Jeep thing or sheep thing?

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> Nice, but how does this justify all the crap attached to yer msg?

It looks like OE performed this 'favor' for me when I cut-n-pasted the
definition of intransitive from the website. I don't ordinarily add
attachments to usenet posts.

Sorry about the extra 198 bytes. If you've got a 300 bits/second modem I
guess I added approximately 5.28 seconds to your dialup download. Send me a
bill.

--Geoff


 
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Geoff wrote:

> > Nice, but how does this justify all the crap attached to yer msg?
>
> It looks like OE performed this 'favor' for me when I cut-n-pasted the
> definition of intransitive from the website.

Outbreak Express? For news, let alone for mail?

Shame, Geoff. I expected better/smarter from you.

DS

 
Best bumper sticker i've ever seen was actually on a VW hippie bus, It read
" Die Yuppie Scum !"


"Matthew S. Whiting" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Jerry Bransford wrote:
> > "Chris Phillipo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>In article <[email protected]>,
> >>[email protected] says...
> >>
> >>>Lately, I hear many people who own Jeeps spouting out this phrase:
> >>>
> >>> "You wouldn't understand man....it's a Jeep thing!"
> >>>
> >>> Ok. I guess I don't really get it. But I am starting to understand
> >>>something about " the Jeep thing".
> >>>
> >>
> >>Makes me laugh everytime I hear it, because I do understand. I
> >>understand that not since "Where's the beef?" has a catch phrase
> >>concocted by some madison avenue BMW driver been proudly and mindlessly
> >>parroted by so many people.
> >
> >
> > It truly is a "Jeep thing" that few besides another Jeep enthusiast
would
> > understand... but I would never actually say or display that phrase on
my
> > Jeep as some do. :) But in many ways, Jeeping is no different than any
> > other hobby that you can spend a lot of money doing.
>
> Best thing I saw displayed on a Jeep was a bumper sticker with upside
> down writing that said "If you can read this, please flip me over."
>
>
> Matt
>


 
Did you "dodge" that looser in the yj ?, couldnt have been all that
difficult, its a yj !

We shall triumph over the axis of evil.

etc etc.


"Jeff Strickland" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Ford , Dodge, Rover , Triumph ?
> >
> >
>
> Those are verbs? Triumph, maybe ...
>
> Let's go <insert your favorite ride here>ing. Let's go Truimphing? Let's
go
> Fording? Dodging? Nope, only "let's go Jeeping." makes any sense as a
verb.
>
>
>
>
>


 
His silencer must have been buggered...

DAS
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"Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
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> So did Joshua (whose Triumph was heard all over the land)
>
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara
>
..........................


 
Merc A, as in roll over???

DAS
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"Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I didn't think anyone pronounced SAAB as sob.
> I don't think truncating Rolls Royce counts :)
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara
>
> "Lloyd Parker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> : In article <[email protected]>,
> : "Jeff Strickland" <[email protected]> wrote:
> : >
> : >>
> : >> It truly is a "Jeep thing" that few besides another Jeep enthusiast
> would
> : >> understand... but I would never actually say or display that phrase
on
> my
> : >> Jeep as some do. :) But in many ways, Jeeping is no different than
any
> : >> other hobby that you can spend a lot of money doing.
> : >>
> : >> Jerry
> : >> --
> : >
> : >How many car brands can you think of that are also a verb?
> : >
> : >
> : >
> : >
> : Rolls? SAAB (pronounced "sob")? Ford. Dodge.
>
>


 
Jeep, Apple, Harley Davidson, Coca Cola, Snap-On, Gibson, whatever.
They all have made both good and bad products, and have raging owner
loyalty produced by marketing departments.
Big Deal.

<JJ Spits out hook now>

L8r,
JJ
- bunch o stuff with brand names inserted here -



Omphalos wrote:

> Lately, I hear many people who own Jeeps spouting out this phrase:
>
> "You wouldn't understand man....it's a Jeep thing!"
>
> Ok. I guess I don't really get it. But I am starting to understand
> something about " the Jeep thing".
>
> It seems many(not all) Jeepers want to belong to a group of rugged
> individualists. They feel that having a rugged Jeep sets them apart
> from the rest of society and makes them "different" somehow.
> What is this? Words like "belong" and "group" and "individualists"
> really seem to contradict each other don't they? It seems many
> Jeepers want to be different, just like all the different people.
>
> Here comes Barbi Anne, driving her new pink Jeep onto the gravel
> national forest road. Ken is heading her way in his new blue Jeep,
> and he waves the "jeep wave" to Barbi. Barbi waves back, smiling and
> giggling. "I really belong" , thinks Barbi. " I really belong to
> a group of people that like me for my automobile purchase. I feel
> really good about that." Barbi Anne smiles a faint smile and
> continues down the road. A few seconds later, Outback Johnny passes
> Barbi Anne in his new green Jeep, and waves. Barbi Anne waves back.
> Continuing down the road, Barbi Anne responds to 34 waves from
> Jeepers.
> " It's a Jeep thing!" they all yell at her. " It's a Jeep thing!"
> Further down the road, Barbi Anne's progress is temporarily halted by
> a herd of sheep crossing the road to greener pastures. She listens to
> their bleating and babbling, and observes how they all huddle
> together.
> "baaaaa.....baaaaaaaaa...bleeeeeeeet.......baaaaaaaaa". The sheep
> huddle even closer across the road. " baaaaaaaa...its a jeep
> thing.....
> baaaaaaa.....it's a jeep thing...........be like
> us....baaaaaaaaa..........wave....belong.....chew......ba........baaaaa
> a ......bleeeeeettttt." The sheep babble even louder, then slowly
> pass over a low hill on the horizon. Barbi Anne drives her Jeep down
> the road, glad that she was pressured by friends to belong to the
> "Jeep Thing".
>
> Meanwhile, Jimmy is on a nearby forest road, about to park at a
> turnoff near a fishing stream. Jimmy drives a Chevy 4x4 full size.
> He parks his rig and takes his 6 foot fly rod case out of the bed, and
> unloads his gear. A man in a toyota 4runner drives by and waves.
> The man in the 4runner turns around to talk to the man about the
> fishing. " How do you like the full size chevy?" asks the 4runner
> driver. " I like it just fine". Jimmy responds.
> " how do you like your 4runner?" asks jimmy. " I like it just
> fine",
> says the 4runner driver.
>
> " What thing is it?" asks Jimmy. " It's not ANYTHING," says the
> 4runner driver. "it's just a damn car."
>
> --
> ________
> ==\ /=================================
> ===\ /===I am the Blue Screen of Death==
> ====\ /======No one hears your screams====
> =====\/====================================
>
> http://31337.pl

 
"Geoff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > Nice, but how does this justify all the crap attached to yer msg?
>
> It looks like OE performed this 'favor' for me when I cut-n-pasted the
> definition of intransitive from the website. I don't ordinarily add
> attachments to usenet posts.
>
> Sorry about the extra 198 bytes. If you've got a 300 bits/second modem I
> guess I added approximately 5.28 seconds to your dialup download. Send me
a
> bill.

Not at all. But if you flame people, at least do it right... ;-)

About the atts; there is not only the safety issue, it's also a fact if
everybody starts dumping 198 bytes of smileys-crap into usenet, tomorrow it
will be1980 bytes and soon we'll be back in 1995 where the speed was 28 kbps
or something. Sure, the download speed will be 500kbps but 98% will go
directly to the trashbin...
--
Prosper
-A collision at sea can ruin your entire day-

(E-mail address is forged - reply to group please)

 
Dave, I wasn't referring to you...

Dave Milne wrote:
>
> I just have a dry sense of humour and didn't put the smilie on...
>
> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara
>
> "Robbie and Laura Reynolds" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> : Jeff Strickland wrote:
> : >
> : > Yes, dodging bullets, fording streams, triumphing over Saddam, roving
> around
> : > England are all verbs. But none of them are nearly the same as Jeeping
> in
> : > the woods.
> : >
> : > You guys must be liberals, everything has to be explained.
> : >
> :
> :
> :
> : Troll: An idiot who says something deliberately inflammatory on usenet,
> : not necessarily the originator of a thread.
 
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> "Maxwell Smart" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:4N2Ma.174430$eJ2.10772@fed1read07...
>
>>
>>As for the Mac v. PC; is it your contention that opinions are not allowed?
> FYI if you work
>>in a field that deals with both formats and the problems therein, it makes
> one hell of a
>>difference. I'll make it easier. Cruise the software section and see what
> it's like. Hint:
>>does beta v. VHS ring a bell?

Yeah, the one that sucked won, due to "smart" people.
>
>
> True for desktop apps but Mac's are rapidly becoming the UNIX workstation of
> choice
> for those that are still using them. A Mac running OS X can't beat a full
> blown UNIX server,
> of course, but X windows applications are a thing of beauty on them.
> As to how this relates to cars, beats me.

Macs are gaining nicely in the creative arts area, particularly
now that the 64bit G5 is in the works with a new operating system
that is also 64bit... and like a 64 bit unix OS can run
32 bit apps nicely. As for what it has to do with cars,
wait until Microsoft enters that market and all of a sudden
your vehicle comes to a dead stop and the navigation display
does the notorious Blue Screen Of Death.



 
"Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> I didn't think anyone pronounced SAAB as sob.

You'd probably have a hard time distinguishing the broad American 'aa'
from the 'o' in 'sob'. Of course, if you pronounce it the way I do,
with an added 'l', it becomes a noun and possibly more accurate:
'SLOB'.

> I don't think truncating Rolls Royce counts :)

Sure it does! But it's better if it's overturned rather than hit from
the front and/or rear, as truncation would suggest. ;^)

If we're including foreign marques, 'Horch', 'Audi', and 'Volvo' are
all verbs of one sort or another, but they were *intended* to be.

Hey, how about 'Knight'?
--
C.R. Krieger
"Ignore 'em, m'dear; they're beneath our dignity." - W.C. Fields
 
Saab = Sob if you have a Boston accent perhaps ?

Volvo - tha'ts the latin for "I roll over"
Fiat - that's the latin for "let it happen"
Audi - that the latin for "listen up !"

:)

Dave Milne, Scotland
'99 TJ 4.0 Sahara

"C.R. Krieger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
: "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
:
: > I didn't think anyone pronounced SAAB as sob.
:
: You'd probably have a hard time distinguishing the broad American 'aa'
: from the 'o' in 'sob'. Of course, if you pronounce it the way I do,
: with an added 'l', it becomes a noun and possibly more accurate:
: 'SLOB'.
:
: > I don't think truncating Rolls Royce counts :)
:
: Sure it does! But it's better if it's overturned rather than hit from
: the front and/or rear, as truncation would suggest. ;^)
:
: If we're including foreign marques, 'Horch', 'Audi', and 'Volvo' are
: all verbs of one sort or another, but they were *intended* to be.
:
: Hey, how about 'Knight'?
: --
: C.R. Krieger
: "Ignore 'em, m'dear; they're beneath our dignity." - W.C. Fields


 
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Dave Milne wrote:

> I didn't think anyone pronounced SAAB as sob.

Most North Americans, including Saab marketers, pronounce it the same way
we pronounce "sob". Remember, however, that many North American accents
pronounce the short "o" very differently, such that the (primary) vowel
sounds in "forest", "orange", "sob", "sod" and "opera" are the same as the
(primary) vowel sounds in "Martin", "bra", and "darn". Therefore, "Saab
story" sounds exactly like "sob story".

There are North American accents in which the short "o" pronunciation is
closer to many British accents ("orange", "forest" and "opera" have the
same primary vowel sounds as "paw", "thaw" and "law"). These occur
primarily in the Northwestern US, with pockets elsewhere. However, if you
wanted the vowel sound in "sob" to be similar to the one in "paw", you'd
have to head for the Canadian Maritime provinces, e.g. Newfoundland.

"Mazda" with the first vowel sounding the same as the one in "rat" is
common in England, but unique in North America to Canada; in the US the
first vowel in "Mazda" sounds like the one in "bra".

> Dave Milne, Scotland

Scotland?! Blimey. All bets are off. 8^{)}

DS

 

"Lon Stowell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> > "Maxwell Smart" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:4N2Ma.174430$eJ2.10772@fed1read07...
> >
> >>
> >>As for the Mac v. PC; is it your contention that opinions are not allowed?
> > FYI if you work
> >>in a field that deals with both formats and the problems therein, it makes
> > one hell of a
> >>difference. I'll make it easier. Cruise the software section and see what
> > it's like. Hint:
> >>does beta v. VHS ring a bell?
>
> Yeah, the one that sucked won, due to "smart" people.

no argument there. broadcasting use(d?) beta forever

> >
> >
> > True for desktop apps but Mac's are rapidly becoming the UNIX workstation of
> > choice
> > for those that are still using them. A Mac running OS X can't beat a full
> > blown UNIX server,
> > of course, but X windows applications are a thing of beauty on them.
> > As to how this relates to cars, beats me.
>
> Macs are gaining nicely in the creative arts area, particularly
> now that the 64bit G5 is in the works with a new operating system
> that is also 64bit... and like a 64 bit unix OS can run
> 32 bit apps nicely. As for what it has to do with cars,
> wait until Microsoft enters that market and all of a sudden
> your vehicle comes to a dead stop and the navigation display
> does the notorious Blue Screen Of Death.

Actually working in that field I have to disagree. While there are die hard Mac-o-philes,
the world is a Microsoft PC venue. I don't make any claims about the pros or cons; that's
just the way it is. After 2 years of dealing with 99% PC files, the Mac went and I
converted over to Win. Like the reference to beta v. vhs above; it's just the way it is.
Besides, show me a Mac that will run Topo USA....


 
On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Dick Clark wrote:

> > >>does beta v. VHS ring a bell?
> >
> > Yeah, the one that sucked won, due to "smart" people.
>
> no argument there. broadcasting use(d?) beta forever

Broadcasting uses BetaCAM. The consumer system that died was BetaMAX. The
cassettes are the same size and shape, but that is the only similarity;
they are NOT the same.

DS

 
He was referring to me ...

I forgot my smilie too.



"Robbie and Laura Reynolds" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dave, I wasn't referring to you...
>
> Dave Milne wrote:
> >
> > I just have a dry sense of humour and didn't put the smilie on...
> >
> > Dave Milne, Scotland
> > '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara
> >
> > "Robbie and Laura Reynolds" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > : Jeff Strickland wrote:
> > : >
> > : > Yes, dodging bullets, fording streams, triumphing over Saddam,
roving
> > around
> > : > England are all verbs. But none of them are nearly the same as
Jeeping
> > in
> > : > the woods.
> > : >
> > : > You guys must be liberals, everything has to be explained.
> > : >
> > :
> > :
> > :
> > : Troll: An idiot who says something deliberately inflammatory on
usenet,
> > : not necessarily the originator of a thread.


 

"Dave Brower" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Jeff Strickland" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Ford , Dodge, Rover , Triumph ?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Those are verbs? Triumph, maybe ...
> >
> > Let's go <insert your favorite ride here>ing. Let's go Truimphing? Let's
> go
> > Fording? Dodging? Nope, only "let's go Jeeping." makes any sense as a
> verb.
> >
> >
>
> You've never done any *fording* with your Jeep?
> You MUST be a newbie.
>

I beg your pardon, my Jeep's favorite thing is fording, but we call it
swimming out here. And, let's see that damn smilie thing so we know you are
bieng sarcastic. Sheesh.




 
Jeeping is a verb. Jeeper is a noun.

Jeepers drive a Jeep during activity known as Jeeping. Jeeping can take a
Jeeper in a Jeep many places, most of them unacceptable to Lloyd.

With a little luck roving around, we can find streams to ford and boulders
to dodge. Sometimes we can find Fords to dodge, and I once forded a Dodge
all whild Jeeping in my Jeep with other Jeepers. Jeepers, it was fun!


 

"Daniel J. Stern" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:p[email protected]...
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2003, Geoff wrote:
>
> > > Nice, but how does this justify all the crap attached to yer msg?
> >
> > It looks like OE performed this 'favor' for me when I cut-n-pasted the
> > definition of intransitive from the website.
>
> Outbreak Express? For news, let alone for mail?
>
> Shame, Geoff. I expected better/smarter from you.
>


At the risk of being a total moron, what's better than Lookout Express for
news and mail? And, is it free?


 

"Dave Milne" <jeep@_nospam_milne.info> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I didn't think anyone pronounced SAAB as sob.

I dind't think it needed defining. I thought everybody said sob (Saab).


> I don't think truncating Rolls Royce counts :)
>
This is a family group, I don't think we should say truncate here, should
we?




> Dave Milne, Scotland
> '99 TJ 4.0 Sahara
>


 
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