ah that explains the southern California connection!
[Silicone Valley, no doubt!]
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
[oh, those 'stars'!]
Indeed, the all-Starr cast of 'Look who's coming to take your oil.' -- He's so irresistable...
i think, ug, yes, i think i can, ug, yes, i can, RESIST!
When you are in times of temptation, think about the eighty-six year old man with a halitosis problem the girl once was in a former life. Solved.
i would hope that in this case we are talking 'supernova'; a star that gets too big for its britches, explodes, and in a relatively short time is virtually invisible, again!
my good friends....do not doubt that i am a true iraqi....i'll have to speak with my computer 'guy' on these issues....he's not an easy man to reach either, it's a 4 day camel trek across the desert,and he hates e-mail..
..i wish i were in central california, however i am near basrah....i can also tell you that yaks hate peanut butter but go wild for jelly....
i will send a man to get answers for your 'techies' as to the mystery of my ip address....
But some Arabic will do... are you in a little English-only enclave?
Your techie won't accept e-mails but this urgent problem does warrant you to send someone on a 4 day camel trek across the desert?
Ah Dauer, so nice of you to join us.
BBB
I heard that Abu Ishaq Al Juwayri works as a computer specialist for Duke in Doonesbury. Honey found him at a little French Bistro that is Garry Trudeau's reporter, Roland Headly's, favorite place to snack when on assignment in Iraq.
Trudeau just hasn't found the right occasion to introduce Abu to Doonesbury fans because of the goat issue. But I'm sure Abu's posting on A2K will inspire him.
BBB
i must tend to a dire goat issue for the next few hours and then i shall return.....in full arabic glory...
Don't forget your hookah Abu, I have a yearning for some good Lebanese Red
moi? nahhh...only if I touch it
Craven de Kere wrote:And you have been banned from at least one other forum I have found.
that was the vicky's fault!!! my prized goat, God rest her soul.....which is also why my webcam no longer works!!
I believe you, Abu; if you were lying, you would have gone by now.
I'm trying to learn Arabic at the moment. Could you tell me whether this sentence is correct, and how you'd translate it? : وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا كَمَا آمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَا آمَنَ السُّفَهَاءُ أَلا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهَاءُ وَلَكِنْ لا يَعْلَمُونَ
I await, with thanks.
Humming softly:
"And now, the end is near...