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OT (sort of) forum4designers.com - breaking news
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| Since its creation on 18-nov-03 [1] http://www.forum4designers.com/ has
managed to suck in a massive 46,588 members. [2]This, in a declining .com
era, is a phenomenal achievement. Think about it. 46,588 members in just
under two months. That is over 770 per day, or to put it into Bill Gates
speak [3] one every two minutes. A Massive intake.
Usage of the site is also buzzing. We have a record of up to 618 users
online at a single moment. Amazing. Even more amazing is that this record
was achieved on 04-08-02 at precisely 04:08pm, a whopping fifteen months
prior to the sites creation, give or take a minute. Those of you who
remember the '70s (and if you do then you weren't there) will appreciate
that Dr Who would be very very proud of such a feat.
The content is right there too [4]. Such a diverse plethora of informative
forums boggles this reviewers mind. And look at the information provided:
33,262 threads, containing a cosmically mind numbing 119,239 posts!
This websight [sic] is going to go far.
Cheers
Richard.
[1] http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/whois/index.jhtml
[2] The newest member, tawdryglamour, even recognised our efforts here by
quoting one rf in a recent post the web site's forum. Thank you
tawdryglamour :-)
[3] If the Gatesmiester drops a $50 note whilst he is walking down the
street he leaves it there. It would cost him much more than that in lost
time and income to stop, bend over and pick it up.
[4] A compiled list of the information sources of the web site.
This information may be used however you require -->:o) -->:o) ;-) ;-)
Photoshop - alt.graphics.photoshop (*)
Computer Graphics with Photoshop - comp.graphics.apps.photoshop (*)
Adobe Illustrator - alt.graphics.illustrator
Animation - comp.graphics.animation
Flash General - macromedia.flash.sitedesign
Macromedia Flash - macromedia.flash
Image Composer - microsoft.public.imagecomposer.discussion
PhotoDraw - microsoft.public.photodraw.discussion
Design gallery - microsoft.public.design.gallery
FrontPage Programming - microsoft.public.frontpage.programming
Dreamweaver - macromedia.dreamweaver
Netscape CSS - netscape.public.dev.css
Freehand - macromedia.dreamweaver (again)
Flash Site Design - macromedia.flash.sitedesign (again)
Front Page - microsoft.public.frontpage.client
Microsoft Publisher - microsoft.public.publisher.webdesign
HTML - alt.html <--- Here we are
DHTML - alt.html.dhtml
JavaScript - comp.lang.javascript
Stylesheets - comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets
VRML - comp.lang.vrml
XML - comp.text.xml
Netscape XML - netscape.public.dev.xml
Microsoft XML - microsoft.public.xml
XML SOAP - microsoft.public.xml.soap
Site Ratings & Reviews - alt.html.critique <--- Here we are
(*) Something I had not noticed before: These two newsgroups acutally do
have their name mentioned on the site. Not the fact that they are usenet,
just their name.
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| Cameron 2004-01-16, 8:29 am |
| rf wrote:quote:
> Since its creation on 18-nov-03 [1] http://www.forum4designers.com/ has
> managed to suck in a massive 46,588 members. [2]This, in a declining .com
> era, is a phenomenal achievement. Think about it. 46,588 members in just
> under two months. That is over 770 per day, or to put it into Bill Gates
> speak [3] one every two minutes. A Massive intake.
>
> Usage of the site is also buzzing. We have a record of up to 618 users
> online at a single moment. Amazing. Even more amazing is that this record
> was achieved on 04-08-02 at precisely 04:08pm, a whopping fifteen months
> prior to the sites creation, give or take a minute. Those of you who
> remember the '70s (and if you do then you weren't there) will appreciate
> that Dr Who would be very very proud of such a feat.
>
> The content is right there too [4]. Such a diverse plethora of informative
> forums boggles this reviewers mind. And look at the information provided:
> 33,262 threads, containing a cosmically mind numbing 119,239 posts!
>
> This websight [sic] is going to go far.
>
> Cheers
> Richard.
>
<snip>quote:
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The site is a glorified news reader
~Cameron
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| Whitecre{t 2004-01-16, 9:29 am |
| In article <bu8koq$1ak$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, devnull@foo-bar.invalid
says...quote:
> The site is a glorified news reader
I am assuming you are using the term "glorified" very loosely....
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Whitecrest Entertainment
www.whitecrestent.com
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| Cameron 2004-01-16, 9:29 am |
| Whitecrest wrote:quote:
> In article <bu8koq$1ak$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>, devnull@foo-bar.invalid
> says...
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> I am assuming you are using the term "glorified" very loosely....
>
I meant it in the sense that the creators glorify it as this fantastic
thing, where as it's only a web based news reader, and I would rather
use mozilla thunderbird any day.
~Cameron
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| Dylan Parry 2004-01-16, 9:29 am |
| Cameron wrote:
quote:
> I meant it in the sense that the creators glorify it as this fantastic
> thing, where as it's only a web based news reader, and I would rather
> use mozilla thunderbird any day.
You are forgetting the most important thing about its creators... they
fail miserably to mention the fact that they have stolen all the posts
from Usenet.
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Dylan Parry
http://www.webpageworkshop.co.uk - FREE Web tutorials and references
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| Cameron 2004-01-16, 9:29 am |
| Dylan Parry wrote:
quote:
> Cameron wrote:
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> You are forgetting the most important thing about its creators... they
> fail miserably to mention the fact that they have stolen all the posts
> from Usenet.
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*Nods* believe me, I judge them for it ;)
~Cameron
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| Chris Morris 2004-01-16, 10:31 am |
| Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com> writes:quote:
> Cameron wrote:
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> You are forgetting the most important thing about its creators... they
> fail miserably to mention the fact that they have stolen all the posts
> from Usenet.
Well, not quite all. They do give a few posts back to Usenet too...
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Chris
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| David Mackenzie 2004-01-16, 10:31 am |
| On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:08:56 +0000, Dylan Parry
<usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote:
quote:
>Cameron wrote:
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>You are forgetting the most important thing about its creators... they
>fail miserably to mention the fact that they have stolen all the posts
>from Usenet.
I like the fact that under most people's names it says: "Registered:
Not Yet".
Surely people will notice that most users are "Not Yet" registered?
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David ( @priz.co.uk )
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| Cameron 2004-01-16, 10:31 am |
| David Mackenzie wrote:quote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:08:56 +0000, Dylan Parry
> <usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote:
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> I like the fact that under most people's names it says: "Registered:
> Not Yet".
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> Surely people will notice that most users are "Not Yet" registered?
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Hmmm under my name it should say "Registered: HA, yeah right!" ;)
~Cameron
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| Dylan Parry 2004-01-16, 11:31 am |
| Chris Morris wrote:
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> Well, not quite all. They do give a few posts back to Usenet too...
Whoopdi doo :)
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Dylan Parry
http://www.webpageworkshop.co.uk - FREE Web tutorials and references
Now playing: Yes - Sign Language from "Keystudio"
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| Andy Dingley 2004-01-16, 4:31 pm |
| On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:17:32 +0000, Cameron <devnull@foo-bar.invalid>
wrote:
quote:
>The site is a glorified news reader
After some Googling today, I discovered a pile of very similar sites,
with identical presentation of what were clearly Usenet gateways. They
all seemed to be newly started too. Is this a recent phenomenon /
crazy business plan ?
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| Duende 2004-01-16, 8:30 pm |
| While sitting in a puddle rf scribbled in the mud:
quote:
> This websight [sic] is going to go far.
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> Cheers
> Richard.
You have way much free time.
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Duende
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| artist 2004-01-16, 8:30 pm |
| Artist, the good little Microsoft drone heard Dylan Parry
<usenet@dylanparry.com> say...
quote:
> Cameron wrote:
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> You are forgetting the most important thing about its creators... they
> fail miserably to mention the fact that they have stolen all the posts
> from Usenet.
~_^
Ok, why all the scorn?
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AIM: GCCFurryBoy
mellorya@yahoo.com
http://www.practialdesigns.com/
"Neither hope nor fear" - Isabella d'Este
"For to do either is to fall to the beast" - Joseph Richmond
"The Cow Kings a Bastard! Long live the Cow King!" - Joseph Richmond
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"artist" <mellorya@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9472C08E9D2F1melloryayahoocom@24.24.2.166...quote:
> Artist, the good little Microsoft drone heard Dylan Parry
> <usenet@dylanparry.com> say...
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[QUOTE][color=darkred]
> Ok, why all the scorn?
The people who post there are not aware that they are in reality posting to
usenet. They think they are posting to a private forum. They do not
understand the usenet etiquette or how it really works. It is also very hard
to hold a 'conversation' with one of them. They do not understand threading
and just post all over the place.
The first one to really come to our attention (*) started posting
attachments. When criticised for this he asked where on the web site did it
say attachments were unacceptable. This of course confused us and has led to
the current state of affairs.
(*) Said poster has now abandoned the web based newsreader and is posting
directly to alt.html.critique.
Cheers
Richard.
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| Nick Theodorakis 2004-01-17, 12:28 am |
| On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 14:30:26 +0000, David Mackenzie <me@privacy.net>
wrote:
quote:
>On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 13:08:56 +0000, Dylan Parry
><usenet@dylanparry.com> wrote:
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[...]
quote:
>I like the fact that under most people's names it says: "Registered:
>Not Yet".
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>Surely people will notice that most users are "Not Yet" registered?
All 46,588 of us. ;-)
Nick
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Nick Theodorakis
nick_theodorakis@hotmail.com
nicholas_theodorakis [at] urmc [dot] rochester [dot] edu
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| T. Audry Glamour 2004-01-17, 2:30 am |
| In article <f5tf00pamf6g3q17ao6g0vs193havn8mb2@4ax.com>,
David Mackenzie <me@privacy.net> wrote:
quote:
> Surely people will notice that most users are "Not Yet" registered?
Well, I registered! Thanks to mailinator.com... ;)
(Sure took a long time for the post to show up in the "real" here.)
Audry
--
tawdry glamour who is at smile global dot com
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| Paul Furman 2004-01-17, 2:30 am |
| rf wrote:quote:
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> The people who post there are not aware that they are in reality posting to
> usenet. They think they are posting to a private forum. They do not
> understand the usenet etiquette or how it really works. It is also very hard
> to hold a 'conversation' with one of them. They do not understand threading
> and just post all over the place.
>
> The first one to really come to our attention (*) started posting
> attachments. When criticised for this he asked where on the web site did it
> say attachments were unacceptable. This of course confused us and has led to
> the current state of affairs.
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> (*) Said poster has now abandoned the web based newsreader and is posting
> directly to alt.html.critique.
>
> Cheers
> Richard.
Those have been pretty anoying in the photoshop group. They cannot see
the other posts on the group so think they are the only ones posting.
They can't see if the question was answered before or what the usenet
regulars are saying except in reply to their topics.
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| Duende 2004-01-17, 3:28 am |
| While sitting in a puddle T. Audry Glamour scribbled in the mud:
quote:
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> Well, I registered! Thanks to mailinator.com... ;)
Evil wicked woman. Now stay away from there! ;)
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Duende
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"Paul Furman" <paul@edgehill.net> wrote in message
news:g_ydnTBNLqlSUJXdXTWc-w@speakeasy.net...quote:
> rf wrote:
to[QUOTE][color=darkred]
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> Those have been pretty anoying in the photoshop group. They cannot see
> the other posts on the group so think they are the only ones posting.
> They can't see if the question was answered before or what the usenet
> regulars are saying except in reply to their topics.
That's odd. They see all posts from here, even this entire thread which BTW
is number two, just behind some spam.
Of interest is that this thread has had 4 whole views from the website. I
wonder how many views we have from real people with real newsreaders :-)
Cheers
Richard.
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| Duende 2004-01-17, 4:29 am |
| While sitting in a puddle rf scribbled in the mud:
quote:
> Of interest is that this thread has had 4 whole views from the website. I
> wonder how many views we have from real people with real newsreaders :-)
One very small clue. When ever I post a link to my Wipkip site I get close
to 1000 page views over the 24 hours following the post. To bad It's such a
retarded site.
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Duende
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"Duende" <xxxspam@wipkip.biz> wrote in message
news:Xns9472F1E0674Dxxxspamwipkipbiz@130.133.1.4...quote:
> While sitting in a puddle rf scribbled in the mud:
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> One very small clue. When ever I post a link to my Wipkip site I get close
> to 1000 page views over the 24 hours following the post.
Never thought of that angle. I wonder how many hits I get on my pet roo when
I mention him. Hmmm, I'll move him over to a countable place, he needs a
change of scenery anyway:
http://www.cueword.com.au/roos/roo.jpg (34K)
Counting ...
quote:
> To bad It's such a retarded site.
Hey, it's a fine site, except for that missing picture of Heidi :-(
Cheers
Richard.
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| Duende 2004-01-17, 5:28 am |
| While sitting in a puddle rf scribbled in the mud:
quote:
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> Hey, it's a fine site, except for that missing picture of Heidi :-(
To bad everyone isn't so easy to please.
Look again.
http://wipkip.biz/heidi.html
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Duende
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| picayunish 2004-01-17, 6:29 am |
| Duende wrote:quote:
> While sitting in a puddle rf scribbled in the mud:
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> One very small clue. When ever I post a link to my Wipkip site I get close
> to 1000 page views over the 24 hours following the post. To bad It's such a
> retarded site.
Add the url of the retarded site in your sig to get more visiters :-)
--
Edwin van der Vaart
http://www.semi-conductor.nl/ Links to Semiconductors sites
http://www.evandervaart.nl/ Under construction
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"picayunish" <e_vdvaart@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:HX7Ob.468$O41.899@amstwist00...
quote:
> Add the url of the retarded site in your sig to get more visiters :-)
Wrong slant picky. Visitors are just a waste of bandwith (unless you host
one of those antiquated pay per view bannars). What we need is !buyers!.
I have a couple of commercial sites (my company, my site). If I get 1000
vists a day I think: damn, tyre kickers. If I get *one* buyer per day then I
get rich :-)
BTW Duende's site is a play one AFAIK, just like the one I use here. Just
for fun. Still miffed about the lack of Heidi in short dresses though :-(
Cheers
Richard.
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| picayunish 2004-01-17, 10:29 am |
| rf wrote:
quote:
> "picayunish" <e_vdvaart@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:HX7Ob.468$O41.899@amstwist00...
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> Wrong slant picky. Visitors are just a waste of bandwith (unless you host
> one of those antiquated pay per view bannars). What we need is !buyers!.
>
> I have a couple of commercial sites (my company, my site). If I get 1000
> vists a day I think: damn, tyre kickers. If I get *one* buyer per day then I
> get rich :-)
Hmmm.
Look, look, no buy. No paid.
Buy, buy, no look. Get paid.
In Dutch we say: "Kijken, kijken! Niet kopen! :-D
quote:
> BTW Duende's site is a play one AFAIK, just like the one I use here. Just
> for fun. Still miffed about the lack of Heidi in short dresses though :-(
This isn't Heidi, but a nice one.
http://www.evandervaart/img/model.jpg
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Edwin van der Vaart
http://www.semi-conductor.nl/ Links to Semiconductors sites
http://www.evandervaart.nl/ Under construction
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| Dylan Parry 2004-01-17, 1:30 pm |
| picayunish wrote:
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> You're fast 8-)
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> See my correction 1 min later. 0:-)
Yeah, I noticed that :) I laughed when I saw the times of your original
post, my post and your correction!
--
Dylan Parry
http://www.webpageworkshop.co.uk - FREE Web tutorials and references
Now playing: Yes - Sound Chaser (Single Edit) from "Relayer"
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| T. Audry Glamour 2004-01-17, 1:30 pm |
| In article <0w6Ob.15998$Wa.15273@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
"rf" <making.it.up@the.time> wrote:
quote:
> Never thought of that angle. I wonder how many hits I get on my pet roo when
> I mention him. Hmmm, I'll move him over to a countable place, he needs a
> change of scenery anyway:
> http://www.cueword.com.au/roos/roo.jpg (34K)
Is he anywhere near Brisbane? I'll be there next month and would like
to, uh, interview him for a local magazine....
Audry
--
tawdry glamour who is at smile global dot com
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| William Tasso 2004-01-17, 4:32 pm |
| picayunish wrote:quote:
> Dylan Parry wrote:
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> You're fast 8-)
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Please ask your 'friend' if she would be so kind as to return my tie-pin ;o)
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"T. Audry Glamour" <tawdryglamour@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bubqm0$g51c0$1@ID-171090.news.uni-berlin.de...quote:
> In article <0w6Ob.15998$Wa.15273@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> "rf" <making.it.up@the.time> wrote:
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when[QUOTE][color=darkred]
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> Is he anywhere near Brisbane?
He's in the vicinity of Oodnadatta ah the moment, chasing cattle trains.
quote:
> I'll be there next month and would like
> to, uh, interview him for a local magazine....
Don't go to Brisbane, ever. Apart from being in Queensland it's far too
close to where brucie lives.
Cheers
Richard.
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| Madbob 2004-01-18, 1:28 am |
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"Andy Dingley" <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote in message
news:bcgg009plbfd6564vjvsuhnqmnsrsrd0qj@4ax.com...quote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:17:32 +0000, Cameron <devnull@foo-bar.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>
> After some Googling today, I discovered a pile of very similar sites,
> with identical presentation of what were clearly Usenet gateways. They
> all seemed to be newly started too. Is this a recent phenomenon /
> crazy business plan ?
>
I found that forum4designers.com site from my stats... it's a bit annoying,
if I wanted to post in the forum I would, THIEF'S.
Lol
Bob
http://www.rawkstar.net
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| T. Audry Glamour 2004-01-18, 1:28 am |
| In article <wEjOb.16586$Wa.15123@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
"rf" <making.it.up@the.time> wrote:
quote:
> Don't go to Brisbane, ever. Apart from being in Queensland it's far too
> close to where brucie lives.
Why do you think I'm going! Sheesh! I was expecting brucie to meet me
at the airport. I have a lot of trouble driving on that side of the
road and I can't deal with the roundabouts...
Audry
--
tawdry glamour who is at smile global dot com
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"T. Audry Glamour" <tawdryglamour@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bud5cp$g78ce$1@ID-171090.news.uni-berlin.de...quote:
> In article <wEjOb.16586$Wa.15123@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> "rf" <making.it.up@the.time> wrote:
>
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> Why do you think I'm going! Sheesh! I was expecting brucie to meet me
Ah, if you *want* to see brucie then that's OK. Carefull, they're flooded
out up there ATM.
quote:
> at the airport.
Might be a long wait. I believe he is a couple of hundred kilometres from
the Airport.
quote:
> I have a lot of trouble driving on that side of the
> road and I can't deal with the roundabouts...
Just follow somebody else and hope that they are a local and not another
visitor who has trouble with roundabouts :-) That's what I do when I'm in
North America. I've only followed somebody into their driveway once.
Cheers
Richard.
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| picayunish 2004-01-23, 4:32 pm |
| T. Audry Glamour wrote:quote:
> In article <f5tf00pamf6g3q17ao6g0vs193havn8mb2@4ax.com>,
> David Mackenzie <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
>
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> Well, I registered! Thanks to mailinator.com... ;)
>
> (Sure took a long time for the post to show up in the "real" here.)
Then use a newsreader instead of the forum O:-)
--
Edwin van der Vaart
http://www.semi-conductor.nl/ Links to Semiconductors sites
http://www.evandervaart.nl/ Under construction
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| picayunish 2004-01-24, 6:28 am |
| rf wrote:
quote:
> "T. Audry Glamour" <tawdryglamour@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:bud5cp$g78ce$1@ID-171090.news.uni-berlin.de...
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> Ah, if you *want* to see brucie then that's OK. Carefull, they're flooded
> out up there ATM.
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> Might be a long wait. I believe he is a couple of hundred kilometres from
> the Airport.
Which airport?
In Darwin, Sydney, Cairns or Alice Spring?
--
Edwin van der Vaart
http://www.semi-conductor.nl/ Links to Semiconductors sites
http://www.evandervaart.nl/ Under construction
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| Mark Parnell 2004-01-26, 9:30 pm |
| On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 11:35:23 +0100, picayunish
<picayunish2000@yahoo.co.uk> declared in alt.html,alt.html.critique:quote:
> rf wrote:
>
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> Which airport?
> In Darwin, Sydney, Cairns or Alice Spring?
Brisbane. brucie lives in Queensland.
--
Mark Parnell
http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au
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