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SusanDoris Posted Apr 6, 2010
A poster (whose name I forgot to copy) on the thread about blaming TwoLegs, has directed me here. I have been trying to find Websailor's long-running daily diary of her garden, birds, badgers etc, but although I have put in a variety of words in the the search facility, I have had no success. Can anyone give me a link, please?
(I have only been an occasional poster on h2g2.)
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KB Posted Apr 6, 2010
That was me. 
I didn't think to suggest it at the time, but perhaps you meant her column in The Post? A8828139
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You can call me TC Posted Apr 6, 2010
Just to bring Menthol Penguin's question over the page, in case it gets lost. Was your IQ thread on Ask, MP?
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Menthol Penguin - Currently revising/editing my book Posted Apr 6, 2010
I think so, can't imagine I posted it anywhere else.
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Otus Nycteus Posted Apr 7, 2010
Could that be this one, Kea? :-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F19585?thread=6729175
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SusanDoris Posted Apr 7, 2010
-"...but perhaps you meant her column in The Post? A8828139"-
Thank you for the suggestion, but unfortunately no. It was a daily updated diary and there was a long line of little rectangles at the top,* so it had been continuous for quite a time.
*which, after being on h2g2 for a bit, I worked out were pages!
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SusanDoris Posted Apr 7, 2010
And having now looked at the next topic on my page of topics, I see that someone has very kindly given me the link to Web Sailor's journal. My thanks for help here too.
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Mu Beta Posted May 17, 2010
Bugger me. Look what I've found.
F19585?thread=174711
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted May 17, 2010
Obviously a thread started before text boxes has spell checks in them 
I can't believe it took 2 years to correct the subject line 
How things have changed.
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Mu Beta Posted May 17, 2010
"Obviously a thread started before text boxes has spell checks in them"
Presumably, you mean 'had'. 
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted May 17, 2010
I looked forward to the day my text box can check for tense 
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Mu Beta Posted May 17, 2010
You mean "_you were looking_ forward..." of course.
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted May 17, 2010
No, I was just winding you up.
I'm meant I am looking forward to text boxes checking for tense, and grammar in general 
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Mu Beta Posted May 17, 2010
Like unnecessary possessives in the first word of a sentence you're trying to spell, punctuate and express immaculately?
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted May 17, 2010
Yes. And No.
It would be interesting if such a thing existed, whether it would give immaculate results or would settle for a reasonable standard of conversational English.
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coelacanth Posted May 17, 2010
Oi! This is one of the few threads that has stayed on topic! Play nicely or take the argument elsewhere. 
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Mu Beta Posted May 17, 2010
Which you've undeniably failed to achieve with that last sentence.
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- 401: SusanDoris (Apr 6, 2010)
- 402: KB (Apr 6, 2010)
- 403: You can call me TC (Apr 6, 2010)
- 404: Menthol Penguin - Currently revising/editing my book (Apr 6, 2010)
- 405: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Apr 6, 2010)
- 406: Otus Nycteus (Apr 7, 2010)
- 407: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Apr 7, 2010)
- 408: SusanDoris (Apr 7, 2010)
- 409: SusanDoris (Apr 7, 2010)
- 410: Mu Beta (May 17, 2010)
- 411: coelacanth (May 17, 2010)
- 412: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (May 17, 2010)
- 413: Mu Beta (May 17, 2010)
- 414: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (May 17, 2010)
- 415: Mu Beta (May 17, 2010)
- 416: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (May 17, 2010)
- 417: Mu Beta (May 17, 2010)
- 418: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (May 17, 2010)
- 419: coelacanth (May 17, 2010)
- 420: Mu Beta (May 17, 2010)
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