And 12345678 works from Virginia, USA. --Stephen Hunter --LOFT PRESS, INC----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Troop" <billtroop@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 10:16 AM Subject: Re: OED
Gee whilikers, it works from outside Norwich (UK) too, not that I need it. I guess there's something cheering in the fact that it is simply too expensive, or too much trouble, to hire the necessary data clerks to get these things properly organized.At 2/20/2012 01:23 PM, you wrote:Dear Robert From London, 00000000 does not work, but 11111111 does. Paul On 19/02/2012 17:59, Robert Holmgren wrote:** Reply to message from Bill Troop<billtroop@xxxxxxxxx> on Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:52:16 +0000Robert, I'm not sure what you mean here, please s'plainMaybe I refrained from explaining the online options on the OED website; I just checked and I guess I misspoke. Because you live (or lived) in Northern Ireland, where it's particularly difficult to remember your library card number, OUP has graciously simplified everything by recognizing patterns, rather than real library card numbers: thus just about any 8-digit number is deemed a "library card", e.g. 00000000 or 11111111... Now, this will work even if you happen to be deployed somewhere else, such as London, or USA, or Timbuctoo (old spelling). So, for example, if you go to www.oed.com ==> Sign In ==> Library Card number ==> 00000000, I do believe you are 100% "in". Please correct me if I am wrong. I hasten to add that because this accommodation is not widely appreciated outside Northern Ireland (indeed, outside Belfast Bible College, where library card memory lapses were rampant), maybe it shouldn't be redistributed. Cheers, R. ----------------------------- Robert Holmgren holmgren@xxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------