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					Originally Posted by  neilmarr
					 
				 
				***there's a typo in your trypo*** 
 
Nope, Wannabe. Whenever I edit a typo I give the reason as trypo. Done it since I joined up two and a half years ago. It's a very weak attempt at a little humour in my apology ... meaning I wrote tripe. Dunno about other countries, but tripe has a double-meaning in the UK; one is the food, of course, the other is 'nonsense'.   
 
To claim I'd been around for over six CENTURIES instead of DECADES was more than a trypo, though, it was a full-blown blunder. Younger visitors might have believed it and asked me for the secret of longevity. I fixed it assap so that the point would be pointed out too often and clutter an already cluttered thread (to which I'm now adding a tad more). 
 
Didn't work, of course. But when you're over 600 years old, you can be forgiven the odd wee slip in judgment. 
 
Och well, all good fun. And a change from the serious stuff ... which maybe this thread isn't any more. I do feel it redundant. Interesting views expressed (many) and I hope we've all taken the thoughts of others to heart. Bestests (not a trypo but telexese). Neil 
 
PS: I also speak fluent Pitman's shorthand. N 
			
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 Hey you look pretty good for 600 yrs. old.  
I remember Pitman's shorthand.  Or rather just a few strokes of it.  Many many years ago.
Carol