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  • For "Old John" only!

    From David@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 12 11:17:59 2024
    Sir,

    When you have the time, please read through this 2018 thread I started -
    my ASC forum posting name was HunterBD.

    If you have any questions do, please, ask.

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank

    I'd really value your thoughts.

    --
    Kind regards,
    David

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to TimS on Thu Dec 12 15:56:59 2024
    On 2024-12-12, TimS <tim@streater.me.uk> wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank


    Ah. I did wonder if this "David" was our resident troll with yet another new gym. Seems my suspicion was well-founded.

    Off to the Punishment Planet with him.

    He seems to want to have a private conversation with "Old John". So WTF can't he do so via email or other private means instead of putting it in the public domain. Another attention seeking nym identified and kill-file applied

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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  • From TimS@21:1/5 to David on Thu Dec 12 15:39:06 2024
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank


    Ah. I did wonder if this "David" was our resident troll with yet another new gym. Seems my suspicion was well-founded.

    Off to the Punishment Planet with him.

    --
    Tim

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to TimS on Thu Dec 12 17:30:25 2024
    On 12.12.24 16:39, TimS wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank


    Ah. I did wonder if this "David" was our resident troll with yet another new gym. Seems my suspicion was well-founded.

    It is, indeed!
    I have already 15 entries for this Troll in my killfile.






    --
    "Gutta cavat lapidem." (Ovid)

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to David on Thu Dec 12 17:29:06 2024
    On 12.12.24 12:17, David wrote:
    Sir,

    When you have the time, please read through this 2018 thread I started -
    my ASC forum posting name was HunterBD.

    If you have any questions do, please, ask.

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank

    I'd really value your thoughts.

    Idiot! Use E-Mail for such discussions!



    --
    "Gutta cavat lapidem." (Ovid)

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  • From Felix@21:1/5 to hugybear@gmx.net on Fri Dec 13 07:56:37 2024
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 16:30:25 GMT, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

    On 12.12.24 16:39, TimS wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank


    Ah. I did wonder if this "David" was our resident troll with yet another new >> gym. Seems my suspicion was well-founded.

    It is, indeed!
    I have already 15 entries for this Troll in my killfile.

    64 entries here!
    --
    Felix

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  • From =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg_Lorenz?=@21:1/5 to Felix on Fri Dec 13 09:48:09 2024
    On 13.12.24 08:56, Felix wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 16:30:25 GMT, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

    On 12.12.24 16:39, TimS wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank


    Ah. I did wonder if this "David" was our resident troll with yet another new
    gym. Seems my suspicion was well-founded.

    It is, indeed!
    I have already 15 entries for this Troll in my killfile.

    64 entries here!

    You will have much more subscriptions of englishspeaking NGs than I
    have. Most of the time I'm active in germanspeaking NGs.

    --
    "Roma locuta, causa finita." (Augustinus)

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to David on Fri Dec 13 09:04:02 2024
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    Sir,

    When you have the time, please read through this 2018 thread I started -
    my ASC forum posting name was HunterBD.

    If you have any questions do, please, ask.

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank

    I'd really value your thoughts.

    Sorry, David, but I have quite sufficient to keep me busy for longer than my likely expectation of life. And certainly not for reading stuff that by your own statement is six years old.

    Nor do I particularly care for being instructed to read this or that.

    Old John.

    --
    An infinitely complex system can fail in an infinite number of ways.

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to hugybear@gmx.net on Fri Dec 13 09:05:30 2024
    Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> writes:

    On 13.12.24 08:56, Felix wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 16:30:25 GMT, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

    On 12.12.24 16:39, TimS wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank


    Ah. I did wonder if this "David" was our resident troll with yet another new
    gym. Seems my suspicion was well-founded.

    It is, indeed!
    I have already 15 entries for this Troll in my killfile.

    64 entries here!

    You will have much more subscriptions of englishspeaking NGs than I
    have. Most of the time I'm active in germanspeaking NGs.

    Yrg hf ubcr Qnivq Oebbxf qbrf abg fcrnx Trezna ;-)

    --
    Cheers, Alan

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  • From David@21:1/5 to John Hill on Fri Dec 13 11:46:11 2024
    On 13/12/2024 09:04, John Hill wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    Sir,

    When you have the time, please read through this 2018 thread I started -
    my ASC forum posting name was HunterBD.

    If you have any questions do, please, ask.

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank

    I'd really value your thoughts.

    Sorry, David, but I have quite sufficient to keep me busy for longer than my likely expectation of life. And certainly not for reading stuff that by your own statement is six years old.

    I understand that every moment is precious at our ages. I was simply
    trying to benefit from your vast experience of all things 'Apple'.

    Nor do I particularly care for being instructed to read this or that.

    I'm truly amazed that you interpreted my request for your help as an *instruction*!

    It may be a hangover from my training at BRNC Dartmouth. The old Duke of Edinburgh sometimes got himself into trouble for the very same reason I suspect!

    I apologise for annoying you, Old John. I am sorry.

    --
    With kind regards,
    David

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  • From John Hill@21:1/5 to David on Sat Dec 14 08:14:44 2024
    On 13 Dec 2024 at 11:46:11 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    On 13/12/2024 09:04, John Hill wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    Sir,

    When you have the time, please read through this 2018 thread I started - >>> my ASC forum posting name was HunterBD.

    If you have any questions do, please, ask.

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank

    I'd really value your thoughts.

    Sorry, David, but I have quite sufficient to keep me busy for longer than my >> likely expectation of life. And certainly not for reading stuff that by your >> own statement is six years old.

    I understand that every moment is precious at our ages. I was simply
    trying to benefit from your vast experience of all things 'Apple'.

    Nor do I particularly care for being instructed to read this or that.

    I'm truly amazed that you interpreted my request for your help as an *instruction*!

    It may be a hangover from my training at BRNC Dartmouth. The old Duke of Edinburgh sometimes got himself into trouble for the very same reason I suspect!

    I apologise for annoying you, Old John. I am sorry.

    Apology accepted.

    Though slightly softened by "When you have the time" it did come across as rather peremptory - the sort of memo I might have sent to a subordinate.

    O)ld John.
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    You're not an old dog until you can't learn new tricks.

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  • From David@21:1/5 to John Hill on Sat Dec 14 08:29:39 2024
    On 14/12/2024 08:14, John Hill wrote:
    On 13 Dec 2024 at 11:46:11 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    On 13/12/2024 09:04, John Hill wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    Sir,

    When you have the time, please read through this 2018 thread I started - >>>> my ASC forum posting name was HunterBD.

    If you have any questions do, please, ask.

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank

    I'd really value your thoughts.

    Sorry, David, but I have quite sufficient to keep me busy for longer than my
    likely expectation of life. And certainly not for reading stuff that by your
    own statement is six years old.

    I understand that every moment is precious at our ages. I was simply
    trying to benefit from your vast experience of all things 'Apple'.

    Nor do I particularly care for being instructed to read this or that.

    I'm truly amazed that you interpreted my request for your help as an
    *instruction*!

    It may be a hangover from my training at BRNC Dartmouth. The old Duke of
    Edinburgh sometimes got himself into trouble for the very same reason I
    suspect!

    I apologise for annoying you, Old John. I am sorry.

    Apology accepted.

    Thank you. 🙂

    Though slightly softened by "When you have the time" it did come across as rather peremptory - the sort of memo I might have sent to a subordinate.

    I had to look that up! ;-)

    https://www.google.com/search?q=peremptory

    Definitely the naval training! Mind you, I can't recall ever having
    given a /direct/ order to anyone!

    Old John.

    --
    Have a grand day!
    David

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  • From John@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 15 10:50:11 2024
    On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 09:48:09 +0100, Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net>
    wrote:

    On 13.12.24 08:56, Felix wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 16:30:25 GMT, "Jörg Lorenz" <hugybear@gmx.net> wrote:

    On 12.12.24 16:39, TimS wrote:
    On 12 Dec 2024 at 11:17:59 GMT, "David" <David@example.net> wrote:

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8332293?page=1&sortBy=rank


    Ah. I did wonder if this "David" was our resident troll with yet another new
    gym. Seems my suspicion was well-founded.

    It is, indeed!
    I have already 15 entries for this Troll in my killfile.

    64 entries here!

    You will have much more subscriptions of englishspeaking NGs than I
    have. Most of the time I'm active in germanspeaking NGs.

    I'm not criticising, I'm just trying to help but we don't tend to do
    that in English.

    I know that in German you ram words together a lot to make new ones
    that take up forty pages of small type but English mostly doesn't have
    that trick. [Yerp, I learned German a few centuries ago for "reasons"
    but I haven't really used it for ages.]

    We would hyphenate stuff: "English-speaking" and "German-speaking".

    Probably. Mostly. Usually. Often. Except when we don't, which is both
    common and part of the fun in using English.

    Your Germanish usage, though, is perfectly comprehensible and
    probably will be stolen by someone for something someday soon. It's
    what English does. :)

    The one invariable and universal rule in English is that there ain't
    none.

    And I have *loads* of 'nyms for our pet drooler in my filter-file.

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,

    J.

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