Posted by seani on 11/16/73 11:36

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:22:12 +0000, zoara wrote:

> Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>
>> In article <slrndro4i9.96a.nospam@debian.dns2go.com>,
>> Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote:
>>
>> > >> Claiming to have lived without a car all one's life would mean
>> > >> they have not used a car, at all, in their life.
>> > >
>> > > No it doesn't. It means that I've never owned one--not never used
>> > > one.
>> >
>> > No, it doesn't. It may be how you intended to use the turn of phrase,
>> > but if you have ever used something then you have not lived without
>> > it. Without is a definite.
>>
>> Ok, then let me rephrase it: I've never owned Microsoft Windows or used
>> it, other than incidentally, in my personal life.
>
> Oooh, oooh, can you argue about cheese now, please?
>
> I'm gobsmacked by how long this thread has lasted (and by the fact that
> I'm still reading it).
>
> -z-

Further responses would be pointless, and scroll off my monitor.

Everyone else, please exercise your self-control and stop.

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