Hanging Basket

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I think you need to check the wiring on your irony-o-meter, or
replace it with a non US version...

Mine is in tact, but you may wish to check yours.

I think Pete's has just been calibrated. Check my sig.

Alternatively: Go to START--SETTINGS--CONTROL PANEL--REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE
OPTIONS and change English (United States) to English (United Kingdom).

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D'oh, I meant the sig a few messages ago.

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Tony W wrote on 12/07/2006 08:42 +0100:

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Can't be -- everyone knows vampires don't go out in the sun.

:~)

You've not seen Blade then?

Clearly fiction. I take as my reference the works of the Hammer House of
Horrors.

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Its meant to be a smiley vampire dripping lood from one fang but I'm [censored] at
ASCII art.

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Its meant to be a smiley vampire dripping lood from one fang but I'm [censored] at
ASCII art.

It's got three fangs. Is that so it's extra scarey?

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Its meant to be a smiley vampire dripping lood from one fang but I'm [censored]
at ASCII art.

It's got three fangs. Is that so it's extra scarey?

No -- that was meant to be the nose -- looks better in Arial

Mark Thompson said the following on 12/07/2006 09:48:

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Alternatively: Go to START--SETTINGS--CONTROL PANEL--REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE
OPTIONS and change English (United States) to English (United Kingdom).

That really bugs me - the way Microsoft think that UK English is just a
regional variation.

I'm off to see if I can get a life now :-(

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Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Al C-F said the following on 12/07/2006 10:02:

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It's got three fangs. Is that so it's extra scarey?

My cat's only got three fangs, but one points upwards!!

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Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

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erics wrote on 11/07/2006 15:32 +0100:

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I know scratches can be dangerous - a local man scratched himself on a
building site and 10 days later he was dead from blood poisoning as a
result of the infection.

I have my usual set of chainwheel produced scratches on my legs. Guess
I'd better go to full body armour just in case. If just one life,
especially mine, etc...

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Tony

.... good idea if you want to reduce that risk. Of course there comes a point
at which by eliminating all risk you stop being able to live a "normal" life
and might as well be dead anyway.

"Mark Thompson"
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I think you need to check the wiring on your irony-o-meter, or
replace it with a non US version...

Mine is in tact, but you may wish to check yours.

I think Pete's has just been calibrated. Check my sig.

Alternatively: Go to START--SETTINGS--CONTROL PANEL--REGIONAL AND LANGUAGE
OPTIONS and change English (United States) to English (United Kingdom).

I know how to set the PC up. No matter what the settings it doesn't stop
anyone typing color instead of colour, or wearing pants instead of trousers,
riding on the pavement rather than the road, playing soccer rather than
football, recognising irony or not, etc.

Anyway, this is a distraction, back to cycling.......

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Tom Crispin <[email hidden]> wrote:
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It's been fully rejected - they wanted her to smile, and while I don't
mind a helmet being airbrushed, I do have problems with manipulating
children's faces.

All you have to do is grab the corners of her mouth and pull them up a
bit :-)

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/error404/40b.jpg

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Tom Crispin said:

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:14:39 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

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Tom Crispin wrote on 11/07/2006 07:23 +0100:

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> I agree, throw the helmet away or it might look like he sometimes wears
> it ;-)

She's a girl.

I was using "he" in the modern gender neutral sense ;-^)

Try:
I agree, throw the helmet away or it may look like they somtimes wear
it ;-)

Note that there are always alternatives to the handlebar for hanging
helmets.

http://www.johnballcycling.org.uk/images/42.JPG

(That's Canary Wharf in the background - it's a shame I didn't get the
whole building in.)

Shouldn't there be a giant kitten too?

Simon Brooke said:

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Try:
I agree, throw the helmet away or it may look like they somtimes wear
it ;-)

Note that there are always alternatives to the handlebar for hanging
helmets.

http://www.johnballcycling.org.uk/images/42.JPG

Good to see the stokers working so hard.

It's bad enough all the shouts of "the one on the back's not pedalling" you
get on a tandem, without the stokers actually not pedalling.

A

erics said:

"Mark Thompson"
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> I think you need to check the wiring on your irony-o-meter, or
> replace it with a non US version...

Mine is in tact, but you may wish to check yours.

I think Pete's has just been calibrated. Check my sig.

Alternatively: Go to START--SETTINGS--CONTROL PANEL--REGIONAL AND
LANGUAGE OPTIONS and change English (United States) to English
(United Kingdom).

I know how to set the PC up. No matter what the settings it doesn't
stop anyone typing color instead of colour, or wearing pants instead
of trousers, riding on the pavement rather than the road, playing
soccer rather than football, recognising irony or not, etc.

Having a sense of humour...

Mark Thompson said:

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Also, what powers does Mark Thompson hold to be doing so much
photoshopping on such a sunny day? 😉

Bad back :-(

Bad luck.

I only popped out to the shops yesterday, but it was a gorgeous 5 minutes
each way.

A

Tony W said:

Can't be -- everyone knows vampires don't go out in the sun.

Unless they have the Gem of Amarra :-[

--
Danny Colyer <URL:http://www.colyer.plus.com/danny/>
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

erics said:

I know how to set the PC up. No matter what the settings it doesn't stop
anyone typing color instead of colour,

It should do if you use an English dictionary, rather than a Merkin one.

--
Danny Colyer <URL:http://www.colyer.plus.com/danny/>
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

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"Mark Thompson"
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>> I think you need to check the wiring on your irony-o-meter, or
>> replace it with a non US version...
>
> Mine is in tact, but you may wish to check yours.

I think Pete's has just been calibrated. Check my sig.

Alternatively: Go to START--SETTINGS--CONTROL PANEL--REGIONAL AND
LANGUAGE OPTIONS and change English (United States) to English
(United Kingdom).

I know how to set the PC up. No matter what the settings it doesn't
stop anyone typing color instead of colour, or wearing pants instead
of trousers, riding on the pavement rather than the road, playing
soccer rather than football, recognising irony or not, etc.

Having a sense of humour...

... or do you mean humor?

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It should do if you use an English dictionary, rather than a Merkin one.

exactly, if you USE an English dictionary. As a quick form of communication,
when using usenet many do not feel the need to spell check everything. Some
people like to jump on typos when they have nothing better to do, or no
argument left. It's a shame but that human nature I guess.

erics said:

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It should do if you use an English dictionary, rather than a Merkin
one.

exactly, if you USE an English dictionary. As a quick form of
communication, when using usenet many do not feel the need to spell
check everything. Some people like to jump on typos when they have
nothing better to do, or no argument left. It's a shame but that
human nature I guess.

We don't have arguments here, we discuss things. Also, we do each other the
courtesy of expressing ourselves as clearly as possible.

It makes everything go very smoothly.

A