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Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries

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From: Holly
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
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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

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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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From:  Holly <noon_union@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:36:11 -0700
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