Path: news.nzbot.com!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: alt.fan.oldfart
Subject: Re: Seasons Greeting to all ol' farts
Organization: zilch
Message-ID: <3mq6s01m2jro14b4dnqjl7894h1us32akr@4ax.com>
References: <i71xvbaf7e6cxs1@remail.amessage.info> <22vvr0padtllifpr4rjnj09vrcinmadij0@4ax.com> <20041215201507.22453.qmail@nym.alias.net> <inp1s0tmoa53uilvtv7tv8vec73ppbhadl@4ax.com>
X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652
X-No-Archive: yes
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Lines: 64
X-Complaints-To: abuse@easynews.com
X-Complaints-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly.
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 23:24:11 GMT
Xref: news.nzbot.com alt.fan.oldfart:461
>On 15 Dec 2004 20:15:07 -0000, Tattooed <tattooed@nym.alias.net>
>wrote:
> and just had to say the following...
>>><anonymous@remail.amessage.info> wrote:
>>>and just had to say the following...
>>>>NOTE: This message was sent thru a mail2news gateway.
>>>>No effort was made to verify the identity of the sender.
>>>>--------------------------------------------------------
>>>>Seasons Greetings to all.
>>>>
>>>>A short note to extend best wishes for the upcomming holiday.
>>>>May all of you gents make a little mary....er....merry.
>>>>Please be carefull riding the ol' yak home (at US$19.95 using
>>>>the 'rent a yak' service makes sense ...no?).
>>>>
>>>>I note with some dismay that posts 'l'sewhere seem to be getting
>>>>rather 'bitchy'. That is not in good keeping with the spirit of
>>>>the season. Some forget that ALL were 'newbies' at one time. I for
>>>>one would not have a clue had it not been for the patient explanations
>>>>that were made by the 'old farts' that used to hang in abeppt. My
>>>>'security level' is a bit low to be offering advice in the 'on topic'
>>>>froups so I leave that to 3ft (I declined the 'test' as like a few others
>>>>I don't d/l the bunny's and have nothing on my 'puter anyways). I have leaned
>>>>a lot from some of you fellas and will repay the debt some day.
>>>>
>>>>A guess as to the poster/lurker ratio---100 to 1 (more?) We NEED each other!
>>>>As pointed out by a smart dunce, there is NO way that any of us will ever meet
>>>>in RL, yet >knowing< that we are not alone and possibly having some one to
>>>>talk to when RL does not go so well may save a life!!! It saved mine.
>>>>
>>>>Think about it! Remember the season and what it is REALLY about!
>>>
>>>Isn't the term "...a smart dunce..." an oxymoron, or izzit a yak?
>>
>>No.....it would be yuk..yuk. <G>
>
>Your puns get worse with each passing year, IMO.
>
>
>>>In any event a Merry Christmas to you, and remember.... if you wake up
>>>during the night of December 24 th, or in the wee hours of December 25
>>>th., and find a fat guy, dressed in a furry red & white suit, complete
>>>with long white hair & a beard, stumbling around your home.....shoot
>>>first and ask questions later!
>>>
>>Y'all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>>
>>Tat
>>
>
>Thanks! Same to you ya!!
Beats me why I still read this assortment of yak worshippers. Shucks,
merry times, fellers!
--
The Sot Weed Factor
|
|