Re: The Colorado River is evaporating, and climate change is a big culprit

Mr On!on

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Sep 22, 2018, 6:17:23 AM9/22/18

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Checkmate <ricks...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <g0lbqg...@mid.individual.net>,
> val...@cultnix.org says...
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:54:31 +0000, jimp wrote:
> > > In sci.physics % <per...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> On 2018-09-21 1:25 PM, ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> >
> > >>> It's education apparently stopped at about the third grade.
> > ^^^^^
> > >> education is not important when it comes to rain
> >
> > > Yet again, the comprehension and composition skills of a third grader.
> >
> > Is there irony here?
>
> While it's true that the possessive form of "it" doesn't require an
> apostrophe, that seems awfully pedantic. I mean, the possessive form
> of everything-else-that-I-can-think-of requires one.

alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe added.

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Sep 22, 2018, 6:56:53 PM9/22/18

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Checkmate! In article <1nvj0ly.t8jlnd250mssN%on...@anon.invalid>,
on...@anon.invalid says...

>
> Checkmate <ricks...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <g0lbqg...@mid.individual.net>,
> > val...@cultnix.org says...
> > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:54:31 +0000, jimp wrote:
> > > > In sci.physics % <per...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >> On 2018-09-21 1:25 PM, ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> > >
> > > >>> It's education apparently stopped at about the third grade.
> > > ^^^^^
> > > >> education is not important when it comes to rain
> > >
> > > > Yet again, the comprehension and composition skills of a third grader.
> > >
> > > Is there irony here?
> >
> > While it's true that the possessive form of "it" doesn't require an
> > apostrophe, that seems awfully pedantic. I mean, the possessive form
> > of everything-else-that-I-can-think-of requires one.
>
> alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe added.

That's really a thing?

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Mr On!on

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Sep 22, 2018, 7:06:52 PM9/22/18

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Checkmate <ricks...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <1nvj0ly.t8jlnd250mssN%on...@anon.invalid>,
> on...@anon.invalid says...
> > Checkmate <ricks...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > In article <g0lbqg...@mid.individual.net>,
> > > val...@cultnix.org says...
> > > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:54:31 +0000, jimp wrote:
> > > > > In sci.physics % <per...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> On 2018-09-21 1:25 PM, ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >>> It's education apparently stopped at about the third grade.
> > > > ^^^^^
> > > > >> education is not important when it comes to rain
> > > >
> > > > > Yet again, the comprehension and composition skills of a third grader.
> > > >
> > > > Is there irony here?
> > >
> > > While it's true that the possessive form of "it" doesn't require an
> > > apostrophe, that seems awfully pedantic. I mean, the possessive form
> > > of everything-else-that-I-can-think-of requires one.
> >
> > alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe added.
>
> That's really a thing?

Why, certainly, Stanley.
apihna is a bit quiet these days, but it's still there.

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Sep 22, 2018, 7:11:07 PM9/22/18

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stanley , LOL

Mr On!on

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Sep 22, 2018, 7:27:20 PM9/22/18

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This place is entirely Laurel & Hardy, except when it's Mutt & Jeff.

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Sep 22, 2018, 7:31:49 PM9/22/18

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you bet ya and if you come back tomorrow ,
you'll see the same replies but maybe in different order

Graham.

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Nov 30, 2018, 7:35:35 AM11/30/18

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Stanley On!on was a thing too.

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