on 2013-10-06 22:50 David Mann wrote
On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:07 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
Been a word for something like two decades, at least in geek communities.
I've known it in that context for a while too, but I haven't found it in any of
our dictionaries. Our Shorter Oxford
LOL. This is one of the funniest things I have read in a long time.
Too bad it is too long for a MARK!
Marnie aka Doe :-)
In a message dated 10/2/2013 4:07:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
s...@stans-photography.info writes:
Tarnation is an oxidization process that affects fine silver. The
Egad, administrivia is really a word???
Marnie aka Doe ;-) Although, when you think about it, it's a very apt word.
In a message dated 10/2/2013 4:14:21 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
godd...@me.com writes:
administrivia: becoming common shorthand for administrative trivia,
trans.:
here's a
LOL. Okay, another one.
MARK!
Marnie aka Doe :-) These are much better than puns, guys. But not sure
what to call them, made-up definitions?
In a message dated 10/2/2013 4:26:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
bruce.wal...@gmail.com writes:
Portmanteaux is a syndrome suffered by fellows
On 6 Oct 2013, at 08:56, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
LOL. Okay, another one.
MARK!
Marnie aka Doe :-) These are much better than puns, guys. But not sure
what to call them, made-up definitions?
Funny you should ask that, because the correct name for such a word is an
'akado'. The
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Egad, administrivia is really a word???
Been a word for something like two decades, at least in geek communities.
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On 10/6/2013 03:56, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
LOL. Okay, another one.
MARK!
Marnie aka Doe :-) These are much better than puns, guys.
As good as, anyway
Remember this is the Puns Daily Make (us) Laugh list!
ann
But not sure
what to call them, made-up definitions?
In a message dated
Uh huh. Sorry, Bob, you don't get a mark. I mean you've ALWAYS made things
up. Definitions/tall tales. Which by the way, in old English that was
defined as being long-nosed lier. Optional adjective, wooden. Which, BTW,
derives from the word, lyre. Due to the fact it was struck with a
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eactiv...@aol.com
Uh huh. Sorry, Bob, you don't get a mark. I mean you've
ALWAYS made things up. Definitions/tall tales. Which by the
way, in old English that was defined as being long-nosed
lier. Optional adjective, wooden.
Okay, that's a good one. LOL.
BTW, I wasn't even trying to out piss-artist you. No way, on either side
of the pond, could I succeed.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
In a message dated 10/6/2013 7:47:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
p...@web-options.com writes:
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net]
On Oct 7, 2013, at 2:07 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Egad, administrivia is really a word???
Been a word for something like two decades, at least in geek communities.
I've known it in that context for a while too, but I haven't
On Fri, Oct 04, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 09:03:01AM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Hmmm how did this get from my riff on the Steinberg New Yorker Cover
regarding Cotty once living in California (after someone joked about
his Britness)to a serious discussion of the Hudson
On Sat, Oct 05, 2013 at 07:48:29AM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Fri, Oct 04, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 09:03:01AM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Hmmm how did this get from my riff on the Steinberg New Yorker Cover
regarding Cotty once living in California (after
Hmmm how did this get from my riff on the Steinberg New Yorker Cover
regarding Cotty once living in California (after someone joked about his
Britness)to a serious discussion of the Hudson River? I had hoped I had
released a jolly play-on-words thread.
Oh well
ann
On 10/3/2013 22:43, P.J.
On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 09:03:01AM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Hmmm how did this get from my riff on the Steinberg New Yorker Cover
regarding Cotty once living in California (after someone joked about
his Britness)to a serious discussion of the Hudson River? I had
hoped I had released a jolly
On 3 Oct 2013, at 05:49, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 2/10/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
I get that when my crappy ipad decides to send something as html.
Hmm. My email app on my Macbook is set to text only.
So is mine, but every now and then when I paste a
On 3 Oct 2013, at 05:50, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 2/10/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed:
Cotty lived for a bit on this side of the big pond - somewhat west of
the Hudson river I believe :-)
There's a river named after Rock Hudson? Cool. ;-)
It flows both
On 3/10/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
So is mine, but every now and then when I paste a link it decides that
it knows better.
Aha
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on 2013-10-02 16:54 Bruce Walker wrote
Cotty, email list handling software traditionally accepts meta
commands within submitted messages to do things like subscribe,
unsubscribe, list the subscribers, etc. They are usually only
interpreted immediately following a newline. This list has had these
What it probably means is that you inadvertently included something
other than plain text.
On 10/2/2013 4:42 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed pending review
by Doug - and that my post may contain 'administriva'.
Can someone please tell me
I think Rock pretty much flowed one way, he was just a very good actor.
On 10/3/2013 3:35 AM, Bob W wrote:
On 3 Oct 2013, at 05:50, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 2/10/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed:
Cotty lived for a bit on this side of the big pond - somewhat
On 10/3/2013 3:35 AM, Bob W wrote:
On 3 Oct 2013, at 05:50, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 2/10/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed:
Cotty lived for a bit on this side of the big pond - somewhat west of
the Hudson river I believe :-)
There's a river named after Rock
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:03:12PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On 10/3/2013 3:35 AM, Bob W wrote:
On 3 Oct 2013, at 05:50, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 2/10/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed:
Cotty lived for a bit on this side of the big pond - somewhat
on 2013-10-03 13:11 Larry Colen wrote
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:03:12PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I don't think the Hudson River flows south either.
Although, depending on the tides, it probably flows both directions
right at the opening.
not just the opening — in flood tide, it flows
On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:27 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2013-10-03 13:11 Larry Colen wrote
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:03:12PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I don't think the Hudson River flows south either.
Although, depending on the tides, it probably flows both directions
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:35:24PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:27 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2013-10-03 13:11 Larry Colen wrote
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:03:12PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I don't think the Hudson River flows south
On 10/3/2013 4:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:35:24PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:27 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2013-10-03 13:11 Larry Colen wrote
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:03:12PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I don't
on 2013-10-03 14:43 Larry Colen wrote
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:35:24PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:27 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2013-10-03 13:11 Larry Colen wrote
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:03:12PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I don't think
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 03:23:12PM -0600, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-10-03 14:43 Larry Colen wrote
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:35:24PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:27 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2013-10-03 13:11 Larry Colen wrote
On Thu, Oct 03,
On 3 Oct 2013, at 20:35, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote:
On Oct 3, 2013, at 12:27 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
on 2013-10-03 13:11 Larry Colen wrote
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 12:03:12PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I don't think the Hudson River flows south either.
on 2013-10-03 15:40 Larry Colen wrote
I wonder what the elevation of the river is 140 miles upstream.
mean elevation of Hudson River at Albany is 2 feet above sea level (per a
USGS site via google cache due to government shutdown)
High tides much over, what?, a meter?, are probably a bit
On 3/10/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
I wonder what the elevation of the river is 140 miles upstream.
High tides much over, what?, a meter?, are probably a bit unusual,
and tidal effects are probably mostly limited by the elevation
of the river surface, and the high tide level.
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 11:56:14PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 3/10/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
I wonder what the elevation of the river is 140 miles upstream.
High tides much over, what?, a meter?, are probably a bit unusual,
and tidal effects are probably mostly
The Hudson River is geologically considered to be a fiord so it's pretty
close to sea level. The Connecticut River which geographically isn't a
fiord is tidal to about 30 miles inland.
On 10/3/2013 5:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 03:23:12PM -0600, steve harley wrote:
on
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed pending review
by Doug - and that my post may contain 'administriva'.
Can someone please tell me what in tarnation is this?
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Cheers,
Cotty
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Steve Cottrell wrote:
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed pending review
by Doug - and that my post may contain 'administriva'.
Can someone please tell me what in tarnation is this?
I need an adequate definition of tarnation first.
(Seriously, I've always wondered what
On 10/2/2013 3:42 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed pending review
by Doug - and that my post may contain 'administriva'.
Can someone please tell me what in tarnation is this?
My guess is that it's a portmanteau of administrative and trivia.
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
I need an adequate definition of tarnation first.
There you go: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarnation
Also, according to my English-Hungarian dictionary it's an
americanism. Why would a fine English
On 10/2/2013 16:49, Mark Roberts wrote:
Steve Cottrell wrote:
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed pending review
by Doug - and that my post may contain 'administriva'.
Can someone please tell me what in tarnation is this?
I need an adequate definition of tarnation
Well, according to your like, James Joyce used it. I hear he was
passably literate, and certainly not American.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Mark Roberts
On 2 Oct 2013, at 21:49, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Steve Cottrell wrote:
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed pending review
by Doug - and that my post may contain 'administriva'.
Can someone please tell me what in tarnation is this?
I need an
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 12:11 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, according to your like, James Joyce used it. I hear he was
passably literate, and certainly not American.
I stand corrected. I knew I can't trust this thing too much.
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On 2 Oct 2013, at 21:42, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed pending review
by Doug - and that my post may contain 'administriva'.
Can someone please tell me what in tarnation is this?
I get that when my crappy ipad decides
Cotty lived for a bit on this side of the big pond - somewhat west of
the Hudson river I believe :-)
ann
On 10/2/2013 17:04, Attila Boros wrote:
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
I need an adequate definition of tarnation first.
There you go:
Cotty, email list handling software traditionally accepts meta
commands within submitted messages to do things like subscribe,
unsubscribe, list the subscribers, etc. They are usually only
interpreted immediately following a newline. This list has had these
meta commands disabled AFAICT, but if
Tarnation is an oxidization process that affects fine silver. The effete elite
would probably rather speak of patination, not realizing that patination is not
the acquisition of a patina, but rather the process of acquiring a patent.
stan
On Oct 2, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Steve
On Oct 2, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Steve Cottrell wrote:
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed pending review
by Doug - and that my post may contain 'administriva'.
Can someone please tell me what in tarnation is this?
I need
On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 04:13:16PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 2, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Steve Cottrell wrote:
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed pending review
by Doug - and that my post may contain
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 04:13:16PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 2, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Steve Cottrell wrote:
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed
On 10/2/13 6:54 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Cotty, email list handling software traditionally accepts meta
commands within submitted messages to do things like subscribe,
unsubscribe, list the subscribers, etc. They are usually only
interpreted immediately following a newline. This list has had
nonono - thats not right, stan!
It's a bird sanctuary for sea birds - TARN NATION
ann
On 10/2/2013 19:06, Stan Halpin wrote:
Tarnation is an oxidization process that affects fine silver. The effete elite
would probably rather speak of patination, not realizing that patination is not
the
Tarnish is something like a tarn
ann
On 10/2/2013 19:13, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 2, 2013, at 1:49 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Steve Cottrell wrote:
Had an email back from the list saying my post is delayed pending review
by Doug - and that my post may contain
On 10/2/2013 20:11, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
nonono - thats not right, stan!
It's a bird sanctuary for sea birds - TARN NATION
ann
p.s.
um - tarn being a varient spelling of tern, of course :-)
On 10/2/2013 19:06, Stan Halpin wrote:
Tarnation is an oxidization process that affects fine
On 2/10/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:
I get that when my crappy ipad decides to send something as html.
Hmm. My email app on my Macbook is set to text only.
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Cheers,
Cotty
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On 2/10/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed:
Cotty lived for a bit on this side of the big pond - somewhat west of
the Hudson river I believe :-)
There's a river named after Rock Hudson? Cool. ;-)
--
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__Broadcast, Corporate,
|| (O) |Web Video
On 2/10/13, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed:
Your best bet is to completely reword your message and try it again. :-)
Got it. thanks!
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Cheers,
Cotty
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On 2/10/13, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed:
Unfortunately for Cotty (and for John in another thread), I had not yet
switched the forward to my new email address, so the message in question
has gone to the bit bucket in the sky where I can neither approve or
decline. Sorry about that,
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