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Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:14:45 GMT
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>wrote:
> and just had to say the following...
>>
>>>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!
>
>It's either boredom, or drain bamage.
>I have both conditions, so don't feel pregnant, yet.
Living with similar conditions, this could prove to be an interesting
exchange over the upcoming holidays. If and when I don't call it a
day and retire for some days to enjoy another spa thingie. I am old
now, after all, and I should spend my money, or else hell knows who
will senselessly throw it around, once I am gone.
--
The Sot Weed Factor
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