pachapapa

Exactly! As the dwarf said the other day in a moment of divine inspiration regarding the increasing fuel prices...." jouer la concurrence".....then this week his economics minister was proposing to draw down the countries strategic fuel reserves.

For a change I am on the tower with a wide screen monitor made by Acer. The arrangement of the forum page is very good with minimal clutter. I particularly like tha alternative background colour to the posts, one a light duck egg green and the other a very light yellowish distemper. A real pleasure to read and post on the site.

[quote user="PaulT"][quote user="pachapapa"]Word not found in the Dictionary and Encyclopedia. Did you mean: worrisome worrisomely yours, malcolm. P.S. the arab spring matures to a bradford spring.[:D] [/quote] If you wish to be pedantic then your definition of galvanisation as placing a layer of zinc on to corrugated iron is only part of the story as flat sheet and components can and are galvanised! [/quote]  The example was not unique and exclusive; a galvanic cell works fine with Sn , Cu, Ag, etc.

Word not found in the Dictionary and Encyclopedia. Did you mean: worrisome worrisomely yours, malcolm. P.S. the arab spring matures to a bradford spring.[:D]

[:D] http://twitter.com/#!/ishfaqfarooq/status/185542409285939200/photo/1

Galloway galvanises the muslim vote. Well done George. Edit: galvanise may be considered to be pretentious and silly but the word does not only mean to place a layer of zinc on corrugated iron in order to stop it rusting; in the context of muslims resident in Bradford it means to get muslims of their backsides and get them collectively down to the polling stations, particularly in wards ( not a room in a hospital, but a portion of a constituency ) with a predominantly muslim population.

[quote user="AnOther"][quote user="pachapapa"]Triumvirate is neither pretentious, silly nor obscure but a well known word in even moderately cultured circles.[/quote] It's just part of the talking in technobabble and riddles 'gift' you seem to enjoy but let's put triumvirate to the test shall we ? Any forum member who has ever in their life used the word 'triumvirate' in any context please respond with A If  you knew what triumvirate meant - without looking it up on Google - please respond with B If you had to look it up respond with C [/quote] A!  Used in latin lessons at prep school, around 1949 - 1950.[:P]

Sorry folks been busy on the UKash thread.[:)] But here it is the 6 new HD channels for TNT announced by the CSA. - Chérie HD (Groupe NRJ) -­ L’Equipe HD (Groupe Amaury) -­ HD1 (Groupe TF1) -­ RMC Découverte (Groupe NextRadioTV) ­- TVous La Diversité (Société Diversité TV France) ­- 6 Ter (Groupe M6) http://www.csa.fr/Espace-Presse/Communiques-de-presse/Selection-de-six-nouvelles-chaines-en-haute-definition-pour-la-TNT http://twitter.com/#!/csaudiovisuel

[quote user="HoneySuckleDreams"][/quote] Your post shows an untitled bitmap. The only way I can view it is to open the "quote" function. I have made a copy of the untitled image on my "Bureau". So if you do genuinely have problems I would be pleased to upload it to flickr and repost it as a separate thread. I await your instructions.

[quote user="AnOther"]Can you not write in plain English, your use of obscure vocabulary just makes you look pretentious and silly. [/quote] Triumvirate is neither pretentious, silly nor obscure but a well known word in even moderately cultured circles. The other words in the post appear to be what you might call plain english, so deserve no comment. Personally I find plain english rather dull and boring, when such a rich and varied semantic inheritance is freely available. In the context of the thread which shows little sign of returning even remotely to the original point; the use of the word "triumvirate" conveyed exactly the sense and thrust intended by the writer. A fortuitous and inspired gift.

[quote user="Salty Sam"] [quote user="pachapapa"] A complete novelty to me. The punctuation is definitely not grammar or public school standard. Accentuates clearly the literary danger of the "working classes" meddling with Thesauruses/Thesaurusi.[/quote] [quote user="cooperlola"]How patronising it is possible for you to be? Sorry, mods - feel free to delete this post if you wish.  I do my best, every day, to stick to the forum etiquette and avoid personal insult, but really!  Grrr.  Let us each, as individuals, weigh the various merits of your, AnO, and others' posts and make our own judgements.  For myself, I at least know what he means whereas I don't have a clue what you're talking about around 70% of the time[:-))].  If we are easily swayed ignorami, that is our tough luck.  No need to be so *ffing insulting, C3PO.  Sorry, I forgot, you just can't help it. [/quote] [quote user="Quillan"]Well lets face it normally it is your good self that kicks the ball off then interject with the odd comment carefully worked out to antagonise somebody. My guess is you just like to go fishing and see who bites. That coupled with your extensive use of a thesaurus makes it all a bit of a shame really because you do have some good posts from time to time, The problem is that a lot of people just skim over them to the next post because your are so boring and some can't work out what on earth your talking about. As to "hot air" in this case I think there is only two people in this thread who disagree (some like myself are just not bothered) with you but then that's their right and they don't deserve to be ridiculed just because they do. [:)][/quote] The above posts from cooperlola & Quillan say it all. In this day and age if you still believe a class system exists, then you are truly demonstrating just how ignorant you really are! [/quote] Yes! I do believe a class system exists; the recent report on the rioting last year in London amply confirm my belief. So I seem to have some qualified support, in my ignorance. As the Mr Logik anecdote is a novelty to me, I am unaware of the author, nevertheless from your virulent reaction I presume that I have somehow taken in vain one of the favourite authors of the triumvirate + one female.[:D] 

Ma carte est grise!

IMF have stated that immunity includes official IMF acts & business. The Supreme Court of Bronx County will decide on the tenor & nature of the "perv's" business. IMHO "perv" was on an official recruiting mission for the IMF Christmas Party.

[quote user="HoneySuckleDreams"] [quote user="pachapapa"] Does Mr Logik also use a thesorus? [/quote] *logic* I use AVG as it seems to be the best one I have had found. However, I think it's impossible to find any AV software that is totally infallible. I also use Malwarebytes as a back up scanner. A diversion - An example of Mr Logic logic Armed Robber: No nonsense. Just give me all your money. Mr Logic: I shall commence by pointing out to you that my demeanour is not one which could be described as nonsensical. Consequently I can attest you have no cause to reprimand me on your first point. On to your second point: Bearing in mind the potentially lethal situation in which I find myself, to wit: your presence in conjunction with the presumably loaded firearm which is presently levelled at my cranium, I will comply with your request comprehensively, albeit reluctantly. Here, twenty-seven pence. Armed Robber: Twenty-seven pence? Fuck off. There's more than that in the till. Mr Logic: Indeed, undoubtedly so. However your request was for *my* money. The currency in the till belongs to a third party and is therefore not "my money" However, if you are still desirous of said money I would suggest that you re-phrase your original statement to recognise and incorporate this important distinction.   [/quote] A complete novelty to me. The punctuation is definitely not grammar or public school standard. Accentuates clearly the literary danger of the "working classes" meddling with Thesauruses/Thesaurusi.

My anxieties are much diminished to see on Soir 3 last night the news that the European Community is now fighting nasties like UKash. Report starts at 18:25 on the time bar below the video. http://www.pluzz.fr/soir-3-2012-03-28-22h30.html

Talk of the "tabac" in Parthenay this morning. http://www.relay.com/Covers/BigPopup/33845.jpg?r=2586977

Free Mobile announce in their mobile subscriber area that the early evening saturation problem causing outages will be resolved within a fortnight. 15 days for linguafrancophilics. Q the word is made up by me and not gleaned from a Thesaurus, nevertheless I assign all intellectual rights to you & yours.[:-))] http://www.challenges.fr/high-tech/20120327.CHA4707/free-mobile-se-donne-15-jours-pour-regler-certains-problemes.html Enjoy the sunshine linguafrancophilics!

[quote user="Balham"]I had a look in settings, there's nothing there. [/quote] Oh Yes there is.. Click on Balham, two tabs to the left of settings, then scroll down a lot to site settings, then activate the mouse over Radio Button, then scroll down to the bottom and click on the Save Changes button. Then wait 10 minutes for the kettle to boil.[:P]

[quote user="Russethouse"] Did you tick 'Enable Post Mouse-Over Popup ' in your settings ?   [/quote]  It may take up to 10 minutes for changes to take effect. No it didn't..it happened immediately.[:D]

For the impecunious non technicals. RNT as it is called in french is advocated by the small operators, particularly in large conurbations. The big boys dont want the competition of the small fry and are against it. Sarko and the UMP support the large radio stations so no rapid change can be expected. However if Hollande wins the Presidential election and obtains a PS majority in the Congress then the SIRTI members may get better treatment. Below a recent link in french, but not very difficult french: http://www.telesatellite.com/actu/tp.asp?tp=41501

Dont be a skinflint! Shell out € 3,50 and get ahead of the crowd. http://www.satellifax.com/article/94228/buy Or for the impecunious wait for the juge de référés in the SIRTI action.  

Proxénétisme en bande organisée is the subject of the mis en examen. Maximum 20 years and fine of € 300,000. Article 225-8 Modifié par Loi 2003-239 2003-03-18 art. 50 1° JORF 19 mars 2003 Le proxénétisme prévu à l'article 225-7 est puni de vingt ans de réclusion criminelle et de 3000000 euros d'amende lorsqu'il est commis en bande organisée.

[quote user="HoneySuckleDreams"]   Please tell me what the chuff that means?   [/quote] http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006165301&cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070719&dateTexte=vig [:D]

The Pre Release Version works fine for me on an XP Netbook. Security Essentials Version: 4.0.1512.0 Antimalware Client Version: 4.0.1512.0 Engine Version: 1.1.8101.0

I recommend that the forum software is programmed such that a double post is impossible. For other myself and other persons with incipient dementia who can easily forget that they have already posted, after being distracted by the TV news. Indeed the introduction of quizzes on the forum would help to keep minds active.