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On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:56:07 -0000, geoff wrote:

In message op.wnqjn0cuytk5n5@i7-940, Lieutenant Scott
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:26:46 -0000, geoff wrote:

In message , Tim
Streater writes
In article op.wnqg26nsytk5n5@i7-940, "Lieutenant Scott"
wrote:

On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:35:47 -0000, Tim Streater
wrote:

In article op.wnqgt6qsytk5n5@i7-940, "Lieutenant Scott"

wrote:

We need to ban the word "issue". People are overusing it. It's now a
generic term that could mean almost anything. When I were a lad, ...

Were you a midshipman back then? Or a powder monkey?
It wasn't that long ago we didn't have health and safety madness.
I'm 37.

Hmmm, 37, that doesn't get us back to Nelson. So no lash, press gang,
or weevils in the biscuit then.

He was talking about his IQ, not his age


That would be 135.


No - 37 sounds closer to the mark

lets face it your command of the english language is somewhat stunted,


As I said before, my English is fine. It may not be perfect, but there is no point in perfecting it for perfection's sake.

your ability to adapt to your environment is pretty crap,


What the hell are you on about now?

you're an all round loser,


Nobody but trolls use words like that. Too generic.

not what I would really call intelligent


Moreso than you though.

just another stupid troll hiding behind a monitor and kbd


Me? I'm just stating my opinion.

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