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Article #28720Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries
From: Holly
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:36
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:36
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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 > > > >>>>>>>> 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 ยป- 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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