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Re: noweb under cygwin


On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 06:40:15AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> >According to Francky Leyn on 6/25/2007 6:16 AM:
> >>>>> Dear,
>
> I originally responded to this with:
>
> Heedlights?

Hey, nobody heeds anything on the main list...  Especially advice.

With all the appropriate references to enlightenment, and all...

> But then thought that would probably be too subtle.

Yeah, somewhat.  The "in" is missing, though...

> >Maybe it's just me, but an impersonal 'dear' without a qualifying noun
> >comes across rather awkwardly to me.  I can get away with addressing my
> >wife that way, but I've never been brave enough to try it on a mailing list.
> >
> >>> You are omnipresent in all many newsgroups?
> >
> >That sounds like a curse :)  My wife thinks I'm already close to spending
> >too much time reading the mailing lists I do subscribe to; there is just
> >way too much out there to be omnipresent on the internet!
>
> I have people at work insisting that I take a break from the computer
> now so I think I feel your pain.

Heh, funny, my wife just said the exact same thing... :-)
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