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| (...) Jon, over the years, several people online (here and in RTL) _have_ actually exited the hobby. Some permanently, some for a few months or a few years. Offhand, in the past three years, I remember several people who at one time or another (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3ABF58EB.1D70@m...ing.com... (...) Mark put in some clues of his own. Did you read down on the side of his message, all the capital letters lined up to spell 'APRIL FOOLS' and the FUT was set (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Thanks for raising those last points about "show[ing] genuine concern for someone giving it up, and then getting slammed for it." And "[r]ealize that people come here for a variety of reasons and with various backgrounds." Indeed, the joke was (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I certainly don't think that April Fools day should be canceled. What I am concerned is that with electronic communication amongst relative strangers, hoaxes lose something. With the face to face April Fools jokes of my childhood, one had all (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Yea, and racial and ethnic jokes are funny too... I'm not saying that we should eliminate humor and jokes (I'm not even truly convinced that all racial and ethnic jokes are absolutely bad). Some folks have compared the jokes to various other (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Excellent advice (and ironic that you cited who you cited). In this particular case, though, I think Frank *is* on to something. I think in this electronic age, we go through the cycle of -that's new, it's neat... wow, who'd have thunk of it! (...) (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)
| | | | | Re: I'm sorry
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| (...) Sense of humor? What's that? hrm... The instant I read it, I knew it was a joke, and pretty clever one at that. It's too bad it didn't go over too well. Maybe the Spamcake fumes are polluting everyone's air supplies... Adrian -- (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Oh, come ON! You're getting angry because someone has a different sense of humor than you? I thought it was funny, even though I was suckered by it, as well. (...) Well, since the rest of the year isn't near April Fool's Day, I highly doubt (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Frank Filz replied: (...) Please consider these words of wisdom: "I suggest every one try and remember one of the most important rules of electronic communication: If you are upset or angered by a post, mark it unread and come back in an hour (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Boy, meesa thinkin' this sound berry berry familiar... ;^) Dan (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| I'm sorry if anyone took my joke the wrong way. I assure you all, it was really intended to be in good fun. I know it was a breach in protocol to post to .announce and to start it a week early. I was hoping it would slowly get around to people, and (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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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| (...) I'll tell you both one thing. I happen to remember this: (URL) 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. (...) Honestly, I've never in my (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| To All, Warning: April Fools Day is one week away. That means you should expect to be fooled by someone on April 1 (Sunday). Be prepared. And keep in mind that the Internet spans 24 time zones; a post made by someone early in the morning in their (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.announce) !!
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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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| (...) First off, when I posted nobody had said anything about the hoax. The first 'realization-message’ came about 3 min prior to my post. Therefore, I only realized that it was a fake after I had posted mine. Secondly, it’s not cool when several (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3ABEC5F9.A3D7E2...ing.com... (...) I think what peeves me most about this is it got to be featured on the main Lugnet web page. Even if it were not a joke, I don't think it warrants such (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) It isn't a joke. Perhaps I'm in a bad mood, but I really am getting sick of all these jokes, and I do have a real concern for the viability of electronic communication. I must stress however that I don't think we're that close to the brink of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) This is another joke right? I hope so, cuz this is nothing to get this wound up about Gabe (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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