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The Lounge / Re: When Things Go Wrong
Today I was flooded (a bit) by sewage. Got to call the pipe guys to handle it.
The work is still undertaken, and no running water yet.
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Forum Administration / Re: Addressing users...
Quote from: mjmsprt40 on
Using real names?? Facebook seems to require it...
I've handled it:) Though lost something minor... :left:

Quote from: mjmsprt40 on
Look, here on a forum you're not speaking like you would face to face anyway. So, how hard can it be to copy and paste a username if you want to refer to that person?
At least I would like to have the initial letter capitalised.

Quote from: jax on
Some might prefer to capitalise mjmsprt40, in other words Mjmsprt40, since it is a custom in English that names have an initial capital letter.
Exactly!

Quote from: Macallan on
For all practical purposes my name here is Macallan...
That'll perfectly go!..

Quote from: Macallan on
It's not the name that appears on my passport but how in Cthulhu's name would that even be relevant?
:yes:

Quote from: Macallan on
People here are free to choose pretty much any nickname they want, and as far as I'm concerned these should be treated as their names.
Well, what if such "names" will occur weird that way?
(C3PO at least had its name entirely capitalised;)
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DnD Central / Re: Tripe about Ukraine
Quote from: jax on
As officer guy said on the above video "[Afghanistan] has been important for the Alliance for more than 10 years now, but it is coming to an end and NATO has challenges in the near area."
Not exactly that (in the "omission").
It is "[focusing on Afghanistan] has been important" what he said, because "which" (among others) can "placehold" not only for a noun-word or noun phrase, but also for an entire preceding clause's "summary" meaning.
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DnD Central / Re: Is this interesting enough?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2611967/At-Im-alive-BBC-presenter-tells-left-coma-like-state-drugged-Ketamine-beaten-gang-nightmare-ten-hour-ordeal-holiday-Costa-del-Sol.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss
Quote from: Mail
Alan Tait, who presents The Golf Show on BBC Radio Scotland, was on a three-day golfing holiday in Spain when a gang spiked his drink with horse tranquiliser ketamine, robbed him and left him for dead last Friday night...

Quote from: Alan Tait
At least I'm alive
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DnD Central / Geography (and Radio)
The 'radio' poll is here. If they delete that thread altogether, I'll start another one.

THIS thread will be about geography in general and its applications (including radio broadcasting issues).

RJ, I'm really can't fully, consciously apprehend the tininess of your Isle - I mean in comparison with, you know, Russia, huh?
Tuning in Sunshine 855 and having looked up where Ludlow is actuallyhttp://www.maphill.com/united-kingdom/england/west-midlands/shropshire-county/maps/physical-map/, I've also come across the Wiki article's lead about the place -- and what do you think I've got to realise?
Quote from: Wikipedia
...situated ...28 miles (45 km) south of Shrewsbury and 22 miles (35 km) north of Hereford.
, the two mentioned cities being the adm.centres of however neighbouring but still different counties, let alone the Wales thing. Another (the other) station of this net is situated in Hereford! So I tended to conclude they don't even need any powerful transmitters! :eyes:  Or if they use such, "vast" parts of Herefordshire can easily receive broadcast from both stations! And I've heard a - promo? - here that this Ludlow station broadcasts to quite a signifant area - considering the administrative geography.
So, this I understand (still not consciously enough) your concerns about Britain's possible overpopulation: you say "70 million"?
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Forum Administration / Re: Addressing users...
Do you remember RJ's trials to call Michael by his 'nickname' on MyOpera?:)
It was maybe funny, maybe not, but the problem is that such 'codes' sometimes don't even resemble people's names. Perhaps chemical formulas? Parts of some URLs? I've no idea. Especially when a person doesn't want me to capitalise the initial letter. It's like not a person at all, you see. If it stays only one such person, I'll reluctantly be trying not to respond them at all in the situation.
But... :).
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Forum Administration / Addressing users...
Americans!..

O'k, some of us people have names, others - I don't know... :left:

What is the name?
Is it something somebody else gave us? somebody else call us with? Or is it something that fits our true personality (or maybe we're just pleased to think so)?

Why's the thread? To consult you, guys -- how the heck should we address each other in our replies?
I mean what? We here are a group of intergalactic survivors who escaped from a dying planet.
On that planet we had our profiles, many of us showed their names... And you know what? Myself personally am used to feeling that addressing people by their names (not "asf3er-1275"s) is polite and a good form and better that addressing them by the local service's ID abracadabras.
But you know what? Some of us (I suppose they are Americans, obsessed and deluded by their idea of "privacy") seem to not want me (or/and maybe others as well) to remember their names - which were public on their "About" pages on MyOpera. (Myself personally, considering this site our old community's continuation, am not quite getting used to some alleged idea of certain actual alienation from each other here yet.)
Myself personally am not feeling very comfortable with the idea to call some people using their "codenames", moreover not capitalising the initial letter. It'll feel like they would be animals of inanimated objects!??? So...
What's my idea? Let us agree that such people could be asked to choose a yet another name to call them in replies, huh?
I mean an alias.:) (For example, there's somebody here whom I've chosen to call according to the animal portrayed in his avatar:D) My name is the name, although I can't bet you could find me by that in official documents or something. I chose the name to appear more personalised - especially on the Web (though in the international, English-speaking part of the Internet there are more Joshes than, say, sergeys; but I'm also using the name offline, so it's my real name), but if you're experiencing difficulties calling me "Josh", you'll be allowed to call me a cactus (or "Cactus"), for I already have such an avatar on Facebook and feel comfortable with it.:)

So - if you don't mind --- what'll be your alias?:)
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The Lounge / Re: What's your spring? :)
Brian, I don't answer to non-language comments, sometimes even don't read them.
Mandi, good morning! I'm glad we've come to terms.
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The Lounge / Re: Radio Geography
Quote from: j7n on
Absolute Radio still exists at 1215 kHz. But the new Russian station "Вести FM" apparently is given more money and no longer shuts down its transmitter in Kaliningrad at night. It also operates at 1215.
Will you consider sending a Tomahawk to still shut it?:rolleyes:

Quote from: j7n on
BBC_Hour_Raw_1_Naples.mp3
Now I can set my clock at any moment! :lol: ;)

Quote from: j7n on
Last year a local FM radio station was apparently relaunched in my city. They used similar jingles and music style from more than a decade ago. I e-mailed them asking if the sound clips could be published for download. I received no reply. The management was probably outraged about such a shameless infringement of their precious copyrights.
Dude, :). I appreciate your shyness;) but you know what? Even if they had the staff and time to read your message, and then get "outraged":lol:
Don't be shy, spit on their graves, ;)?
Quote from: j7n on
I mentioned RTÉ1 at 252 kHz above.
What's RTE?
Sorry for the question:) I'm getting lazy here on the DnD. :D
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The Lounge / Re: What's your spring? :)
Quote from: j7n on
JoshL might be planning to become a British citizen. He's listening to Scottish radio and studying Scottish maps.
:)
Yes, judging by their playlists and all, they must be swell pals there in the country!:yey: I wonder if RJHowie might be considered an example?:rolleyes:

On topic?
Well, I've already made some contribution. As I said then, this spring appears - say - abnormal!:wow: Our climate has never been dry! At least as far as I can recollect.
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The Lounge / Re: What's your spring? :)
Brian, as a dedicated Anglomaniac, I can't forgive Brits when they rape the language, don't you?
According to Britain's national research, today is the day when it's happening: the Brits are getting less literate in English than foreigners who learn English abroad.
We may lack lexicon, or be unaware of modern idioms, but we succeed in apprehending the spirit of the language of the Great. I am a linguist - I studied the language not only to "speaka any", but as a major part of the curriculum to UNDERSTAND it in its entirety -- and - would you believe? - to teach it.
Now I'm trying. And you know what? I feel like I'm succeeding more - not with Brits, with other guys like myself.
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The Lounge / Re: What's your spring? :)
Quote from: Mandi on
English is my first language...
According to linguistics, your "first language" is descriptive, which means it follows the speakers.
Thus, am I expected to believe that ignoring proper spelling (including the proper placement of the apostrophe) and punctuation (including capitalisation) is destined to become the language norm?
Quote from: Mandi on
...while you are still learning.
Well, should I we learn all the "innovations" abound amongst the "native speakers"?
Shall we forget that "it" has its own personal possessive form? Shall we address people "@Mandi - ..." instead of "Mandi, ..."? Shall we forget the spelling difference between a noun's possessive and its plural? Shall we? (I hear you, Brian!)