A plea.....

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by Bardsey
Oh he's that old then?

No. Unfortunately not

Steve

[Boomer]

Originally posted by TheTramp
No. Unfortunately not

Steve

You have no idea how much it pains me to do this....but didn’t a fluky Welsh team (with the aid of a bought ref) cost England the 6 Nations a few years ago

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by Boomer
You have no idea how much it pains me to do this....but didn’t a fluky Welsh team (with the aid of a bought ref) cost England the 6 Nations a few years ago

Actually, I just thought that win was due to a really lousy decision by Laurence Dallaglio (who was then the English Captain before the drugs thing).

Steve

[Boomer]

Originally posted by TheTramp
Actually, I just thought that win was due to a really lousy decision by Laurence Dallaglio (who was then the English Captain before the drugs thing).

Steve

You could be right...all I can remember is one of the Welsh lads getting such a dirty look from someone that he had a hissing fit, fell to the ground in a fit of pique...and got a bloody penalty kick thingy

[Andy McGregor]

Marcus Aurelius Antonius was Emperor of Rome for 19 years from 161AD. He came to be idealised by the Romans as the perfect Emperor. He was a student of Stoic philosopy and wrote 'Meditations'. Here is an excerpt which, for me, puts this thread into perspective for us victims of upsetting postings. And, in my opinion we are more a victim when we are tempted to be nasty than when people are nasty about us.

"Begin each day by telling yourself: today I shall be meeting with interference, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will and selfishness - all of them due to the offenders' ingnorance of what is good or evil. But for my part I have long perceived the nature of good and its nobility, the nature of evil and its meanness, and also the nature of the culprit himself, who is my brother (not in a physical sense, but as a fellow-creature similarly endowed with reason and a share of the divine); therefore none of those things can injure me, for nobody can implicate me in what is degrading."

[Graham]

Originally posted by TheTramp
No. Unfortunately not

Steve

Wales' glory years were in the late seventies: well into your school years, so surprised you can't remember it.

[Forte]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
I would like it to go on record that DS has used a difficult, slightly dated and sometimes legalistic word.

I am not qualified to comment as I don't understand what he's talking about

thence...hitherto...are pals of therein...

does that help...

[Forte]

Originally posted by Gadget
{Not that I'm an expert, but since Chris asked and I do stick my nose in now and again }
[list][*]I always think of the forum like having a pub conversation; everyone can over-hear and contribute to what you are saying and you can walk around the tables listening to everyone else's discussions.

What! You listen to other people's conversations in pubs!

[Andy McGregor]

Originally posted by Forte
thence...hitherto...are pals of therein...

does that help...

I shall introduce them into my vocabulary henceforth

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by Graham
Wales' glory years were in the late seventies: well into your school years, so surprised you can't remember it.

I was under 10 years old then. I really didn't spend a great deal of time watching rugby

Steve

[ChrisA]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
I shall introduce them into my vocabulary henceforth

I've already used "hitherto" and indeed "aforementioned"...

so watch it, this is myyyyyyyyy territory.....

[Chris]

Many thanks to Franck and Gadget for sage advice, and to one or two others who dared to speak about their first posts. Would it be possible I wonder to collect some of these in the technical forum or something to encourage newbies? (or even folk like me who just appreciate the thought of people who are more experienced at participating in online communities than I am). They could maybe even also be adapted to be included in a standard welcome message when people join the forum perhaps?

Chris
ps with the addition of a spell-checker for Gadget's post!

[Forte]

Originally posted by Chris
Many thanks to Franck and Gadget for sage advice, and to one or two others who dared to speak about their first posts. Would it be possible I wonder to collect some of these in the technical forum or something to encourage newbies? (or even folk like me who just appreciate the thought of people who are more experienced at participating in online communities than I am). They could maybe even also be adapted to be included in a standard welcome message when people join the forum perhaps?

Chris
ps with the addition of a spell-checker for Gadget's post!

Relax! Mao Tse Tung, he say : "It is not always a question of first learning and then doing...sometimes it is a question of first doing and then learning..."

No one has to sit an exam on posting...take a chill pill and have fun...

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Forte
Relax! Mao Tse Tung, he say : "It is not always a question of first learning and then doing...sometimes it is a question of first doing and then learning..."

No one has to sit an exam on posting...take a chill pill and have fun...

Chin-chin

[Chris]

Originally posted by Forte
Relax! Mao Tse Tung, he say : "It is not always a question of first learning and then doing...sometimes it is a question of first doing and then learning..."

Yep. Still I think it's helpful to get some ideas on the table.

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Forte
Relax!
No one has to sit an exam on posting...take a chill pill and have fun...

Right on the nail !