On Sat 18 Mar 2017 at 19:23:00 +0000, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > Brian: > >>> Stop pissing about. Is the data in /var/lib/apt or not? > >> > >> I use to have friends like you when I worked in boat yards .... and > >> ships. They seemed to behave better while talking to someone with a 4" > >> pipe wrench in hand. Is this what it is about? Not having a wrench > >> around you? > > > > Nobody likes being shouted at; it is very upsetting. You can tell how > > upset I was because I used "Is..." instead of "Are..." in my response. > > I don't what exactly you mean by this, I may have lost the connection.
The word "data" is plural. Like "bacteria" or "criteria" or "nuclei" or "dice". - Brian.