Thanks Tony, how were the shows? I've just recieved another attatchment entitled price.cpl. To be honest I'd like to get my habds on the people who write this ...
No, I have all group email blocked in my Yahoo Group user preferences. I only get individual emails if someone sends one directly to me. Before I blocked the...
Hello all Looking for a new player to join group every Monday night, Beverly Road area, D&D and Star Wars role playing. Comittment and a good sense of humour...
The other way I got infected was just browsinf the inet. I had toolbar and homepage hijackers, skads of pop-ups etc. That stuff is rotten. I just got rid of a...
Wa-hey! That's great news Tony! I got my copy of "I Ain't Been Shot Mum!" today So I'll be itching to try those out over the next few weeks. Cheers, Alan. ... ...
Yeah, it happens. Sometimes necessary if you have previously taken an oath to defend your PC against all enemies both foreign and domestic. Knowing the local...
Oh well we can but hope! Incedentaly I've made a start on the French for Indo-China. It's not a very big start granted, but it is a start none the less. See...
wheelie bin = garbage can with wheels like we have here ?? Parcelfarce = sometimes like that here, too. American slang, emphasized in training so as not to...
Hi Chris, Wheelie Bin: yep!, exactly that. Parcelfarce: an example of what happens when a perfectly good national service (HM Post Office) is privatised (ooh!...
The 'going postal' one has always puzzled me. Is it based on any specific case or just the perceived strangeness of posties in general ?
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No. "Going Postal' refers to a postal employee here in the Detroit area, Royal Oak, that went bannanas and shot his stupid supervisor (stupervisor) (and...
Thanx for the info. I love British slang, actually slang from all over the world is excellent. We trained with some Brits of the Army of the Rhine in the very...
Yes. 'Going Postal' refers to a postal employee here in the Detroit area, Royal Oak (we still have Tories here), that went bannanas and shot his stupid...
I gorgot this: To complete the 'Going Postal' story, the Postal stupevisor was exiled or posted to a new position in Alaska. There, he will definitely know...
PTSD can be caused by any traumatic event, not just combat. It has been blown out of proportion and is almost used as a catch-all for anyhting. For instance,...