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I am experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms because I have been deprived of my daily dose of pedantry!
You really must be more responsible and give due warning of your absences from the site, so that the rest of us can inhale sufficient narcotic substances to tide us over the period of deprivation!
Seriously, though - you are such a regular fixture here that I am prompted to hope that nothing untoward has happened.
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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Deeej!!! Dont know if Cossie and I can keep this bunch under control without you. dont desert us to a terrible fate. I might even have to start drinking some of granddad Cossie's whiskey.
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
Affirmation........Savage Garden
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Oh, Cossie and Brian, I am so touched by your concern. That makes three people who've been wondering where I am.
I'm still here; I've just been extremely busy -- I drove up to Cambridge and back again yesterday (a round trip of about 250 miles, as I drove the wrong way round the M25 motorway for a bit -- missed the turning) to record a friend playing the piano, for a film I'm working on. It must have cost me £25 or £30 in petrol alone. Cambridge is a wonderful town, though, so it makes it worth it.
I'm back now, and though I continue to be horrifically busy (until at least the 8th of May, the day before my birthday, when I have to hand in the last of my academic essays for this year) I'll post a few random comments from time to time to ensure that nobody thinks I am shirking my duties on this board!
Best wishes,
David
P.S. Cossie -- did you choose that title in the hope that, if nothing else, I would be so incensed by its content that I would have to post in reply? "Wherefore art thou" doesn't mean "where are you"; it means "why are you". If you're asking why I am, then I fear we're in for another long debate on the meaning of life!
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Deeej wrote:
"Wherefore art thou" doesn't mean "where are you"; it means "why are you". If you're asking why I am, then I fear we're in for another long debate on the meaning of life!
This wasn't addressed to me, but I am not going to let that stand in my way!
That which we call a Deeeej, by any name would smell as sweet.
(Anyway, she should have asked "wherefore art thou a Montagu" - and then everyone would have understood - even whiskey-drinking Scots people who can't always tell their Burns from their Shakespeare.)
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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Durn Cossie your not gonna just stand around and take that are you?
I believe in Karma....what you give is what you get returned........
Affirmation........Savage Garden
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Deej,
I'd missed you too, expected some reply from you re my post near end of timmy's thread on butts..
but didn't want to act untoward so just waited patiently..
you'd not been gone so long anyway..but it was might loney here almost alone!
;-D I'm glad you're back too!
Your bud, Teddy 
Life's a trip * Friends help you through * Adventure on life!
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cossie
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Location: Exiled in North East Engl...
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No Message Body
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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cossie
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Location: Exiled in North East Engl...
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Hmmm ... Well, to be absolutely (and uncharacteristically) honest, I chose the title because it sounded good! You should have realised by now that I don't let little things like accuracy get in my way. But you're right - I did realise that it would have a red rag effect!
Of course, I would normally have replied in a much more aggressive fashion, but as you nominated me as a genius in another thread I am being sympathetic, as you are clearly suffering from a severe dose of poor judgement!
I think I was best summed up by my Fifth Year (Year 11) Form-master, who wrote on my report: 'John has an extraordinarily logical mind, a remarkable facility for both deductive and inductive reasoning and he is a very able communicator. It is a great pity that he appears so reluctant to apply these talents in any area relevant to the academic syllabus."
And I really liked that guy!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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cossie wrote:
I think I was best summed up by my Fifth Year (Year 11) Form-master, who wrote on my report: 'John has an extraordinarily logical mind, a remarkable facility for both deductive and inductive reasoning and he is a very able communicator. It is a great pity that he appears so reluctant to apply these talents in any area relevant to the academic syllabus."
That must have been in the middle of the last century, when most teachers still knew how to write a decent sentence in English. Sic transit gloria mundi.
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. (Richard Dawkins, 2006)
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cossie
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Location: Exiled in North East Engl...
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... but don't tell anyone, 'cos they'll think I'm REALLY ancient!
For a' that an' a' that,
It's comin' yet for a' that,
That man tae man, the worrld o'er
Shall brithers be, for a' that.
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