Oh why all the doom and gloom!?

I don't see that there will be too much of a problem. You can see, visibly with your eyes if someone's using the wrong engine. It's surely only a matter of time before GPL Analyser will be able to tell what chassis/engine combinations are being used, right? I view it like IndyCar Racing 2. You could have any chassis/engine even tyre combinations in that sim! :) I suggest you all calm down and enjoy the 47(?) new cars for GPL :) -- Rob Swindells // http://www.robswindells.com http://www.f1core.com // "Question: Why [is GPL], [one] of the best driving games ever made, so hard to find and under-f*****g-appreciated? It's damn near criminal..." ~Frank // Uh... yeah, Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size?

How can you visibly see it? If you are in an original car and are good at getting fast exit speed...people are going to think you are using a different motor...How do you prove someone that you are in an original car? Some may take your word for it if they know you, but others will just label you as a lyer and you lose all respect. JB "Rob Swindells" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I don't see that there will be too much of a problem. You can see, > visibly with your eyes if someone's using the wrong engine. It's surely > only a matter of time before GPL Analyser will be able to tell what > chassis/engine combinations are being used, right? > > I view it like IndyCar Racing 2. You could have any chassis/engine even > tyre combinations in that sim! :) I suggest you all calm down and enjoy > the 47(?) new cars for GPL :) > > -- > Rob Swindells > // > http://www.robswindells.com > http://www.f1core.com > // > "Question: Why [is GPL], [one] of the best driving games ever made, so > hard to find and under-f*****g-appreciated? It's damn near criminal..." > ~Frank > // > Uh... yeah, Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size? > > >

"Wosco" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:VccY5.679$[email hidden]... > How can you visibly see it By watching the tach, if you're in the Brabham and are shifting above 6500 you're not running a Repco. It might be a bit harder to detect the difference between a Cooper-Maser & a Cooper-Honda as the rev ranges are closer.

> How can you visibly see it? Engine revs. Brabham: 8700- 8800 Lotus: 9000- 9100 Cooper: 9900-10100 Eagle: 10100-10200 Ferrari: 10600-10700 BRM: 10700-10800 Honda: 11500-11600 -Chris- **Jesus saves sinners and redeems them for valuable cash prizes** Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Are you taking lessons from Murray, Rob? :-) (snip) You can see, visibly with your eyes (unsnip) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Rob Swindells <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I don't see that there will be too much of a problem. You can see, > visibly with your eyes if someone's using the wrong engine. It's surely > only a matter of time before GPL Analyser will be able to tell what > chassis/engine combinations are being used, right? > > I view it like IndyCar Racing 2. You could have any chassis/engine even > tyre combinations in that sim! :) I suggest you all calm down and enjoy > the 47(?) new cars for GPL :)

Well...perhaps you could audibly hear it then? -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Wosco <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:VccY5.679$[email hidden]... > How can you visibly see it? If you are in an original car and are good at > getting fast exit speed...people are going to think you are using a > different motor...

[email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >Well...perhaps you could audibly hear it then? >-- >Regards, >Bruce Kennewell, >Canberra, Australia. I've never tried it, but I think you can take the wave file used for any motor and put it in the folder for any other car. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

Yes! With your ears! :) Bruce Kennewell wrote:

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> Well...perhaps you could audibly hear it then? > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > > Wosco <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:VccY5.679$[email hidden]... > > How can you visibly see it? If you are in an original car and are good at > > getting fast exit speed...people are going to think you are using a > > different motor...

-- Rob Swindells // http://www.robswindells.com http://www.f1core.com // "Question: Why [is GPL], [one] of the best driving games ever made, so hard to find and under-f*****g-appreciated? It's damn near criminal..." ~Frank // Uh... yeah, Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size?

On Fri, 08 Dec 2000 22:02:47 GMT, [email hidden] (Don Scurlock) wrote:

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>[email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in ><[email hidden]>: > >>Well...perhaps you could audibly hear it then? >>-- >>Regards, >>Bruce Kennewell, >>Canberra, Australia. > >I've never tried it, but I think you can take the wave file used for >any motor and put it in the folder for any other car.

Don, if you swap your Lotus sound with a Ferrari sound, and we would race online, I will still hear a Lotus sound because I didn't swap them. So online wouldn't be too big a problem, it's easy to hear which engine is being used. Still have my doubts about this util though. Andre

I'm with you, man! To be perfectly blunt if this hack depresses people so much, they should probably seek help. Winning a GPL race won't win you a trophy, or money, or a place in history. It's just a harmless diversion a bunch of buck-toothed-coke-bottle-four-eyed-pizza-faced-geeks like us enjoy in our spare time. So lets get our panties out of a twist, and just enjoy the living fuck out of the 42 unrealistic fantasy cars, 7 realistic cars and race our little butts off. Replay analyser or no. And for god's sake, DON'T CHEAT!!! -Aubrey (who is not literally four-eyed or pizza faced) "Rob Swindells" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I don't see that there will be too much of a problem. You can see, > visibly with your eyes if someone's using the wrong engine. It's surely > only a matter of time before GPL Analyser will be able to tell what > chassis/engine combinations are being used, right? > > I view it like IndyCar Racing 2. You could have any chassis/engine even > tyre combinations in that sim! :) I suggest you all calm down and enjoy > the 47(?) new cars for GPL :) > > -- > Rob Swindells > // > http://www.robswindells.com > http://www.f1core.com > // > "Question: Why [is GPL], [one] of the best driving games ever made, so > hard to find and under-f*****g-appreciated? It's damn near criminal..." > ~Frank > // > Uh... yeah, Brain, but where are we going to find rubber pants our size? > > > >

The driver with the swapped engine will hear it, but someone with unswapped engines will hear the original, albeit in a different rev range. "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Well...perhaps you could audibly hear it then? > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > > Wosco <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:VccY5.679$[email hidden]... > > How can you visibly see it? If you are in an original car and are good

at > > getting fast exit speed...people are going to think you are using a > > different motor... > >

Actually, in amendment to my other post, I haven't tried this online yet, so I'm not sure. In a replay, however, you will here the sound of the engine currently installed, even if the car had a different engine when the replay was recorded. "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Well...perhaps you could audibly hear it then? > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > > Wosco <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:VccY5.679$[email hidden]... > > How can you visibly see it? If you are in an original car and are good

at > > getting fast exit speed...people are going to think you are using a > > different motor... > >

WHOOSH....over the top and through to the keeper! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Don Scurlock <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:90048331Ddscurlock@news... > [email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in > <[email hidden]>: > > >Well...perhaps you could audibly hear it then? > >-- > >Regards, > >Bruce Kennewell, > >Canberra, Australia. > > I've never tried it, but I think you can take the wave file used for > any motor and put it in the folder for any other car. > > -- > Don Scurlock > Vancouver,B.C. > GPLRank -5.09 > > Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site > http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

WHOOSH again! (Oh God...whatever happened to the ability to spot sarcasm?) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Scott Spahr <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > The driver with the swapped engine will hear it, but someone with unswapped > engines will hear the original, albeit in a different rev range. > > "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Well...perhaps you could audibly hear it then? > > -- > > Regards, > > Bruce Kennewell, > > Canberra, Australia. > > --------------------------- > > > > Wosco <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:VccY5.679$[email hidden]... > > > How can you visibly see it? If you are in an original car and are good > at > > > getting fast exit speed...people are going to think you are using a > > > different motor... > > > > > >

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> >WHOOSH again! > >(Oh God...whatever happened to the ability to spot sarcasm?) > >-- >Regards, >Bruce Kennewell, >Canberra, Australia. >--------------------------- >

Bruce, your mistake was not going for something like "visibly hear it." Subtlety is so treacherous. Kurt

In article <3a32b86f$[email hidden]>, "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> writes: >WHOOSH again! > >(Oh God...whatever happened to the ability to spot sarcasm?) > They're getting old, like you...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +40.48 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <dUzY5.11981$[email hidden]>, "Kurt Steinbock" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Bruce Kennewell wrote in message <3a32b86f$[email hidden]>... >> >>WHOOSH again! >> >>(Oh God...whatever happened to the ability to spot sarcasm?) >> >>-- >>Regards, >>Bruce Kennewell, >>Canberra, Australia. >>--------------------------- >> >Bruce, your mistake was not going for something like "visibly hear it." >Subtlety is so treacherous.

...but fun...<g> Hey Bruce - SOME of us *got* the joke... :) Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +40.48 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

No! No! It's all in the statements "visibly see it" and "aurally hear it". The only thing wrong with "visibly hear it" is that is totally impossible to do! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Kurt Steinbock <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dUzY5.11981$[email hidden]... > > Bruce Kennewell wrote in message <3a32b86f$[email hidden]>... > > > >WHOOSH again! > > > >(Oh God...whatever happened to the ability to spot sarcasm?) > > > >-- > >Regards, > >Bruce Kennewell, > >Canberra, Australia. > >--------------------------- > > > Bruce, your mistake was not going for something like "visibly hear it." > Subtlety is so treacherous. > > Kurt > > >

[email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >WHOOSH....over the top and through to the keeper! Your playing with yourself, and in public no less. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

Oh Don...please, if you are going to insult me, at least do it correctly. It's "you're playing with yourself." Not "your". -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Don Scurlock <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9005CFAFBdscurlock@news... > [email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in > <[email hidden]>: > > >WHOOSH....over the top and through to the keeper! > > Your playing with yourself, and in public no less. > > -- > Don Scurlock > Vancouver,B.C. > GPLRank -5.09 > > Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site > http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

"Bruce Kennewell" wrote ... > > WHOOSH again! > > (Oh God...whatever happened to the ability to spot sarcasm?) > The ability is still there Bruce. But mostly hiding down deep in us "dyed in the wool" lurkers. Missed ya' for a while there. Jim Tester [email hidden]

>"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote > WHOOSH again! > > (Oh God...whatever happened to the ability to spot sarcasm?) It's because your boring most of the time, sarcasm intended or not. <G> -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. sarcasm if you read this :)

[email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in <3a33659d$[email hidden]>: >It's "you're playing with yourself." >Not "your". Why thanks Bruce, I always enjoy learning. Here's a new word for you to study. Pendantic. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

Uh oh, here we go..... Pedantic maybe :O) Sorry to be...... Well I guess you already said it :O) Geordie -50.06 "Don Scurlock" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9006CD9BDdscurlock@news...

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> [email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in > <3a33659d$[email hidden]>: > > >It's "you're playing with yourself." > >Not "your". > > Why thanks Bruce, I always enjoy learning. Here's a new word for you to > study. Pendantic. > > > -- > Don Scurlock > Vancouver,B.C. > GPLRank -5.09 > > Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site > http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

Ha! G'day 'Pops'! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Jim Tester <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:nFOY5.250$[email hidden]... > > "Bruce Kennewell" wrote ... > > > > WHOOSH again! > > > > (Oh God...whatever happened to the ability to spot sarcasm?) > > > > The ability is still there Bruce. But mostly hiding down deep in us "dyed > in the wool" lurkers. > > Missed ya' for a while there. > > Jim Tester > [email hidden] > > >

English lesson, Frankie: "You're" boring. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:gdSY5.53683$[email hidden]... > >"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote > > WHOOSH again! > > > > (Oh God...whatever happened to the ability to spot sarcasm?) > > It's because your boring most of the time, sarcasm intended or not. > > <G> > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. sarcasm if you > read this :) > > >

I've no need to *study* it Don........I learnt the meaning of that one eons ago. Incidentally, to be slightly more grammatically correct, you should have had a colon after the word "study" and dropped the upper-case 'P' from the word "pendantic". The sentence would then have passed with flying colours. Oh, please don't thank me, I'm glad to have helped further your basic education. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Don Scurlock <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9006CD9BDdscurlock@news... > [email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in > <3a33659d$[email hidden]>: > > >It's "you're playing with yourself." > >Not "your". > > Why thanks Bruce, I always enjoy learning. Here's a new word for you to > study. Pendantic. > > > -- > Don Scurlock > Vancouver,B.C. > GPLRank -5.09 > > Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site > http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

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> > [email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in > <3a33659d$[email hidden]>: > > >It's "you're playing with yourself." > >Not "your". > > Why thanks Bruce, I always enjoy learning. Here's a new word for you to > study. Pendantic.

Actually, I think it's spelled "Geriatric"........ Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Do you actually post anything about racing sims? On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:34:13 +1100, "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I've no need to *study* it Don........I learnt the meaning of that one eons >ago. > >Incidentally, to be slightly more grammatically correct, you should have had >a colon after the word "study" and dropped the upper-case 'P' from the word >"pendantic". The sentence would then have passed with flying colours. > >Oh, please don't thank me, I'm glad to have helped further your basic >education.

[email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >Oh, please don't thank me, I'm glad to have helped further your basic >education. I must thank you again Bruce. Until now I've never been motivated to learn to use all the features of my newsreader. Plonk -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

LOL! Thank you Goy. Your support and encouragement is what keeps me going! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Don Scurlock wrote: > > > > [email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in > > <3a33659d$[email hidden]>: > > > > >It's "you're playing with yourself." > > >Not "your". > > > > Why thanks Bruce, I always enjoy learning. Here's a new word for you to > > study. Pendantic. > > Actually, I think it's spelled "Geriatric"........ > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ > "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ > > * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * > "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

>"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote > English lesson, Frankie: > "You're" boring. I don't care, continue like that and I'll write it that way on purpose. Your bloody annoying with your stupid corrections, 'mate. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

In article <14fZ5.60834$[email hidden]>, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: > I don't care, continue like that and I'll write it that way on >purpose. > Your bloody annoying with your stupid corrections, 'mate. > LOL! Frankie....you 'sound' like a petulant five year-old child! Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

In article <[email hidden]>, Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Do you actually post anything about racing sims? > Only occasionally, Tim, and then only about those sims in which I have an interest. "Mario Andretti's Racing", for example. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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> > In article <[email hidden]>, > Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > Do you actually post anything about racing sims? > > > > Only occasionally, Tim, and then only about those sims in which I have > an interest. "Mario Andretti's Racing", for example.

How about Dick Johnson's V8 Racing ? Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" Team Mirage http://members.prestige.net/bttw/teammirage/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > LOL! > Thank you Goy. Your support and encouragement is what keeps me going! You're most welcome Bruce, if it wasn't for you and a couple of others I would have left this place a long time ago Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Bring back Byron Forbes !" "Nigel Nichols for president !" * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Oh yes....I'd forgotten that one. Also my favourite at the moment, "Spirit of Speed: 1937". -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > [email hidden] wrote: > > > > In article <[email hidden]>, > > Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > > > Do you actually post anything about racing sims? > > > > > > > Only occasionally, Tim, and then only about those sims in which I have > > an interest. "Mario Andretti's Racing", for example. > > How about Dick Johnson's V8 Racing ? > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > "Team Mirage" Team Mirage http://members.prestige.net/bttw/teammirage/ > "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ > > * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * > "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Well, old-timer, if there's one thing that I've learnt down the years it's never to take life too seriously. Most times that philosophy has paid off. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Goy Larsen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > > > LOL! > > Thank you Goy. Your support and encouragement is what keeps me going! > > You're most welcome Bruce, if it wasn't for you and a couple of others I > would have left this place a long time ago > > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > > "Bring back Byron Forbes !" > "Nigel Nichols for president !" > > > * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * > "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

><[email hidden]> wrote > LOL! > Frankie....you 'sound' like a petulant five year-old child! No seriously, it's bloody annoying. you 'sound' (of course my mention was a direct reference to one of your early joke) like a eighty-two year-old grandpa who's only point in life now is to watch Jeopardy and curse at the Teevee each time Alex Trebek makes a grammar error <VBG> :) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 23:44:25 +1100, "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Oh yes....I'd forgotten that one. >Also my favourite at the moment, "Spirit of Speed: 1937". Sounds good. I'll be looking forward to reading your Mario Andretti Racing and Spirit Of Speed posts. As lame as those games are, they're preferable to threads full of grammar corrections. Tim

guys- after just reading your thread(gloom and doom) i couldnt help notice a glaringly obvious grammatical error on both of your parts. PENDANTIC is not the word that goy meant. if i'm, right he meant to say PEDANTIC. then the fact that bruce missed that just made me crack up. i thought for sure when i saw the word that bruce would have a field day. guess not - and no- i dont wish the title of GRAMMER POLICE to passed to me. thanks anyway but bruce is the master. thoght you might get a kick out of this. i did. no big deal, lancemanyun Goy Larsen wrote:

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LOL... well spotted! you missed "don't" and "to be passed", though. ;-) Jan. =--- rrevved wrote...

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On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 00:07:00 +0100, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote: >LOL... well spotted! > >you missed "don't" and "to be passed", though. ;-) Isn't there a special newsgroup for this grammar talk? Something like alt.really.boring or so? :) Andre

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>Jan. >=--- >rrevved wrote... >> > <snip> >> > i dont wish the title of GRAMMER POLICE to >> > passed to me. >> >> Grammar. >> ;) >> >

"or somesuch" ;-) Jan./ just ribbin' =--- Andre Warringa wrote...

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Well, Frank old mate old pal, what can I say other than "tough titty" and, in addition, who the hell is Alex Trebek and what is "Jeopardy"? -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:n9vZ5.63342$[email hidden]... > ><[email hidden]> wrote > > LOL! > > Frankie....you 'sound' like a petulant five year-old child! > > No seriously, it's bloody annoying. > > you 'sound' (of course my mention was a direct reference to one of your > early joke) like a eighty-two year-old grandpa who's only point in life now > is to watch Jeopardy and curse at the Teevee each time Alex Trebek makes a > grammar error <VBG> :) > > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > >

Tim, why not just filter out my name? -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 23:44:25 +1100, "Bruce Kennewell" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Oh yes....I'd forgotten that one. > >Also my favourite at the moment, "Spirit of Speed: 1937". > > Sounds good. I'll be looking forward to reading your Mario Andretti > Racing and Spirit Of Speed posts. As lame as those games are, they're > preferable to threads full of grammar corrections. > > Tim >

That's a typo, matey, not a lack of knowledge. The majority of those who use the word "your" when they mean "you are" or "you're" haven't the faintest idea that they've used the wrong term. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Joey Miller <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > guys- after just reading your thread(gloom and doom) i couldnt > help notice a > glaringly obvious grammatical error on both of your parts. PENDANTIC is > not the word that goy meant. if i'm, right he meant to say PEDANTIC. then > the fact that > bruce missed that just made me crack up. i thought for sure when i saw the > word > that bruce would have a field day. guess not - and no- i dont wish the > title of GRAMMER POLICE to passed to me. thanks anyway but bruce is the > master. > thoght you might get a kick out of this. i did. > > no big deal, > > lancemanyun > Goy Larsen wrote: > > > Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > > > > > LOL! > > > Thank you Goy. Your support and encouragement is what keeps me going! > > > > You're most welcome Bruce, if it wasn't for you and a couple of others I > > would have left this place a long time ago > > > > Beers and cheers > > (uncle) Goy > > > > "Bring back Byron Forbes !" > > "Nigel Nichols for president !" > > > > * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * > > "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com >

Yeah.....I was *SO* tempted but decided to let it slide! :-) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- rrevved <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 14:08:55 -0800, Joey Miller <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >i dont wish the > >title of GRAMMER POLICE to passed to me. > > Grammar. > ;) >

"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote ... > That's a typo, matey, not a lack of knowledge.Oh, I thought "Pendantic" was a new word for "someone who hangs on every word"... Keep up the good work, Bruce. Together we'll clear out all the sloppy use of English on the Usenet :-) -- Tony Whitley GPLRank +12.8

>"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote > Well, Frank old mate old pal, what can I say other than "tough titty" and, > in addition, who the hell is Alex Trebek and what is "Jeopardy"? Whoa you do not know who is Alex Trebek and/or Jeopardy? It's a game show on Teevee, where people need to give the *question* instead of the answer in a basic quiz situation. Alex Trebek is the host of it since the beginning. You pick from 6 diverse category, with a cash price for each. Let's not forget the Daily Double and the final round! Let's say "I'll take racing simulations, for 200$" Alex : "Released in 1998, it is the finest racing simulation to date, but has tanked in numbers of copy sold" You will have then to answer "What is GPL?" Okie-dokie? :) About everybody in North America knows about it, it exist for 17years now, and is in syndication on about every bloody channel possible! With Matlock it's about the favorite game of retired people. They have some sort of admiration for the host (you wouldn't know how many 70 year old grammas think of Alex as quite a gentlemen that would heat up their lonely nights <g>). http://www.spe.sony.com/tv/shows/jeopardy/ (official website URL) Games have been created (board games, card games, computer games, even web-games at the Station.sony.com Like I said, I've always imaginated you as some kind of Alex Trebek with an Aussie voice <VBG> -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

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> > guys- after just reading your thread(gloom and doom) i couldnt > help notice a > glaringly obvious grammatical error on both of your parts. PENDANTIC is > not the word that goy meant. if i'm, right he meant to say PEDANTIC. then > the fact that > bruce missed that just made me crack up. i thought for sure when i saw the > word > that bruce would have a field day. guess not - and no- i dont wish the > title of GRAMMER POLICE to passed to me. thanks anyway but bruce is the > master. > thoght you might get a kick out of this. i did. > > no big deal,

LOL, good call, too bad I wasn't the one who used the word, Don was, I merely pointed out that in Bruce's case, it's actually spelled "Geriatric", or in a more "common" way, "annoying old git", but there you go :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://members.prestige.net/bttw/teammirage/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 01:56:26 +0100, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote: >"or somesuch" ;-) AARRRGGHHH Andre

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>Jan./ just ribbin' >=--- >Andre Warringa wrote... >> <snip> >> Isn't there a special newsgroup for this grammar talk? >> Something like alt.really.boring or so? >> >> :) >> >> Andre > >

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:46:20 +1100, "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Tim, why not just filter out my name? I tried, but you show up as quotes in everyone else's messages. The spelling/grammar nonsense permeates nearly every thread with over 5 messages, and seems to constantly sidetrack discussions. If you like the newsgroup, you'd see its disruptive and stop. Tim

LOL! I *like* that definition....thanks Tony :-) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Tony Whitley <t o n y . w h i t l e y @ nStPlAwMorld.com> wrote in message news:qhGZ5.253$T%[email hidden]... > "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote ... > > That's a typo, matey, not a lack of knowledge. > Oh, I thought "Pendantic" was a new word for "someone who hangs on every > word"... > > > Keep up the good work, Bruce. Together we'll clear out all the sloppy use of > English on the Usenet :-) > > -- > Tony Whitley > GPLRank +12.8 > > > > >

Ah, well then.....there's the problem, Frank. Australia isn't *IN* North America, you see. (Well.......as of this morning it wasn't, anyway.) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:vAGZ5.65723$[email hidden]... > > > About everybody in North America knows about it, it exist for 17years now, > and is in syndication on about every bloody channel possible!

In article <vAGZ5.65723$[email hidden]>, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> writes: >About everybody in North America knows about it, it exist for 17years now, >and is in syndication on about every bloody channel possible! With Matlock >it's about the favorite game of retired people. They have some sort of >admiration for the host (you wouldn't know how many 70 year old grammas >think of Alex as quite a gentlemen that would heat up their lonely nights ><g>). 17 years?!? Whoa... -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +40.48 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote > Ah, well then.....there's the problem, Frank. > Australia isn't *IN* North America, you see. Well Qu�bec isn't *IN* Australia either but I know for sure what's SeaChange or Heartbreak High or Frontline. Jeopardy is as popular as Wheel of Fortune, just for the more educated people ;) Just hope you appreciated my little recap of the game show, as your most of the time missing the point of my posts while searching for meticulous grammar errors for no real reason, as I've seen ones by you and don't give an arse. You shouldn't. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

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> On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:46:20 +1100, "Bruce Kennewell" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Tim, why not just filter out my name? > > I tried, but you show up as quotes in everyone else's messages. > The spelling/grammar nonsense permeates nearly every thread with over > 5 messages, and seems to constantly sidetrack discussions. > > If you like the newsgroup, you'd see its disruptive and stop.

Can't resist... where is its disruptive? I'd love to see one. -- Tony Whitley GPLRank +12.8

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 21:40:19 -0000, "Tony Whitley" <t o n y . w h i t l e y @ nStPlAwMorld.com> wrote: >Can't resist... where is its disruptive? I'd love to see one. No problem. Here are 4, and they took me less than 4 minutes to copy and paste. I could probably pull out 100 from Deja if I felt like killing 90 minutes. I realize Usenet is the haven of free speech and there is nothing I can do about it, but I like this newsgroup, and it irritates me that this nonsense has sidetracked a lot of good discussions. Tim --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >Oh, please don't thank me, I'm glad to have helped further your basic >education. I must thank you again Bruce. Until now I've never been motivated to learn to use all the features of my newsreader. Plonk -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- English lesson, Frankie: "You're" boring. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get rid of the exclamation points, Bennis. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- SEM <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:910oks$d22$[email hidden]... > > It's a GAME. > > > WRONG!!!!!!!!! > Its a Religion!!!!!!!!!!! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What a wonderful response, Frank. Thanks for that incisive critiqu� (a bit of French there for you mate!) Frankie, have you ever thought of writing French-English instructions for the assembly of Chinese-manufactured folding deck-chairs? You'd be a sure thing. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ymenard wrote: > >"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote > > in addition, who the hell is Alex Trebek and what is "Jeopardy"? > > Whoa you do not know who is Alex Trebek and/or Jeopardy? I was a contestant on Jeopardy (taped in Nov 1992, aired in March 1993). > About everybody in North America knows about it, it exist for 17years now, The show is actually much older than that. It first aired in the 60's - hosted by Hugh Downs (who now is on 20/20 with Barbara Walters), created by Merv Griffin (who also wrote the annoying theme song). Dave "I Lost On Jeopardy" Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

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>On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 21:40:19 -0000, "Tony Whitley" <t o n y . w h i t >l e y @ nStPlAwMorld.com> wrote: > >>Can't resist... where is its disruptive? I'd love to see one. > >No problem. Here are 4, and they took me less than 4 minutes to copy >and paste. I could probably pull out 100 from Deja if I felt like >killing 90 minutes. >I realize Usenet is the haven of free speech and there is nothing I >can do about it, but I like this newsgroup, and it irritates me that >this nonsense has sidetracked a lot of good discussions. > >Tim

Hey Tim, RAS is allready being flooded with these grammar correction posts, and now you're going to repost them? Stop that! :) >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >[email hidden] (Bruce Kennewell) wrote in ><[email hidden]>:<SNIP, look on Deja if you're really interested>

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 00:01:12 GMT, Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> wrote: >Hey Tim, RAS is allready being flooded with these grammar correction >posts, and now you're going to repost them? Stop that! :) It won't happen again, Andre. I'm done with this, I just wanted to make a point. Tim

Oh dear . . . I sympathize with Tim, but I'm sure this was far too difficult to resist! --DK "Tim O" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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>>"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote >> Ah, well then.....there's the problem, Frank. >> Australia isn't *IN* North America, you see. > > >Well Qu�bec isn't *IN* Australia either but I know for sure what's SeaChange >or Heartbreak High or Frontline. Jeopardy is as popular as Wheel of >Fortune, just for the more educated people ;) >

Yeah i'm an Aussie, and I know Jeopardy. They tried to get it off the ground here in the early 90's - Tony Barber, famous from another quiz show, was the host. It bombed pretty quickly. Tony used to host "Sale of the Century", which was at one time a more "cerebral" game show, but since then it has become pretty lame. Millionaire is the big gun now - and we had it here before the US did. As an aside, you mention Frontline. I've seen a Canadian show, very similar, called "The Newsroom". Seems to me that Commonwealth countries make the best television - but not nearly as much as the yanks do. DG

In article <nWRZ5.78063$i%[email hidden]>, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Well Qu�bec isn't *IN* Australia either but I know for sure what'sSeaChange > or Heartbreak High or Frontline. Well, that's good to know, Frank. It's nice to see that our hard- working TV and movie people are having some success in selling their products to the Canadian provinces. This will certainly be improving our balance of payments and might even go some way towards mending the bruised relationship between our two nations following the "Salmon Matter" of some months ago. Indeed, it's even nicer to read that you are so fortunate in Quebec to be on the receiving end of this cultural invasion. I hope that you are learning lots about Oz from these wonderful examples of our lifestyle and habits. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

LOL! I guess the fight for the truth really IS hard to put down! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:46:20 +1100, "Bruce Kennewell" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Tim, why not just filter out my name? > > I tried, but you show up as quotes in everyone else's messages. > The spelling/grammar nonsense permeates nearly every thread with over > 5 messages, and seems to constantly sidetrack discussions. > > If you like the newsgroup, you'd see its disruptive and stop. > > Tim >

Jeez....that's pretty disruptive orright, Tim. One hundred posts over...let me see, must be more than three years. Yep.....no doubt about it.......I've certainly disrupted RAS! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 21:40:19 -0000, "Tony Whitley" <t o n y . w h i t > l e y @ nStPlAwMorld.com> wrote: > > >Can't resist... where is its disruptive? I'd love to see one. > > No problem. Here are 4, and they took me less than 4 minutes to copy > and paste. I could probably pull out 100 from Deja if I felt like > killing 90 minutes

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>ymenard wrote: >> >"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote >> > in addition, who the hell is Alex Trebek and what is "Jeopardy"? >> Whoa you do not know who is Alex Trebek and/or Jeopardy? >I was a contestant on Jeopardy (taped in Nov 1992, aired in March 1993). >> About everybody in North America knows about it, it exist for 17years now, >The show is actually much older than that. It first aired in the 60's - hosted >by Hugh Downs (who now is on 20/20 with Barbara Walters), created by Merv >Griffin (who also wrote the annoying theme song).

Bzzzt ! Downs retired from 20/20 & more to the point, didn't host Jeopardy. The original Jeopardy host was Art Fleming. Good thing you weren't going for a "Daily Double", eh? >Dave "I Lost On Jeopardy" Ewing Mark " I probably couldn't make the cut " Gray -- " Why bother..." - R. Crumb -

On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 02:26:21 GMT, [email hidden] (Disgruntled Goat) mangled uncounted electrons thus: >As an aside, you mention Frontline. I've seen a Canadian show, very >similar, called "The Newsroom". Seems to me that Commonwealth >countries make the best television - but not nearly as much as the >yanks do. Of course we Brits make the best TV in the world. And (desperate attempt to get almost back on topic) we have the best F1 coverage... ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ Martin D. Pay BTW - congrats on finally choosing a new President. Shame he's not the one the majority wanted... ^_-

>"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote > Yep.....no doubt about it.......I've certainly disrupted RAS! You just appear a little too much sour Bruce, you can understand that? It gives the threads in which you appear a bad and bitter taste. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

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>"Disgruntled Goat" <[email hidden]> wrote > Yeah i'm an Aussie, and I know Jeopardy. They tried to get it off the > ground here in the early 90's - Tony Barber, famous from another quiz > show, was the host. It bombed pretty quickly. Tony used to host "Sale > of the Century", which was at one time a more "cerebral" game show, > but since then it has become pretty lame. Millionaire is the big gun > now - and we had it here before the US did.

Ah, WWTBAM. Not enough questions to satisfy me. WAY too long, and I don't really care about the personal life of those people. > As an aside, you mention Frontline. I've seen a Canadian show, very > similar, called "The Newsroom". Seems to me that Commonwealth > countries make the best television - but not nearly as much as the > yanks do. Ah yes Newsroom, but I'm not a big watcher of Canadian television. We don't have much of it in Qu�bec. We aren't really Canada, remember :) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

><[email hidden]> wrote > Indeed, it's even nicer to read that you are so fortunate in Quebec to > be on the receiving end of this cultural invasion. I hope that you are > learning lots about Oz from these wonderful examples of our lifestyle > and habits. That, and the Crocodile Hunter... <ducks from Aussie flames> ;) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

ymenard wrote: > > >"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Yep.....no doubt about it.......I've certainly disrupted RAS! > > You just appear a little too much sour Bruce, you can understand that? It > gives the threads in which you appear a bad and bitter taste. Oh please... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://members.prestige.net/bttw/teammirage/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

"Goy Larsen" and I wrote: > > You just appear a little too much sour Bruce, you can understand that?It > > gives the threads in which you appear a bad and bitter taste. > > Oh please... Yep, them threads just never taste like chickens when Bruce post in them ;) <little'bit of salt in my water, but not too much> "moo" "physics" Snuh? -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

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>On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 02:26:21 GMT, [email hidden] >(Disgruntled Goat) mangled uncounted electrons thus: > >>As an aside, you mention Frontline. I've seen a Canadian show, very >>similar, called "The Newsroom". Seems to me that Commonwealth >>countries make the best television - but not nearly as much as the >>yanks do. > >Of course we Brits make the best TV in the world. > >And (desperate attempt to get almost back on topic) we have the >best F1 coverage... ^_^ ^_^ ^_^ >

Depends which coverage you mean... if it's Murray and Martin, thats what we get and I am going to find it vbery strange when Murray's voice is no longer there. DG

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>><[email hidden]> wrote >> Indeed, it's even nicer to read that you are so fortunate in Quebec to >> be on the receiving end of this cultural invasion. I hope that you are >> learning lots about Oz from these wonderful examples of our lifestyle >> and habits. > >That, and the Crocodile Hunter... > ><ducks from Aussie flames> >

I, along with many of my mates, had NO IDEA who this guy was until that South Park episode... DG

I include such cultural icons as the Crocodile Hunter and Paul Hogan. That goes without saying. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:X%h_5.85041$i%[email hidden]... > > That, and the Crocodile Hunter... >

Gentlemen. I'm getting dizzy with your ping ponging and I hate tennis. Therefore this will be a contest over 15 rounds. No holding, punching below the belt, using elbows or biting. Seconds out.............. <G> MS ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Epk_5.73979$[email hidden]...

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> On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 21:40:19 -0000, "Tony Whitley" <t o n y . w h i t > l e y @ nStPlAwMorld.com> wrote: > > >Can't resist... where is its disruptive? I'd love to see one. > > No problem. Here are 4, and they took me less than 4 minutes to copy > and paste. I could probably pull out 100 from Deja if I felt like > killing 90 minutes.

Hmmm. I was pointing out that "its" indicates possession and therefore "disruptive" is a noun in your sentence. I was pondering what a disruptive is and what it would look like. What you should have written is "it's (or it is) disruptive". > I realize Usenet is the haven of free speech and there is nothing I > can do about it, but I like this newsgroup, and it irritates me that > this nonsense has sidetracked a lot of good discussions. > > Tim I understand your annoyance but what irritates me is someone posting a message using poor English (I exclude those for whom it is not their first language) because then the many readers (perhaps several hundred?) have to make the effort to make sense of the message. Grammar and spelling are not the esoteric pastime of pedants but the basis of communication. Spelling checkers are part-and-parcel of any PC nowadays so there is little excuse for mistakes (I always use one for e-mails, just to catch any typos), although grammar checkers have some way to go before they guarantee that the text makes any sense. -- Tony Whitley GPLRank +12.8 P.S. I like this newsgroup too but I like the regular posts about setting up drivers for the latest NVidia graphics card to be seasoned with some OT threads like this. P.P.S. Judging by the length of the thread it seems there are a number of people who find this a topic of interest, including you. P.P.P.S. I'm not a teacher of English but perhaps worse - a software engineer. Without the precise use of language I could not do my job - or worse, I'd end up working for Microsoft!

In article <HLr_5.6543$[email hidden]>, "Tony Whitley" <t o n y . w h i t l e y @ nStPlAwMorld.com> writes: >P.P.P.S. I'm not a teacher of English but perhaps worse - a software >engineer. Without the precise use of language I could not do my job - or >worse, I'd end up working for Microsoft! > Ouch...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +40.48 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

HAAAAAAAAA!! Lovely :-) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Tony Whitley <t o n y . w h i t l e y @ nStPlAwMorld.com> wrote in message news:HLr_5.6543$[email hidden]... > > P.P.P.S. I'm not a teacher of English but perhaps worse - a software > engineer. Without the precise use of language I could not do my job - or > worse, I'd end up working for Microsoft!

>"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote > I include such cultural icons as the Crocodile Hunter and Paul Hogan. That > goes without saying. Okay'mate. Still, you people like Paul Hogan, but dislike the Crocodile Hunter no? I mean he's some sort of sell-out. "ohhhh and here's da biggest crocadile in dee whole 'stralia, trying to eat meee" -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

>"Mark Seery" <[email hidden]> wrote > I'm getting dizzy with your ping ponging and I hate tennis. > > Therefore this will be a contest over 15 rounds. No holding, punchingbelow > the belt, using elbows or biting. Seconds out.............. <G> Okay. <lightsaber slash at Bruce> Snuh? -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

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> David Ewing <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >The show is actually much older than that. It first aired in the 60's - hosted > >by Hugh Downs (who now is on 20/20 with Barbara Walters), created by Merv > >Griffin (who also wrote the annoying theme song). > > Bzzzt ! > > Downs retired from 20/20 & more to the point, didn't host Jeopardy. > > The original Jeopardy host was Art Fleming. > > Good thing you weren't going for a "Daily Double", eh?

Doh! Boy is my face red. Hugh Downs was the host of Concentration. I have no idea how my synapses made that misfire. > >Dave "I Lost On Jeopardy" Ewing > > Mark " I probably couldn't make the cut " Gray Thanks for the correction. Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

David Ewing <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Mark Gray wrote: >> David Ewing <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >The show is actually much older than that. It first aired in the 60's - hosted >> >by Hugh Downs (who now is on 20/20 with Barbara Walters), created by Merv >> >Griffin (who also wrote the annoying theme song). >> Downs retired from 20/20 & more to the point, didn't host Jeopardy. >> The original Jeopardy host was Art Fleming. >Doh! Boy is my face red. Hugh Downs was the host of Concentration. I have no idea >how my synapses made that misfire.

No need for a red face, Dave. My synapses creak & groan whenever I'm trying to remember something from 30 years ago...:-) And, you were right about the theme song...annoying indeed! >Thanks for the correction. My pleasure. -- " Why bother..." - R. Crumb -