24....39....42....HUT! HUT!

[Montreal Wanderer]

I'm still confused. Lots of people smuggle or break the speed limit but it's not legitimate to do so. I fear much of the rest of the post is incomprehensible to me.

I think what 2399 is saying is this...

"legitimate" - as in "accepted practice" - the stuff is left out with this in mind - a bit like Freecycle* - or what the americans call a "yard sale" - but where everything is free. "legitimate" as in you won't get called names or looked down on for doing it. (even if it is technically illegal - ie. the authorities disapprove - but I doubt they routinely enforce their disapproval) - so it is not thieving or covertly going through peoples' bins (as if you were homeless and looking for food - or a conman looking for documents for identity fraud) - and would not carry the stigma that such activities would.

*over here we have summat called Freecycle - where people give away stuff that would otherwise go to landfill, and saves them a trip to the tip. what 2399 is describing sounds like a more free-for-all version of that.

Bish, I accept that legitimate can mean,as the OED puts it, "In extended use: valid or acceptable; justifiable, reasonable." I don't agree that something should be called both legitimate and illegal, even if the authorities turn a blind eye. However, I am not up on contemporary British or Australian usage so accept your definitions.

[thebish]

Bish, I accept that legitimate can mean,as the OED puts it, "In extended use: valid or acceptable; justifiable, reasonable." I don't agree that something should be called both legitimate and illegal, even if the authorities turn a blind eye. However, I am not up on contemporary British or Australian usage so accept your definitions.

you seemed confused by what he was trying to say. I was trying to explain his meaning. I am not for a moment suggesting that the terms "legitimate" and "illegal" are not confusing or that they are not mutually exclusive.

I was simply trying to help you understand the sense/meaning of his post - even though he had written it in a way you or I would never have written it.

this kind of scavenging is deemed more acceptable - and has no stigma attached - even though it is technically illegal.

the meaning is clear - the wording was poor.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Bish, I accept that legitimate can mean,as the OED puts it, "In extended use: valid or acceptable; justifiable, reasonable." I don't agree that something should be called both legitimate and illegal, even if the authorities turn a blind eye. However, I am not up on contemporary British or Australian usage so accept your definitions.

you seemed confused by what he was trying to say. I was trying to explain his meaning. I am not for a moment suggesting that the terms "legitimate" and "illegal" are not confusing or that they are not mutually exclusive.

I was simply trying to help you understand the sense/meaning of his post - even though he had written it in a way you or I would never have written it.

this kind of scavenging is deemed more acceptable - and has no stigma attached - even though it is technically illegal.

the meaning is clear - the wording was poor.

It is true I had trouble following the meaning as well. A bit like parsing a1's posts on occasion.

[a1]

This is what I originally found:

glass effect lombardi trophy for the win !!!

[2399]

It's 2am, the draft on ESPN has just started, it goes till 2am!
(I saw it on the other day as well.)

[CAPSLOCK]

It's 2am, the draft on ESPN has just started, it goes till 2am!
(I saw it on the other day as well.)

Why?

Why, why, why?

What makes you think this is remotely worth posting on here

You do know we're in a different fcuking country on the other side of the world?

[Verbal]

It's 2am, the draft on ESPN has just started, it goes till 2am!
(I saw it on the other day as well.)

Why?

Why, why, why?

What makes you think this is remotely worth posting on here

You do know we're in a different fcuking country on the other side of the world?

Cos it's a post about the NFL...?

[Lofthouse Lower]

He's my no.1 poster

[Jakerbeef]

It's 2am, the draft on ESPN has just started, it goes till 2am!
(I saw it on the other day as well.)

Why?

Why, why, why?

What makes you think this is remotely worth posting on here

You do know we're in a different fcuking country on the other side of the world?

I would have stayed up and watched it if I didn't have to get up early that next morning Nothing can ever replace football, but the NFL and rugby make welcome distractions now and then. There's a pub not far from me that packs in the American expats every weekend it's on.

Though having said that I wouldn't have been chuffed to discover we'd taken Mike Pouncey in the 1st round, but y'never know, maybe he is the answer to our running game issues, Verbal.

[CAPSLOCK]

I've no problem with NFL

I just don't see why he thinks telling me whats on telly in Oz has any place on here

[Verbal]

The internet isn't set to GMT y'know...and every post on here isn't aimed or your, or needs yer seal of approval.

[seanworth]

Thanks for the news. Wouldn't have minded watching but had football on and then it was NHL Playoffs. Can't decide how good my teams draft was. Will check it out tomorrow.

[a1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-znHzHafMlQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[2399]

USA defends SWC title
USA won the gold medal at the IFAF World Championship against Canada with a score of 50:7 in front of 20.000 fans in Vienna, Austria.
http://www.americanfootball2011.com/en/ ... ltmeister/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

3rd Place Playoff:
Mexico 14 - 17 Japan.

Host Austria finally has the first win at the IFAF World Championship. The Austrians beat Australia in the game for the 7th place.
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Austria triumphed 48-10 over a misfiring Australia to claim seventh place at the 2011 IFAF Senior World Championship at Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna.

[a1]

bubba smith's died

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BJ7-_-omnU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Lofthouse Lower]

Noticed that. RIP Hightower

[seanworth]

See the niners resigned Smith to be their qb. Hmmm, guess they had no choice but still.

[2399]

3 and a bit Year BUMP!!!

NFL Super Bowl XLIX

University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

New England Patriots (14-4) Vs. Seattle Seahawks (14-4)

11:30pm GMT, Sunday Feb 1st, 2015.

TV Channels: Sky Sports 1 HD and Channel 4

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Ahhh yes. Several hours of adverts interspersed with fat blokes in pads and a crap pop star singing.

I'll give is a miss ta...

[KeyserSoze]

New England will win, everyone will want to punch tom brady in the face and people will still be wondering how on god's earth Seattle got to the Superbowl after being absolutely shite.