Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!novia!newspump.sol.net!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!86597e80!not-for-mail From: "Lew" Subject: Re: java and ms-server Message-ID: X-Comment-To: comp.lang.java.databases Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.databases In-Reply-To: <4904b0d6$0$28307$607ed4bc@cv.net> References: <4904b0d6$0$28307$607ed4bc@cv.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92] Lines: 38 Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:23:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96.60.20.240 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1303917781 96.60.20.240 (Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:23:01 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:23:01 CDT Organization: TDS.net Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.databases:313 To: comp.lang.java.databases Starbuck wrote: >>>>> That is brill, many thanks Lew wrote: >>>> Are you British? >>>> >>>> David Harper wrote: >>> His IP address is a Virgin Media address -- formerly NTL. That's a >>> major U.K. broadband ISP. I should know. I get my Internet >>> connection from them too. >>> >>> But brill is a small fish, no? ;-) Starbuck wrote: >> Quite correct old boy. Also short for brilliant when one is being lazy. >> Time for a cup of tea I think. >> How are you finding the Virgin media service David? >> >> Lew - I am English. Many of us Americans are fascinated by the British way with English. Longing for the ancient home of the language, perhaps. I was not familiar with the usage of "brill" for "brilliant". Thanks for the education. I'm watching "football" on TV - only it's not soccer. -- Lew --- * Synchronet * The Whitehouse BBS --- whitehouse.hulds.com --- check it out free usenet! --- Synchronet 3.15a-Win32 NewsLink 1.92 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24