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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

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On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 00:32:55 +0100,  wrote:

> On 2017-04-09 22:57:27 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>
>> On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 23:41:02 +0100, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/9/2017 4:53 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 22:40:56 +0100, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/9/2017 4:33 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 22:32:27 +0100,  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2017-04-09 21:21:13 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>>>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 22:13:38 +0100, Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 4/9/2017 4:06 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 21:33:40 +0100,  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2017-04-09 18:34:22 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>>>>>>>>>>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 06 Apr 2017 18:52:32 +0100, Ken Blake
>>>>>>>>>>>> <Ken@invalid.news.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 05 Apr 2017 23:07:13 -0500, Char Jackson
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <none@none.invalid>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've seen many hundreds of 'barn red' barns, but I don't think
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ever
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seen one I'd call 'brownish'. I wonder if that's a Canadian
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thing?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ''I've never seen anything I would call "brownish."   <g>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> What would you call something that was nearly brown then?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Tan
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Only women add extra words for colours.  Men just use about ten
>>>>>>>>>> common
>>>>>>>>>> names, then add adjectives or use two colours.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Maybe in England, But here in Canada we have lots of different
>>>>>>>>> colours.
>>>>>>>>> sometimes we even use Hex numbers instead of names.  :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Canadians are rather effeminate though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I guess you haven't played much icehockey.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You mean the game where they dress up in protective gear, nothing like
>>>>>> rugby?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What the Hell is rugby?
>>>>
>>>> American football without the protective gear.  Same odd shaped ball.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Whoosh.
>>
>> You asked what rugby was.  That can only mean one thing.
>
> ...er, two things; game or school.

Everybody knows the game.  Nobody's heard of the school.

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The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words.
A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words." -- Atlanta Journal

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-13 17:03 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-13 09:21 -0700
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-13 17:26 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-13 09:57 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-14 22:12 +0100

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