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(...) heh, I feel I need to jump in here too - Since I was in a very very similar situation. I'm from israel, originally, and lived in boston for a couple of years when I was 4 (got the bilingual thing you mentioned later) and again when I was a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<snip> (...) Couldn't help but toss in a couple of pennies; this conversation often comes up with friends of mine who have travelled internationally. The USA tends to have a "colder", more "closed" culture than many other countries of the world. I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) :-) (glad I have cable connection to the net) I'm trying to keep busy as well. Now you know the real reason I'm hogging .castle ;) (...) Right. This isn't my first time living in the US, and the previous one (ages 3- 6) literally made me a (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ahh. I wondered if it was something like this. I do know what you mean - I spent a semester in London while I was in college, with none of my close friends there. I only got through by keeping very busy, and spending way too much money at the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nothing is BAD about the US specifically - I'm just not getting along here. Kids aren't very friendly in my school, I don't like the cold weather, I miss my house, family and friends. Basically, it's been eight months since I've moved here, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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My thought was that it was to be 10.25 or 12.50... (...) for (...) (25 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In Oregon you have to declare your political party when you register... Greenback is still a recognized party, even if it puts "Independant" on my Oregon Voter's card. -The Cheese (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) the (...) Found this: mugwump from Algonquin 'chief' In US political history, a colloquial name for the reform Republicans who voted in the 1884 presidential election for Grover Cleveland, the Democratic candidate, rather than for the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) and (...) Idunno if they actually went by that name or if that was what everyone called them. It refers to fence-sitting on issues: their "mug" was on one side of the fence, and their "wump" on the other. In any case, I was a registered (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In Texas, the system is very simple. There is no "register under a party." You just register to vote, period. The registration is good for two years and automatically renews. You can register by mail, by picking up and filling a simple form (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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