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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 5 of 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 … 12 13 Go to page... Re: what new words do you like? #6253 10/13/00 11:07 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Fishman, Thought you'd be interested in knowing that by fairly general consensus, we have named the AWAD spell-checker "Enigma." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: what new words do you like? #6254 10/13/00 08:50 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England What, because it translates meaningless gibberish into highly pertinent information? That's anastrophic to any spell-checker I've ever met before. Now, strictly speaking spell-checkers are anathema to me (stuck-up spelling bee), but I'm going to click the button and watch Enigma do something wonderful before posting this! How does it look? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Enigma #6255 10/13/00 08:51 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England I see why it's called Enigma now!! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter science-fiction nostalgia #6256 10/13/00 09:01 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England F FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran F Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England Bingley - Sarah Jane Smith is the telling one! Yes, couldn't agree more. Jo - ah, but let's not forget Blake's Seven, which came out about the same time as Star Wars but with effects poorer than most episodes of Dr. Who! And I'm watching a re-run of Thunderbirds at the moment, telling my 3 year old son what's what. And it IS high-tech. Gerry Anderson is The Man for serious-looking harware. Look how long it took Hollywood to catch up in terms of making vehicles look dirty and used. Shame about the puppets, that's all... Oops a wee bit off-thread there. Neer mind, I'll just change the title. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: science-fiction nostalgia #6257 10/14/00 04:36 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta In reply to: Shame about the puppets, that's all... I will not hear a single word against Lady Penelope. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: science-fiction nostalgia #6258 10/14/00 02:26 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta And for those of you who have no idea what we're talking about: http://www.drwho.org/drwho.html http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/trekker/thunder.html Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: science-fiction nostalgia #6259 10/14/00 11:32 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 a single word against Lady Penelope. "No, Mi'lady!" The Parker Fan Club Rules. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: science-fiction nostalgia #6260 10/14/00 11:43 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Thank-you thank-you Bingley. I was racking my brains trying to figure out what show you were talking about. In my youth, ours was mostly a French household so all show titles were translated from the English. There were several in which marionettes were involved. When you mentioned Lady Penelope (Pénélope) I knew you were talking about Les sentinelles de l’air. We (seven kids) never missed an episode. What was the one based in the sea? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: science-fiction nostalgia #6261 10/15/00 12:13 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 the one based in the sea? Let me guess - 20,000 Bicycles Under the Sea http://www.stingray.com.tw/ No, nearly: http://tv21.simplenet.com/productions/stingray/stingray.html and for more Gerry Andersen supermarionation stuff, try: http://www.thunderbirdsonline.com/1000/ For a Francophone touch - BON SURF ! http://myweb.worldnet.net/~stefelut/thunder.html Apart from Stingray, there was also Fireball XL5, Space 1999, and several others. I saw an article a while ago protesting that the re-runs filling TV now just show the ages of the TV programmers Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: science-fiction nostalgia #6262 10/15/00 02:20 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Marvelous, tks mav! It IS Stingray. I remember there was always a background song about <Marina>. And I think some reruns are not all that bad. It’s fun, even if they were put together for kitsch value. Or is my age showing there . 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