Re: how to add pages with different orientations

Sarah,

Exactly where on the globe is the country "America" located? I have not seen it. I know there is a continent called North America and another one called South America, not to mention a region commonly called Central America. I did a google search using Countries World List and came up with Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria and Azerbaijan. But no America. What search terms did you use to find this "country"? I cannot say I am a Republican, but I am a conservative. Maybe that's why I don't know where this "country" is located.

Keep it up and I'll tell everyone exactly what type of person you are. They will believe me. They will know that your harsh words are a fake persona you use (though I am at a loss to explain why), that you really are a nice person. I have e-mails that prove it. :-)

Mike

Margolotta wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:07:58 +0000, Chuck Davis wrote
(in article <#cQByDlNGHA.2472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):


"Margolotta" <naggingdoubt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0001HW.C01F8FA6002D1834F0407550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 05:07:47 +0000, Mike Koewler wrote
(in article <5926b$43f94e8a$d8c4d6a7$1788@xxxxxxxx>):


Sarah,

Did you ever consider that if you would be a tad less harsh on people,
you might not make as many enemies as you do? Why do you pretend to have
this "I'm a bitch who is going to ream you" attitude? You really don't
need to, you know.

Mike

If people want me to be "less harsh" then they should learn to wipe their own
arses, instead of expecting others to wipe them for them. When I was growing
up we were taught that we had to seek answers for ourselves, not expect
someone just to hand them to us on a plate.

It doesn't really bother me whether people like me or not. I'm not on this
planet to be liked. I was taught, by my maternal grandfather, not to suffer
fools gladly and I don't. There is too much of this "fast food" culture. When
I was at school we were sent to the library to do *research"; now, with the
advent of Usenet, people think they can just expect answers handed to them on
a silver platter. What makes them so special? What makes them so privileged
that they demand answers without doing any work themselves? I'm sick and
tired and thoroughly fed up of this "gimme, gimme, gimme" attitude - it's
about damned time we got back to the days when people learnt things for
themselves. If my "harsh" replies stop idiots from asking the same idiotic
questions ad nauseam et ad infinitum then I will consider my job done and my
mission accomplished.

It's simple really: - If people don't want an ear-bashing, then they research
first. Otherwise, they've only got themselves to blame.

This was the philosophy I was taught at school and it's a damned good one.

There is even less of an excuse with the advent of Google.

And if your referring to 'Granny' and its ilk, well they couldn't find their
own arses with a map, compass and their hands tied behind their back. There
is more chance of me winning the Euromillions lottery than there is of any of
them tracking me down.

No one is forcing anyone to like me - I'm certainly not.


Margolotta,

Maybe you should take some schooling of your own so that you would be able to distinguish between "learnt" and "learned." As in: "...when people learnt things..."


There *IS* no difference, dickwad. They are both valid past participles of the verb 'to learn'

Maybe you can tell me what the distinction is. Maybe you can tell Chambers, the OED and Cambridge what the distinction is.

FYI, America is NOT the only country on this planet. I suggest you learn this. You should have LEARNT it in school, but I guess you were too busy learning other things...

From the OED's FAQ

What is the difference between 'learnt' and 'learned'?
These are alternative forms of the past tense and past participle of the verb learn. Learnt is more common in British English, and learned in American English. There are a number of verbs of this type (burn, dream, kneel, lean, leap, spell, spill, spoil etc.). They are all irregular verbs, and this is a part of their irregularity.

So tell me, dear Charlie, why in Hades I should want to associate myself with the US?

Let me guess you're Republican, aren't you...? Most Republicans are surprised to learn there are other countries in the world...

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