I am back
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:34:13 +0100
But with a backlog of 1377 you lot have obviously not been keeping the
noise down and I have not heard anything from Archerland for over 3
weeks and I wondering if it is worth starting to listen to the missing
pieces. The last I heard was a very silly rapprochement between the
Grundy boys on some beach in the ...
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Re: OT Count Arthur Strong again
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:16:29 +0100
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:50:34 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
<G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In message <25c0IeBWNHuIFAPu@mike.mcmillan>, Mike McMillan
><tinned.spam@ntlworld.com> writes
>[]
>>>Morse's Oxford 200 times more deadly than it should have been.
>>
>>It is for similar reasons that I don't think ...
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OT: Language Pedants win at Tescos?
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:38:13 +0100
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7590440.stm
They're going to change the signs to say "Up to 10 items" to avoid the
less/fewer debate.
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Fenny ...
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Re: OT: Button Up, Boris
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:50:00 +0100
badriya wrote...
>(1)Actually only one dog chases after stones. He likes the challenge
>of finding which stone was thrown. He sniffs it out, manages to pick
>it up and carries it for a while. The other dog used to chase sticks
>and carry those and they'd then enjoy a chase and fight over who gets
>the stick bu ...
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Re: OT: Button Up, Boris
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:38:09 +0100
In message <r7kkb4dar9ejj3f70c13c9reac072ilr2i@4ax.com>, badriya
<badriyavv@gmail.com> writes
>(1)Actually only one dog chases after stones. He likes the challenge
>of finding which stone was thrown. He sniffs it out, manages to pick
>it up and carries it for a while. The other dog used to chase sticks
>an ...
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Re: OT: Button Up, Boris
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:15:29 +0200
On 30 Aug 2008 23:03:47 GMT, rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns)
wrote:
> Colin Blackburn <news@ximenes.org.uk> writes:
>>Yes, ball games were a problem for me too but we were offered
>>cross-country as an alternative. Cross-country meant two possibilities.
>>1. Running in some nice areas around Castle Hill ...
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OT: Gustav
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:54:54 -0700 (PDT)
News reporters today were talking of the highest wind speeds "in the
eye of the hurricane". I thought there was a calm in the eye - anyway
what direction would be? . BBC world service gave the speed in km per
hour, whilst R4, the national news service for the uk (which went
metric about 40 years ago), gave the spe ...
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Re: OT: Button Up, Boris
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:56:25 +0100
In message <Ei$4iwAyqvtIFAxZ@mike.mcmillan>, Mike McMillan
<tinned.spam@ntlworld.com> writes
>In message <kvmdb4p7f2fotrpss3bqrl1p6pvv4npo1k@4ax.com>, Stephen
><stephenbowden@yahoo.com> writes
>>On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:20:50 +0100, "Siderius Nuncius"
>><matron.nuncius@tesco.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Anne Burgess ...
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Re: OT: Button Up, Boris
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:56:28 GMT
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:33:14 +0100, Marjorie
<dontusethisaddress@springequinox.co.uk> wrote:
>Fenny wrote:
>> Previously on The West Wing...
>>> As you say, they won't all take to all
>>> forms of sport, and I'd like to see the emphasis on variety of
>>> experience for all rather than the pursuit of excelle ...
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OT - Tennis
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:40:50 +0100
Am I alone in feeling that Britain's number one female player, Ms Anne
Keothavong, should really have the first names Ptong Yong?
--
Stephen
Into my heart an air that kills From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content, I ...
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