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ah wrote:
> Holly wrote:
>> On Jun 20, 10:16 pm, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Holly wrote:
>>>> On Jun 18, 12:35 am, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Holly wrote:
>>>>>> On Jun 4, 10:29 pm, ah <splifing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Holly wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Jun 1, 9:37 am, Holly <noon_un...@yahoo.com> 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.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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..
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> Humm..........
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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.
>>>>>>>>> Don't you think that the vitality of English is, in part, due to its
>>>>>>>>> openness to such growth?
>>>>>>>>> Of course, I can understand why "impulsiveness" 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 impulsiveness."
>>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>> move forward?  (talking conventionally)
>>>>>>>>> Aren't you the "Ah" who made the very agreeable observation about
>>>>>>>>> Canetti's writing, stating "he tends to micro manage"?-
>>>>>>>> Here is a perfect example of what ADHD does.  I left the syllable 'iv'
>>>>>>>> out of "impulsiveness."  Dear Gork save me!
>>>>>>> gORK?-
>>>>>> I just grabbed one out of the hat.
>>>>> Weird hat.-
>>>> Why so?
>>> Most hats don't house gORKs.-
>> And in how many hats have you looked?
> 
> Oh, goodness . . . quite a few.

Do you wear a hat?