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  Re: TC-RTC Challenges and Forum news  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 17 Dec 2016 07:30:25
Message: <58552fe1$1@news.povray.org>
On 17-12-2016 12:17, Stephen wrote:
> On 12/17/2016 5:47 AM, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
>> Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> On 16-12-2016 8:09, Sherry K. Shaw wrote:
>>>> Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>>
>
>>>
>>> Yes, I was afraid that would happen. I asked Normand to open up the site
>>> /only/ when he was sure everything was working correctly but he insisted
>>> on going live asap. Ah! youthful eagerness :-)
>>
>>
>> Kids!  (Shakes head.)  Well, really, what can you do?
>>
>>
> Keep them in a barrel for the first 21 years of their life. Then drive
> in the bung hole. ;)
>
>
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> I am not involved with the forum any more but I shall bring your
>>> petition to the attention of Normand of course.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help!  (I found the Terms and Conditions to be quite
>> interesting reading, as was the Privacy Policy.)
>>
>>
>
> So interesting that I don't want anything to do with it.

On a serious note indeed: I want to ask everybody who wants to join to 
*read* those documents first with care! I agree with Stephen.

>
>
>>>>
>>>> * (1) The Cubs won the Series.  (2) A couple of days later, I was
>>>> making
>>>> breakfast and my egg was a double-yolker, the first I've seen in years
>>>> and years.
>
> I have not seen one for donkey's years.
>
>> (Didn't stop me from cooking it over-easy and having it with
>>>> a slice of whole-wheat toast.  Yum!)  (3)  Heavy sigh.  You know.  But
>>>> maybe the Electoral College will fix everything.  Yes, I signed the
>>>> petition...so, if I mysteriously disappear, well, you'll know what
>>>> happened...
>>>>
>>>
>
> <Kiddies voice>
> Lies, she was not harmed but raptured.
>
> </Kiddies voice>
>
>>> The Last Days seem to have been extended, at least for the time being.
>
> Have you stopped reading the news, Thomas?

I wish I had... but somehow I always keep a little glimmer of hope...

>
>>> We shall keep an eye on you, especially in a month's time.
>>>
>>
>
> Yes Big Brother is always looking out.

Yep! [dusting off Superman suit]

>
>>
>> Thank you.  I appreciate the sentiment.  Now:  Canned food--check.
>> Bottled water--check.  BB gun loaded--check.
>
> And you call yourself a true blooded American woman? Shame on you.
> At least three hand guns, a over and under shotgun and a snipers rifle
> are the minimum requirements.
>
>> Dogs primed and ready to
>> bark--check.  Cat set to Full Insanity Mode--check.
>
> Sharp intake of breath.
>
>> Media Player ready
>> with inspirational bagpipe music and so forth--check.
>
> A woman with impeccable tastes.
>
>> Electric blanket
>> plugged in--check.  (Because, never mind Armageddon--sometime in the
>> next twelve hours, if the meteorologists are correct, the temperature
>> here is going to drop about fifty degrees, rather abruptly.
>
> I assume it was made from a sustainable source using Philip K. Dick's
> Electric Sheep?
>
>> Sure,
>> they're those silly, undersized Fahrenheit degrees, but still.  Welcome
>> to Missouri.)
>>
>
> Yes, you need more fingers and toes to count them.
>
>
>


-- 
Thomas


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