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 Posted: Jun 12, 2013 - 03:56 PM |
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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I have a little Satnav
It sits there in my car
A Satnav is a driver's friend
It tells you where you are
I have a little Satnav
I've had it all my life
It's better than the normal ones
My Satnav is my wife
It gives me full instructions
Especially how to drive
"It's thirty miles an hour", it says
"You're doing thirty five"
It tells me when to stop and start
And when to use the brake
And tells me that it's never ever
Safe to overtake
It tells me when a light is red
And when it goes to green
It seems to know instinctively
Just when to intervene
It lists the vehicles just in front
And all those to the rear
And taking this into account
It specifies my gear.
I'm sure no other driver
Has so helpful a device
For when we leave and lock the car
It still gives its advice
It fills me up with counselling
Each journey's pretty fraught
So why don't I exchange it
And get a quieter sort?
Ah well, you see, it cleans the house,
Makes sure I'm properly fed,
It washes all my shirts and things
And keeps me warm in bed!
Despite all these advantages
And my tendency to scoff,
I only wish that now and then
I could turn the bugger off. |
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Ross McKenzie
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Posted: Jun 12, 2013 - 05:20 PM |
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Location: Cleveland, OH
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Posted: Jun 12, 2013 - 06:40 PM |
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Location: Ab Pakhsh , Bushehr , Iran
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Aaaaaaaaaaam...Ross,
is it a reciting? |
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Hi Brazil!
We(iranian) want to travel to you!
(Brazil World Cup)
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Posted: Jun 12, 2013 - 07:57 PM |
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Location: Wisconsin USA
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| It does seem that some vehicles come with passenger-seat windbag as standard equipment rather than an electable option. |
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Posted: Jun 13, 2013 - 01:22 AM |
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Rohalamin wrote:
Aaaaaaaaaaam...Ross,
is it a reciting?
Amin, we call it a poem. You recite a poem.
Cheers,
Ross |
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Ross McKenzie
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Posted: Jun 13, 2013 - 01:35 AM |
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an electable option
Was that an electable option, or an ejectable option?
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Posted: Jun 13, 2013 - 04:16 AM |
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Location: Ab Pakhsh , Bushehr , Iran
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valusoft wrote:
Amin, we call it a poem. You recite a poem.
Cheers,
Ross
Ah-ha
we call it "poem", too. in some english movie i had seen that they called it by "recitation". |
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Hi Brazil!
We(iranian) want to travel to you!
(Brazil World Cup)
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Posted: Jun 13, 2013 - 10:46 AM |
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OK...
A poem is the written words, although it does not have to be written. It could just be memorised or even created by the speaker in the moment. When someone speaks the poem we say that they have recited the poem. The overall performance of the poem is called a recitation.
Isn't language wonderful? 
Cheers,
Ross |
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Posted: Jun 13, 2013 - 10:48 AM |
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Location: Surrey, England
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Posted: Jun 13, 2013 - 11:11 AM |
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Location: Ab Pakhsh , Bushehr , Iran
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valusoft wrote:
OK...
A poem is the written words, although it does not have to be written. It could just be memorised or even created by the speaker in the moment. When someone speaks the poem we say that they have recited the poem. The overall performance of the poem is called a recitation.
Isn't language wonderful?
Cheers,
Ross
Not so much 
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Hi Brazil!
We(iranian) want to travel to you!
(Brazil World Cup)
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Posted: Jun 13, 2013 - 02:08 PM |
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Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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| I had one of those! |
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Discursive design,
Torby
Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.
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Posted: Jun 14, 2013 - 08:54 AM |
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Location: Muenster, Germany
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| I see, all wifes around the globe seem to be based on the same basic firmware... |
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