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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tony Alexander writes: <snip> (...) I like it, well written. I had a very similar incident with a subscription to a magazine "gone bad" in which I wrote a very polite yet "take yer subscription, you misrepresented bonus (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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***long post warning*** Submitted for your amusement: I got a non-Lego ad in the mail, and responded to it, asking the company to "Bill Me Later". Today I got what I considered a snotty letter, my first contact after asking this company to "Bill Me (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It seems I have forgotten the Scottish beer nomenclature... (...) Tee-hee. (...) This rings a bell... I certainly remember the Deuchars IPA. That was one of our favourites, and the number one item to bring home. (Due to tax regulations, (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Fredrik, That's fighting talk! North of the border, we don't really drink the "bitter" the southern softies drink [although I did have a pint of Tetley’s last night]. The equivalents are things like 70/- [pronounced 70 Shilling and aka (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hm, I can't recall seeing that one when I visited Edinburgh. But then again, I was more interested in the bitters and lagers during those visits! I did have a chance to taste some variants during a sort of "open day" in the Caledonian brewery. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In the UK we have "Virgin Cola", but it is more of a money making venture than any sort of statement. Scotland is one of a few places where "Coke" is not the No. 1 selling soft drink. The Scottish No 1 is a bright orange drink called "Irn (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As alcohol is pretty much forbidden in Islam, I don't expect that product to be a hit... Fredrik (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) symbol combo, I think it strange that no similar product has been launched earlier. It interesting, although I don't expect to see it in my region. Fredrik (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Because those AFOLs don't want to. In .space, people imagine militaristic futures and build warships; the violence of Star Wars (destruction of Alderaan, anyone?) and WWI (WWI is "a long way away from the horrors of modern warfare?" I never (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What about an Osama Bin Lager ? (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ok. You said it was a matter of perspective, not definition, thereby making it your opinion. Hence, you rank the term "troll" as a qualitative value rather than a definitive one. And because of your repeated dislike of Larry, I think you held (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I though this story was very interesting: Mecca Cola challenges US rival (URL) is all about combating "America's imperialism and Zionism by providing a substitute for American goods and increasing the blockade of countries boycotting American goods" (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You are entitled to that view. Do you care to justify it? (...) could (...) expect (...) me (...) the (...) at (...) .now you are being obtuse ;) (...) or (...) paper (...) not (...) Why are you trying so hard not to answer such a simple (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Alrigh I know this is a really late response, and there may be little interest, but I wanted to reply anyway. First off sexist is a label that has been ascribed to me in the past, and I don't completely disagree, but I don't think that this post (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I share that opinion... especially as I read it without knowing there was an acknowledgments section at the back of the book. His arguments would have been more convincing if he’d put his references in the text. (...) It only got limited (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm a big fan of Moore! I note with great amusement that "Stupid White Men" was already a bestseller on your island before it was even release there--thanks, Amazon! It's a chilling read, but I'm afraid it suffers from Moore's habit of sparse (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Perhaps the problem is that the news networks’ balance sheet has some protection from the "cyclical" economy due to the war on terror? ;) I've just completed reading MM's now dated "Studpid White Men". If half of what he has to say about (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You are getting upset over a misnomer. Correctly speaking (which is to say, politically incorrectly) you should be using the term The Conservative Media. (...) The Conservative Media. Just repeat it like a mantra. (...) You realize that means (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I haven't griped about Bush in this forum for close to several weeks. So here goes: (URL) sense Copresident Rove's hand in this somehow. Aside from the ever-astonishing willingness of the press to swallow whole any spin coming out of the uber-secret (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thank You Jesse... I didn't really know how to phrase a response to the previous message, so I bit my toungue; you words were spoken as if from mine own toungue. Thank You -John Rudy A Firm Believer that the Racist Door can swing both ways. (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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