From: Duncan Kennedy on
James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote:

> On 2010-07-01 11:08:50 +0100, nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk (Duncan
> Kennedy) said:
>
> > David Kennedy <davidkennedy(a)nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >> Hugh Browton wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:03:51 +0100, Bella Jones wrote
> >>> (in article<1jkx8o9.tm8snu1fjz7e1N%me9(a)privacy.net>):
> >>>
> >>>> Dear good people of ucsm
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not a big poster here any more, but I do pop in. For months now it's
> >>>> been wall to wall pointless self-referential rows with Rowland.
> >>>
> >>> In defence - no, not only that.
> >>
> >> You are of course right but, as Bella said, it's drowning out anything
> >> useful and, most days, I give up after a few posts.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> But I agree that it makes the place look small minded.
> >>>
> >>> Listen to Bella, fellow-ucsm-ers.
> >>>
> >
> > Well said, Bella. I'm quite new to the group, to Macs and to MacSoup
> > but I've discovered Comd+E to be the most useful function around - even
> > if it wipes something that might be useful in the thread.
>
> Well at least you didn't have a go at me like many who have responded
> to this thread. All killfile Jimbo, that's it.

*Still not having a go at you but I hope you don't mind me asking if you
are related to the late and sadly missed Rev I M Jolley who appeared
once a year at New Year on BBC Scotland TV?

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duncank
From: Jim on
On 2010-07-02, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote:
> On 2010-07-02 12:26:34 +0100, Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> said:
>
>>
>> And if you're wondering why people are only saying these things to you
>> and not RM, it's because we've given up on him. It's up to you: you
>> can join Chris Holland and pursue your vendetta with RM through all
>> the newgroups or you can get a life and just accept that being abused
>> by RM is part of the initiation rite for this group. Either way, he
>> "wins".
>
> Good points and i'll just ignore him then.

Count yourself lucky - I got the buttered radish.

Jim
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From: Pd on
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote:

> On 2010-07-02, James Jolley <jrjolley(a)me.com> wrote:
> > On 2010-07-02 12:26:34 +0100, Sak Wathanasin <sw(a)nan.co.uk> said:
> >
> >>
> >> And if you're wondering why people are only saying these things to you
> >> and not RM, it's because we've given up on him. It's up to you: you
> >> can join Chris Holland and pursue your vendetta with RM through all
> >> the newgroups or you can get a life and just accept that being abused
> >> by RM is part of the initiation rite for this group. Either way, he
> >> "wins".
> >
> > Good points and i'll just ignore him then.
>
> Count yourself lucky - I got the buttered radish.

That was only so you could *apply* for initiation. The actual initiation
rite won't present nearly so many possibilities for casual enjoyment.

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Pd
From: Jim on
On 2010-07-02, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> And if you're wondering why people are only saying these things to you
>> >> and not RM, it's because we've given up on him. It's up to you: you
>> >> can join Chris Holland and pursue your vendetta with RM through all
>> >> the newgroups or you can get a life and just accept that being abused
>> >> by RM is part of the initiation rite for this group. Either way, he
>> >> "wins".
>> >
>> > Good points and i'll just ignore him then.
>>
>> Count yourself lucky - I got the buttered radish.
>
> That was only so you could *apply* for initiation. The actual initiation
> rite won't present nearly so many possibilities for casual enjoyment.

Oh............good...................


Jim
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"If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you."
Terry Pratchett
From: James Jolley on
On 2010-07-02 14:53:11 +0100, nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk (Duncan
Kennedy) said:

>
> *Still not having a go at you but I hope you don't mind me asking if you
> are related to the late and sadly missed Rev I M Jolley who appeared
> once a year at New Year on BBC Scotland TV?

Not to my knowledge.