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Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> I'm not sure what's your point here? Are you saying that the gov should have let microsoft be, even though the court decided it was breaking the law, just because a lot of people own it's stock? (...) Since when do we (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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It seemed to me a pretty clear-cut case of monopolistic practices. Investors big and small should have seen this coming miles away. Microsoft even got a previous wake up call, dodged the bullet on penalties, and proceeded to behave as arrogantly as (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Right. But people who sold early, like me, did better than those who had a reasonable expectation of a reasonable government. I know better, of course. The poor shlubs who waited really did see a decrease in their wealth after they sold their (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) An increase in a share price is not "real wealth". Nor is a decrease. Neither is "real" until you sell the shares. (...) Emotional button-push alert! Who knows where Microsoft stock - and its competitors stock - will go in the future. In the (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think that the best chocolate in the world is those guylian sea shells. (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OMG, I can't believe I forgot that. This three-day weekend is WAY too easy to get used to! Sunday is, in Israel, a dreaded term, like Monday is here... (but I manage to keep them mentally seperated by thinking of Sunday in the US in English, (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Sorry about posting an 'on-topic' tidbit in an off topic group. But i found this one funny. I do need to send a nastygram to HQ, they aren't properly protecting trademarks of others. :-( :-( ... But they may have been laughing at the alderman so (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) range ! (...) Hmmm, maybe I just found Hersheys blander.... (...) Correcto, just choc-coated honeycomb. (...) Who looks at corporate sites ? Ick ! :^$ pete.w (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Lindt is great, but more expensive(in Aust. anyway) ....not to mention Guylian seashells (where are they from) pete.w (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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may be killing the goose that laid the golden egg. "When bank robbers steal your money, at least they have the honesty to admit they're just thieves," "When the Justice Department destroys $200 billion in wealth, it has the gall to claim that it is (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Maybe it's just a giant mistake? (...) Cadburys is higher in sugar? I always find NA chocolate too sweet - weird! Anyway - what is the difference between a 'Violet Crumble' and a Cadburys 'Crunchie'? As far as I can tell they look the same ;-) (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You can't eat too much of that, you're right. (...) Ritter Sport is good, best chocolate brand though must be Lindt, which is Swiss in origin. Ever had the dark chocolate with 70% cocoa content? Excellent!! Good night, T.F. (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Susan, maybe we should swap ;^) (...) Any town/city with a university or population over 500,000 acquires diversity with the in and outgo of population. (...) Must be Cadbury's higher sugar content. Before travelling to the US, I wondered what (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Heh. The Lone Star franchise seems to exist everywhere *except* the Lone Star State (Texas, USA). So yes, your having Lone Star restaurants in Sydney is exactly analogous to our having Outback Steakhouses in Houston. Ugh. (...) And every one (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ack, I just had to get used to hearing colleagues from Israel talk about having to teach classes on Sunday. ;) (...) You know, I had to do the same thing when I moved to New Jersey (insert "NJ" for "IDF"). However, I think the pay in the IDF (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And I have toxic waste! (New Jersey.) Ignore those trees, clear blue lakes, and deer! It's a toxic dump, I tell ya! (...) Agreed. But after a summer in Birmingham (UK), I'm sick of Cadbury's too. German chocolate is hard to beat, IMHO--Dutch (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What they said. I wasn't saying that Bruce wasn't saying what I said. (Did that make sense? Probably not, but it's bedtime for me.) This is one of the debates around imperialism of any kind--the host culture is affected, and in ways specific (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The dominant economic power of the time will be subject to 'osmosis',the flow is always both ways. People of surrounding/less economically strong countries will always attempt to migrate to the stronger culture, while the goods flow out. The (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Disneyfication (...) idea (...) entirely (...) Indeed each 'culture' has an obsession with 'home-grown=100% pure' (...) own (...) Some call it Coca cola colonisation. (...) been (...) Australian (...) there (...) One of the guys at work (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ugh, does that sound familiar... I get asked if everyone in Israel speaks Yiddish (heck no!), if I ride a camel to school (!), and "are you SURE it's not all a big desert?!" Not to mention that I have to defend the IDF* :-) ...First of all I (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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