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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation May 27, 2005
I got up early-ish (8am), tinkered with the computer, headed over to the "Mental Health User Network" and checked out their computer system about 10:15, headed to COGS' premises and spent the rest of the morning cleaning ink from inside an HP colo(u)r copier. About 12:30 I gave up and washed my hands which, by that point, were a fetching shade of deep blue-green.
I paid Mike the upholsterer a visit (he stood me a pie and a 
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) and then dragged myself home where I had an hour's nap. 
I got up and tinkered with the computer some more, interrupted occasionally by Graeme (not Graham) calling repeatedly for CSS advice. I copied all of "The Farm" (well, the synopses anyway) onto "real" DVDs and packaged them up to pass on to Doug at the restaurant tomorrow.
Other than that, I watched Scrubs, Will & Grace, The Last Detective and Have I Got News for You?... I'm off to bed now to read some more of Thomas Covenant (I managed half a chapter earlier...
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woofti aka groovy gravy Posted May 28, 2005
When we meet tonight, I'm going to ask you what it is with you and the American spellings of words like "colour"!
See ya later...
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DruglessBrain Posted May 28, 2005
Let me hazard a guess, Richard...
The printer is a HP color printer - that's what it'll say on the box or casing.
Please note peet's full hooto user name...
Peet will have used the spelling used on the box or casing, and then insterted his own (u) in order to live up to his name.
This is only a guess, but there's 25 years experience behind it.
Douglas
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted May 28, 2005
It's a pretty accurate guess.
HP print different logos on the corner of the printer for each country, translating "color" into their language - except for the UK, where they don't bother. I don't know if it's ignorance or arrogance, but I couldn't let it pass without comment. 
I'm looking forward to tonight... 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted May 28, 2005
Re: the Subject,
http://hem.bredband.net/privaten/pics/frog.swf
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martine_s Posted May 29, 2005
You're right Peet, standards must be upheld.
But I wabt to put a claim of prior ownership (Douglas?) to the "Crazy Frog" brand name.
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- 1: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (May 27, 2005)
- 2: woofti aka groovy gravy (May 28, 2005)
- 3: DruglessBrain (May 28, 2005)
- 4: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (May 28, 2005)
- 5: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (May 28, 2005)
- 6: martine_s (May 29, 2005)
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