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From: Graeme on 28 Jan 2010 15:15 In message <1jd1n51.1t0afpay57zrzN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > > > > No doubt if I get an iPad, it will > > > require a different driver from anything I have in any set I've bought > > > so far. > > > > A chisel? > > You mean a Birmingham screw driver. I thought that was a hammer. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/>
From: Tim Streater on 28 Jan 2010 15:49 On 28/01/2010 20:18, Dorian Gray wrote: > In article<1jd1pe4.17fnrbi1drzk7sN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, > peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) wrote: > >> Chris Ridd<chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: >> >>> You missed the gag :-) >> >> Nah. It's Calgary, not Quebec. > > Albertans also say "eh" a lot, normally to finish their sentences. Is that just Albertans? I thought they all did that. -- Tim "That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" Bill of Rights 1689
From: Peter Ceresole on 28 Jan 2010 18:27 Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > >> Nah. It's Calgary, not Quebec. > > > > Albertans also say "eh" a lot, normally to finish their sentences. > > Is that just Albertans? I thought they all did that. I worked for some days in Ottawa, my film crew came from T'ronner. Nobody said 'eh', at any point in their sentences. Neither did the military we were filming. -- Peter
From: Woody on 28 Jan 2010 18:38 On 28/01/2010 19:35, Sara Merriman wrote: > In article<1jd1jf4.rgfymv1ifkpq5N%peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid>, > peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid (Pd) wrote: > >> Phones aren't really my thing. I did buy an entirely unnecessary set of >> screwdrivers the other day, just because they were beautiful and emitted >> a kind of RDF that convinced me I needed them. They did include a Torx 7 >> which I don't have in the Torx I've bought individually, every time I >> need to work on a MacBook or something that uses a different size from >> the last Powerbook I took apart. No doubt if I get an iPad, it will >> require a different driver from anything I have in any set I've bought >> so far. > > Me too! Me too! Me too! I bought a lovely set for work recently that has > all sorts of lovely torxs for when I have to take the new iMacs apart. I did too. It was sitting there looking all nice. One of those multi things. But I still return to the individual ones for any fine macbooks! -- Woody
From: Woody on 28 Jan 2010 18:40
On 28/01/2010 23:27, Peter Ceresole wrote: > Tim Streater<timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > >>>> Nah. It's Calgary, not Quebec. >>> >>> Albertans also say "eh" a lot, normally to finish their sentences. >> >> Is that just Albertans? I thought they all did that. > > I worked for some days in Ottawa, my film crew came from T'ronner. > Nobody said 'eh', at any point in their sentences. Neither did the > military we were filming. I worked with a guy from alberta in kenya on an airport. He said 'eh' at the end of every single sentence. It seemed to confuse quite a few of the kenyans. -- Woody |