Why does this group have such long threads?

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Zipadee Doodar said:

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Probably because the weather is so bad that they can't get on their
bikes!

When all else fails blame the Government.

--
A T (Sandy) Morton
on the Bicycle Island
In the Global Village
http://www.millport.net

On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 21:51:17 GMT, "Zipadee Doodar"
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

You ain't never been in the Shed, have you?

It is the ambition of all true Sheddi to converge all conversation in
the Shed to a single immortal thread.

Guy
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May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 22:57:53 +0100, Sandy Morton <[email hidden]>

wrote in message : said:

Probably because the weather is so bad that they can't get on their
bikes!

Heh! But no, because when riding one's bike it is Dark and Wet, thus
spoiling the pleasure a bit. This based on today's ride home :-)

Guy
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May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]>typed

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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 21:51:17 GMT, "Zipadee Doodar"
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

You ain't never been in the Shed, have you?

Quoted message said:

It is the ambition of all true Sheddi to converge all conversation in
the Shed to a single immortal thread.

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Guy

I don't think you were in the Shed for 'Britain is Best'... ;-)

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

In news:[email hidden],
Zipadee Doodar <[email hidden]> typed:

Quoted message said:

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Because we all get into discussions.

A

In article <[email hidden]>, "Just zis

Guy said:

You ain't never been in the Shed, have you?

Quoted message said:

It is the ambition of all true Sheddi to converge all conversation
in the Shed to a single immortal thread.

Quoted message said:

Guy -- May contain traces of irony.

Your postings are normally a load of [censored] - similar to this one.

I have endeavoured to assist many members of this ng with practical
problems and assistance. I will now unsubscribe - I have better
things to do with my time.

Take care - don't be good.

--
A T (Sandy) Morton
on the Bicycle Island
In the Global Village
http://www.millport.net

Sandy Morton <[email hidden]>typed

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In article <[email hidden]>, "Just zis

Guy said:

You ain't never been in the Shed, have you?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It is the ambition of all true Sheddi to converge all conversation
in the Shed to a single immortal thread.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Guy -- May contain traces of irony.

Quoted message said:

Your postings are normally a load of [censored] - similar to this one.

Quoted message said:

I have endeavoured to assist many members of this ng with practical
problems and assistance. I will now unsubscribe - I have better
things to do with my time.

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Take care - don't be good.

Sandy,

I'm very sad to see you go. Your postings have been helpful and I
appreciate the effort you've put in to them.

The Shed (aka uk.rec.sheds) is a bunch of somewhat quirky individuals,
-myself included - quite a few of whom also post here. Sometimes we take
our Sheddi quirks back here. I'm sorry if this has annoyed you.

Many of Guy's postings are well-balanced but he's been working *really*
hard to stop helmet compulsion, which can wear anyone's patience and
humour thin.

I started cycling seriously on the Bicycle Island on a biology field
trip in 1975, which I'll never forget.

We'll miss you, Sandy!

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

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Well, everyone has to have their two penn'orth, then everyone has
to have their two penn'orth about everyone else's two penn'orth.

Juliette
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Sandy Morton said:

Your postings are normally a load of [censored] - similar to this one.

I have endeavoured to assist many members of this ng with practical
problems and assistance. I will now unsubscribe - I have better
things to do with my time.

Take care - don't be good.

Don't forget to pick up your toys and put them back in your pram on the
way out.

James
--
If I have seen further than others, it is
by treading on the toes of giants.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/julesandjames/home/

in message <[email hidden]>, Juliette

(') said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

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Well, everyone has to have their two penn'orth, then everyone has
to have their two penn'orth about everyone else's two penn'orth.

The marvels of compound interest!

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"Helen Deborah Vecht" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Many of Guy's postings are well-balanced

Made I laugh that did. Ta. Good to see the comedy value of this group
still intact when I pop in for a look.

On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:14:36 +0100, Sandy Morton <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "Just zis

Guy said:

You ain't never been in the Shed, have you?

Quoted message said:

It is the ambition of all true Sheddi to converge all conversation
in the Shed to a single immortal thread.

Quoted message said:

Guy -- May contain traces of irony.

Your postings are normally a load of [censored] - similar to this one.

I have endeavoured to assist many members of this ng with practical
problems and assistance. I will now unsubscribe - I have better
things to do with my time.

Take care - don't be good.

I'm confused.

Guy is a consistently constructive poster. Sandy has always been a
reasoned and reasonable poster. Guy posts an innocuous post in an
innocuous thread and Sandy posts this in response and buggers off.

Have I missed something somewhere?

This sort of thing doesn't happen in urc. Well, not often.

Not Responding said:

I'm confused.

Me too.

Because to this day the mystery of how to take off pedals still remains.

On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:14:36 +0100, Sandy Morton <[email hidden]>

wrote in message : said:

Your postings are normally a load of [censored] - similar to this one.

I wish I knew what I had done to upset you. I guess now I'll never
find out.

Guy
--
May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

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Just zis Guy, you know? <[email hidden]> typed:

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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:14:36 +0100, Sandy Morton <[email hidden]>

wrote in message : said:

Your postings are normally a load of [censored] - similar to this one.

I wish I knew what I had done to upset you. I guess now I'll never
find out.

I imagine he's just frustrated at the huge amount of traffic on this group
over the past few weeks. Leave it for a week and there'll be 2000 posts to
pile through.

A

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:14:36 +0100, Sandy Morton <[email hidden]>

wrote in message : said:

Your postings are normally a load of [censored] - similar to this one.

I wish I knew what I had done to upset you. I guess now I'll never
find out.

Guy
--

Posting a load of [censored] would be my guess from Sandy's statement :-)

Response to Ambrose Nankivell -

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I imagine he's just frustrated at the huge amount of traffic on this group
over the past few weeks. Leave it for a week and there'll be 2000 posts to
pile through.

Hoo, boy, do I know how he [hypothetically] feels. I've been mostly
doing other things over the last couple of months, and the volume of this
ng just snows you under if you get the least bit behind. The
<killthread> shortcut has been well used recently.

I *was* wondering if I should wear a h*lm*t while riding my Al-framed
Goldwing 5 miles to the station - can anyone advise? [N.B. Memo to self:
x-post to all other ngs on this server]

--
Mark, UK.
We hope to hear him swear, we love to hear him squeak,
We like to see him biting fingers in his horny beak.

Andy [email hidden] opined the following...

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Posting a load of [censored] would be my guess from Sandy's statement :-)

I think Guy is trying to establish which particular load of [censored] it was
that tipped the balance! ;-)

Jon