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12:37 / 12.10.04

It depends what sort of books they are, really. What have you got? Old, reasonably new, fiction?

And it's usually best to ring before you venture out to see whether a shop's buying at the moment, whether you need to make an appointment, etc.

Having said which, the Church Street Bookshop in Stokey gives pretty good prices for decent, clean 2nd-hand fiction and non-fiction (much better than somewhere like Skoob). But if your books are the kind of thing you usually see in charity shops, I wouldn't hold your breath - be prepared to have to take some home or donate them elsewhere, unless everything you have is good quality.

Ebay's also a good option, but again, it depends what you have - collectable stuff is likely to do well, but I dunno about general fiction etc.

19:58 / 12.10.04

The guy from IRS records, he wore a fedora. The ska bands, they wore trilbys.

But I gotta know... what kind of hat did Jughead wear?

You know, that crown-like felt thing. The lead singer of Joboxers wore one in a video, too.

This auction refers to one as a "greasemonkey hat" but that only opens up a whole ream of new questions, and seems ultimately wrong anyway.

I need hat history!

20:11 / 12.10.04

Wow -- I think I found my own answer. It's a beanie.

Apparently, they had a blue collar origin, and were common kids' wear: HBC reader Reverend Antonio Hernandez, who has published a book on skullcaps and related styles like beanies tells HBC that beanies in fact appeared long before the 1910s. Beanies were apparently distributed to mecahics, welders, ect. for protection from grime, dust, and the weight of the welder's mask. They may have gone home wearing these beaniesd and of course junior always wanted to dress like dad. Rev. Hernandez reports, "My father wre these, and told me that they date back to the time that he was a teenager. So most likely they were a well-established cap style by then. He is now 90 years old. [In 2001] The beanies he wore were bright orange, for visability I think and bore a commercial stamp of some kind, maybe a welding or mechanics' supply company."

07:17 / 13.10.04

It seems to also have been referred to as a Whoopee Cap.

11:13 / 13.10.04

Jub -depending on what you have, the amazon second hand book section might be better than eBay. I don't know how easy it is to sell through amazon 2nd hand, but it's going to be seen by people who want to buy the book you have, so there's not the problem that Kit Kat mentioned with people just wanting rare things.

11:33 / 13.10.04

Setting up a website: cost

How much does it cost these days to set up and maintain a website? I know that it's possible to do it for free with Geocities and that, but I understand that if you want a 'proper' site - one that you have total control over and isn't plastered with adverts etc - then you have to pay for it. I'm talking about a complete DIY job, btw, I wouldn't be paying someone else to create it.

13:02 / 13.10.04

The cost varies depending on what you need. I got domain-name registration and four years of basic web hosting from Pair.com for just under $100. This doesn't have the greatest bandwidth in the world, but it's ideal for my purposes (family photos, personal link dump and ftp space). There are loads of companies out there, all with different price structures and special offers that change all the time. Good rule of thumb is to stick with an established company...Crash Systems (Uzbekistan) might offer you 20 gigs of space with unlimited bandwidth for a fiver, but it's a safe bet your site's going to be pretty unreliable.

17:48 / 13.10.04

OKay, I have been recieving some emails from an adversary of mine who keeps marking their emails, "Without Prejudice", and sometimes not even in the subject line. The emails - without disclosing actual content...to be cautious - are mostly filled with their personal opinion of me (which, as my adversary, is not good), remarks about my past, personal grievances with me, and just general derogatory comments about me that may or may not have any basis in reality, except for maybe their own.

I have talked to some lawyer friends, and there are some differing opinions on electronic communications marked "without prejudice", but there seems to be some concensus that most communications marked "without prejudice" cannot be used as evidence against the sender in a court of law (if perhaps, the recipient was found murdered for example). However, the issue of this being an electronic communication, coupled with the frivolous nature of the content of said emails doesn't seem to lend it any legitimacy to qualify for this status.

So, recently, without actually reproducing said emails in part or in full, I have mentioned some of the topics from an email they had marked "without prejudice" in my journal and verbally to my friends. They seem to think this is a breech of "contract" and are threatening me with legal action.

So, my questions are as follows:

1. Can anyone mark anything at all, true, not true, a personal opinon...and mark it "without prejudice", send it whomever and it still be legit?

2. What are the actual conditions (not just the definition) that must be met in order to qualify a communcation "without prejudice"? ie: Can it be electronic? Does it have to be delivered in a particular manner? Does the relevancy of the content matter? Between whom can these types of communiications take place in order for it to qualify? Can it be voided in any way?

3. Does mentioning the topics in (let's assume that their emails met all the requirements) a communication that is marked "without prejudice" but not reproducing said communication constitute a violation or breech of contract?

I would be very appreciative of some advice and clarification about this, because I do not take these threats and intimidation tactics very lightly.

18:32 / 13.10.04

Wait, labeling a private email "without prejudice" is supposed to make it privileged information? Like, you're their attorney or something?

In that case, I declare my next post on Barbelith CLASSIFIED and if any of you read it, I'm going to have my lawyers on you post-haste!

Grey Area, you rock with the hat. That's a perfect ad.

18:46 / 13.10.04

Wait, labeling a private email "without prejudice" is supposed to make it privileged information? Like, you're their attorney or something?

Well no, Grant. I am not an attorney, not anyone's attorney, definately not their attorney. So, can there still be an expectancy of privileged information just by labelling something "without prejudice"?

I guess that was your point, but I am having trouble clarifying the conditions that qualify this term.

19:54 / 13.10.04

It's a little nuts, I think.

Here's a legal definition of "without prejudice."

I think your correspondent is trying to use the phrase to say, "By telling you this, I'm not giving up my right to sue you later over the information within." But if you're not a lawyer and the correspondent is not a lawyer than it really means diddly squat. An email is not a legal document, any more than a postcard.

Your correspondent is neurotic, I think. Ganesh could probably make a more specific diagnosis as to the kind of neurosis, but not well. Not well. This person is not well.

20:43 / 13.10.04

"By telling you this, I'm not giving up my right to sue you later over the information within."

Not exactly what they are telling me. It is more like if I dislose any of the information from the email, at all, in any way, shape or form, even just mentioning the topics they did, they will sue me for breech of contract of an "end user agreement", which they say I entered into by just opening the email up. (Even though at the time, I was unaware of this clause when opening said emails.) They have mentioned they are studying to be in some legal career at the moment, so they say...but I have in no way hired them or is any of this correspondance notarized.

As for their mental health, I am worried myself.

BTW: Thank you for the definition, because in the context my adversary uses the term, it doesn't make much sense in relation to the definition. Maybe that is why I am having such a hard time understanding their intentions and what they believe their privileges are.

I would like to get some other people's opinions. (Not that your opinion isn't helpful and definately amusing Grant) Just to cross reference.

Thank you.

14:59 / 14.10.04

Hmm, one simple thing I have done is block this person from sending me emails. Well, that solves some trouble, unless they actually choose to try and sue me, which is does not seem like such a good idea.

18:50 / 14.10.04

Coincidentally, I just got an email today with privileged information in it. It's from the title agent for a house I'm buying.

The mail comes with the following disclaimer (apparently as part of the automatic signature, so it's on all the mail from this sender), which I reprint here for the sake of curiosity:

> The information contained in this e-mail and
> any attachments, is privileged
> and confidential and intended only for the use
> of the individual or entity
> named above. If the reader of this message is
> not the intended recipient,
> you are hereby notified that any dissemination,
> distribution, or copy of
> this communication is strictly prohibited. If
> you have received this
> communication in error, please immediately
> notify us by e-mail and delete
> the original message. This communication shall
> not be binding on Florida
> Land Title or any of its subsidiaries or
> affiliates ("FLT"). This
> communication shall in no sense be construed
> as, nor shall be considered, a
> modification of any agreement between FLT and
> the reader. Thank you
>

14:24 / 15.10.04

Grey Area>

Re: web site, costs

Thanks, Guv. When you say 'established companies', are there any particular ones that I should look at? I'm that ignorant about the whole thing I'm not sure who is established and who isn't.

14:41 / 15.10.04

Thanks for that Grant. I have consulted with attornerys and the standing concensus is that electronic correspondance is never considered a legal document, and certainly not admissible in a court of law. This only pertains to legal documents and contracts. In the case of my adversary and the disclaimer you posted, it is merely used either as a scare tactic, or a request for courtesy - however, not a legally binding contract.

Anyway, I am answering my own question.

*g*

15:02 / 15.10.04

Mane, check your PMs.

22:37 / 15.10.04

Does anyone know where the days of the week got there names?

i know sunday = sun + day
and Wendsday = Wodin (norse mackdaddy) + day

but the rest im not sure

22:48 / 15.10.04

Puck: Badda-boom

22:55 / 15.10.04

colour me impressed, that was bloody quick.

thanks Bed

unheimlich manoeuvre

23:35 / 15.10.04

Why are the days mainly Norse, while the months are mostly Roman?

00:31 / 16.10.04

Months were named during the Roman period, and had different representives for days of the week (or rather periods of the month, eg Ides of March), Julian Christian calander, whereas days of the week were sorted out later, Gregorian, but not sure why names were chosen, perhaps because of a greater Saxon influence on the world and language by this time?

02:01 / 18.10.04

Because a freelance American etymologist now has me paranoid about my Scary Go Round "Tupping Liberty" shirt, can someone give me an idea of how offensive, if at all, the word tupping is, on a scale of darn/heck to cunt/fuck, I suppose?

14:04 / 18.10.04

Gosh, hardly at all, I think - mostly it would be met with blank stares, though I seem to remember from my A-Level English that Iago refers to Othello as 'a black ram tupping your white ewe'. I haven't heard any modern usage of it apart from in the sort of t-shirt context you mention.

I imagine actually it's a lot less well-known than 'swive'...

ONLY NICE THINGS

15:01 / 18.10.04

(or rather periods of the month, eg Ides of March)

The ides wasn't a period, it was a day. The Ides of March is the 15th of March, that is a fortnight after the kalens. It's not a plural, it's an Anglicisation of idus. The Latin names of the days were standardised by Constantine, I believe, and survive in a number of languages, including Saturday in English and Mercredi in French.

The use of Norse-influenced names for the days in England starts to crop up, I believe, in texts around the 10-11th century, a fair amount before the British adopted the Gregorian calendar in the 18th Century.

I know that the questions are supposed to be random, but could we keep the answers vaguely related? That is, research if we are unsure, flag up when we are not 100% about something, not just randomly make stuff up?

Vincennes: Tup is used to denote sex between a ram and a ewe, and only by metaphor sex between humans. As such, not particularly rude, even metaphorically, and as K-C C says, really quite obscure - it's Middle English, so as rude as "feather" or "tread" to describe the copulation of fowl? You'll have more trouble explaining the usage of "liberty"...

15:24 / 18.10.04

Ides wasn't the 15th in every month, hence the description of it as a perdiod rather than a day (normally seen as the middle point of a month). The Answer wasn't so much made up, but detail that I did know coupled with an idea, hence the question mark at the end of the statement, denoting uncertainty in the authors mind. Wasn't made up, Haus, but as this is an open forum, it's handy that people are around to correct and expand on answers, don't you think?

ONLY NICE THINGS

15:35 / 18.10.04

Point taken. I see that my confusion came from your terminology rather than your knowledge on idus. Idus denotes not a period but a point - the point at which the month was divided in two. The etymology is the same, allegedly, as dividere (to split in two) - the Tuscan word iduare. Not sure where the Gregorian calendar comes in, mind - anyone?

19:53 / 18.10.04

Vincennes

Are you calling me Vincennes? If so, why?

I think, in the context of the comic, "Tupping Liberty!" is just a general exclaimation of disbelief. It may also have something to do with anarchist toasters, if the picture on the shirt is to be believed.

20:00 / 18.10.04

I think Haus answered the question to me (so very wrong grammatically, I am sorry) because of my recent name change, entirely inspired by anarchist toasters. But it's nice to know where it came from, I'd assumed it was a northern-sounding curse John Allison made up.

unheimlich manoeuvre

22:10 / 18.10.04

thanks Benny and Haus.

00:03 / 19.10.04

I'd assumed it was a northern-sounding curse John Allison made up.

So'd I. I'm sorry, I hadn't noticed your name change, but I do love it- I was perplexed and thought that Haus was making an obscure Shakespeare reference, and drove myself a bit nuts trying to figure it out before I caved and asked. I ruined my tupping liberty shirt and wound up making it a patch for a hooded sweatshirt (hoodie, I understand they're called by the youth). I got inquiries from a tweedy looking man who seemed to think that my sweatshirt might offend any UK folk who came in to the shop where I work. I just had it on because it was tupping cold.

But since this is neither a question nor an answer, I'll hush now. Thank you to KCC and Haus for ironing it out for me.

ONLY NICE THINGS

07:24 / 19.10.04

Well... when Ryan uses it, he generally uses it to *identify* a tupping liberty, that is when he feels that somebody has taken a liberty (abused his hospitality/trust/good nature), with the force of his displeasure increased by the intensifying "tupping".

And yes, I had a brainswitch because of Vincenne's current username. If there's an answer where I'm smart and an answer where I'm dumb, it's usually safe to go for the latter.

15:03 / 19.10.04

Just wanted to chime in and say that this is my favorite thread. Thanks to everybody.

01:51 / 21.10.04

Could someone explain the difference between starting your own website ( which is pretty straightforward as I understand it, though I wouldn't mind a quick class on how to do that as well, ) and having said thing connected to a search engine, so it's *googleable* or whatever ? Is there any real difference, or is it the case that the minute you've got your own homepage address, anyone worldwide can theoretically reach it ? Basically, ( and apologies for mangling the terminology, if that's what I've done, )how does all this stuff work ?

07:48 / 23.10.04

A while ago I came across a program that replaced iTunes for moving music to one's iPod. Since I didn't have an iPod back then, I shelved it in that area of my brain marked 'Potentially Useful Arcana' and went on my merry way. Now that I've got one, I (of course) can't remember what it was called. All I remember is that it was less of a memory hog than iTunes. Anyone know of something like this?

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