[RobM]

Cool story. I had not previously put it into the same basket as the IoM, but now... Must think twice about priorities for future holidays...

On another point entirely, huccome when 'mericans use words that they aren't accustomed to, like say "kilometres", they insist on misspelling them? Actually, more than just those tricky metric words, but things like "Chequered", and its cousin, "cheque". Or as you folks would have it, "check". And since when is the "invoice for food" called by the same name as the "debit my account for this much" slip of paper, from your cheque/check-book?!? What is with that? [/rant]

 

[RobM]

Re: Please God, Let the USA have a Gas Crunch

I rekn HawkRider be talking about that "First Post" thing.

There exists at least one website that censors those two words when found together, changes them into something that reflects poorly on the writer, but then (and here's the smart bit) back dates the post by 12 hours, so that it doesn't show up until that time. (fark.com, for instance).

Sorta slows that particular brand of one-upmanship.