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On Sunday 11 October 2009 22:40:31 Peter Ruskin wrote: |
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> On Sunday 11 October 2009, KH wrote: |
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> > KH schrieb: |
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> > > Peter Humphrey schrieb: |
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> > >> The difficulty is in keeping up with the |
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> > >> idiom. Personally, I prefer to rely on what I've known for the |
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> > >> last 60 years or so and to hell with the trendies. |
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> > >> |
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> > >> Things like "its" = "belonging to it"; "it's" = "it is". |
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> > > |
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> > > Hi, |
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> > > |
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> > > how old are you? How is the oldest person on the list? But this |
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> > > is OT, too. |
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> > > |
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> > > kh |
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> > |
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> > To correct myself (shame on me). Who is the oldest ... |
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> I'm 71 ... is that old enough? |
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Oh dear. I used to call myself an old codger. At a mere sprightly 44, do I now |
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have to downgrade myself to "still wet behind the ears"? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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