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.....and tell us what you are!
forgot to mention..Aquarius (Verseau)
http://www.ehow.com/how_219327.....arius.html

Why is this forum called @Aleeve?

Oh yeah, I remember now :)

Ok, well I'm Capricorn (but don't really pay much attention to horoscopes, load of rubbish if you ask me!)

Anybody else come from the UK?

Oh no you didn't...

Ah no. What you have to do is edit your second post with a technically astounding explanation of why it happened. And still nobody will believe you

well, whs says "bugger" every now and again.
and "damn" does not necessarily have any religious or sexual connotations, I think it's OK.
BUT, I am not a moderator!

what about dsl (damn small linux)

The problem with language is that each generation has their own standards. What may be totally acceptable to an 18 year old may sound offensive to a 60 year old. As far as I have seen, we have at least 3 generations on the Forum on a regular basis. Some of us more mature guys had to reign in a few of the youngsters a couple of times. But the youngsters did not do that in a vicious way, I think. For them it was "daily language". So it is very difficult to draw the line. In addition you have many nationalities. Maybe some of you remember my discussion with jd on the word "hick". To me that did not sound offensive and translated into my language as "farmer, slow guy" and alike. But jd quoted the american interpretation of the Wikipedia and I guess in the US it comes across differently. So I think best is to make each other aware of the pitfalls and act accordingly - but then we don't want to be competely sanitized either. I still like "bugger" which I picked up many years ago in the UK and "moron" which I picked up in the US.

On which thread and is it a pic or a link? I hate search parties..

Do I have to do all the hard work?