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From: Ivor Jones on 18 Aug 2006 21:18 "Alex Heney" <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:a9cce25f3ugsmkb1ghff15gngivaj072md(a)4ax.com > > You forget that not everyone uses a UK keyboard. This > > US one doesn't have an AltGr key. > > I think you replied to the wrong post here. I never > mentioned the AltGr key (although I thought it was > actually more common on US keyboards than on UK ones - > and you will *may* find that the right hand Alt key > actually works as AltGr, whatever the label on it says). Hmm, sorry if I replied to the wrong post, it happens sometimes..! No the US layout has two Alt keys and they both work identically. I bought it because I prefer the layout with the backslash key to the right hand side and the double quote as shifted single quote. Ivor
From: Alex Heney on 18 Aug 2006 21:39 On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:18:04 +0100, "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: >"Alex Heney" <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote in message >news:a9cce25f3ugsmkb1ghff15gngivaj072md(a)4ax.com > >> > You forget that not everyone uses a UK keyboard. This >> > US one doesn't have an AltGr key. >> >> I think you replied to the wrong post here. I never >> mentioned the AltGr key (although I thought it was >> actually more common on US keyboards than on UK ones - >> and you will *may* find that the right hand Alt key >> actually works as AltGr, whatever the label on it says). > >Hmm, sorry if I replied to the wrong post, it happens sometimes..! No the >US layout has two Alt keys and they both work identically. Ah well. It was just a thought. > I bought it >because I prefer the layout with the backslash key to the right hand side >and the double quote as shifted single quote. Those do make sense, but it then means you don't have the key. Plus, if (like me) you quite often find yourself using different computers on client sites, it makes sense to have the same layout. So I don't think I'll be following your example. Personal choice :-) -- Alex Heney, Global Villager Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
From: Alex Heney on 18 Aug 2006 21:42 On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:13:06 +0100, davek <news(a)smutchin.co.uk> wrote: >Brimstone wrote: >> They're simply obliged to drive correctly, which means moving to the >> leftmost available lane after overtaking.. > >And if they're in the leftmost lane already, should they move on to the >hard shoulder? > Perhaps you should read the post, before making nonsense replies. "The leftmost available lane". >And what if they are in the outer lane but haven't finished overtaking >and the space immediately to their left is occupied by a 40ft artic? Well then they are not *in* the situation of "after overtaking" are they? -- Alex Heney, Global Villager Trees hit cars only in self-defence. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
From: Tony Raven on 19 Aug 2006 02:36 Ivor Jones wrote on 19/08/2006 02:04 +0100: >>> >> However there is a geographical area called Europe which >> you are in and a political and administrative area called >> Europe which again, you are in. > > True, but that doesn't make me "a European" - my nationality is that of > the country I was born in, not the continent that country is part of. I > accept I live in Europe, but that does not make me "a European." I am an > Englishman, if you don't accept UK resident. > So you don't believe there is such a thing as an American, Asian or African either? -- Tony "Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory." - Leonardo da Vinci
From: Brimstone on 19 Aug 2006 03:08
"Alex Heney" <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:5lhce2dfu34qn4ppn7o1frf94sgfl0t2fv(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:50:58 +0100, Tony Raven <junk(a)raven-family.com> > wrote: > >>Alex Heney wrote on 18/08/2006 21:40 +0100: >>> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:58:04 GMT, JAF <anarchSPAMKILLER(a)ntlworld.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:07:41 +0100, Paul {Hamilton Rooney} >>>> <craig(a)oil.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It meant a fixed thing or place. >>>> Post (stick in the ground) and post (mail) have different origins. >>> >>> And "undertake" (to take upon oneself), "undertake" (to carry out >>> funerals) and "undertake" (to pass on the "wrong" side) all have >>> different origins. >> >>But only the first two are recognised by the OED. > > True. > > But give it time :-) How long? |