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

de Roger Hunt 01/31/2008 12:06

In article <60c6f1F1q5h8kU1@mid.individual.net>, Susan Bugher
<sebugher@yahoo.com> writes
>Roger Hunt wrote:
>> 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:
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>>>>>>>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 :-)
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>>>>>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?
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>> The military decoration.
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>>>if you feel up to a further clarification. . .
>>>What is the definition of purple hearts that people in the UK do use?
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>> 1960s slang for a preparation of speed.
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>I'll buy that. ;)
>
An Upperware party, perhaps?
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Roger Hunt