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Being polite #1 (permalink) Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:01 pm   Being polite		  
Alan wrote:
Hi,

since the beginning of time (and no I wasn't there then) the older generation have been knocking the younger generation especially in the arena of good manners and politeness. The traditional comment: When I was your age, we used to .. is still aired ad nauseam. I suppose now that I'm part of that older generation and I certainly am aware of this at the start of each day as I rise and start anew - come to think of it rising and starting a new are in all honesty not really my style and stagger up and struggle through would be more appropriate -but back to what I am supposed to be supposing namely that I have tried desperately to avoid singing that song. And I seem to find and am now finding even more so that the younger generation are really polite. I was made most aware of this last night as we made our weekly pilgrimmage to St Tesco. My role in this ceremony is rather like that of a moderator - I advise. I make wise comments like: Surely that's enough - No, we don't need those - all of course in the interests of speeding up the ritual. Naturally I am ignored. I also am the main trolley driver and I'm a Nobel prizewinner of a packer at the tills. But the point I want to make is that during the course of our peregrinations up and down the aisles I managed to chalk up 5 'Sorrys' from members of the younger generation although every time it was because of my reckless driving. But now in the bright light of dawn this morning the thought occurs to me that what they were all really saying was that they were sorry for me.

Alan


Oh my goodness, Alan! I don't think Torsten, master of positive thinking, will agree with this sort of thinking. Laughing

On the other hand, maybe those members of the younger generation were actually thinking
"Sorry (not to have realized sooner that I should stay out of your way)." Wink

By the way, what age range would qualify as "the younger generation"? Laughing

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Being polite #2 (permalink) Wed Jul 05, 2006 18:42 pm   Being polite		  
Hi,

Why is Alan's text missing?
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Being polite #3 (permalink) Wed Jul 05, 2006 18:48 pm   Being polite		  
Hi, we are going to restore Alan's original post. As Alan put it 'In trying to save it, I'm afraid I lost it.' This has happened to me a couple of times with my own messages and then I would turn to Mr. Gromov who is keeping a backup version of our forum data base. With a little luck Slava will bring this message of Alan's too.

Let's see what Mr. Gromov has to say on this tomorrow...
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The topic has been restored #4 (permalink) Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:45 am   The topic has been restored		  
Dear Torsten, Yankee, Englishuser and Alan,

The topic "being polite" has been restored.
(http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic10275.html#27658)

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Restored text #5 (permalink) Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:57 am   Restored text		  
Hi Slava,

You're brilliant as usual. What would we do without you?

My best wishes to you and your family.

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Many thanks Alan #6 (permalink) Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:01 am   Many thanks Alan		  
Many thanks Alan!!!
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Being polite #7 (permalink) Thu Jul 06, 2006 14:17 pm   Being polite		  
Hi Alan

I sure hope the deletion wasn't my doing somehow. I don't think I've got a delete button in this forum, do I? Sorry if it was me who created all the trouble.

Hi Slava,

You do appear to be quite a genius! I can't imagine having to work the miracle you've just worked. Wow!

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Restoring forum messages #8 (permalink) Thu Jul 06, 2006 14:27 pm   Restoring forum messages		  
Hello Amy,

I think it's who and the other forum contributors who are working the miracels. We have to keep a backup version of our forum data base because there are enough hackers out there who want to play funny games with us.

Amy, as a Moderator you do have a delete button. It's the small x icon next to the 'quote' and 'edit' buttons.
Restoring a forum message takes me about 5 minutes since the backup data base is constantly running the background. (backup + background)

Keep up the great work and let's hope the weather cools down a little...
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Being polite #9 (permalink) Thu Jul 06, 2006 14:58 pm   Being polite		  
Hi Slava

I've seen that delete button in the two forums where I'm listed as a moderator, but don't see one in this forum. But, no matter. It's just great that Alan's story could be saved. Laughing

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