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Old 14-05-2005, 02:27 PM
Mike Lyle
 
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doug wrote:
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**** off, sweetheart. And that's "you're", round here, not "your".
The other spelling mistakes I'll leave as an exercise for you,

since
you have nothing to do with yourself.

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Mike.


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To the educated the phrase "nothing to do with myself " is well
understood. especially to people like myself who use the phrase
regularly, - it being within my vernacular range.


¿Que? Never said it wasn't.

To the grossly ignorant the phrase ***** off* when addressing a

lady
may be acceptable. But it is not so to me..
It brings into question the culture of the dismal parents who

failed
to take care of their child's upbringing.
You are not in the bar saloon.
An apology is in order.
Doug.
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A lady doesn't spam newsgroups. I'm a bit surprised you're not
familiar with the "online I have come across" formula, or the
pretence (perhaps) of being female, or the intentional use of poor
English to make it look unprofessional; but they're all part of the
routine.

You really think "Halooooo people! Got some great news" is the kind
of subject-line urg users would choose if they'd spotted a bargain?
....that it's likely as a newcomer's first message? ...from somebody
who appears out of the blue with an advertisement from a funny
address? I'd probably be a happier man if I were so tolerant.

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Old 14-05-2005, 04:36 PM
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"Mike Lyle" wrote:

You really think "Halooooo people! Got some great news" is the kind
of subject-line urg users would choose if they'd spotted a bargain?


It was obvious spam, and your language wasn't all that bad. Compared with
the expanded vocabulary I learned in the U.S. Navy* it was very mild
indeed.

*I'm sure British Tars are far more polite. But then, nearly all I know of
the subject I learned from Gilbert and Sullivan, and that is suspect...


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Old 14-05-2005, 04:47 PM
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It was obvious spam, and your language wasn't all that bad. Compared with
the expanded vocabulary I learned in the U.S. Navy* it was very mild
indeed.

*I'm sure British Tars are far more polite. But then, nearly all I know

of
the subject I learned from Gilbert and Sullivan, and that is suspect...


Gary there is a time and place for everything. I was in the Royal Navy from
Lower Deck to Wardroom. I have also been in Industry having served an
apprenticeship in Shipbuilding and going on from the Factory floor to the
Board Room. I adopted a policy a long time ago not to swear. I have worked
with and in front of females and I was brought up to respect females and the
older generation, sorry if it is old hat, but it is old breeding.

ANYONE who swears in front of others, especially females, and/or on a
newsgroup such as this where we don't know who is reading, in my mind is
only fit for the gutter where such language belongs.

Mike
who doesn't knowingly lie either.

NOW watch the flack fly


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Old 14-05-2005, 05:38 PM
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Mike wrote:
[...] ANYONE who swears in front of others, especially females,
and/or on a
newsgroup such as this where we don't know who is reading, in my

mind
is only fit for the gutter where such language belongs.

Mike
who doesn't knowingly lie either.

NOW watch the flack fly


Can't offer flak, I'm afraid. But I don't patronise women by
adjusting my vocabulary for them.

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Old 14-05-2005, 05:48 PM
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Mike Lyle wrote:
Mike wrote:
[...] ANYONE who swears in front of others, especially females,
and/or on a
newsgroup such as this where we don't know who is reading, in my

mind
is only fit for the gutter where such language belongs.

Mike
who doesn't knowingly lie either.

NOW watch the flack fly


Can't offer flak, I'm afraid. But I don't patronise women by
adjusting my vocabulary for them.


Sorry, forgot to add "...or by calling them 'females'".

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Old 14-05-2005, 06:03 PM
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Sorry Mike, it was the way I was brought up. I still walk on the outside of
the pavement. I still open doors and stand back to let a lady/female call
them what you will go through. I still like to see the feminine gender, if
you prefer it that way, to be served first at the table and have told
waiters such, quietly and to one side I might add.

Sorry, blame in on my upbringing.

Another point which used to infuriate my wife and myself when we lived in
Leicester were the adverts for female staff, "Girls" for the shop floor,
"Ladies" for the offices.

Sorry, blame it on my parents, but I won't be changing now at my time of
life.



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Old 14-05-2005, 07:30 PM
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
...
Mike Lyle wrote:
Mike wrote:
[...] ANYONE who swears in front of others, especially females,
and/or on a
newsgroup such as this where we don't know who is reading, in my

mind
is only fit for the gutter where such language belongs.

Mike
who doesn't knowingly lie either.

NOW watch the flack fly


Can't offer flak, I'm afraid. But I don't patronise women by
adjusting my vocabulary for them.


Sorry, forgot to add "...or by calling them 'females'".

--
Mike.


Why not go full hog and call 'em ladies.....H




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Old 14-05-2005, 10:23 PM
Jaques d'Alltrades
 
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Sorry, forgot to add "...or by calling them 'females'".


Why not go full hog and call 'em ladies.....H


Because that's a very precise term, often loosely applied.

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Old 14-05-2005, 07:29 PM
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"Gary Woods" wrote in message
...
"Mike Lyle" wrote:

You really think "Halooooo people! Got some great news" is the kind
of subject-line urg users would choose if they'd spotted a bargain?


It was obvious spam, and your language wasn't all that bad. Compared with
the expanded vocabulary I learned in the U.S. Navy* it was very mild
indeed.

*I'm sure British Tars are far more polite. But then, nearly all I know
of
the subject I learned from Gilbert and Sullivan, and that is suspect...


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at
home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G


Gary.....I did a spot of flying training in the US Navy base in Brunswick,
Maine and found the Yankee sailor to be more "polite" language wise than
the British Tar.....perhaps my three months in Brunswick was not long enough
to judge the true saltiness of the Yank sailor....H


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