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#121
08.09.2008, 12:51
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Austin Shackles said:
> On or around Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:42:05 +0100, Znep >> >>Crewe? When are you in Crewe? > > #oh mr. Porter, what shall I do? > I wanted to go to Birmingham > but they've taken me on to Crewe >> now, where does that come from? A Song. HTH. It was one of the fragments me old grand-dad used to mumble as his marbles dispersed. I believe he'd had a taste for Music Hall in his younger days. |
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#122
08.09.2008, 13:24
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In uk.rec.sheds, (Rusty Hinge 2) wrote in
<313030303230303848C4635553>:: >The message <tki8c4pkf0vhsn828ri9oqloqlbrj3l4iu> >from Znep <E-0C001302-3177-E> contains these words: >> >Hfhnyyl at Chrimble or Eostre, when I catch the bus there from Naaardge. >(Change at Thiefrow or Brum - I change at Brum, cos I can visit the >Anchor in Digbeth.) > >My bro' then picks me up and tacksis me to Sandiway innit. Past my house, then. We're on the A51. >Sometimes though, I go to Chester, and occasionally, to Mancairprot, >deep-ending which is easiest for him. > >Minimoot next time, mayhap? Could be. Or a micro-moot, even. I could ferry you from Crewe to Sandiway easily enough, via a cup of tea chez nous. |
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#123
08.09.2008, 13:25
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In uk.rec.sheds, (Austin Shackles) wrote in
<99i9c49oo8ed62k7ci3j21l9rip5d0jafb>:: >On or around Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:42:05 +0100, Znep ><E-0C001302-3177-E> enlightened us thusly: >> >>Crewe? When are you in Crewe? > >#oh mr. Porter, what shall I do? >I wanted to go to Birmingham >but they've taken me on to Crewe >>now, where does that come from? "Oh! Mr Porter", a fillum in B&W, feat. Will Hay. |
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#124
08.09.2008, 15:24
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Richard Robinson's best pigeon dodged hawks and farmers' guns to bring
me the following: >Dr Ivan D. Reid said: >> >> Muck on the rollers is a recurring problem -- one of the reasons I >> always carry a Swiss Govenrnment Issue pocket-knife. I once had a MicroVAX >> II system with a Honeywell mouse. It had two rotating cylinders as the >> sensing elements, tilted so that the bottom of the cylinder touched the >> mouse-mat and rotated the cylinder as the mouse moved. A spring-loaded >> mechanism took up the slack as it was placed on the mat. There was no >> way that mouse could ever block up with sweat-and-crud. It's not available >> now; I heard a rumour that a competitor bought up the patent and buried it... > >I really like the IR ones. Time spent unwrapping beard-hairs from mousy >axles is time wasted. > Optical mice are the dog's wotsits, I use a[1] little retractable one with my flaptop, There isn't room for a flaptop and a mouse on a Pendolino tray-table so I use the mouse on my knee, when shedding in bed I use it on the duvet, it seems perfectly happy with both[2]. [1] Actually a succession of them, due to their small size the cables are quite thin and flimsy so break fairly easily but at 2-3GBP each if you buy half a dozen on eBay that's not the end of the world. [2] I get the impression that there's only a couple of manufactures making the electronics for all optical mice so differences between any of them are purely mechanical. |
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#125
08.09.2008, 17:31
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On 08 Sep 2008 11:51:56 GMT, Richard Robinson <richardR>
wrote: >Austin Shackles said: > >A Song. HTH. > >It was one of the fragments me old grand-dad used to mumble as his marbles >dispersed. I believe he'd had a taste for Music Hall in his younger days. Marie Lloyd, she who sits amongst her peas and leeks. LizzH. |
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#126
08.09.2008, 17:43
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The message <8pkac4ddtedgkbunp2qgcet8635f8inkf2>
from Lizz Holmans <dillo> contains these words: > Marie Lloyd, she who sits amongst her peas and leeks. Or peas and leeks. I forget which. |
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#127
08.09.2008, 18:14
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Guy King said:
> from Lizz Holmans <dillo> contains these words: > >> Marie Lloyd, she who sits amongst her peas and leeks. > > Or peas and leeks. I forget which. There was a story that the original v. was "among the cabbages and leeks"; which was felt to be Rood, and therefore replaced with "cabbages and peas", which, er, wasn't. I do not understand this, but *shrug*. But I may be infringing on LizzH's expertise here, which I am not competent to ... |
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#128
08.09.2008, 18:16
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On 08 Sep 2008 17:14:48 GMT, Richard Robinson <richardR>
wrote: > >There was a story that the original v. was "among the cabbages and leeks"; >which was felt to be Rood, and therefore replaced with "cabbages and peas", >which, er, wasn't. I do not understand this, but *shrug*. > >But I may be infringing on LizzH's expertise here, which I am not >competent to ... Oh, hardly expert on music hall acts. Besides, I got it wrong. *That* I'm an expert in. LizzH. |
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#129
08.09.2008, 18:22
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Lizz Holmans said:
> On 08 Sep 2008 17:14:48 GMT, Richard Robinson <richardR> > >>There was a story that the original v. was "among the cabbages and leeks"; >>which was felt to be Rood, and therefore replaced with "cabbages and peas", >>which, er, wasn't. I do not understand this, but *shrug*. >> >>But I may be infringing on LizzH's expertise here, which I am not >>competent to ... > > Oh, hardly expert on music hall acts. Besides, I got it wrong. (Possibly. I'm only passing on a story that I haven't checked for myself, bwahaha). > *That* I'm an expert in. Ah. And that, I can compete in. I'm proud of my ability to be wrong. |
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#130
08.09.2008, 18:38
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In article <ub6ac4lvd6lhp4hj3fjiucvluu3b008gk1>,
Znep <E-0C001302-3178-E> wrote: >In uk.rec.sheds, (Austin Shackles) wrote in ><99i9c49oo8ed62k7ci3j21l9rip5d0jafb>:: >>"Oh! Mr Porter", a fillum in B&W, feat. Will Hay. An excellent fillum, one of his best. "Yer wa-sting yer time!" Cat. |
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#131
08.09.2008, 20:53
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:24:21 +0100, David Reid <david>
wrote in <7MBq5BuVWTxIFwlM>: > Optical mice are the dog's wotsits, I use a[1] little retractable one > with my flaptop, There isn't room for a flaptop and a mouse on a > Pendolino tray-table so I use the mouse on my knee, when shedding in bed > I use it on the duvet, it seems perfectly happy with both[2]. Last time I looked, I couldn't find a noptical mouse with bee thruttons. They were all two buttons or two-plus-scrollwheel. Neither of which please me, though I've nearly got used to them. |
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#132
09.09.2008, 21:08
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The message <LJ4xk.54678$E41.22429>
from Esra Sdrawkcab <admin> contains these words: > Ooh the Anchor! Ar, standeth in Digbeth in splendith isolation, everthing wot surroundeth it having been razed to the ground. |
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#133
09.09.2008, 21:09
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The message <6ikga4Fqtkc4U3>
from "Cerumen" <cerumen.chris> contains these words: > "Austin Shackles" <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS> wrote in > message news:g146 > Like a bike innit, I haven't hfr'd either in years but still can. I fell orft mine last time. No grip. |
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#134
09.09.2008, 21:13
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The message <796ac4ldgbu8e4598uijvnd4l8g8gfeeip>
from Znep <E-0C001302-3178-E> contains these words: > In uk.rec.sheds, (Rusty Hinge 2) wrote in > <313030303230303848C4635553>:: > Past my house, then. We're on the A51. > >Sometimes though, I go to Chester, and occasionally, to Mancairprot, > >deep-ending which is easiest for him. > > > >Minimoot next time, mayhap? > Could be. Or a micro-moot, even. I could ferry you from Crewe to > Sandiway easily enough, via a cup of tea chez nous. That soundeth most civil of you, sir. I goove I owe the Sandiway crowd a visit this Chrimble. I hfhnyyl go there the weak end after Eostre TAAAW 'cos Zetnuts congregate there for a mooting ceremony. |
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#135
09.09.2008, 21:18
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The message <7MBq5BuVWTxIFwlM>
from David Reid <david> contains these words: > Richard Robinson's best pigeon dodged hawks and farmers' guns to bring > me the following: > Optical mice are the dog's wotsits, I use a[1] little retractable one > with my flaptop, There isn't room for a flaptop and a mouse on a > Pendolino tray-table so I use the mouse on my knee, when shedding in bed > I use it on the duvet, it seems perfectly happy with both[2]. I've a mimi mouse (not Minnie Mouse) with me flaptop, but since it's an Eee, there shwd be plenty of room forrit on the table of a pendulum. Howsomedever, I'm unlikely to have the opportunity of trying. > [1] Actually a succession of them, due to their small size the cables > are quite thin and flimsy so break fairly easily but at 2-3GBP each if > you buy half a dozen on eBay that's not the end of the world. I've never borked the cable of a m/no carrier/ |
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