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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 21:45:18 GMT, Scott Edward Sanburn uttered the following profundities... (...) UK public perception is very much anti-death penalty, due to mistakes, where the wrong person was hanged, and one particular instance when the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 01:32:55 GMT, Jesse Long uttered the following profundities... (...) An American using the word "black." I thought that label was banned? The US is not alone in having race problems. The Metropolitan Police (London police) have (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 01:18:12 GMT, Adam Howard uttered the following profundities... (...) <snip> "Yank" is the common, global reference to Americans. You should here the Strine rhyming slang for Americans, "Septic Tank." :o) (...) <snipped quote of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Apparently the tone of the note was misleading. You say that "killing Nips" is offensive. Do you mean that doing so is offensive, or that using that phrase is? I agree that doing so is in modern context. The phrase on the other hand is an (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<FH531u.BBy@lugnet.com> <37C88E50.5B325C68@eclipse.net> <FH7C2I.GF3@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Well, I and certain other reasonable people seem to agree. Let's just go with that. :-) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) heheehe... "music's just gone straight to hell since Buddy Holly died!" (name that movie!) J (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I hope that Ensio is not implying that we Midwesterners are 100 years behind CA et al and the East Coast! I know Buddy Holly is just catching here, but hey, *that's* a little extreme! -John "backwater" Neal (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Cor! Is that what the US press is saying about us? Where's this civil war that's being run by hackers then? Can I join in? :) Simon (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) and (...) Oooops! I guess I asked for that one. <grin> Well I can offer a small view of the sea from my upstairs window. And a few minutes walk away there's a view right across Morecambe Bay to the mountains in the Lake District, 30 miles (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK. I'm impressed. By a 'few' I meant that the requirement was introduced sometime during the 1990s - but I'm not sure when. Does sound like you are way ahead of Europe in that respect. Don't think most of us had even heard of catalytic (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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