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(...) wouldn't (...) I'd like to hear more about the idea of true costs. What would be included in the true costs of automobile ownership? The cost of maintaining roads? The cost of pollution? -- Jeff <jthompson@esker.com> "Float on a river, forever (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, you're right. However I will say that I wish we hadn't gotten our Durango, it's a gashog, and I'd rather have spent the extra gas money on something else. Getting Josette to drive the Stratus (which get 35 mpg driven correctly) is a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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Kevin, (...) purchases, (...) theirs. (...) make (...) your (...) Funny how with one sentence you say you should not worry about what other people think about purchases, and then in the next sentence, you are worried about other people's purchases. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) The reason for different mosters in different version is pretty simple- you're supposed to buy one and trade (via the Link Cable) with other players. Pokemon was Nintendo's answer to the Tamagotchi trend. The advantage that Pokemon had was (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Whew! (...) The cartoon basically simulates cockfighting, which is an image that I would prefer not to idealize for the kids. Chris (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Heh Atop my monitor: Gengar, Sandslash, and Lickitongue (who I joke looks as if he wants to grace the cover of the next Rolling Stones album). I'm hoping to win a bid on a Marril ("Pikablu") figure on Ebay at some point. :^) My gripe about the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think if there is any merit to suits, it's by non smokers rather than smokers. Our national health costs more because smokers are passing their increased costs on to us, which isn't fair to us, of course. (However, one could argue that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Make that 7, (either that or my son and the rest of his classmates are, on average, brighter than average, which is entirely possible, given where we live.) because that's when Nik started hugely enjoying the GB game. The card game is playable (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Indeed. John Brown would have brought down slavery at a much lower cost in human life, I think, had he been allowed to do so (and had he made some wiser choices about how to go about procuring arms). With the benefit of not having trampled (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think "faceless" has anything to do with it. These are just people who want to unload the responsibility for their actions in exchange for money. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi all, The big headline at cnn.com is about the Florida lawsuit against big tobacco. Can anyone justify this? I am among the folks who think that since everyone knows smoking is dangerous, so how can the producers be held accountable for the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I discovered that I actually like Pokemon. Anyone hear an echo? :-, (...) It started from that, yes. Barbara and I have also recently started buying into some of the cooler miniatures; I currently have Cubone sitting Shiva on my computer (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) For what it's worth, you also don't have to be a Southerner to support the Confederacy. I, for instance, support the right of states to secede from the union. And believe that Lincoln's government violated the spirit and the letter of the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Some people unkindly say I'm not that bright, but... I'm sort of missing why this is in ***off-topic***.debate??? ++Lar Assistant Chief exorcizer (after Frank) of incorrectly set followups and general Lugnet nuisance extraordinare... (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) He he! Good one! (...) Why? All quotes or just silly ones? :-) (I trimmed everything except debate from the followups, which I recommend to everyone involved in this to emulate) A good thought provoking quote is a good thing. It's when they (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Yeah, seems like a fairly simple case of a personal dislike, motivated by I don't know what, but not really important to me. I use the web interface now as well, but if I ever switch back to a news reader I'll have my sig pre-defined for every (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) though. (...) I am assuming that by 'low-sloped canopy' you mean the canopy that can be found on the X-Wing? The biggest problem with that is: A) The friction-attachment pieces on the back of the X-Wing's canopy B) The little midget-bumps that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hunh? (...) Oh, you just mean that you like the game boy game, right? Have you seen the show? Is the game just the same? For what age group do you think that Pokemon is appropriate? Chris (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As an example, section five of the Discussion Group Terms and Conditions states that you won't post defamatory or profane (among other things) messages. If you look at the snippets from your note above, you may find three breaches of this (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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Maybe use the star wars low-sloped canopy for the front half, and the Slave I steep-sloped canopy piece for the back half? It might be a little blocky, though. Hmmm -s (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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