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(...) Still got 'em somewhere in the garage. Worthless, alas, while my Albedos went for something like $1000. And yes, my Mom made me throw out my X-Men and Avengers #1s (got 'em on the same day as I recall). -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Come to think of it, it may be more of a Norwegian thing... (...) You betcha. JOHN (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Heh. Nope. But I didn't realize until I left Canada and came back how much we really do say "eh" up here, eh? James (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I just carried on with the thread... :-) (...) Ouch! That hurt! :-P But yes, you have a point. I suppose o-t.d isn't the proper place for them... it's not a topic that "fits in" with the rest. (...) Who told you I don't participate in soccer? (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I motion we create the office of "The Pudd'nHead Dave!" -- it's much more vulgar that way. Don't forget the use of the definite article in the formal title. -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Here in Minnesnoowda, we use an inflection of the voice at the end of a statement such as "That's how language grows" which in essence implies "Are you with me?" I never noticed how predominant it was until I moved away to Arizona for 7 years (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Just for the record, that's more of an honorary appellation than a formal title of office. Dave! (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Go for it! My ignorance of French grammar/spelling borders on the absolute. I was just trying to recall what I remember reading in Alpha Flight comic books 20 years ago.... Dave! (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Ohh, that was "you guys" not you specifically. Didnt mean to aim that at one person. :) Also wanted to mention as i am sure it will come up.. I am not worried about the defensability of my faith. I have no 'need' to defend it. Christ can defend (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> When did this become off-topic.sports? :-) Maybe these footie scores (or whatever they are) belong in off-topic.fun, if anywhere? Call me grumpy (the tiggers are 1 and 18 or something ridiculous, and the Wings got eliminated in 4 (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well. I am not looking for a big heavy discussion. If the participants arent going to be friendly then I am not intersted and that is the general vibe that I hear about it. I am also not interested in deep theological discusions. I didnt come here (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) "Aggregate" result from the two rounds. At least I think that's the word... but feel free to correct me on this. (...) Indeed they were; ManUtd vs. Real Madrid was one of the most disputed matches I've seen in recent years - it's as good as it (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, the french expression is "n'est-ce pas?". Sorry, I didn't want to become a grammar cop... :-/ Pedro (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It may be a brazilian contraction of "não é?", "né?" (without the accent, which is not standard in many brazilian keyboards). It translates to "isn't it?" in English. But really, I'm guessing here... HTH (somehow!), Pedro (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> (...) Well, us Canadians have been doing that for years, eh [1] Dave K 1- pronounced 'ay'--hearkens back into Canadian obscurity, but most pronounced during the McKenzie Era, in which two Canadian Heros--Bob and Doug popularized the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Probably. Appending "ne" or "neh" as I've always seen it spelled is from the Japanese. I know I picked it up from James Clavell in years gone by, but Anime/Manga has certainly re-inforced it. That's how language grows, neh? (That's how (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I can see that other's did feel that way, though I suppose that if it was their store, they have the right to do that unless management says otherwise. Just don't give them your business if you feel that way. -Stefan- (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thanks. (...) Then it's not AS bad. I'm a junior in high school, I know how the language is. And I'm not being rude here, but i dont think sup is an (...) And I wasn't aware people in Virgina use "'sup." Interesting. (...) I remember that (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) FOCROFLMAO (Falling Off Chair if that part is too obscure - and here I claim not to speak Initial). The rest were pretty good (guilty on a variety of accounts). -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Dang...I can't! Gosh, that was a painless debate. :-) -->Bruce<-- It's that circumvention of all laws that gets me: no, they aren't combatants, so they don't fall under the Geneva conventions, and yet they are held under military law so they (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The reason (if I understand correctly) for having the entire "off-topic" group was for 'safety valve' issues. Otherwise, debates like this that *naturally* creep up inside of on-topic posts would have nowhere to go. You might argue that they (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Basically Pedro, your opinion is my opinion in most ways. Now i dont have to type it! yay. Hasta la Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well thanks for the definition Richie! I guess I see why some people get angry now... Anyways, thanks for the response, it sums up debate for me! I stick to my points also, so I can see how that is. I know how much people hate being proved wrong, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) He probly had furgot to use his hooked on phonix, i do that too sumtimes : ) Hasta la Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, but she's got nothing on me in the pudding-eating category. Dave! (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yea, the only reason I dont say that anymore is cause i did when i first came here and got people upset, so, i just say 'sup'. (...) Hasta la Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Cool, thats fine. You're right about lego people being intelligent, and that they are. (...) Well, im 14. And I'm not being rude here, but i dont think sup is an embarassing word. Um, it doesn't make me any less intelligent, I get A's and B's (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey, tis sports my friend. (...) agg? Havn't heard that for awhile. Anyways, they all look to be close matches. (...) I'm guessing they come on ESPN early in the morning? I might wake up that early, doubt it though. (...) Hasta la Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ottawas a good one. They played well even when they weren't being payed at all. Now thats cool. (...) Dallas Stars to be exact. Yea, that would be cool, but id love to see the Ducks vs. Wild. (...) Yep. (...) Hasta la Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) YEA! (...) Good question. This surprised me just as much as the ducks...THE DUCKS, beating the red wings. Im tellin ya, its the year of the underdog. (...) I wish the capitals were still in it, a home team to go for. But no, they had to blow a (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yea. Well, I dunno how the Leafs could make it 7 games and then choke it 6-1. I mean, its odd. I'm cool tho, the Wild won (Imagine if it was the Wild vs. Ducks in the Finals) It's like a year of the underdogs or something. It's almost as if (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ...they'll be 18 soon enough. On a related note: As I understand it, the USA is one of only a handful of countries to execute juvenile offenders in the last decade. The others are: Congo, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia Nigeria and Yemen. And (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Dave, you must have heard of The Knights Who Say 'Ne'? Or was it 'Ni'? ;) Scott A (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Children held at Guantanamo Bay" (URL) younger than 16 are being held as "enemy combatants" in the American detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, the US military admitted yesterday, a practice human rights groups condemned as repugnant and illegal. (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Gosh, all you people should read James Clavell's Shogun. You'll get "ne"'d to death. -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) .debate doesn't suffer fools gladly, no. If you just waltz in there and tell people you have some Good News for them, you're not likely to get a warm reception. (...) and some silliness, and you have the common sense to tell which is which, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Must be from Anime or Manga then. Thanks for that, Mags... whew, that's all settled. (I'm gonna go with her explanation, Dave! Sorry about that, but she's smarter than you, Dave!... you're allegedly not as smart as Tim Robbins, at least (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually the Japanese connection makes more sense because if you make a statement and then append the "ne" it does mean "don't you agree?" or "isn't it?" But I wouldn't have associated it with the Lar "ne" because I always read that with an (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Urp! Maybe. Try not to let "brother"(1) Ashcroft know about that, OK? I'm on enough lists as it is. 1 - you used capitalization as if to imply he were a monk, I suppose. I use quotes as if to imply I'm not convinced he's the same species as (...) (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Doh! How about the simple "ne c'est pas?" in the now-forbidden language? Dave! (22 years ago, 24-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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