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Post by dwight on Aug 1, 2005 0:50:50 GMT -4
Jay, just as an aside, yet related to the Australian preferential vote system:
Sir Robert Menzies' conservative government was elected to power via Communist preferences in Jim Killen's seat of Moreton in 1963!!!
Cheers, Dwight
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Post by Kiwi on Aug 1, 2005 3:31:46 GMT -4
Regarding Margamatix's avatar: I... concluded that it's the laundry of an aspiring politician thrown on the rails at a horse-racing track. And there's an annoyed English Sheepdog at bottom right with the top of its head and ears partly covered by the rose-type thingy that politicians wear. Furthermore, because it is perfectly clear that the picture is that of a politician's laundry and therefore anyone who does not agree with me must be mentally deranged, I do not have to prove anything to anyone and should someone come up with evidence to the contrary I shall simply repeat and repeat and repeat - as if I'm a drunk - that it is perfectly clear that the picture is that of a politician's laundry. So there.
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Post by margamatix on Aug 1, 2005 4:40:38 GMT -4
Incidentally, Margamatix, what's your avatar a picture of? I just can't work out what it is and I'm getting more curious by the minute. :-) Cheers It is the UK's oldest roller-coaster, built in 1920 and currently under threat of demolition, because changes in UK planning law have made the site attractive to developers. Apparently, we don't have quite enough branches of Tesco yet (Tesco is our Wal-Mart)...... Along with many other people I am campaigning to preserve this beautiful piece of Edwardian engineering. Our website is here... www.savedreamland.co.ukWish us luck...........
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Post by Kiwi on Aug 1, 2005 4:56:35 GMT -4
Come off it! It is perfectly clear that it's the laundry of an aspiring politician thrown on the rails at a horse-racing track. And the miffed English Sheepdog at bottom right with the top of its head and ears partly covered by the rose-type thingy that politicians wear is clearly visible. So is the thingy. Look at the green of the race-track in the background, visible through the brown and white rails! Its obvious that the politician wears a 1970s-style blue polyester wash-and wear suit.
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Post by margamatix on Aug 1, 2005 6:05:04 GMT -4
Regarding Margamatix's avatar: I... concluded that it's the laundry of an aspiring politician thrown on the rails at a horse-racing track. And there's an annoyed English Sheepdog at bottom right with the top of its head and ears partly covered by the rose-type thingy that politicians wear. Furthermore, because it is perfectly clear that the picture is that of a politician's laundry and therefore anyone who does not agree with me must be mentally deranged, I do not have to prove anything to anyone and should someone come up with evidence to the contrary I shall simply repeat and repeat and repeat - as if I'm a drunk - that it is perfectly clear that the picture is that of a politician's laundry. So there. It's generally considered to be "bad form" to reply to your own messages.
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Post by JayUtah on Aug 1, 2005 9:21:09 GMT -4
I reply to my own messages all the time, usually to correct an error or flesh out a topic I had meant to originally but then forgot. Or if I'm really bored.
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Post by JayUtah on Aug 1, 2005 9:40:08 GMT -4
I remember the "swingometer" from the original televised version of Monty Python's "Election Night Special" -- the needle was so loosely-mounted that it hung perpetually at zero. From that it seemed clear it was some sort of first-derivative of election results, but the references and explanations show the ways in which it can be computed.
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Post by turbonium on Aug 1, 2005 9:54:20 GMT -4
Is that like the ''schwiiing!'' from SNL? ;D
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 1, 2005 10:29:34 GMT -4
hehe, just don't get Kiwi and me strted about "The Worm" and MMP and can I leave the country for the next 8 weeks.... PLEASE I BEG YOU!!!!
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Post by PeterB on Aug 1, 2005 21:05:38 GMT -4
G'day Margamatix
Thanks for the info. Definitely a worthy project, and I wish you good luck with it. I have to say I didn't know roller coasters were built that long ago. When was the first one built?
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Post by margamatix on Aug 2, 2005 4:38:00 GMT -4
The world's oldest standing mechanical roller-coaster is in Altoona, PA, and was built in 1902, see www.ridezone.com/rides/coasters/leapthedips/ but they have their origins in ice-slides which were popular in Russia from the 1700s onwards.
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Post by Glom on Aug 9, 2005 11:04:52 GMT -4
We can always count on Peter Snow's computer graphic to give us extremely clear and concise presentations of the state of elections nights with his swingometers and battleground between the main three.
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