Dear Newsgroup:

In some of the threads in this newsgroup uk.rec.shed someone used the
word “Spartacus”.

Well, I like many movies particularly during 50s and 60s.

Kirk Douglas also played in some interesting movies such as “ Last
Train From Gun Hill” and “The light at the edge of the world”.

In all of the above three movies he was the hero of the film.

What about James bond movies?  Some of you may have possibly seen them
all.

If anyone would like I open up Basti Newsgroup: Film (public) please
let me know.

Discussions could be about any features of the film making of movies.

Welcome to Basti Newsgroups.

http://groups.google.com/group/MBform

Dr.M.Basti

Mehran Basti  wrote:

> Welcome to Basti Newsgroups.

Please advise how many members you have; I wouldn't want to sign 
up to unpopulated groups, especially if there is a possibilty of them
becoming chargeable. 

(apologies to Shedi for not ROTting that offensive word, 
I somehow doubt that our new friend is aware of ROT13.)

-- 
^Ï^                               Sn!pe  

 <:>---[   Please do not verbally abuse the petty official.   ]---<:>

Sn!pe wrote:
>
> Please advise how many members you have; I wouldn't want to sign
> up to unpopulated groups, especially if there is a possibilty of them
> becoming chargeable.

Would you like to be a member of Basti Newsgroup: Film (public)?

I have not yet opened it up, if anyone would like to be a member, it
is free and let me know.

There is no charge in any of the newsgroups, but if we find enough
members we charge a fee.

At that time members have a choice to join or not.

In Basti Newsgroup: Sci.math we have 4 members, others not yet.

You need to fill out Form A.

Dr.M.Basti

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
 wrote:

>You need to fill out Form A.
>
I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.

-- 
Frank Erskine
MJBC, OETKBC

Mehran Basti  wrote:

> In Basti Newsgroup: Sci.math we have 4 members, others not yet.
> 
> You need to fill out Form A.

I've looked at form A, it appears to include some onerous conditions.

-- 
^Ï^                               Sn!pe  

 <:>---[   Please do not verbally abuse the petty official.   ]---<:>

Frank Erskine wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
>  wrote:
>
> >You need to fill out Form A.
> >
> I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
>
> --

Fill out means “ to write information into blank spaces on a form”.

Fill in means “ to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
shading”.

Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
right word.

Dr.M.Basti

Sn!pe wrote:
>
> > You need to fill out Form A.
>
> I've looked at form A, it appears to include some onerous conditions.
>

Well, at this time it is necessary, if someone behaves within the
codes we have no problems.

But we need to keep its atmosphere and quality pleasant.

Form A is what it gives us.

Dr.M.Basti

In message 
, 
Mehran Basti  writes
>Fill out means “ to write information into blank spaces on a form”.
>
>Fill in means “ to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
>shading”.
>
>Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
>right word.

As always, you're wrong.

-- 
< Paul >

Mehran Basti wrote:
> 
> Frank Erskine wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>>>
>> I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
>>
>> --
> 
> Fill out means “ to write information into blank spaces on a form”.
> 
> Fill in means “ to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
> shading”.
> 
> Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
> right word.

It depends which dictionary you read.  For this newsgroup, please read 
the Complete Oxford Dictionary.  Preferably from end to end, before you 
post again.  Then try Fowler's Modern English Useage to show you how to 
use the words.



-- 
Kate  XXXXXX  R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

"Mehran Basti"  wrote in message 
news:28a31bd2-91d0-4cab-80f3-5069116defeb@x36g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
>
> Sn!pe wrote:
>>
>> Please advise how many members you have; I wouldn't want to sign
>> up to unpopulated groups, especially if there is a possibilty of them
>> becoming chargeable.
>
> Would you like to be a member of Basti Newsgroup: Film (public)?
>
> I have not yet opened it up, if anyone would like to be a member, it
> is free and let me know.
>
> There is no charge in any of the newsgroups, but if we find enough
> members we charge a fee.
>
> At that time members have a choice to join or not.
>
> In Basti Newsgroup: Sci.math we have 4 members, others not yet.
>
In lets-mock-mehran-basti newsgroup we have 7 members, does that give you 
any hints?
http://groups.google.com/group/lets-all-mock-mehran-basti/members

-- 
Chris, (on tour)
Intellect is invisible to the man who has none.
Schopenhauer

Mehran Basti wrote:
> 
> Frank Erskine wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>>>
>> I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
>>
>> --
> 
> Fill out means “ to write information into blank spaces on a form”.
> 
> Fill in means “ to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
> shading”.
> 
> Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
> right word.
> 
It depends on which side of the Herring Pond you are.

On *this* side (The East side), we fill in forms. We also fill in blocks 
with colo*u*r. We do not omit the letter "u" in these words except for 
comic effect. Colour, favourite, and most other words you spell ending 
in "or" on your sdie of the Pond. We also spell programme correctly, 
unless it's a computer program, of course.

We also walk along the pavement in the almost certain knowledge that we 
will not be sharing it with moving motor vehicles. We don't have 
sidewalks, at least not under that name.

Oh, and that Form A? Not needed. A waste of electrons.

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.
(Qeng, V cebzvfrq zlfrys abg gb trg qenttrq va.....)

"John Williamson"  wrote in message 
news:6edl1oF6kaiiU1@mid.individual.net...
> Mehran Basti wrote:
>>
>> Frank Erskine wrote:
>>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>>>>
>>> I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
>>>
>>> --
>>
>> Fill out means “ to write information into blank spaces on a form”.
>>
>> Fill in means “ to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
>> shading”.
>>
>> Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
>> right word.

fill in  -verb (adv)
1 (tr) to complete (a form, drawing, etc.)

.....................................

fill out  -verb (adv)

....................................

3 (tr) to complete (a form, application, etc.)

(Collins English Dictionary)

>>
> It depends on which side of the Herring Pond you are.
>
> On *this* side (The East side), we fill in forms. We also fill in blocks 
> with colo*u*r. We do not omit the letter "u" in these words except for 
> comic effect. Colour, favourite, and most other words you spell ending in 
> "or" on your sdie of the Pond. We also spell programme correctly, unless 
> it's a computer program, of course.
>
> We also walk along the pavement in the almost certain knowledge that we 
> will not be sharing it with moving motor vehicles. We don't have 
> sidewalks, at least not under that name.
>
> Oh, and that Form A? Not needed. A waste of electrons.
>
> -- 
> Tciao for Now!
>
> John.
> (Qeng, V cebzvfrq zlfrys abg gb trg qenttrq va.....)

On 18 Jul, 23:49, sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) wrote:

> (apologies to Shedi for not ROTting that offensive word,
> I somehow doubt that our new friend is aware of ROT13.)

Once can only hope he is unaware of breathing.

Frank Erskine wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
>  wrote:
> 
>> You need to fill out Form A.
>>
> I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
> 
Do you have to shake them all about first?

Ron Eraserhead

Mehran Basti wrote:
> 
> Frank Erskine wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>>>
>> I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
>>
>> --
> 
> Fill out means “ to write information into blank spaces on a form”.
> 
> Fill in means “ to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
> shading”.
> 
> Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
> right word.

Which end of your egg do you crack?

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:09:46 +0100, "Ron(UK)" 
wrote:

>Which end of your egg do you crack?

The right end, natch!
-- 
e-mail me at geraldine(underlined space)ms(littlesnailything) bigfoot dot com 
only without the spaces

Ron(UK) spoke thusly:

> Which end of your egg do you crack?

The middle.



Eggsplanation:
I don't eat eggs with a teaspoon; I slice them and eat them on bread, if 
boiled, or I fry them or hfr them in an omellete.

-- 
Kind Regards,
Nikitta.

"Ah! Let that be a lesson to me to guide me in my further life: When you
are travelling backwards in time on a website, always remember to click
the duck on the right!" Kaare Fiedler Christiansen, afdaniain.

John Williamson  wrote in 
news:6edl1oF6kaiiU1@mid.individual.net:

> On *this* side (The East side), we fill in forms.

About the only thing I fill out is my trousers, more so recently than 
earlier in the year. Then there's always the story of the man who was 
booking out of his hotel when he was asked to fill in a questionnaire, so 
he went out and punched the doorman [1].

-- 
Graeme

[1] This joke being so old and UK centric that I think it points to "fill 
in" with respect to forms etc. being in common use for a long time.

Kate XXXXXX wrote:
> Mehran Basti wrote:
> >
> > Frank Erskine wrote:
> >> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
> >>  wrote:
> >>
> >>> You need to fill out Form A.
> >>>
> >> I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
> >>
> >> --
> >
> > Fill out means � to write information into blank spaces on a form�.
> >
> > Fill in means � to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
> > shading�.
> >
> > Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
> > right word.
>
> It depends which dictionary you read.  For this newsgroup, please read
> the Complete Oxford Dictionary.  Preferably from end to end, before you
> post again.  Then try Fowler's Modern English Useage to show you how to
> use the words.

The only dictionary I checked was my Microsoft word on Mac (tool
part), and those were the first items I had reported (among many
others).

It could be a difference between American dictionary and British.

By the way, I write articles and only once I pass them through my
computer dictionary.

No time for editing or consulting (since I post many in a day).

Sometimes I select items by mistake and do not notice my errors

Welcome to join in.

Dr.M.Basti

John Williamson wrote:

> >
> It depends on which side of the Herring Pond you are.
>
> On *this* side (The East side), we fill in forms. We also fill in blocks
> with colo*u*r. We do not omit the letter "u" in these words except for
> comic effect. Colour, favourite, and most other words you spell ending
> in "or" on your sdie of the Pond. We also spell programme correctly,
> unless it's a computer program, of course.
>
> We also walk along the pavement in the almost certain knowledge that we
> will not be sharing it with moving motor vehicles. We don't have
> sidewalks, at least not under that name.
>
> Oh, and that Form A? Not needed. A waste of electrons.
>

Some of you have provided nice examples of “fill in” and “fill out”
words.

I wonder with excellent atmosphere and quality of communications of
Basti Newsgroups, you could be quite educational teachers (as
posters).

Many such as students could join you and learn.

Since I am consulting with my computer word on Mac for correcting
sentences and that certainly is American dictionary, I will stay with
it.

Welcome to Basti Newsgroups.

Please Sign in at Google, and you need to fill out (fill in if you
wish).
 Form A

You can write about rec.sheds and topics in its vicinity anything you
wish.

How about films?

Dr.M.Basti

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:22:36 +0000 (UTC), MEow 
wrote:
>Ron(UK) spoke thusly:
>
>> Which end of your egg do you crack?
>
>The middle.

>Eggsplanation:
>I don't eat eggs with a teaspoon; I slice them and eat them on bread, if 
>boiled, or I fry them or hfr them in an omellete.

So not for you the delicious anticipation of which way the yolk will run
when you slice the top off and the fine honing of the reactions
necessary to get a piece of buttered soldier ready to catch it before it
wanders down the side of the egg-cup?  

Not for you the delicate manipulation of the salt cellar and the
pepper-mill as you attempt to season the egg without spilling too much
everywhere?

Not for you the thrill of dipping the first piece of buttered soldier
gently into the yolk and transferring it to your mouth while spilling
yolk on your front?

How can you bear to eat an egg so prosaically?
-- 
e-mail me at geraldine(underlined space)ms(littlesnailything) bigfoot dot com 
only without the spaces

Mehran Basti wrote:

> Sometimes I select items by mistake and do not notice my errors
> 
> Welcome to join in.

Ohhh, I think you'll find that everyone notices your errors in the shed 
without an invitation.

Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine Intervention. wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:22:36 +0000 (UTC), MEow 
> wrote:
>> Ron(UK) spoke thusly:
>>
>>> Which end of your egg do you crack?
>> The middle.
> 
>> Eggsplanation:
>> I don't eat eggs with a teaspoon; I slice them and eat them on bread, if 
>> boiled, or I fry them or hfr them in an omellete.
> 
> So not for you the delicious anticipation of which way the yolk will run
> when you slice the top off and the fine honing of the reactions
> necessary to get a piece of buttered soldier ready to catch it before it
> wanders down the side of the egg-cup?  
> 
> Not for you the delicate manipulation of the salt cellar and the
> pepper-mill as you attempt to season the egg without spilling too much
> everywhere?
> 
> Not for you the thrill of dipping the first piece of buttered soldier
> gently into the yolk and transferring it to your mouth while spilling
> yolk on your front?
> 
> How can you bear to eat an egg so prosaically?

  Maybe he hasnt got the necessary eggsperience

Mehran Basti wrote:
> 
> Kate XXXXXX wrote:
>> Mehran Basti wrote:
>>> Frank Erskine wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>>>>>
>>>> I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>> Fill out means � to write information into blank spaces on a form�.
>>>
>>> Fill in means � to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
>>> shading�.
>>>
>>> Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
>>> right word.
>> It depends which dictionary you read.  For this newsgroup, please read
>> the Complete Oxford Dictionary.  Preferably from end to end, before you
>> post again.  Then try Fowler's Modern English Useage to show you how to
>> use the words.
> 
> The only dictionary I checked was my Microsoft word on Mac (tool
> part), and those were the first items I had reported (among many
> others).

Good Lord!  You're relying on THAT pile of crap?  Sheesh!  No wonder you 
don't know what half the words you use really mean!  Or how to use them...

> It could be a difference between American dictionary and British.

No, it's the difference between a PROPER dictionary and a pile of crap 
pretending to be a spell checker...

> By the way, I write articles and only once I pass them through my
> computer dictionary.

No wonder they are so frequently unintelligaable.

> No time for editing or consulting (since I post many in a day).

I probably post more than you in all my many different newsgroups, 
forums, letters, contracts and so forth, and I ALWAYS check carefully if 
spelling and meaning are important, as in convaying information I wish 
to be understood to a second or third party.

> Sometimes I select items by mistake and do not notice my errors

Oh dear.  Well, we all do that from time to time.  I suggest you get a 
real live person qualified to do so to check and correct your errors so 
that misunderstandings no longer occur.  Once I have written an 
important document, checked it myself several times (and yes, corrected 
errors as well as editing it), I do this.  It's often much easier to see 
errors in a document written by another person than it is to see them in 
one you have written yourself, as there is always a tendency to read 
what one OUGHT to have written, or *thinks* one has written, rather than 
what one has actually written.  Peer review is a vital part of the 
editing cycle.

And don't forget to use Mr Fowler's excellent tome, so that not only the 
spelling, but also the useage, grammar and syntax are correct, to 
facilitate understanding here and elsewhere.  Many of your sentences 
make very little sence on a basic level because they are incomplete 
and/or the word order is incorrect.  I'd have failed any papers you 
wrote on any subject whatever on the present evidence, given that they 
fail to convey the information in a comprehendable manner.

English may well be a second language for you, but if you wish to engage 
in an exchange of ideas in this language, you will have to pay a great 
deal more attention to these important details for those ideas to have 
any credence.

> Welcome to join in.

I do join in here every day.  In fact, I join in several times every 
day.  I've been welcome (and welcomed!) here for a great deal longer 
than you have.

-- 
Kate  XXXXXX  R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

In uk.rec.sheds,  (Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine
Intervention.) wrote in ::

>On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:22:36 +0000 (UTC), MEow 
>wrote:
>>Ron(UK) spoke thusly:
>>
>>> Which end of your egg do you crack?
>>
>>The middle.
>
>>Eggsplanation:
>>I don't eat eggs with a teaspoon; I slice them and eat them on bread, if 
>>boiled, or I fry them or hfr them in an omellete.
>
>So not for you the delicious anticipation of which way the yolk will run
>when you slice the top off and the fine honing of the reactions
>necessary to get a piece of buttered soldier ready to catch it before it
>wanders down the side of the egg-cup?  

If the yolk runs anywhere, it's not been boiled long enough.
-- 
Marc

"Many futorologists write as if current progress can be extraplolated indefinitely - 
the fallacy of climbing trees  to get to the moon." (Steven Pinker)

Mehran Basti wrote:
> Since I am consulting with my computer word on Mac for correcting
> sentences and that certainly is American dictionary, I will stay with
> it.
> 
This is possibly part of your problem. You are posting to a group of 
people who mostly use the Oxford English Dictionary as a reference for 
spellings and such. Chambers is acceptable, as long as it's the United 
Kingdom edition.

The posters here are also split between Mac & PC users, so I would 
suggest that for maximum comprehensibility, you download the UK English 
dictionary into a copy of Office on a new IBM compatible Personal 
Computer which you should be able to obtain easily. Then you get the 
best of both worlds, as you can write in American on your Mac & use the 
PC to translate into English.

> Welcome to Basti Newsgroups.
> 
> Please Sign in at Google, and you need to fill out (fill in if you
> wish).
>  Form A
> 
Please explain exactly why I should fill in an intrusive questionnaire 
when the system I use seems to be working perfectly well.

Did you solve the puzzle I set in my last reply to you, by the way? It's 
a very simple substitution cypher, simple enough that a number of users 
here can type the encoded version directly.

Tciao for Now!

John.

Ron(UK) wrote:
> Mehran Basti wrote:
>>
>> Fill out means “ to write information into blank spaces on a form”.
>>
>> Fill in means “ to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
>> shading”.
>>
>> Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
>> right word.
> 
> Which end of your egg do you crack?

As he's a Mac user, I'd guess the big end. ;-)

It's unfortunately a moot point when your egg's that badly cracked, though.

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.

Ron(UK) wrote:
> Frank Erskine wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>>>
>> I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
>>
> Do you have to shake them all about first?
> 
Only if they're on an EtchaSketch.

http://www.gcfl.net/archive.php?funny=3796

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.

In message <4pudnbaVB_oDnR_V4p2dnAA@plusnet>, at 16:01:34 on Sat, 19 Jul 
2008, Kate XXXXXX  wibbled
>Mehran Basti wrote:

>> Sometimes I select items by mistake and do not notice my errors
>
>Oh dear.  Well, we all do that from time to time.  I suggest you get a 
>real live person qualified to do so to check and correct your errors so 
>that misunderstandings no longer occur.  Once I have written an 
>important document, checked it myself several times (and yes, corrected 
>errors as well as editing it), I do this.  It's often much easier to 
>see errors in a document written by another person than it is to see 
>them in one you have written yourself, as there is always a tendency to 
>read what one OUGHT to have written, or *thinks* one has written, 
>rather than what one has actually written.

Good advice.

Probably mentioned this before: My ex-boss when I jbexed for a Holiday 
Co was delighted when he found auto-correct in Word Perfect and molished 
his own letters when his secretary was on holiday, but he weren't the 
best speller. He gooved it were a good idea to have his letters 
reviewed. The first one, written to a lady called Mildred started

Dear Milder,

I have reviled your litter...

Much giggling ensured.


Doesn't always jbex. I had a leader kick off about some instructions I'd 
issued and I had to send them a pacifying letter by fax telling them
"I have no doubts about your abilities" and, despite checks from the 
boss and a couple of colleagues, it went out without the "no". Oops!


-- 
Pedt

Pedt said:
>
> Doesn't always jbex. I had a leader kick off about some instructions I'd 
> issued and I had to send them a pacifying letter by fax telling them
> "I have no doubts about your abilities" and, despite checks from the 
> boss and a couple of colleagues, it went out without the "no". Oops!

Oooh. A new concept, the Freudian Bug.

-- 
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

In message , at 15:37:00 on 
Sat, 19 Jul 2008, Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine 
Intervention. <x{yz}enophil44@hotmail.com> wibbled
>On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:22:36 +0000 (UTC), MEow 
>wrote:
>>Ron(UK) spoke thusly:
>>
>>> Which end of your egg do you crack?
>>
>>The middle.
>
>>Eggsplanation:
>>I don't eat eggs with a teaspoon; I slice them and eat them on bread, if
>>boiled, or I fry them or hfr them in an omellete.
>
>So not for you the delicious anticipation of which way the yolk will run
>when you slice the top off
>
 >Not for you...
 >
 >Not for you...

But for you: the delicious anticipation of whether or not the yolk has 
set, and if it hasn't, will it go everywhere when the egg is sliced.

-- 
Pedt

Pedt wrote:
> In message <4pudnbaVB_oDnR_V4p2dnAA@plusnet>, at 16:01:34 on Sat, 19 Jul 
> 2008, Kate XXXXXX  wibbled
>> Mehran Basti wrote:
> 
>>> Sometimes I select items by mistake and do not notice my errors
>>
>> Oh dear.  Well, we all do that from time to time.  I suggest you get a 
>> real live person qualified to do so to check and correct your errors 
>> so that misunderstandings no longer occur.  Once I have written an 
>> important document, checked it myself several times (and yes, 
>> corrected errors as well as editing it), I do this.  It's often much 
>> easier to see errors in a document written by another person than it 
>> is to see them in one you have written yourself, as there is always a 
>> tendency to read what one OUGHT to have written, or *thinks* one has 
>> written, rather than what one has actually written.
> 
> Good advice.
> 
> Probably mentioned this before: My ex-boss when I jbexed for a Holiday 
> Co was delighted when he found auto-correct in Word Perfect and molished 
> his own letters when his secretary was on holiday, but he weren't the 
> best speller. He gooved it were a good idea to have his letters 
> reviewed. The first one, written to a lady called Mildred started
> 
> Dear Milder,
> 
> I have reviled your litter...
> 
> Much giggling ensured.
> 
> 
> Doesn't always jbex. I had a leader kick off about some instructions I'd 
> issued and I had to send them a pacifying letter by fax telling them
> "I have no doubts about your abilities" and, despite checks from the 
> boss and a couple of colleagues, it went out without the "no". Oops!
> 
> 
Colour you deeply embarrassed but prolly also giggling when this surfaced.

-- 
Kate  XXXXXX  R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Pedt said:
>
> But for you: the delicious anticipation of whether or not the yolk has 
> set, and if it hasn't, will it go everywhere when the egg is sliced.

s/everywhere/beard/;




-- 
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:15:33 +0100, John Williamson
 said in
:

>Please explain exactly why I should fill in an intrusive questionnaire 
>when the system I use seems to be working perfectly well.

An excellent question, and I await Dr. Basti's answer with some
sense of anticipation.

Guy
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:15:33 +0100, John Williamson
>  said in
> :
>
>> Please explain exactly why I should fill in an intrusive
>> questionnaire when the system I use seems to be working perfectly
>> well.
>
> An excellent question, and I await Dr. Basti's answer with some
> sense of anticipation.

You're on your own there I feel.

-- 
Malc
I said "Oh pretty maid I think you done me wrong"
I said "Oh pretty maid I think you done me wrong"
"You just wait there boy, I'll do you right after evensong"
Sid Kipper

Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Mehran Basti said:
> 
> 
> Frank Erskine wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
> >  wrote:
> >
> > >You need to fill out Form A.
> > >
> > I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
> >
> > --
> 
> Fill out means =93 to write information into blank spaces on a form=94.
> 
> Fill in means =93 to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
> shading=94.
> 
> Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
> right word.
> 
> Dr.M.Basti
> 
Only in the US, in the UK "fill in" is used for both.
-- 
teh internets is populated by eggshells armed with hammers

In message <488223ee$0$640$bed64819@news.gradwell.net>, Richard Robinson 
 writes
>Pedt said:
>>
>> Doesn't always jbex. I had a leader kick off about some instructions I'd
>> issued and I had to send them a pacifying letter by fax telling them
>> "I have no doubts about your abilities" and, despite checks from the
>> boss and a couple of colleagues, it went out without the "no". Oops!
>
>Oooh. A new concept, the Freudian Bug.

Would a Freudian bugger have an anal obsession?

-- 
< Paul >

In message , John Williamson 
 writes
>Mehran Basti wrote:
penc, wie immer
>Oh, and that Form A? Not needed. A waste of electrons.

A bit like Moron Batsi, who seems a waste of skin.

-- 
< Paul >

In message 
, 
Mehran Basti  writes
>How about films?

How about you getting a clue or, failing that, getting lost?

-- 
< Paul >

In message <wdSdndnfwfU5uh_VnZ2dnUVZ8vGdnZ2d@posted.plusnet>, at 
18:48:04 on Sat, 19 Jul 2008, Kate XXXXXX 
 wibbled
>Pedt wrote:

>>   Doesn't always jbex. I had a leader kick off about some 
>>instructions I'd  issued and I had to send them a pacifying letter by 
>>fax telling them
>> "I have no doubts about your abilities" and, despite checks from the 
>>boss and a couple of colleagues, it went out without the "no". Oops!
>>
>Colour you deeply embarrassed but prolly also giggling when this 
>surfaced.
>
Yes to both.

As you can imagine, it became a long standing joak in HO.
-- 
Pedt

In message <1ikasm5.kfgj4w9tygt9N%snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk>, Sn!pe 
 writes
>Please advise how many members you have; I wouldn't want to sign
>up to unpopulated groups, especially if there is a possibilty of them
>becoming chargeable.

How many films are there about hatstands?

-- 
< Paul >

In message 
, 
Mehran Basti  writes
>You need to fill out Form A.

You need to get a life.

-- 
< Paul >

In message 
, 
Mehran Basti  writes
>Fill out means “ to write information into blank spaces on a form”.

No, it means to get fat.

-- 
< Paul >

In message 
, 
Mehran Basti  writes
>The only dictionary I checked was my Microsoft word on Mac (tool
>part),

So it was a case of one tool using another tool?

-- 
< Paul >

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:24:30 +0100, Carlton Miniott
 wrote:

>Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, Mehran Basti said:
>> 
>> 
>> Frank Erskine wrote:
>> > On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:03:40 -0700 (PDT), Mehran Basti
>> >  wrote:
>> >
>> > >You need to fill out Form A.
>> > >
>> > I've alway filled forms _in_ rather than _out_.
>> >
>> > --
>> 
>> Fill out means =93 to write information into blank spaces on a form=94.
>> 
>> Fill in means =93 to cover a blank space on something with coloring or
>> shading=94.
>> 
>> Among many other meanings (check dictionary) I think fill out is the
>> right word.
>> 
>> Dr.M.Basti
>> 
>Only in the US, in the UK "fill in" is used for both.

Yes. When you 'do' a form you actually put writing "in" the
boxes/spaces provided, so you're filling it in. I can't see at all
where 'filling out' could apply (perhaps dentally). 'Emptying out' is
a different thing,  and probably anathema to many sheddi scenaria.

Just who _is_ this '"Dr" Pasty' anyway?

-- 
Frank Erskine
MJBC, OETKBC

Paul C. Dickie wrote:
> In message , John Williamson 
>  writes
>> Mehran Basti wrote:
> penc, wie immer
>> Oh, and that Form A? Not needed. A waste of electrons.
> 
> A bit like Moron Batsi, who seems a waste of skin.
> 
I gooved that Spam came in tins...

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.

Mehran Basti  wrote:

> Dear Newsgroup:
> 
> In some of the threads in this newsgroup uk.rec.shed someone used the
> word "Spartacus".
> 
> Well, I like many movies particularly during 50s and 60s.

Oh, did someone make a film about the Third Servile War, then?

Whose text did they use, Mehran? Plutarch or Florus?

Cat.

John Williamson  wrote:

> Paul C. Dickie wrote:
> > In message , John Williamson 
> >  writes
> >> Mehran Basti wrote:
> > penc, wie immer
> >> Oh, and that Form A? Not needed. A waste of electrons.
> > 
> > A bit like Moron Batsi, who seems a waste of skin.
> > 
> I gooved that Spam came in tins...

Ew. I'd always wondered what the sticky stuff on either end was...

Cat.

Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine Intervention.
<x{yz}enophil44@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:22:36 +0000 (UTC), MEow 
> wrote:
> >Ron(UK) spoke thusly:
> >
> >> Which end of your egg do you crack?
> >
> >The middle.
> 
> >Eggsplanation:
> >I don't eat eggs with a teaspoon; I slice them and eat them on bread, if
> >boiled, or I fry them or hfr them in an omellete.
> 
> So not for you the delicious anticipation of which way the yolk will run
> when you slice the top off and the fine honing of the reactions
> necessary to get a piece of buttered soldier ready to catch it before it
> wanders down the side of the egg-cup?  
> 
> Not for you the delicate manipulation of the salt cellar and the
> pepper-mill as you attempt to season the egg without spilling too much
> everywhere?
> 
> Not for you the thrill of dipping the first piece of buttered soldier
> gently into the yolk and transferring it to your mouth while spilling
> yolk on your front?

I need help with egg-boiling.

For thirty years, I had a lovely old electric cooker with ring controls
that were perfectly controllble and I could boil a perfect soft-yolk egg
every time.

Sadly, it needed to be replaced and the new one - for some reason I
don't understand - had positional controls for the rings: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
with nothing in between.

Now I can't just boil the water with the eggs in and time 3 minutes from
the first sign of boiling; at 2 they're uncooked, at 3 they're solid.

How do Sheddi boil their eggs? Boil the water first, and pop the eggs
in? Slow simmer? Hi-tech egg-steamer?

Cat.

Paul C. Dickie  wrote:

> In message 
> , 
> Mehran Basti  writes
> >You need to fill out Form A.
> 
> You need to get a life.

Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.

Tell me it's not so.

Cat.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:47:02 +0100, catofsteel@mac.com (The Stainless
Steel Cat) wrote:

>Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
>that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
>
Don't worry. You don't need to.

-- 
Frank Erskine

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:47:02 +0100, catofsteel@mac.com (The Stainless
Steel Cat) wrote:
>Paul C. Dickie  wrote:
>
>> In message 
>> , 
>> Mehran Basti  writes
>> >You need to fill out Form A.
>> 
>> You need to get a life.
>
>Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
>that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
>
>Tell me it's not so.
>
I seem to have managed 64 years without doing so.

-- 
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only without the spaces

On 2008-07-19, John Williamson  wrote:

> The posters here are also split between Mac & PC users, 

Aherm.

[huge@anubis ~]: uname -a
SunOS anubis 5.10 Generic_118833-33 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-2000
[huge@anubis ~]:



-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

On 2008-07-19, Richard Robinson  wrote:
> Pedt said:
>>
>> But for you: the delicious anticipation of whether or not the yolk has 
>> set, and if it hasn't, will it go everywhere when the egg is sliced.
>
> s/everywhere/beard/;

"But for you: the delicious anticipation of whether or not the yolk has 
set, and if it hasn't, will it go beard when the egg is sliced."

He no work.



-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

On 2008-07-20, The Stainless Steel Cat  wrote:

> I need help with egg-boiling.
>
> For thirty years, I had a lovely old electric cooker with ring controls
> that were perfectly controllble and I could boil a perfect soft-yolk egg
> every time.
>
> Sadly, it needed to be replaced and the new one - for some reason I
> don't understand - had positional controls for the rings: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
> with nothing in between.
>
> Now I can't just boil the water with the eggs in and time 3 minutes from
> the first sign of boiling; at 2 they're uncooked, at 3 they're solid.

We have one of those liquid crystal egg thingies. It looks like half an egg made
of perspex, and it changes colour inside as it heats up. Pop it in with the eggs
and cook until the appropriate bit has changed colour - it's marked with "soft",
"medium" and "hard" rings. Works a treat.

-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
> John Williamson  wrote:
> 
>> Paul C. Dickie wrote:
>>> In message , John Williamson 
>>>  writes
>>>> Mehran Basti wrote:
>>> penc, wie immer
>>>> Oh, and that Form A? Not needed. A waste of electrons.
>>> A bit like Moron Batsi, who seems a waste of skin.
>>>
>> I gooved that Spam came in tins...
> 
> Ew. I'd always wondered what the sticky stuff on either end was...
> 
TMI.

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.

The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
> Paul C. Dickie  wrote:
> 
>> In message 
>> , 
>> Mehran Basti  writes
>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>> You need to get a life.
> 
> Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
> that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
> 
> Tell me it's not so.
> 
It ain't compulsory, and you *can* sometimes choose the life you get.

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.
(Generally happy with the life he chose.)

Costing the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars, The Stainless 
Steel Cat said:
> Paul C. Dickie  wrote:
> 
> > In message 
> > , 
> > Mehran Basti  writes
> > >You need to fill out Form A.
> > 
> > You need to get a life.
> 
> Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
> that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
> 
> Tell me it's not so.

I waited until I was 48
-- 
teh internets is populated by eggshells armed with hammers

> The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
>> Paul C. Dickie  wrote:
>> 
>>> In message 
>>> , 
>>> Mehran Basti  writes
>>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>>> You need to get a life.
>> 
>> Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
>> that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
>> 
>> Tell me it's not so.

Naah. I'm a lot older than that and I have no life.

That didn't sound right, did it?


-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

Frank Erskine  wrote:

> On 20 Jul 2008 08:52:43 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> 
> 
> >We have one of those liquid crystal egg thingies. It looks like half an
> >egg made of perspex, and it changes colour inside as it heats up. Pop it
> >in with the eggs and cook until the appropriate bit has changed colour -
> >it's marked with "soft", "medium" and "hard" rings. Works a treat.
> 
> Coo - where do you get 'em? Do they come in different sizes for
> different size eggs ( I only use large ones).
> 
> I love kitchen gadgets.

Me too, that one sounds very useful.

Cat.

Frank Erskine  wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:47:02 +0100, catofsteel@mac.com (The Stainless
> Steel Cat) wrote:
> 
> >Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
> >that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
> >
> Don't worry. You don't need to.

Phew!

Cat.

In message , John Williamson 
 writes
>Paul C. Dickie wrote:
>> In message , John Williamson 
>> writes
>>> Mehran Basti wrote:
>> penc, wie immer
>>> Oh, and that Form A? Not needed. A waste of electrons.
>>  A bit like Moron Batsi, who seems a waste of skin.
>>
>I gooved that Spam came in tins...

Oh, that someone _would_ put Batsi in a can!

-- 
< Paul >

In message , Frank Erskine 
 writes
>Just who _is_ this '"Dr" Pasty' anyway?

Perhaps he needs to get out more?

-- 
< Paul >

The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
> Paul C. Dickie  wrote:
> 
>> In message 
>> , 
>> Mehran Basti  writes
>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>> You need to get a life.
> 
> Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
> that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
> 
> Tell me it's not so.
> 
> Cat.

Not that I noticed...

The Stainless Steel Cat  wrote:

> I need help with egg-boiling.
> 
> For thirty years, I had a lovely old electric cooker with ring controls
> that were perfectly controllble and I could boil a perfect soft-yolk egg
> every time.
> 
> Sadly, it needed to be replaced and the new one - for some reason I
> don't understand - had positional controls for the rings: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
> with nothing in between.
> 
> Now I can't just boil the water with the eggs in and time 3 minutes from
> the first sign of boiling; at 2 they're uncooked, at 3 they're solid.
> 
> How do Sheddi boil their eggs? Boil the water first, and pop the eggs
> in? Slow simmer? Hi-tech egg-steamer?

Absolutely fool-proof method for perfectly boiled eggs:

Take eggs from fridge, place in cold water. Bring the water quickly to
the boil and as you do so, commence timing from the moment the first
bubbles break the surface. By this I mean the big, fat steam bubbles,
not the little ones of dissolved air coming out of solution. From that
point give them 90 seconds at full boil, then hoick them out smartly. 
Remember they will continue to cook while in the egg-cup.

This will result in perfectly set whites (no snot) and yolks well warmed
through but not set, ideal for soldier-dunking. 

-- 
^Ï^                               Sn!pe  

 <:>---[   Please do not verbally abuse the petty official.   ]---<:>

Ron(UK) spoke thusly:

>>> Eggsplanation:
>>> I don't eat eggs with a teaspoon; I slice them and eat them on
>>> bread, if boiled, or I fry them or hfr them in an omellete.
>> 
[snip]
>> How can you bear to eat an egg so prosaically?
> 
>   Maybe he hasnt got the necessary eggsperience

What do you mean "he"? *crosses arms and taps foot, awaiting an 
eggsplanation*

-- 
Kind Regards,
Nikitta.

"Ah! Let that be a lesson to me to guide me in my further life: When you
are travelling backwards in time on a website, always remember to click
the duck on the right!" Kaare Fiedler Christiansen, afdaniain.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:47:02 +0100
catofsteel@mac.com (The Stainless Steel Cat) wrote:

> Paul C. Dickie  wrote:
> 
> > In message 
> > , 
> > Mehran Basti  writes
> > >You need to fill out Form A.
> > 
> > You need to get a life.
> 
> Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
> that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
> 
> Tell me it's not so.

	It's not so - I've recently entered the final year of my first half
century and I haven't been forced to get one. 

-- 
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You lose and Bill collects.                 |    licences available see
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MEow wrote:
> Ron(UK) spoke thusly:
> 
>>>> Eggsplanation:
>>>> I don't eat eggs with a teaspoon; I slice them and eat them on
>>>> bread, if boiled, or I fry them or hfr them in an omellete.
> [snip]
>>> How can you bear to eat an egg so prosaically?
>>   Maybe he hasnt got the necessary eggsperience
> 
> What do you mean "he"? *crosses arms and taps foot, awaiting an 
> eggsplanation*
> 

In a patriarchy, it's a gender-neutral pronoun, apparently. And
if you're longer than you're wide, well...

Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine Intervention. spoke
thusly: 

> So not for you the delicious anticipation of which way the yolk will
> run when you slice the top off and the fine honing of the reactions
> necessary to get a piece of buttered soldier ready to catch it before
> it wanders down the side of the egg-cup?  
> 
We don't do buttered soldiers in Denmark (double entendre not
intended!). In fact, I had to Google what it was the first time I saw it
mentioned here. 

> Not for you the delicate manipulation of the salt cellar and the
> pepper-mill as you attempt to season the egg without spilling too much
> everywhere?
> 
For me the joy of fried eggs on good rye bread, salt and pepper on them
- the pleasure of the yolk breaking when I cut into it and sopping it up
with the aforementioned good rye bread as it flows freely on my plate. 

> How can you bear to eat an egg so prosaically?

I'm a very prosaic person *tries to look serious, but fails*

Having the mild tremors in my hands, as I do, I tend to prefer the most
practical way of doing things, like eating fried up veggies/rice with a
spoon from a small bowl (as opposed to using plate, knife and fork) and
genreally I prefer bowls to plates whenever it's practical. 

Speaking of which: I've been frying up some turnips, portebello
mushrooms and paprica with some spices and soy sauce. I think it's done
simmering soon, so down into a bowl it goes - for me to enjoy it with a
spoon. 

Thankfully, The Matrix was wrong: there really *is* a spoon.

-- 
Kind Regards,
Nikitta.

"Ah! Let that be a lesson to me to guide me in my further life: When you
are travelling backwards in time on a website, always remember to click
the duck on the right!" Kaare Fiedler Christiansen, afdaniain.

Carl LHS Williams spoke thusly:

> MEow wrote:
>> Ron(UK) spoke thusly:
>> 
>>>>> Eggsplanation:
>>>>> I don't eat eggs with a teaspoon; I slice them and eat them on
>>>>> bread, if boiled, or I fry them or hfr them in an omellete.
>> [snip]
>>>> How can you bear to eat an egg so prosaically?
>>>   Maybe he hasnt got the necessary eggsperience
>> 
>> What do you mean "he"? *crosses arms and taps foot, awaiting an 
>> eggsplanation*
>> 
> 
> In a patriarchy, it's a gender-neutral pronoun, apparently. And
> if you're longer than you're wide, well...

then it's easier to run around me than to jump over me, unless I'm lying 
down?

-- 
Kind Regards,
Nikitta.

"Ah! Let that be a lesson to me to guide me in my further life: When you
are travelling backwards in time on a website, always remember to click
the duck on the right!" Kaare Fiedler Christiansen, afdaniain.

Huge said:
> On 2008-07-19, Richard Robinson  wrote:
>> Pedt said:
>>>
>>> But for you: the delicious anticipation of whether or not the yolk has 
>>> set, and if it hasn't, will it go everywhere when the egg is sliced.
>>
>> s/everywhere/beard/;
>
> "But for you: the delicious anticipation of whether or not the yolk has 
> set, and if it hasn't, will it go beard when the egg is sliced."
>
> He no work.

The grammar could do with a little more, admittedly. I feel that the
accuracy is improved, thobut.


-- 
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

Carl LHS Williams said:
> MEow wrote:
>> 
>> What do you mean "he"? *crosses arms and taps foot, awaiting an 
>> eggsplanation*
>
> In a patriarchy, it's a gender-neutral pronoun, apparently. And
> if you're longer than you're wide, well...

*snort*

-- 
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://www.qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

In message <g5v3i2$30v$3@anubis.demon.co.uk>, Huge 
<Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes
>> The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
>>> Paul C. Dickie  wrote:
>>>> In message
>>>> ,
>>>> Mehran Basti  writes
>>>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>>>> You need to get a life.
>>>
>>> Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
>>> that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
>>>
>>> Tell me it's not so.
>
>Naah. I'm a lot older than that and I have no life.
>
>That didn't sound right, did it?

Honest, thobut.

-- 
< Paul >

In message <1ikdccx.xchcm4j1b0k2N%catofsteel@mac.com>, The Stainless 
Steel Cat  writes
>Paul C. Dickie  wrote:
>> In message
>> ,
>> Mehran Basti  writes
>> >You need to fill out Form A.
>>
>> You need to get a life.
>
>Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
>that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
>
>Tell me it's not so.

Entirely optional unless/until you take to spamming Usenet with some 
damn silly idea of your own "newsgroups".

-- 
< Paul >

Countess-Palatine Blackberry the Perplexed of Divine Intervention.
<x{yz}enophil44@hotmail.com> wrote:

> unctuous creamy perfection

Brilliant, I'll take three, ta!

-- 
^Ï^                               Sn!pe  

 <:>---[   Please do not verbally abuse the petty official.   ]---<:>

Paul C. Dickie  wrote:

> In message , Frank Erskine
>  writes

> >Just who _is_ this '"Dr" Pasty' anyway?
> 
> Perhaps he needs to get out more?

On the assumption that he hails from Kernow: large trad., ta, take out.
(that should fix it)

-- 
^Ï^                               Sn!pe  

 <:>---[   Please do not verbally abuse the petty official.   ]---<:>

Mehran Basti  wrote:

> Sn!pe wrote:
> >
> > > You need to fill out Form A.
> >
> > I've looked at form A, it appears to include some onerous conditions.
> >
> 
> Well, at this time it is necessary, if someone behaves within the
> codes we have no problems.
> 
> But we need to keep its atmosphere and quality pleasant.
> 
> Form A is what it gives us.

Unless I've misparsed that, keeping its atmosphere and quality pleasant
gives us Form A? Forgive me, Dr B, I think you have the cart before the
horse there, or as we say in Modern English, "arse about face". HTH
 
> Dr.M.Basti

Do you know what, Dr. B, I think we recognise your style by now. Still,
if you insist on having a signature like that you should separate it
from the body of your article with a well-formed signature separator 
(or sig-sep) comprising "hyphen hyphen space return" on a line of its
own. This will enable a well-behaved newsreader program to automatically
"snip" or delete it when quoting in followup articles your pearls of
wisdom that you so generously bestow on us swine of shed-dwellers.

It's considered a courtesy to your readers, you see, it saves them a
little bit of jbex. If you'd like an example just check out mine at the
foot of this article.

This has been a Free Clule at absolutely no charge; it's completely
gratis and for nothing, purely out of the goodness of my heart. I see in
you, Dr Batsi, an earnest supplicant to Usenet, just as I was all those
years ago. This Free Clule has been brought to you by Sn!peCo
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 <:>---[   Please do not verbally abuse the petty official.   ]---<:>

Sn!pe  wrote:

> Absolutely fool-proof method for perfectly boiled eggs:
> 
> Take eggs from fridge, place in cold water. Bring the water quickly to
> the boil and as you do so, commence timing from the moment the first
> bubbles break the surface. By this I mean the big, fat steam bubbles,
> not the little ones of dissolved air coming out of solution. From that
> point give them 90 seconds at full boil, then hoick them out smartly.
> Remember they will continue to cook while in the egg-cup.
> 
> This will result in perfectly set whites (no snot) and yolks well warmed
> through but not set, ideal for soldier-dunking. 

That used to be what I did on the old cooker, but it seems tricky with
the new one.

Cat.

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:59:40 +0100, The Stainless Steel Cat

 wrote in <1ikdvux.11bx99z1kee6lqN%catofsteel@mac.com>:
> Sn!pe  wrote:
 
>> Absolutely fool-proof method for perfectly boiled eggs:
 
>> Take eggs from fridge, place in cold water. Bring the water quickly to
>> the boil and as you do so, commence timing from the moment the first
>> bubbles break the surface. By this I mean the big, fat steam bubbles,
>> not the little ones of dissolved air coming out of solution. From that
>> point give them 90 seconds at full boil, then hoick them out smartly.
>> Remember they will continue to cook while in the egg-cup.

>> This will result in perfectly set whites (no snot) and yolks well warmed
>> through but not set, ideal for soldier-dunking. 
 
> That used to be what I did on the old cooker, but it seems tricky with
> the new one.

	For added fun, add some vinegar to the water to more-rapidly
coagulate any escaping white if the shell should crack (it may well do if
you use 'fridge- rather than room-temperature dreggs), and reduce the
pissibolity of cracking by aiming a very sharp implement at the highest point
of every semi-floating egg, to pierce a hole for the air-bubble to escape
as it heats up and expands.

-- 
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        KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

In message , Dr Ivan D. Reid 
 writes
>       For added fun, add some vinegar to the water to more-rapidly
>coagulate any escaping white if the shell should crack (it may well do if
>you use 'fridge- rather than room-temperature dreggs), and reduce the
>pissibolity of cracking by aiming a very sharp implement at the highest point
>of every semi-floating egg, to pierce a hole for the air-bubble to escape
>as it heats up and expands.

IRTA "as it heats up and explodes"

Have I seen too many episodes of Mythbusters?

-- 
< Paul >

MEow wrote:
> Carl LHS Williams spoke thusly:
> 
>> MEow wrote:
>>> Ron(UK) spoke thusly:
>>>
>>>>>> Eggsplanation:
>>>>>> I don't eat eggs with a teaspoon; I slice them and eat them on
>>>>>> bread, if boiled, or I fry them or hfr them in an omellete.
>>> [snip]
>>>>> How can you bear to eat an egg so prosaically?
>>>>   Maybe he hasnt got the necessary eggsperience
>>> What do you mean "he"? *crosses arms and taps foot, awaiting an 
>>> eggsplanation*
>>>
>> In a patriarchy, it's a gender-neutral pronoun, apparently. And
>> if you're longer than you're wide, well...
> 
> then it's easier to run around me than to jump over me, unless I'm lying 
> down?
> 

I was guvaxvat of that "psychotherapy" song...


# "Freud's mystic world of meaning needn't have us mystified
    It's really very simple what the psyche tries to hide:
    A thing is a phallic symbol if it's longer than it's wide
    As the id goes marching on."

Carl LHS Williams wrote:

>
> I was guvaxvat of that "psychotherapy" song...
>
>
> # "Freud's mystic world of meaning needn't have us mystified
>    It's really very simple what the psyche tries to hide:
>    A thing is a phallic symbol if it's longer than it's wide
>    As the id goes marching on."

Melanie? At least that's who I heard singing it.

-- 
Malc
I said "Oh pretty maid I think you done me wrong"
I said "Oh pretty maid I think you done me wrong"
"You just wait there boy, I'll do you right after evensong"
Sid Kipper

Huge wrote:
> On 2008-07-19, John Williamson  wrote:
> 
>> The posters here are also split between Mac & PC users, 
> 
> Aherm.
> 
> [huge@anubis ~]: uname -a
> SunOS anubis 5.10 Generic_118833-33 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-2000
> [huge@anubis ~]:
> 
jim@eddie:~$ uname -a
Linux eddie 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Sun Jul 20 23:31:46 UTC 2008 x86_64 
GNU/Linux
jim@eddie:~$

The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English defines the 
personal computer (PC) as:
"a microcomputer designed for use by one person at a time."
This, combined with the ability to run windows and use x86 instructions 
would make all current Macs PCs.

My PC is capable of concurrent use by more than one person, and could be 
made to run MacOS-X or windows. Can it be that my PC is not a PC?

It gets funnier if you look at other dictionaries.
The Cambridge Advanced Learners dictionary says:
"a medium-sized computer which is used mainly by people at home rather 
than by large organizations".
Whereas the same organisation's American English dictionary says:
"A personal computer (abbreviation PC) is a small computer used in homes 
and offices."

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition says:
"small but powerful computer primarily used in an office or home without 
the need to be connected to a larger computer."
No internet for them then.

-- 
JimP
No-one here but us penguins. As free as a bird, as open as a plain. 
Super Reggie.

Paul C. Dickie wrote:
> In message <488223ee$0$640$bed64819@news.gradwell.net>, Richard Robinson 
>  writes
>> Pedt said:
>>>
>>> Doesn't always jbex. I had a leader kick off about some instructions I'd
>>> issued and I had to send them a pacifying letter by fax telling them
>>> "I have no doubts about your abilities" and, despite checks from the
>>> boss and a couple of colleagues, it went out without the "no". Oops!
>>
>> Oooh. A new concept, the Freudian Bug.
> 
> Would a Freudian bugger have an anal obsession?
> 
Or a collection of recordings of his mother's phone calls?

-- 
JimP
^->

The Stainless Steel Cat wrote:
> Paul C. Dickie  wrote:
> 
>> In message 
>> , 
>> Mehran Basti  writes
>>> You need to fill out Form A.
>> You need to get a life.
> 
> Ugh. I'm coming up to my 40th burpday and I'm dreading the possibility
> that "getting a life" may be compulsory at that age.
> 
> Tell me it's not so.
> 
> Cat.

You young whippersnapper, you.

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Carl LHS Williams spoke thusly:

>>> In a patriarchy, it's a gender-neutral pronoun, apparently. And
>>> if you're longer than you're wide, well...
>> 
>> then it's easier to run around me than to jump over me, unless I'm
>> lying down?
>> 
> 
> I was guvaxvat of that "psychotherapy" song...
> 
> 
> # "Freud's mystic world of meaning needn't have us mystified
>     It's really very simple what the psyche tries to hide:
>     A thing is a phallic symbol if it's longer than it's wide
>     As the id goes marching on."

Aaah! I didn't know that one. I tried Googling on "if you're longer than 
you're wide" but got no result.

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Nikitta.

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are travelling backwards in time on a website, always remember to click
the duck on the right!" Kaare Fiedler Christiansen, afdaniain.