Will they (BBC) never learn!

Ivor Jones

"MB" <> wrote in message
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> The message <>
> from "Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> contains these
> words:
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> > "MB" <> wrote in message
> > news:
> > > The message <.uk>
> > > from Graham Murray <.uk> contains
> > > these words:
> > >
> > > > "GM6TRS" <gm6trsATclaradotcodotuk> writes:
> > >
> > > > > "Enter your PIN number" grates with me
> > >
> > > > Or Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Bank,
> > > > Lloyds Trustee Savings Bank Bank, National
> > > > Transcommunications Limited Ltd. etc.
> > >
> > >
> > > Does National Transcommunications Limited still exist?
> > > Isn't it called NTL now. Similarly I would not be
> > > surprised if Lloyds Trustee Savings Bank is now called
> > > Lloyds TSB.
>
> > Yes, but people still call it Lloyds TSB Bank.
>
> > Ivor
>
>
> I meant that the official name is Lloyds TSB as with BAA,
> BT, NTL. These are all the official names of the
> companies and not an abbreviation.

But they *were* an abbreviation and many of us still remember the Trustee
Savings Bank. Why have a name made up of initials that don't stand for
anything..? That's just silly.

Ivor

Lurch

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:33:37 +0100, "Stephen Wray"
<> mused:

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>"Paul Herber" <> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:33:40 +0100, "GM6TRS" <gm6trsATclaradotcodotuk>
>> wrote:
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>>>"Enter your PIN number" grates with me
>>
>> You'll love
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>>
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>I like the you will need your personal Personal Identification Number number
>
While we're at it, there's that annoying company called Security Plus+
or Security+ Plus. Annoying, very annoying.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

Piers James

"Mark Carver" <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:...
> David Wilson Clarke wrote:
>> Linc Madison wrote:
>>
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>>>In article <.clara.net>, GM6TRS
>>>wrote:
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>>>>"Enter your PIN number" grates with me
>>>
>>>You have to enter your PIN number
>>
>>
>> ...on the LCD display...
>
> Yes, they mentioned that a while back on ITN News.

Now you can really feed your hate by getting an ITN News Vista sidebar
gadget ;-)

Ivor Jones

"Piers James" <> wrote in message
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> "Mark Carver" <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote in
> message news:...
> > David Wilson Clarke wrote:
> > > Linc Madison wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > In article
> > > > <.clara.net>, GM6TRS
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > "Enter your PIN number" grates with me
> > > >
> > > > You have to enter your PIN number
> > >
> > >
> > > ...on the LCD display...
> >
> > Yes, they mentioned that a while back on ITN News.
>
> Now you can really feed your hate by getting an ITN News
> Vista sidebar gadget ;-)

What's an ITN News Vista and why does it want a sidebar gadget..?

Erm.. hang on a mo.. Independent Television News News Vista..?!


Ivor