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And lo on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:04:50 +0100, Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom>
did spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>> And lo on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:14:27 +0100, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
>> did spake, saying:
>>
>>> Phil Cook wrote:
>>>> I just can't imagine not reading fiction; it's just my default state
>>>> of being.
>>>
>>> Hey, I read nothing but non-fiction until fifth grade, whereupon the
>>> teacher forced the issue by requiring a book report on a fiction book.
>>> :-)
>> It wan't meant disparagingly, simply an Error Does Not Compute for my
>> OS :-)
>
> I took no offense. :-)
Well you never can tell by text :-)
> The first fiction book I read was about a family captured by the giant
> AI that is built into Phobos by the now-extinct Martians. I wish I could
> remember the name - "Phobos is missing" or something like that...
GIYF or more precise WIYF - Phobos the Robot Planet by Paul Capon? Not one
I've read.
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And lo on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:39:06 +0100, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
did spake, saying:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> "Water, Sugar, Citric Acid, Vitamin C" [Found on some cheap lemonade.]
>
> I liked the bit I had this morning. "... Natural banana flavoring
> (water, fruit juice, organic sugar) ..."
>
> I wasn't aware you could juice a banana, myself.
Sure you can - hold it by both ends and wring dry :-P
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And lo on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:53:45 +0100, Stephen <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom>
did spake, saying:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:54:56 +0100, "Phil Cook"
> <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>
>> Well they do sometimes put quizes on the back, or mazes; mazes are fun
>> ;-)
>>
>> Personally ...<skip rambling> in a feeble
>> attempt to gain consciousness prior to the coffee hit.
>
> It was a figure of speech, Phil :)
Yeah I knew that yeah course I did [cough]. Seriously though I look at the
ingredients of everything I eat except breakfast, often for the same
reason as Andy.
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:38:18 +0200, "Gail Shaw"
<initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
>> I won't give the ending away but it ties up a loose thread from
>> Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream.
>
>Which I've never read...
No matter it is still a good book it just has a twist that I
appreciated.
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Stephen
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:33:30 +0100, "Phil Cook"
<phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>Yeah I knew that yeah course I did [cough]. Seriously though I look at the
>ingredients of everything I eat except breakfast,
I don't do that, it spoils my appetite :)
>often for the same
>reason as Andy.
Hmm! <resists any temptation to make a smarta***d comment> :)
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Stephen
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> Especially at *my* library! Last time I checked, they still use two-tone
> brown dumb terminals with green screens for searching the library
> catelogue.
WTF!
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Invisible wrote:
>
> Especially at *my* library! Last time I checked, they still use two-tone
> brown dumb terminals with green screens for searching the library
> catelogue.
>
Not terribly dissimilar to what pizza delivery places (that actually
have a computerized system) use, I imagine. Everything ran off of the
manager's computer, with serial cables. It was some specialized
multi-tasking form of DOS. Weird stuff.
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>> Especially at *my* library! Last time I checked, they still use
>> two-tone brown dumb terminals with green screens for searching the
>> library catelogue.
>
> WTF!
What? It's a library funded by a county counsil. What's to explain?
Technically it does what it's meant to do...
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"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
news:480fc89a$1@news.povray.org...
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> > "Water, Sugar, Citric Acid, Vitamin C" [Found on some cheap lemonade.]
>
> I liked the bit I had this morning. "... Natural banana flavoring
> (water, fruit juice, organic sugar) ..."
>
> I wasn't aware you could juice a banana, myself.
Who said that's banana juice? They said banana flavoring and fruit juice.
They didn't say *what* fruit.
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:07:40 +0200, "Gail Shaw"
<initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote:
>
>"Darren New" <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote in message
>news:480fc89a$1@news.povray.org...
>> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> > "Water, Sugar, Citric Acid, Vitamin C" [Found on some cheap lemonade.]
>>
>> I liked the bit I had this morning. "... Natural banana flavoring
>> (water, fruit juice, organic sugar) ..."
>>
>> I wasn't aware you could juice a banana, myself.
>
>Who said that's banana juice? They said banana flavoring and fruit juice.
>They didn't say *what* fruit.
>
You can still juice a banana :)
With milk they are really nice IMHO.
Have you tried carrot and apple juiced?
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