OT: Still cracks me up

John Woodgate · Mar 12, 2005

I read in sci.electronics.design that Chuck Harris <cf-NO-SPAM-
harris@erols.com> wrote (in <ApKdnZMRzb07wK7fRVn-uA@rcn.net&gt

about 'OT:
Still cracks me up', on Sat, 12 Mar 2005:

Even accounting for the hops over the pond, you had all of these
postings infront of you when you made your posting.

I do not lie.
Especially about something as footling as this.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
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Clarence_A · Mar 12, 2005

"John Woodgate" <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote in message
news:CVYFz9FHb2MCFwTw@jmwa.demon.co.uk...

I read in sci.electronics.design that Chuck Harris <cf-NO-SPAM-
harris@erols.com> wrote (in <ApKdnZMRzb07wK7fRVn-uA@rcn.net&gt
about 'OT:
Still cracks me up', on Sat, 12 Mar 2005:
Even accounting for the hops over the pond, you had all of
these
postings infront of you when you made your posting.

I do not lie.
Especially about something as footling as this.

But you do get really irritating!

Rich Grise · Mar 13, 2005

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:25:57 +0000, Clarence_A wrote:

"John Woodgate" <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote in message
news:CVYFz9FHb2MCFwTw@jmwa.demon.co.uk...
I read in sci.electronics.design that Chuck Harris <cf-NO-SPAM-
harris@erols.com> wrote (in <ApKdnZMRzb07wK7fRVn-uA@rcn.net&gt
about 'OT:
Still cracks me up', on Sat, 12 Mar 2005:
Even accounting for the hops over the pond, you had all of
these
postings infront of you when you made your posting.

I do not lie.
Especially about something as footling as this.

But you do get really irritating!

Irritating is as irritating does.

Cheers!
Rich

Chuck Harris · Mar 13, 2005

I am sorry John,

I do not think you are lying. Not at all, I am just stating
what I know. I usually check the responses to an unsettling
article before I post, but as I say, *usually*.

My only intended response to your post was a short quip.
This has gone far beyond what it is worth.

See you around the pike,

-Chuck

John Woodgate wrote:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Chuck Harris <cf-NO-SPAM-
harris@erols.com> wrote (in <ApKdnZMRzb07wK7fRVn-uA@rcn.net&gt about 'OT:
Still cracks me up', on Sat, 12 Mar 2005:

Even accounting for the hops over the pond, you had all of these
postings infront of you when you made your posting.

I do not lie.
Especially about something as footling as this.

Chuck Harris · Mar 13, 2005

Winfield Hill wrote:

Chuck Harris wrote...

It is impossible to retract anything you post on the usenet. The best
you can do is post a note acknowledging,or correcting the misinformation.
I did that.

No, most of the better news-posting clients let you cancel your post.
If done right away, before here are any replies, the cancel winds its
way through the world of servers and removes the post before it does
much damage. I've cancelled posts a few times when I made a horrible
mistake and realized it soon enough. The cancel seemed to work fine.
BTW, Google lets the original poster cancel a post stored in their
archive, even weeks (and months or years?) later, IIRC.

Hi Win,

You can try, but cancelling a post is purely at the discression
of the receiving news hosts. I have tried cancelling posts, I thought
better of, within seconds of posting, and found they made it all over the
world. And to add insult to injury, Google will never cancel, and nor will
most. I have found things I have cancelled in Google. So, as I said, you
cannot take back anything you post on usenet. The best you can do is post
a retraction, or an acknowledgement of your mistake.

One of the advantages of posting discussions on binary newsgroups, is they
are rarely archived.

-Chuck

Noah Little · Mar 13, 2005

Chuck Harris wrote to another John:

I made the original posting at 6:12pm (EST),
Jim Thompson corrected me at 6:53pm (EST),
I made a correction posting at 9:57pm (EST),

and

you responded to my original note at 1:40am (EST).

Even accounting for the hops over the pond, you had all of these
postings infront of you when you made your posting.

Sorry, Chuck, but if you knew as much about Usenet as you purport to,
you would also know that having specific knowledge of what John had in
front of him was impossible.

But more to the point, it was your taking exception to something quite
trivial that precipitated this whole silly exchange. Now, tell the
group you're sorry, and go and sin no more.

--
Noah, Usenet admin since the '80s

Clarence_A · Mar 13, 2005

"Rich Grise" wrote

Clarence_A wrote:

<snip>

I do not lie.
Especially about something as footling as this.

But you do get really irritating!

Irritating is as irritating does.
Cheers!
Rich

Word from the master.....

&gt

Blair P. Houghton · Mar 13, 2005

Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:01:17 GMT, Blair P. Houghton <b@p.h> wrote:

Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:
No. This was just a light lunch ;-) "N" had a flank steak "salad",
and I decided to go peasant food and had chicken and sausage; and a
bottle-and-a-half of Col di Sasso. Then an Italian ice with assorted
berries and Espresso.

So you tipped $80?

"Chris must be kissing your ass
better than mine."

P.S. BTW, the C-S Fricasee is one of my favorite entrees
in the world. But the sausage isn't quite as good as it
was 5 years ago.

It's just been changed. Monday's was much better than last time.
Looks like they've changed chefs... the whole menu has been revised.

Tommy's been fucking with that menu for as long as he's been in the
business. The chef's the same, he's trying to keep the place fresh.

--Blair
"Wish they'd bring back the Bravo
Tomaso..."

Blair P. Houghton · Mar 13, 2005

Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:04:30 GMT, Blair P. Houghton <b@p.h> wrote:

Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:
The Burger King a few blocks from here went belly-up. <CHEER> <CHEER

The building now houses Eddie Chan's Bistro... nice pot-stickers and
spring rolls!

Tried Mr. Chaos yet? Less faintsy, but a bit more tastier.

"Maybe tomorrow."

I don't know that one. Where is it? (I wouldn't call Eddie Chan's
"fancy"... sorta mundane setting)

For what's basically a neighborhood chinese restaurant,
EC is tarted up.

Mr. Chaos (aka Mr. Chao's Asian Bistro) is in that little
strip-mall just West of the Sonic on Chandler, near the
restaurant box that can't keep a tenant (now fixing to try
to put an iteration of Havana Cafe' out of business).

I ignored it for a couple of years, but finally tried it last
week, and it was very good. At least the things I got were
very good. It's hard to impress with brown rice, though, and
they did. It was brown rice, not fried rice. Very nice. And
the shrimp dish was light, tasty, and perfectly cooked.

--Blair
"Looking forward to fried plantain, though."

John Fields · Mar 13, 2005

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:44:35 GMT, Blair P. Houghton <b@p.h> wrote:

"Looking forward to fried plantain, though."

---
Platanos maduros? Very close to the essence of life. That and Yuca
frita.

--
John Fields

Jim Thompson · Mar 14, 2005

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:43:48 GMT, Blair P. Houghton <b@p.h> wrote:

Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:01:17 GMT, Blair P. Houghton <b@p.h> wrote:

Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:
No. This was just a light lunch ;-) "N" had a flank steak "salad",
and I decided to go peasant food and had chicken and sausage; and a
bottle-and-a-half of Col di Sasso. Then an Italian ice with assorted
berries and Espresso.

So you tipped $80?

"Chris must be kissing your ass
better than mine."

P.S. BTW, the C-S Fricasee is one of my favorite entrees
in the world. But the sausage isn't quite as good as it
was 5 years ago.

It's just been changed. Monday's was much better than last time.
Looks like they've changed chefs... the whole menu has been revised.

Tommy's been fucking with that menu for as long as he's been in the
business. The chef's the same, he's trying to keep the place fresh.

--Blair
"Wish they'd bring back the Bravo
Tomaso..."

480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax

Blair P. Houghton · Mar 15, 2005

Jim Thompson <thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:43:48 GMT, Blair P. Houghton <b@p.h> wrote:

It's just been changed. Monday's was much better than last time.
Looks like they've changed chefs... the whole menu has been revised.

Tommy's been fucking with that menu for as long as he's been in the
business. The chef's the same, he's trying to keep the place fresh.

The people behind the counter in the kitchen were different faces when
I was there last.

If he's changed chefs, it's since the menu change, because I've seen
the chef since then.

The other guys in the kitchen are bit-players.

--Blair
"Parmesan basket folders."

Michael · Mar 9, 2005

Jim Thompson wrote:

Had my usual $120 lunch at one of my favorite Italian places (Tomaso's
for those of you living in the Valley).

After all these years I still crack up when I see this picture in the
hallway leading to the restrooms....

http://www.analog-innovations.com/Musings/LorenMansfield.JPG

...Jim Thompson

"They look real nice tonight. Er ... YOU look real nice.
Waiter? ... I'd like a side order of asparagus tits."

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