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Re: "Unwaged" Con Memberships (was Re: Ansible 258 [long])
Thu, 8 Jan 2009 19:51 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <K2s9l.17201$Sp5.10991@text.news.virginmedia.com>,
bosslady@scotlandmail.com (Jette) wrote:
>
>
> The nuances are different from "unemployed". Someone who's
> "unwaged" may be a student, homemaker, stay-at-home parent,
> retired, disabled or not working and on longer term benefits. Or
> some ...
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Re: A Small Point of Etiquette
Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:53 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <KCtv81.1EwJ@kithrup.com>, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:
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> In article <n5cql45qasgjt5gjuj9qnj03rg8btospee@4ax.com>,
> Don Aitken <don-aitken@freeuk.com> wrote:
> >
> >The difficulty is that the "correct" forms are known and understood by
> >a small and dwindling number of people. ...
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Ansible 258 [long]
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:25:26 +0000
ANSIBLE 258
JANUARY 2009
From DAVE LANGFORD, 94 London Road, Reading, Berks, RG1 5AU. Web
news.ansible.co.uk. Fax 0705 080 1534. ISSN 0265-9816 (print) 1740-942X
(e). Available for SAE or ;48 ;800 ;508 485(;
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Re: A Small Point of Etiquette
Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:39 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <n5cql45qasgjt5gjuj9qnj03rg8btospee@4ax.com>,
don-aitken@freeuk.com (Don Aitken) wrote:
> NuLabor peers use the incorrect form "Lord
> [forename] [title]" so often that I'm sure it is a matter of
> deliberate policy, but others do it too. The 3rd Viscount Thurso stood
> for parliament (and was electe ...
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Re: A Small Point of Etiquette
Thu, 1 Jan 2009 18:48 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <KCsMz5.1rI1@kithrup.com>, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:
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> >Well, Lord Peter was the younger son of a duke and therefore the
"Lord"
> >is more or less an honorary title - it wouldn't allow him to sit in
the
> >House of Lords, I believe.
>
> True. Lord Peter is a lord but not a ...
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Re: A Small Point of Etiquette
Thu, 1 Jan 2009 12:07 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
In article <gjgh27$8qf$1@reader1.panix.com>, tmcd@panix.com (Tim McDaniel)
wrote:
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> In article <K+cXCQPxx0WJFwMY@00.d0.59.f5.d0.2a>,
> Marcus L. Rowland <forgottenfutures@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> >It's Sir Terry, or Sir Terry Pratchett, not Sir Pratchett.
>
> True, and thank you for mentioning it. Oddly en ...
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Re: A Small Point of Etiquette
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:45:59 -0800
"Marcus L. Rowland" <forgottenfutures@ntlworld.com> wrote
> It's Sir Terry, or Sir Terry Pratchett, not Sir Pratchett.
Or:
Terrino
Pratcheroo
Dude
The Pratchmeister
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Charter of uk.people.sf-fans
Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:52:58 +0100
Charter of uk.people.sf-fans
(Not Moderated)
This is a discussion group for subjects relating to the social
interactions of all those with an interest in Science Fiction, and
its relevance in the Real World in which we live.
Contributions are therefore welcomed from anyone with a wish to
discuss the "s ...
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Re: Ansible 255 [long]
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:29 +0100 (BST)
In article <48e40bfc$0$90339$804603d3@auth.newsreader.iphouse.com>,
dsgood@iphouse.com (Dan Goodman) wrote:
> > I wrote a letter to the Independent suggesting that 1,019 and 1,011
> > were misprints for 10^19 and 10^11 and someone who saw it pointed out
> > that 1 in 10^11 is still too high a probability, as it ...
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Ansible 255 [long]
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:33:35 +0100
ANSIBLE 255
OCTOBER 2008
From DAVE LANGFORD, 94 London Road, Reading, Berks, RG1 5AU. Web
news.ansible.co.uk. Fax 0705 080 1534. ISSN 0265-9816 (print) 1740-942X
(e). Available for SAE or bandicoots with thalassaemia.
[NET NOTE. See http://news.ansible.co.uk/a255.html for the nice HTML
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