air conditioning may be making us fat
in [Europe]
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From: barney2 on 21 Jul 2006 12:17 In article <1hiu43o.u1d0vqfn71o0N%this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.com>, this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.com (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: > *From:* this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.com (David Horne, _the_ > chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) > *Date:* Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:50:52 +0100 > > <barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote: > > > In article <1hitnfv.s6m7qft9ugjrN%this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.com>, > > this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.com (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of > > the > > royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: > > > > > I'm particularly interested in woodwind fingerings at the moment, > > > and > > > have considered buying some really cheap instruments to 'learn' a > > > wide > > > range of them. > > > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/MShaneMcl/mozart4.htm > > I like it! It's Flanders & Swann, I believe.
From: dgs on 22 Jul 2006 17:11 Martin wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:51:25 -0700, dgs <dgs1300(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>[...] What does this have to >>do with traveling to or in Europe? > > It's a warning to avoid guides with a dripping nose. Avoid guides who spend too much time reading their thermometers? -- dgs
From: dgs on 22 Jul 2006 17:44 Dave Frightens Me wrote: > On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:07:17 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" > <evgmsop(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >>[...] >>Actually, he fits the description so well, I feel guilty >>about baiting him! If it's an illness, the poor man can't >>help it, so perhaps we should be urging him to seek >>treatment, instead? > > I have damn well be trying to get him to do that! And your rate of success has been exactly what so far...? > As he apparently can't help himself, what else is there left to do? Might he not just be beyond any such "help" as you and others might offer? What else? One option is to cease the enabling. But of course, where's the, um, fun in that? -- dgs
From: dgs on 24 Jul 2006 00:23 EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: > Actually, he fits the description so well, I feel guilty about baiting > him! If it's an illness, the poor man can't help it, so perhaps we > should be urging him to seek treatment, instead? I'll say (well, type) it again: urging him to do anything, including what you suggest, is an exercise in futility. You can't help "the poor man." Engaging Anthony in his random bouts of off-topic lunacy serves only to enable him and his behavior, no matter whether he actually has Asperger's syndrome or not. It's not that hard to figure out, is it? -- dgs
From: dgs on 24 Jul 2006 18:00
Mxsmanic wrote: > The Reid writes: > >>if you believe you can identify peoples personality types from >>usenet postings you may be in for some shocks. > > Hold that thought. Unless someone else is writing your posts and claiming to be you, the posts you write are an important reflection of your personality. -- dgs |