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Mike Hill

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:16:07 -0600, Ferger <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

>BORG secured a place in history by writing:
>
>> On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 13:59:13 -0600, Ferger <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>BORG secured a place in history by writing:
>>>
>>>> got 3 going if anyone wants them
>>>>
>>>
>>>Wouldn't mind a spare if that's OK with you....
>>>
>>>terferger@gmail.com :-)
>>
>>
>> sorry mate there gone now
>>
>
>No problem.
Still want one ?
Mike.
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Cab

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Ferger wrote:

> BORG secured a place in history by writing:
>
> > got 3 going if anyone wants them
> >
>
> Wouldn't mind a spare if that's OK with you....
>
> terferger@gmail.com :-)

I'd send you one, but I need a valid email addy to send you an invite.
Sort it out!

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Ferger

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Mike Hill secured a place in history by writing:

> Still want one ?

Please!

terferger@gmail.com

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Ferger

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Cab secured a place in history by writing:

>> Wouldn't mind a spare if that's OK with you....
>>
>> terferger@gmail.com :-)
>
> I'd send you one, but I need a valid email addy to send you an invite.
> Sort it out!

Confused....are you saying the addy above didn't work?

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Cab

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Ferger wrote:

> Cab secured a place in history by writing:
>
> >> Wouldn't mind a spare if that's OK with you....
> >>
> >> terferger@gmail.com :-)
> >
> > I'd send you one, but I need a valid email addy to send you an
> > invite. Sort it out!
>
> Confused....are you saying the addy above didn't work?

It's done by invitations only, YTC. I need to send you an invitation,
so I'll need a valid email address for this. Once you receive the
invite, you can choose whatever address you fancy. i.e. the above. If
it's not taken.

Sending the invite to "nospam@nospam.com" probably won't work. Drop me
an email...

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GSX 1400
UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1
email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org

Ferger

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Cab secured a place in history by writing:

> Ferger wrote:
>
>> Cab secured a place in history by writing:
>>
>> >> Wouldn't mind a spare if that's OK with you....
>> >>
>> >> terferger@gmail.com :-)
>> >
>> > I'd send you one, but I need a valid email addy to send you an
>> > invite. Sort it out!
>>
>> Confused....are you saying the addy above didn't work?
>
> It's done by invitations only, YTC. I need to send you an invitation,
> so I'll need a valid email address for this. Once you receive the
> invite, you can choose whatever address you fancy. i.e. the above. If
> it's not taken.
>
> Sending the invite to "nospam@nospam.com" probably won't work. Drop me
> an email...
>

YTC....pah! Which bit of this didn't you understand......?:

"Wouldn't mind a *****spare***** if that's OK with you....

terferger@gmail.com :-)"

Just to be clear.....this address already exists and *is* valid, hence the
comment re 'a spare'......

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Cab

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Ferger wrote:

> > It's done by invitations only, YTC. I need to send you an
> > invitation, so I'll need a valid email address for this. Once you
> > receive the invite, you can choose whatever address you fancy. i.e.
> > the above. If it's not taken.
> >
> > Sending the invite to "nospam@nospam.com" probably won't work. Drop
> > me an email...
> >
>
> YTC....pah! Which bit of this didn't you understand......?:
>
> "Wouldn't mind a spare if that's OK with you....
>
> terferger@gmail.com :-)"
>
> Just to be clear.....this address already exists and is valid, hence
> the comment re 'a spare'......

Oops. I'm French. What would I know. ;-)

I'm not sure that I can send an invite to an existing gmail account.
I'll give it a crack. Ah, it did work. You should receive some invites
of your own, soon enough.

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GSX 1400
UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1
email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org

Bear

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

In article <xn0dx4fjr20opai000@rosbif.home>, Cab says...
> Ferger wrote:

> I'm not sure that I can send an invite to an existing gmail account.
> I'll give it a crack. Ah, it did work. You should receive some invites
> of your own, soon enough.

All I did was send the invites to several Yahoo accounts, then those
Gmail accounts (once setup) got invites, and so on and so forth.

Also notice how, after a while, you get more invites to replace the ones
you've sent. Neat.
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Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

Toby Augh-Nottoby

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

"Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c4de52d49d52266989a5d@News.individual.ne t...
>
> Also notice how, after a while, you get more invites to replace the ones
> you've sent. Neat.

Waaaaay back in 2004, when Gmail was first mentioned, Google invited folk to
register if they wanted further news and/or a Gmail account. I said yes
please, since when the silence has been deafening. Will my life be
incomplete without an account? Strikes me, in paranoid fashion, that the
only real benefit to archiving your entire life there would be to make life
that much easier for the spooks.

> Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

Mmm. Dass niiiice! Should this thread be retitled "Freddie Freeloader"?

Bear

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

In article <cs0o36$gma$1@sparta.btinternet.com>, Toby Augh-Nottoby
says...
>
> "Bear" <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1c4de52d49d52266989a5d@News.individual.ne t...
> >
> > Also notice how, after a while, you get more invites to replace the ones
> > you've sent. Neat.
>
> Waaaaay back in 2004, when Gmail was first mentioned, Google invited folk to
> register if they wanted further news and/or a Gmail account. I said yes
> please, since when the silence has been deafening. Will my life be
> incomplete without an account?

They're jolly useful, as is (for backup purposes of files or emails you
don't want to lose) the Gmail "virtual drive" someone's come up with.

> Strikes me, in paranoid fashion, that the
> only real benefit to archiving your entire life there would be to make life
> that much easier for the spooks.

Am I the only person on planet earth who isn't in the *slightest* bit
bothered by that? I've done nowt wrong, and there's nothing on any of my
PCs that could land me in trouble ... if I was an international
terrorist, I sure as **** wouldn't keep that information on a PC.

> > Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"
>
> Mmm. Dass niiiice! Should this thread be retitled "Freddie Freeloader"?

heh. It's just a lovely, lovely album. I play it over and over and over,
especially when (as this week), the back's playing up and I'm codeine'd
to the eyeballs. It's everything I can't stand about jazz, and yet I
utterly adore it ... I think it's a case of the music being so perfect
that it really doesn't matter what sort of music you like, you'll like
that album. If you've any soul at all :)

One of these days I'll get orf my lazy arse and go find some more jazz
of a similar nature, but for the moment that, and an album by Down To
The Bone called "From Manhattan to Staten", remain my jazz listening
faves ... *great*
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

Champ

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:54:35 -0000, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com>
wrote:

>> Strikes me, in paranoid fashion, that the
>> only real benefit to archiving your entire life there would be to make life
>> that much easier for the spooks.
>
>Am I the only person on planet earth who isn't in the *slightest* bit
>bothered by that? I've done nowt wrong, and there's nothing on any of my
>PCs that could land me in trouble ... if I was an international
>terrorist, I sure as **** wouldn't keep that information on a PC.

You've done plenty wrong - it's just a question of "in who's eyes is
it wrong". The "I've got nothing to fear" argument falls apart if you
consider anything but a very benign state.

To give an example - while not a supporter of CND in the 80s, I would
argue very strongly that they were exercising their rights to protest
and lobby. The spooks were all over them, with phone taps left right
and centre.
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Champ
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steve auvache

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Champ wrote
>On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:54:35 -0000, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>> Strikes me, in paranoid fashion, that the
>>> only real benefit to archiving your entire life there would be to make life
>>> that much easier for the spooks.
>>
>>Am I the only person on planet earth who isn't in the *slightest* bit
>>bothered by that? I've done nowt wrong, and there's nothing on any of my
>>PCs that could land me in trouble ... if I was an international
>>terrorist, I sure as **** wouldn't keep that information on a PC.
>
>You've done plenty wrong - it's just a question of "in who's eyes is
>it wrong". The "I've got nothing to fear" argument falls apart if you
>consider anything but a very benign state.
>
>To give an example - while not a supporter of CND in the 80s, I would
>argue very strongly that they were exercising their rights to protest
>and lobby. The spooks were all over them, with phone taps left right
>and centre.

Not just CND. My mum has a few tales[1] to tell about Greenham Common
and the antics of the security services.

[1] Mostly to do with competition and price cutting by the other wimmin
it has to be said but tales non the less.

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steve auvache
MZ TS150: for sale still.
Bandit 600

Bear

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

In article <nhs7u0hkbi0hhqub1t7i6dp8ue4pg17c72@4ax.com>, Champ says...
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:54:35 -0000, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> Strikes me, in paranoid fashion, that the
> >> only real benefit to archiving your entire life there would be to make life
> >> that much easier for the spooks.
> >
> >Am I the only person on planet earth who isn't in the *slightest* bit
> >bothered by that? I've done nowt wrong, and there's nothing on any of my
> >PCs that could land me in trouble ... if I was an international
> >terrorist, I sure as **** wouldn't keep that information on a PC.
>
> You've done plenty wrong - it's just a question of "in who's eyes is
> it wrong". The "I've got nothing to fear" argument falls apart if you
> consider anything but a very benign state.
>
> To give an example - while not a supporter of CND in the 80s, I would
> argue very strongly that they were exercising their rights to protest
> and lobby. The spooks were all over them, with phone taps left right
> and centre.

Er ... yeah ... except I've never been a member of CND, or any political
organisation ... I'm talking here purely about *me*. I truly can't think
of anything I've ever done that anyone in authority would be the
slightest bit interested in.

Anything even slightly dodgy gets done on the phone ... now if they're
going to start tapping every mobile in the UK then maybe, although
thinking about it I'm not sure even that would see me register on
anyone's "arrest this terrorist" scale.

I'm not saying governmental intrusion isn't wrong, I'm just struggling
to imagine what I've ever done that would cause the authorities to have
kittens.

<thinks>

Christ, I'm a model citizen. How depressing :(
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

steve auvache

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Bear wrote
>In article <nhs7u0hkbi0hhqub1t7i6dp8ue4pg17c72@4ax.com>, Champ says...
>> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:54:35 -0000, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >> Strikes me, in paranoid fashion, that the
>> >> only real benefit to archiving your entire life there would be to make life
>> >> that much easier for the spooks.
>> >
>> >Am I the only person on planet earth who isn't in the *slightest* bit
>> >bothered by that? I've done nowt wrong, and there's nothing on any of my
>> >PCs that could land me in trouble ... if I was an international
>> >terrorist, I sure as **** wouldn't keep that information on a PC.
>>
>> You've done plenty wrong - it's just a question of "in who's eyes is
>> it wrong". The "I've got nothing to fear" argument falls apart if you
>> consider anything but a very benign state.
>>
>> To give an example - while not a supporter of CND in the 80s, I would
>> argue very strongly that they were exercising their rights to protest
>> and lobby. The spooks were all over them, with phone taps left right
>> and centre.
>
>Er ... yeah ... except I've never been a member of CND, or any political
>organisation ... I'm talking here purely about *me*. I truly can't think
>of anything I've ever done that anyone in authority would be the
>slightest bit interested in.

It is not necessarily about you.

Way back when I lost my clearance apparently because I had a close
friend who happened to be a member of a revolutionary communist group.
Guilty by association m'lud.
--
steve auvache
MZ TS150: for sale still.
Bandit 600

Bear

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

In article <RWWm$ABdZ$4BFwtD@thecow.me.uk>, steve auvache says...
> Bear wrote
> >In article <nhs7u0hkbi0hhqub1t7i6dp8ue4pg17c72@4ax.com>, Champ says...
> >> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:54:35 -0000, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Strikes me, in paranoid fashion, that the
> >> >> only real benefit to archiving your entire life there would be to make life
> >> >> that much easier for the spooks.
> >> >
> >> >Am I the only person on planet earth who isn't in the *slightest* bit
> >> >bothered by that? I've done nowt wrong, and there's nothing on any of my
> >> >PCs that could land me in trouble ... if I was an international
> >> >terrorist, I sure as **** wouldn't keep that information on a PC.
> >>
> >> You've done plenty wrong - it's just a question of "in who's eyes is
> >> it wrong". The "I've got nothing to fear" argument falls apart if you
> >> consider anything but a very benign state.
> >>
> >> To give an example - while not a supporter of CND in the 80s, I would
> >> argue very strongly that they were exercising their rights to protest
> >> and lobby. The spooks were all over them, with phone taps left right
> >> and centre.
> >
> >Er ... yeah ... except I've never been a member of CND, or any political
> >organisation ... I'm talking here purely about *me*. I truly can't think
> >of anything I've ever done that anyone in authority would be the
> >slightest bit interested in.
>
> It is not necessarily about you.

Few things in life are ... oh, ISWYM :)

> Way back when I lost my clearance apparently because I had a close
> friend who happened to be a member of a revolutionary communist group.
> Guilty by association m'lud.

Well if you're going to knock about with people committed to revolution
by any means ...
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

darsy

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Bear wrote:

> Anything even slightly dodgy gets done on the phone ... now if
they're
> going to start tapping every mobile in the UK then maybe, although

so you don't think mobile traffic gets passed through Eschelon, then?
You'll /probably/ be OK if it's a PAYG phone, that you bought for cash,
and have never charged it up with your credit card.

> I'm not saying governmental intrusion isn't wrong, I'm just
struggling
> to imagine what I've ever done that would cause the authorities to
have
> kittens.

just wait until they make breaking the speed limit a hanging offence.
--
d.

Bear

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

In article <1105459282.892524.325900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups. com>,
darsy says...
>
> Bear wrote:
>
> > Anything even slightly dodgy gets done on the phone ... now if
> they're
> > going to start tapping every mobile in the UK then maybe, although
>
> so you don't think mobile traffic gets passed through Eschelon, then?

What? Every single convo?

> You'll /probably/ be OK if it's a PAYG phone, that you bought for cash,
> and have never charged it up with your credit card.

Thinking about it I don't even say anything dodgy on the phone ... at
least, not the sort of dodgy they'd be interested in.

> > I'm not saying governmental intrusion isn't wrong, I'm just
> struggling
> > to imagine what I've ever done that would cause the authorities to
> have
> > kittens.
>
> just wait until they make breaking the speed limit a hanging offence.

Ah now in that case yes I'll be proper ****ed.
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

steve auvache

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Bear wrote
>In article <RWWm$ABdZ$4BFwtD@thecow.me.uk>, steve auvache says...
>> Bear wrote
>> >In article <nhs7u0hkbi0hhqub1t7i6dp8ue4pg17c72@4ax.com>, Champ says...
>> >> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:54:35 -0000, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> Strikes me, in paranoid fashion, that the
>> >> >> only real benefit to archiving your entire life there would be to make
>life
>> >> >> that much easier for the spooks.
>> >> >
>> >> >Am I the only person on planet earth who isn't in the *slightest* bit
>> >> >bothered by that? I've done nowt wrong, and there's nothing on any of my
>> >> >PCs that could land me in trouble ... if I was an international
>> >> >terrorist, I sure as **** wouldn't keep that information on a PC.
>> >>
>> >> You've done plenty wrong - it's just a question of "in who's eyes is
>> >> it wrong". The "I've got nothing to fear" argument falls apart if you
>> >> consider anything but a very benign state.
>> >>
>> >> To give an example - while not a supporter of CND in the 80s, I would
>> >> argue very strongly that they were exercising their rights to protest
>> >> and lobby. The spooks were all over them, with phone taps left right
>> >> and centre.
>> >
>> >Er ... yeah ... except I've never been a member of CND, or any political
>> >organisation ... I'm talking here purely about *me*. I truly can't think
>> >of anything I've ever done that anyone in authority would be the
>> >slightest bit interested in.
>>
>> It is not necessarily about you.
>
>Few things in life are ... oh, ISWYM :)
>
>> Way back when I lost my clearance apparently because I had a close
>> friend who happened to be a member of a revolutionary communist group.
>> Guilty by association m'lud.
>
>Well if you're going to knock about with people committed to revolution
>by any means ...

You mean the Communist Party of Great Britain (marxist/leninist) Ltd[1],
whose base of operations was a thoroughly capitalist book shop in
Stanford le Hope? Hardly a threat to world order imho but there you go,
do I give a ****.

[1] To be fair, they always maintained that it wouldn't be them who
actually started the revolution but they did promise they would join in
when the day came. Honest comrade.

--
steve auvache
MZ TS150: for sale still.
Bandit 600

darsy

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Bear wrote:
> In article <1105459282.892524.325900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups. com>,
> darsy says...

> > so you don't think mobile traffic gets passed through Eschelon,
then?
>
> What? Every single convo?
>
well, every mobile phone call is already digitized and processed by a
computer network - it'd not be desperately hard to intercept the data
and run real-time analysis on it and flag up any "hot" words to get the
call monitored...
Oh look:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/03/text_punk/

--
d.

Bear

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

In article <kWBrPVBBp$4BFwrj@thecow.me.uk>, steve auvache says...
> Bear wrote

> >Well if you're going to knock about with people committed to revolution
> >by any means ...

> [1] To be fair, they always maintained that it wouldn't be them who
> actually started the revolution but they did promise they would join in
> when the day came. Honest comrade.

God that made me laugh :)
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

Bear

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

In article <1105460243.978071.140530@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com>,
darsy says...
>
> Bear wrote:
> > In article <1105459282.892524.325900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups. com>,
> > darsy says...
>
> > > so you don't think mobile traffic gets passed through Eschelon,
> then?
> >
> > What? Every single convo?
> >
> well, every mobile phone call is already digitized and processed by a
> computer network - it'd not be desperately hard to intercept the data
> and run real-time analysis on it and flag up any "hot" words to get the
> call monitored...
> Oh look:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/03/text_punk/

Cool :)

<wanders off to start sending some SMSs>
--
Bear
"Don't believe the hype"
Today's music: Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue"

steve auvache

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Bear wrote
>In article <kWBrPVBBp$4BFwrj@thecow.me.uk>, steve auvache says...
>> Bear wrote
>
>> >Well if you're going to knock about with people committed to revolution
>> >by any means ...
>
>> [1] To be fair, they always maintained that it wouldn't be them who
>> actually started the revolution but they did promise they would join in
>> when the day came. Honest comrade.
>
>God that made me laugh :)

The reality was even funnier I promise you. It made Citizen Cane look
like a drama/documentary.

--
steve auvache
MZ TS150: for sale still.
Bandit 600

Champ

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:35:41 -0000, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com>
wrote:

>In article <1105460243.978071.140530@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups. com>,
>darsy says...
>>
>> Bear wrote:
>> > In article <1105459282.892524.325900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups. com>,
>> > darsy says...
>>
>> > > so you don't think mobile traffic gets passed through Eschelon,
>> then?
>> >
>> > What? Every single convo?
>> >
>> well, every mobile phone call is already digitized and processed by a
>> computer network - it'd not be desperately hard to intercept the data
>> and run real-time analysis on it and flag up any "hot" words to get the
>> call monitored...
>> Oh look:
>>
>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/03/text_punk/
>
>Cool :)
>
><wanders off to start sending some SMSs>

Heh - that's *exactly* my reaction, too. Everyone can expect some odd
texts [1] from me this afternoon.

[1] alright, odder than usual.
--
Please add "imo" to above post.
Champ
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer x 2
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 WG*#1 DFV#8
Team UKRM Racing : www.team-ukrm.com

Ferger

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Cab secured a place in history by writing:

> I'm not sure that I can send an invite to an existing gmail account.
> I'll give it a crack. Ah, it did work. You should receive some invites
> of your own, soon enough.

Yep, need to think up 'amusing' alternative moniker now. Mercy buckets.

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COO#1

The Older Gentleman

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

steve auvache <dont_spam@thecow.me.uk> wrote:

> Bear wrote
> >In article <kWBrPVBBp$4BFwrj@thecow.me.uk>, steve auvache says...
> >> Bear wrote
> >
> >> >Well if you're going to knock about with people committed to revolution
> >> >by any means ...
> >
> >> [1] To be fair, they always maintained that it wouldn't be them who
> >> actually started the revolution but they did promise they would join in
> >> when the day came. Honest comrade.
> >
> >God that made me laugh :)
>
> The reality was even funnier I promise you. It made Citizen Cane look
> like a drama/documentary.

There's a programme I wish they'd repeat.....

And he's now a respected Shakespearean Act-OR.

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Nigel Eaton

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older
Gentleman <chateauSPAMKILL.murray@dsl.pipex.com> typed
>steve auvache <dont_spam@thecow.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> Bear wrote
>> >In article <kWBrPVBBp$4BFwrj@thecow.me.uk>, steve auvache says...
>> >> Bear wrote
>> >
>> >> >Well if you're going to knock about with people committed to revolution
>> >> >by any means ...
>> >
>> >> [1] To be fair, they always maintained that it wouldn't be them who
>> >> actually started the revolution but they did promise they would join in
>> >> when the day came. Honest comrade.
>> >
>> >God that made me laugh :)
>>
>> The reality was even funnier I promise you. It made Citizen Cane look
>> like a drama/documentary.
>
>There's a programme I wish they'd repeat.....
>
>And he's now a respected Shakespearean Act-OR.

I presume you're both thinking of "Citizen Smith"?

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Ferger

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Nigel Eaton secured a place in history by writing:

>>And he's now a respected Shakespearean Act-OR.
>
> I presume you're both thinking of "Citizen Smith"?

Ah, I wondered WTF they were talking about, think that's the 'nail on the
head' moment.

Saw him do Hamlet a few years back, bloody good he was.

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mups

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Nigel Eaton nigele@rcav8r.demon.co.uk says...
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older
> Gentleman <chateauSPAMKILL.murray@dsl.pipex.com> typed
> >
> >There's a programme I wish they'd repeat.....
> >
> >And he's now a respected Shakespearean Act-OR.
>
> I presume you're both thinking of "Citizen Smith"?

I thought he became a train driver...

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The Older Gentleman

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:

>
> Heh - that's *exactly* my reaction, too. Everyone can expect some odd
> texts [1] from me this afternoon.
>
> [1] alright, odder than usual.

Strange emails, too? Osama IRA chemical warfare weapons of mass
destruction assassinate Blair

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The Older Gentleman

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Nigel Eaton <nigele@rcav8r.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older
> Gentleman <chateauSPAMKILL.murray@dsl.pipex.com> typed
> >steve auvache <dont_spam@thecow.me.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Bear wrote
> >> >In article <kWBrPVBBp$4BFwrj@thecow.me.uk>, steve auvache says...
> >> >> Bear wrote
> >> >
> >> >> >Well if you're going to knock about with people committed to revolution
> >> >> >by any means ...
> >> >
> >> >> [1] To be fair, they always maintained that it wouldn't be them who
> >> >> actually started the revolution but they did promise they would join in
> >> >> when the day came. Honest comrade.
> >> >
> >> >God that made me laugh :)
> >>
> >> The reality was even funnier I promise you. It made Citizen Cane look
> >> like a drama/documentary.
> >
> >There's a programme I wish they'd repeat.....
> >
> >And he's now a respected Shakespearean Act-OR.
>
> I presume you're both thinking of "Citizen Smith"?

Yes. I'm pissed.

I also blame Auvache for spelling Kane with a C, the kunt.

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steve auvache

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

The Older Gentleman wrote
>Nigel Eaton <nigele@rcav8r.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older
>> Gentleman <chateauSPAMKILL.murray@dsl.pipex.com> typed
>> >steve auvache <dont_spam@thecow.me.uk> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Bear wrote
>> >> >In article <kWBrPVBBp$4BFwrj@thecow.me.uk>, steve auvache says...
>> >> >> Bear wrote
>> >> >
>> >> >> >Well if you're going to knock about with people committed to revolution
>> >> >> >by any means ...
>> >> >
>> >> >> [1] To be fair, they always maintained that it wouldn't be them who
>> >> >> actually started the revolution but they did promise they would join in
>> >> >> when the day came. Honest comrade.
>> >> >
>> >> >God that made me laugh :)
>> >>
>> >> The reality was even funnier I promise you. It made Citizen Cane look
>> >> like a drama/documentary.
>> >
>> >There's a programme I wish they'd repeat.....
>> >
>> >And he's now a respected Shakespearean Act-OR.
>>
>> I presume you're both thinking of "Citizen Smith"?
>
>Yes. I'm pissed.

I'm not.

>I also blame Auvache for spelling Kane with a C, the kunt.

I blame the Canadians.

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sweller

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

Bear wrote:

> I truly can't think of anything I've ever done that anyone in
> authority would be the slightest bit interested in.

Didn't you recently say you knowingly smuggled an unspecified amount of a
controlled drug through customs? The authorities tend to show an
interest in those type of antics.

Your comments that it's only *you* that you're concerned about are
slightly worrying; either that or you're being deliberately obtuse. Not
wanting to trot out Pastor Niemoller but the whole society thing isn't
just about you.

I take plenty of, quite legal, actions that result in interest from the
authorities.

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sweller

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

mups wrote:

> > I presume you're both thinking of "Citizen Smith"?
>
> I thought he became a train driver...

Right. You'll be the first against the wall come the glorious
revolution. You're going in my book.

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Bear

01-21-2005, 03:59 AM

In article <xn0dx5v412n1mq001@news.individual.net>, sweller says...
> Bear wrote:
>
> > I truly can't think of anything I've ever done that anyone in
> > authority would be the slightest bit interested in.
>
> Didn't you recently say you knowingly smuggled an unspecified amount of a
> controlled drug through customs? The authorities tend to show an
> interest in those type of antics.

lol. Some dope? Accidentally ... well, accidentally up until about 10
feet from the scanner :) I hardly think it's worth a riot squad for ...
but it's ok, I'll go quietly.

> Your comments that it's only *you* that you're concerned about are
> slightly worrying; either that or you're being deliberately obtuse. Not
> wanting to trot out Pastor Niemoller but the whole society thing isn't
> just about you.

If you look, I made exactly that statement, I.e. I was speaking purely
personally, not getting on my high horse on behalf of others. Having
said that, how do you make rules for this? I.e. I quite like the idea of
terrorists not succeeding in the UK, but I also quite like whatever few
civil liberties I have left. It's a bit of a poser.

> I take plenty of, quite legal, actions that result in interest from the
> authorities.

Jolly good. Carry on.

The original point was one of "don't put everything in one email account
as it'd be easier for those with black helicopters to suss out", and my
point was simply that a) people seem to me to get amazingly paranoid
about this sort of thing with very little good reason and that b) I was
slightly disappointed to discover I'm really of no interest whatsoever
to those with a hidden agenda.

Now, if you want to start talking about the powers themselves, and
what's hidden, then you're into a totally different debate, and I'd
leave that one to those who know more about it than I, except to say
that, in this technological age, I'm not entirely sure what any of us
could do to protect ourselves, given that, unlike (say) mail tapping, it
can be done with absolutely no sign whatsoever that anything has
happened. Encryption maybe?

Anyway, I'm just waiting for the goon squad to arrive ... Champ and I
exchanged SMSs yesterday sufficiently contentious that I expect they'll
be here any second. Herself has demanded that they wipe their feet once
they've kicked the door down or she'll be very annoyed with them.
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