The origin of the word 'snob' ....
21 hours ago
THE NAKED APE GETS DRESSED. For those who strive for better things and who understand, as did Ben Jonson, that: "the pipe marks the point at which the orang-utan ends and man begins". - And those who understand S T Coleridge's: "While Fate tramples on things of beauty, the indignant human heart shall utter them."
Well, good! I hope it didn't cost as much as getting a new computer!
ReplyDeleteHave you been visiting dodgy online opium dens?
ReplyDeleteI've warned you about that.
Welcome back NJS!
ReplyDeleteHa! Actually, it is more extraordinary than that and involves the nocturnal habits of one of our tom cats! Most embarrassing - and they are now banished to the courtyard and the little house.
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Thanks. Chikashi - not quite but having Windows and Word reloaded put the price up a bit. Everything on the harddrive was lost; fortunately, unpublished work is regularly saved by e-mail attachment.
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Glad you are back online!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Charles.
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