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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:17:04 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, James Trobaugh wrote:
   I know something must have gotten lost in the translation, but I still find this funny even though I don’t have a clue what it means.

jt

It also means we could as well debate in German about such issues. Larry “Goodheart” P. and David “I’ll buy two!” K. will never run out of lame excuses. ;)

   
         
   
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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:40:28 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
In lugnet.lego, James Trobaugh wrote:
I know something must have gotten lost in the translation, but I still find
this funny even though I don't have a clue what it means.

jt

It also means we could as well debate in German about such issues. Larry
"Goodheart" P. and David "I'll buy two!" K. will never run out of lame
excuses. ;)

Larry gets the cool 'Goodheart' nickname whilst I get 'I'll buy two'?

I want a cool nickname!

Dave "The Yellow Dart" K
-that's gotta be at least +5 or +10 right there...

   
         
     
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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:55:50 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, David Koudys wrote:

Larry gets the cool 'Goodheart' nickname whilst I get 'I'll buy two'?

I want a cool nickname!

Actually Larry is really unhappy about his "cool nickname". He's complaining to
me via email. Sigh. You guys really are tough customers. But that's the way with
complainers - they're sooo hard to satisfy ... :P

    
          
     
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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Thu, 27 Jan 2005 22:28:59 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
In lugnet.lego, David Koudys wrote:

Larry gets the cool 'Goodheart' nickname whilst I get 'I'll buy two'?

I want a cool nickname!

Dave, you already have one, from what I hear... :-)

Actually Larry is really unhappy about his "cool nickname".

Actually I'm not at *all* unhappy with that nickname, I'll wear it proudly.
After all, I *am* "goodhearted", I try to always expect the best from companies
and from people. How sad it must be to go around always expecting the worst.

He's complaining to me

What I'm *not* very impressed with, and what it was I mailed you about, is
characterising another possible explanation for events as a "lame excuse".
That's really not an accurate characterization, nor is it likely to move the
conversation forward usefully.

via email.

Because I wanted to keep it off the lists... I'm confused as to why you need to
reply to a private email publicly?

    
          
     
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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:45:54 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
What I'm *not* very impressed with, and what it was I mailed you about, is
characterising another possible explanation for events as a "lame excuse".

"Possible"? Oh come on. How about "unlikely"? Or "far-fetched"? Maybe "overly
optimistic"?
While your attitude helps stretching out a debate endlessly, it really isn't
helpful in the end. Please try to be realistic, occasionally at least. Being so
... stubbornly goodhearted can be offensive too. Someone else then believes you
offended his intellect, and on is the flame war!

I'm confused as to why you need to
reply to a private email publicly?

"Confused" is the keyword here. See, Larry, if you check the message tree
carefully you'll find out I actually replied to David "insert cool nickname
here" K.'s message and, while I was on it, just mentioned your little problem in
one line or two, because it fit the topic. Well, not THE topic, which is still
Maersk, but the topic of our little quareling club. I suggest be better quit
here and now before we all get locked up for spamming ;)
However, it's not as if I spilled the beans about something confidential, right?

And please read Mark Jordan's "Press release" again. It's hilariously funny. I'm
still in tears. The funny-false-accent-thing is really old though. I always do
the same when reading David K.s posts aloud. I'd imagine my false canadian
accent is actually quite presentable ... :P

    
          
     
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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Date: 
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:06:05 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
What I'm *not* very impressed with, and what it was I mailed you about, is
characterising another possible explanation for events as a "lame excuse".

"Possible"? Oh come on. How about "unlikely"? Or "far-fetched"? Maybe "overly
optimistic"?
While your attitude helps stretching out a debate endlessly, it really isn't
helpful in the end. Please try to be realistic, occasionally at least. Being so
... stubbornly goodhearted can be offensive too. Someone else then believes you
offended his intellect, and on is the flame war!

I'm confused as to why you need to
reply to a private email publicly?

"Confused" is the keyword here. See, Larry, if you check the message tree
carefully you'll find out I actually replied to David "insert cool nickname
here" K.'s message and, while I was on it, just mentioned your little problem in
one line or two, because it fit the topic. Well, not THE topic, which is still
Maersk, but the topic of our little quareling club. I suggest be better quit
here and now before we all get locked up for spamming ;)
However, it's not as if I spilled the beans about something confidential, right?

And please read Mark Jordan's "Press release" again. It's hilariously funny. I'm
still in tears. The funny-false-accent-thing is really old though. I always do
the same when reading David K.s posts aloud. I'd imagine my false canadian
accent is actually quite presentable ... :P

Since we are into German quotes, I have one for everyone....

"Der G'schedere gibt nach"

Gary istok

Loosely translated "the smarter one will let it go..."

    
          
      
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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Date: 
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:11:51 GMT
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Since we are into German quotes, I have one for everyone....

"Der G'schedere gibt nach"

Gary istok

Loosely translated "the smarter one will let it go..."

Ops, shows how "G'scheid" I am, I can't even spell it right.

Gary Istok

    
          
     
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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:22:39 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:

Since we are into German quotes, I have one for everyone....

"Der G'schedere gibt nach"

Loosely translated "the smarter one will let it go..."

Well, by all indications that would be me then.
Damn, you really know how to get me, Gerhard! ;)


Alright then:

Larry, since I couldn't stand another of your dreary emails anyway, I apologize
for having been so particularly nasty.

Let me conclude our business with a (hopefully) final german quote:

"Gut's Nächtle!"

   
         
     
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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Date: 
Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:25:48 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, David Koudys wrote:
In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
In lugnet.lego, James Trobaugh wrote:
I know something must have gotten lost in the translation, but I still find
this funny even though I don't have a clue what it means.

jt

It also means we could as well debate in German about such issues. Larry
"Goodheart" P. and David "I'll buy two!" K. will never run out of lame
excuses. ;)

Larry gets the cool 'Goodheart' nickname whilst I get 'I'll buy two'?

I want a cool nickname!

Wow, Dave "King of the Sheets", isn't cool?  If that's not good enough for you,
wow, you have very high expectations!  Personally, that beats some of my
nicknames by a mile, of course, that list is unfit for public consumption.

Dave "The Yellow Dart" K
-that's gotta be at least +5 or +10 right there...

Cowdice rolls... +5 + 6.
My roll......... Snake eyes.

(Apparently I'm playing Craps with a 12-sided die, man that screws with the
memorized probability!)

Janey "You can't say that, Red Brick"

   
         
   
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Re: Final Official Statement - Maersk Second Run
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Date: 
Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:40:11 GMT
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You can't be Mr. Black. If I let you be Mr. Black, then everybody'll want to
be Mr. Black. So you're Mr. Pink.

"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message
news:IAzw7G.1uCI@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
In lugnet.lego, James Trobaugh wrote:
I know something must have gotten lost in the translation, but I still
find
this funny even though I don't have a clue what it means.

jt

It also means we could as well debate in German about such issues. Larry
"Goodheart" P. and David "I'll buy two!" K. will never run out of lame
excuses. ;)

Larry gets the cool 'Goodheart' nickname whilst I get 'I'll buy two'?

I want a cool nickname!

Dave "The Yellow Dart" K
-that's gotta be at least +5 or +10 right there...

   
         
   
Subject: 
Nickname
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:53:12 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Tony Kilaras wrote:
You can't be Mr. Black. If I let you be Mr. Black, then everybody'll want to
be Mr. Black. So you're Mr. Pink.

Umm.... *coughs*  Hi guys!  :)


Norbert Black

 

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