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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
> news:1124273530.28394.0@lotis.uk.clara.net
>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:XRxMe.151051$0f.87408@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>> "Lief" <ask.me.for@it.com> wrote in message
>>> news:fevMe.11385$Mf6.8634@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net
>>>> "ian lincoln" <jessops@sux.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:IKiMe.7536$0u2.3494@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Written by an american who is clueless, it seems.
>>>>
>>>> 200 years of culture? WTF~
>>>
>>> That'd be the US Brits? When did culture start? Thousand years
>>> ago? McG.
>>
>> Depends which culture you mean. Man was hunting here in the ice age
>> (kept popping back abroad when it got colder though - bit like
>> today). Various warring tribes existed from then until around 40AD
>> when Claudius finally conquered them and brought a little Roman
>> civilisation here. So - I guess you should double your estimate to 2
>> thousand years. IIRC Colchester was the first ever City (around the
>> same time) and it's still there today.
>
> Helluva lotta history there!
> McG.
>

....keep watching - there's more to come... ;-)

 

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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote
> Simple truth is, this nation is, today, populated primarily by emigrants
> and their immediate descendants. My maternal great grandfather had a
> lot of trouble speaking English, but that didn't hinder his CHOICE to do
> so. Any one of his kids or grandkids that spoke Gaelic around him got a
> little lecture

Isn't Gaelic the national language of Lesbos?

-\o/-
David
davidfirewater(a)hotmail.com

 

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"David Firewater" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote
>> Simple truth is, this nation is, today, populated primarily by
>> emigrants and their immediate descendants. My maternal great
>> grandfather had a lot of trouble speaking English, but that didn't
>> hinder his CHOICE to do so. Any one of his kids or grandkids that
>> spoke Gaelic around him got a little lecture
>
> Isn't Gaelic the national language of Lesbos?
>
> -\o/-
> David
> davidfirewater(a)hotmail.com

Scotland
McG.

 

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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote
> > Isn't Gaelic the national language of Lesbos?
>
> Scotland

No, I meant... Oh, never mind.
-😉-
David
davidfirewater(a)hotmail.com

 

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Nope, ya know I'm a fisherman and I has a Gofer on the line... Took
the bait hook, line and sinker... Ain't gonna cut him loose now....

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:15:34 -0500, t h a d
<spyderbarques@invalid.net> wrote:

>Any chance we could pretend that this thread never happened?
>Suppose they gave a troll and nobody posted?

--


"The Buffalo Theory"


A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest
buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest
and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This
natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because
the general speed and health of the whole group keeps
improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.
In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as
fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of
alcohol, as we know, kill brain cells. But naturally,
it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.
In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the
weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more
efficient machine! That's why you always feel smarter
after a few beers.

 

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Cannon Fodder wrote:

> Beats chewing buckskin for moccasins....
>
If it was back then before the "Americans" tore the land apart I might
choose another livestyle involving less money and more buckskin
Ok no half-life 2 obviously but I would have Real-Life (tm)

- Peter

 

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McGrandpa wrote:
> "David Firewater" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
>>Isn't Gaelic the national language of Lesbos?
>>
>>-\o/-
>>David
>>davidfirewater(a)hotmail.com
>
>
> Scotland

An leabharann tú?
(Can you speak it?)

Civilian_Target

(Firewater: Hope you're right about it being the national language of
Lesbos...)

 

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"Civilian_Target" <tadhgp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> McGrandpa wrote:
>> "David Firewater" <nospam@home.com> wrote in message
>>> Isn't Gaelic the national language of Lesbos?
>>>
>>> -\o/-
>>> David
>>> davidfirewater(a)hotmail.com
>>
>>
>> Scotland
>
> An leabharann tú?
> (Can you speak it?)
>
> Civilian_Target
>
> (Firewater: Hope you're right about it being the national language of
> Lesbos...)

No, I picked up a few words of it when I was a little kid. Even my
aunties have forgotten it I think. it'd be an interesting language to
learn
McG.

 

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On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:56:27 GMT, "McGrandpa"
<McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote:


>Like, um, my A64 X2 4800+ will be in Wednesday! Yaaaaaaaaay! We din't
>have this stuff when we were kids!

didn't games come on stone tablets back then?

dr ratt


----------------------
trust me.
i know what i'm doing.
----------------------

 

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McGrandpa wrote:
> No, I picked up a few words of it when I was a little kid. Even my
> aunties have forgotten it I think. it'd be an interesting language to
> learn
> McG.

Interesting, although perhaps not that useful. While Scotish Gaeilc is
as good as dead, its really just a dialect of Gaeilge, (the Irish
language) which is still very much alive. But everyone who can speak it
can also speak English, except maybe on a few remote islands...

Civilian_Target

 

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doctor.ratt wrote:
>>Like, um, my A64 X2 4800+ will be in Wednesday! Yaaaaaaaaay! We din't
>>have this stuff when we were kids!
>
>
> didn't games come on stone tablets back then?

yeah - but you had to configure you're 2'3" stone-tablet drive, and
those things weighed a fricking ton!

Civilian_Target

 

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"doctor.ratt" <spamsum1else@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:56:27 GMT, "McGrandpa"
> <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Like, um, my A64 X2 4800+ will be in Wednesday! Yaaaaaaaaay! We
>> din't have this stuff when we were kids!
>
> didn't games come on stone tablets back then?
>
> dr ratt
>
>
> ----------------------
> trust me.
> i know what i'm doing.
> ----------------------

We had tablets? Hm. Thot it wuz just stoned! 😉
McG.

 

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"Civilian_Target" <tadhgp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> doctor.ratt wrote:
>>> Like, um, my A64 X2 4800+ will be in Wednesday! Yaaaaaaaaay! We
>>> din't have this stuff when we were kids!
>>
>>
>> didn't games come on stone tablets back then?
>
> yeah - but you had to configure you're 2'3" stone-tablet drive, and
> those things weighed a fricking ton!
>
> Civilian_Target

You oughtta try a low-level format on one!

 

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"Civilian_Target" <tadhgp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> McGrandpa wrote:
>> No, I picked up a few words of it when I was a little kid. Even my
>> aunties have forgotten it I think. it'd be an interesting language
>> to learn
>> McG.
>
> Interesting, although perhaps not that useful. While Scotish Gaeilc is
> as good as dead, its really just a dialect of Gaeilge, (the Irish
> language) which is still very much alive. But everyone who can speak
> it can also speak English, except maybe on a few remote islands...
>
> Civilian_Target

You might hear it in music and spoken in movies, but nobody around here
speaks any Gaelic at all. By the time I got to school at age 6, I
discovered there were a few words I didn't need and picked up a few new
ones
McG.

 

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I was strolling through alt.games.half-life one day, when suddenly
Peter [AGHL] surprised me by leaping from a nearby hedge.
As I levelled my service revolver, the unfortunate creature cried out;

> I might
> choose another livestyle involving less money and more buckskin
>
"We wanted to blast the world free of history.... picture yourself
planting radishes and seed potatoes on the fifteenth green of a
forgotten golf course. You'll hunt elk through the damp canyon forests
around the ruins of Rockefeller Center, and dig clams next to the
skeleton of the Space Needle leaning at a forty-five degree angle.
We'll paint the skyscrapers with huge totem faces and goblin tikis, and
every evening what's left of mankind will retreat to empty zoos and lock
itself in cages as protection against the bears and big cats and wolves
that pace and watch us from outside the cage bars at night."

--
Wildy

"I just want to smash my opponents to pieces, Kick 'em so hard that they
say 'Please stop, I don't know what I'm doing in the ring coz obviously
I'm not suitable for this sport'. That kind of thing.

I want people to reconsider their actions when they get in the ring
with me, not just get beat, but really reconsider their actions"

-Dexter Casey

 

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I was strolling through alt.games.half-life one day, when suddenly
Paul Catley surprised me by leaping from a nearby hedge.
As I levelled my service revolver, the unfortunate creature cried out;

>
> And do you still do a good deed every day?
>
One tries Paul, one tries....

 

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I was strolling through alt.games.half-life one day, when suddenly
Ben Cottrell surprised me by leaping from a nearby hedge.
As I levelled my service revolver, the unfortunate creature cried out;

>
> Don't think we don't know who you are Mr. Style ;-)
>
Meh.

That's what happens when you go straight from important work stuff to,
well, here.

Anyways, I still say that Bold is Ramon.

--
"we must stop the laughter or we will surely die from the fun!!"
-Ramon De Santos, in AGHL

 

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WildStyle24_7 wrote:
> I was strolling through alt.games.half-life one day, when suddenly
> Ben Cottrell surprised me by leaping from a nearby hedge.
> As I levelled my service revolver, the unfortunate creature cried out;
>
>
>>Don't think we don't know who you are Mr. Style ;-)
>>
>
> Meh.
>
> That's what happens when you go straight from important work stuff to,
> well, here.
>
> Anyways, I still say that Bold is Ramon.
>

Well, we haven't seen either of them for a long time.

...
Thad

 

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Neil Jones wrote:
> In article <MPG.1d6f1bda9b7067d098aa9a@news.individual.net>,
> WildStyle24_7 <wildstyle247@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "We wanted to blast the world free of history....
>
> Yay.. Fight Club!

>From the book mind, that's highbrow...

> Now all we need are some Matrix quotes, and you're
> well and truly back!
>
/shudder

Don't make me post the rant again....

-
Wildy

 

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t h a d wrote:
> WildStyle24_7 wrote:

> > Anyways, I still say that Bold is Ramon.
> >
>
> Well, we haven't seen either of them for a long time.
>
Well, exactly!

/raises eyebrow significantly

--
Wildy

 

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WildStyle24_7 wrote:
> t h a d wrote:
>
>>WildStyle24_7 wrote:
>
>
>>>Anyways, I still say that Bold is Ramon.
>>>
>>
>>Well, we haven't seen either of them for a long time.
>>
>
> Well, exactly!
>
> /raises eyebrow significantly

How do you raise one eyebrow like that?
I always wanted to do that but whenever I try they both go up and I look
like I'm *special*.
I mean, even more *special* than I really am....

--
Thad

 

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WildStyle24_7 wrote:
> Neil Jones wrote:
>
>>In article <MPG.1d6f1bda9b7067d098aa9a@news.individual.net>,
>>WildStyle24_7 <wildstyle247@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"We wanted to blast the world free of history....
>>
>>Yay.. Fight Club!
>
>
>>From the book mind, that's highbrow...
>
>
>>Now all we need are some Matrix quotes, and you're
>>well and truly back!
>>
>
> /shudder
>
> Don't make me post the rant again....

IIRC, I posted for you last time.
You were busy with 'portant stuff and couldn't be bothered....
🙂

...
Thad

 

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In article <MPG.1d6f1bda9b7067d098aa9a@news.individual.net>,
WildStyle24_7 <wildstyle247@gmail.com> wrote:

> "We wanted to blast the world free of history....

Yay.. Fight Club! Now all we need are some Matrix quotes, and you're
well and truly back!

___
Neil
aka HighVis

 

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In article <p0r7g1h65avflsq2enja5joeupd8k8qabu@4ax.com>, Cannon Fodder
<gonfishn39@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Nope, ya know I'm a fisherman and I has a Gofer on the line... Took
> the bait hook, line and sinker...

If it's just trolling, it's getting pretty unpleasant, Jack. I think
the line "Next you'll be putting the Indians in line with the blacks
whining for reparations..." goes way beyond friendly banter.

I know, high horse, etc etc, but I'm with Thad on this one.

___
Neil
aka HighVis

 

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Neil Jones wrote:
>
>
> If it's just trolling, it's getting pretty unpleasant, Jack. I think
> the line "Next you'll be putting the Indians in line with the blacks
> whining for reparations..." goes way beyond friendly banter.
>
> I know, high horse, etc etc, but I'm with Thad on this one.

Good.
Now let's discuss something trivial!

...
Thad