Talking of plurals
 

Talking of correct plurals, but the collective name for a group
of grown-ups holding only the Fools' Licence that is targetted
at 5-year-olds is a thicket.

Talking of plurals
 

On Sun, 22 May 2016 11:59:54 +0100, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
Talking of correct plurals, but the collective name for a group
of grown-ups holding only the Fools' Licence that is targetted
at 5-year-olds is a thicket.


Please,folks! Stop feeding this troll.

Talking of plurals
 

"Allodoxaphobia" wrote in message
t...

Please,folks! Stop feeding this troll.

At least you are honest about being a troll.

Talking of plurals
 

On Sun, 22 May 2016 11:59:54 +0100, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
wrote:

Talking of correct plurals, but the collective name for a group
of grown-ups holding only the Fools' Licence that is targetted
at 5-year-olds is a thicket.

Well, that didn't work. I wrote a script for Forte Agent that
automatically deleted anything cross posted to BOTH
rec.radio.amateur.antenna and uk.radio.amateur. It has worked quite
well until today, where Gareth is now posting only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna with his crusade against plurality.

I think the easiest fix would be for Gareth to include
uk.radio.amateur, so that his fan club in the UK could properly enjoy
his discourse and so that I don't see any of it.

[uk.radio.amateur added to the Newsgroups list]

--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

Talking of plurals
 

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sun, 22 May 2016 11:59:54 +0100, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
wrote:

Talking of correct plurals, but the collective name for a group
of grown-ups holding only the Fools' Licence that is targetted
at 5-year-olds is a thicket.

Well, that didn't work. I wrote a script for Forte Agent that
automatically deleted anything cross posted to BOTH
rec.radio.amateur.antenna and uk.radio.amateur. It has worked quite
well until today, where Gareth is now posting only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna with his crusade against plurality.

I think the easiest fix would be for Gareth to include
uk.radio.amateur, so that his fan club in the UK could properly enjoy
his discourse and so that I don't see any of it.

[uk.radio.amateur added to the Newsgroups list]


********, mate. You can keep him!

--
STC / M0TEY /
http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur

Talking of plurals
 

"gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" wrote in message
...
Talking of correct plurals, but the collective name for a group
of grown-ups holding only the Fools' Licence that is targetted
at 5-year-olds is a thicket.

And, because of their lamentable lack of education, as evidenced
by their incorrect plural for, "antenna", an, "Ignoramus of Yank Radio
Hams"?

Talking of plurals
 

In article ,
Stephen Thomas Cole wrote:

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Well, that didn't work. I wrote a script for Forte Agent that
automatically deleted anything cross posted to BOTH
rec.radio.amateur.antenna and uk.radio.amateur. It has worked quite
well until today, where Gareth is now posting only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna with his crusade against plurality.

I think the easiest fix would be for Gareth to include
uk.radio.amateur, so that his fan club in the UK could properly enjoy
his discourse and so that I don't see any of it.

I don't know what you can do with Forte Agent, but with MT-NewsWatcher
you can create any number of filters. In addition to one removing items
posted to uk.radio.amateur (unfortunately mine kept me from seeing
Jeff's post until Stephen quoted it in another post going only to rraa)
you can create a filter sending things posted by a particular individual
to /dev/null, but that's dangerous because sometimes such people post
worthwhile things. Until now my anti-uk.radio.amateur filter has done
the job, since most puerile arguments pretending to be about antennas
(which is how we pluralize, not pluralise, it over here both in Canada
and the US, and if you don't like it that's just too damned bad) seemed
to get posted to uk.radio.amateur as well.

David, VE7EZM and AF7BZ -- first licensed (not licenced!) with 13 wpm
code test as W8EZE 1949, old-fashioned US Extra Class with 20 wpm code
test 1955, Mathematics Ph.D. from The Ohio State University 1961

--
David Ryeburn

To send e-mail, change "netz" to "net"

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"David Ryeburn" wrote in message
...
... antennas
(which is how we pluralize, not pluralise, it over here both in Canada
and the US, and if you don't like it that's just too damned bad)

That is the way of the redneck - to resort to rudeness when challenged

Talking of plurals
 

On Sun, 22 May 2016 09:05:52 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Sun, 22 May 2016 11:59:54 +0100, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
wrote:

Talking of correct plurals, but the collective name for a group
of grown-ups holding only the Fools' Licence that is targetted
at 5-year-olds is a thicket.

Well, that didn't work. I wrote a script for Forte Agent that
automatically deleted anything cross posted to BOTH
rec.radio.amateur.antenna and uk.radio.amateur. It has worked quite
well until today, where Gareth is now posting only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna with his crusade against plurality.

I think the easiest fix would be for Gareth to include
uk.radio.amateur, so that his fan club in the UK could properly enjoy
his discourse and so that I don't see any of it.

[uk.radio.amateur added to the Newsgroups list]

You can filter by author, in one group or globally, using Forte Agent.

RL

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On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:57:23 -0500, legg wrote:

You can filter by author, in one group or globally, using Forte Agent.
RL

Done. You're now added to my filter list.



--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

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On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:56:16 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:57:23 -0500, legg wrote:

On Sun, 22 May 2016 09:05:52 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:
Well, that didn't work. I wrote a script for Forte Agent that
automatically deleted anything cross posted to BOTH
rec.radio.amateur.antenna and uk.radio.amateur. It has worked quite
well until today, where Gareth is now posting only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna with his crusade against plurality.

I think the easiest fix would be for Gareth to include
uk.radio.amateur, so that his fan club in the UK could properly enjoy
his discourse and so that I don't see any of it.

[uk.radio.amateur added to the Newsgroups list]


You can filter by author, in one group or globally, using Forte Agent.
RL

Done. You're now added to my filter list.

Filtering Gareth might have been more to the point, but suit yourself.

There's also an Agent group that is sometimes useful.

a.u.o.forte-agent

RL

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On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:15:40 -0500, legg wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:56:16 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:57:23 -0500, legg wrote:

On Sun, 22 May 2016 09:05:52 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:
Well, that didn't work. I wrote a script for Forte Agent that
automatically deleted anything cross posted to BOTH
rec.radio.amateur.antenna and uk.radio.amateur. It has worked quite
well until today, where Gareth is now posting only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna with his crusade against plurality.

I think the easiest fix would be for Gareth to include
uk.radio.amateur, so that his fan club in the UK could properly enjoy
his discourse and so that I don't see any of it.

[uk.radio.amateur added to the Newsgroups list]


You can filter by author, in one group or globally, using Forte Agent.
RL

Done. You're now added to my filter list.

Filtering Gareth might have been more to the point, but suit yourself.

Sorry. That was the best I could do for humor at the time. The
ambiguity was just too tempting to resist.

There's also an Agent group that is sometimes useful.
a.u.o.forte-agent

Yep. I've been using Forte Agent for a long time. Along the way,
I've become rather familiar with its filter rules and using regex to
build complex rules. In this case, simply filtering Gareth would not
have been sufficient. I wanted to not see anything that is from
Gareth *AND* is cross posted to both rec.radio.amateur.antenna and
uk.radio.amateur. If the thread originates with Gareth, I mark the
entire thread as read or deleted. There are occasional cross postings
to both groups worth reading, but only if they do not include Gareth
as the originator. That worked until Gareth chose to post only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna. So, now I have a separate rule for each
group, which takes care of the problem.


--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

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How strange because Liebermann has long been in my KF because of
his habit of resorting to abusive remarks.

One would have thought that someone such as he claims that he is would
be interested in scientific discussion, but there we go.

"legg" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 19:45:36 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:15:40 -0500, legg wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:56:16 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:57:23 -0500, legg wrote:

On Sun, 22 May 2016 09:05:52 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:
Well, that didn't work. I wrote a script for Forte Agent that
automatically deleted anything cross posted to BOTH
rec.radio.amateur.antenna and uk.radio.amateur. It has worked quite
well until today, where Gareth is now posting only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna with his crusade against plurality.

I think the easiest fix would be for Gareth to include
uk.radio.amateur, so that his fan club in the UK could properly enjoy
his discourse and so that I don't see any of it.

[uk.radio.amateur added to the Newsgroups list]


You can filter by author, in one group or globally, using Forte Agent.
RL

Done. You're now added to my filter list.

Filtering Gareth might have been more to the point, but suit yourself.

Sorry. That was the best I could do for humor at the time. The
ambiguity was just too tempting to resist.

S'allright. Humour often goes astray, in print. All the more reason to
use a 30day filter, when annoyed. Also an Agent feature. Often
outlasts the source author's attention span, or the life of a
'popnews' topic.



There's also an Agent group that is sometimes useful.
a.u.o.forte-agent

Yep. I've been using Forte Agent for a long time. Along the way,
I've become rather familiar with its filter rules and using regex to
build complex rules. In this case, simply filtering Gareth would not
have been sufficient. I wanted to not see anything that is from
Gareth *AND* is cross posted to both rec.radio.amateur.antenna and
uk.radio.amateur. If the thread originates with Gareth, I mark the
entire thread as read or deleted. There are occasional cross postings
to both groups worth reading, but only if they do not include Gareth
as the originator. That worked until Gareth chose to post only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna. So, now I have a separate rule for each
group, which takes care of the problem.

Some respondents, acting in good faith, may post useful stuff, so I
stick to source-only.

RL

Talking of plurals
 

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 19:45:36 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:15:40 -0500, legg wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 09:56:16 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 07:57:23 -0500, legg wrote:

On Sun, 22 May 2016 09:05:52 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:
Well, that didn't work. I wrote a script for Forte Agent that
automatically deleted anything cross posted to BOTH
rec.radio.amateur.antenna and uk.radio.amateur. It has worked quite
well until today, where Gareth is now posting only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna with his crusade against plurality.

I think the easiest fix would be for Gareth to include
uk.radio.amateur, so that his fan club in the UK could properly enjoy
his discourse and so that I don't see any of it.

[uk.radio.amateur added to the Newsgroups list]


You can filter by author, in one group or globally, using Forte Agent.
RL

Done. You're now added to my filter list.

Filtering Gareth might have been more to the point, but suit yourself.

Sorry. That was the best I could do for humor at the time. The
ambiguity was just too tempting to resist.

S'allright. Humour often goes astray, in print. All the more reason to
use a 30day filter, when annoyed. Also an Agent feature. Often
outlasts the source author's attention span, or the life of a
'popnews' topic.



There's also an Agent group that is sometimes useful.
a.u.o.forte-agent

Yep. I've been using Forte Agent for a long time. Along the way,
I've become rather familiar with its filter rules and using regex to
build complex rules. In this case, simply filtering Gareth would not
have been sufficient. I wanted to not see anything that is from
Gareth *AND* is cross posted to both rec.radio.amateur.antenna and
uk.radio.amateur. If the thread originates with Gareth, I mark the
entire thread as read or deleted. There are occasional cross postings
to both groups worth reading, but only if they do not include Gareth
as the originator. That worked until Gareth chose to post only to
rec.radio.amateur.antenna. So, now I have a separate rule for each
group, which takes care of the problem.

Some respondents, acting in good faith, may post useful stuff, so I
stick to source-only.

RL

Talking of plurals
 

On Thu, 09 Jun 2016 06:50:00 -0500, legg wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 19:45:36 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:
Sorry. That was the best I could do for humor at the time. The
ambiguity was just too tempting to resist.

S'allright. Humour often goes astray, in print.

Unfortunately, my miserable attempt at humor had a physiological
reason. I'm currently having problems with some new heart medicines.
The end result is a rather drastic drop in blood pressure. When this
happens, I tend to be sleepy, slow, and not very clear thinking. I
try delay my postings, and check them about 30 minutes after writing,
when the problems usually become obvious. I missed this time and just
clicked "send".

All the more reason to
use a 30day filter, when annoyed. Also an Agent feature. Often
outlasts the source author's attention span, or the life of a
'popnews' topic.

Hmmm... I just noticed that I have everything in
rec.radio.amateur.antenna back to July 2012 (7442 articles). Maybe I
should do some housekeeping. I think that was when I wiped out my
entire Usenet news store because the database was fatally corrupted by
a failing disk drive. I dunno about the 30 day filter. There are
articles that I mark as "Keep Message" that I save and later archive.

Some respondents, acting in good faith, may post useful stuff, so I
stick to source-only.

I've noticed that specific individuals tend to post useful and
interesting stuff mostly within their areas of expertise. Over the
years, I've identified many of these people. Even if the original
posting was something of little interest, I tend to read the followups
authored by people that tend to have something worth reading. I
sometimes soft the messages by author, to make that easier.



--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

Talking of plurals
 

On Thu, 09 Jun 2016 09:53:13 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Thu, 09 Jun 2016 06:50:00 -0500, legg wrote:

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 19:45:36 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:
Sorry. That was the best I could do for humor at the time. The
ambiguity was just too tempting to resist.

S'allright. Humour often goes astray, in print.

Unfortunately, my miserable attempt at humor had a physiological
reason. I'm currently having problems with some new heart medicines.
The end result is a rather drastic drop in blood pressure. When this
happens, I tend to be sleepy, slow, and not very clear thinking. I
try delay my postings, and check them about 30 minutes after writing,
when the problems usually become obvious. I missed this time and just
clicked "send".

We all have to watch it, there's some pretty provoking stuff out
there. Old xkcd.com had our hero 'fixing' the internet........

All the more reason to
use a 30day filter, when annoyed. Also an Agent feature. Often
outlasts the source author's attention span, or the life of a
'popnews' topic.

Hmmm... I just noticed that I have everything in
rec.radio.amateur.antenna back to July 2012 (7442 articles). Maybe I
should do some housekeeping. I think that was when I wiped out my
entire Usenet news store because the database was fatally corrupted by
a failing disk drive. I dunno about the 30 day filter. There are
articles that I mark as "Keep Message" that I save and later archive.

Some respondents, acting in good faith, may post useful stuff, so I
stick to source-only.

I've noticed that specific individuals tend to post useful and
interesting stuff mostly within their areas of expertise. Over the
years, I've identified many of these people. Even if the original
posting was something of little interest, I tend to read the followups
authored by people that tend to have something worth reading. I
sometimes soft the messages by author, to make that easier.

Must end up being an 'interesting' filtering script. Way outside my
pay grade.

RL