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Article #28751Re: Joined Up TV Documentaries
From: Holly
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:21
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:21
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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. > > > >> > 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 > > > > >> > 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 > > >> See! > > > What!? > > I don't remember. > What? > > >> > move forward? (talking conventionally) > > >> Fore-ward, IMO, is the only option. > > > You have one of those? <said with admiration> > > Three, but two are kept in their cases. > > > > >> > Aren't you the "Ah" who made the very agreeable observation about > >> > Canetti's writing, stating "he tends to micro manage"? > > >> Same "ah", diffferent bluff.- > > > legerdemain ~ > > Great breed, I agree. I didn't know you were a dog person. What you don't might kill you.
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