louisiana

Asset Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > I definitely don't agree with that comment. > Dictionaries are great. Expanding vocabulary and > playing a home-made version of Call My Bluff are > two things they are good for. Also useful for > finding the origin of words. Useful to most > people with a passing interest in language. > > Anyway, as you were. Asset, do you believe everything you read on this forum, taking it at face value? :-S Dictionaries are also useful for assessing the equivalence or otherwise of words in different languages. For using as door-stops or weights... I have around two or three hundred of them, have sometimes resorted to using six or seven at the same time when encountering particularly problematic terms. And sometimes the word is not in any dictionary, and then it's time to use other means.

Because Americans - and especially the ones in Jesusland - passeth all understanding.

This reminds me of an incident, way back, when the police in Forest Hill could not find any officers to attend a robbery in progress (elderly neighbour's flat, she was in when break-in occurred) just across the road from the police station. Apparently you had to ring Catford to get someone to walk across the road in Forest Hill. Any large bureaucracy will begin to function in accordance with its internal requirements, not its raison d'etre. I used to think electing officials - US-style - was a strange idea, but these days I'm not so sure.

That while the bad ol' US of A is always at the top of country drop-down menus, Web developers can never make their minds up between United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, Britain... and we are left hunting high and low...

Depends on language

ianr, this beautifully illustrates a key permaculture principle: utilisation of outputs from one system as inputs to another :)

When I lived in another European city and interviewed and accompanied the local police one day, I was led to believe that each mugger was responsible for several offences per day, all in fairly close proximity. So offences all within two/three streets; repeated change of shirt in a single safe house; emptied bags etc. all left at a single outside location.

Funnily enough, they gave up after eight attempts, spluttering and then sliding into silence.

rgutsell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > However I do not share the commonly held sense > that cyclists are "different", and that they > should remain ostensibly outside of common road > law. Which as how they are treated at the moment. > Cyclists are not special but cycling is. The roads were once considered safe places for seven-year-olds to cycle. I suspect many people today consider roads to be intergalactic super-highways only appropriate for those cradling large warp factors between their thighs. At least in the UK. I challenge you to look at the roads of some of our (non-Mediterranean) continental neighbours and consider the possibility that they might be more pleasant places for all. The Hague, for example, or Munich.

Louisa

Last week two followers of astrology attempted to guess my so-called star sign. These two individuals had spent every working hour with me over a week, plus some six hours each day (for seven days) of the leisure variety. They still hadn't got to the 'correct' star sign after eight attempts.

Petroleum. Or given that this is Nappy Valley, perhaps petroleum jelly.

Stabbings and shootings have been happening for a lot longer than 'since around 1989', though around the late 80s and early 90s there were - as I recall - quite a few shootings that took places at pubs in the area (especially Forest Hill/Sydenham). With information, there appears to be a Before Internet and an After Internet: if it happened B.I., you may not find information online, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.

LGWD, I have lived and worked in ED since 1986 - with a few breaks - and this has never happened to me. In fact, I don't believe I've ever met a nanny in ED. Perhaps your motherly appearance? :)

I was stopped three times during the same car trip (when I had a car). The boot was searched twice, and I was asked whether what was in the boot (clothes and shoes) belonged to me. I was a white 35-year-old woman at the time, driving a Citroen BX, daytime.

bigbadwolf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > louisiana Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Louisa Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > I used my hooter in shear > > > > That would be 'sheer', not 'shear'. Different > > word, different meaning. Take a look at Gowers > or > > similar. > > > > anger and annoyance at > > > the arrogance of this evil cyclist. I am not > > one > > > to usually hold a grudge > > > > I'm not one to uphold a grudge against those > who > > may split their infinitives. But... > > > > , but if this so and so > > > > or so-and-so > > Not the same as 'so and so'. > > > > > > > crosses my path again I wont > > > > Perhaps it is your 'wont', but for most others > > that'll be a 'won't', which is a contraction of > > 'will not'. > > > > hesitate to open my > > > mouth. Bloody sod! I personally > > > > I think you'll find that 'I' includes > > 'personally'. > > > > think that all > > > cyclists should be made more accountable for > > their > > > actions on the road. They use it just as much > > as > > > every other vehicle and yet pay nothing > towards > > > the up keep. > > > > or indeed 'upkeep' > > > > > > Make them pay road tax and give them > > > identity plates > > > > registration plates? > > > > so we can make them more > > > accountable for their actions. Godamnit' > > > > So you were quoting someone there? > > > > Dear Louisa, how about learning how to use the > > English language before letting yourself run > riot, > > breaking all the rules. > > Luoisiana, forgive me for asking...but are you a > cyclist? BBW: yes, I do from time to time cycle, though my current steed is covered in a thick layer of dust, which perhaps indicates how frequently I cycle. I have most recently been hiking (Wye Valley) rather than cycling. Louisa: I don't own a dictionary. Dictionaries are for people who entertain doubts concerning spelling.

Can I refer people to the Diggers? "The Council of State received a letter in April 1649 reporting that several individuals had begun to plant vegetables in common land on Saint George's Hill, Weybridge near Cobham, Surrey at a time when food prices reached an all-time high. Sanders reported that they had invited "all to come in and help them, and promise them meat, drink, and clothes." They intended to pull down all enclosures and cause the local populace to come and work with them. They claimed that their number would be several thousand within ten days. "It is feared they have some design in hand." In the same month, the Diggers issued their most famous pamphlet and manifesto, called "The True Levellers Standard Advanced"." There are today still groups - online and in the flesh - who follow Winstanley's ideas. The irony of the location of St George's Hill, Weybridge (that is today home to millionaires) is not lost on me.

Court Lane Gardens. The rest of Court Lane is an unadulterated suburban dive with excessive 20th century hard landscaping.

Getting a life? I think that particular ball is in your court.

rgutsell You are a whining old git. How about instituting registration for pedestrians while you're at it. After all, pedestrians use the roads (A, B and many others) all the time. Regulation is all fine and dandy, but it doesn't achieve very much. Just lots of people to adminster the regulations (that you and me will pay for @ three times their annual salary) plus those that manage the regulators (likewise). Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all > > Here is a thread that probably has been thoroughly > done before but her goes; > > I am a cyclist, and car driver, and lorry and > coach driver, and I believe; > > 1. All cyclists on certain designated main routes > should have passed a basic road test > 2. No untrained cyclists should be allowed on > designated main routes. (ie A and many B routes) > 3. All cycles on main designated routes should be > registered, with clearly displayed registration > details, and built to basic road safety standards > including built in lights, working brakes, mud > guards, and batteries (re charging). This means > that track bikes, childrens bikes and mountain > bikes etc would not be allowed on these designated > roads, unless adapted. > 4. Community wardens and Police etc should be able > to stop and prevent cyclist without these in place > from carrying on. > > ......and I'm not a whining old git! I just > think that us cyclists have got to stop pretending > that we are forces for anti authoritarian liberty, > and bite the bullet. > 4.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I used my hooter in shear That would be 'sheer', not 'shear'. Different word, different meaning. Take a look at Gowers or similar. anger and annoyance at > the arrogance of this evil cyclist. I am not one > to usually hold a grudge I'm not one to uphold a grudge against those who may split their infinitives. But... , but if this so and so or so-and-so Not the same as 'so and so'. > crosses my path again I wont Perhaps it is your 'wont', but for most others that'll be a 'won't', which is a contraction of 'will not'. hesitate to open my > mouth. Bloody sod! I personally I think you'll find that 'I' includes 'personally'. think that all > cyclists should be made more accountable for their > actions on the road. They use it just as much as > every other vehicle and yet pay nothing towards > the up keep. or indeed 'upkeep' Make them pay road tax and give them > identity plates registration plates? so we can make them more > accountable for their actions. Godamnit' So you were quoting someone there? Dear Louisa, how about learning how to use the English language before letting yourself run riot, breaking all the rules.

mmmmm marshmallows

Oh b*m, I've found that my partner has booked Glade fest that weekend, so rather than dancing (or rather slow-mo'ing) to dubstep here, I shall be doing so at Glade! Ah well.

It is indeed a really crap crime.

I'm sorry to miss this yet again, after managing to make it just the once. This is one week I'm in town on Friday eve... but not on Saturday. Have great fun - even if it's raining - and hope to catch up with you all next month.