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Article #28708Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries
From: Holly
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:19
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:19
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On Jun 24, 5:37 am, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> e- Hide quoted text - > >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Show quoted text - > >> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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. > Those were the days. Nowadays, it's hard to hold fast to that state of mind. > >> >> >>>>>>>> With further reflection > > >> ...
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