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March 13th 05, 05:17 PM
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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:52:03 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:17:10 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:09:06 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: thoss wrote: So film director John Woo has been anointed a saint and had a station named after him? The station predates the film industry. Clearly your grasp of history is almost as non-existent as your sense of humour.... On this particular occasion in direct inverse proportion to your sense of self-importance perhaps? Or you're inability to accept that you were in error, perhaps? When you've learnt to read and write English feel free to raise the subject again. Well, **** me, but obviously I've conned all those editors and publishers who've paid for my writing in the past! Still, I think a bit of bad editing when I changed what I first started to type pales into insignificance compared to your stunning belief that the film industry didn't exist before 1939. -- Nick Cooper [Carefully remove the detonators from my e-mail address to reply!] The London Underground at War: http://www.cwgcuser.org.uk/personal/...ra/lu/tuaw.htm 625-Online - classic British television: http://www.625.org.uk 'Things to Come' - An Incomplete Classic: http://www.thingstocome.org.uk |
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March 13th 05, 05:47 PM
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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
"Nick Cooper" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:52:03 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:17:10 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:09:06 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: thoss wrote: So film director John Woo has been anointed a saint and had a station named after him? The station predates the film industry. Clearly your grasp of history is almost as non-existent as your sense of humour.... On this particular occasion in direct inverse proportion to your sense of self-importance perhaps? Or you're inability to accept that you were in error, perhaps? When you've learnt to read and write English feel free to raise the subject again. Well, **** me, but obviously I've conned all those editors and publishers who've paid for my writing in the past! Still, I think a bit of bad editing when I changed what I first started to type pales into insignificance compared to your stunning belief that the film industry didn't exist before 1939. It's true some people are easily misled, but I'd be interested to know how you arrive at the conclusion that I believe that there was no film industry before 1939. |
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March 13th 05, 06:26 PM
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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:47:39 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote: "Nick Cooper" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:52:03 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:17:10 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:09:06 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: thoss wrote: So film director John Woo has been anointed a saint and had a station named after him? The station predates the film industry. Clearly your grasp of history is almost as non-existent as your sense of humour.... On this particular occasion in direct inverse proportion to your sense of self-importance perhaps? Or you're inability to accept that you were in error, perhaps? When you've learnt to read and write English feel free to raise the subject again. Well, **** me, but obviously I've conned all those editors and publishers who've paid for my writing in the past! Still, I think a bit of bad editing when I changed what I first started to type pales into insignificance compared to your stunning belief that the film industry didn't exist before 1939. It's true some people are easily misled, but I'd be interested to know how you arrive at the conclusion that I believe that there was no film industry before 1939. The station - which you said "predates the film industry" - dates from 1939. -- Nick Cooper [Carefully remove the detonators from my e-mail address to reply!] The London Underground at War: http://www.cwgcuser.org.uk/personal/...ra/lu/tuaw.htm 625-Online - classic British television: http://www.625.org.uk 'Things to Come' - An Incomplete Classic: http://www.thingstocome.org.uk |
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March 13th 05, 06:41 PM
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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
Nick Cooper wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:47:39 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: "Nick Cooper" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:52:03 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:17:10 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:09:06 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: thoss wrote: So film director John Woo has been anointed a saint and had a station named after him? The station predates the film industry. Clearly your grasp of history is almost as non-existent as your sense of humour.... On this particular occasion in direct inverse proportion to your sense of self-importance perhaps? Or you're inability to accept that you were in error, perhaps? When you've learnt to read and write English feel free to raise the subject again. Well, **** me, but obviously I've conned all those editors and publishers who've paid for my writing in the past! Still, I think a bit of bad editing when I changed what I first started to type pales into insignificance compared to your stunning belief that the film industry didn't exist before 1939. It's true some people are easily misled, but I'd be interested to know how you arrive at the conclusion that I believe that there was no film industry before 1939. The station - which you said "predates the film industry" - dates from 1939. So are you saying that there was no St. John's Wood station before that date? |
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March 13th 05, 06:49 PM
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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:41:39 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:47:39 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: "Nick Cooper" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:52:03 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:17:10 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:09:06 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: thoss wrote: So film director John Woo has been anointed a saint and had a station named after him? The station predates the film industry. Clearly your grasp of history is almost as non-existent as your sense of humour.... On this particular occasion in direct inverse proportion to your sense of self-importance perhaps? Or you're inability to accept that you were in error, perhaps? When you've learnt to read and write English feel free to raise the subject again. Well, **** me, but obviously I've conned all those editors and publishers who've paid for my writing in the past! Still, I think a bit of bad editing when I changed what I first started to type pales into insignificance compared to your stunning belief that the film industry didn't exist before 1939. It's true some people are easily misled, but I'd be interested to know how you arrive at the conclusion that I believe that there was no film industry before 1939. The station - which you said "predates the film industry" - dates from 1939. So are you saying that there was no St. John's Wood station before that date? No, but then the station under discussion is the Jubilee/ex-Bakerloo one. You said "the station predates the film industry," not "the station _name_ predates the film industry." -- Nick Cooper [Carefully remove the detonators from my e-mail address to reply!] The London Underground at War: http://www.cwgcuser.org.uk/personal/...ra/lu/tuaw.htm 625-Online - classic British television: http://www.625.org.uk 'Things to Come' - An Incomplete Classic: http://www.thingstocome.org.uk |
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March 13th 05, 06:59 PM
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Nick Cooper wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:41:39 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:47:39 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: "Nick Cooper" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:52:03 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:17:10 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:09:06 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: thoss wrote: So film director John Woo has been anointed a saint and had a station named after him? The station predates the film industry. Clearly your grasp of history is almost as non-existent as your sense of humour.... On this particular occasion in direct inverse proportion to your sense of self-importance perhaps? Or you're inability to accept that you were in error, perhaps? When you've learnt to read and write English feel free to raise the subject again. Well, **** me, but obviously I've conned all those editors and publishers who've paid for my writing in the past! Still, I think a bit of bad editing when I changed what I first started to type pales into insignificance compared to your stunning belief that the film industry didn't exist before 1939. It's true some people are easily misled, but I'd be interested to know how you arrive at the conclusion that I believe that there was no film industry before 1939. The station - which you said "predates the film industry" - dates from 1939. So are you saying that there was no St. John's Wood station before that date? No, but then the station under discussion is the Jubilee/ex-Bakerloo one. You said "the station predates the film industry," not "the station _name_ predates the film industry." So it's OK for you to make a mistake but no one else, is that what you're saying? |
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March 13th 05, 07:34 PM
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The restoration of St. John's Woo Station
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:59:41 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:41:39 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:47:39 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: "Nick Cooper" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:52:03 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:17:10 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: Nick Cooper wrote: On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:09:06 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone" wrote: thoss wrote: So film director John Woo has been anointed a saint and had a station named after him? The station predates the film industry. Clearly your grasp of history is almost as non-existent as your sense of humour.... On this particular occasion in direct inverse proportion to your sense of self-importance perhaps? Or you're inability to accept that you were in error, perhaps? When you've learnt to read and write English feel free to raise the subject again. Well, **** me, but obviously I've conned all those editors and publishers who've paid for my writing in the past! Still, I think a bit of bad editing when I changed what I first started to type pales into insignificance compared to your stunning belief that the film industry didn't exist before 1939. It's true some people are easily misled, but I'd be interested to know how you arrive at the conclusion that I believe that there was no film industry before 1939. The station - which you said "predates the film industry" - dates from 1939. So are you saying that there was no St. John's Wood station before that date? No, but then the station under discussion is the Jubilee/ex-Bakerloo one. You said "the station predates the film industry," not "the station _name_ predates the film industry." So it's OK for you to make a mistake but no one else, is that what you're saying? Your entire posting was based on a mistake. That's somewhat different from making a minor editing error in any otherwise valid observation. -- Nick Cooper [Carefully remove the detonators from my e-mail address to reply!] The London Underground at War: http://www.cwgcuser.org.uk/personal/...ra/lu/tuaw.htm 625-Online - classic British television: http://www.625.org.uk 'Things to Come' - An Incomplete Classic: http://www.thingstocome.org.uk |
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