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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Anuspam? #7780 10/23/2000 9:31 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK I've always fancied myself as a Morgoth: Manwe Sulimo was so (uptight? anal retentive? fundamental? constipated? ahhh) costive! Copy Link to Clipboard links to old threads #7781 10/23/2000 10:28 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England referring back to old posts Before we resign ourselves to verbal references alone, let's give this a try. Purely experimental, but would be nice if it works. 1. The following link should jump to Jo's starting post (and they're off!) on this pow-wow thread: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Board=miscellany&Number=5932 (same Board, same Thread) 2. This link should take you to shanks' posting in Graduation, Part 2: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Board=miscellany&Number=6634 (same Board, different Thread) 3. And this one should take you to Jo's posting in Food for Thought, under Wordplay & Fun: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Board=wordplay&Number=6635 (different Board and Thread) The first link may be slow if you don't already have a second browser window open, the other two should be more acceptable. Now, if the url markup didn't automatically attach a http:// to the beginning of links, we could skip the wordsmith.org/board/ bit, which would really shorten it. But perhaps it's acceptable as it stands? If people could give these links a try and see if they work for them (the fact they work for me is no guarantee) it would be good. Then, if there's sufficient interest, I could provide more detailed instructions on how to set up such links with relative ease. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: links to old threads #7782 10/23/2000 10:41 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 They work pdq for me. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: links to old threads #7783 10/23/2000 10:55 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Shona Links were pretty quick for me. But then, I do have the advantage of working from a permanently on-line system (whether cyber-cafes or work). cheer the sunshine warrior Copy Link to Clipboard Re: links to old threads #7784 10/23/2000 5:28 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 links Good stuff, that fish! I was dazzled by this lesson in computer know-how. Then I came across these explanatory terms from the MacAttorney Humor List via the Wordplay list: 1 millionth of a fish: 1 microfiche 1 million bicycles: 2 megacycles Clearly fish are well able to scale these heights! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: links to old threads #7785 10/23/2000 5:35 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >> 1 million bicycles: 2 megacycles ^ I see we have our usual perfervid nimiety. ;^) Copy Link to Clipboard Re: links to old threads #7786 10/23/2000 5:39 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 perfervid nimiety Fi - shend me not! Copy Link to Clipboard Re: links to old threads #7787 10/24/2000 9:35 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England perfervid nimiety Fi - shend me not Wow, three new words in a day! That's prolixity for you. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: links to old threads #7788 10/24/2000 2:19 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 prolixity for you Fi, shed not a gear, I mean tear... Copy Link to Clipboard Re: links to old threads #7789 10/24/2000 2:48 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >shend me not mav, I applaud your continued attempts to defloccinaucinihilipilificate the worthless word. shend is marked "chiefly dialect"; I'm assuming it's British as no information on the area of usage is forthcoming. any confirmation? Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Anuspam? #7790 10/25/2000 1:04 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Manwe Sulimo was so (uptight? anal retentive? fundamental? constipated? ahhh) costive! He was also the complete opposite of feckless - we could say he was fective, perhaps? Which would, of course, make him costive fective - every accountants dream. Copy Link to Clipboard Re: Anuspam? #7791 10/25/2000 1:14 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK Actually I thought his very uptightness made him restless, which is why he was costive active... Copy Link to Clipboard Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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