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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
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An apology to AUE.
The volume of posts in AUE is so great that all I can do is skim quickly and respond to people who have responded to me. The reason is simple. From October, 1998 when I got my first connectable computer until the beginning of this year all of my time was divided up into sleeping, reading and following newsgroups, with approximately 30% of my time applied to each (I had to eat) because I was totally housebound.
I am weaker than I was two years ago, but my condition is now stable enough for me to get out and about, and I have a great deal of time to make up and many, many people to meet. So my total time in front of the PC (including all of the many things I do with it) is limited to about an hour before breakfast and the hours from midnight to 3 am. I only need 5 or 6 hours of sleep, but even then the days are too short.
So, my apologies in advance because I cannot join in the to and fro anymore.
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Quiet part of Hertfordshire
England
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm
I am weaker than I was two years ago, but my condition is now stable enough for me to get out and about, and I have a great deal of time to make up and many, many people to meet. So my total time in front of the PC (including all of the many things I do with it) is limited to about an hour before breakfast and the hours from midnight to 3 am. I only need 5 or 6 hours of sleep, but even then the days are too short.
So, my apologies in advance because I cannot join in the to and fro anymore.
wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall
Quiet part of Hertfordshire
England
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm
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[nq:1]The volume of posts in AUE is so great that all I can do is skim quickly and respond to ... the days are too short. [/nq]This is not a criticism.
- [nq:1]The volume of posts in AUE is so great that all I can do is skim quickly and respond to ...
- the days are too short.
- [/nq]This is not a criticism.
- I find it peculiar that you feel an obligation to reply to every comment in a newsgroup.
- My own personal attitude is the this is basically an entertainment to be indulged in as time and whim permits.
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[nq:1]The volume of posts in AUE is so great that all I can do is skim quickly and respond to ... the days are too short. So, my apologies in advance because I cannot join in the to and fro anymore.[/nq]This is not a criticism. I find it peculiar that you feel an obligation to reply to every comment in a newsgroup. My own personal attitude is the this is basically an entertainment to be indulged i
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[nq:1]I am weaker than I was two years ago[/nq]
Oh Jesus Christ, still more whining. He's like a miserable old woman seeking sympathy.
[nq:1]So my total time in front of the PC is limited to about an hour before breakfast and the hours from midnight to 3 am.[/nq]
[nq:1]So, my apologies in advance because I cannot join in the to and fro anymore.[/nq]
Thank ***. One less non-snipping
Oh Jesus Christ, still more whining. He's like a miserable old woman seeking sympathy.
[nq:1]So my total time in front of the PC is limited to about an hour before breakfast and the hours from midnight to 3 am.[/nq]
[nq:1]So, my apologies in advance because I cannot join in the to and fro anymore.[/nq]
Thank ***. One less non-snipping
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[nq:2]I am weaker than I was two years ago[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh Jesus Christ, still more whining. He's like a miserable old woman seeking sympathy.[/nq]
I note with pleasure that you have finally updated the "Updates and Latest Information" section of the glitzy webpage saying:
22 July 2003
No news here, except for some minor health problems such as two heart attacks, open-heart surg
[nq:1]Oh Jesus Christ, still more whining. He's like a miserable old woman seeking sympathy.[/nq]
I note with pleasure that you have finally updated the "Updates and Latest Information" section of the glitzy webpage saying:
22 July 2003
No news here, except for some minor health problems such as two heart attacks, open-heart surg
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[nq:2] Oh Jesus Christ, still more whining. He's like a miserable old woman seeking sympathy.[/nq]
[nq:1]I note with pleasure that you have finally updated the "Updates and Latest Information" section of the glitzy webpage saying: ... a brief flash up an uplifted shirt to show the scars. Not that shirt lifting is all that bad, Rey.[/nq]
What he says on his webpage is completely up to him.
[nq:1]I note with pleasure that you have finally updated the "Updates and Latest Information" section of the glitzy webpage saying: ... a brief flash up an uplifted shirt to show the scars. Not that shirt lifting is all that bad, Rey.[/nq]
What he says on his webpage is completely up to him.
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Thus spake Dr Robin Bignall:
[nq:1]The volume of posts in AUE is so great that all I can do is skim quickly and respond to ... the days are too short. So, my apologies in advance because I cannot join in the to and fro anymore.[/nq]
For ***'s sake don't apologise! Just get out and about and forget about us and this newsgroup.
Please.
It'll do us all a world of good.
Simon
[nq:1]The volume of posts in AUE is so great that all I can do is skim quickly and respond to ... the days are too short. So, my apologies in advance because I cannot join in the to and fro anymore.[/nq]
For ***'s sake don't apologise! Just get out and about and forget about us and this newsgroup.
Please.
It'll do us all a world of good.
Simon
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[nq:2]I note with pleasure that you have finally updated the ... scars. Not that shirt lifting is all that bad, Rey.[/nq]
[nq:1]What he says on his webpage is completely up to him. He doesn't go on about his health on the group.[/nq]
I think this is not an insignificant difference. I believe that Coop has again stepped over that Line of Propriety in making the statements to Dr. Aman quoted
[nq:1]What he says on his webpage is completely up to him. He doesn't go on about his health on the group.[/nq]
I think this is not an insignificant difference. I believe that Coop has again stepped over that Line of Propriety in making the statements to Dr. Aman quoted
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[nq:2]What he says on his webpage is completely up to him. He doesn't go on about his health on the group.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think this is not an insignificant difference. I believe that Coop has again stepped over that Line of Propriety in making the statements to Dr. Aman quoted above.[/nq]
Ya gotta give Coop a break here. It is virtually impossible to avoid overstepping lines while wearing c
[nq:1]I think this is not an insignificant difference. I believe that Coop has again stepped over that Line of Propriety in making the statements to Dr. Aman quoted above.[/nq]
Ya gotta give Coop a break here. It is virtually impossible to avoid overstepping lines while wearing c
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[nq:2]What he says on his webpage is completely up to him. He doesn't go on about his health on the group.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think this is not an insignificant difference. I believe that Coop has again stepped over that Line of Propriety in making the statements to Dr. Aman quoted above.[/nq]
"Propriety" and "Aman" in the same sentence is rather jarring. Rather like "Saddam" and "humanitarian"
[nq:1]I think this is not an insignificant difference. I believe that Coop has again stepped over that Line of Propriety in making the statements to Dr. Aman quoted above.[/nq]
"Propriety" and "Aman" in the same sentence is rather jarring. Rather like "Saddam" and "humanitarian"
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[nq:2]I've been swimming a lot this summer, and when I'm "out and about", I put AUE to the very back of my mind.[/nq]
[nq:1]Wait, did you say "out and about" or "oat and aboat"?[/nq]
Gotta get your daily fix, don't you RF?
Christopher
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/AU
[nq:1]Wait, did you say "out and about" or "oat and aboat"?[/nq]
Gotta get your daily fix, don't you RF?
Christopher
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/AU
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[nq:1]Where did "*** for tat" originate? What, in this context, is a "***" and a "tat"?[/nq]
*** tis this tat tis that.
*** tis this tat tis that.
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