Problem with "table" inside "p"

[Neredbojias]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:06:31
GMT Blinky the Shark scribed:

"Hey, Frankie, you-rippa-dese pants again I'm-a gonna bop you upside
the head."

Q. British ships are called HMS [Whatever]; US ships use the prefix
USS. What prefix do Italian ships use?

A. AMB

Q. What does that mean?

A. 'Ats-a My Boat

<grin> I hear Australians use TUB - "The Ubiquitous Barque".

 

[Neredbojias]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:26:06
GMT dorayme scribed:

can i call you Leo from now on then?

You can call me Ray or you can call me Jay or you can call me Johnny or you
can call me Sonny or you can call me Ipswich but you oughter not calls me
late for dinner.

 

[Neredbojias]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:30:31
GMT dorayme scribed:

Here in Sydney, one can hire them for a week on Thursdays for
$1.10 (the 10 cents is for the Goods and Services Tax).

Yeah, that's reasonable. Rental prices are inflated over here, ergo, I
rent little. Americans are basically stupid; you should know that...

 

[Blinky the Shark]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sun, 16 Sep 2007
11:09:15 GMT Blinky the Shark scribed:


Be ye a history buff? I had a real interest in world history
which has waned slightly over the years, but the schools made
U.S. history just too staid. Read a few books about the dawn of
various (non-Egyptian) societies which I liked though they could
be quite dry in parts sometimes. Always wondered not only where
I came from but where "we" came from.

I enjoy reading history and certainly have become more interested
in it as I've gotten older. I'm no perfessor, granted. As
for ancient, I recently read http://tinyurl.com/2o3ea9 . I took
Greek drama and archaeology back in college. Even back in public
school I kinda liked history but I spent more time with the
sciences, through physics -- which was my favorite.

 

[Neredbojias]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:45:27 GMT
Blinky the Shark scribed:

I enjoy reading history and certainly have become more interested
in it as I've gotten older. I'm no perfessor, granted. As
for ancient, I recently read http://tinyurl.com/2o3ea9 . I took
Greek drama and archaeology back in college. Even back in public
school I kinda liked history but I spent more time with the
sciences, through physics -- which was my favorite.

Looks pretty good but the price overwhelms me. I remember buying books
like that for $2.95....and today's 7-8 dollar novels for $0.35. As fer
history, I guess I really don't know much about it myself, and physics
makes me whiz, so I think I'll stick to what I know best: tic-tac-toe. I'm
unbeatable at tic-tac-toe.

 

[John Hosking]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:24:26
GMT dorayme scribed:


Are you serious? I'll admit he's inconsistent, but he's also written
some of the best stuff I've read, -especially his early works. There is
an early short story entitled "Mrs. <something>'s Shortcut" which is
worthy of a Pulitzer.

"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" from his collection _Skeleton Crew_. Some of his
short stories are excellent.

Yeah, I thought that might be the case. Didn't see it and probably won't
now

Bruckheimer's Pearl Harbor? It's not a bad movie to watch if your brain
is in the shop for service or something.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

07:45:27 GMT Blinky the Shark scribed:

Looks pretty good but the price overwhelms me. I remember
buying books like that for $2.95....and today's 7-8 dollar

Trade format textbooks of 700 pages for $2.95? I'm 60 and don't.
You must be about 200.

 

[Neredbojias]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:07:24 GMT
Blinky the Shark scribed:

Trade format textbooks of 700 pages for $2.95? I'm 60 and don't.
You must be about 200.

Hell, sometimes I feel like 300. You're only 60, huh? I would've guessed
more just by your manifest irascibility. Still, 60 makes a fish long in
the tooth if not in the fin... Have you been dwelling upon the can lately?

 

[Neredbojias]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:14:09
GMT John Hosking scribed:

"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" from his collection _Skeleton Crew_. Some of
his short stories are excellent.

I originally bought and read that about when it came out - in the '60s or
'70s, whenever. Then I re-purchased it in the mid '90s, mostly for the
"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" story, but lent it to this girl, who, of course,
never gave it back, the bitch. Fortunately, I'd re-read all the stories
before my ill-advised altruism. Never trust a female.

Bruckheimer's Pearl Harbor? It's not a bad movie to watch if your
brain is in the shop for service or something.

Bruckheimer did it? Ah, he's okay sometimes, but I think more of a fad
than a real lasting talent. They come and they go, but truly worthy
artists endure.

 

[Blinky the Shark]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 17 Sep 2007
20:07:24 GMT Blinky the Shark scribed:


Hell, sometimes I feel like 300. You're only 60, huh? I
would've guessed more just by your manifest irascibility.
Still, 60 makes a fish long in the tooth if not in the fin...
Have you been dwelling upon the can lately?

Sharks don't use the can. Essentially, sharks live in the
metaphorical can; and you wonder why our attitudes are
occasionally shitty?

 

[Neredbojias]

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:33:19 GMT
Blinky the Shark scribed:

Sharks don't use the can. Essentially, sharks live in the
metaphorical can; and you wonder why our attitudes are
occasionally shitty?

Well, "wonder" may be a little strong of a word for my synoptical activity
regarding either a shark's habits or a shark's habitat. I _do_
occasionally get a bit of a prurient thrill over certain piscene reactions,
but I think it's just the testosterone at work. Sexagenerianism doesn't
necessarily dictate penile atrophication, although some would say the
foreplay deteriorates geometrically to the fin age.