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I got them after three "bad checksum".

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Maria Luisa C - 02/10/2005 21.32.50
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
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"MLC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Detection rules (909 KB)
> English descriptions (54 KB)
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> I got them after three "bad checksum".
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> Maria Luisa C - 02/10/2005 21.32.50
> Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
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Your always `on the ball` with the updates M.
Thank you.
bw..OJ

domenica 2 ottobre 2005 old jon ha scritto:

> Your always `on the ball` with the updates M.
> Thank you.
> bw..OJ

I hope that in English 'to be on the ball' has a good meaning, because a
literal translation to Italian...ehm...cough...never mind. ;-))
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Maria Luisa C - 02/10/2005 22.01.18
Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it
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"MLC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> domenica 2 ottobre 2005 old jon ha scritto:
>
>> Your always `on the ball` with the updates M.
>> Thank you.
>> bw..OJ
>
> I hope that in English 'to be on the ball' has a good meaning, because a
> literal translation to Italian...ehm...cough...never mind. ;-))
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Yes it does %> ). And will you behave please <g>. night night. OJ

MLC wrote:
> domenica 2 ottobre 2005 old jon ha scritto:
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>
>>Your always `on the ball` with the updates M.
>>Thank you.
>>bw..OJ
>
>
> I hope that in English 'to be on the ball' has a good meaning, because a
> literal translation to Italian...ehm...cough...never mind. ;-))

i think the term is soccer themed or something similar.

MLC wrote:
> domenica 2 ottobre 2005 old jon ha scritto:

>>Your always `on the ball` with the updates M.

> I hope that in English 'to be on the ball' has a good meaning, because a
> literal translation to Italian...ehm...cough...never mind. ;-))

<VBG> "on the ball" means you know what's happening (from sports - IOW ball => baseball, football etc. and "on it" means you know where it is, have reacted quickly to that knowledge etc.)

Susan
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:06:12 GMT, MLC <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>domenica 2 ottobre 2005 old jon ha scritto:
>
>> Your always `on the ball` with the updates M.
>> Thank you.
>> bw..OJ
>
>I hope that in English 'to be on the ball' has a good meaning, because a
>literal translation to Italian...ehm...cough...never mind. ;-))

From Webster's Dictionary

>on the ball 1 : COMPETENT, KNOWLEDGEABLE, ALERT
><the other introductory essay... is much more on the ball -- Times
>Literary Supplement> <keep on the ball> 2 : of ability or
>competence <if the teacher has something on the ball,
>the pupils won't squirm much -- New Yorker>

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...va=on+the+ball

>According to Paul Dickson's New Dickson's Baseball Dictionary,
>the phrase originated in the early 20th century U.S. in the sport of
>baseball, where a pitcher who dominated and successfully
>manipulated the opposing batters was said to "have" or
> "be putting" a lot "on the ball," possibly referring to spin
>or other sorts of sneaky pitcher tricks. From there the
>phrase migrated into general use and acquired its
>current sense of "able to handle whatever comes up."

http://www.word-detective.com/090304...n%20the%20ball

The phrase also has a different meaning in the illegal drug trade.

http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/....asp?strTerm=O

C'ya,

Ben