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| (...) I figured you'd go off on the tangent about who's number one again... and I was right. Address my point and spare us all the chest thumping about how great Canada is (said thumping thinly disguised as a fine puree of denial about what you're (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) We have the spectacle of Ashcroft and his ilk busily disassembling our freedoms, with a rigged election system in place to ensure that it is very unlikely that any non Demopublican will get elected in time to stop it, and you want us to give (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) So in other words you agree that the posited free rider problem is just a red herring, then? I don't need to provide this cite for you to debunk it, then, but I will toss it in anyway: (URL) The whole rest of the article is riddled with (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Nice in the sense that it's full of straw dogs like this one: "The only way for the Randvillians to deal with the free riders is to coerce labor on the levees, or assess taxes in lieu of labor. " \ Why don't you, as a thought experiment, see (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Under my terms, once I've given it to USPS and I can prove it, it's not my problem any more, it's the buyer's. Title passes to the buyer at the moment I transfer it to USPS. If the buyer chooses not to buy insurance that would be the buyer's (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) I am. (...) There have been several clubs that have indicated participation. (...) You should work within your local club to coordinate your contribution within their overall participation, unless for some reason you are not part of a local (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| (...) As I suspected. Sigh. It is STILL lost on me why Pitsco got the Dacta monopoly in the US from LEGO... I haven't seen the value add or synergy from combining them, but that's just me. (...) Indeed. Their shipping is 6% or 6 dollars... whichever (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| (...) (emphasis added...) (...) Bars... (not that any of us drink!) Theaters... (if you're not getting enough comedy here) Museums (for the NLSOs... we all already know everything) And don't forget fleshpots! (It IS the nation's capital, after all.) (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| (...) The market should decide. And the market can and *will* reach the right decision. Just make sure that ALL costs are visible and are charged to the parties that should be incurring the costs. Which is the point of the article and of the book. (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Sorry, not quite the question I was asking. More specifically, is the (for example) yellow plates pack actually discounted from what it was before now that it is on "special" ?? (...) Normally I avoid Pitsco except for things you cannot get (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) (corrected to "clearance" in a subsequent post) I have a question about "clearance" stuff on the PLE site... is it actually any cheaper than it was when it wasn't on clearance ? The plates pack prices seem pretty high to me. (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Well.... there aren't any CURRENTLY on the events calendar, AFAIK, but you could always add one if you wanted to. *anybody* can propose events! Might take a bit of a road trip out of town to find a place to light bonfires though! :-) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| Yaay. Perhaps one of the best rulings so far this term (I was somewhat unimpressed with the U of M law school ruling). (URL) gets it: 'The case does involve two adults who, with full and mutual consent from each other, engaged in sexual practices (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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