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Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries

#28717
From: ah
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
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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.

> 
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>> >>>>>>>> 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
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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:26:46 -0400
From: ah <splifingate@gmail.com>
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