opion about bid

Hi Ralph,

Here are some links to explain ebay’s proxy bidding system:

http://www.auctionsniper.com/faqebay.aspx#faq_13a_lbl
http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/proxy-bidding.html

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Originally posted by rdema1940:
i donot quite under stand what is going on in these auctions my user id on ebay is rdema1940 I submitted my bid using auction sniper 7/15 the person who won the bid submitted theirs 7/13 could some one explain to me what is going on with this.
230006079004,130006532453 these are the auctions i bid on if you go to where it says history on bids you will see what iam talking about.
Thanks Ralph

Phew! Quite out of breath reading that, Ralph! Make sure the FBI do not spot the subject line - they may ask questions about class-A drugs.

I suggest he reads this book!

R2

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this book!

“This book” was a U.K. #1 bestseller – is there a relationship between the popularity of this book and the popularity of cricket in England?

Interspersing her lessons with bits of history (the apostrophe dates from the 16th century; the first semicolon appeared in 1494)
What a page-turner! It will be difficult to wait for the movie. I wonder who will play the parts of the punctuation marks. Perhaps the acting credits will be something like:
      Arnold Schwarzenegger as !
      Alex Trebek as ?
      The Joker as Alex’s understudy
      still casting for the roles of ’, :, ;, ., and ,.

It appears reality imitates humor, or something along those lines. BBC radio productions has/had(?) a “hit series” about punctuation titled “Cutting a Dash” – I’m not making this up. Looks like Big Bird is going to have competition for the Oscar.

I have learned that Greek dramatists gave the world the comma, colon, and period – fascinating. And, I mistakenly thought the Brits were somewhat boring.

This book has over 400 Amazon reviews, PLUS has a 4 star rating – that has to make the Brits proud.

Good news – there’s an audiobook version. I think there’s a certain irony in that. I can’t quite put my hands on it, but give me time and I’ll come up with something. At a minimum, that might explain the book’s success, at least in the States.

A CD was given away with last weekend's Sunday Times - the author reading from her own book!

R2

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Originally posted by region2:
I suggest he reads this book!

R2

It's on my shelf, but, you knew that, anyway!
To mitigate, there is also a Far Side calendar, and Stovold's Mornington Crescent Almanack

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Originally posted by Rick:

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this book!

“This book” was a U.K. #1 bestseller – is there a relationship between the popularity of this book and the popularity of cricket in England?

Interspersing her lessons with bits of history (the apostrophe dates from the 16th century; the first semicolon appeared in 1494)
What a page-turner! It will be difficult to wait for the movie. I wonder who will play the parts of the punctuation marks. Perhaps the acting credits will be something like:
      Arnold Schwarzenegger as !
      Alex Trebek as ?
      The Joker as Alex’s understudy
      still casting for the roles of ’, :, ;, ., and ,.

Just wait for the sequel, Rick
I think that Lynne Truss's humour may get missed in the USA, as all humour is very national, nay, even regional.

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It appears reality imitates humor, or something along those lines. BBC radio productions has/had(?) a “hit series” about punctuation titled “Cutting a Dash” – I’m not making this up. Looks like Big Bird is going to have competition for the Oscar.

Did not hear of that one.

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I have learned that Greek dramatists gave the world the comma, colon, and period – fascinating. And, I mistakenly thought the Brits were somewhat boring.

Some are, some are not. Probably just like Americans.

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This book has over 400 Amazon reviews, PLUS has a 4 star rating – that has to make the Brits proud.

Sadly, we are not high on national pride here.
We have Dickens, Rowling, Peake as well.