Location
 

The majority of us put something informative in our
forum persona.
It is usually conducive to friendly correspondence if you
know vaguely where the person you are talking to is
coming from.
I can understand why some might leave it blank:
"Too globally mobile to pin down"
"On the run from the Law"
"Unwanted visitors tracking you down"
and least probably
"So "one planet" conscious that it shouldn't matter one iota."

I put "England" not to be deliberately vague, but to convey
that my formative years have been spent in several different
places there e.g. Norfolk, Oxford, Cambridge, London, Milton Keynes.

FLAME WARNING

"Somewhere you aren't" I find both presumptious and offensive
simultaneously, as I do the (nameless of course) dweller there.

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;241418]"Too globally mobile to pin down"
"On the run from the Law"
"Unwanted visitors tracking you down"[/QUOTE]All three of those apply to me. Except for the first one though. Oh, and the last one also is not applicable either.

:leaving:

[QUOTE=retina;241419]All three of those apply to me. Except for the first one though. Oh, and the last one also is not applicable either.

:leaving:[/QUOTE]

If only from your times of posting, I have a suspicion
you are on my side of the pond.

My sleep pattern has been random for some time.
Test matches down under don't help much either.

David

PS All Coppers are Bastards.

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8MXiwmNIk]Please allow
me to introduce myself[/url]

They say real estate is all location, location, location.
I guess I can be reached by triangulation.

[QUOTE=davieddy;241422]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8MXiwmNIk"]Please allow
me to introduce myself[/URL][/QUOTE]

BTW Google Earth seem to have captured my dwelling place
fairly accurately on the video.

Just as well it was unoccupied at the time.

Those Brits and their sense of humour.

[QUOTE=davar55;241456]Those Brits and their sense of humour.[/QUOTE]
Full marks for the appropriate spelling!

Why do Yanks refer to us as "Brits" when they think
the UK is called England?

Because "Engs" would be spelled "Ings".

[QUOTE=davieddy;241468]
Why do Yanks refer to us as "Brits" when they think
the UK is called England?[/QUOTE]
Stop taking the piss -- Yanks is used just as carelessly. On this side of the pond many of us recognize quite a distinction between sides taken during the Civil War but most of us let it go without getting pedantic.

[url]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yank[/url]

[QUOTE=davieddy;241418]
FLAME WARNING

"Somewhere you aren't" I find both presumptious and offensive
simultaneously, as I do the (nameless of course) dweller there.

David[/QUOTE]

Ho ho ho whichever mod/hacker bowdlerized my location.

I suppose UncWilly (for it is he) now hails from Lil Ol England.

David

Brits from Britain, the English from England, UKers,
which do you prefer? Yanks are more thick-skinned.

[QUOTE=only_human;241473]Stop taking the piss -- Yanks is used just as carelessly. On this side of the pond many of us recognize quite a distinction between sides taken during the Civil War but most of us let it go without getting pedantic.

[URL]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yank[/URL][/QUOTE]

Sounds similar to "jerk" to me (in most of the senses cited).

Re the World Wars: over sexed, over paid and over here.

:smile:

Then you use it as a pejorative?
Some of us consider it a compliment.

[QUOTE=davar55;241477]Brits from Britain, the English from England, UKers,
which do you prefer? Yanks are more thick-skinned.[/QUOTE]

Most of the English are fine with "Brits". Scots, Welsh and Irish (Northern
Protestant) may beg to differ.
As for Eire, you are definitely treading a dangerous path,
but I would be surprized if your Noraid(?) IRA contributors
were not already aware of that.

David

[QUOTE=davar55;241456]Those Brits and their sense of humour.[/QUOTE]
Actually it is too close to the truth for comfort.

"I may be in the gutter, but at least I'm looking at the stars".

(Oscar Wilde)

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;241479]Sounds similar to "jerk" to me (in most of the senses cited).

Re the World Wars: over sexed, over paid and over here.

:smile:[/QUOTE]Right. Yanks is a pejorative. Sure being on the side opposing slavery is a positive and in the gently ribbing of just-between-us back-slapping buddies it is a positive but overall it is a obnoxious label when applied unsmilingly. It is no better than the crass lickspittle North American cur who when traveling though more southerly countries, insults their food, hygiene, customs and women and water, then while speaking with a bug-eating grin says "I'm a Gringo!" as if to say "It's all just good fun between us right?"

Come to think of it, what is the derivation of "Yank"?

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;241496]Come to think of it, what is the derivation of "Yank"?

David[/QUOTE]
Well, here is what Wikipedia says: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee[/url]

It is general and inconclusive. I take many derivation stories with the full shaker of salt that any just-so story requires. Back in pre-web days I was a member of Compuserve's Foreign Language Educators FOrum (I think there was another 'E' in it). One story related there was how some educator for raw fun pushed the story of Champagne being derived from Napolean's horse "Champs," saying that it came from "Champs' bread"

[QUOTE=davieddy;241479]
Re the World Wars: over sexed, over paid and over here.

:smile:[/QUOTE]

My father (born 1903) had some fond memories of Americans
in Norfolk during WW2.

But he could never resist telling this jest about one of them
taking an English girl for a ride into the country in his flash car.

Showing off its features, he turned on the airconditioning
thereby blowing her skirt up around her waist.

"Gee!" she said. "Don't you Americans do anything by hand these days?"

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;241498]My father (born 1903) had some fond memories of Americans
in Norfolk during WW2.

But he could never resist telling this jest about one of them
taking an English girl for a ride into the country in his flash car.

Showing off its features, he turned on the airconditioning
thereby blowing her skirt up around her waist.

"Gee!" she said. "Don't you Americans do anything by hand these days?"

David[/QUOTE]In my car, I did have a date accuse me of making an aborted attempt of reaching up her skirt. What I actually had done was shift gears quickly while changing lanes in a downtown Los Angeles freeway merge. She didn't seem too upset and I felt that explaining my actions would sound weak and possibly implausible, so I refrained from commenting. Thus the evening agenda had made a huge leap forward, albeit unintentionally.

[QUOTE=only_human;241501]In my car, I did have a date accuse me of making an aborted attempt of reaching up her skirt. What I actually had done was shift gears quickly while changing lanes in a downtown Los Angeles freeway merge. She didn't seem too upset and I felt that explaining my actions would sound weak and possibly implausible, so I refrained from commenting. Thus the evening agenda had made a huge leap forward, albeit unintentionally.[/QUOTE]

I feel a whole new thread coming on.
Should it be started in the Soapbax or the Toilet?
(Clientele probably should be male, heterosexual and over 21,
but allcomers welcome). I didn't say that.

David

PS No mention of pigmentation. See darkside of moon thread.

[QUOTE=only_human;241501]In my car, I did have a date accuse me of making an aborted attempt of reaching up her skirt. What I actually had done was shift gears quickly while changing lanes in a downtown Los Angeles freeway merge. She didn't seem too upset and I felt that explaining my actions would sound weak and possibly implausible, so I refrained from commenting. Thus the evening agenda had made a huge leap forward, albeit unintentionally.[/QUOTE]

That is my experience of how relationships start.
I could never master the art of tarting myself up
and intentionally "pulling".

RISQUE hand up skirt in car story:

Parked on an incline.
Lady approaching a state of ecstasy.
Car starts to roll backwards.
Hand requires rapid redeployment to hand brake.
Previous business resumed.

When I mentioned it to her later, she was
totally oblivious of this minor drama.

I count this as some sort of accolade to my capacities as a lover:smile:.

David

North of Watford
 

If you Google this, you find mention (ad nauseam)
of Watford Gap.

While this may be a more sensible geographical definition
of where the "North of England" starts, it completely
misses the point of the phrase.

If you live anywhere north of Watford, Herts, you do not
seriously contemplate mocking "Northerners".

"North of Watford" is obviously a London (or south thereof)
expression for "beyond the pale" (=fence, boundary).

Non PC maybe, but SE England rool OK.

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;241422]If only from your times of posting, I have a suspicion
you are on my side of the pond.[/QUOTE]Actually one of the main reasons I don't put an identifying location is to stop people trying to make assumptions about who, or what, I am simply by reading my location.

Judge me for what I post, not for where I post from.

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AjDfn0FDvc"]half an apple[/URL]

[QUOTE=retina;241550]Actually one of the main reasons I don't put an identifying location is to stop people trying to make assumptions about who, or what, I am simply by reading my location.

Judge me for what I post, not for where I post from.[/QUOTE]

Yep.

That was the 4th of my justifications for nondisclosure
(omitted in your quote).
You ruled out 1 and 3, which I took to mean 2.

Count me in!

But I think attempting to deny one's origins is ultimately
a self-destructive exercise.

David

[QUOTE=davar55;241456]Those Brits and their sense of humour.[/QUOTE]
If I could exercise the same control over this fragment of
cyberspace as some others seem able to, I would change my
location to "The Khazi".

BTW When my avatar (foisted upon me) first appeared,
I opined that it looked like a schoolmaster brandishing an
anal intruder as a threat to transgressors in his troublesome class.

Mike came up with a more benign interpretation!

David

That's what they all say
 

[QUOTE=only_human;241501]In my car, I did have a date accuse me of making an aborted attempt of reaching up her skirt. What I actually had done was shift gears quickly while changing lanes in a downtown Los Angeles freeway merge.[/QUOTE]
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeRa3RtBiIU]It's half past four and I'm shifting gear[/url]

As for "Brenda Lee's Coming on Strong" see the music thread.
It's worth it.
Trust me - I'm a gynocologist:smile:

David

PS if this doesn't get a response from Brian, I don't know what will.

I like that -- Judge by what you hear here, not by what you see.

The Yankees are the New York major league baseball team.
See the thread "Mersenne Milestone" in the lounge.

[QUOTE=davieddy;241563]That was the 4th of my justifications for nondisclosure
(omitted in your quote).
You ruled out 1 and 3, which I took to mean 2.[/QUOTE]2 is the closest (although not really running from the law, just general on-the-run-from-all-non-evil-thinking-persons). I think it is somewhat different from the "one planet" thing. My origins are entirely different from my current location. And my current location is entirely different from my posting IP. So even if I stated my current location it wouldn't mean anything anyway. And if the mods were to trace my IP location then that would mean even less.[QUOTE=davieddy;241563]Count me in![/QUOTE]In what?[QUOTE=davieddy;241563]But I think attempting to deny one's origins is ultimately
a self-destructive exercise.[/QUOTE]Are you suggesting that not putting a current location is denying one's origins? Seems to assume far too much. To me no location means no preconceived ideas about the poster. Why read anything more into it?

[QUOTE=retina;241585]I think it is somewhat different from the "one planet" thing.
....
In what?[/QUOTE]

Count (mods note the "o") me into the "one planet thing"

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ioxj73deq0&feature=related"]The Red Telphone[/URL]

Listening to this link is NOT optional.

David

[QUOTE=davieddy;241611][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ioxj73deq0&feature=related"]The Red Telphone[/URL]

This link is NOT optional.[/QUOTE]The link is completely lost on people without flash.

[QUOTE=davar55;241583]I like that -- Judge by what you hear here, not by what you see.

The Yankees are the New York major league baseball team.
See the thread "Mersenne Milestone" in the lounge.[/QUOTE]

I am not judgin nobody by nuthin.

Is that where Doodle Dandy came from?
Or was that Camp Down Races?

David

[QUOTE=retina;241612]The link is completely lost on people without flash.[/QUOTE]

OK.
If you've heard of LPs, you must hear "Forever Changes" (Love).

It maybe something of an acquired taste, but has been improving
with age since 1967 and has remained permanently in the top 10
favourite recordings of all time.

David

[QUOTE=retina;241612]The link is completely lost on people without flash.[/QUOTE]

Wot?
No toilet cleaning fluid?

SNAP

Snap back! Go Yankees.

Did you ever wonder just why NYC is the big apple?

Do you know why our favorite team is the Yankees?

And what does that have to do with Mersennes, anyway?

And can you phrase those answers in the forum of a question?

[QUOTE=davar55;243218]Did you ever wonder just why NYC is the big apple?

Do you know why our favorite team is the Yankees?

And what does that have to do with Mersennes, anyway?

And can you phrase those answers in the forum of a question?[/QUOTE]

Is that a 4 trick question?

Np, it wasn't 4-rhetorical purposes.

Four questions, four answers, one post.

If you answer all four, you may find it's true
that a new M.prime is overdue.

[QUOTE=davar55;243218]Did you ever wonder just why NYC is the big apple?

Do you know why our favorite team is the Yankees?

And what does that have to do with Mersennes, anyway?

And can you phrase those answers in the forum of a question?[/QUOTE]> Did you ever wonder just why NYC is the big apple?
Do you think the Moon will ever spontaneously turn into pure gold?
> Do you know why our favorite team is the Yankees?
Does the definition of "our" include [u]all[/u] residents of NYC?
> And what does that have to do with Mersennes, anyway?
Am I right in thinking the corrct answer is 'nothing.'?
> And can you phrase those answers in the forum of a question?
Didn't I just do that?[QUOTE=davar55;243234]If you answer all four, you may find it's true
that a new M.prime is overdue.[/QUOTE]How so? I am not feeling any more enlightenment after doing the exercise.

[quote]> Did you ever wonder just why NYC is the big apple?
Do you think the Moon will ever spontaneously turn into pure gold?
> Do you know why our favorite team is the Yankees?
Does the definition of "our" include [U]all[/U] residents of NYC?
> And what does that have to do with Mersennes, anyway?
Am I right in thinking the corrct answer is 'nothing.'?
> And can you phrase those answers in the forum of a question?
Didn't I just do that?How so? I am not feeling any more enlightenment after doing the exercise.[/quote]Wow! Full credit! If yours aren't rhetorical, I'll try to answer them.
But mine weren't rhetorical.

[QUOTE=davar55;243248]Wow! Full credit! If yours aren't rhetorical, I'll try to answer them.
But mine weren't rhetorical.[/QUOTE]

I guess I'll have to answer your rhetorical questions in order to
explain my points.

(1) Not literally, yes figuratively. For the future of space-flight.

(2) No, some fans root for the mets.

(3) No, see my thread Mersenne Milestones.

(4) Yes you did! You win Double Jeopardy! Into Final Jeopardy.

(5) This is a how question, not a yes/no one, so it'll keep.

I want someone here to recognize that Yanks and Brits are allies.

[QUOTE=davar55;243491]I want someone here to recognize that Yanks and Brits are allies.[/QUOTE]Allies in what respect? In the War of Terror perhaps?

Paul

[quote]Allies in what respect? In the War of Terror perhaps?
[/quote]My comment was specifically targeted to the person who thought
that Yanks or Yankees was considered anything but positive by
us Yanks and/or Yankee fans. In another thread, perhaps.

And yes of course we're partners in the war on terrorism.
Put joking aside when that's the topic.

[QUOTE=xilman;243497]Allies in what respect?[/QUOTE]

I don't know how it was intended, but UKUSA might be a valid interpretation. It does include Canada, Australia, and New Zealand as well, but only as junior partners (though I don't know if this is [i]de jure[/i] or merely [i]de facto[/i]).

Reverting to the OP, I'll just add that my NYC location
is indeed my current and original home location, though
I have been elsewhere. Duh.