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Re: Calling it Quits
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 26 Mar 2001 06:42:38 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Tim Courtney writes:
> > Secondly, it’s not cool when several people whom appear to be concerned get
> > degradedly referred to as “suckers.”
I'll tell you both one thing. I happen to remember this:
http://news.lugnet.com/market/buy-sell-trade/?n=5691
which at the time shocked me but turned out to be true. When I read Mark
Sandlin's post in .announce earlier, I had absolutely no reason to doubt it.
> Its also sad April Fools Day is on the American calendar. What are those
> guys thinking? And under no circumstances is it acceptable to play an April
> Fools' joke a week ahead, never.
Honestly, I've never in my life heard of an April Fools joke played in
March, except for the train hoax in .trains last year.
> Now I can agree there, and its not as much fun for me anymore. But jokes
> like this (appropriately timed) add to the flavor for me.
If it was a joke, I personally think it was in extremely bad taste.
> The ONLY thing I think that was done to the extreme was the post to
> .announce. That dilutes the purpose of the group. A post to people and a
> followup to o-t.fun would have been better.
It was totally inappropriate for .announce if it was a joke. I seriously
hope something like this never happens here again.
--
Todd S. Lehman | LUGNET Admin <todd@lugnet.com>
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Yeah...and as you noted (and I mentioned in my message earlier) it wasn't appropriate for .announce. Its spilt milk though. I guess the fact that I know Mark gave me a slight upperhand, and the fact that he personally messaged me with the URL. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) get (...) Not really... Perhaps it was true at the time, but he didn't really leave. His collection is not the same as it was, but in one sense it became more mature, more realistic. And since he could never truly leave, maybe that's true for (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Being a week early made me think it was real. (...) I agree. (...) I agree again. Has foot in mouth reached the states already? Posting the message in the Top Stories was the main reason I thought it was for real. (I missed the downward (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Calling it Quits
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| (...) Its also sad April Fools Day is on the American calendar. What are those guys thinking? And under no circumstances is it acceptable to play an April Fools' joke a week ahead, never. (...) Dude, R-E-L-A-X. Mark IM'ed me with the url for the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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