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date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 06:04 +0100 (BST),    group: uk.media.animation.anime        back       
Re: Review: Appleseed: Ex Machina.   
Justin Palmer(justin@briareos.demon.co.uk) added

> (snip)
> 
> > 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'.  ^_^
> 
> 	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 ==
-----------------------------------------------------
"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)

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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