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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.
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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..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm.....
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm......
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm.......
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm........
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmm.........
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>> 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?
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>> I don't care.
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>>>>>>>> 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?
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> I'm like a RGB tube, but with the red and blue guns shot.

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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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