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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
39066.67 In reply to 39066.66 
But you have a netbook with a suitable spreadsheet/chart making piece of software.
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.68 In reply to 39066.60 
I was being facetious, not pedantic. This is pedantry:

While it's true that ferrets were domesticated from polecats, polecats are not wild ferrets. That's like saying wolves are wild spaniels.

And they're not in the canine family, they're mustelids like weasels and stoats and otters. Fairly close relatives are things like raccoon and bears.
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  ANT_THOMAS     
39066.69 In reply to 39066.67 
I also have a stand of books blocking my view. Plus it's an elevator not normal stairs which probably skews the results somewhat, and there ain't no old buildings around here I could use for the second part of the experiment.
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  ANT_THOMAS     
39066.70 In reply to 39066.67 
And besides, you're the one that doesn't know which feet people use.
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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
39066.71 In reply to 39066.68 
Growl!

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 From:  johngti_mk-ii  
 To:  graphitone     
39066.72 In reply to 39066.52 

Well if you want accuracy, xen's example is also an approximation. Over a very long period of time the approximation improves. Just like for rivers.

 

I thought it was fecking interesting anyway :-(

Add THE VETOES to your myspace friends!!! Pretty please :D

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  johngti_mk-ii     
39066.73 In reply to 39066.72 
I did too!

Ken: :'D
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 From:  ComtronBob  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
39066.74 In reply to 39066.68 

"I was being facetious..."

Is that what the :Y ("pipe" emoticon) is supposed to indicate?  As an aside, before enlarging it enough to see the smoking, I thought "pipe" referred to being bashed upside the head with one. :P

"And they're not in the canine family..."

Fair enough.  I had always thought they belonged because of the canine incisors.  But a quick check indicates otherwise.


ComtronBob

"It is not possible to undertake vast projects with half-vast personnel"
    
Red, white, and blue banner seen hanging across aircraft assembly hanger.

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.75 In reply to 39066.74 
Hah.

For me :Y indicates arrogance or smugness. Whether real or feigned. Usually feigned/ironic. Sometimes not.

And yeah, there's actually a lot of debate, I believe, about whether mustelids and bears and stuff are more closely related to cats or to dogs. Like it matters. Stupid bloody biologists.
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 From:  johngti_mk-ii  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
39066.76 In reply to 39066.73 
Thanks xen, knew I could count on you

Add THE VETOES to your myspace friends!!! Pretty please :D

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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
39066.77 In reply to 39066.73 
I could not imagine meeting up with that in the woods. I'd die of a heart attack.
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
39066.78 In reply to 39066.75 
For me :Y indicates arrogance or smugness.

I use it for experience/wisdom. No further comment necessary.

bastard by name, bastard by nature

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 From:  koswix  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.79 In reply to 39066.74 
Am I a canine?! :?



                                                
                                                
                                                
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 From:  ComtronBob  
 To:  koswix     
39066.80 In reply to 39066.79 

"Am I a canine?!"

 

I don't know.  Are you a ferret?


ComtronBob

"It is not possible to undertake vast projects with half-vast personnel"
    
Red, white, and blue banner seen hanging across aircraft assembly hanger.

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 From:  koswix  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.81 In reply to 39066.80 
I don't think so.



                                                
                                                
                                                
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 From:  ComtronBob  
 To:  koswix     
39066.82 In reply to 39066.81 

"I don't think so".

 

Well then, unless you're a dog, probably not.

 

Then again, it's said that on the internet you could be talking to a dog and not know it.

 

Woof!


ComtronBob

"It is not possible to undertake vast projects with half-vast personnel"
    
Red, white, and blue banner seen hanging across aircraft assembly hanger.

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 From:  patch  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
39066.83 In reply to 39066.43 
Here you go, then.

The thing is this. Built sometime around 1500 to give the stallholders from the surrounding market square somewhere to shelter when it rained.

Obviously, some bits have been replaced in the last six centuries, but there's enough bits left that look fairly original:

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  patch     
39066.84 In reply to 39066.83 
:D

That's really cool. Thank you.
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  patch     
39066.85 In reply to 39066.83 
:O

I've been there!
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 From:  patch  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
39066.86 In reply to 39066.85 
And you didn't even knock on my door. How rude.
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