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mumbo jumbo
whats all this mumbo jumbo on this site...e.g.brian, hav a kind yogi, you won't fill it..I cant make head nor tail of it.I thought this was garden banter and not an anagram site...solaara
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from solaara contains these words: whats all this mumbo jumbo on this site...e.g.brian, hav a kind yogi, you won't fill it..I cant make head nor tail of it.I thought this was garden banter and not an anagram site...solaara No, this is not a 'site': you've wandered on to a proper newsgroup by accident. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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from solaara contains these words: whats all this mumbo jumbo on this site...e.g.brian, hav a kind yogi, you won't fill it..I cant make head nor tail of it. It's our summer mumbojumbo fayre. You can't get the translation CD until you pay your subscription. I thought this was garden banter I think we've told you this before, it's not gardenbanter. This is a newsgroup which existed long before that lamebrains website and is completely independent of it. Janet. |
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"Janet Baraclough" wrote solaara I thought this was garden banter I think we've told you this before, it's not gardenbanter. This is a newsgroup which existed long before that lamebrains website and is completely independent of it. It's much harder to make sense of branching threads on a web-based bulletin board layout, plus they always seem so slow and clunky. I can never see why anyone wants to use them if they can read and post to the same group via newsreader software. |
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"Sue" wrote in message eenews.net... "Janet Baraclough" wrote solaara I thought this was garden banter I think we've told you this before, it's not gardenbanter. This is a newsgroup which existed long before that lamebrains website and is completely independent of it. It's much harder to make sense of branching threads on a web-based bulletin board layout, plus they always seem so slow and clunky. I can never see why anyone wants to use them if they can read and post to the same group via newsreader software. Because most people don't know newsgroups exist. Bob |
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"martin" wrote in message ... On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:10:52 +0100, "Sue" wrote: "Janet Baraclough" wrote solaara I thought this was garden banter I think we've told you this before, it's not gardenbanter. This is a newsgroup which existed long before that lamebrains website and is completely independent of it. It's much harder to make sense of branching threads on a web-based bulletin board layout, plus they always seem so slow and clunky. I can never see why anyone wants to use them if they can read and post to the same group via newsreader software. Most people are ignorant of the existence of news groups. How do you know that? |
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from "BAC" contains these words: Most people are ignorant of the existence of news groups. How do you know that? I met a lecturer in IT at a large college who, when I gave him the name of a newsgroup asked: "Do you put www before that?" With such specialised ignorance, it's hardly surprising that many people never even hear about the existence of newsgroups. Or Telnet. -- Rusty There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who read binary and those who don't. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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In article , solaara solaara.1sugvz@
gardenbanter.co.uk writes whats all this mumbo jumbo on this site...e.g.brian, hav a kind yogi, you won't fill it..I cant make head nor tail of it.I thought this was garden banter and not an anagram site...solaara No. This is a newsgroup, uk.rec.gardening. gardenbanter merely copies it for you, and acts as a posting box. The mumbojumbo is a hostile attack - see other threads for further explanation. -- Kay "Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river" |
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"martin" wrote in message news On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:21:22 +0100, "BAC" wrote: "martin" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:10:52 +0100, "Sue" wrote: "Janet Baraclough" wrote solaara I thought this was garden banter I think we've told you this before, it's not gardenbanter. This is a newsgroup which existed long before that lamebrains website and is completely independent of it. It's much harder to make sense of branching threads on a web-based bulletin board layout, plus they always seem so slow and clunky. I can never see why anyone wants to use them if they can read and post to the same group via newsreader software. Most people are ignorant of the existence of news groups. How do you know that? How many people post to this newsgroup out of the hundreds of thousands of UK gardeners with Internet access. You seem to be presupposing that anyone with internet access who is aware of the existence of newsgroups will post to them, but i'm not sure that is correct. I know there are people who read newsgroups but don't post to them, and other people who are well aware of the existence of newsgroups but seldom if ever use them - either because they don't find them very interesting or are scared of their addresses being harvested, or perhaps couldn't be bothered to find some which interest them, or are scared off by 'netiquette' stuff, or they find the content offensive, or whatever. Why are garden banter posters confused when they are told that they are using a newsgroup? Perhaps some garden banter users are unaware of the existence of newsgroups, before it is explained to them. Perhaps some of them prefer to use garden banter, for some unknown reason. Newsgroups wouldn't work if all those who could use them did use them. Perhaps not, but again it doesn't necessarily follow that everybody who doesn't use a service is unaware that such services exist. For example, there are many people who seldom if ever use buses (or churches, or ladies of the night) but I expect they realise that such exist. Did you ever notice how few people vote in UK usenet committee elections? No, but then I'm surprised anybody votes in UK usenet committee elections :-) |
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"Dave Poole" wrote While fully agreeing with this comment, there are a few web-based groups run by eager specialists that are generally easy and fast to use. I occasionally pop in to UK Oasis, which satisfies my fascination for all things deemed impossible to grow out of doors in the UK. It shows how well and smoothly a web-based board can run - in stark contrast to Garden Banter. But - there's just no reason to go through GB in order to get here. Even if you use the dreaded OE, you can d/load this newsgroup group and access it direct. And it isn't difficult. Every ISP I've ever had an account with has given an explanation of Usenet in their welcome info or FAQs, with step by step intructions on how to get started . P'raps people assume it's all to do with news headlines so never investigate the possibilities. |
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from Rusty Hinge contains these words: The message from "BAC" contains these words: Most people are ignorant of the existence of news groups. How do you know that? I met a lecturer in IT at a large college who, when I gave him the name of a newsgroup asked: "Do you put www before that?" With such specialised ignorance, it's hardly surprising that many people never even hear about the existence of newsgroups. You think that's bad? I gave some broad and runner beans to a senior IT lecturer at Glasgow's major teacher training college. Her 8 yr old picked up a broad bean pod, bit it and spat it out, and said "Yuck mum, what is that horrid thing?" She replied "I've no idea, darling, you'll have to ask Janet. She didn't recognise the runner beans either, having only ever seen them sliced and frozen. Janet. |
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In message , Dave Poole
writes OOps - just realised that I've set my reader up to not allow postings to show on GB - How (and why?) do you do that ? better change it back just this once -- Ian Cummings |
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from "Sue" contains these words: "Dave Poole" wrote While fully agreeing with this comment, there are a few web-based groups run by eager specialists that are generally easy and fast to use. I occasionally pop in to UK Oasis, which satisfies my fascination for all things deemed impossible to grow out of doors in the UK. It shows how well and smoothly a web-based board can run - in stark contrast to Garden Banter. But - there's just no reason to go through GB in order to get here. Even if you use the dreaded OE, you can d/load this newsgroup group and access it direct. And it isn't difficult. Every ISP I've ever had an account with has given an explanation of Usenet in their welcome info or FAQs, with step by step intructions on how to get started . P'raps people assume it's all to do with news headlines so never investigate the possibilities. Anyone who uses ZIMACS, Zetnet's in-house news and mailreader, has to carry at least one newsgroup (but of course, can't be forced to read it) - zetnet.announce, and they are provided with another, zetnet.answers. The former announces any important events such as servicing of servers, change of telephone numbers or other seismic events, while the latter carries a number of FAQ posts about Usenet, netiquette, protocols, etc, and unless changed in Setup, has an expiry period of a year... -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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The message
from Janet Baraclough contains these words: The message from Rusty Hinge contains these words: The message from "BAC" contains these words: Most people are ignorant of the existence of news groups. How do you know that? I met a lecturer in IT at a large college who, when I gave him the name of a newsgroup asked: "Do you put www before that?" With such specialised ignorance, it's hardly surprising that many people never even hear about the existence of newsgroups. You think that's bad? I gave some broad and runner beans to a senior IT lecturer at Glasgow's major teacher training college. Her 8 yr old picked up a broad bean pod, bit it and spat it out, and said "Yuck mum, what is that horrid thing?" She replied "I've no idea, darling, you'll have to ask Janet. She didn't recognise the runner beans either, having only ever seen them sliced and frozen. wail! Posted in the Shed following a similar stimulation: I went to get milk for the staff [8·76] tea. The shop had a crate of milk beside the counter. I eyed it with disfavour: a choice of sterilised or homogenised. [6¼] [8·76] Eastbury School, Barking [6¼] Homogenised tasted nearly as awful as sterilised in those days. [99] [99] late '60s Me: "Haven't you got any *REAL* milk? She: "Nah, Luv, all we've got is cah's miwk." -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message
k... Me: "Haven't you got any *REAL* milk? She: "Nah, Luv, all we've got is cah's miwk." We've got a lad working with us this summer - offered him some ripe Gooseberries- very sweet red ones. Him: "Don't like 'em" Me: "ever tasted Gooseberries?" Him: "No" Me: "er......................?????" -- Rod My real address is rodtheweedygardeneratmyweedyisp Just remove the weedy bits and transplant the appropriate symbol at. |
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