in 80499 20081009 172307 Stuart <[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Speak for yourself! Since I retired 10 years ago I have almost
>> re-furnished my house. Mostly Croatian white oak (which is what the
>> Royal Navy used to build its wooden ships).
>
>Oh, a contact in the dockyard ?
Good one ;-)
Actually, the RN stopped building wooden warships a while before I was born.
And no, I'm not nicking bits off HMS Victory (which is 5 miles away).
On 9 Oct, 08:35, Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mostly Croatian white oak (which is what the Royal Navy used to
> build its wooden ships). =A0
White oak, or Croatian white oak?
As we don't have red oak in the UK (rare ornamentals and that's your
lot) and the evergreen oaks are a weird bunch in their own right, our
two oaks are regularly known as "common" and "upland" oaks (stone oak,
sessile, pedunculate and probably a few other names too) but they're
rarely if ever called "white" oak. I've only ever heard the term used
when talking with Americans, about American furniture or timber, or
very recently in retail furniture shops with globalised catalogues.
"alan.holmes" wrote
> Does anyone from england read this newsgroup?
>
This would be the perfect cue to make some sarcastic remarks about English
reading skills.
But I have much more style and class than that. So I won't.
I should point out that it is poor form to post messages that have no text.
Subject headers do not constitute clear internet communication.
In article <[email protected]>,
Lee Michaels <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
> "alan.holmes" wrote
> > Does anyone from england read this newsgroup?
> >
> This would be the perfect cue to make some sarcastic remarks about
> English reading skills.
Which would result in some suitably worded comments from this side of the
pond!
However, I do agree with you that news posts without content are bad form.
--
Stuart Winsor
For Barn dances and folk evenings in the Coventry and Warwickshire area
See: http://www.barndance.org.uk
In article <[email protected]>,
Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Speak for yourself! Since I retired 10 years ago I have almost
> re-furnished my house. Mostly Croatian white oak (which is what the
> Royal Navy used to build its wooden ships).
Oh, a contact in the dockyard ?
--
Stuart Winsor
For Barn dances and folk evenings in the Coventry and Warwickshire area
See: http://www.barndance.org.uk
Upscale wrote:
> "jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> My dad was born there, does that count?
>>>
>>> My grandparents were from there. Do I qualify?
>>>
>> My people visited there a LOT starting in about the 8th century. Do
>> I qualify?
>
> Viking invaders eh? You qualify *only if* your people engaged in the
> raping part of 'pillaging and raping'.
My Viking family records clearly indicate that while our relatives indeed
pillaged (to a Viking pillaging is like a mouse is to a cat). But raping did
not happen, those young beautiful virgins clearly asked for it. Rod
On 8 Oct, 18:08, "alan.holmes" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
Me too!
On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:54:45 +0100, Stuart wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Lee Michaels <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> "alan.holmes" wrote
>
>> > Does anyone from england read this newsgroup?
>> >
>> This would be the perfect cue to make some sarcastic remarks about
>> English reading skills.
>
> Which would result in some suitably worded comments from this side of
> the pond!
>
> However, I do agree with you that news posts without content are bad
> form.
Thirded.
However, quite a few of us are here, what did you want.
I should maybe point out that none of us actually *do* any woodwork as
timber and tools are extortionate over here compared to over 'there' :-(
"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >In any case, I can qualify. I've been to England twice, therefore I'm
from
> >England.
> >
> My dad was born there, does that count?
My grandparents were from there. Do I qualify?
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> My dad was born there, does that count?
> >
> > My grandparents were from there. Do I qualify?
> >
> My people visited there a LOT starting in about the 8th century. Do I
> qualify?
Viking invaders eh? You qualify *only if* your people engaged in the raping
part of 'pillaging and raping'.
Upscale wrote:
> "mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> In any case, I can qualify. I've been to England twice, therefore I'm
> from
>>> England.
>>>
>> My dad was born there, does that count?
>
> My grandparents were from there. Do I qualify?
>
>
My people visited there a LOT starting in about the 8th century. Do I
qualify?
ya sure,
jonnson
in 80439 20081008 202846 PCPaul <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:54:45 +0100, Stuart wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> Lee Michaels <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> "alan.holmes" wrote
>>
>>> > Does anyone from england read this newsgroup?
>>> >
>>> This would be the perfect cue to make some sarcastic remarks about
>>> English reading skills.
>>
>> Which would result in some suitably worded comments from this side of
>> the pond!
>>
>> However, I do agree with you that news posts without content are bad
>> form.
>
>Thirded.
>
>However, quite a few of us are here, what did you want.
>
>I should maybe point out that none of us actually *do* any woodwork as
>timber and tools are extortionate over here compared to over 'there' :-(
Speak for yourself! Since I retired 10 years ago I have almost re-furnished
my house. Mostly Croatian white oak (which is what the Royal Navy used to
build its wooden ships).
And I didn't spend a lot on tools- everything from Machine Mart.
On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:02:44 -0400, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "alan.holmes" wrote
>>
>>> Does anyone from england read this newsgroup?
>>>
>> This would be the perfect cue to make some sarcastic remarks about English
>> reading skills.
>>
>> But I have much more style and class than that. So I won't.
>>
>
>Then how about pointing out that proper names should be capitalized?
>
>In any case, I can qualify. I've been to England twice, therefore I'm from
>England.
>
My dad was born there, does that count?
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "alan.holmes" wrote
>
>> Does anyone from england read this newsgroup?
>>
> This would be the perfect cue to make some sarcastic remarks about English
> reading skills.
>
> But I have much more style and class than that. So I won't.
>
Then how about pointing out that proper names should be capitalized?
In any case, I can qualify. I've been to England twice, therefore I'm from
England.