Re: ISPs kicking routers off internet?

#1 (**permalink**) 07-21-2006, 08:02 PM

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:44:52 +1000, in alt.internet.wireless , Barry
OGrady <god_free_jones@yahoo.com> wrote:

>You must be very old. Nobody uses feet these days.

Eh? around 250 million people use feet as their daily measure of
length, and probably another 50 million think that way.

--
Mark McIntyre

#2 (**permalink**) 07-21-2006, 11:37 PM

"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:44:52 +1000, in alt.internet.wireless , Barry
> OGrady <god_free_jones@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>You must be very old. Nobody uses feet these days.
>
> Eh? around 250 million people use feet as their daily measure of
> length, and probably another 50 million think that way.
>
> --
> Mark McIntyre

He means they use cars.

Allan

#3 (**permalink**) 07-22-2006, 01:24 AM

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:54:44 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in <4id7q6F37mgkU1@individual.net>:

>"Allan" <aganderson@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> "Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in
>> message news:2392c25ehffl1u006lfna5fch0h59o9h7t@4ax.com...
>> > On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:44:52 +1000, in
>> > alt.internet.wireless , Barry OGrady
>> > <god_free_jones@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > > You must be very old. Nobody uses feet these days.
>> >
>> > Eh? around 250 million people use feet as their daily
>> > measure of length, and probably another 50 million
>> > think that way.
>>
>> He means they use cars.
>
>How do they get to their cars from their doors..?

They live in them. :)

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#4 (**permalink**) 07-22-2006, 06:58 AM

"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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| "Allan" <aganderson@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
| news:44c15715$0$22106$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net
| > "Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in
| > message news:2392c25ehffl1u006lfna5fch0h59o9h7t@4ax.com...
| > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:44:52 +1000, in
| > > alt.internet.wireless , Barry OGrady
| > > <god_free_jones@yahoo.com> wrote:
| > > > You must be very old. Nobody uses feet these days.
| > >
| > > Eh? around 250 million people use feet as their daily
| > > measure of length, and probably another 50 million
| > > think that way.
| >
| > He means they use cars.
|
| How do they get to their cars from their doors..?

Drive through Doctors Practice. You turn up at the first window, then pick up
your perscription from the second.

#5 (**permalink**) 07-22-2006, 04:59 PM

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:37:09 +0100, in alt.internet.wireless , "Allan"
<aganderson@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:

>
>"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in message
>news:2392c25ehffl1u006lfna5fch0h59o9h7t@4ax.com.. .
>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:44:52 +1000, in alt.internet.wireless , Barry
>> OGrady <god_free_jones@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>You must be very old. Nobody uses feet these days.
>>
>> Eh? around 250 million people use feet as their daily measure of
>> length, and probably another 50 million think that way.
>
>He means they use cars.

What, to meaure distance? Wow...
--
Mark McIntyre

#6 (**permalink**) 07-23-2006, 04:58 PM

"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:54:44 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
> <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in <4id7q6F37mgkU1@individual.net>:
>
>>"Allan" <aganderson@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:44c15715$0$22106$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net
>>> "Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in
>>> message news:2392c25ehffl1u006lfna5fch0h59o9h7t@4ax.com...
>>> > On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:44:52 +1000, in
>>> > alt.internet.wireless , Barry OGrady
>>> > <god_free_jones@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> > > You must be very old. Nobody uses feet these days.
>>> >
>>> > Eh? around 250 million people use feet as their daily
>>> > measure of length, and probably another 50 million
>>> > think that way.
>>>
>>> He means they use cars.
>>
>>How do they get to their cars from their doors..?
>
> They live in them. :)
>
> --
> Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
> John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>

As on the M25 and M6. (in the UK)

Allan

#7 (**permalink**) 07-23-2006, 04:59 PM

"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:37:09 +0100, in alt.internet.wireless , "Allan"
> <aganderson@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in message
>>news:2392c25ehffl1u006lfna5fch0h59o9h7t@4ax.com. ..
>>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:44:52 +1000, in alt.internet.wireless , Barry
>>> OGrady <god_free_jones@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>You must be very old. Nobody uses feet these days.
>>>
>>> Eh? around 250 million people use feet as their daily measure of
>>> length, and probably another 50 million think that way.
>>
>>He means they use cars.
>
> What, to meaure distance? Wow...
> --
> Mark McIntyre

That's what the mileometer is for, isn't it?

Allan