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  Re: what is ALE?
 
(...) Ahem, Joe, but they were mocking your hobby choice, not your title! :-) (...) I've always preferred "lush", but "wine taster" isn't much better. (...) Don't be surprised if they still laugh:-) (...) Joe, terms like "AFOL" are "in-house", part (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: what is ALE?
 
(...) So, you like it better because there was little thought behind it? Next you'll be saying you voted for Bush. :) (...) Some people spell it out, but even that isn't very euphonic -- unlike the other initialisms you mention, AFOL when spelled (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: what is ALE? (was Re: Brickshelf going away???)
 
(...) To purists, I barely qualify as an "AFOL," but even I agree that that term is preferable to "ALE." AFOL has history behind it, and its creation was organic, rather than deliberate, and it therefore has greater aesthetic appeal to me on those (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: A few things...
 
OK. I shall use mime then: Gotcha! Scott A (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: A few things...
 
(...) I always found quoting MP was the ultimate retort, you vacuous, coffee-nosed, maloderous, pervert!!! WMMV JOHN (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: A few things...
 
(...) Translation: "I know you are, but what am I?" -->Bruce<-- No, don't bother to respond, I'm not listening, lalalalalalalalala....... :-) (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: A few things...
 
You’ve certainly raised your level of debate. ;) Scott A (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: A few things...
 
I know you are, but what am I? I'm not listening! Lalalalala.... I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you. ...and, the ultimate retort: Nyahh, nyahh, nyahh. Sorry, I just was trying to raise the level of (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: Repost, for the benefit of those on newsreaders
 
(...) And on that point we wholeheartedly agree. I just see that as a short-sighted hospital policy that has nothing to do with government. (...) Ha, that must have been some sort of Freudian slip:-) I don't really want to slog through the issue of (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 
  Re: Repost, for the benefit of those on newsreaders
 
(...) The basic freedom of being with your spouse in the hospital. Maybe not consitutional, but I would consider this a basic freedom. (...) Thanks for actually admitting it. (...) Very funny. The Right is much better at hounding people for the (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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