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(...) Easy, railways properly are private. Try to keep up, eh? The only proper functions of government are the courts, the police, and national defense. Old ground. (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's not over yet, the best part starts early sunday AM!!! Clearance Sales! Although I predict the pickings will be bad this year, this was one of the best seasons for retailers ever in the US, and they're getting better at stock management. (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Underlying assumption of the article given are taken over by me, overstated ridiculousness ignored. (...) How do you expect the economy to cope with an unlimited influx of immigrants? (...) Anyone who doesn't want airplanes to be certified safe and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hiya Larry ;) (...) Absolutely. What does that have to do with railways? Or highways, for that matter? I'll do my best to poke logical holes in what you write, so be careful ;) Jasper (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Valentine's day isn't commercialised here yet, anyway. Besides, I've just learnt how to make my own chocolates. Man, do they taste _good_. Jasper (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Much better, thanks. I've been wanting to bring that up but cou;dn't find the right moment. Now for pointless pedantry.. Do you think you could include a proper sig delimiter? It consist of "\n-- \n", or in other words, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ITYM South Park. Jasper (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sold for scrap metal would suggest to me a few options: these things were so outdated they figured it's OK since every secret service in the world would have stolen at least one once (apparently not the case, as you learned stuff :) ), or the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's what I figured, but hey, what's life without a little smart-arse remark now and then. (...) It happens. You know what (don't tell anybody else I said this, mind!): It's happened to me too. More than once. Imagine that... Jasper (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So how do you feel about that plan to take all the decommisioned used-to-be-nukes missiles and loading them up with lots of fake meteorites for the millennium next year? (...) The problem is getting it there before the Patriots shoot it down (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry, that should have been Febuary. Bad fingers, bad. -- Erin (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Erin Windross wrote in message ... (...) on (...) know (...) Don't they have Valentine's Day where you live? -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Hooray! Hooray! Its Y2K! A new decade starts next year. (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Is anyone here happy Christmas is over? I for one am. No more crowded malls (well except for boxing day), no more circling for ages until you find a parking spot, no tearing the hair out of another persons scalp to get to the last furby, no more (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Really? My information was incorrect, then. I must admit "The modern terrorist's guide to building the atom bomb" isn't all that likely to be completely accurate, of course ;) (somehing like that. It's on the net somewhere, anyway, though I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Okay, sorry. I see that you are talking something like my language. And I wasn't using the bible to justify anything, merely pointing out the many faiths have this idea in there somewhere (relating it back to another offshoot of this thread). (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No bet. I keep thinking (at 2 am or so) that none==no OR negative. I should have just said negative too. (...) I was insufficiently precise and what you said is what I meant to say, basically. (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Whoa, whoa... (...) This, above, has almost NOTHING to do with interest. It so happens that I agree with some (most? almost all?) of your points(1). I'd prefer that my money be issued by a private bank, and backed by something tangible, instead of (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nope. Between 1.5Kt and 20-40Kt for a straight Fission weapon. Dirtyness has very little to do with the weapon itself. If the bomb is a airburst, then it will be relatively clean, if it is a ground burst, it will be dirty (it takes the crap (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) load (...) a (...) Oops :) Mind you, I have no doubt that they were -scrap- metal, and probably useless as rockets (except for Guy Fawks Night/4th July type rockets :) ds on who's "they". The US has had suborbital missiles capable of (...) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's Ok then,..:-) (...) Yeah. again when I was a rocket scientist, once we took delivery of trucks load of abondoned missiles and missle parts from the former USSR which were having a strange story. a Turkish trader who were buying and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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