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will miss the show tonight - but i'll be listening on saturday or to the podcast. hope you are partying hard and celebrating bigtime!!
t xx

yeah, saint patrick's junior mixed and infants -collier row, blinding school ruled by sister aquinas -quite literally!
explains a lot about me now, actually - liking for black and pain - lol!

consider yourself told - the nuns always win!!
t : )

Yes, it's used that way, but incorrectly so. Same with the colon: one should only be used to introduce an explanatory clause (notwithstanding various mathematical and other non-punctuative uses). I know that's a bit of a simplification, but the convention of using it after "re" serves no ...

robertzombie wrote:Try fiddling around with the office's/building's PA system so it's ready for the next Shift

if i worked thursdays, i would! have a fetish party next saturday now, so will have to catch the podcast - man, the internet is a wonderful thing
t xx

* This is the Latin word "re", meaning "[in] the matter of" and should not have a colon. thank you, yes, i was aware of 'in re' however i would dispute the need for a colon... the colon thing is perfectly acceptable, at least as far as contract law, so for me at least it will re...

Stuffy last night, even in the People's Republic...slept on top of the quilt! Everyone knows the British complain about the weather, but it's more an objection to the fact that we only ever get extremes ! :| There are four kinds of weather in Britain: Too hot Too cold Too wet Too dry ;) oh, and too...

Norman Hunter wrote:It's ace.

Is that a good enough review..?

yes, will go and see it pronto - purely on the strength of your review
talia xx

stuck at work, bored rigid, putting off a really crappy job - anyone else about?! t xx Are you a Priest? :| :eek: hardly! data integrity - it is much, much more boring than it sounds! had a bit of a flurry there (i'm the only one here, now!)but, well, quiet for a while - so, is there anybody there ...

oh bugger, some work's come in (there's a surprise!) catch you up later - dont let me miss anything!
t xx

the sun's even out here (not that i'm very keen on the sun!) - i could be doing the washing, detailing my car - see how bored i am - even they seem preferable - this is tragic
pity poor talia - lol
t xx

and your excuse is?!

what a busy bee you've been! i'm doing a temp contract til october - 10-10- sat/sun/mon. never had a life at weekends before (comes of being married - not any more -haha!)so took this then suddenly discovered shedloads of stuff to do at weekends -typical! so, me stuck here, everyone else off having ...

stuck at work, bored rigid, putting off a really crappy job - anyone else about?!

t xx

* This is the Latin word "re", meaning "[in] the matter of" and should not have a colon. thank you, yes, i was aware of 'in re' however i would dispute the need for a colon... the colon thing is perfectly acceptable, at least as far as contract law, so for me at least it will re...

Haha, regarding rigid languages, though the classicist in me admires latin and sometimes wishes that were the norm, the freedom man in me prefers english and its problems in practice. My favourite language remains russian, though (but i know nxt two nuthing 'bout its grammer). i studied german for ...

DerekR wrote:Are you saying I shouldn't turn up in my "Fuck me and marry me young" T shirt then?

oh, i always wanted one of them! very nice.
t xx

there is a rule re plurals of nouns ending in y. if the letter before it is a consonant, then it's -ies, if it's a vowel, then its just -s. only word i've found exception to this is money/monies - otherwise it really works! *i'll get my (pedant's) coat!* :) t xx There is a rule re : noun plurals en...

oh, but i do like this one - if it was a bit bigger?! will change it back soon, though, i think - have this one elsewhere so i can have both - cake and eat it?!

edited - there you go!

changed my avatar - like this one too -though it could be a bit bigger (dont know how to do that!)
what do you think?!
t xx

James Blast wrote:

taliabee wrote:good catholic education

don't complain then

absolutely. never complain and, of course, carry the guilt of the world on my shoulders!
t xx

James Blast wrote:even with ponies?

I mean pony's

<---- see the drunk ramblings and ravings have begun

pony's what!?
don't get me on apostrophes! good catholic education and you'll never overcome sister aquinas and her ruler of doom!

t xx

there is a rule re plurals of nouns ending in y. if the letter before it is a consonant, then it's -ies, if it's a vowel, then its just -s. only word i've found exception to this is money/monies - otherwise it really works!
*i'll get my (pedant's) coat!*
t xx

oh, dont, i've gotta work this weekend! and, i've been off most of the last 3 weekends - i can hardly remember what to do! this is a temp job - really must get a new job cos i'm desperate to get weekends back - now that i've gotten myself a life :) hope there'll be a bunch of you around this weekend...

Dark wrote:Who'd want to talk about Scunthorpe anyway?

Welcome

thanks - never been there but, i do feel a bit sorry for it (and it cannot, cannot be as bad as the hell that is lowestoft! i might be in the back of beyond here but, at least i'm not there )
t xx