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date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:04 +0100 (BST),
group: uk.media.animation.anime
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Re: Review: Appleseed: Ex Machina.
Justin Palmer(justin@briareos.demon.co.uk) added
> (snip)
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> > I quite like the story of the guy who went into PC World and
> > asked for a right hand mouse because his computer instruction
> > book said he needed to press the 'right hand mouse button'. ^_^
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> I once had someone ask me for an "Internet Card" at work. Turns
> out they meant a "Network Railcard". [1]
Yes, people can come up with some quite strange names for things can't they.
> [1] For those who hail from the same part of Franco-Yorkshire as
> Jean Luc-Picard, it gives a discount on an increasingly small
> number of rail fares in the South-East, and like so many things,
> isn't as good as it used to be.
My Gold Card gives me some good discounts on rail fares, and so it should given
how much it costs me each year!
== Peter ==
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"Making a clean getaway is the mark of a professional."
(Mireille Bouquet: Noir)
date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:04 +0100 (BST)
author: (Peter Boulter)
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Re: Review: Appleseed: Ex Machina.
Peter Boulter wrote:
> Justin Palmer(justin@briareos.demon.co.uk) added
(snip)
>> I once had someone ask me for an "Internet Card" at work. Turns
>> out they meant a "Network Railcard". [1]
>
> Yes, people can come up with some quite strange names for things can't they.
>
>> [1] For those who hail from the same part of Franco-Yorkshire as
>> Jean Luc-Picard, it gives a discount on an increasingly small
>> number of rail fares in the South-East, and like so many things,
>> isn't as good as it used to be.
>
> My Gold Card gives me some good discounts on rail fares, and so it should given
> how much it costs me each year!
The Gold Card is basically an older Network Railcard thats been allowed
a stay of execution. ^_^
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* "Attack who?" * *
* "EVERYONE!" * *
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date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:31:07 +0100
author: Justin Palmer
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