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[Ed Cryer]

I guess I was hoping that being obviously right would mean that I
wouldn't have to cover anything. You apparently see it differently.

There's no absolute right or wrong in this question. It's about
different points of view into a muddle of different conventions and
different starting points.
I would have hoped that a denizen of The Land of The Free would have
realised that and not attempted to dictate truth with such a fascist
heavy-handedness.

Ed

 

[...winston]

"Stan Brown" wrote in message

It was rumoured that one particularly unpopular and unworkable bill did
not meet with the Queen's approval, a quiet word was said to Mrs.
Thatcher (Something along the lines of "Do you think that's agood
idea?", and the bill was quietly and unobtrusively dropped.

Given the well documented antagonism between the Queen and Mrs.
Thatcher, I find that hard to believe.
Well one could just ask the Queen <g>

The Queen
You can write to Her Majesty at the following address:

Her Majesty The Queen
Buckingham Palace
London SW1A 1AA

General enquiries can be made by telephone during working hours: (+44) (0)20
7930 4832.

 

[Bob Henson]

When the new One Pound coin was introduced
a movement was started to call it "The Maggie",
the reasoning "she was bold, brassy and wanted to be Queen".

Similarly, when the 50p piece came out it was known as the Wilson bit
(after Harold, the PM of course) since it was two-faced, seven sided and
no use to anyone.

--
Bob
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK


It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have
learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

When it pops up to tell it thinks something's wrong, there should be an
"add to dictionary" button. Or, if you're just using it in
red-wavy-underline mode, right-clicking on such a word should give you
such an option.

Translation (to clarify what I said above): "I'm too lazy" = "I don't
care enough".

Not to mention that there are several spell-checkers on this system,
which kind of makes it not very productive to make changes in only one
of them.

Also, and really much more pertinent, for this newsreader in particular,
the vagaries of the spell-checker go way beyond just what it finds or
fails to find in the dictionary.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

You got the number of zeroes right, but if you wanted me to check <g>
you should have put commas in.

You forgot how mean I am.

I left the commas out on purpose. And I'm not kidding: omitting them is
related to my so-called sense of humor.

Thanks for checking

 

[Ken Blake]

You forgot how mean I am.

I left the commas out on purpose. And I'm not kidding: omitting them is
related to my so-called sense of humor.

OK, I'm not laughing out loud, but I'm at least smiling.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

OK, I'm not laughing out loud, but I'm at least smiling.

Even a slight smile helps...

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, Irwell

When the new One Pound coin was introduced
a movement was started to call it "The Maggie",
the reasoning "she was bold, brassy and wanted to be Queen".

Come on, get it right: "It was thick, brassy, and thought it was a
sovereign." (Which, for those that don't know, was a gold coin.)

 

[choro]

In message <[email protected]>, Irwell


Come on, get it right: "It was thick, brassy, and thought it was a
sovereign." (Which, for those that don't know, was a gold coin.)

I thought it was called "Thatcherite Gold". Faux gold. Fake, like
Thatcher herself!