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David - 01 Jan 2007 00:33 GMT

HNY!

Just sent to another n/group:

"As do I. My wife, however (who uses PCs at school), uses a Mac and I
do believe that she is soon to pass her spare MacMini over to me. Don't
get me wrong; I love RISC OS; I hate MacOS; but I'm not immortal and I
really would like to see on a computer the digital photos I've taken
sometime before the world ends in 2012."

It's the last bit. It just doesn't sound right. Originally, I had "I
really would like to see the digital photos I've taken on a computer
sometime before the world ends in 2012." But that sounded even worse.
All the variations I've tried don't seem to work. I'm stumped! Just a
few minutes into the new year - the explosions still occurring! - only
three glasses of port, and I can't sort out a simple English sentence.

HELP!!!!!!

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Mike Stevens - 01 Jan 2007 01:09 GMT

> HNY!
>
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> few minutes into the new year - the explosions still occurring! - only
> three glasses of port, and I can't sort out a simple English sentence.

Tricky one! How about "... but sometime before the world ends in 2012 I
really would like to see on a computer the digital
photos I've taken ."

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David - 01 Jan 2007 10:41 GMT

> > HNY!
> >
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> > still occurring! - only three glasses of port, and I can't sort out
> > a simple English sentence.

> Tricky one! How about "... but sometime before the world ends in
> 2012 I really would like to see on a computer the digital photos
> I've taken ."

Such clarity of thought so early in the new year! Drink always seems to
get my main bruddled.

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Peter Duncanson - 01 Jan 2007 01:34 GMT

>HNY!
>
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
>HELP!!!!!!

Have another drink.

I really would like to view my digital photos on a computer
sometime before the world ends in 2012.

Slurp.

Happy New Year.

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David - 01 Jan 2007 10:41 GMT

> >HNY!
> >
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> >
> >HELP!!!!!!

> Have another drink.

Thanks. I had several more.

> I really would like to view my digital photos on a computer
> sometime before the world ends in 2012.

So you're not optimistic either?

> Slurp.

> Happy New Year.

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Peter Duncanson - 01 Jan 2007 16:26 GMT

>> >HNY!
>> >
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>
>So you're not optimistic either?

I'm optimistic in a nervous sort of way.
The world-as-we-know-it could end before 2012, but I would really
like to live until then, even if only to get a free TV licence.

>> Slurp.
>
>> Happy New Year.

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Ordering awkward sentences