The Pits Award?

Laff! Keep pating yourselves on the back for that new award. Big deal... Its just a fancy link to another site. How about some new updates. Simulator Cyberworld is continuoisly providing new files and addons for sim racing! Thier kickin arse boyz!

Someday, someone is going to have to explain this *plonk* thing to me. I can figure out it's not a good thing, but exactly what triggers the *plonk* response eludes me. Jan. ---- ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:elJu4.10989$[email hidden]...

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> "J.Norton" <[email hidden]> wrote > <snip> > *PLONK* > > -- why do people are evil for a website? a bunch of code, images, text and > pictures... > -- 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] (Jan Verschueren) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >Someday, someone is going to have to explain this *plonk* thing to me. I >can figure out it's not a good thing, but exactly what triggers the >*plonk* response eludes me. AIUI, it refers to adding someone to your "plonk file" (aka kill file, aka bozo bin) which is a list held by your newsreader software of people who you don't want taking up your valuable time (usually because they're known spammers). What this means is that when your newsreader gets new headers, it will ignore those from that person. Some newsreaders (including mine, the excellent (and free!) Xnews) will allow a "sliding scale" of scores according to subject, poster etc, and will allow you to sort headers on this basis. So a complete "kill" has a score of -9999, whereas a complete "watch" has a score of +9999. So you could give a thread you wanted to follow, but weren't totally obsessed by a score of 1000, say. I don't think kill files are possible in Outlook Express, which is probably why you haven't come across them. Why the word "plonk" has become standard I don't know - it's probably lost in the mists of time, along with why anyone voluntarily drinks Jolt Cola... -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

"J.Norton" <[email hidden]> wrote > Laff! Keep pating yourselves on the back for that new award. Big > deal... Its just a fancy link to another site. How about some new > updates. Simulator Cyberworld is continuoisly providing new files and > addons for sim racing! Thier kickin arse boyz! *PLONK* -- why do people are evil for a website? a bunch of code, images, text and pictures... -- 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.

I have always understood a skatalogical element in "plonk," too, in addition to what you said. David Buttery wrote in message <[email hidden]>...

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>[email hidden] (Jan Verschueren) wrote in ><[email hidden]>: > >>Someday, someone is going to have to explain this *plonk* thing to me. I >>can figure out it's not a good thing, but exactly what triggers the >>*plonk* response eludes me. > >AIUI, it refers to adding someone to your "plonk file" (aka kill file, aka >bozo bin) which is a list held by your newsreader software of people who >you don't want taking up your valuable time (usually because they're known >spammers). What this means is that when your newsreader gets new headers, >it will ignore those from that person. > >Some newsreaders (including mine, the excellent (and free!) Xnews) will >allow a "sliding scale" of scores according to subject, poster etc, and >will allow you to sort headers on this basis. So a complete "kill" has a >score of -9999, whereas a complete "watch" has a score of +9999. So you >could give a thread you wanted to follow, but weren't totally obsessed by a >score of 1000, say. > >I don't think kill files are possible in Outlook Express, which is probably >why you haven't come across them. > >Why the word "plonk" has become standard I don't know - it's probably lost >in the mists of time, along with why anyone voluntarily drinks Jolt Cola... > >-- >David. >"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." >(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote in message . > > I don't think kill files are possible in Outlook Express, which isprobably > why you haven't come across them. They are certainly possible in Outlook Express; All you have to do is while a message from the offending person is up, simply open the pulldown menu labeled 'message' and pick 'block sender'. You won't see any messages from that person any more. great troll blocker. -Mark

"Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Someday, someone is going to have to explain this *plonk* thing to me. I can >figure out it's not a good thing, but exactly what triggers the *plonk* >response eludes me. PLONK is short for "Please, Leave Our Newsgroup, Killfiled" I never understood the O in PLONK, since newsgroups are public, and I always feel sorry for people who're using PLONK... Remco

"Remco Moedt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Someday, someone is going to have to explain this *plonk* thing to me. Ican

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> >figure out it's not a good thing, but exactly what triggers the *plonk* > >response eludes me. > > PLONK is short for "Please, Leave Our Newsgroup, Killfiled" > > I never understood the O in PLONK, since newsgroups are > public, and I always feel sorry for people who're using PLONK... > > Remco >

Ah Geez! Here I always thought it was a clever onomatopeic word likening killfiling to the sound a stone makes as it enters the surface of a still, dark lake ; there to fall endlessly in the silence, never to be heard of again. NOW you're telling me its a lousy garden variety acronymn!! (sigh) There is no poetry anymore :( Oh well back to practising Monaco in the BRM :) David

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> > > Ah Geez! Here I always thought it was a clever onomatopeic word likening > killfiling to the sound a stone makes as it enters the surface of a still, > dark lake ; there to fall endlessly in the silence, never to be heard of > again. NOW you're telling me its a lousy garden variety acronymn!! (sigh) > There is no poetry anymore :( > > Oh well back to practising Monaco in the BRM :) > David >

BRM: That's onomatopoeic, isn't it? -- Colin Harris ColinHarris in N3/NL Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league http://members.chello.se/clone/index.htm ICQ 25485061 > >

[email hidden] (Mark Gums) wrote in <89gis3$1f1a$1@newssvr04- int.news.prodigy.com>:

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> > >David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote in message . >> >> I don't think kill files are possible in Outlook Express, which is >probably >> why you haven't come across them. > >They are certainly possible in Outlook Express; >All you have to do is while a message from the offending person >is up, simply open the pulldown menu labeled 'message' >and pick 'block sender'. You won't see any messages from that >person any more. great troll blocker. >-Mark >

I stand corrected. My PC came with Free Agent, y'see, so I've barely used OE5. -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

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>PLONK is short for "Please, Leave Our Newsgroup, Killfiled" > >I never understood the O in PLONK, since newsgroups are >public, and I always feel sorry for people who're using PLONK... > >Remco >

No kidding...? Wow, you learn something new every day... :) Thanks. Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (David Buttery) writes: >Why the word "plonk" has become standard I don't know - it's probably lost >in the mists of time, along with why anyone voluntarily drinks Jolt Cola... Jolt cola? I chugged a bottle as a challenge from a guy I worked with. He drank about 1/4 of his, I finished the bottle in about 5 minutes. I drink so much cola anyway, that Jolt didn't even affect me. I'm immune to caffeine. Meanwhile, he was bouncing off the walls...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Ha! In the words of Jack Nicholson, "I'd rather stick needles in my eyes!" You'll have to pry my Ferrari mug from my cold, dead fingers.<g> -- don [|]-(_)-[|] "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > You are not "immune to caffeine". > Try giving up ingesting the stuff for a week and then see how "immune" you > are! > > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > > EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <[email hidden]>, > > [email hidden] (David Buttery) writes: > > > > >Why the word "plonk" has become standard I don't know - it's probably > lost > > >in the mists of time, along with why anyone voluntarily drinks Jolt > Cola... > > > > Jolt cola? I chugged a bottle as a challenge from a guy I worked with. > He > > drank about 1/4 of his, I finished the bottle in about 5 minutes. I drink > so > > much cola anyway, that Jolt didn't even affect me. I'm immune to > caffeine. > > Meanwhile, he was bouncing off the walls...<g> > > > > Eldred

LOL... ah well, there's always next Sunday ;-) Jan. ---- David Erb <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CQ%u4.49475$[email hidden]... > Ahem,uhm,no exactly (shuffles feet,looks at floor) In my haste to get outof > the way I hit esc +enter rather than shift +r. Logged in disgust atmyself

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> for doing so. Dang highly trained reflexes :) > David > > "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > What happened to you last race... too proud to press shift-r?? > > > > <snip>

You are not "immune to caffeine". Try giving up ingesting the stuff for a week and then see how "immune" you are! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (David Buttery) writes: > > >Why the word "plonk" has become standard I don't know - it's probably lost > >in the mists of time, along with why anyone voluntarily drinks Jolt Cola... > > Jolt cola? I chugged a bottle as a challenge from a guy I worked with. He > drank about 1/4 of his, I finished the bottle in about 5 minutes. I drink so > much cola anyway, that Jolt didn't even affect me. I'm immune to caffeine. > Meanwhile, he was bouncing off the walls...<g> > > Eldred > -- > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 > Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

The word "plonk" used to mean a cheap wine. I'm not sure if the users of the word today are offering a glass or two to the person whose post they are reading. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Someday, someone is going to have to explain this *plonk* thing to me. I can > figure out it's not a good thing, but exactly what triggers the *plonk* > response eludes me. > > Jan. -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

Makes you wonder how they cope with situations in life where they CAN'T use a *plonk*, doesn't it? -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Remco Moedt <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > PLONK is short for "Please, Leave Our Newsgroup, Killfiled" > > I never understood the O in PLONK, since newsgroups are > public, and I always feel sorry for people who're using PLONK... > > Remco > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

What happened to you last race... too proud to press shift-r?? Jan./ letting the team down badly himself. ---- David Erb <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:l_Vu4.49165$[email hidden]... > > <snip> > Oh well back to practising Monaco in the BRM :) > David

I have no idea how I posted this here, and the reply I did post didn't get posted, but is in my send folder. I think my new server is really screwy. Slot "David Erb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:oyZu4.49311$[email hidden]...

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> > "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ah Geez! Here I always thought it was a clever onomatopeic word

likening > > > killfiling to the sound a stone makes as it enters the surface of a > still, > > > dark lake ; there to fall endlessly in the silence, never to be heardof

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> > > again. NOW you're telling me its a lousy garden variety acronymn!! > (sigh) > > > There is no poetry anymore :( > > > > > > Oh well back to practising Monaco in the BRM :) > > > David > > > > > > > > > BRM: That's onomatopoeic, isn't it? > > > Sure is :) Watch for overspray though on the the screen :) > David > > -- > > > > Colin Harris > > ColinHarris in N3/NL > > Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league > > http://members.chello.se/clone/index.htm > > ICQ 25485061 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

"Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > > > > > > Ah Geez! Here I always thought it was a clever onomatopeic word likening > > killfiling to the sound a stone makes as it enters the surface of astill, > > dark lake ; there to fall endlessly in the silence, never to be heard of > > again. NOW you're telling me its a lousy garden variety acronymn!!(sigh)

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> > There is no poetry anymore :( > > > > Oh well back to practising Monaco in the BRM :) > > David > > > > > BRM: That's onomatopoeic, isn't it? >

Sure is :) Watch for overspray though on the the screen :) David

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> -- > > Colin Harris > ColinHarris in N3/NL > Proud co-owner - CLONE N.Legends league > http://members.chello.se/clone/index.htm > ICQ 25485061 > > > > > > > >

Ahem,uhm,no exactly (shuffles feet,looks at floor) In my haste to get out of the way I hit esc +enter rather than shift +r. Logged in disgust at myself for doing so. Dang highly trained reflexes :) David "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> What happened to you last race... too proud to press shift-r?? > > Jan./ letting the team down badly himself. > ---- > David Erb <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:l_Vu4.49165$[email hidden]... > > > > <snip> > > Oh well back to practising Monaco in the BRM :) > > David > >

LOL... ah well, there's always next Sunday ;-) Jan. ---- > Ahem,uhm,no exactly (shuffles feet,looks at floor) In my haste to get out of > the way I hit esc +enter rather than shift +r. Logged in disgust at myself

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> for doing so. Dang highly trained reflexes :) > David > > What happened to you last race... too proud to press shift-r?? > > <snip>

In article <[email hidden]>, "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>You are not "immune to caffeine". >Try giving up ingesting the stuff for a week and then see how "immune" you >are! > >-- >Regards, >Bruce Kennewell, >Canberra, Australia. >---------------------------

No. :) Ok, it doesn't affect me like it affects others. How's that? I could drink a 2 liter of coke and fall right asleep. As a matter of fact, NoDoz doesn't even keep me awake...found that out the hard way... Eldred Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Poor guy........ without the sleep-deterrent effects of a good cup of coffee life is just not worth living. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> > writes: > > >You are not "immune to caffeine". > >Try giving up ingesting the stuff for a week and then see how "immune" you > >are! > > > >-- > >Regards, > >Bruce Kennewell, > >Canberra, Australia. > >--------------------------- > > No. :) > Ok, it doesn't affect me like it affects others. How's that? I could drink a > 2 liter of coke and fall right asleep. As a matter of fact, NoDoz doesn't even > keep me awake...found that out the hard way... > > Eldred > > Eldred > -- > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 > Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----