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Hey Y'all: Who should I see in line at the beer stand at the Ren Faire in Novato this weekend but George Lucas! My SO pointed him out to me standing a few feet away, and I joked that we should go get our money back from him for these last two *great (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I assume here you are taking about power supply rather than generation? Likewise for water supply and sewage collection - rather than water and sewerage treatment? (...) For some cities the airports may well be. But I think that as long as (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Economist have a concept called "natural monopoly" which refers to a industry where the capital investment is so large that it is not in society's best interest for there to be one than one supplier. The classic example is the local power industry (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The changes are outlined here: (URL) the UK we "invest" in roads and "subsidise" the railways. Scott A (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There was actually a pretty good opinion piece, I think in the NYT (but possibly in Newsweek), that discussed the disconnect between air travel and train service. It laid out the numbers and pointed out that since 1936, the airline industry (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I believe the author is the late Paula Giese, and she certainly doesn't make any points with me for her patronizing attitude toward schoolteachers as well as for her panning of Lynn Reid Banks' Indian in the Cupboard: (URL) of the issues (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Consider this page: (URL) author certainly makes a bunch of valid points (although I dunno about the "arrogant and ignorant Brits" being valid or not... :-) )... but consider whether he's likely to make many converts by berating his readership. I (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Two safari guides in Africa were having a drink on the veranda and watching the sun go down when they became engaged in an argument over which was the better guide. Since each simply refused to believe the other's hunting stories they were unable to (...) (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Mmmmmm. Might finally have a source for the pieces necessary to embark upon a minifig scale USS Enterprise NCC 1701. Thought it might happen when there was talk of a MB White House. Not sure about MB's longer term colour stability though, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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This article makes the case against airline bailouts and airlines in general... (URL) found the Warren Buffett quote particularly hilarious (his frustration with airlines and their service was part of why he was instrumentel in founding the pioneer (...) (22 years ago, 13-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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