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(...) Eight Ball says: "Outlook not so good." -John (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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My workplace makes use of Microsoft Outlook for all of its wondrous email services. Yesterday a coworker was having difficulty sending email, so she asked of the room: "Is anyone having trouble with their Outlook?" Came the reply: "No, I feel very (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: A Lego personal ad?
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(...) <a la Wayne> Good one! -John (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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This is a test for a new member (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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The original post: (URL) Notes--hockey player dad sues league for not awarding his son MVP. The story continues, getting better: (URL) the league has suspended hockey player and dad from hockey events. Hmmm... What will happen now? I await with (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: A Lego personal ad?
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(...) lugnet.people.studfinder ;-) -Suz (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Geek Speak?
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(...) I strongly suspect something of the sort. I sometimes use ":" for much the same purpose (: grins, : needs coffee, that sort of thing), which is lifted straight from my MUSHing days. James (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Here's somthing you don't see everyday...
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American Incompotent Justice System (URL) K. (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Here's another pet peeve - writers who trust a spell-checker, but don't check their grammar. :) Jeff J (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Once again, my quarrel is not with the word itself. I object to it's current trendiness and overuse, particularly by those trying really hard to sound smarter than you in their powerpoint presentations (1). (URL) used, 'methodology' refers (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) A recent commercial for some make of Kia shows a series of crash test simulations, apparently to tout the durability of the vehicle. The voiceover concludes by saying "Pretty impactful, eh?" Impactful! As of this morning, neither (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, 'impact' can be used as a verb, but not when the author/speaker should be using 'affect' or 'influence.' People seem to use it when they're trying to make a greater 'impact' on their audience, and that bothers me. I'm not alone on this: (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Have you been watching war movies again? ;) This is what Ambrose had to say about the D-Day campaign [a/the key WW2 campaign]: ==+== That a cross-Channel attack against the Atlantic Wall could even be contemplated was a tribute to what Dwight (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | UK perspective on US elections
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UK Perspective on US elections Both from yesterday's Guardian: The rescue parties (URL) with a choice between two ugly parties, the electorate, quite rationally, stayed at home. In the US, as in Britain, young voters have all but abandoned party (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Israelis fear war crimes arrests in the UK!
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I really do love living in the UK Israelis fear war crimes arrests (URL) Israeli government has ordered an urgent assessment of whether its politicians and soldiers could face arrest and trial for war crimes while travelling abroad. The move (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes. (...) I expect the cost would have been high, but worth paying. (...) Others have already. But if it matters to you, feel free to disprove it. (...) I think it is every bit as relevant as WW1. The USA continues to make bad decisions – (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not "anti-American", I'm pro-justice. Understand the difference. Scott A (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"HACKSOR"? That's the device that plumbers use to cut metal pipes with. ;-) [Correct spelling is "hacksaw".] NOTE: Although you translated it out to the word you mentioned above, they actually call people like that "HAXXORS" or some "l33t" (cough) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm. These things should be in the Jargon File. But they're not. Someone call Eric Raymond. (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Buses & Beggers [Re: Vote against/for...]
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(...) Not at all. Blacks *did* have serious civil rights issues. Most of the country has been able to get beyond simple racism. Today many blacks face many social and economic problems (as does everyone else!)-- but to continually blame racism is (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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