Post #162,600
7/2/04 2:33:16 AM
7/2/04 2:33:47 AM
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Oi, Yendor, you busy? Bill/Toyota wants a word :)
Edit: I can't type...
Edited by Meerkat
July 2, 2004, 02:33:47 AM EDT
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Post #162,629
7/2/04 10:02:12 AM
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Eh?
I don't use Microsoft, and I drive a Honda and a Nissan, but no Toyota. Oh, and I don't give a flip about F1 (or any other kind of racing, except perhaps that which is performed on a human-powered bicycle.)
So...why me?
-YendorMike
[link|http://www.hope-ride.org/|http://www.hope-ride.org/]
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Post #162,632
7/2/04 10:10:14 AM
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Look a couple of posts up :-P
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20|Nebraska Supreme Court]
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Post #162,637
7/2/04 10:30:09 AM
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Bah
I know enough about sports/F1 to know that John *was* talking about Michael Schumacher. Or however it's spelled. Didn't even consider myself.
-YendorMike
[link|http://www.hope-ride.org/|http://www.hope-ride.org/]
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Post #162,645
7/2/04 10:53:46 AM
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And you expected an Australian to know that?
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20|Nebraska Supreme Court]
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Post #162,648
7/2/04 11:05:02 AM
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I expected an Australian to know what?
-YendorMike
[link|http://www.hope-ride.org/|http://www.hope-ride.org/]
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Post #162,649
7/2/04 11:15:14 AM
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Which Mike is good at driving fast
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20|Nebraska Supreme Court]
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Post #162,658
7/2/04 12:35:07 PM
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The Mike in question DID win the Aussie Grand Prix
In March..first race of the season.
[link|http://www.formula1.com/archive/season/2004.html|http://www.formula1..../season/2004.html]
-- Steve
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Post #162,660
7/2/04 12:45:27 PM
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Oops
As you can tell, I don't care about the world of racing, and so had NFC who y'all were talking about.
My bad.
Cheers, Ben
To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20|Nebraska Supreme Court]
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Post #162,721
7/2/04 9:03:18 PM
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Yes, I was making the Schumacher/Yendor 'Mike' connection.
Hmm.. that could almost be be the title of a John Grisham novel or something.
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #163,921
7/12/04 9:30:31 AM
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Robert Ludlum.
Meerkat coins a phrase: "the Schumacher/Yendor 'Mike' connection"
Hmm.. that could almost be be the title of a John Grisham novel or something. Naah; IIRC, anything like "The Ferdleburger Contract", "The Akvilonia Option", "The Alamo Connection", and so on -- i.e, pretty much anything along the pattern of "The" + <distinctive name> + <ordinary noun> -- would be a typical Ludlum title.
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #164,128
7/13/04 12:38:33 AM
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'The Pelican Brief' must have been an homage :)
(and yes I'm using the 'an' rather tentatively :)
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #164,136
7/13/04 2:28:13 AM
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Or just coincidence; the pattern isn't all that unique.
It's just that Ludlum uses it *every time*, so it's really most typical of him.
(Or, if I wanted to quibble, I'd point out that "pelican" is more of another ordinary noun in that title, referring to the bird species in general; it's not a *name*, in the sense of being about some old "Colonel Joseph F. Pelican IV, USMC, Ret.", or anything... But I don't, so I won't. :-)
What's to be tentative about; I'm fairly sure I'd never pronounce "an homage" with an audible consonant at the beginning. (Which obviously means that anyone who would, must be pronouncing it wrong.)
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #164,138
7/13/04 2:40:03 AM
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Must admit to not having read either author.
So yep, I believe you.
(The process reminds me of many Dr Who stories* - almost always 'The Thing of Stuff', or, 'The Event of the Things'...)
As for homage, it's still more often than not pronounced as 'hommidge' on this uncultured isle. The rule of the street is it's OK to pronounce it 'properly', but make sure you're doing so with a degree of irony, lest you're branded a wanker :)
*Yes, I know, I can link a Dr Who reference to almost anything if I try hard enough...
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #164,142
7/13/04 3:32:17 AM
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The Good Doctor (new thread)
Created as new thread #164141 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=164141|The Good Doctor]
Is it enough to love Is it enough to breathe Somebody rip my heart out And leave me here to bleed
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