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(...) "undisputed god of lego space!" While I do agree Burkhard's MOCs are great, I think you forgot about some people when you made that comment. Ever heard of these guys (in not particular order): Pat Justison ((URL) Nassar ((URL) Sproat ((URL) (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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That is a good article. I'm sure someone wants numbers and links to twenty-year studies, but I have to say it was good. As a parent myself, with a second on the way; having observed how other parents do their job and recollecting what my parents did (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) communicated to her by her employer, than the Pop-Tart(tm) lady. Still marginal though... (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) this persone was having trouble with. I hope it gets dismissed as baseless. Further, I'd like to see the law changed to have her pay the legal costs as well. THAT would cut down on frivolous lawsuits, if taking on deep pockets companies didn't (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I just buzzed through Time.com and saw THIS excellent article on parenting. (URL) 23 years old, and approaching the brand new, first ever, niece/nephew event horizon in the middle of September, I've found my thoughts turning more and more to (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry, I couldn't let you do that. Killing is morally wrong! Except when yur personal safety is at risk. Don't kill anyone, Maggie!! (...) I wonder if they actually tried it - and how many times was the cat found dead? And how many posts (...) (23 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree--I'd be especially interested to learn if some sort of inter-office memo had circulated, because the spelling of "Toyota" in such a document would seem a clear implication of the nature of the prize. (...) In addition, I flatly (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But you cannot know whether you've killed it until someone opens the box, which I suppose I've just done. So you didn't kill it, but now maybe I will (not the cat, the thread). (And why a cat rather than a dog?? I suppose a dog might upset the (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) IANAL, so what do I know, but I think you're right. It seems clear a car was implied (especially since they took her to the parking lot to receive it). (...) Sure, I agree here too, but I still think the "McDonald's hot coffee spilled on lap" (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I heard of one where the winner of a contest was promised the keys to a brand new Porshe...and got just that. (...) Who was the fellow? Was he an orderly or some maintenance fellow? james (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, but WWI only tore up the ground in the immediate vicinity of, say, Passchendaele, and that was over four years of intense, repeated bombardment. Beyond the first 30 miles or so of the "front," levels of destruction dropped dramatically. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Metaphysical rumination: If a thread is redirected, but the thread dies before any posts can be "redirected," has the thread actually been redirected? (Is the cat in the box alive or dead? Is that why Schulz picked "Schroeder" and not (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think in that second case, the plaintiff is in the right-- if the implication was that the prize was a car, then using trickery to get the motivational results pursuant to offering a car as a performance incentive is completely dishonest. (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, in some ways that's perhaps true. What were the total casualties in Iraq compared to other wars of comparable scope? While Iraq certainly reminded us of what "precision" means with respect to tossing bombs hundreds of miles, we certainly (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) dont (...) Well believe it or not, when the Wright brothers inveted the plane, they had envisioned it as something that would make war less violent, because they thought that it would allow generals to spy on each other and stuff, and avoid (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Trevor Pruden writes: <snip> (...) 'm not sure that mass copying all of these over without adding any new text was all that useful, I think just suggesting that the thread be moved in one post probably would have (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And more unpredictable. There aren't really "front lines" you can avoid - they'll hit just about anywhere. The horror of war that it is difficult to run from. (...) This isn't entirely accurate. It was used first as intelligence gathering (as (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm sorry--I'm not quite understanding. Are you saying it's true that the buying age is 18 or 21? Dave! (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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