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![]() From: Anton Shepelev (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Wed, 18 January 2023 Help with ugly legalese Hello, all Can you help me decipher this piece of looney legalese, in which I have masked the entity names: 2023.01.17 In accordance with the Agreement for Foo Services, CompanyOne (C... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Tue, 17 January 2023 Some Russian humour Hi, Anton! Recently you wrote in a message to alexander koryagin: AK> Does the speaking dog look funny in your region? AS> I should find it funny at first, as long as I thought AS>... |
![]() From: Anton Shepelev (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Mon, 16 January 2023 Some Russian humour Alexander Koryagin: > The idea of this story is that the dog was so stunned that > it even forgot about it was a dog. That's why it said > those words. Why, its a good story, quite fi... |
![]() From: alexander koryagin (2:5075/128.130) To: n/a Date: Mon, 09 January 2023 Some Russian humour <MSGID_2=3A221=2F6.0_63b41816@fidonet.org> Thunderbird/31.7.0 Hi, Anton Shepelev! I read your message from 03.01.2023 14:57 AK>> Does the speaking dog look funny in your region? ... |
![]() From: Anton Shepelev (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Tue, 03 January 2023 Some Russian humour Alexander Koryagin: AK> Does the speaking dog look funny in your region? I should find it funny at first, as long as I thought it a trick taught the dog by dumb drilling. But as it continue... |
![]() From: Anton Shepelev (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Tue, 03 January 2023 Suit Ardith Hinton to Anton Shepelev: AS>> I think `suit' there denotes general perseverence in an AS>> effort, but the dict.org begs to differ: AH> According to THE FREE DICTIONARY, th... |
![]() From: Anton Shepelev (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Tue, 03 January 2023 Suit Alexander Koryagin to Anton Shepelev: AS>> I think you have an extra quote there! AK> I retyped it manually. I do the same, and -- as you will have noticed -- with much more retypos! ... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Wed, 28 December 2022 Suit Hi, Anton! Recently you wrote in a message to Alexander Koryagin: AK> "Well, optimism has never been his strong suit," said Kate. [...] AS> You ... |
![]() From: Alexander Koryagin (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Mon, 26 December 2022 Suit Thunderbird/31.7.0. Hi, Anton Shepelev - Alexander Koryagin! I read your message from 26.12.2022 10:31 AK>> "He thinks we need a miracle," Sticky said in a bleak AK>> v... |
![]() From: Anton Shepelev (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Mon, 26 December 2022 Suit Alexander Koryagin: AK> "He thinks we need a miracle," Sticky said in a bleak AK> voice." "Well, optimism has never been his strong AK> suit," said Kate. I t... |
![]() From: Alexander Koryagin (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Mon, 26 December 2022 Suit Thunderbird/31.7.0. Hi, All! From the mentioned children book: "He thinks we need a miracle," Sticky said in a bleak voice." "Well, optimism has never been his strong sui... |
![]() From: Anton Shepelev (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Thu, 22 December 2022 Off the bat Nil Alexandrov: NA> This [off the bat] expression comes from the baseball NA> and this is a fixed expression means immediately. The NA> bat is the stick you play with. I should say Co... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Wed, 21 December 2022 Off the bat Hi, Nil! Recently you wrote in a message to Alexander Koryagin: AK> Kate looked hopefully at Reynie. "I don't suppose you AK> know what he means, do you? Just right off the bat?"... |
![]() From: Alexander Koryagin (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Thu, 22 December 2022 Off the bat Thunderbird/31.7.0. Hi, Nil Alexandrov! I read your message from 21.12.2022 11:23 AK>> Kate looked hopefully at Reynie. "I don't suppose you AK>> know what he means, do y... |
![]() From: Nil Alexandrov (2:5015/46) To: n/a Date: Wed, 21 December 2022 Off the bat Hello, Alexander! Wednesday December 21 2022 07:21, from Alexander Koryagin -> All: AK> Kate looked hopefully at Reynie. "I don't suppose you AK> know what he means, do you? ... |
![]() From: Alexander Koryagin (2:221/6) To: n/a Date: Wed, 21 December 2022 Off the bat Thunderbird/31.7.0. Hi, All! In one book (a children adventure novel) I read this: ....The message was strange. Kate looked hopefully at Reynie. "I don't suppose you know what he ... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Wed, 14 December 2022 One billion in Canada Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton: ak> BTW, there is no word "milliard" in the British Longman ak> dictionary. AH> It's listed in my CANADIA... |
![]() From: alexander koryagin (2:5075/128.130) To: n/a Date: Fri, 09 December 2022 One billion in Canada <MSGID_1=3A153=2F716.0_3901cb51@fidonet.org> Thunderbird/31.7.0 Hi, Ardith Hinton! I read your message from 06.12.2022 23:56 ak>> BTW, there is no word "milliard" in the... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Tue, 06 December 2022 One billion in Canada Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton: AH> In the US & Canada, one billion = one thousand million. AH> In the UK & Germany, one billion is (or once was... |
![]() From: Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) To: n/a Date: Sat, 26 November 2022 fidonet Hi, Anton! Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton: AH> This apparently simple question has brought all sorts AH> of interesting people out of the woodwork. AS> You mean t... |