Re: Announce: dbping has major bug that will crash your server!

Posted in 2000

Colin McGrath — Mon, 21 Feb 2000 13:55:43 -0500 (EST) — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

No, we could ignore most of your barmy quirks, but using the term "spanner" where "wrench" is sufficent was the last straw. Rekaish Bhardwaj wrote: > > >> My, my, my . . . . and to wonder why the Conference isn't held in England > . . ... 8-) > > I always thought the conference wasn't held in England because you guys > would > be all embarrassed with the spelling mistakes in the literature e.g. Colour > and Initialise > and the fact that you guys pronounce 'Z'eds incorrectly as 'Z'ees > > Rekaish -- Colin

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Carlson@WHSmith — Mon, 21 Feb 2000 15:03:17 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Colin McGrath wrote: > > No, we could ignore most of your barmy quirks, but using the term "spanner" > where "wrench" is sufficent was the last straw. > > Rekaish Bhardwaj wrote: > > > > >> My, my, my . . . . and to wonder why the Conference isn't held in England > > . . ... 8-) > > > > I always thought the conference wasn't held in England because you guys > > would > > be all embarrassed with the spelling mistakes in the literature e.g. Colour > > and Initialise > > and the fact that you guys pronounce 'Z'eds incorrectly as 'Z'ees > > > > Rekaish > > -- > Colin Well, 'boot' and 'bonnet' comes pretty close too. And we won't get started about football. . . . . 8-) -- John Carlson Informix DBA WHSmith USA #include std_disclaimer.h /* These are my opinions, not my company's opinion */

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Paul Watson — Mon, 21 Feb 2000 21:42:28 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Yes but .. wrench is from the Old English wrenc which means to twist violently, whereas spanner is from the German, and is the tool used to apply a twisting action or wrench to a nut, bolt etc. So wrench is the action but spanner is the tool required :-)) Colin McGrath wrote: > > No, we could ignore most of your barmy quirks, but using the term "spanner" > where "wrench" is sufficent was the last straw. > > Rekaish Bhardwaj wrote: > > > > >> My, my, my . . . . and to wonder why the Conference isn't held in England > > . . ... 8-) > > > > I always thought the conference wasn't held in England because you guys > > would > > be all embarrassed with the spelling mistakes in the literature e.g. Colour > > and Initialise > > and the fact that you guys pronounce 'Z'eds incorrectly as 'Z'ees > > > > Rekaish > > -- > Colin -- Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # You are only young once Tel: +44 1436 674728 # but you can be immature Fax: +44 1436 678693 # for ever www.wfsoftware.com #

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Thomas Parsli — 22 Feb 2000 08:49:58 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

"Carlson@WHSmith" <carlson1@bellsouth.net> writes: > Colin McGrath wrote: > > > > No, we could ignore most of your barmy quirks, but using the term "spanner" > > where "wrench" is sufficent was the last straw. > > > > Rekaish Bhardwaj wrote: > > > > > > >> My, my, my . . . . and to wonder why the Conference isn't held in England > > > . . ... 8-) > > > > > > I always thought the conference wasn't held in England because you guys > > > would > > > be all embarrassed with the spelling mistakes in the literature e.g. Colour > > > and Initialise > > > and the fact that you guys pronounce 'Z'eds incorrectly as 'Z'ees > > > > > > Rekaish > > > > -- > > Colin > > Well, 'boot' and 'bonnet' comes pretty close too. And we won't get > started about football. . . . . 8-) What does you guys know about football?! Your silly "running with the ball, taking humongous breaks and barbaquing" is _not_ a sport, sport... Thomas