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  App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-26 20:23 +0000
    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-26 16:39 -0400
    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-27 16:14 +0000
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-27 18:40 +0000
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-27 14:50 -0400
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-27 19:41 +0000
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-27 15:43 -0400
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "tb" <nospam@example.invalid> - 2016-07-27 20:06 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-28 12:52 -0400
                  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 01:00 +0000
                    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 21:22 -0400
                      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 15:59 +0000
                        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-30 12:28 -0400
                          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 03:12 +0000
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-27 22:32 +0200
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-07-27 17:16 -0500
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 04:07 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 00:35 -0400
                  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 05:08 +0000
                    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 13:02 -0400
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 04:07 +0000
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 00:35 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-29 05:08 +0000
                  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 13:02 -0400
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 01:00 +0000
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-29 21:22 -0400
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-30 16:19 +0000
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-30 12:28 -0400
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-30 13:21 -0400
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 03:12 +0000
                  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-30 23:50 -0400
                    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 20:27 +0000
                      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-31 21:52 -0400
                        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-01 05:55 +0000
                          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-01 02:11 -0400
                            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-08-01 21:59 +0000
                              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-01 18:47 -0400
                    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-05 08:31 -0600
                      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-08-06 04:04 -0400
                        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-08-06 13:58 +0100
                          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-06 08:59 -0600
                            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2016-08-07 02:07 -0500
                              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-07 03:57 -0400
                        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-08-06 14:08 +0000
                          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-06 09:10 -0600
                            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-06 12:01 -0400
                        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-08-08 15:51 +0100
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> - 2016-08-05 08:28 -0600
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-28 05:02 -0400
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-28 19:48 +0200
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-28 19:18 +0000
        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-28 15:26 -0400
          Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-28 20:02 +0000
            Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-29 03:31 -0400
              Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-30 17:50 +0000
                Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2016-07-30 12:49 -0700
                  Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-30 20:18 +0000
                    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-30 23:19 -0400
                      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-07-31 19:22 +0000
                        Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-07-31 22:02 -0400
    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-27 21:10 +0200
    Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? Aardvarks <aardvarks@a.b.c.com> - 2016-07-31 00:45 +0000
      Re: App Compatible With AirDrop (iPhone)? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-31 22:21 +0200

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#33158

On 08/06/2016 06:58 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
> tlvp wrote:
>
>> crankypuss wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-iFlash-Reader-Android-iPhone/dp/B017QS7BQ4
>>>
>>
>> USB/microUSB-based OTG card reader/writer.
>
> Presumably for iThings it functions only as a reader, but for Android
> devices it can read and write?
>
>

Here's an equivalent if you only need USB and not lightning connectors:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820283018

Basically it's a USB-stick with a removable sdcard instead of fixed 
internal storage.  iThings can write to it too, if my aging memory 
hasn't screwed up.

The only Android that I use regularly is an RCA cheapo tablet/keyboard 
combo, and it has a fullsize USB connector.  IMO every Android owner 
should have one of these in his kit to connect USB devices to microusb:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0PG19N6347

Whatever, we all develop our own toolkits to deal with these annoying 
situations, some of us like to have for-real backups we can use on 
whatever-system we find ourselves stuck with, some are satisfied with 
cloud backups, it's a mixed deal.

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#33177

crankypuss <undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/06/2016 06:58 AM, Andy Burns wrote:
> > tlvp wrote:
> >
> >> crankypuss wrote:
> >>
> >>> https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-iFlash-Reader-Android-iPhone/dp/B017QS7BQ4
> >>>
> >>
> >> USB/microUSB-based OTG card reader/writer.
> >
> > Presumably for iThings it functions only as a reader, but for Android
> > devices it can read and write?
> >
> >

> Here's an equivalent if you only need USB and not lightning connectors:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820283018

> Basically it's a USB-stick with a removable sdcard instead of fixed 
> internal storage.  iThings can write to it too, if my aging memory 
> hasn't screwed up.

> The only Android that I use regularly is an RCA cheapo tablet/keyboard 
> combo, and it has a fullsize USB connector.  IMO every Android owner 
> should have one of these in his kit to connect USB devices to microusb:

> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0PG19N6347

> Whatever, we all develop our own toolkits to deal with these annoying 
> situations, some of us like to have for-real backups we can use on 
> whatever-system we find ourselves stuck with, some are satisfied with 
> cloud backups, it's a mixed deal.

Both gave me "Sorry, We can't find this Item. Please check your 
Item#..." errors. :(
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#33178

In article <aeqdnVghBsaCQzvKnZ2dnUU7-cfNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
<ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:

> 
> > Here's an equivalent if you only need USB and not lightning connectors:
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820283018
> 
> > Basically it's a USB-stick with a removable sdcard instead of fixed 
> > internal storage.  iThings can write to it too, if my aging memory 
> > hasn't screwed up.
> 
> > The only Android that I use regularly is an RCA cheapo tablet/keyboard 
> > combo, and it has a fullsize USB connector.  IMO every Android owner 
> > should have one of these in his kit to connect USB devices to microusb:
> 
> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0PG19N6347
> 
> > Whatever, we all develop our own toolkits to deal with these annoying 
> > situations, some of us like to have for-real backups we can use on 
> > whatever-system we find ourselves stuck with, some are satisfied with 
> > cloud backups, it's a mixed deal.
> 
> Both gave me "Sorry, We can't find this Item. Please check your 
> Item#..." errors. :(

something is wrong at your end. both links work.

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#33150

tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 08:31:00 -0600, crankypuss wrote:
> 
> > https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-iFlash-Reader-Android-iPhone/dp/B017QS7BQ4
> 
> Cute USB/microUSB-based OTG card reader/writer. Thanks. Good to know of.

  There are also USB/microUSB-based memory-sticks, so if you want a
device just for transferring data, then that is even simpler than a
card reader/writer.

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#33159

On 08/06/2016 08:08 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 08:31:00 -0600, crankypuss wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-iFlash-Reader-Android-iPhone/dp/B017QS7BQ4
>>
>> Cute USB/microUSB-based OTG card reader/writer. Thanks. Good to know of.
>
>   There are also USB/microUSB-based memory-sticks, so if you want a
> device just for transferring data, then that is even simpler than a
> card reader/writer.
>

If you prefer a USB stick with inboard memory of fixed size, that is 
maybe lesser quality than say a 128Gb microSD card x10, that's something 
for you to decide.  I prefer being able to store one reader and dozens 
and dozens of sdcards in the same physical space as two USB sticks.  I 
like having an sdcard in my wallet that contains a bootable version of 
several linux distros plus all the data on all my systems.  My wife 
doesn't care as long as it goes when she steps on the gas.  You know 
what they say about mileage.

The thing that really gripes my ass is that all these vendors, 
Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, Whoever... they all want to maximize profit 
and they do that by catering to the most massive market, which is the 
worst possible situation for those of us what don't want the same things 
as the teenagers on our block.  We get stuck with it anyway because it's 
all that is available for purchase.  I've thought from time to time how 
much money I could be rolling in if I set up a company that sold people 
what they want, instead of what the company thought this week's 
ninja-turtles pokemon-gotahell crowd wants, but I haven't, and won't, 
because I've had a business and dealing with the beans is flatly more of 
a pain in the ass than it's worth to me.

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#33160

In article <no4uta$ene$4@dont-email.me>, crankypuss
<undisclosedUserid@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> The thing that really gripes my ass is that all these vendors, 
> Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, Whoever... they all want to maximize profit 
> and they do that by catering to the most massive market, which is the 
> worst possible situation for those of us what don't want the same things 
> as the teenagers on our block.  We get stuck with it anyway because it's 
> all that is available for purchase.  I've thought from time to time how 
> much money I could be rolling in if I set up a company that sold people 
> what they want, instead of what the company thought this week's 
> ninja-turtles pokemon-gotahell crowd wants, but I haven't, and won't, 
> because I've had a business and dealing with the beans is flatly more of 
> a pain in the ass than it's worth to me.

if that would be a profitable venture, someone would have done it.

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#33211

On 06/08/16 09:04, tlvp wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 08:31:00 -0600, crankypuss wrote:
>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-iFlash-Reader-Android-iPhone/dp/B017QS7BQ4
>
> Cute USB/microUSB-based OTG card reader/writer. Thanks. Good to know of.
>

I prefer the "minimalist" approach, and carry one of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Generation-Micro-SD-Reader/dp/B0028R3NCU

complete with a 64GB uSD card.

It can be used just like any thumb drive.
And the uSD card can be removed and inserted into my phone to transfer files when the only transfer option is USB.

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#33125

On 07/27/2016 12:40 PM, tb wrote:
> On 7/27/2016 at 11:14:59 AM Aardvarks wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 20:23:21 +0000 (UTC), tb wrote:
>>
>>> Is there an Android app that is compatible with iPhone's AirDrop?
>>
>> I confess ignorance of Airdop, but the Apple Afficianados extoll it's
>> virtues, however narrow it's use only inside the walled garden.
>>
>> May I ask whether bluetooth file transfer would work for your
>> purposes to get photos from android devices to computers? The speeds
>> are fast enough for individual photos that they're transferred before
>> I even finish selecting the next set of photos to transfer.
>>
>> I use that native bluetooth file transfer all the time to push photos
>> from my Android devices to my computers and no additional software
>> needs to be installed on any device for this to work.
>>
>> I realize the iDevices are incapable of such things, so what I'm
>> asking is whether it would work that:
>>
>> a. iDevices stay within their self-imposed walled garden with Airdrop
>> b. Adevices connect to any computer using industry standard bluetooth
>
> I suppose Bluetooth would work even though I would have preferred some
> Android cross-platform app that could interact directly with AirDrop.
> I'm slowly realizing that such cross-platform app does not exist.
>
> The Bluetooth solution is a suggestion to keep in mind.  A friend of
> mine suggested using Dropbox.
>

I recently set foot inside the Apple ecosystem for the first time.

Since my "real computers" (lol) all run linux, and I since have no 
desire to distract myself with the inevitable learning-curve associated 
with any new OS (and thus prefer to avoid buying a Mac until it's 
actually necessary), I've done some research into methods of file 
transfer between iOS products (iPad and iPhone) and linux/android.  Of 
course for Android/Android or Android/linux file transfers, bluetooth 
send/receive is the obvious choice for convenient file transfer since 
it's available and easy.

Note that I vastly prefer solutions that do *not* require the internet, 
since my only network connection is through Verizon cellular and the 
nearest tower is distant enough that weather conditions significantly 
affect connectivity.

Basically the methods I've found that are convenient enough to mess with 
are:

* email: this of course costs two data transmissions across the network, 
one to send the file and another to retrieve it, but it's stupid-simple 
and always-available if you can send/receive emails with attachments.

* some cloud service like dropbox, google-drive, etc: this likewise 
costs two data transmissions across the network, one to send the file 
and another to retrieve it.

* a local wifi file-sharing device (no internet access required), the 
one I chose is the Kingston MobileLite G3, 
http://www.kingston.com/us/wireless/wireless_readers/mlwg3  This device 
has an associated app, for Apple devices it's
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobilelite-wireless/id1053288883?mt=8
and for Android devices the associated app is 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kingston.mlwg3&hl=en 
Be sure to note that there are old and new versions of the app, the one 
for the G3 is the one with the red logo.  I haven't downloaded the 
Android version of the app but my expectation is that would be almost 
identical to the iOS version.

* there are devices available that have a fullsize USB male connector on 
one end, a lightning male connector on the other end, and an sdcard in 
the middle.  The one I chose is this one,
https://www.amazon.com/Lightning-iFlash-Reader-Android-iPhone/dp/B017QS7BQ4
and there is an associated iOS app available for this one,
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/idiskk-pro/id1006564880?mt=8
no app is needed on the Android side, you just connect its USB end to 
the Android device.  If your android device needs a micro-USB connector 
you need an adapter such as,
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0081CRXGI/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687662&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0023FTRUO&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=9X3DVCF9F7VHRDDJVSA8

Beyond that I wish you luck, Apple continues to lay on the floor kicking 
its feet because it was there first and by damn the world can come to 
them and buy Everything Apple.  Personally I find their devices of 
superior hardware quality and adequate software quality, and although 
I've moved my "personal business" (email, shopping, the crap I don't 
really care about) to iPad and iPhone (because iOS really does seem to 
make good use of Apple's builtin encryption and graphics hardware), 
development is staying on linux because Apple has kind of a "Hotel 
California" feel to it and I prefer to stand in the doorway ready to run 
if necessary.

BTW, Aardvarks and nospam should both kiss my ass, fwiw. <g>

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#32869

On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:14:59 +0000 (UTC), Aardvarks wrote:

> I confess ignorance of Airdop, but the Apple Afficianados extoll it's
> virtues, however narrow it's use only inside the walled garden.

You're not a native speaker of English, I take it, to judge by your use
here of "Afficianados" (spelling), "extoll" ("The spelling extoll [for
extol] is accepted, but is quickly becoming obsolete"), and "it's" (that's
the contraction of "it is", not the required possessive form "its"). 

You almost had me fooled while you were tutoring poor Frank Slootweg.

Cheers, -- tlvp
-- 
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.

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#32880

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 05:02:10 -0400, tlvp wrote:

> You're not a native speaker of English, I take it, to judge by your use
> here of "Afficianados" (spelling), "extoll" ("The spelling extoll [for
> extol] is accepted, but is quickly becoming obsolete"), and "it's" (that's
> the contraction of "it is", not the required possessive form "its"). 

<https://tinyurl.com/4ckoyjw>

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#32886

tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:14:59 +0000 (UTC), Aardvarks wrote:
> 
> > I confess ignorance of Airdop, but the Apple Afficianados extoll it's
> > virtues, however narrow it's use only inside the walled garden.
> 
> You're not a native speaker of English, I take it, to judge by your use
> here of "Afficianados" (spelling), "extoll" ("The spelling extoll [for
> extol] is accepted, but is quickly becoming obsolete"), and "it's" (that's
> the contraction of "it is", not the required possessive form "its"). 
> 
> You almost had me fooled while you were tutoring poor Frank Slootweg.

  Did he tutor me? I must have missed that.
  
  I'm filtering "Aardvarks"... oops I mean "Paul M. Cook"... oops I mean
"VPN User"... oops I mean "Joe Clock"... oops I mean "Marob Katon" ...
oops I mean "Chris Rangoon"...  oops I mean "Henry Jones", but do an
upscore of responses to my posts, so I should have seen his tutoring.

  Or are you confusing me with Michael Eyd, whom he *did* 'tutor' (while
emptying several magazines into his own feet)?

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#32888

On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 05:02:10 -0400, tlvp mis-wrote:

> ... while you were tutoring poor Frank Slootweg.

Sorry, I think I meant Michael Eyd. Sincere apologies to all concerned.

Cheers, -- tlvp
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#32891

tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 05:02:10 -0400, tlvp mis-wrote:
> 
> > ... while you were tutoring poor Frank Slootweg.
> 
> Sorry, I think I meant Michael Eyd. Sincere apologies to all concerned.

  No worries mate, we Europeons all look alike and we talk funny.

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#32910

On 28 Jul 2016 20:02:28 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

>  No worries mate, we Europeons all look alike and we talk funny.

We do, don't we :-) ? But what's a "sluice-way" doing in Austria? I thought
sluice-ways were entrenched in Polderland :-) . My mistake again, I guess.

Cheers, and apologies once more (for good measure), -- tlvp
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#32934

tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
> On 28 Jul 2016 20:02:28 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 
> >  No worries mate, we Europeons all look alike and we talk funny.
> 
> We do, don't we :-) ? But what's a "sluice-way" doing in Austria? I thought
> sluice-ways were entrenched in Polderland :-) . My mistake again, I guess.

  No, no mistake. I was is Austria, doing a bit of hiking in the
mountains, and it was my last evening there, hence me "Signing off from
Austria.".

  And indeed I live in - and am a native from - Polderland. But I live
on the 7th floor, because I don't trust them dikes (of *either*
variety) [1]. Last time we needed a little boy to stop the floods, go
figure!

[1] I lived some 40 years at some 5 meters below sea level, so I *do*
sort of trust them dikes.

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#32935

On 07/30/2016 10:50 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
>> On 28 Jul 2016 20:02:28 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>
>> >  No worries mate, we Europeons all look alike and we talk funny.
>>
>> We do, don't we :-) ? But what's a "sluice-way" doing in Austria? I thought
>> sluice-ways were entrenched in Polderland :-) . My mistake again, I guess.
>
>    No, no mistake. I was is Austria, doing a bit of hiking in the
> mountains, and it was my last evening there, hence me "Signing off from
> Austria.".
>
>    And indeed I live in - and am a native from - Polderland. But I live
> on the 7th floor, because I don't trust them dikes (of *either*
> variety) [1]. Last time we needed a little boy to stop the floods, go
> figure!

Everybody remembers "little boy" but does anybody know his actual NAME?

> [1] I lived some 40 years at some 5 meters below sea level, so I *do*
> sort of trust them dikes.

So Dutch is your native language?  Two things I know about Dutch 
(Polderische?  Hollandaise?):

1.  When I watched Soldier of Orange I was amazed that Dutch sounded 
like English, but with different words.  The pronunciation of letters, 
the accent, the 'music' of the language seemed the same.

2.  The other person editing a proposal (back in the 80s) was a Dutch 
woman.  She was better than me at catching odd grammatical constructions 
that I would have let pass.  And she was a lot younger than me, too.  I 
still find that humiliating, but we all need a dose of humiliation now 
and then and that's mine.

-- 
Cheers, Bev
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#32936

The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/30/2016 10:50 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
> >> On 28 Jul 2016 20:02:28 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> >>
> >> >  No worries mate, we Europeons all look alike and we talk funny.
> >>
> >> We do, don't we :-) ? But what's a "sluice-way" doing in Austria? I thought
> >> sluice-ways were entrenched in Polderland :-) . My mistake again, I guess.
> >
> >    No, no mistake. I was is Austria, doing a bit of hiking in the
> > mountains, and it was my last evening there, hence me "Signing off from
> > Austria.".
> >
> >    And indeed I live in - and am a native from - Polderland. But I live
> > on the 7th floor, because I don't trust them dikes (of *either*
> > variety) [1]. Last time we needed a little boy to stop the floods, go
> > figure!
> 
> Everybody remembers "little boy" but does anybody know his actual NAME?

  Hans Brinker
(<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Brinker%2C_or_The_Silver_Skates>)

> > [1] I lived some 40 years at some 5 meters below sea level, so I *do*
> > sort of trust them dikes.
> 
> So Dutch is your native language?

  Yep, but Dutch isn't a language, it's a throat disease [1].

[...]

[1] It's better for me to pre-empt that common joke.

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#32949

On 30 Jul 2016 20:18:45 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

> ... but Dutch isn't a language, it's a throat disease [1].

Apparently "throat disease" is an honor that Dutch is vying with Danish for
-- many's the Dane who's told me that *Danish* is a throat disease.

Oh, heck, maybe you're *both* right :-) . Certainly the Dutch rendering of
"tram to Scheveningen", out of the mouth of a Nederlander, sounds like an
attack of pharyngitic throat-clearing :-) . (No offense intended.) 

Cheers, -- tlvp
-- 
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.

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#32965

tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> wrote:
> On 30 Jul 2016 20:18:45 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 
> > ... but Dutch isn't a language, it's a throat disease [1].
> 
> Apparently "throat disease" is an honor that Dutch is vying with Danish for
> -- many's the Dane who's told me that *Danish* is a throat disease.

  Well, who would argue about that? :-)

> Oh, heck, maybe you're *both* right :-) . Certainly the Dutch rendering of
> "tram to Scheveningen", out of the mouth of a Nederlander, sounds like an
> attack of pharyngitic throat-clearing :-) . (No offense intended.) 

  The 'sch...' sound was used in WWII to out Germans who were pretending
to be Dutch. It was impossible for them to get it right.

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#32981

On 31 Jul 2016 19:22:36 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

>   The 'sch...' sound was used in WWII to out Germans who were pretending
> to be Dutch. It was impossible for them to get it right.

Yes, I love that story every time I hear it :-) ! It's as good as the
assorted "code-talkers" the Allied forces used for wide-open secret
communications ... Navajo Indians telling it straight up, but in Navajo,
and little old Swiss village women telling it straight up too, but in their
own particular dialect within the Schwyzertütsch family, both encodings
utter gibberish to anyone from elsewhere in the outside world :-) !

In "... tram naar Scheveningen ... " it's the r, the r, the Sch, and the g
-- they get me every time, all of 'em, trying to rip out my throat !

Cheers, -- tlvp
-- 
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.

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