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Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:25 am Post subject:
LemonAid wrote:
Philip (saving his pennies for NeoOffice 2.OH! Alpha )
Oh wait - I'm getting a Tax refund. at least enough for 2.OH! grin Oh Happy Day
Hooly-dooly! I sincerely hope you are getting a better refund than that! On current petrol [gas] prices here, the cost of Alpha Neo 2 would buy you lesss than 25 litres of petrol...now that's - I think - about 6 gallons??
Peter
PS the other big news here is that "Dizzy" Gillespie scored 200 not out as a night watchman in Bangladesh. A prize to any non-UK or non-Aussie reader who can work that one out!!
PS the other big news here is that "Dizzy" Gillespie scored 200 not out as a night watchman in Bangladesh. A prize to any non-UK or non-Aussie reader who can work that one out!!
Cricket? Two centuries?
Oscar (Dutchman, but hopes he saw enough BBC to have interpreted correctly) _________________ "What do you think of Western Civilization?"
"I think it would be a good idea!"
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Joined: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 607 Location: Australia
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject:
ovvldc wrote:
aussie149 wrote:
PS the other big news here is that "Dizzy" Gillespie scored 200 not out as a night watchman in Bangladesh. A prize to any non-UK or non-Aussie reader who can work that one out!!
Cricket? Two centuries?
Oscar (Dutchman, but hopes he saw enough BBC to have interpreted correctly)
Dash it: I thought I was safe with that one! I forgot the Dutch play cricket too Yes, Jason Gillespie, known as "Dizzie", is a fast bowler. Not known for his batting, he was playing in an international cricket match between Australia and Bangladesh. Jason was put in to bat early in an innings at the end of a day's play. The thinking is, "if he gets out, it's OK, he's just a bowler". But Jason scored 201 runs without losing his wicket [201 not out], and now has a higher top score than many famous batters, including Mark and Steve Waugh, recent superstar batters.
Now I have to find a suitable prize for Oscar
How many others were able to follow the explanation above? Cricket is a world of its own. No-one who hasn't grown up with it can understand why/how a game of sport can last five days and still end up as a draw.
Dash it: I thought I was safe with that one! I forgot the Dutch play cricket too
We won't. At least, very few do. But I have BBC World on during the day sometimes for a news feed and they definetely do cricket results. So I picked up some terminology. Actually I like the idea of such a long running sport. Less of the 'instant gratification' hormone action and more civility.
Maybe I should pick it up some day. Maybe after I get a black belt (say, 6 years from now).
Best wishes,
Oscar _________________ "What do you think of Western Civilization?"
"I think it would be a good idea!"
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
There is an alternative to Package Maker : Iceberg. I've never used it but one of my relatives says it's much easier to use than PackageMaker.
That's like saying NeoOffice is much freer than MS Office--a huge understatement
Actually, PackageMaker is not hard to use; it has some "adequate" documentation, but the hard part is building your package correctly, which the docs don't cover The worst thing about PackageMaker is that it makes it look so easy, so people who believe it's that easy end up making packages that fubar your permissions.....
I've heard good things about Iceberg, too, but I've never tried it.
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Yes, Jason Gillespie, known as "Dizzie", is a fast bowler. Not known for his batting, he was playing in an international cricket match between Australia and Bangladesh. Jason was put in to bat early in an innings at the end of a day's play. The thinking is, "if he gets out, it's OK, he's just a bowler". But Jason scored 201 runs without losing his wicket [201 not out], and now has a higher top score than many famous batters, including Mark and Steve Waugh, recent superstar batters.
The worst thing about PackageMaker is that it makes it look so easy, so people who believe it's that easy end up making packages that fubar your permissions.....
