NeoCounter

Post by **HansMartin** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:47 am

Cool addition in the lower right corner.

However, the NeoCounter neeeds to understand that CA is NOT part of the USofA. We want separate recognition !!

Please reprogram

Post by **Lev** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:46 pm

Just experimental at the moment, it seems to miss a lot out, when it says we have 16 members online it will only see 4 or 5.

Post by **Big Boy** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:50 pm

Lev,

when it says we have 16 members online it will only see 4 or 5.

That explains a lot - I was watching it last night, and couldn't work out what it was doing.

Post by **Winkie** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:49 pm

'kin' 'ell Big Boy!

That sounds like an intersting evening!

Post by **Big Boy** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:31 pm

Winkie said:

That sounds like an intersting evening!

Yup - thats as good as it gets here in the West of England.

Post by **Jaime** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:45 pm

I have sent you a sheep for your amusement. Special delivery so you should get it tomorrow. It was rescued from Lolitas and brought back in a friend's handbag from Hua Hin last week.

Post by **PeteC** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:33 pm

Jaime wrote:I have sent you a sheep for your amusement. Special delivery so you should get it tomorrow. It was rescued from Lolitas and brought back in a friend's handbag from Hua Hin last week.

Interestingly enough, Australia Broadcasting Corp., had a show on cable last night about a team of Welsh sheep-shearers now in Oz to compete in a competition. They gave themselves about 10 days to practice, as the sheep to be used are Merrino(sp) where the fleece is apparently much longer/thicker than sheep from Wales. The Aussies paid many verbal tributes to that squad and actually seemed to think they may win the whole thing?

They interviewed an Australian shearer and a Welsh shearer at the same time and what the hell...trying to understand the English coming out of the two was a challenge, especially when they interrupted each other. Anyway, too many sheep and too much ABC, I fell asleep, don't know how it turned out, we'll have to ask Chelsea. Pete

Post by **Jaime** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:20 pm

prcscct wrote:They interviewed an Australian shearer and a Welsh shearer at the same time and what the hell...trying to understand the English coming out of the two was a challenge, especially when they interrupted each other.

Don't worry Pete, you yanks will eventually learn how to speak and understand the language properly but it may take some time yet!

Post by **PeteC** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:37 pm

Jaime wrote:Don't worry Pete, you yanks will eventually learn how to speak and understand the language properly but it may take some time yet!:cheers:

Unfortunately I'm starting to doubt my own nationality. The whole place is foreign to me now, mentality, politics, values. But...that's for another thread.

Honestly speaking, I think the South Africans speak the best dialect of English I've ever heard. Truly smooth and pleasant, IMHO. To keep it on thread, I'll call it Neo-English

Pete

Post by **Jaime** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:53 am

Pete - you have obviously only ever met Springboks from the educated classes in that case!

Post by **Guess** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 6:11 am

prcscct wrote:[
Honestly speaking, I think the South Africans speak the best dialect of English I've ever heard. Truly smooth and pleasant, IMHO. To keep it on thread, I'll call it Neo-English Pete

I too find the English South African accent (nit really a dialect) quite pleasing to the ear and easy to understand. That is not trhe case with Afrikaans speakers attempting to speak English though.

Ther are some accent that I do not particualarly dislike but cannot understand, two that spring to mind are Noo Joisey and Newcasssle. MOst welsh is OK until they start singing.

Number one and two for me have to be South Dublin and the Hague.

PS. CA is quite easy on the ear. And BTW good luck for your bid fo independence I will give it my full support. Parts of LA could do with a biulldozing first though. Any displace persons could just be shoved across the border to Area 51.

Post by **Big Boy** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:12 pm

Jaime wrote:

I have sent you a sheep for your amusement. Special delivery so you should get it tomorrow. It was rescued from Lolitas and brought back in a friend's handbag from Hua Hin last week.

Thanks Jaime, much appreciated. Unfortunately, I've no idea where to get a pair of size 14 wellies.

Do you know of any Welsh alternatives that I could try out?

Post by **Jaime** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 3:57 pm

Guess wrote:MOst welsh is OK until they start singing.

You haven't heard me yet!

Big Boy wrote:Jaime wrote:
I have sent you a sheep for your amusement. Special delivery so you should get it tomorrow. It was rescued from Lolitas and brought back in a friend's handbag from Hua Hin last week.
Thanks Jaime, much appreciated. Unfortunately, I've no idea where to get a pair of size 14 wellies.

Do you know of any Welsh alternatives that I could try out?

There is no need for wellies. Real men do it barefoot.

Post by **Big Boy** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:19 pm

Jaime wrote:

Real men do it barefoot.

RESPECT

It obviously takes a lot of practice