Re: This is the ALT.COMP.FREEWARE newsgroup. FREEWARE posts are welcome.

de Roger Hunt 01/30/2008 09:45

In article <60c565F1q857tU1@mid.individual.net>, Susan Bugher
<sebugher@yahoo.com> writes
>Roger Hunt wrote:
>> In article <60bj98F1q11ukU1@mid.individual.net>, Susan Bugher
>> <sebugher@yahoo.com> writes
>>>Me.Here wrote:
>>>>[OK] Susan Bugher wrote:
>
>>>>>Google statistics about alt.comp.freeware:
>>>>>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/about
>>>
>>>>Cool, didn't realise they kept stats. December 1999 was my first post
>>>>in ACF. I'd forgotten what aliases I'd used until I did a search :-)
>>>
>>>Wow, I don't think very many people go back that far with ACF. It would
>>>be interesting to know how long people have been here - perhaps people
>>>could show a gold star in their sig file for each year of participation.
>>>
>>>or a purple heart. ;)
>
>> Purple hearts mean something else here in the UK.
>
>perhaps you could clarify that statement just a bit. . .
>What is the definition of purple hearts that people in the UK don't use?
>
The military decoration.
>if you feel up to a further clarification. . .
>What is the definition of purple hearts that people in the UK do use?
>
1960s slang for a preparation of speed.
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Roger Hunt