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Article #28717Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries
From: ah
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:26
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:26
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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. > >> >> >> >>>>>>>> With further reflection on the construction of this sentence, I think >> >>>>>>>> using the "the" emphasis ... lends weight to the burden that >> >>>>>>>> impulsiveness has given to my life. Well ... now I am torn ... dare I >> >>> ... >> >> >>> read more �- 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 - > >
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X-Google-Thread: 1156f6,c3afd9464eaba361 X-Google-Thread: fbbc4,52c6bee914774e1b X-Google-Thread: fee76,313d16ea511cd8ae X-Google-Attributes: gid1156f6,gidfbbc4,gidfee76,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!post01.iad01!news.shared-secrets.com!not-for-mail Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:26:46 -0400 From: ah <splifingate@gmail.com> Organization: happy User-Agent: Mariozilla/3.5a (Nintendo64; U; WaveRunner m20478; en-US; rv:0.4_pre0.5) Yizzack/20070327 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: demon.local,alt.fan.steveleyland,misc.writing Subject: Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries References: <1180443986.197991.23880@q69g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <465cbf3a$0$18148$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com> <1180524868.807981.9420@m36g2000hse.googlegroups.com> <465e153e$0$4817$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com> <1180605234.671322.303280@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> <465f751c$0$16688$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com> <1180705023.280888.77330@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <4664c716$0$8337$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com> <1181042210.279641.106400@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <46760a10$0$4832$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com> <1182198070.947683.125870@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com> <4679dc41$0$4826$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com> <1182460237.009326.120430@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> <467b1b45$0$4808$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com> <CKSdnZUOB8YFv-bbnZ2dnUVZ_rSjnZ2d@comcast.com> <1182558971.387827.264420@c77g2000hse.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <1182558971.387827.264420@c77g2000hse.googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 212 Message-ID: <467cab5e$0$4795$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@shared-secrets.com