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(...) In Italy *some* cars are allowed to drive up to 150 km/h. And in a country of the Iberian Peninsula which shall remain nameless one can illegally drive 1.6 liter engines to the limit, at 200km/h, without much fear of being arrested... :-) (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Bruce Schlickbernd" <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message news:H9LEJC.7q@lugnet.com... <snip> Middle East oil goes to Europe, where they drive their 5 liter V12 engines (...) I (...) No, the point is we don't have 5 liter V12 engines. Normal (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Taiwan, but the again more than half of China is uninhabitable. And Switzerland became rich charging toll rights to those who wanted to cross the Alps. Williams' arguments have less strenght under these facts, wouldn't you say? Pedro (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Here is an article that really makes one think. (URL) of posting the article refers to the January 22 article. -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not to mention it would be a nightmare in terms of crypting; everyone already speaks English anyway :-D (...) Actually, I'm learning German. It's not even half as hard as I had thought! (ok, so it takes *time* to learn... ;-) (...) Nope. If (...) (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Esperanto: that will simply annoy everyone. French: the french ears will be offended by the corruption of their language! English: it would drive everyone nuts trying to figure out whether they should say Lew-ten-ant or Left-ten-ant, Kernal or (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I think trusting the Bush Blair duo is equally naive--"Oh we have photos of the Iraqis moving stuff the day before the inspection teams arrive!" I've been reading CNN during the slow times at work today and it's the same old stuff--it's (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What's a wintel? Windows? Airhead and Blairhead ™. Thar we go! Not that I can actually read it.... -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Don't you think this message should be in reply to Scott, or perhaps Duq, or Larry? Or was my message just a convenient jumping off point? (...) Looking down below at completely unrelated material below...ummmm, yeah. (...) The Soviet Union (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Don't worry, Dave, it's not hijacked. It's just been temporarily diverted but is back on track now. (...) He's been caught out, we can move on. Everyone just needs to ignore all the responses you know we're going to get, trying to prove black (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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