LD

"Lewis Dodd"

29/07/2003 8:51 AM

"The Borg"?

Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what is "THE
BORG"?

Regards,
Lewis

--
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being
taught.
Sir Winston Churchill


This topic has 21 replies

kK

[email protected] (KirkEverts)

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 7:23 PM

Big Orange Retail Giant

TM

Thomas Mitchell

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 9:56 AM

According to the FAQ it's Home Depot, but I think it's become any major
chain of home improvement store, like Lowe's.

Lewis Dodd wrote:
> Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what is "THE
> BORG"?
>
> Regards,
> Lewis
>

TM

Thomas Mitchell

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 11:18 AM

Hmmm.. I read it on the official website of the group??? maybe. found it
out there but I don't have the page bookmarked. Maybe someone will pipe
in with it.

warren weber wrote:
> "Thomas Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>According to the FAQ it's Home Depot, but I think it's become any major
>>chain of home improvement store, like Lowe's.
>>
>>Lewis Dodd wrote:
>>
>>>Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what is
>>
> "THE
>
>>>BORG"?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Lewis
>>
>
>
> Big Orange Retail Giant ????
>
>

PB

Pat Barber

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 7:09 PM

http://www.google.com/groups?q=FAQ+group:rec.woodworking&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&selm=MVPTa.64158%24zwL.5325%40news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com&rnum=2



Thomas Mitchell wrote:
>
> Hmmm.. I read it on the official website of the group??? maybe. found it
> out there but I don't have the page bookmarked. Maybe someone will pipe
> in with it.
>
> warren weber wrote:
> > "Thomas Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>According to the FAQ it's Home Depot, but I think it's become any major
> >>chain of home improvement store, like Lowe's.
> >>
> >>Lewis Dodd wrote:
> >>
> >>>Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what is
> >>
> > "THE
> >
> >>>BORG"?
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>Lewis
> >>
> >
> >
> > Big Orange Retail Giant ????
> >
> >

EM

Eddie Munster

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

30/07/2003 11:23 AM

http://groups.google.com/groups?safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_ugroup=rec.woodworking&as_usubject=Borg&lr=&num=100&hl=en



Lewis Dodd wrote:

>Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what is "THE
>BORG"?
>
>Regards,
>Lewis
>
>
>

ww

[email protected] (woodstrapper)

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 1:45 PM

"Lewis Dodd" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what is "THE
> BORG"?
>
> Regards,
> Lewis

Big Orange Retail Giant. The Home Depot.

woodstrapper

JJ

[email protected] (Jack-of-all-trades - JOAT)

in reply to [email protected] (woodstrapper) on 29/07/2003 1:45 PM

29/07/2003 5:31 PM

Go to google. Type in something like rec.woodworking FAQ, or even
just rec.woodworking, and see what you get.
And/or, go to the archives. Type in rec.woodworking FAQ.

JOAT
Always put off until tomorrow something which, tomorrow, you could put
off until, let's say, next year.
- Lady Myria LeJean.

Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
Web Page Update 23 Jul 2003. Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/JOATorJackOfAll/page4.html

bR

bonomi@c-ns. (Robert Bonomi)

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

30/07/2003 1:38 AM

In article <[email protected]>,
Mortimer Schnerd, RN <[email protected]> wrote:
>Ben Siders wrote:
>> Curses. I was hoping to find escapism from my dreary real life of
>> putting up with hostile Trek-nerds and Star Wars fanboys and comic
>> book dorks in the computer industry by getting into woodworking.
>> I arrive only to find more of the same. Damn you, Shatner!
>>
>> Then again, what can a guy expect on newsgroups? :)
>
>
>Resistance is futile.

From the days of the early Intel 586 chips -- with the divide bug.

"I am Pentium of Borg.
Division is futile.
Prepare to be approximated."

BS

Ben Siders

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 2:35 PM

Stupid question, but how does one get hold of the FAQ?

Thomas Mitchell wrote:
> According to the FAQ it's Home Depot, but I think it's become any major
> chain of home improvement store, like Lowe's.
>
> Lewis Dodd wrote:
>
>> Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what
>> is "THE
>> BORG"?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Lewis
>>
>

MS

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 7:49 PM

Ben Siders wrote:
> Curses. I was hoping to find escapism from my dreary real life of
> putting up with hostile Trek-nerds and Star Wars fanboys and comic
> book dorks in the computer industry by getting into woodworking.
> I arrive only to find more of the same. Damn you, Shatner!
>
> Then again, what can a guy expect on newsgroups? :)


Resistance is futile.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[email protected]
http://www.mortimerschnerd.com

SC

Scott Cramer

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

30/07/2003 3:58 PM

On 29 Jul 2003, Robert Bonomi spake unto rec.woodworking:

>>Resistance is futile.
>
> From the days of the early Intel 586 chips -- with the divide bug.
>
> "I am Pentium of Borg.
> Division is futile.
> Prepare to be approximated."

Not original, but worth repeating:

"I am Dyslexia of Borg.
Your ass will be laminated."

cC

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 9:20 AM

Ben Siders <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Stupid question, but how does one get hold of the FAQ?
>
> Thomas Mitchell wrote:
> > According to the FAQ it's Home Depot, but I think it's become any major
> > chain of home improvement store, like Lowe's.
> >
> > Lewis Dodd wrote:
> >
> >> Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what
> >> is "THE
> >> BORG"?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Lewis
> >>
> >

Dumb answer: Owned,maintained, and posted periodically by David
Essen. Search for FAQ with ESSEN as author and you are sure to find
it in the archives


-Chris

Tt

Trent©

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

30/07/2003 10:18 PM

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:38:56 GMT, Ben Siders <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
>> Lewis Dodd wrote:
>>
>>>Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what
>>>is "THE BORG"?
>>
>>
>>
>> It's a reference to Star Trek, where an alien civilisation cruised the universe,
>> assimilating everything and everyone it came across like a giant virus: "You
>> will be assimilated; resistance is futile". I.E., any big box home improvement
>> store. When they come to town, the Mom and Pop places seem to die.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Curses. I was hoping to find escapism from my dreary real life of
>putting up with hostile Trek-nerds and Star Wars fanboys and comic book
>dorks in the computer industry by getting into woodworking. I arrive
>only to find more of the same. Damn you, Shatner!
>
>Then again, what can a guy expect on newsgroups? :)

Eternal life?

Live long and prosper!

And watch out for the tribbles!


Have a nice week...

Trent

Follow Joan Rivers' example --- get pre-embalmed!

BS

Ben Siders

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 7:38 PM

Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote:
> Lewis Dodd wrote:
>
>>Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what
>>is "THE BORG"?
>
>
>
> It's a reference to Star Trek, where an alien civilisation cruised the universe,
> assimilating everything and everyone it came across like a giant virus: "You
> will be assimilated; resistance is futile". I.E., any big box home improvement
> store. When they come to town, the Mom and Pop places seem to die.
>
>
>

Curses. I was hoping to find escapism from my dreary real life of
putting up with hostile Trek-nerds and Star Wars fanboys and comic book
dorks in the computer industry by getting into woodworking. I arrive
only to find more of the same. Damn you, Shatner!

Then again, what can a guy expect on newsgroups? :)

JM

"Jim Mc Namara"

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 4:24 PM

Or would that be Eisen? :-)

Jums

"Chris" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ben Siders <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Stupid question, but how does one get hold of the FAQ?
> >
> > Thomas Mitchell wrote:
> > > According to the FAQ it's Home Depot, but I think it's become any
major
> > > chain of home improvement store, like Lowe's.
> > >
> > > Lewis Dodd wrote:
> > >
> > >> Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what
> > >> is "THE
> > >> BORG"?
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >> Lewis
> > >>
> > >
>
> Dumb answer: Owned,maintained, and posted periodically by David
> Essen. Search for FAQ with ESSEN as author and you are sure to find
> it in the archives
>
>
> -Chris

cC

[email protected] (Charlie Self)

in reply to "Jim Mc Namara" on 29/07/2003 4:24 PM

29/07/2003 6:57 PM

Jums notes:

>Or would that be Eisen? :-)

Or Eisan.

Charlie Self

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that
one word is 'to be prepared'."
Dan Quayle





MB

Michael Baglio

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

31/07/2003 3:06 AM

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:49:06 GMT, "Mortimer Schnerd, RN"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Resistance is futile.

I am dyslexic Borg.
Your ass will be laminated.

MS

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN"

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 3:03 PM

Lewis Dodd wrote:
> Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what
> is "THE BORG"?


It's a reference to Star Trek, where an alien civilisation cruised the universe,
assimilating everything and everyone it came across like a giant virus: "You
will be assimilated; resistance is futile". I.E., any big box home improvement
store. When they come to town, the Mom and Pop places seem to die.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN

[email protected]
http://www.mortimerschnerd.com

Br

"Broach"

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 7:12 PM

See www.robson.org/woodfaq then scroll down to "1.9 What are some of the
common rec.woodworking terms/abbreviations?"

Broach

BS

"Bob Stahl"

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

30/07/2003 1:44 AM

Lewis Dodd:
> Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time,
> just what is "THE BORG"?

The band that sued "THE BORG UK"?

--
Bob Stahl

ww

"warren weber"

in reply to "Lewis Dodd" on 29/07/2003 8:51 AM

29/07/2003 2:43 PM


"Thomas Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> According to the FAQ it's Home Depot, but I think it's become any major
> chain of home improvement store, like Lowe's.
>
> Lewis Dodd wrote:
> > Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what is
"THE
> > BORG"?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lewis


Big Orange Retail Giant ????


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