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Intro

Saga City is a pedant and delusionist who was born in the City of Bath, Somerset (not Bath, Avon) on October 9, 1947 and was christened on the first Sunday of 1948 at Church of St Andrew, Curry Rivel. His first contribution to Wikipedia was on 20 November 2004 – about twelve months before he had a broadband connection; looking back he wonders how he put up with the slow access.

George Orwell’s six golden rules

1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.

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	This user has been on Wikipedia for 7 years, 3 months and 16 days.

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In 1969 Saga City used a computer like this

One of Saga City's previous bosses

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Saga City worked here in the late 1970s

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		His first star - it was awarded 20 May, 2006

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		His second star - it was awarded 24 August, 2006

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