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Oh how true that is today!
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Mike
2019-07-08 14:54:21 UTC
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Jpeg quoteth this at the dash dash return bit of his posting.

J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)***@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often
creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy.

- Lord Reith

Well, I think Aunty is proving this to be so on an almost daily basis and
hence why my R4 listening has taken a severe dip in recent years. :-(((
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Mike
2019-07-08 15:17:12 UTC
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Post by Mike
Jpeg quoteth this at the dash dash return bit of his posting.
He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often
creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy.
- Lord Reith
Well, I think Aunty is proving this to be so on an almost daily basis and
hence why my R4 listening has taken a severe dip in recent years. :-(((
In fact, is that the ashes of some bones rotating in a grave in
Rothiemurchus that I can hear?

Lots of interesting reading at:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reith,_1st_Baron_Reith
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Nick Odell
2019-07-08 16:43:06 UTC
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Jpeg quoteth this at the dash dash return bit of his posting.
Erme - ITYM dash-dash-space-return. DINTAFPOU?

Nic
BrritSki
2019-07-08 16:51:35 UTC
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Jpeg quoteth this at the dash dash return bit of his posting.
Erme - ITYM dash-dash-space-return. DINTAFPOU?
Nic
You do NTAFPOU if you can't spill [1] your own name correctly !

[1] ObTypo in spilling flame
Mike
2019-07-08 17:03:16 UTC
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Jpeg quoteth this at the dash dash return bit of his posting.
Erme - ITYM dash-dash-space-return. DINTAFPOU?
Nic
Probably, but it is a looooong time since I had to type it in as more modun
software works automagically.
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steveski
2019-07-08 18:24:32 UTC
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Jpeg quoteth this at the dash dash return bit of his posting.
Erme - ITYM dash-dash-space-return. DINTAFPOU?
Nic
Probably, but it is a looooong time since I had to type it in as more
modun software works automagically.
I do it manually . . .
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Mike
2019-07-08 18:46:37 UTC
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Jpeg quoteth this at the dash dash return bit of his posting.
Erme - ITYM dash-dash-space-return. DINTAFPOU?
Nic
Probably, but it is a looooong time since I had to type it in as more
modun software works automagically.
I do it manually . . .
Beef does it with relish...
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J. P. Gilliver (John)
2019-07-08 20:19:06 UTC
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Jpeg quoteth this at the dash dash return bit of his posting.
Erme - ITYM dash-dash-space-return. DINTAFPOU?
Nic
No, of course you don't. But I'm SO glad it wasn't me that pointed it
out (I thought about it ...)
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J. P. Gilliver (John)
2019-07-08 20:18:19 UTC
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Post by Mike
Jpeg quoteth this at the dash dash return bit of his posting.
He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often
creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy.
- Lord Reith
Well, I think Aunty is proving this to be so on an almost daily basis and
hence why my R4 listening has taken a severe dip in recent years. :-(((
No-one ever lost out by underestimating the taste of the public - or
something like that; P. T. Barnum, I think. Although he's _occasionally_
proved wrong, it's not often.
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Mike
2019-07-09 07:22:11 UTC
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Post by J. P. Gilliver (John)
Post by Mike
Jpeg quoteth this at the dash dash return bit of his posting.
He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often
creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy.
- Lord Reith
Well, I think Aunty is proving this to be so on an almost daily basis and
hence why my R4 listening has taken a severe dip in recent years. :-(((
No-one ever lost out by underestimating the taste of the public - or
something like that; P. T. Barnum, I think. Although he's _occasionally_
proved wrong, it's not often.
LCD’s may be a useful devices in maths and statistics but, I don’t think
I’m a lowest common, nor do I wish to be demoninated!
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