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Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries

#28707
From: ah
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:37
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Holly wrote:
> On Jun 23, 1:26 am, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Holly wrote:
>> > On Jun 21, 9:15 pm, Holly <simsala...@mac.hush.com> wrote:
>> >> ah wrote:
>> >> > Holly wrote:
>> >> >> On Jun 20, 10:18 pm, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>> Holly wrote:
>> >> >>>> On Jun 18, 12:44 am, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>> Holly wrote:
>> >> >>>>>> On Jun 4, 10:29 pm, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>> Holly wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>> On May 31, 9:37 pm, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Holly wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> On May 30, 8:36 pm, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Holly wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> On May 29, 8:17 pm, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Holly wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On May 28, 9:36 pm, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holly wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On May 26, 10:04 pm, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holly wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On May 26, 4:44 am, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holly wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On May 22, 5:36 am, Phil Kyle <philkyle2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holly <simsala...@mac.hush.com> wrote innews:vLWdndYoIKeIoM3bnZ2dnUVZ_ufinZ2d@comcast.com:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phil Kyle wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Holly <noon_un...@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>news:1179594870.447060.247740@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On May 19, 6:02 am, Phil Kyle <philkyle2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JF <j...@NOSPAMmarage.demon.co.uk> wrote
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> innews:WEsn2tE1XpTGFwJK@marage.demon.co.uk:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> X-No-Archive: yes
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My wife is displeased with ITV.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe because ITV is shit?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Last Monday the 'Ternight with Trev'
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> documentary was all about England's roads and the appalling state
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they've gotten into. Certainly that's the case in Surrey where
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stretches of asphalt are used to keep the potholes apart. Several
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> disgruntled users made the point that one needs a 4 by 4
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> off-roader for the suspension to survive.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So an off roader is better on the road because it has potholes in
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it? You do talk some shite, Jimbo.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> About an hour later there was a programme fronted by Paul Sergeant
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which was one long whinge about 4 by 4 cars and how they're
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unsuitable for English roads and are the cause of galactic
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> warming. What annoyed my wife is that the same shot of a row of
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> parked 4 by 4s was used over and over again. Trouble is most of
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> them in this oft-repeated clip weren't 4 by 4s -- they were Honda
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CRVs. She bought one last year and, although it has a suspension
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that owes much to good, old-fashioned marine engineering, it's
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> definitely not a 4 by 4.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, Honda CRV's are two wheel drive pretend 4x4s for hairdressers
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and other povvos wot can't afford real ones.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My car, which we sold last year and never got around to replacing,
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was an Ultima Cosworth Scorpio. It was low and sleek. It didn't
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> look big but it was. There's more room in the garage around the
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Honda than there was around the Scorpio. At a guess I'd say that
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Honda CRV is about a metre shorter. True it's higher than the
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Scorpio (thank God -- which makes it a joy for me to get into) but
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> additional height doesn't detract from road space and I doubt if
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it makes a significant contribution to galactic warming.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well done for buying one the ugliest cars Ford ever made. Sleek?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SLEEK? It's a fucking bus.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My feeling is that people see the chunky nature of 4 by 4s and
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> automatically think they're bigger than ordinary saloons. Maybe
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they ought to take a closer look at those overall dimensions?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> But as you've said the CRV isn't a 4x4, thus contradicting
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yourself, you silly twunt.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> P
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> h
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> i
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> l
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> K
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> y
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> l
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> e
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> W
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> o
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> z
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> E
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> r
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> e
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How can you be so rude to this poor, sick, feeble man?  
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quite easily, as it happens. I did the same when he was a strapping
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (i.e. fat) young (i.e. not ancient) man.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blood oath?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No thanks, I've already eaten.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I thought he
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was quite witty in the line "Certainly that's the case in Surrey
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> where stretches of asphalt are used to keep the potholes apart."
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your callousness causes me to wonder ... do you have a hidden agenda
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> here?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No it's blatantly obvious what my agenda is.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <snicker> a sleight of hand.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm..
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm...
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm....
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm.....
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm......
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm.......
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm........
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm.........
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Humm..........
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> P
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> h
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> o
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> l
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> S
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> o
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> l
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> e
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> W
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> o
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> z
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> E
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> r
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>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Some thoughts that came to mind: "we CAN count; ho-hum, resistance is
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> fuTILE, *approaching the event horizon*, hold that focus ... hum."
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> You know I have ADHD ... right?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Not a sign, evident.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you feel inadequate?-
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> To counting?  Hahahahhaha.  Pinched.  Oppositional.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> In a Spelling Bee?  Yes.  I was always in the first ten out.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> ITYM "Math quiz."
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> No <don't be too surprised>, I am sure it was the third grade spelling
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> bees that challenged my self esteAm.  Thank Goodness for spellcheck.
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Third grade didn't have much of an influence on me.
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Fourth, on the other hand . . . .
>> >> >>>>>>>> Actually, third grade was okay ... but fourth grade was a bitch.
>> >> >>>>>>>> Interesting.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Do you feel rule ridden?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Constantly.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> You?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Nah.  I'm fairly good at dodging or avoiding.  It seems to come with
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> the impulsivity.
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Impulsivity?
>> >> >>>>>>>>> I did not know you were a neologist!
>> >> >>>>>>>> It is in Random House Webster's and in many online dictionaries.
>> >> >>>>>>> I'm quite wary of circuitous definitions.
>> >> >>>>>> It's in the DSM -IV.
>> >> >>>>> Which section!
>> >> >>>> Under ADHD silly.
>> >> >>> What in the heck are you talking about?
>>
>> >> >> I don't care.
>>
>> >> > Hmm.
>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> Don't you think that the vitality of English is, in part, due to its
>> >> >>>>>>>> openness to such growth?
>> >> >>>>>>> No; it's the top-down, fsck everything else mentality that lends dominance.
>> >> >>>>>>> Or, maybe it's the hip-hip phenomenon.
>> >> >>>>>> Ha ... at first I read "Hip-Hop" phenomenon. <still chuckling>  Maybe
>> >> >>>>>> "fienomenon."
>> >> >>>>>> What's the "hip-hip phenomenon"?  Hurrah?
>> >> >>>>> Actually, I meant to write "hip-hop" ;/
>> >> >>>>>>  Which rhymes with Sryah and
>> >> >>>>>> that makes me think of Cucamonga which is a funny sounding name ...
>> >> >>>>>> and a remote reference.
>> >> >>>>> IAWTP.
>> >> >>>>>>>> Of course, I can understand why "impulseness" is sufficient.  However,
>> >> >>>>>>>> the tone of the sentence would be sharper if I had omitted the
>> >> >>>>>>>> article.  In this place and time, I like the sound of "It seems to
>> >> >>>>>>>> come with impulsivity" over "it seems to come with impulseness."
>> >> >>>>>>> I like words ending in "y", also.  Truly!
>> >> >>>>>>> btw, ITYM "impulsiveness".
>> >> >>>>>> We're on the same wave length. ;)
>> >> >>>>> 540 micrometers?
>> >> >>>> 450
>> >> >>> You seeing red, yet?
>>
>> >> >> Not at 450.  You?
>>
>> >> > I'm like a RGB tube, but with the red and blue guns shot.
>>
>> >> Powder Head?
>>
>> >http://noahgrey.com/vault/photolog/view.php?p=174
>>
>> I once danced in the mud with hundreds of people.
>>
> 
> 
> I thought you had to leave early.

Well, there was that road-block, but we walked around via the next county.

Statute of Limitations has expired, so don't go stirring-up any trouble.

> 
>>
>>
>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> With further reflection
>>
>> ...
>>
> 
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Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:37:14 -0400
From: ah <splifingate@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries
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