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  Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) Maybe it's just a giant mistake? (...) Cadburys is higher in sugar? I always find NA chocolate too sweet - weird! Anyway - what is the difference between a 'Violet Crumble' and a Cadburys 'Crunchie'? As far as I can tell they look the same ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) You can't eat too much of that, you're right. (...) Ritter Sport is good, best chocolate brand though must be Lindt, which is Swiss in origin. Ever had the dark chocolate with 70% cocoa content? Excellent!! Good night, T.F. (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) Susan, maybe we should swap ;^) (...) Any town/city with a university or population over 500,000 acquires diversity with the in and outgo of population. (...) Must be Cadbury's higher sugar content. Before travelling to the US, I wondered what (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) I was born in Belgium to two Belgian parents. Then, in Argentina, I learned to speak Dutch and Spanish at the same time (probably a bastardization of both). At age 2.5, I moved to Germany, where I spoke German at school, but refused to speak (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
 
  Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) Heh. The Lone Star franchise seems to exist everywhere *except* the Lone Star State (Texas, USA). So yes, your having Lone Star restaurants in Sydney is exactly analogous to our having Outback Steakhouses in Houston. Ugh. (...) And every one (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) Yes, Americans are arrogant (at times), and ethnocentric. But they are among the friendliest people in the world. However, the center of the known universe is still Billund Denmark! :-) Gary Istok (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Putting on a good show...
 
(...) aah. I was thinking of the zoo, thats why I said that the building instructions are not on brickshelf. The ones for 699 are. Don't suppose anyone here has the instructions to the zoo that they could scan in :) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: Warning: May contain offensive language! Was Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET
 
(...) Muwhahahhaaa....what a story...:-) Besides the page is funny (especially for a cat lover like me, always with cats for the last 17 years) enough, I ROFL when I tried to visualize your little kids trying to mimic Todd's very funny looking (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
 
  RE: Putting on a good show...
 
(...) Just checking...you do realise this isn't an actual zoo set, just a safari. [the zoo was for maxi-figs...I can't remember the set number, though. Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: Putting on a good show...
 
(...) please do scan them in ASAP, as I have been looking for them for ages. (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) No, no, no. I meant #1 in terms of the first language he learned to speak. Sheesh. ;) And who's up late?!? best LFB FUT->o-t.fun (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) Ack, I just had to get used to hearing colleagues from Israel talk about having to teach classes on Sunday. ;) (...) You know, I had to do the same thing when I moved to New Jersey (insert "NJ" for "IDF"). However, I think the pay in the IDF (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) And I have toxic waste! (New Jersey.) Ignore those trees, clear blue lakes, and deer! It's a toxic dump, I tell ya! (...) Agreed. But after a summer in Birmingham (UK), I'm sick of Cadbury's too. German chocolate is hard to beat, IMHO--Dutch (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Pax Americana
 
(...) What they said. I wasn't saying that Bruce wasn't saying what I said. (Did that make sense? Probably not, but it's bedtime for me.) This is one of the debates around imperialism of any kind--the host culture is affected, and in ways specific (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  RE: Putting on a good show...
 
(...) I think 699 should be easier to find...even a picture will show you how to build it just about. I thought this was on brickshelf...if it isn't, I might have to scan my instructions. Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: Putting on a good show...
 
(...) If you can find 669. The instructions for it arent even on brickshelf, so you cant even make it out of other bits. (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
(...) Hehe... #4: Dutch #3: Spanish #2: German #1: English Lindsay... You know you're up late when you can't count <grin, duck and run> -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
 
  RE: Putting on a good show...
 
(...) Well...try set 699 for a start...you get a lion, elephant, hippo, giraffe, and zebra...That should be enough for a small town. Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
 
<!!!Potentially Offensive Joke About Language Proficiency Alert!!!> (heh) (...) As the joke goes, if you know three languages, you're trilingual. If you know two languages, you're bilingual. If you know one language, you're English. If you know no (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
 
  RE: offtopic: UScentric Americans, why worry?
 
(...) Yep, that's quite useful. Unfortunately, e-bay doesn't cover trades/sales :( Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, Box Hill, 3128 Growing older is compulsary..Growing (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)


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