The Shed Thread

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:59:37 +0100, Judith
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On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:28:10 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

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Did you enjoy your picnic?

Yes.



Is "picnic" a London term when it means a meal at home at the "breakfast bar"
in the kitchen?

No - but I coin the phrase:
Breakfast bar picnic: eating a packed lunch in the kitchen when the
weather outside is inclement for picnicing.

On 30/04/2012 16:30, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:59:37 +0100,
wrote:

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:28:10 +0100, Bertie
wrote:

snip


Did you enjoy your picnic?

Yes.



Is "picnic" a London term when it means a meal at home at the "breakfast bar"
in the kitchen?

No - but I coin the phrase:
Breakfast bar picnic: eating a packed lunch in the kitchen when the
weather outside is inclement for picnicing.

My sympathies: creating a verb out of a noun is usually tricky anyway.

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:10:33 +0100, JNugent
wrote:

On 30/04/2012 16:30, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:59:37 +0100,
wrote:

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:28:10 +0100, Bertie
wrote:

snip


Did you enjoy your picnic?

Yes.



Is "picnic" a London term when it means a meal at home at the "breakfast bar"
in the kitchen?

No - but I coin the phrase:
Breakfast bar picnic: eating a packed lunch in the kitchen when the
weather outside is inclement for picnicing.

My sympathies: creating a verb out of a noun is usually tricky anyway.

Rubbish! Any noun can be verbed.

On 30/04/2012 17:53, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:10:33 +0100,
wrote:

On 30/04/2012 16:30, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:59:37 +0100,
wrote:

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:28:10 +0100, Bertie
wrote:

snip


Did you enjoy your picnic?

Yes.



Is "picnic" a London term when it means a meal at home at the "breakfast bar"
in the kitchen?

No - but I coin the phrase:
Breakfast bar picnic: eating a packed lunch in the kitchen when the
weather outside is inclement for picnicing.

My sympathies: creating a verb out of a noun is usually tricky anyway.

Rubbish! Any noun can be verbed.

That's not the usual consensus over at alt.usage.english, but even where it's
possible, it often takes a little more than just adding "ing" to the verb
form in order to create the artificial present participle - as I'm sure
you'll agree.

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:27:11 uk.rec.cycling
Dave - Cyclists VOR


Errrm no it wasn't halfwit. 2/10 must try harder. Cwispin would do
much better if he learned to concentrate in class & not daydream about
bicycles.

Dave, if you started as a witty VOR you are no longer that now. You are
a bore. Isn't there a group that would welcome you somewhere in uk.* ?

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Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:24:27 uk.rec.cycling
Dave - Cyclists VOR


Quick poll. How many people on the NG know what a breeze block is?

I am sickened by your .sig

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"Ian Smith" wrote in message
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Correct. With concrete, you likewise want to avoid the water at the
surface being taken away by evaporation and the surface drying too
much for the reaction to complete which is what I was talking about
above. Most cementitious repair materials (patch repairs to concrete)
require that you wet the surface of the concrete you're repairing,
which is an even closer equivalent to the bricklaying case.

I just filled in a sink hole in my beer cellar with dry concrete powder and
the incoming water from all of the rain we have been having actually sealed
the hold tight without be mixing the stuff up.

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Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:46:24
uk.rec.cycling Bertie Wooster

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:24:27 +0100, Dave - Cyclists VOR
wrote:

Quick poll. How many people on the NG know what a breeze block is?

You didn't know that it was a concrete block.

I think his ref to the Mizen murder is simply bad taste.

I suppose the odd thing about it is that people like the Mizen family
are seeking to build links and meet people while others are trying to
create barriers.

It is when real life happens that the trolls back off as a rule.

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On 30/04/2012 21:08, Wm... wrote:
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:27:11 uk.rec.cycling
Dave - Cyclists VOR


Errrm no it wasn't halfwit. 2/10 must try harder. Cwispin would do
much better if he learned to concentrate in class & not daydream about
bicycles.

Dave, if you started as a witty VOR you are no longer that now. You are
a bore.


You appear to have mistaken me for someone who cares what you think.


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Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University

On 30/04/2012 21:11, Wm... wrote:
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:24:27 uk.rec.cycling
Dave - Cyclists VOR


Quick poll. How many people on the NG know what a breeze block is?

I am sickened by your .sig


Why? Because it is an unpalatable truth?



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Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University