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Re: Space Shuttle #1682
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lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Date: 
Thu, 3 Feb 2000 14:26:32 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote:
> Well, if nobody complained about the first two I'm surprised.  I'm reminded,
> though, of something my mother used to say to me when my little brother and I
> would fight and one of us would claim the other started it.  You guessed it,
> two wrongs (or even three or four) don't make a right.  Three lefts do, I'm
> told, but I've never tested that.
> 
> > Anyway, I really, really, really get the point now. Thanks.
> 
> Cool, that's the important part.  You're new here, you'll make mistakes.  Most
> people do, nothing wrong with it.
> 
> Welcome to LUGNET - we're all good people, even if some of us come across as
> pompous jerks from time to time (that would be me, just in case it isn't
> clear).

Of course in Massachusetts, a right followed by a left allows one to
make a "left turn on red" (the trick of course is you pull into the gas
station on the right, and then make a left onto the street you wanted to
turn left onto in the first place, and cruise through the intersection
on their green light).

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  Re: Space Shuttle #1682
 
(...) Now while this is true it is not the only case where a combination of rights and or lefts constitute and right or at a minimum getting you to where you are going 1/2 a minute faster in Massachusetts. Lets see... I have seen all of these with (...) (27 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Space Shuttle #1682
 
(...) While I'm sure you're being sarcastic here, I'd like to point out that I'm not perfect like Larry. I do sometimes make mistakes, and in those rare instances, I am sure there are people who, rightly so, disagree with me. I'm pretty sure most (...) (27 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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