Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:

> On 14/03/24 10:05, Paul Wolff wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Mar 2024, at 09:21:59, Peter Moylan posted:
> >> On 13/03/24 21:52, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> >>> Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >>>> Many years ago I was asking myself whether it would be a good idea to
> >>>> create new groups with names something like sci.physics.sane and
> >>>> talk.origins.sane. It wouldn't have worked, though. Physics and
> >>>> evolution -- and, to a lesser extent, mathematics -- attract huge
> >>>> hordes
> >>>> of crackpots, and they wouldn't have been distracted by simple
> >>>> labelling.
> >>>
> >>> Au contraire, it would have attracted them.
> >>> They are the sanest people in the word, aren't they?
> >>> It is the others who are prejudiced, bigotted, racist, stupid,
> >>> and generally blind to greatness,
> >>> even when it is right before their eyes.
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps it might have cleared the unrenamed groups.
> >>
> >> Then perhaps we should create a talk.religion.messiah.trump.
> >>
> > Isn't the Messiah supposed to be the anointed world leader? Putin and Xi
> > and many an ayatollah would baulk at that idea. And I don't care to
> > imagine what the holy oil would do to his coiffure. A discussion group
> > devoted to that subject would be intolerable.
>
> You don't have to join it. The point is to get the crackpots to join it.

There are some of the free.* groups for that.
(like free.biden.asholes)

Their title serves as advertisement,
but they rarely attract any flow,

Jan

On 14/03/24 20:29, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>>
>>> New posters appear, occasionally.
>>> And I suspect that AUE has an unsually large number of lurkers,
>>> also among learners of English,
>>>
>>
>> Hello, I are learners of English lurkering unusually large.
>
> You should much better learn it from a book,

"Finnegan's Wake", for example.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:

> Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
> >
> > > New posters appear, occasionally.
> > > And I suspect that AUE has an unsually large number of lurkers,
> > > also among learners of English,
> > >
> >
> > Hello, I are learners of English lurkering unusually large.
>
> You should much better learn it from a book,
>

I from Barcelona, I can doing that.

Apologies for the frivolous tone of my delurking,
it was not intended to be facetious.

I have a different question, I'll begin a new thread.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:53:56 +1100, Peter Moylan
<peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:

>On 14/03/24 20:29, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>> New posters appear, occasionally.
>>>> And I suspect that AUE has an unsually large number of lurkers,
>>>> also among learners of English,
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hello, I are learners of English lurkering unusually large.
>>
>> You should much better learn it from a book,
>
>"Finnegan's Wake", for example.

Or even better, "Finnegans Wake."

On 14-Mar-24 15:19, Ken Blake wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:53:56 +1100, Peter Moylan
> <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 14/03/24 20:29, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>> Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> New posters appear, occasionally.
>>>>> And I suspect that AUE has an unsually large number of lurkers,
>>>>> also among learners of English,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello, I are learners of English lurkering unusually large.
>>>
>>> You should much better learn it from a book,
>>
>> "Finnegan's Wake", for example.
>
>
> Or even better, "Finnegans Wake."

Imagine no possessives
It's easy if you try

--
Sam Plusnet

On 14-Mar-24 12:51, Sn!pe wrote:
> J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>
>> Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>> New posters appear, occasionally.
>>>> And I suspect that AUE has an unsually large number of lurkers,
>>>> also among learners of English,
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hello, I are learners of English lurkering unusually large.
>>
>> You should much better learn it from a book,
>>
>
> I from Barcelona, I can doing that.
>
> Apologies for the frivolous tone of my delurking,
> it was not intended to be facetious.
>
> I have a different question, I'll begin a new thread.
>
How's Gordon these days?

BBC Radio 3 has a Petroc, theirs is called Trelawny.

--
Sam Plusnet

Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

[...]

> > Apologies for the frivolous tone of my delurking,
> > it was not intended to be facetious.
> >
> > I have a different question, I'll begin a new thread.
> >
>
> How's Gordon these days?
>
> BBC Radio 3 has a Petroc, theirs is called Trelawny.
>

He's in excellent condition, Sam, considering his great age,
and he's still content to just be. Gordon thanks you for asking.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

On 15/03/24 06:47, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 14-Mar-24 15:19, Ken Blake wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:53:56 +1100, Peter Moylan
>> <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 14/03/24 20:29, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>>> Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> New posters appear, occasionally.
>>>>>> And I suspect that AUE has an unsually large number of lurkers,
>>>>>> also among learners of English,
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello, I are learners of English lurkering unusually large.
>>>>
>>>> You should much better learn it from a book,
>>>
>>> "Finnegan's Wake", for example.
>>
>>
>> Or even better, "Finnegans Wake."
>
> Imagine no possessives
> It's easy if you try

<like>

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:

> On 15/03/24 06:47, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> > On 14-Mar-24 15:19, Ken Blake wrote:
> >> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:53:56 +1100, Peter Moylan
> >> <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 14/03/24 20:29, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> >>>> Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> New posters appear, occasionally.
> >>>>>> And I suspect that AUE has an unsually large number of lurkers,
> >>>>>> also among learners of English,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hello, I are learners of English lurkering unusually large.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> You should much better learn it from a book,
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> "Finnegan's Wake", for example.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Or even better, "Finnegans Wake."
> >>
> >
> > Imagine no possessives
> > It's easy if you try
> >
>
> <like>
>

I fancy the denizens of alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (apihna)
might have something to say about that.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.

On 2024-03-14 22:19:24 +0000, Sn!pe said:

> Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 15/03/24 06:47, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> On 14-Mar-24 15:19, Ken Blake wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:53:56 +1100, Peter Moylan
>>>> <peter@pmoylan.org.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 14/03/24 20:29, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>>>>>> Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> New posters appear, occasionally.
>>>>>>>> And I suspect that AUE has an unsually large number of lurkers,
>>>>>>>> also among learners of English,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello, I are learners of English lurkering unusually large.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should much better learn it from a book,
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Finnegan's Wake", for example.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or even better, "Finnegans Wake."
>>>>
>>>
>>> Imagine no possessives
>>> It's easy if you try
>>>
>>
>> <like>
>>
>
> I fancy the denizens of alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (apihna)
> might have something to say about that.

That's a group that's been showing signs of life recently.

--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.

Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> wrote:
[...]
> >>> Imagine no possessives
> >>> It's easy if you try
> >>>
> >>
> >> <like>
> >>
> >
> > I fancy the denizens of alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe (apihna)
> > might have something to say about that.
> >
>
> That's a group that's been showing signs of life recently.
>

Interesting, I shall revisit it.

--
^Ï^. Sn!pe, PA, FIBS - Professional Crastinator

My pet rock Gordon just is.