Re: Eldred!

In article <8i07ji$9eg$[email hidden]>, Michael <[email hidden]> writes

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> > >>Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you >>with experience... > > >I saw this once before...and when I did...I said: "an idiot must have wrote >that". > >Only an idiot would lower themselves to another level and only an idiot >would be beat by one with more experience. Thus, either making both of >them >idiots or the one who was 'beat' was the sole idiot. Simply put, only >another idiot would argue with an idiot. >

That's just stupid.

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>I realize that this isn't a topic of discussion, it is merely your caption >to your postings and I realize that it must have sounded good the first time >you heard it. You need to lose it, just my advice. Furthermore the idiot is >noted as "He" which assumes all idiots are male or that females are worthy >enough to be included in either positive or negative statements, >regardless - very politically incorrect on that point and I'm not a liberal. >

What do you know about anything you wally. >I didn't say anything the first time I read it, I guess I just have some >time on my hands this morning. Looking for a response to the question I >posted - lemme go look and you have a nice day. > Why didn't you go and do something more constructive then. PS: only kidding. :) -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

>Sometimes, otherwise sane and inteligent people get involved in flame wars No, they don't.

>The Chinese have a saying: > >"He who critizes sigs is an idiot." No, they don't. However, he who can't spell shows signs of being an idiot.

No, they don't.

Wow. Whatever happened to, "Way to go Eldred." Certainly glad to see that Mr. Pickett followed his own advice however. That calls for another, "Way to go Eldred." Rick "Peter Ives" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <8i07ji$9eg$[email hidden]>, Michael > <[email hidden]> writes > > > > > >>Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beatsyou > >>with experience... > > > > > >I saw this once before...and when I did...I said: "an idiot must havewrote

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> >that". > > > >Only an idiot would lower themselves to another level and only an idiot > >would be beat by one with more experience. Thus, either making both of > >them > >idiots or the one who was 'beat' was the sole idiot. Simply put, only > >another idiot would argue with an idiot. > > > > That's just stupid. > > >I realize that this isn't a topic of discussion, it is merely your

caption > >to your postings and I realize that it must have sounded good the firsttime > >you heard it. You need to lose it, just my advice. Furthermore the idiotis > >noted as "He" which assumes all idiots are male or that females areworthy > >enough to be included in either positive or negative statements, > >regardless - very politically incorrect on that point and I'm not aliberal.

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> > > > What do you know about anything you wally. > > >I didn't say anything the first time I read it, I guess I just have some > >time on my hands this morning. Looking for a response to the question I > >posted - lemme go look and you have a nice day. > > > > Why didn't you go and do something more constructive then. > > > > > > > > > PS: only kidding. :) > -- > Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) > > No person's opinions can be said to be > more correct than another's, because each is > the sole judge of his or her own experience.

You know, over on rasf1 they once had a huge flame war over UK vs US English spelling. Jan. =--- Michael wrote... > > <snip> > No, they don't. > > However, he who can't spell shows signs of being an idiot. > >

On rasf1 they'd have a flame war about *anything* !!! ;) This NG is much more civilized... ..usually <G> -- Ian P <E-mail address invalid due to spam> Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:7yb15.189401$[email hidden]... > You know, over on rasf1 they once had a huge flame war over UK vs US English > spelling.

Really? Even this dyslexic with an IQ of 148? Just asking ? MS "Michael" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8i38oj$hrf$[email hidden]... > > However, he who can't spell shows signs of being an idiot. > >

"Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote > You know, over on rasf1 they once had a huge flame war over UK vs USEnglish > spelling. How many times have I had Americans flame me for incorrectly spelling "realise" in my signature file <vbg>. I even had one two days ago on N3.d! -- -- 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.

But Yves... are you NOT American too? After all, last I checked...Canaydia was still on the North American Continent. So you too ol boy...could be Uhmarycan. Just don't tell the Coasten Reekens, if they find out they are 'Mericans too...they be swarming all over da place. dave henrie ymenard wrote:

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> > "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote > > You know, over on rasf1 they once had a huge flame war over UK vs US > English > > spelling. > > How many times have I had Americans flame me for incorrectly spelling > "realise" in my signature file <vbg>. I even had one two days ago on N3.d! > > -- > -- 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.

"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote > are you NOT American too? After all, last I checked...Canaydia was > still on the North American Continent. I learned English the International way, not the way of people residing in the United States of America. Tyres, colour, realise, bloody ;) -- -- 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.

>How many times have I had Americans flame me for incorrectly spelling >"realise" in my signature file <vbg>. I even had one two days ago on N3.d! The one that gets to me is the American saying of "I could care less", when in fact they mean the exact opposite... it doesn't make *sense*!! :-))) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

Actually, the American language is full of slang and idiomatic expressions that mean the exact opposite of what they should. For instance "bad" means "good", likewise "the sh*t". My favorite: "f*ck you" is actually considered an attack?? <[email hidden]>, Graeme Nash <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >How many times have I had Americans flame me for incorrectly spelling > >"realise" in my signature file <vbg>. I even had one two days agoon N3.d!

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> > The one that gets to me is the American saying of "I could care less", > when in fact they mean the exact opposite... it doesn't make *sense*!! > > :-))) > > -- > Cheers! > Graeme Nash >

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we Yanks are sloppy folks, I think that expression was probably, "I COULDN'T care less" which is short hand for I could NOT care less. so being the language shredders that we are...it has morphed into, I could care less. Or sarcastically, I care. dave henrie Graeme Nash wrote:

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> > >How many times have I had Americans flame me for incorrectly spelling > >"realise" in my signature file <vbg>. I even had one two days ago on N3.d! > > The one that gets to me is the American saying of "I could care less", > when in fact they mean the exact opposite... it doesn't make *sense*!! > > :-))) > > -- > Cheers! > Graeme Nash

we Yanks are sloppy folks, I think that expression was probably, "I COULDN'T care less" which is short hand for I could NOT care less. so being the language shredders that we are...it has morphed into, I could care less. Or sarcastically, I care. dave henrie Graeme Nash wrote:

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> > >How many times have I had Americans flame me for incorrectly spelling > >"realise" in my signature file <vbg>. I even had one two days ago on N3.d! > > The one that gets to me is the American saying of "I could care less", > when in fact they mean the exact opposite... it doesn't make *sense*!! > > :-))) > > -- > Cheers! > Graeme Nash

Dave Henrie wrote in message <[email hidden]>... > we Yanks are sloppy folks, I think that expression was probably, >"I COULDN'T care less" which is short hand for I could NOT care less. >so being the language shredders that we are...it has morphed into, I >could care less. Or sarcastically, I care. >dave henrie > I think you're right, Dave. You see essentially the same thing in people using "of" when it would be correct to use "have." In our sloppy, compressed speaking, many of us say "could've," which to some people sounds like (and subsequently gets written as) "could of." Same phenomenon. Ah, our wonderful, colorful and aften brutalized language! Regards, Kurt

You mention "rasf1" in your post. This adds to the suspicion that I'm not getting all the newsgroups I could be. Is there anywhere I can go to get a list of -all- existing newsgroups, particularly alt and rec? Thanks, J. P. Hovercraft Ian P wrote:

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> On rasf1 they'd have a flame war about *anything* !!! ;) > This NG is much more civilized... ..usually <G> > > -- > Ian P > <E-mail address invalid due to spam> > > Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:7yb15.189401$[email hidden]... > > You know, over on rasf1 they once had a huge flame war over UK vs US > English > > spelling.

The newsgroup is rec.autos.sport.f1 so if you look for rasf1 you probably won't find anything ;) I don't know where you can get a full list of NG's though :( Someone else here may be able to help you on that, although you could take a look at www.deja.com/usenet and look at the rec and alt lists. -- Ian P <email address invalid due to spam Support <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > You mention "rasf1" in your post. This adds to the suspicion that I'm not > getting all the newsgroups I could be. Is there anywhere I can go to get a > list of -all- existing newsgroups, particularly alt and rec? > > Thanks, > J. P. Hovercraft > > Ian P wrote: > > > On rasf1 they'd have a flame war about *anything* !!! ;) > > This NG is much more civilized... ..usually <G> > > > > -- > > Ian P > > <E-mail address invalid due to spam> > > > > Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:7yb15.189401$[email hidden]... > > > You know, over on rasf1 they once had a huge flame war over UK vs US > > English > > > spelling. >