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Article #28713Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries
From: Holly
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:06
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:06
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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. > > > > >> >>>>>>>> With further reflection > > ... >
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