On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 2:55:13 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
>
> >\
> >The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>
> I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
> carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
> some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
> for him.

Me too. A guy losing his flock and then finding them again sounds like something you'd read in the bible.

On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 1:17:02 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-12-08 9:44 AM, Gary wrote:
>
> >>>> I think all youse guys must be a little dinghy.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Yawk are right about that.
> >>
> >> OOOPs typo Yawl are right about that.
> >
> > That's what you get when you try to talk southern talk, Dave.
> > You blew it.
> > BTW - It's spelled, y'all.
> >
>
>
> There is no proper spelling for an improper word.

Ain't that the truth!

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
> On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 2:55:13 PM UTC-10, wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >\
>> >The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>>
>> I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
>> carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
>> some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
>> for him.
>
> Me too. A guy losing his flock and then finding them again sounds like
> something you'd read in the bible.

They were actually quite scattered and he found one about 20 miles away

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-35038180

"There again, I went to see a farmer at Langwathby whose 45 in-calf heifers
had gone into the river. He'd been searching the river banks and managed to
find 41 of them.

"The amazing part is two were found at Crosby-on-Eden, which is north of
Carlisle, some 18 miles downstream I worked it out as. One was quite happily
grazing on the golf course."




--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 2:55:13 PM UTC-10, wrote:
>>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >\
>>> >The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>>>
>>> I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
>>> carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
>>> some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
>>> for him.
>>
>> Me too. A guy losing his flock and then finding them again sounds like
>> something you'd read in the bible.
>
> They were actually quite scattered and he found one about 20 miles away
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-35038180
>
> "There again, I went to see a farmer at Langwathby whose 45 in-calf heifers
> had gone into the river. He'd been searching the river banks and managed to
> find 41 of them.
>
> "The amazing part is two were found at Crosby-on-Eden, which is north of
> Carlisle, some 18 miles downstream I worked it out as. One was quite happily
> grazing on the golf course."

all we like sheep have gone astray :-]

On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 6:17:02 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-12-08 9:44 AM, Gary wrote:
>
> >>>> I think all youse guys must be a little dinghy.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Yawk are right about that.
> >>
> >> OOOPs typo Yawl are right about that.
> >
> > That's what you get when you try to talk southern talk, Dave.
> > You blew it.
> > BTW - It's spelled, y'all.
> >
>
>
> There is no proper spelling for an improper word.

Give us a break, Dave. Y'all is a contraction of "you all".
Just like "There's" is a contraction of "There is". Not
for formal use, of course, but acceptable in informal settings
like Usenet.

We can quibble, of course, about using it as a pronoun for a
singular noun.

Cindy Hamilton

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
> wrote:
>
> >\
> >The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>
> I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
> carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
> some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
> for him.

It's amazing. Some of them were washed 20 miles down river but none of
them were hurt at all. Other farmers have lost a lot of livestock ,
drowned.

More heavy rain forecast tomorrow so repeat flooding expected :-(

Janet UK

On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:55:08 -0400, wrote:

>On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
>wrote:
>
>>\
>>The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>
>I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
>carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
>some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
>for him.

those animals are going to need counseling. I liked this story and
the look on the donkey's face
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/12/...4211449504433/
Janet US

"Janet B" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:55:08 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>\
>>>The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>>
>>I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
>>carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
>>some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
>>for him.
>
> those animals are going to need counseling. I liked this story and
> the look on the donkey's face
> http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/12/...4211449504433/

Awwww) Not too sure about the counselling though <g>

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 6:17:02 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2015-12-08 9:44 AM, Gary wrote:
> >
> > >>>> I think all youse guys must be a little dinghy.
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Yawk are right about that.
> > >>
> > >> OOOPs typo Yawl are right about that.
> > >
> > > That's what you get when you try to talk southern talk, Dave.
> > > You blew it.
> > > BTW - It's spelled, y'all.
> > >
> >
> >
> > There is no proper spelling for an improper word.
>
> Give us a break, Dave. Y'all is a contraction of "you all".

FGS. Don't you recognise a pun when you see one?

"Yawl" is a kind of boat; so is "dinghy"

"Yawl" was a (boat) PUN in response to the "dinghy" (boat) PUN.

Janet UK

In article >,
says...
>
> Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >
> > "dsi1" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 2:55:13 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >\
> >>> >The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
> >>>
> >>> I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
> >>> carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
> >>> some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
> >>> for him.
> >>
> >> Me too. A guy losing his flock and then finding them again sounds like
> >> something you'd read in the bible.
> >
> > They were actually quite scattered and he found one about 20 miles away
> >
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-35038180
> >
> > "There again, I went to see a farmer at Langwathby whose 45 in-calf heifers
> > had gone into the river. He'd been searching the river banks and managed to
> > find 41 of them.
> >
> > "The amazing part is two were found at Crosby-on-Eden, which is north of
> > Carlisle, some 18 miles downstream I worked it out as. One was quite happily
> > grazing on the golf course."
>
> all we like sheep have gone astray :-]

"In calf heifers" are cows not sheep.

Janet UK.

On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 2:52:13 PM UTC-5, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
> >
> > On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 6:17:02 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On 2015-12-08 9:44 AM, Gary wrote:
> > >
> > > >>>> I think all youse guys must be a little dinghy.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Yawk are right about that.
> > > >>
> > > >> OOOPs typo Yawl are right about that.
> > > >
> > > > That's what you get when you try to talk southern talk, Dave.
> > > > You blew it.
> > > > BTW - It's spelled, y'all.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > There is no proper spelling for an improper word.
> >
> > Give us a break, Dave. Y'all is a contraction of "you all".
>
> FGS. Don't you recognise a pun when you see one?

Not that one. I live in Michigan FFS. I've never heard
of a yawl. I know what a dinghy is, but I've never seen one.

Cindy Hamilton

> "Yawl" is a kind of boat; so is "dinghy"
>
> "Yawl" was a (boat) PUN in response to the "dinghy" (boat) PUN.
>
> Janet UK

On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:52:55 -0700, Janet B >
wrote:

>On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:55:08 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>\
>>>The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>>
>>I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
>>carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
>>some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
>>for him.
>
>those animals are going to need counseling. I liked this story and
>the look on the donkey's face
>http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/12/...4211449504433/
>Janet US

Nice to hear/read good animal tales, so often it's the cruel things
done to animals

Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> Ophelia wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > "dsi1" > wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >> On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 2:55:13 PM UTC-10, wrote:
>> >>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> >\
>> >>> >The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>> >>>
>> >>> I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
>> >>> carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
>> >>> some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
>> >>> for him.
>> >>
>> >> Me too. A guy losing his flock and then finding them again sounds like
>> >> something you'd read in the bible.
>> >
>> > They were actually quite scattered and he found one about 20 miles away
>> >
>> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-35038180
>> >
>> > "There again, I went to see a farmer at Langwathby whose 45 in-calf heifers
>> > had gone into the river. He'd been searching the river banks and managed to
>> > find 41 of them.
>> >
>> > "The amazing part is two were found at Crosby-on-Eden, which is north of
>> > Carlisle, some 18 miles downstream I worked it out as. One was quite happily
>> > grazing on the golf course."
>>
>> all we like sheep have gone astray :-]
>
> "In calf heifers" are cows not sheep.
>
> Janet UK.

holy cow!

On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:10:58 -0400, wrote:

>On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:52:55 -0700, Janet B >
>wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:55:08 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>\
>>>>The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>>>
>>>I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
>>>carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
>>>some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
>>>for him.
>>
>>those animals are going to need counseling. I liked this story and
>>the look on the donkey's face
>>http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/12/...4211449504433/
>>Janet US
>
>Nice to hear/read good animal tales, so often it's the cruel things
>done to animals

Nice. It reminds me of volunteers saving wild horses from high water:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7hVLUxlCGg

--
Bruce

On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 09:30:46 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

>On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:10:58 -0400, wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:52:55 -0700, Janet B >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:55:08 -0400, wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>\
>>>>>The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>>>>
>>>>I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
>>>>carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
>>>>some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
>>>>for him.
>>>
>>>those animals are going to need counseling. I liked this story and
>>>the look on the donkey's face
>>>http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/12/...4211449504433/
>>>Janet US
>>
>>Nice to hear/read good animal tales, so often it's the cruel things
>>done to animals
>
>Nice. It reminds me of volunteers saving wild horses from high water:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7hVLUxlCGg

Are those some of the 'wild' horses planted on dyke lands ?

On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 18:49:14 -0400, wrote:

>On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 09:30:46 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:10:58 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:52:55 -0700, Janet B >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:55:08 -0400, wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>\
>>>>>>The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
>>>>>
>>>>>I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
>>>>>carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
>>>>>some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
>>>>>for him.
>>>>
>>>>those animals are going to need counseling. I liked this story and
>>>>the look on the donkey's face
>>>>http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/12/...4211449504433/
>>>>Janet US
>>>
>>>Nice to hear/read good animal tales, so often it's the cruel things
>>>done to animals
>>
>>Nice. It reminds me of volunteers saving wild horses from high water:
>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7hVLUxlCGg
>
>Are those some of the 'wild' horses planted on dyke lands ?

I think it's land that normally doesn't get flooded.

--
Bruce

On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 5:17:02 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-12-08 9:44 AM, Gary wrote:
>
> >>>> I think all youse guys must be a little dinghy.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Yawk are right about that.
> >>
> >> OOOPs typo Yawl are right about that.
> >
> > That's what you get when you try to talk southern talk, Dave.
> > You blew it.
> > BTW - It's spelled, y'all.
> >
>
>
> There is no proper spelling for an improper word.

It's not an improper word. It is a contraction for *you all*. I don't use
the contraction, and since I mostly only use "you all" at the beginning of
a sentence, or less frequently, after a comma pause, "you all" comes more
naturally to me than y'all, which sounds very Southern USA.

--Bryan

On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 11:20:07 AM UTC-6, tert in seattle wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
> >
> >
> > "dsi1" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 2:55:13 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 12:38:44 -0800 (PST), dsi1 <>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >\
> >>> >The more formal redneckese would be "all y'alls."
> >>>
> >>> I just heard about the farmer in Cumbria who had to watch all his herd
> >>> carried away with storm waters and now can't believe his luck that
> >>> some forty odd have been found varying miles down stream, I'm happy
> >>> for him.
> >>
> >> Me too. A guy losing his flock and then finding them again sounds like
> >> something you'd read in the bible.
> >
> > They were actually quite scattered and he found one about 20 miles away
> >
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-35038180
> >
> > "There again, I went to see a farmer at Langwathby whose 45 in-calf heifers
> > had gone into the river. He'd been searching the river banks and managed to
> > find 41 of them.
> >
> > "The amazing part is two were found at Crosby-on-Eden, which is north of
> > Carlisle, some 18 miles downstream I worked it out as. One was quite happily
> > grazing on the golf course."
>
> all we like sheep have gone astray :-]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixmNZQH0NjU

For the last 2 seasons, The Messiah has been included in our regular symphony
season tickets. We had to trade them in this year though, because I had to
work that Sunday.

--Bryan