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  Re: M6 Crash
 
(...) OOPS! :-) (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: A Jeffers factoid or two
 
(...) That should read "This is the most for any state, absolutely or proportionately". Sorry! ++Lar (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: M6 Crash
 
(...) c /mourning/morning/ unless you *intended* that freudian slip, in which case, good one! Grin. (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) Explain the tragedy of the commons? Your cite referenced it, I assumed you are familiar with it. (...) Explain the notion that a person engaged in stealing is not a free marketeer? Seems obvious to me. Maybe you're not as familiar with (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  A Jeffers factoid or two
 
Vermont now has 2 out of 3 of their national level representatives as "independents" since Bernie Sanders is badged that way (although he ran as a socialist). This is the From IBD: "[T]he most underappreciated political phenomenon of the last two (...) (23 years ago, 26-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: M6 Crash
 
"Steven Lane" <Steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:GDv2v7.1vz@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) Not as bad as the traffic chaos they apparently caused in Central London yesterday when the police closed a section of the A40 or something for 3 (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: M6 Crash
 
Perhaps an obvious question, but maybe the police were looking for 'hard to find' lego sets !? Steven Lane <Steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:GDv2v7.1vz@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) (23 years ago, 25-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: M6 Crash
 
(...) Well, it depends on the cargo. A few years back, a fuel truck crashed on I-95 and I think it was a couple days before they had that section of the road open again. If the accident caused serious property loss, I don't begrudge a certain amount (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  M6 Crash
 
A lorry crashed on the M6 motorway (freeway is U.S parlance) in the early hours of this mourning, It said on the news that it cost business millions of pounds due to the enourmous delays. Why does it take 8 hours to re-open a motorway? That's a (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) Explain please. (...) Explain please. (...) Did I say that? No. Anyhow, what is your altermative. (...) By "enforced more", I mean the law should be enforced more. The freemarketeers should be trusted less. (...) I do not agree that is always (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) What is that supposed to mean, exactly? I've been here all along and have been quite aware of this class of problem inasmuch as it points out a major failing in the concept of public ownership. (...) If they are breaking laws they are not (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: frowny ( Re: Power Puller: £34.99 at Argos!)
 
"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GDu34w.CFL@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) Ever." (...) The (...) public (...) Despair's products should strike a chord with anyone who has worked in a large corporation, especially American. I (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: frowny ( Re: Power Puller: £34.99 at Argos!)
 
"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GDu34w.CFL@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) Well I despair at such activities :-( regards lawrence all trademarks are acknowledged. well is a trademark of well.com I is a trademark of I.com despair (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: frowny ( Re: Power Puller: £34.99 at Argos!)
 
LOL ;-) "Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:GDu34w.CFL@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) Ever." (...) The (...) public (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  frowny ( Re: Power Puller: £34.99 at Argos!)
 
(...) Jono, I hope you have paid despair.com to use the frowny. They have registered it as a trademark: (URL) the despair.com site (URL) a press conference, Despair's COO, Dr. E.L.Kersten, announced his intentions to sue "anyone and everyone who (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) Welcome to the planet earth Larry. (...) I think you are cherry picking points from my post rather than jutifying your past "arguments" and claims. I shall humour you. The eu operates a quota system were fishing is concerned. There are strict (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
There is some merit in the arguments your cite makes. I would ask this, however.... (and I snipped away the rest) (...) Overfishing is a worldwide problem, and a growing one. Whatever nation builds the largest fleet of boats wins the race to catch (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) Here's a concrete real-world example that may work for working through this: Monarch Butterfies are increasingly threaten with extinction in the coming decades mainly by destruction and degradation of their summer and winter habitats. I (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) I suppose that the foremost priority in responsible wildlife management is to maintain a viable ecosystem in every environmental sample that is large enough to be essentially self-regulating. In my mind, the most pressing problem is urban (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Advice from teens' parents?
 
Well, I'm a parent of a 17-yr-old girl, so I'll take a stab at this... (...) your (...) adults? Worst? Leaving aside the earth-shattering things like killing someone in the car when drunk, coming home pregnant, etc, and just looking at everyday (...) (23 years ago, 21-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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