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Steve Dixon
August 15th, 2011, 03:59 PM
I have ten (10) definitions, so far, and only one DQ (Progress has a double meaning here). I have a def recorded for:

Matthew Grieco, Mike Shefler, Keith Hale, Dave Cunningham, John Barrs, Steve Graham, Paul Keating, Tim Lodge, Chris Carson & Tony Abell.

If you sent a defintion for DESMAN prior to 4:30 PM EDT, Monday August 15 and are not on the above list please shoot me a note at jazzmonger@gmail.com. I am checking that email, the fastmail address, the website and the Dixonary Group to try to make sure I don't miss anyone.

** Reminder **
The deadline for submissions is on Tuesday 16 August 2011 at:

5:30 PM (05:00) PDT
6:30 PM (06:00) MDT
7:30 PM (07:00) CDT
8:30 PM (08:30) EDT

And on Wednesday 17 August 2011 at:

12:30 AM (12:30) GMT
8:30 AM (20:30) Hong Kong
10:30 AM (22:30) Melbourne, Australia
2:30 AM (14:30) Paris

Let's have 'em!

(still) DQ Dixon

Dodi Schultz
August 15th, 2011, 04:37 PM
Steve Dixon wrote:

> If you sent a defintion for DESMAN prior to 4:30 PM EDT, Monday
> August
> 15 and are not on the above list please shoot me a note at
> jazzmonger (AT) gmail (DOT) com.

Steve, this is yet a somewhat different address. Is it "jazzmonger", as
above, or "THEjazzmonger", as you said earlier? (Or both?)

Neither one shows up in your return address, which is @fastmail.

—Dodi

Steve Dixon
August 15th, 2011, 07:25 PM
Man, I can't get anything right, today. It should be
THEjazzmonger (AT) gmail (DOT) com. Just for confusions sake, I have another email
that is just jazzmonger (AT) yahoo (DOT) com because THEjazzmonger was not
available there.

Sorry for adding more confusion. Most people seem to be finding me,
despite my efforts to mislead.

sd

On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:37 -0400, "Dodi Schultz" <DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org>
wrote:
> Steve Dixon wrote:
>
> > If you sent a defintion for DESMAN prior to 4:30 PM EDT, Monday
> > August
> > 15 and are not on the above list please shoot me a note at
> > jazzmonger (AT) gmail (DOT) com.
>
> Steve, this is yet a somewhat different address. Is it "jazzmonger", as
> above, or "THEjazzmonger", as you said earlier? (Or both?)
>
> Neither one shows up in your return address, which is @fastmail.
>
> —Dodi
>
>

Jim Hart
August 16th, 2011, 07:22 AM
I'm a bit late getting into this round but as far as I can tell DESMAN
is still the word.

And apart from being the name of a guy who has a barrow in the
marketplace, it could also have another meaning which I will divulge
privately as soon as I can think what it is.

Jim

Dodi Schultz
August 16th, 2011, 08:19 AM
Jim Hart wrote:
> I'm a bit late getting into this round but as far as I can tell DESMAN is still the word.
>
> And apart from being the name of a guy who has a barrow in the
> marketplace . . .

Of COURSE! No WONDER it sounded familiar.

Steve Dixon
August 16th, 2011, 09:02 AM
I'm a bit late getting into this round but as far as I can tell DESMAN
is still the word.

And apart from being the name of a guy who has a barrow in the
marketplace, it could also have another meaning which I will divulge
privately as soon as I can think what it is.

Jim
WTF?? Is this an open message proposing a guess at the meaning of the word in play?

If so, let me state, FOR THE RECORD, that DESMAN is not defined (anywhere that I can find) as having anything to do with barrows and/or marketplaces. That is not the definition, and nothing similar to it has been submitted.

If anyone needs to discuss a possible dipqualification because you might know the word, please send me a Private message withing TapCIS Forum OR an email to: thejazzmonger@gmail.com.

Steve Dixon
August 16th, 2011, 09:07 AM
NOT the definition! I am allowed to look it up, and nothing shows up in
any of the five sources I checked that has anything to do with barrows
or marketplaces.

Please, folks, don't speculate in public. I could not stand it if this
round had to be scrapped after so long.

sd

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:19 -0400, "Dodi Schultz" <DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org>
wrote:
> Jim Hart wrote:
> > I'm a bit late getting into this round but as far as I can tell DESMAN is still the word.
> >
> > And apart from being the name of a guy who has a barrow in the
> > marketplace . . .
>
> Of COURSE! No WONDER it sounded familiar.
>
>
>

Dodi Schultz
August 16th, 2011, 11:00 AM
Please don't tell us that you've forgotten the Beatles so soon!





Steve Dixon wrote:
> NOT the definition! I am allowed to look it up, and nothing shows up in
> any of the five sources I checked that has anything to do with barrows
> or marketplaces.
>
> Please, folks, don't speculate in public. I could not stand it if this
> round had to be scrapped after so long.
>
> sd
>
> On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:19 -0400, "Dodi Schultz" <DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org>
> wrote:
>
>> Jim Hart wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a bit late getting into this round but as far as I can tell DESMAN is still the word.
>>>
>>> And apart from being the name of a guy who has a barrow in the
>>> marketplace . . .
>>>
>> Of COURSE! No WONDER it sounded familiar.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Steve Dixon
August 16th, 2011, 11:25 AM
Please don't tell us that you've forgotten the Beatles so soon!


>> Jim Hart wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a bit late getting into this round but as far as I can tell DESMAN is still the word.
>>>
>>> And apart from being the name of a guy who has a barrow in the
>>> marketplace . . .
>>>
>> Of COURSE! No WONDER it sounded familiar.

>> [/color]
>
>[/color]
[Headslap] Never thought of it! Didn't make the connection.

I hate to admit this in public but I was never a huge Beatles fan. I liked a lot of their music and nobody can deny the phenomenal talents of Lennon and McCartney. But, I am just old enough that they came along and pretty much ended the kind of Rock 'n Roll that I had grown up on (Doo Wop, Ronettes, Shirelles etc.). I kind of resented them for a long time.

Never owned a Beatles album until I got the album Rubber Soul as a memento to a good friend and fraternity brother who drowned in our Junior year of college.

My favorite Beatle's tune? Easy... The Long and Winding Road.

Dodi Schultz
August 16th, 2011, 12:12 PM
Steve Dixon wrote:

> I hate to admit this in public but I was never a huge Beatles fan. I
> liked a lot of their music and nobody can deny the phenomenal talents
> of Lennon and McCartney. . . . Never owned a Beatles album until I
> got -Rubber Soul- . . .

FYI, Jim's reference was to "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", and the name was
actually Desmond. It's on the White Album (I've got the actual vinyl).

Steve Dixon
August 16th, 2011, 02:39 PM
Dodi,

I checked and I can get a new email address of swdixon (AT) hotmail (DOT) com.
Would it simplify things (or make them worse) to try to make that the
ONLY email that shows?

I'm thinking that folks who only see me here may have a hard time
connecting "thejazzmonger" with my name and, maybe an email address with
a form of my name will be more intuitive. The thing is, I am highly
likely to get rid of the fastmail address in the near future. It is
cumbersome to log into, doesn't automatically update like Gmail does
when a new message drops in. It's just a burden to use but is, at
present the only email address I have with my actual name on it.

I hate to make work for anybody. I will look for a way to change the
email address associated with the TapCIS Forim and with the GoogleGroup.

sd

On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:37 -0400, "Dodi Schultz" <DodiSchultz (AT) nasw (DOT) org>
wrote:
> Steve Dixon wrote:
>
> > If you sent a defintion for DESMAN prior to 4:30 PM EDT, Monday
> > August
> > 15 and are not on the above list please shoot me a note at
> > jazzmonger (AT) gmail (DOT) com.
>
> Steve, this is yet a somewhat different address. Is it "jazzmonger", as
> above, or "THEjazzmonger", as you said earlier? (Or both?)
>
> Neither one shows up in your return address, which is @fastmail.
>
> —Dodi
>
>

Daniel Widdis
August 16th, 2011, 03:08 PM
SD> I'm thinking that folks who only see me here may have a
SD> hard time connecting "thejazzmonger" with my name

Nah, we're pretty astute at figuring things out over time. Just pick one
and be consistent and we'll learn.

We've all learned that email with a name of "France International" and
address of stamps@ is actually Mike Shefler. And you can't get much more
obscure of an email address than 5sfwiyj02@ that Tim Lodge uses. Paul
Keating has a wonderfully unique dixonary@ address that always makes me
look twice to make sure the part after the @ is not "googlegroups", and
since he owns dixonary.net he can create a new email address every round
he deals with da woid as part of the email address.

I actually think those of us with our names in our email addresses might
be the minority.

But yes, changing your registered tapcis.com email so that it sends from
the same mail you want people to reply to will be helpful for those of us
who can "reply all" to easily get that address, and then delete the public
one.

--
Dan

Dodi Schultz
August 16th, 2011, 03:41 PM
Steve Dixon wrote:

> I'm thinking that folks who only see me here may have a hard time
> connecting "thejazzmonger" with my name and, maybe an email address with
> a form of my name will be more intuitive.

It doesn't really matter, Steve. Several players have, or use, e-mail
addresses that don't include their names, as you must surely have
noticed from the return addresses on the defs you've already received
for this round. As long as people are clearly told where to send defs
when you deal (if different from your return address), that's fine.

In any private communications (e.g., about DQs), people will of course
direct-reply to the address your message displays.

—Dodi

Jim Hart
August 16th, 2011, 07:23 PM
Steve, sorry I caused unnecessary anguish with my reference to
barrows, markets etc. I considered flagging it with <nad> but thought
it didn't look like an attempt at a real definition, and I assumed
(hoped?) most of this crowd would recognise the reference. I once had
my share of Beatles albums though not the White Album and that song
was never did it for me - too much of Paul's lightweight fluff and
lacking John's wit and acerbity IMO.

- Jim

Dodi Schultz
August 16th, 2011, 07:42 PM
Jim Hart wrote:


> I once had my share of Beatles albums though not the White Album and
> that song was never did it for me - too much of Paul's lightweight
> fluff and lacking John's wit and acerbity IMO.


Actually, the two of them wrote it together. :-)