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canaldrifter
Mar 20, 2013, 9:33:11 PM3/20/13
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OK. In history's timeliine it is time! Having been part of this
newsgroup for a year or three now, it is obvious to me that we all have
one thing in common. We are all right about everything!
So, I think it is time we took responsibility for ourselves. Sod all the
others.
Let us unite in cyberland and declare independence. We can become
self-sustaining, self-reliant, self-sufficient and... well... just
self-ish. We can grow our own food, brew our own beer, generate our own
elecktrickery, create our own interweb provider and pay our own
taxes.... to us!
OK, we don't need to take over a deserted island and form a commune, cos
if we all combined our respective bits of land and put them together, in
theory, in cyber terms we could then declare to the world that we have
become independent of everything that GB has to offer cos we now live in
(some collective word for a loads of gathered sheds.... I know...) The
Allotment!
So who's with me?
PS I don't actually own any land at all at all, mesself, but I am quite
willing to tell you what you should do with yours. After all we must
have a King, shirley? And it woz my idea.
Tone
newsgroup for a year or three now, it is obvious to me that we all have
one thing in common. We are all right about everything!
So, I think it is time we took responsibility for ourselves. Sod all the
others.
Let us unite in cyberland and declare independence. We can become
self-sustaining, self-reliant, self-sufficient and... well... just
self-ish. We can grow our own food, brew our own beer, generate our own
elecktrickery, create our own interweb provider and pay our own
taxes.... to us!
OK, we don't need to take over a deserted island and form a commune, cos
if we all combined our respective bits of land and put them together, in
theory, in cyber terms we could then declare to the world that we have
become independent of everything that GB has to offer cos we now live in
(some collective word for a loads of gathered sheds.... I know...) The
Allotment!
So who's with me?
PS I don't actually own any land at all at all, mesself, but I am quite
willing to tell you what you should do with yours. After all we must
have a King, shirley? And it woz my idea.
Tone
Don Stockbauer
Mar 20, 2013, 9:37:20 PM3/20/13
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GB - Global Brain?????
Brian Gaff
Mar 21, 2013, 4:12:24 AM3/21/13
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Well back in the 80s a lot of people had this online community idea after BT
pulled the plug on Prestel. Its was called Silicon village.
It did not last that long.
Sadly.
For some reason reading your post I was reminded of Round the Horne with
King Gruntfuttock.
Brian
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"canaldrifter" <irishcan...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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pulled the plug on Prestel. Its was called Silicon village.
It did not last that long.
Sadly.
For some reason reading your post I was reminded of Round the Horne with
King Gruntfuttock.
Brian
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bobharvey
Mar 21, 2013, 5:51:28 AM3/21/13
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On Mar 21, 8:12 am, "Brian Gaff" <Bria...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> For some reason reading your post I was reminded of Round the Horne with
> King Gruntfuttock.
To be honest, I am reminded of him whenever I see e.g. Brian, or even
> For some reason reading your post I was reminded of Round the Horne with
> King Gruntfuttock.
the cameroon.
JonG
Mar 21, 2013, 3:43:40 PM3/21/13
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canaldrifter wrote:
> OK. In history's timeliine it is time! Having been part of this
> newsgroup for a year or three now, it is obvious to me that we all have
> one thing in common. We are all right about everything!
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> OK. In history's timeliine it is time! Having been part of this
> newsgroup for a year or three now, it is obvious to me that we all have
> one thing in common. We are all right about everything!
You speak for yourself!
--
JonG
... the hydrostatic paradox of controversy. Don't you know what that
means? Well, I will tell you. You know that, if you had a bent tube,
one arm of which was of the size of a pipe-stem, and the other big
enough to hold the ocean, water would stand at the same height in
one as in the other. Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in
the same way. And the fools know it. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Richard Robinson
Mar 21, 2013, 3:54:00 PM3/21/13
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JonG said:
> canaldrifter wrote:
>> OK. In history's timeliine it is time! Having been part of this
>> newsgroup for a year or three now, it is obvious to me that we all have
>> one thing in common. We are all right about everything!
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You speak for yourself!
Today being a certain 10 years' anniversary, I unforget the Shed being a
> canaldrifter wrote:
>> OK. In history's timeliine it is time! Having been part of this
>> newsgroup for a year or three now, it is obvious to me that we all have
>> one thing in common. We are all right about everything!
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You speak for yourself!
damn' sight righter than all the people who were trggvat cnvq to tell us
what was what.
(Not that we stood out from the crowd particularly in that respect).
--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
My email address is at http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html
Bertie Doe
Mar 21, 2013, 4:44:07 PM3/21/13
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"canaldrifter" wrote in message
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>PS I don't actually own any land at all at all, mesself, but I am quite
>willing to tell you what you should do with yours. After all we must
>have a King, shirley? And it woz my idea.
fig leaf will become the new currency. If things get out of hand, I'll also
be Min of Napalm.
--
Justin Case
bobharvey
Mar 21, 2013, 4:50:54 PM3/21/13
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On Mar 21, 8:44 pm, "Bertie Doe" <montebrasi...@ntl.com> wrote:
> If you're going to become King Shirley, I wannabe Minister of Fig Trees. The
> fig leaf will become the new currency. If things get out of hand, I'll also
> be Min of Napalm.
I'm not happy with this "Arise" idea. I've only just got comfortable.
> If you're going to become King Shirley, I wannabe Minister of Fig Trees. The
> fig leaf will become the new currency. If things get out of hand, I'll also
> be Min of Napalm.
Stanley Daniel de Liver
Mar 21, 2013, 4:53:22 PM3/21/13
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:43:40 -0000, JonG <ne...@dentrassi-lodge.org.uk>
wrote:
> canaldrifter wrote:
>> OK. In history's timeliine it is time! Having been part of this
>> newsgroup for a year or three now, it is obvious to me that we all have
>> one thing in common. We are all right about everything!
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You speak for yourself!
>
We are all individuals!
--
It's a money /life balance.
wrote:
> canaldrifter wrote:
>> OK. In history's timeliine it is time! Having been part of this
>> newsgroup for a year or three now, it is obvious to me that we all have
>> one thing in common. We are all right about everything!
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You speak for yourself!
>
--
It's a money /life balance.
Richard Robinson
Mar 21, 2013, 4:57:24 PM3/21/13
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Nun the Wizer
Mar 22, 2013, 3:57:49 AM3/22/13
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Nun the Wizer
Mar 22, 2013, 4:00:50 AM3/22/13
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bobharvey <robert...@my-deja.com> writes
The sun is coming up, but I'm tied down.
� Rolf
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� Rolf
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Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Mar 22, 2013, 4:06:46 AM3/22/13
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On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:57:24 -0500
Richard Robinson <rich...@privacy.net> wrote:
> bobharvey said:
> > On Mar 21, 8:44 pm, "Bertie Doe" <montebrasi...@ntl.com> wrote:
> >
> >> If you're going to become King Shirley, I wannabe Minister of Fig
> >> Trees. The fig leaf will become the new currency. If things get out of
> >> hand, I'll also be Min of Napalm.
> >
> > I'm not happy with this "Arise" idea. I've only just got comfortable.
>
> Don't worry, he didn't say when.
>
Oh thank heavens, I was starting to consider the possibility of
Richard Robinson <rich...@privacy.net> wrote:
> bobharvey said:
> > On Mar 21, 8:44 pm, "Bertie Doe" <montebrasi...@ntl.com> wrote:
> >
> >> If you're going to become King Shirley, I wannabe Minister of Fig
> >> Trees. The fig leaf will become the new currency. If things get out of
> >> hand, I'll also be Min of Napalm.
> >
> > I'm not happy with this "Arise" idea. I've only just got comfortable.
>
> Don't worry, he didn't say when.
>
contemplating the wisdom of giving serious attention to making a decision
about actually qbvat fbzrguvat.
More tea ?
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Bernard Peek
Mar 22, 2013, 7:53:25 AM3/22/13
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Stanley Daniel de Liver
Mar 22, 2013, 8:28:55 AM3/22/13
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R C Nesbit
Mar 22, 2013, 8:54:05 AM3/22/13
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Bernard Peek spoke:
http://www.latentexistence.me.uk/govt-refusal-to-meet-
spartacus/
--
Eno P. Arfovg
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
If you can fake that, you've got it made
> Except for those of us who are Spartacus.
Well don't try to speak with the gubbinsmint then.
http://www.latentexistence.me.uk/govt-refusal-to-meet-
spartacus/
--
Eno P. Arfovg
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
If you can fake that, you've got it made
Ahem A Rivet's Shot
Mar 22, 2013, 9:37:36 AM3/22/13
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"I am a clone I am not alone
Every fibre of my flesh and bone
Is identical to the others
Everything I say is in the same tone
As my test tube brother's
Voice there is no choice between us
If you had ever seen us
You'd rejoice in your uniqueness
And consider every weakness
Something special of your own."
Hawkwind.
canaldrifter
Mar 22, 2013, 1:49:01 PM3/22/13
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JonG
Mar 23, 2013, 9:46:34 AM3/23/13
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canaldrifter wrote:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>> You speak for yourself!
>>>>
>>> We are all individuals!
>> Except for those of us who are Spartacus.
>
> I was pretty spartacussed last night.
>
Many years ago, I read a biker's account of a trip to the low countries,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>> You speak for yourself!
>>>>
>>> We are all individuals!
>> Except for those of us who are Spartacus.
>
> I was pretty spartacussed last night.
>
where they were initially puzzled by signs saying "Bofferding". Turns
out that it is a beer brand:
http://www.bofferding.lu/
and as such works extrememly well for such phrases as "Well, OK, but I'd
rather be bofferding", or "Oh dear, I got really boffered last night."
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Stanley Daniel de Liver
Mar 24, 2013, 7:21:42 AM3/24/13
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On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:09:21 -0000, Sn!pe <sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:
>
and so's my wife </predictable response>
wrote:
>> >> We are all individuals!
>> >
>> > Except for those of us who are Spartacus.
>> >
>> +1
>
> /I'm/ Spartacus!
>> >
>> > Except for those of us who are Spartacus.
>> >
>> +1
>
>
and so's my wife </predictable response>
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