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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 00:17:12 GMT, Jasper Janssen uttered the following profundities... (...) Even higher-tech! But those are jobs that potentially pay very well in the west. There are bound to be some regional-margin, profit potential products, where (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 01:22:14 GMT, Terry K uttered the following profundities... (...) An assumption, based on the fact that most images of paper currency usually have something obscuring an important part of the note. Shall we do so, anyway? Front (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Mon, 31 May 1999 23:04:38 GMT, John Neal uttered the following profundities... (...) I watched it at work. :o) Watch mindless drivel? Or watch the dribbling mindless? (1) (1) Sort-of supervisory position....work for an airline.(2) (2) May or may (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ha, so he could go find himself a bloodsucker and sue *you*!! And he'd prolly win. It's the American Way... (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi all, I posted earlier that I thought crossing state lines with a firearm was felonious. I was wrong. A little checking sent me to (URL) where they have lots of good gun info. (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) OK, I don't agree with you on gun control, but I agree with this statement. I don't see any difference between running the country (government) and running a business. One issue that comes to mind is a top heavy business. If the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Right. Just pop a cap in each knee and let the f@*#er get away easy. :-) (...) Right. Ya pays ya money ya takes ya chances. The burgler chose a line of work that was likely to be short-lived. (...) Oops, maybe I was wrong in my earlier note. (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As much as anyone can. Can you rule out the possibility that you might freak out and decide to use your automobile as a deadly weapon? Since you can not rule that out any more than Mike can rule out the same WRT his handgun(s), I figure that (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think it's a pretty strong corner-stone for our nation. It may need to be altered as time marches on...I just don't see a burning need. Actually, I would like to see the ammendments that pass the rights and duties which aren't specifically (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Cool. (...) Now, if we look at the number of automobile-related deaths, I think adopting something similar for the US might be in order. Guns are really pretty safe, but cars are dangerous as hell. (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<MPG.11bcd21f4c15bcb...ugnet.com> <FCnK1r.I33@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) This reminds me of the bone-head required English writing class that I had to take for my college degree in (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In fact, I seem to remember that Michael Dukakis (former govener or Massachussetts and one time presidential canditate for non-americans and those with short memories) caught flak for being soft on crime for finally officially recognizing that (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, you were challenging me. Which is not a bad thing. In trying to understand my point of view you were asking questions which I may, or may not have had an answer for. For those questions that I had an answer for, I stated my answer. For (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'd say prisoners should be put to hard physical labor. I've always pictured the most appropriate and just prison as one that in many ways resembles what I lived in during basic training in the Army. Very tight "living quarters" with no (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Generally agreed. (...) I can understand that. (...) Huh? Why is it illegal? -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Or they could be put to work staffing phones for airline reservations. Handling credit card transactions for unsuspecting travelers. Oh, wait. Been done. Stupid idea. :-/ -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sure you do. You just don't notice it any more... Sure, you can grow a habit of always checking the number on the bill before spending it. But what if you don't have your reading-glasses on? Recognising whether a bill is red, green, or blue is (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You can run for president if both your parents, at the time of your birth, had the American nationality. Army brats _can_ run for president. Also, if you are born in a region which later _becomes_ part of the US, you can do so. This was (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) They don't have to make license plates. They could be making low-tech electronics, as currently typically hand-made in the East. Jasper (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Did I somewhere accidentally forget an 'u'? Bad Jasper. No cookie. Jasper "Yes I'm back - there, you satisfied?" Janssen (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If I were a mindreader and could know what I was dealing with was a petty thief who wanted nothing more than my television or my toys, then MAYBE, just maybe I wouldn't shoot him to death. Given the fact that I would more than likely be (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Wow, Richard. Remember, any time spent watching that show cannot be gotten back;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Been down it before. Most libertarians are opposed to Capital Punishment. Too irreversible. Now, granted, even if you're sentenced to life, you could still die before your time due to some random prisoner or guard, but at least the odds of (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In a day and age where special effects are no big deal anymore, it's hard to remember what it was like when we first saw the Brachiosaurs on the screen. It was nothing short of *spectacular*. The musical score (John Williams. Ring a bell?) is a (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.starwars)
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On Fri, 14 May 1999 16:30:06 GMT, Jeff Stembel uttered the following profundities... (...) And implies justification for the draft/conscription, subject to personal ownership of arms. (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Fri, 14 May 1999 21:58:19 GMT, John DiRienzo uttered the following profundities... (...) There's that word, Constitutionally, again. Used as though it was without flaw, without error, a holy scripture as though written by god(s) (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 19 May 1999 14:09:25 GMT, Duane Hess uttered the following profundities... (...) Was I challenging them? Wishing to understand them? Trolling you? (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 19 May 1999 13:55:11 GMT, Christopher L. Weeks uttered the following profundities... (...) Because to some (not necessarily me, I am not stating my true beliefs until I have read all posts), gun ownership can restrict freedom. By which I (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Sun, 16 May 1999 16:26:40 GMT, Mike Stanley uttered the following profundities... (...) Unable for those particular items. However, as stated elsewhere, requested the information to lead to understanding and enlightenment. It is possible to (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Fri, 14 May 1999 14:37:11 GMT, Duane Hess uttered the following profundities... (...) But is in itself an amendment. Other rights and issues have been amended, reinforced, clarified, etc. (and one repealed). One observation, and I am not (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Fri, 21 May 1999 09:56:29 GMT, Mr L F Braun uttered the following profundities... (...) Teletubbies cannot possibly be a cause of violence, merely a reaction to it. I propose as a target for violent urges. Though students in the UK suggest they (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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On Mon, 17 May 1999 23:40:30 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) Why the death penalty was abolished in the UK. Shall we go down that road? Would the incorrect execution of one individual sway the overwhelmingly (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Mon, 17 May 1999 14:25:19 GMT, Christopher L. Weeks uttered the following profundities... (...) An argument I had often used here in relation to Louise Woodward. (The general populace in the UK were convinced of her innocence, but had not the (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Fri, 14 May 1999 21:36:58 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) Big news here a few years back. High car-rental ratios there, and rental cars were easily identifiable. They changed the registration plates as a result, (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Mon, 17 May 1999 23:41:55 GMT, Terry K uttered the following profundities... (...) I like the detail in US paper currency. I dislike the new style. (Same with postage stamps. Older US postage stamps were beautiful. These '90's ones look like they (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Mon, 24 May 1999 23:09:02 GMT, Mr L F Braun uttered the following profundities... Snipped for brevity...... Pound coins do make life easier! Except for posting money, one couldn't send off a pound note to a charity, one only had a fiver! They (...) (25 years ago, 31-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Whoops. Musta thought I was still in alt.peeves (where I am currently also involved in a gun-control thread that is, at last count, something on the order of 1000 messages and growing...). (...) Well, yeah. I mean, however much _anyone_ may or (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Other than LEGO? (...) I'll check mine... where's your I'm back post? One which goes like: Jasper Janssen - yes I'm back at the end... It says about 1400 articles for me... 'about' being the operative word. (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, that's the incorrect spelling for night I think... A bit like labour is the correct spelling for labor - Jasper. :-P (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ^^^^ And you apparently still are... Jasper (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Busy doing other things.. Life is too shortto be on Usenet anyway, after all. I just looked my author profile up oin Dejanews... Less than 25 posts to go til I hit 3000. Scary. Jasper (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Tue, 18 May 1999 18:05:18 GMT, Tom McDonald uttered the following profundities... (...) I'd read somewhere, about a test case (either here or in the US), that individuals can copy and use extracts for their own use. It involved (before MP3) (...) (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, in the humorous sense, yes. At least it seemed that way, while I was in college, anyway. But realise that I almost never get really drunk any more, although I was last nite. (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) IF you mean that the constitution should be amended so that the right to keep and bear arms is dependent on some very specific training, then I agree with your method of making that change (as opposed to just passing laws that violate the (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have eliminated text that was cluttering up that message. For sake of clarity, is what I left what you meant? (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Redefine the fucking Second, then. Include the amount of training and how selective it can be. Just don't make it another driving license, for which virtually nobody ever fails.. Jasper (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah. Right. You're making this claim way too boldly here, IMHO. Oppressive to the colonies, hell yes, but oppressive in its own society? Not very. IOW, that does not an oppressive regime make. So, why haven't I seen anyone point to the two (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) LOL Jasper!-- Where the Hell have you been? <g> I thought you killfiled *yourself*;-) Good to see you back:-) -John "Rumors of Jasper's demise have been greatly exaggerated" Neal;-) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Still, you gotta admit, they have a certain style. Which, when I'm really drunk, I have a certain congruence with. (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeff Stembel writes: [snipped the important stuff] (...) Yeah, just ask a certain Librarian... Mark "What? FOUR elephants?" de Kock (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <nitpick> Bonobos are a species of Chimpanzee, and chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys (there is a *big* difference, just as there is a big difference between apes and hominids). </nitpick> :) Jeff (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I just noticed today that one of the Teletubbies is an ObMelanin-challenged character. I thought they kept PC out of that show (considering Mr Falwell's recent gaffe), but alack, no such luck. Jasper (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You're a lot more humble than "The Humblest Man On The Net". So, well... No further comment. Jasper (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Just go on telling yourself that. Jasper "I can't _believe_ how close I just came to killfiling on lugnet" Janssen (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah! Ban political Statements! Jasper (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <slrn7ir9fi.4rd.cjc@...S.UTK.EDU> <372F66C2.91A22820@bigfoot.com> <FB89tD.IxH@lugnet.com> <372F821B.2FD75F41@bigfoot.com> <FBA13y.LxA@lugnet.com> <3735FE5A.62088FE8@bigfoot.com> <FBJEzs.Ey6@lugnet.com> <3739EE7B.64CD848C@bigfoot.com> (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You're a friggin' Nazi, that's what. There, now that this thread has been properly Godwinated, could we return to our regularly scheduled libertarian ranting & raving? Jasper (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The friggin' Bonobo monkeys, which are apparently Homo Sapiens' closest living relative, have an attitude to sex apparently best summarized by "If it moves, fornicate with it". Regardless of gender or age. Just as an interesting data-point. (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not to mention that most of the masters treated their slaves well. During the Saturnalia, for 10 days each year, the roles of master and slave were reversed - quid pro quo _will_ be offered at such a time, of course. Arguably, you could say (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Tue, 18 May 1999 22:04:34 GMT, Carbon 60 <carbon60@bigfoot.com> wrote: <Lots of stuff> Who the hell are you, and what the hell have you done with the real Carbon60? Jasper (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<3748351E.406C0030@uswest.net> <37495DB6.C2FDB746@voyager.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm the last man standing!! I win! It wasn't beaten to death by a stick after all :-) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hrmmmm.... Thanks, I think? I wonder how young I seem? :) (...) Well, my bank sucks. I've only had accounts at ... 3 banks in my life, though, so I have limited experience. Wells Fargo, Nations Bank, and now First American. Soon I will move (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, I suppose that's an issue, but I've never been screwed so much that I'd notice. Also, it's the same machine they use for their own stuff, so I'd assume that it's pretty top notch engineering. (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You must be younger than you seem. Policy has varied widely on this burning issue, but it used to be that *most* banks would roll coins for account holders. Steve (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My bank doesn't accept unrolled coins. I'm switching bank soons anyway, at least for the majority of my banking. We already have a savings account at the UTK credit union. My checking acct at my current bank is free, but I have to do all my (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, if the machine actually works and doesn't require a lot of intervention from me it would be a good deal. If it requires a lot of TLC then it becomes a waste of my time. Dunno, I've spent hours rolling 40 or 50 dollars worth of coins (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So you're saying 2's rock too?? Or are you saying they're a bit hollow? Seriously, I have heard of other groups that want people to know what their economic impact is doing the same thing. Seems a neat idea. (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) At certain caving events I go to, the organizers, and most of the vendors stock up on $2 bills. The idea is that when you go out to a restaurant for dinner, or otherwise spend money in town, the townies see all these $2 bills and realize how (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I haven't been paying much attention to this topic, either here or in the news, so it's new to me. Works for me, though. We make a point of saving all our change and using it to pay for groceries (at a store that has one of the counting (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Am I the only one who likes the SueB? I never got them confused with quarters (but I was in the third grade) and still feel nostalgic when I get them in change at the post office vending machines. (...) And $2s rock too. They must have at (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Don't forget-- this is America where a) bigger is better, b) bigger is more valuable, and 3;) therefore a dollar coin must be the size of a coaster. I point to Suzy B as an attempt to the contrary to rest my case. Oh, and I forgot-- the land (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's a better explanation than anything I thought up. It especially makes sense, if the major rationale for a new dollar coin is for it to be used in vending machines. And if the size limit for vending machines is the 26.5mm quarter. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My mistake. Same size. I still think it is not needed. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Augh! is right! Oh, that's just plain idiotic. The only rationale I can see is that they don't want to have to retool all of the old coin-op machines in the post office and public transit around the country (provided it will be about the same (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Augh! Quoting from (URL) (...) Why couldn't they have gone with a 27 or 28mm diameter? That would have been enough to differentiate the two coins! At least it won't have the same 'reeded' edge as a quarter! Hopefully, the thickness and weight (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Seems to me that the ones who'll break in while you are there *and* in a fairly gun-free area are either blindingly stupid or--more likely--intelligent and armed. After all, they're the ones who aren't caught or killed, and they rob again and (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My father explained it thus, many moons ago: If you're going to be carrying firearms from one state into another, you have to obtain a license from all the states involved--wherever you'll be carrying the firearm. If the target area (pun (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The big failing was the thickness. Had it been twice as thick, there probably wouldn't have been such a lousy response to it. It really was way too quarterlike (the infamous "Carter Quarter," which you can still get in large numbers from (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes. (...) Well, there's LEGO. But that's about it. :-) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, look on the Bright side: within twenty years, the stock of hearing-aid manufacturers will skyrocket. ;) Jeff (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It might be pretty to look at, but I think it is a waste. Sure, the coins will "last longer, thus reducing printing costs associated with bills". But who really wants to carry around big, heavy dollar coins? And it will probably be big - size (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I can actually vouch for that. I was visiting a friend and his wife in MD in 1993 and we went down to DC during that huge rally they had down there. Lots and lots of perfectly normal-looking people. Quite a few wackos, but nowhere near the (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<374838F6.FDB2A443@uswest.net> <FC7E9M.LGA@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) I'll take your word on that since I have never actually seen (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) when (...) gays (...) Blame that on the media, not the parades. The media chooses the most bizaare people they can find in the parade to put on the news - furthering negative attitudes against gays. Just once I'd like the see the news media (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not at all, they are just attempting to make the world aware that homosexauls do exist and that they are not that different than anyone else. They are not asking to be treated differnlty, Excalty they opposite, they have historically been (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<37477ECE.755D6E19@uswest.net> <FC67Iw.89r@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) How would I know? Why would I care? (...) None. (...) I (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've known people who have "experimented" - for them it was definitely a choice. For all of the homosexuals I've personally known, admittedly not many here in the heart of the South, it most certainly has not been a choice. (...) If you're (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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John, I have to confess I'm rather surprised at what I perceive as a lack of tolerance here, and a little disappointed. (...) I'd agree with this. In some cases there is a predisposition toward a behaviour. This is true in many areas of our (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Plus a certain understated recognition value. There's a brief piece on US currency and its legitimacy as a *global* standard of exchange in the New York Times magazine this weekend--worth reading, even if the nationalistic hyperbole gets (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(The Color of Money [isn't that a movie?] stuff snipped) (...) The stylist may simply have been afraid of him. Look at the eyes--they're absolutely psychotic in a way I've never seen on US money. So he's coiffed *and* crazy; this may be part of the (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As in, fine as long as they don't live on my block? And what stickers are on your car? Flaunting has a purpose, the more public homosexuals are about their homosexuality, the more people realize that homosexuals are everywhere. And that (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Mike, that is the best response!!!!!! Thanks for adding a voice of sanity!!!!! (25 years ago, 22-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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