b134-192f-4d49-823e-6ac29fdd7...@2g2000prl.googlegroups.com>,
>
> MartinCarpenter <Martin.Carpen...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> >My otherwise reasonable ISP (demon) doesn't have a usenet server on
> >its standard account (a real sign of the times that) and the free one
> >I'm using only does reading. I hardly post nowadays anyway - I'd
> >rather poke my eyes out than use a web interface to read news of
> >course.
>
> That is almost certainly a soluable problem with the right
> resources....
I'm sure :) I suppose I simply don't care enough - I only ever really
posted here and its been hugely quiet of course. Impressed that so
many still seem to be lurking around actually.
--
Vard
MartinCarpenter
> On Oct 29, 6:24 am, MartinCarpenter<Martin.Carpen...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> > I'd
> > rather poke my eyes out than use a web interface to read news of
> > course.
>
> Ouch! Seems rather drastic Vardy!
> I gave in to Google Groups some time ago - All Our Bases Are Belong To
> Google anyway, and Resistance is Futile :)
Oh it is that yes :) For the moment they still seem to be relatively
kind despots.
I guess it just annoys me to see solutions to problems like organising
long threads of information etc which have been thoroughly solved in
the 'distant' past being forgotten :)
Amazing how something not so old can contrive to make us almost
nostalgic....
--
Vard