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Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries

#28708
From: Holly
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
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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.
>


Those were the days.  Nowadays, it's hard to hold fast to that state
of mind.

> >> >> >>>>>>>> With further reflection
>
> >> ...
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From:  Holly <noon_union@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:19:03 -0700
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