Re: Matt's parentage
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:00:06 GMT
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:46:44 +0100, "Siderius Nuncius"
<matron.nuncius@tesco.net> wrote:
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>"Robin Fairbairns" <rf10@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote
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>> no, it's because i'm a useless physical wreck.
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>But you're *our* UPW, Robin.
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>And anyway, I'd quibble with the "useless" if I weren't reluctant to start
>anothe ...
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AdAware 2008
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:34:45 +0100
I was notified this was now available when I went to update the 2007
version. When I installed it, a new icon appeared on my desktop, Ad Watch,
as well as the AdAware 2008 one. Clicking Ad Watch just seems to run AdAware
2008 Has anyone else done this yet?
Steve Hague
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UMRA birthday info for 20 July
20 Jul 2008 06:32:55 GMT
Birthday News for today, 20 July: Jamie Perks.
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I seem to be the new UBM - mail me for additions/updates/deletions ...
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More bellringing references (Letters re TA in Ringing World)
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:45:42 +0100
First we have bellringing threads in UMRA, now we have Archers letters
in that venerable organ of bellringing matters, the Ringing World
(http://www.ringingworld.co.uk/) - although irritatingly, the RW is not
available as PDFs (even back issues) on their website
In RW 5065 (May 23 2008), p. 567, there is a co ...
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Re: Burying Mrs T (was Gordon and food waste)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:03:47 +0100
In message <a42dnRUV5dwOPBzVnZ2dnUVZ8q_inZ2d@bt.com>, Alex Koval
<dontspamme@spamoff.?.invalid> writes
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>Good analogy in terms of strength of feeling-I can understand Maggie
>fans not liking AS. However, it's not really accurate, for the same
>reason you struggled to find a left-wing politician to compare he ...
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Re: Burying Mrs T (was Gordon and food waste)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:49:37 +0100
In message <6ed5doF69tr4U1@mid.individual.net>, Jane Vernon
<spam@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk> writes
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>Like Sid and others, I think the time might have come to call an end to
>this thread. There are no winners or losers in it. The best we can
Agreed. But you - and I - can't help biting at its heels, can ...
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Re: Burying Mrs T (was Gordon and food waste)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:38:55 +0100
In message <Fcigk.8160$WX2.1809@newsfe18.ams2>, Steve Brooks
<steveb@postmaster.invalid> writes
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>"BrritSki" wrote
><snip>
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>> Perception does of course make a difference. AFAICS you've only been
>>posting in umra for about a year and in that time it certainly has
>>been anti-governement, but going back ...
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Re: Burying Mrs T (was Gordon and food waste)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:33:24 +0100
In message <6edghjF6jjctU1@mid.individual.net>, Siderius Nuncius
<matron.nuncius@tesco.net> writes
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>"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote
>> <dennis@fake.?.invalid> writes
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>>>The continual drip-feed of anti government comment is what i mean by Tory
>>>propaganda.
><snip>
>>>But being ...
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OT: FedUp Again
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:52:44 +0100
Yesterday's prog featured some womaon defending bad language on
rajo because bad language is widely used in RL and if rajo
didn't use bad language it wouldn't be a reflection of RL.
AIAOU in wondering *why* rajo should have to reflect RL rather
than setting a good example by *not* reflecting the less
desira ...
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OT: Pub Grub in Avon/Somerset
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:39:09 -0700 (PDT)
We are responsible for arranging the annual friends re-union this
year. For reasons to painful to go into we need to find a pub in the
region just to the south of Bristol where we can have lunch. There is
a Balloon Festival at Clevedon on September 14 which seems ideal as a
centre point of the day, and we would li ...
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