OH FFS!!! Look at the spelling here!

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hugh

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• Dec 5, 2004

• #41

In message <[email protected]>, Natalie Drest
<[email protected]> writes
>Now now... he/she may actually be dyslexic.
>It's not nice to make fun of the disabled.
>
>
>
That's who spill chickens were invented for.
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hugh

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• Dec 5, 2004

• #42

In message <[email protected]>, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> writes
>Pantelis Giamarellos wrote:
>
>> Actually the proper spelling for it is "dyslexia" since this is a Greek word
>> meaning difficult with words (dys from the word "dyskolos" = difficult and
>> lexia from "lexis" = word)
>
>Blast, you've ruined the build-up to my "gullibility syndrome" gag...
The next thread in my newsreader list is headed Taction Control (sic)
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StaffBull

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• Dec 5, 2004

• #43

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!!!!!! Ah that's
better my throat is clear now!!



"hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>, Mother <"@ {m}
> @"@101fc.net> writes
>>On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 22:43:11 -0000, "Huw"
>><hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Wel y jiw jiw!
>>
>>Jul qbrf Jryfu nyjnlf ybbx yvxr EBG13?
>>
>>
> Orpnhfr vg jnf vairagrq ol gur fnzr oybxr boyo
> --
> hugh
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Pantelis Giamarellos

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• Dec 6, 2004

• #44

That sounds like that town in Wales with the longest name in the world.....

Take care
Pantelis


"StaffBull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!!!!!! Ah that's
> better my throat is clear now!!
>
>
>
> "hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In message <[email protected]>, Mother <"@ {m}
> > @"@101fc.net> writes
> >>On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 22:43:11 -0000, "Huw"
> >><hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Wel y jiw jiw!
> >>
> >>Jul qbrf Jryfu nyjnlf ybbx yvxr EBG13?
> >>
> >>
> > Orpnhfr vg jnf vairagrq ol gur fnzr oybxr boyo
> > --
> > hugh
> > Reply to address is valid at the time of posting
>
>

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Dec 6, 2004

• #45

On or around Mon, 6 Dec 2004 07:28:30 +0200, "Pantelis Giamarellos"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>That sounds like that town in Wales with the longest name in the world.....
>

's not any more. There's another bunch of eejits in Germany who've got one
which is called (in german) something to the effect of "this place has a
silly made-up name designed to be 10 letters longer then the one in wales"

 

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StaffBull

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• Dec 6, 2004

• #46

That's the one ! I live just up the road.
"Pantelis Giamarellos" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> That sounds like that town in Wales with the longest name in the
> world.....
>
> Take care
> Pantelis
>
>
> "StaffBull" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!!!!!! Ah
>> that's
>> better my throat is clear now!!
>>
>>
>>
>> "hugh" <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > In message <[email protected]>, Mother <"@ {m}
>> > @"@101fc.net> writes
>> >>On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 22:43:11 -0000, "Huw"
>> >><hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Wel y jiw jiw!
>> >>
>> >>Jul qbrf Jryfu nyjnlf ybbx yvxr EBG13?
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Orpnhfr vg jnf vairagrq ol gur fnzr oybxr boyo
>> > --
>> > hugh
>> > Reply to address is valid at the time of posting
>>
>>
>
>

 

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Richard Brookman

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• Dec 7, 2004

• #47

So StaffBull was, like

> That's the one ! I live just up the road.
> "Pantelis Giamarellos" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> That sounds like that town in Wales with the longest name in the
>> world.....
>>
>> Take care
>> Pantelis
>>

Llanddaniel Fab, 1973-75. What fun we had catching a bus home from Bangor.

Six of us:

"I would like a single fare to Llanfairpwll..." etc
"I would also like a single fare to..."
"Coincidentally, I also would like..."

"Get down the bus. Bloody styoodents."

--

Rich

Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous

 

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Natalie Drest

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• Dec 7, 2004

• #48

"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Natalie Drest wrote:
> > Oh, my apologies...
> > How about *differently* abled?
>
> Most people just describe me as a "headcase", I'm not sure if that's a
medical
> term.
>
> > dyslexia rules k.o.
>
> You can't even spell it, are you sure you're not a sufferer too?

dys·lex·i·a (ds-lks-)
n.

A learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and
comprehend written words.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The k.o. part was my little joke. O.k.?

 

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Natalie Drest

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• Dec 7, 2004

• #49

"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Pantelis Giamarellos wrote:
>
> > Actually the proper spelling for it is "dyslexia" since this is a Greek
word
> > meaning difficult with words (dys from the word "dyskolos" = difficult
and
> > lexia from "lexis" = word)
>
> Blast, you've ruined the build-up to my "gullibility syndrome" gag...

Haven't you heard that the word 'gullible' has been removed from the latest
edition of the Oxford Dictionary?

 

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StaffBull

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• Dec 7, 2004

• #50

Rather an expensive part of the Island to buy a house now Llanddaniel, but
saying that the whole island has gone up over 60% in the last year! bloody
madness!! Pity the wages have not followed suite!

"Richard Brookman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> So StaffBull was, like
>
>> That's the one ! I live just up the road.
>> "Pantelis Giamarellos" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> That sounds like that town in Wales with the longest name in the
>>> world.....
>>>
>>> Take care
>>> Pantelis
>>>
>
> Llanddaniel Fab, 1973-75. What fun we had catching a bus home from
> Bangor.
>
> Six of us:
>
> "I would like a single fare to Llanfairpwll..." etc
> "I would also like a single fare to..."
> "Coincidentally, I also would like..."
>
> "Get down the bus. Bloody styoodents."
>
> --
>
> Rich
>
> Pas d'elle yeux Rhone que nous
>

 

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Ian Rawlings

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• Dec 8, 2004

• #51

Natalie Drest wrote:

> dys·lex·i·a (ds-lks-)

Well the gag's been ruined somewhat now, but;

Did you look up the spelling of Gullible too?

Har har..

Sigh....

 

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Mother

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• Dec 9, 2004

• #52

On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 07:42:03 +0000, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I take it you still have that big fat purple throbbing monster?

Yup, and Grumble (fna)

Actually Grumble has had a 4.6 V8 and autobox translplant since last
you were here.

 

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Mother

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• Dec 9, 2004

• #53

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 07:19:25 +0000, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

> There's another bunch of eejits in Germany

BASTARDS!

 

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Mother

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• Dec 9, 2004

• #54

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 21:03:43 +1100, "Natalie Drest"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Now now... he/she may actually be dyslexic.
>It's not nice to make fun of the disabled.

How bizarre, I mused, that what comes around, comes around, again and
again and again. Mr Rawlings would claim that red hair is no
disability...

 

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Ian Rawlings

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• Dec 9, 2004

• #55

Mother wrote:

> Actually Grumble has had a 4.6 V8 and autobox translplant since last
> you were here.

As well as the whole back end converted into a fuel tank I expect!

Is that a landy auto box or other make? How many gears do they have?
I've been thinking about an auto box, they're supposed to be very good
for off-roading although I'm not keen on the idea.

 

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Ian Rawlings

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• Dec 9, 2004

• #56

Mother wrote:

> How bizarre, I mused, that what comes around, comes around, again and
> again and again. Mr Rawlings would claim that red hair is no
> disability...

Only if it's been cut off or dyed! Otherwise it could be a real
hinderance to getting on in life..

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Dec 9, 2004

• #57

On or around Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:41:57 +0000, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Mother wrote:
>
>> Actually Grumble has had a 4.6 V8 and autobox translplant since last
>> you were here.
>
>As well as the whole back end converted into a fuel tank I expect!
>
>Is that a landy auto box or other make? How many gears do they have?
>I've been thinking about an auto box, they're supposed to be very good
>for off-roading although I'm not keen on the idea.

ZF 4-speed ex range rover (or disco). Bee's knees, dog's coupling gear.
bloody brilliant thing - I had one in the 110 V8 and it was very nice
indeed.

'bout the only drawback for off-roading is that it goes much faster in
downhill-feet-off mode. You do still get engine braking, but not as much.

apart from that, 'twas excellent, on and off road.

 

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hugh

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• Dec 10, 2004

• #58

In message <[email protected]>, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> writes
>On or around Thu, 09 Dec 2004 21:41:57 +0000, Ian Rawlings
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Mother wrote:
>>
>>> Actually Grumble has had a 4.6 V8 and autobox translplant since last
>>> you were here.
>>
>>As well as the whole back end converted into a fuel tank I expect!
>>
>>Is that a landy auto box or other make? How many gears do they have?
>>I've been thinking about an auto box, they're supposed to be very good
>>for off-roading although I'm not keen on the idea.
>
>ZF 4-speed ex range rover (or disco). Bee's knees, dog's coupling gear.
>bloody brilliant thing - I had one in the 110 V8 and it was very nice
>indeed.
>
>'bout the only drawback for off-roading is that it goes much faster in
>downhill-feet-off mode. You do still get engine braking, but not as much.
>
> apart from that, 'twas excellent, on and off road.
>
IIRC 1st gear is generally higher ratio on an auto than on a manual.
To drive slowly down incline, stop at the top. Apply just sufficient
pressure on brake pedal with right foot to prevent creep. Maintain that
pressure all the way down with the right foot. Now gently press
accelerator with left foot and drive over the edge. You will then make a
controlled gentle descent. Autos are very good off-road esp with a 4.0
litre V8 (bg)
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Ian Rawlings

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• Dec 10, 2004

• #59

hugh wrote:

> To drive slowly down incline, stop at the top. Apply just sufficient
> pressure on brake pedal with right foot to prevent creep. Maintain that
> pressure all the way down with the right foot. Now gently press
> accelerator with left foot

This is getting a bit Twister for my liking!

It's a shame there's no Torque Converter lock, that would be ideal. The
downhill bit is one reason why I'm not that keen on off-road autos, I
know that with my auto Audi speed control is harder than it is in a manual.

If I ever get enough time and money to make a dedicated off-road
trialling machine then I think I'll have a crack at an auto, but I'm not
convinced the 300TDi would like an auto much.

 

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hugh

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• Dec 11, 2004

• #60

In message <[email protected]>, Ian Rawlings
<[email protected]> writes
>hugh wrote:
>
>> To drive slowly down incline, stop at the top. Apply just sufficient
>>pressure on brake pedal with right foot to prevent creep. Maintain
>>that pressure all the way down with the right foot. Now gently press
>>accelerator with left foot
>
>This is getting a bit Twister for my liking!
>
>
Oh sh**
Bit of a senior moment that one. Think of it as left hand drive and swap
it over.
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