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(...) IF you forgot to say that you were in Oz when you saw it. On the other hand people post this all the time and others jump on it and arrange for some cross border buying and selling. But your example is flawed as that post belongs in (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Heh heh. He wansn't saying or implying anything that absurd. He's talking about a local contest that's just noise (like a local sale) to anyone outside of the U.S. The U.S. may be a big place, but something local to the U.S. is still local, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Oh geez. (...) I suppose a US LUG couldn't post pictures of their meeting for people from all over to see in a non US-specific group, then, right? Simply on the basis that some people from other countries couldn't make it to the meeting. Get (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ben is 100% correct here. No real harm done, but if this is really a US-only thing, then the discussion should migrate there. An initial announcement crossposting to .general and .loc.us probably ought to be tolerated if it has followups set (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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That's what I thought... <puts on flame retardant suit> Why then did you post to .general [being for general interest] and not to .loc.us [for items of specific interest to US residents as opposed to the rest of the world]? After all...if I started (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.admin.general)
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These really don't conform to the exchange rates. According to S@H, to exchange US $ to Canadian $, multipy y 1.43. But the suggested retail prices are really off sometimes. I used a S@H US catalog for US refrence, and my own experience on the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, the trooper would hold more than the Saturn, but if I left all the LEGO I brought for potential building, I could easily fit into the Saturn, probably even when I add more ships. (...) Yes, the seige mortar arrived just fine (though it (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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(...) Thanks for the update, and welcome to the Saturn family. I may join you (my sister already has) when my current beast dies at long last (if it ever does--Geo!). Glad to hear everything is starting to shape up, and I'm amazed that you can (...) (26 years ago, 8-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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(...) Sorry for the lack of update... Insurance settlement hasn't happened yet (one monkey in that wrench is that the SUV driver only has $15k liability coverage which may not be quite enough to cover all the damage). As of slightly less than two (...) (26 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:G0CzpK.CKz@lugnet.com... (...) morning (...) Yes Frank, reading Lindsay 's reply to your original post reminded me that there had been no update on your condition. Are you aches and pains (...) (26 years ago, 4-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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(...) on the way into work I got rear-ended by an SUV. ...<snip> Good Lord man! I go away for a little while and such momentous things happen! I do hope that you're continuing to be OK and that the administratia is coming along as tolerably as such (...) (26 years ago, 4-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us)
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(...) what I could from the car (I actually got most of the (...) took some pictures and have put together a small web (...) It took me a while to figure out that your car was an Integra. For irony's sake, it should have been an Accord. Why? 'Cause (...) (26 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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I know this is a family group, but... daaa...aaamn! :-< (...) (26 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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John Morgan wrote in message ... (...) He didn't have any blown tires, so that isn't a possibility. Cell phone might have been a possibility, but I'm putting more bets on exhaustion due to an all night shift at the hospital. (...) One thing I (...) (26 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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He probably dropped his cell phone and accidently stepped on the throttle while looking under the seat for the phone <G> or the firestone Atx blew out under the heat of stop and go traffic and he lost control.HaHa Sheesh! Frank, I am really glad you (...) (26 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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KeeRIST! How fast did he accel in stopped traffic to do that?!? I'm surprised he didn't leave burnout marks from his start to pound your car that bad. If someone ever does that to me in my car, I really feel sorry for them, then for me. Because if I (...) (26 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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Get a PT Cruiser! ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (26 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us)
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(...) I have a one-shot APS in each car ;-) I did that after someone ELSE got lucky - I was working on my car in SF in a friend's garage, and heard/felt someone hit the building. I had my digicam because I was making a VFAQ of the car work, so I ran (...) (26 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us)
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In lugnet.people, Mark Herzberg writes: When Volkswagen and Porchse get thier (...) Ooops! Left out two. Mini (returning to the US next fall with BMW's help) and Saab (though they are working on something, just not for 2002). (26 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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(...) what I could from the car (I actually got most of the (...) took some pictures and have put together a small web (...) Wow! That was quite an accident. This is a prime example of "SUV Road Rage", IMO. I admit, I'm into the craze myself (though (...) (26 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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