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(...) There's a town in Ohio pronounced the same way but actually spelled "Wooster".... (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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(...) Well here too. But it's the sort of charge that tends to only happen in the event of a crash. (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:qop1ssgbq48urqd...4ax.com... (...) it (...) Neither did I, until I came here. (...) I guess I'm in the same boat with you Steve, according to some ;-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) I didn't know the 'English' was so hard to pronounce.... Steve "exhausted my lifetime allotment of pointless LUGNET posts" Bliss (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) Heh. I used to be able to do it from memory, but this time I looked it up to be completely sure of the spelling. I do know what it *means* off the top of my head, though (which is something I forgot to mention in the footnote to my last post). (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yowza! I'd heard of that place but I never knew if it was real. Not only is it a sesquipedalian monstrosity, but it has 17 g's! Did you type it from memory or did you have to look it up? I don't know any off the top of my head, but I know that (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you think Gloucester and Worcester are bad, you should stay away from Lake Chargoggagoggmanchau...amaugg[1]. eric [1]Yes, it's a real place (near where my Dad grew up), yes, I've been there (last time was the 3rd of July), yes, I can say (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Massachusetts really isn't that hard a name to remember how to spell. It is spelt just like it sounds just as many Native American names are (at least in New England). Granted its a long name but not real difficult. (...) Well being from New (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Gloucester MA (was: Re: Harry Potter (Film) Set)
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Worcester gets butchered much more often than Gloucester ;-) Woooster, War-chester, Wuss-stah, ... -- -Rob. ===...=== New sets and parts for sale or trade: (URL) Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G0uxIx.77J@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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Around here, (FNQ, Australia) if you follow someone too closely, you can get booked for tailgating. At night, you have to watch out for inconsiderate so-and-so's who drive up right behind you and blind you with their headlights which always seem to (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, the Massachusetts drivers are fine, it's the rest of you who don't know how to drive :-) :-) :-) Actually, the Massachusetts driving habits become less scary when you realize that it isn't so much aggressive driving as decisive driving. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Ugh!! Now that commercial jingle is running thru my head - something something something "Gloucester Fisherman". The only part I remember is "Gloucester Fisherman" and an image of an elderly, gray (light) haired & bearded man with a yellow raincoat (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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"Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:G0uxIx.77J@lugnet.com... (...) "glow-chester-shire" (...) Where in the world does he get -shire from?? Heck, I'm from the midwest too, and I always thought it was glow-chester. Oh well, gotta (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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(...) I have a friend from MN who visited there and calls it "glow-chester-shire" ("glow" rhyming with "plow"). :-) I think I've also heard Gloucester called "glocks-tah" and "gluss-tah." --Todd (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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"Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G0usBJ.72v@lugnet.com... (...) Well, those of us from out of state refer to the drivers in Massachusetts as something entirely different - but that one I can't mention on Lugnet ;-) -- Tim (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Gawd, these Mass-ACHU!!-setts (1) names are confusing in general <grin>... I don't see why they don't just name it Glosster, if that's how they're gonna pronounce it... While we're on it, them British might as well have spelled Boston "Baw- (...) (26 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | FOTW! - KB markdown!
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Well, haphazardly walking through the KB in Worcester yesterday elicited some good prices, plus the Technic Space Shuttle (8480) at $55.10! (That's after tax) It seems they were having a markdown on ALL Lego sets PLUS an extra 25% off taken at the (...) (26 years ago, 14-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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Hey all, I'm posting here to explain my opinion(s) about the age limitation in NELUG. I've talked to many people about my stand on this, especially during and after the WAMALUG Brickfest. Many people there expressed their agreement with what I said, (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.general, lugnet.people) !!
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| | OK I hope I'm not beating a dead horse but check this out...
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Followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug Well I just saw this message in .train.org inviteing LEGO Groups to display their layouts at Greenburg shows. (URL) there are 2 shows in New England. One is in Hartford CT on Nov. 25,26 and Willmington MA on Dec 2,3. (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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| | www.nelug.org - Updates, Changes, and new Mailing List
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followups to: lugnet.org.us.nelug This is to announce several changes to the NELUG web site as well as the transition of our old NELUG mailing list to a new Web Based mailing list. (URL) new mailing list has been set up to greatly ease maintenance (...) (26 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me)
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