Interesting categories though, don't you think? There were some more that I thought of but guessed you'd find irrelevant.
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 2:06 AM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > And I'm not a native speaker of English, though my Gaelic is rusty. > And a genuine thanks - I got bored. > > On Oct 5, 2:40 pm, gabbydott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay, this is my text styling suggestion for an altered introduction > here. > > > > I hope the strength of its organic growth has become more visible after > the > > haircut and a few decent colour enhancements here and there. I left in > what > > I see as necessary cosmetic lies but deleted and altered all avoidance > > suggestions. I tried to tone this whole thing down to a level where it > looks > > less of an invitation to challenge the big mouth behind the control deck > but > > rather a genuine group effort to see these things happening. The > > non-exclusion of plural and oral aspects in reflection as might be > > associated with “Minds Eye” are hoped to have been saved from eager > grammar > > cleansers in its MINDS EYE shape. > > > > *Welcome* > > > > * > > * > > > > MINDS EYE welcomes anyone in a spirit of hospitality. > > > > There are a few rules. We'd expect anyone reasonably sound in spirit not > to > > have to consider them before posting. We really intend them for use in > > dealing with nuisance. Or they serve you to give you an orientation of > where > > you are. We intend a warm and friendly spirit and to recognize and > reflect > > the spirit of the group. > > > > All you need to do to join is either put up a new post or comment in an > > existing thread. This message will go to our moderation page in the first > > place and you’ll quickly be out of the moderation process and able to > post > > directly. 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