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(...) Sorry, not my intent...just adding the missing dictionary definitions. (...) Complaints can be forwarded to: -The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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dude...you just suckered me into a debate! But that's ok, let's see if I can score a couple of points for myself... A collector is a person who collects... well gee...you've successfully defined what a collector is. Now how about defining what it (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My sentiments exactly. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But you are missing the point that it is the manufacturers THEMSELVES who are doing this...the very moment that the word 'collectable' is slapped on something, it automaically ISN'T, ya' know? LEGO is now guilty of jumping on the bandwagon, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, you'd be a typical 8-yr. old girl! :) Jimmy (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Pthrrrp. What a crappy, cold reply. Makes me want to quit Lugnet, too. Beat feet, JSA, Lugnet is supposed to be a haven from bullies. --Dave (jot and jab) xxx...xxx (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Mookie wrote: <snip> (...) Hi Tamyra, Actually I wouldn't have replied as the Tom's way, but my thoughts are pretty same about this kind of "cry baby attitude". Actually you already revealed the trick: "having a thicker skin". And not having great (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Shhh...don't tip him off about the *conspiracy*...the awful, terrible humanistic conspiracy! <Insert Pat Robertson here> :) Which Toledo congregation, Chris? (I'm from a Detroit one, myself, so I know a few of 'em from YAC/YRUU cons way back.) (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ecological Conferences and the like. Maybe I should have said snack table instead of counter. :) The UUs are helping out with a project we are working on in Toledo. It's good to have their help. (...) WHat can I say, i was hungary. :) -chris (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Yo Anthony, I have'nt read this whole thread, but i don't want to see you leave! Suffice to say there are alot of Smarties out there who like to put their two cents in...it's tough to deal with......but for the rest of us....don't go! Eric (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What kinds of conferences (this sentence just struck me as thinking of the types of conferences I attend which would have a "snack counter" which are Unitarian Universalist conferences, just wondering if we've got another UU here). (...) Boy, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As a child I thought the same thing. I did have a cool aunt who was vegetarian(but she eat meat on pizza???) which made me think some vegetarians were cool. (...) One of my outspoken vegan friends aquired a farm that came with chickens. He now (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I definately agree with you about their response being a defense against attacks but I perceive something deeper in some people. I think it's those who say "I wish I could but I just can't." I don't know if they consider themseleves weaker or (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Mookie, who has ever stabbed YOU in the back? I can't even fathom this happening...I presume you mean creatively, etc. And I DO recall your comments about castle walls -- but then again, haven't you been using MOC stickers on walls? I am going (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Humans certainly are sometimes pretty ridiculous. We've created a culture where people feel it is important to meet other peoples definitions of what's right that we don't even think about what we are doing and why we do it. On a similar note, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I mostly drink water and juice (and root beer). I can drink a coke every so often, but pepsi makes me sick.I don't know why. My mother was a diet coke drinker/diet food consumer until just a few years ago when she started to get severe migrine (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's great advice. (...) Flaming cruxifixion? Seems a mixed metaphor... :-) Seriously, we've had some discussions about the phenomenon in the past. Lots of them. Is LUGNET cliqueish? It must be, I would think, unless it is unlike every other (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's weird. Do you think the readers thought that the "organic" thing was being overdone? I think some things WERE overdone back in the days, like the big fiber kick in the late 70's. Stuff like that contributed to the stereotype of the tree (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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You know, I've tried to stay out of this, though I do have to say. Tom I would have thought better coming from you. Anthony wasn't 'whining' about being ignored, he was simply stating a fact that is very prevalent on this server. People get ignored. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have had that response on a number of occasions too. I doubt that they think their diet is less moral (though I have had someone sort-of admit that (here!)). I think that they are concerned that you're going to get all self-righteous on them (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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