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From: Peter Ceresole on 19 Apr 2010 02:33 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > it's still madness > > to try Usenet (or mail) on line. > > That's nonsense. On-line newsreaders and on-line email date back to the > dial-up days and lots of people liked working that way. It may be nonsense to you, but I thought that online, dialup News or mail, especially if you were paying for the connection time, was ludicrous- particularly once decent offline programmes became available. -- Peter
From: Peter Ceresole on 19 Apr 2010 02:33 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > I saw your `almost' and dismissed it as nonsense. > > That would be your mistake then. All you need to do is to look at this morning's list of posts and sample some of the insults and verbal violence. Rowland's off again. Let's spare him and, most of all spare us. -- Peter
From: D.M. Procida on 19 Apr 2010 02:40 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > > > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > Getting 'shitfaced' doesn't sound like a very enjoyable way to spend > > > > time on holiday though. > > > > > > The great swathes of sunburnt drunken British brawlers to be found > > > frequenting 'English' and 'Irish' pubs in Torremolinos and similar > > > package holiday destinations appear to disagree with you. > > <puzzled> Who says they're enjoying themselves? Maybe they're not - but that doesn't mean that they don't think it's an enjoyable way to spend their time on holiday. Daniele
From: Woody on 19 Apr 2010 02:56 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > The great swathes of sunburnt drunken British brawlers to be found > > > > > frequenting 'English' and 'Irish' pubs in Torremolinos and similar > > > > > package holiday destinations appear to disagree with you. > > > > > > > > As if Jim were to be amongst their number! > > > > > > I consider London to be frighteningly South. > > > > And I consider it frighteningly north, and terrifyingly east! > > Only possible if you live in Bermuda or Cornwall or some such totally > out-of-the-way off-the-map place. Bermuda or Cornwall? Surely that is only a matter of scale, in which case somerset is fine too. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Jim on 19 Apr 2010 03:30
On 2010-04-19, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> > I saw your `almost' and dismissed it as nonsense. >> >> That would be your mistake then. > > All you need to do is to look at this morning's list of posts and sample > some of the insults and verbal violence. Rowland's off again. Let's > spare him and, most of all spare us. Right-o. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash. |