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[Farin]

I use Firefox, have been for a long time...

I converted when IE5 or IE6 came around, I don't remember which, but it was the one that could be described as one of the worst browsers ever, in usability and security...

admittedly IE7 got better (wow, tabs... finally )

and I still have to use that, because eg yahoo doesn't let me log in with Firefox

FF 3 is coming out soon btw

anyway, I don't know Safari or Opera, but the latter isn't too bad from what I hear

[The Seeker]

Opera is very nice! I usually use Opera and Firefox at the same time, since some things work better with Firefox... but I do my main browsing with Opera.

Quick question... what does pcm mean? As in £10 pcm for example? Same as per month? The c confuses me.

[Farin]

maybe "per centimetre"?

not that I knew anyone that would be sold that way...

[The Seeker]

I sure wouldn't be able to afford that place

I only put the 10 as an example. 500 or 600+ is a lot more realistic

[Farin]

oh, after googling, I found something like that that's probably what you meant

dunno what it means though... "per complete month"? does that make sense?

[The Seeker]

Yes, that's what I mean. Yeah, could be. I just don't want to look into places thinking it's per month, when in reality pcm means something else...

[Farin]

found it! "Per Calendar Month"

[edna]

[smaller]hey... sorry, but Safari is better...[/smaller]

[Farin]

^ really?

I wouldn't know, I never used it...

[The Seeker]

found it! "Per Calendar Month"

Thank you!!

edna... I've never tried Safari. Maybe I should though... a fourth browser won;t do me any harm

[Levis]

In my quest to be different I refused to get Firefox () and got Opera instead (I'm no slave to peer pressure ).

It's exactly like in this picture . And... it's what I'd call 'thoughtful'

[edna]

I like IE. But there´s no IE for my new mac... I still have it in the old one, which I still use. This one has no furniture (I mean, some programs I have to install... or ask a friend to do it for me)

[Farin]

It's exactly like in this picture

[SoulGirl]

there have been approximately 50,000 new posts since i was last here. anyone care to fill me in???

i've missed you guys

[edna]

GISELA!!!

[Steel2Velvet]

there have been approximately 50,000 new posts since i was last here. anyone care to fill me in???

i've missed you guys

Welcome back, Soulgirl.

As for 50,000 post fill-in ... all you need to know is that Martin had a birthday.

[edna]

...he´s still having it...

[skybluesky]

European and Oz Song facters, why do you call sweaters "jumpers?"

[Lucky]

Is that what a jumper is? I've often wondered is it a sweater, a light jacket, what? A very good question Shannon, my enquiring mind wants to know.

What I call a jumper is a dress, that you wear over a blouse or sweater.

Edited May 4, 2008 by Guest
makes more sense.

[The Seeker]

Good question... I've no idea. Google does though:

The origin has nothing to do with the verb to jump, but comes from the dialect jump or jup, meaning a man’s short coat or a woman’s under-bodice or tunic. This may derive in turn from the French juppe, a petticoat (now in modern French, jupe, “skirtâ€), which ultimately derived from the Arabic jubba, a loose outer garment.

[The Seeker]

Is that what a jumper is? I've often wondered is it a sweater, a light jacket, what? A very good question Shannon, my enquiring mind wants to know.

What I call a jumper is a dress, that you wear over a blouse or sweater.

Aha:

Q: “I’m curious about different meanings of the word jumper as an article of clothing. In the US, this refers to a type of dress with a pinafore-style top worn with a blouse or shirt; when my Australian daughter-in-law uses it, she means what I, an American English speaker, call a sweater or a sweatshirt.â€

A: The British usage also describes a sweater or pullover, that is, a knitted garment with long sleeves for the upper part of the body, though my impression is that pullover is rather old-fashioned, with sweater now much more common. Jumper seems to have appeared about the middle of the nineteenth century, originally for what the Oxford English Dictionary describes as “A kind of loose outer jacket or shirt reaching to the hipsâ€, in other words what I would call a fisherman’s smock.

I got all this from here , by the way.

Anyway, yes... a jumper here is simply a sweater.

Edited May 4, 2008 by Guest

[skybluesky]

Thank you Fintan. Like Lucky said, a jumper in the states is a dress worn over a shirt. Language is just funny sometimes.

[The Seeker]

Now I'm curious... what's a dress worn over a shirt?

[Farin]

Now I'm curious... what's a dress worn over a shirt?

wikipedia knows everything

[skybluesky]

This a jumper in America. One can wear a turtle neck or blouse underneath.