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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => General Interest => Topic started by: Guest on July 23, 2004, 10:15:50 PM
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Its about time that you lot went on strike again as these forums are getting bloody boring!
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The plural of forum is fora, not forums.
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Therefore is c.s.Todd and associates ,,,Todda or Toddum :?:
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The Latin ending .....um is always singular. Its plural version is ...............a.
These views do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer, but are those of every Latin scholar from Julius Caesar onwards.
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colin, i find the saladum (singular) quite superb and i'd like to thank dear old caesar for bringing it to these shores. i wasnt sure that it had managed to get to the northern climes but im sure it is served in todd hall whenever the sun shines through your atrium!
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Does that mean that the singular of Flora is Florum? Forgive my ignorance, but I only studied French & German. Now if only I had studied Latin, a subject that would be useful to me in every day life!
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Davey, We had the courage to turn him away, same as we did with King Edward. Mr Bored, consultants dont eat margarine, they eat proper butter, so I am unable to assist you in margarine terminology.
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So I take it that you don't know the answer then?
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Why is it that the people who use this forum (or the fora) to make digs a people always seem to do so anonymously or under pseudonyms?
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So, I, Mr P have kids and become Pa, in time the kids have kids and, hey presto.. Grand Pa.
Now you know where that comes from too then!
If I'm schitzophrenic, do I become Pi? Or would that be a twin?
Answer to you know where
These are not my views but those of another therefore, Pum
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Hmmm. OK!
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Why is it that the people who use this forum (or the fora) to make digs a people always seem to do so anonymously or under pseudonyms?
I would suggest that it is because they are lacking in confidence. By remaining anonymous they can say what they want without fear of anyone associating their insults with them.
I suspect if guests were not allowed on here, we would get less insults, but also less debate. I'm all for the free speach even if it comes from anony"mouses".
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Fair enough, Chris.
I suppose it does make for more interesting reading, I just feel that if you are going to get personal you should at least be up for getting the same level of insult back - It is hard to be really insulting to an anonymous entity, it becomes impersonally personal
(I know I'm waffling - but it is dinner time)
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I just feel that if you are going to get personal you should at least be up for getting the same level of insult back
I agree, people should be allowed to remain anonymous if they want to (some have to because their employers don't want them to post; some want to so that nobody knows when they get things wrong) but I think if you are bold enough to say something potentialy insulting to someone, you should have the courage to say who you are.
At the same time, I just laugh at the people who post snipes at people, they are probably 14 year olds with nothing better to do.
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Oh to be 14 again.
I could have learnt latin
or geek
or spelling
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I represent the Anonymous Rights Society of Eastham known as something else for short but anyway!
:twisted:
We lobby for the rights of anonimity..... and erm for all our members to spell properly! :oops:
Dam it you can probably tell Im user "Sceptical but Amiable" with all my terrible spelling mistakes! DOh! Foiled again :oops: :oops:
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:lol:
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Hope the firemen dont strike again.
Know they neede a payrise but they lost the support of the public - ashame as up until that point firefighters were held in high regard by their communities
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Well somethings rumbling - this weeks I've noticed large movements of Green Godesses on low loaders around the country and a couple of convoys of older non brigade marked red fire engines and even a Rescue Tender.
Also it was on the radio that some of the troops finishing tours in Iraq are being hld for fire fighting deployment on their return
Looks like the Govt are expecting a strike.
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anthony, i wont get into political rhetoric of whether the govt are expecting or actually organising/orchestrating one - (doh - just did!)
fire service college is now a military training camp (with armed guards - or are they just to stop the locals going swimming!), no seconded staff will be providing instruction so for those who may go to the college in the future give the staff there a bit of a break, they're also employees and our argument isnt with them!
so the green goddess movements are not just mirages, you can actually tell due to the fact that mirages do tend to travel a lot faster
dave bev
ps lets hope that the fiasco of aug 2nd isnt repeated later this month, to stop that happening - VOTE YES
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Mirages - mach 2.2 in yer dreams. Slightly above a GG... you have to look upwards.
The people in green are definately playing again. It'll end in tears.
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Hi Mr P
Slightly off topic.
But my last two replies to you (Re the itinerants in Pangbourne) in the Dinosaurs forum, were deleted by the thought police and the topic locked, so I tend not to post on these forums anymore.
Dave W
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Dear Dave,
It was myself who deleted the items, I did explain why and private message you about this.
I'm not the "thought police", but the site owner and myself agreed that Fire Net was not the place to discuss such issues.
I am sorry if you don't want to take part in the forum, but like I explained Fire Net is a public website and its content must not offend minority groups.
As always, feel free to private message me about this if you wish.
Regards,
Chris Houston.