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A short explanation of short, for those short of patience: Highlights include: "She was very short with him" "said of an alcoholic drink" "be caught or taken short colloq to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate" "Food is in short supply in Bosnia" "Jenny is short for Jennifer" "We tried every kind of persuasion short of threats" "stop short to come to an abrupt halt" So, for those for whom English is not a native language: Jenny, short for Jennifer, and who is short, asked the barman for a short, before realizing she had been caught short. But the barman, also short, was too busy explaining how food was in short supply in Bosnia. Worrying about being caught short, Jenny hopped up and down and tried every kind of persuasion short of threats to get the barman to hurry up - and for a terrible moment she thought she could hold on no longer. Thankfully, she managed to stop short. short adj 1 having little physical length; not long. 2 having little height. 3 having little extent or duration; brief; concise • short day. 4 in the early future • short date. 5 indicating a seemingly short length of time • For a few short weeks we could enjoy our time together. 6 said of a temper: quickly and easily lost. 7 rudely abrupt; curt • She was very short with him. 8 said of the memory: tending not to retain things for long. 9 said of a substance, especially food: brittle. 10 said of pastry: crisp and crumbling easily. 11 failing to reach the standard; not going far enough. 12 in short supply; in demand • We are two tickets short. 13 in default. 14 referring to the sale of what one cannot supply. 15 phonetics said of a vowel sound: being the briefer of two possible lengths of vowel. 16 poetry said of a syllable: unaccented. 17 colloq said of an alcoholic drink, especially a spirit: not diluted with water; neat. 18 lacking in money • I'm a bit short at the moment. 19 cricket said of fielding positions: relatively close to the batsman. 20 said of betting odds: providing the winner with only a small profit; near even. adverb 1 abruptly; briefly • stopped short. 2 on this or the near side • The dart fell short of the board. noun 1 something that is short. 2 shortness; abbreviation or summary. 3 colloq a drink of an alcoholic spirit. 4 a short cinema film shown before the main feature film. 5 a short circuit. verb (shorted, shorting) tr & intr to short-circuit. shortness noun. be caught or taken short colloq to have an urgent need to urinate or defecate. cut someone or something short see under cut. fall short to be insufficient; to be less than a required, expected or stated amount. for short as an abbreviated form • She gets called Jenny for short. go or run short of something not to have enough of it; to have an insufficient supply of it • We're running short of milk. in short concisely stated; in a few words. in short order very quickly. in short supply not available in the required or desired quantity; scarce • Food is in short supply in Bosnia. in the short run within a short space of time; over a brief period. make short work of someone or something to settle or dispose of quickly and thoroughly • I made short work of the essay. short and sweet colloq agreeably brief. short for something an abbreviated form of it • Jenny is short for Jennifer. short of or on something deficient; lacking in it • We're always short of money • She's a bit short on tact. short of something without going as far as it; except it • We tried every kind of persuasion short of threats. stop short to come to an abrupt halt or standstill. ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sceort.

....and there was I about to ask where I could buy shoes to match my kitchen tiles....

Plus the cardboard box, mind! They're not free you know! Interesting point, I wonder what the dealers/manufacturers insure their watches for (full retail, wholesale, costs) - maybe this was the easiest 150,000 Bulgari ever made!

Wow - 3600+ posts and that's without being able to read the forum at work Could be time for a RWG server upgrade now then....

Yes, well I thought I'd use some reverse psychology - why wear something that blends into the background when you can wear in-your-face day-glow yellow. Besides, the cops already have an APB out on my usual outfit: Scorching' hot! I don't think you could safely wear one of those watches this side of Kalgoorlie!

I bet that Bulgari are wishing that their watches had emergency GPS beacons in them right now

Might be some very 'discounted' gens getting passed around the pub soon Too bad if you had just bought a convincing rep of these, lol. Try explaining that to your local cop shop! Time bandit snapped Time was money for a jewel thief who stole $177,000 worth of designer watches in July, but police hope his time will soon be up after releasing a photo of the suspect this afternoon. The man in the CCTV image is alleged to have swiped a box of Bulgari watches from an unattended courier van in Sydney's Pitt Street, near Martin Place, while a delivery was made to a nearby jewellery store, about 4pm on July 28. The boxes contained four new styles of Bulgari watches, each valued at approximately $4000 and with an individual serial number. There were more than 40 watches in the box. Police decided to release the image after "exhaustive inquiries" failed to locate the man or the watches. The man is described as being between 30-40 years, wearing a black cap, blue and yellow fluorescent long-sleeved collared shirt, blue adidas trackpants and white joggers. Detectives want to hear from anyone who might have been in the area at the time or who know the man's identity. Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers...yadda yadda....

Great stuff Some excellent car shots on Mike's site too, can't find the link to hand, but from memory is the red Shelby one of the ones that is already on there? That's one happy-looking imp you've got there!

Wow - Rolex caught on to this Muppet thing after all Rolex Frogmariner

This is tempting me more, not helping me resist!! (Jokes aside, your info on the PO is always fantastic, and much appreciated) And just how good are the deals on the 'Brosnans'? (hehehe...)

I've been surprised for some time that Rolex AD's have been missing out on the powerful Muppet sales pitch! And, yes, that guarantee card is fantastic!

Totally agree - there's a difference between the watch that Bond wears and a Bond-themed watch. Was looking at the 300M 'swirly' Chrono in the AD window today - they have it as the main attraction with the black PO hidden away at the back. (Secretly having a "bloody hell these reps are good" moment looking across the entire range) Looking at the Omega site - 45mm black PO ....must....resist....

16 November

Good answer! I guess I'll just have to wait until December then

Did you get to see it? Must agree that it's looking good.....but it doesn't come out in Australia until three weeks after the UK.

Whoa, I'll take your "Happy Birthday" and raise you a "Happy, Happy Birthday!" Have a good one!

Happy Birthday! 40 is the new 30, which is the new 20, which means, err... I think that means it's: ( a ) still socially acceptable to get rat-arsed and regurgitate curry into a pint glass ( b ) probably a wee bit too old to get dressed up in your Batman outfit and go play in the garden. Have a great day!!

Congrats! And GO FOR IT DADOG! You can do it today!!

Wait - here are some much better ones: Score card Another score card US score card

You need a license to play golf? Wow. Anyway, I don't know if this is any use, a bit low on the resolution I'd say: UK golf score card Best of luck!

Even ETA's own website shows that the movements are available in a 'pick 'n' mix' of finishes:

Google for "online fax" and you'll find some alternatives with the email-to-fax. I wouldn't want to pick one out, because obviously you need a price and plan that suits you (for example, it should be possible to get pay as you go if you don't need an incoming fax number I would think). But being online, this is great with broadband. Cheers!

You may find that the resources for researching Clans are as good in the US as in Scotland. These folk here might be able to point you in the direction of the best books on the Clan: Clan Ferguson USA Here are some other ideas you might like to check out before your trip. Scotland has some of the best organised genealogical records in the world - they are all centralized and all are online - so in addition to your clan history you can look up your actual family too. If you already have an outline of your family history, the mormon site familysearch.org can be a great place to search for free (to go 'fishing' for relatives). But to get the best records, you need to go here: Scotland's People It does cost money, but you can literally look up your family history and download copies of original documents from your home - which is light years ahead of many other countries. You should be able to get back to 1800. Don't forget to look at census returns and marriage certificates too - because they contain interesting information about occupations and where they lived. And here's a great thing that's easy to do thanks to the internet: Multimap It's often possible to look up the address on multimap, and give yourself somewhere to visit when you are over! If it's an old farm or property, it may even be worth a google - many still have the same name. And finally if you're looking for places to stop on your travels around the country, I recommend this site - it's the best by a mile, because you can actually see the places: Undiscovered Scotland Best of luck!!

When you were using WINFAX, your dial-up modem was ringing the phone line as a fax machine and not as a PC modem. It can do this because it sends PC data as essentially voice 'noise', like a fax. A broadband modem doesn't work like that at all, so it can't pull the same fax trick. There are some options: If you have a free or very cheap dial-up ISP account, you could still connect up your old dial-up modem to the phone line and use it like you used to. As Ken said, add that filter on the end. There is a VOIP fax format, but I wouldn't say it is widely adopted, or necessarily easy to set up. (And I have no idea if it works with your WINFAX software). Or you can use an online fax service - you email the word document or whatever, and it faxes it to the number. There are even some free ones out there, but they don't always send them straight away (bad news if important, or sending to someone's house - it might call them at 2am). Cheers!