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(...) Yeah! Just this weekend cops in my town broke up three preschool cockfighting rings, so your concerns are well justified. In addition, some local kids induced a coyote to chase a road runner off a cliff, while a rabbit was seen to thump a puma (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Cockfighting causes more pain than StarWars. But I think that comparing Pokemon to SW is a somewhat more valid and interesting situation. I guess that I think Cockfighting is really absurdly bad for two reasons. One is because it promotes the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Good question. I don't have a definitive answer but I do have some further thought starters... In Star Wars, is there a good side and a bad side? Is the simulated violence there as part of the story line? Or is the violence there merely to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why not? I mean, what makes cockfighting more violent than, say, Star Wars? note: I feel that cockfighting is bad, but I just haven't seen a good enough explanation to justify that feeling to myself... As for justifying Pokemon, it's a game. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I bet. (...) I bet an accident on the NJT that killed 500 people would make international news! Chris (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Maybe the worst "aircraft disaster", since the biggest I know had a 500+ death total (crashing 747s on the ground). (...) Why? I can't see anything that decreases the safety when compared the dying with 100 other people and dying with 600 (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's the point I think. Selçuk (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Actually, that isn't the best way to do it. Why should I pay for your roads with my lawnmower gas? Ultimately, the best way to apportion the costs for roads might be a toll system using some kind of ID thing on the car (and such a system can (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think Airbus will decide against it. They really want to go through with this, the only possible problem they face is rejection from thier biggest (I think) shareholder, DaimlerChrysler, which owns about 30% of Airbus. Apparently, they (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) So, (...) He's a corporate flack? :-) Seriously, bigger planes do mean some changes required at the gates to load/unload but also, since the number of slots is fixed unless you build more runways and since runways cost a lot more to build than (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Might not be important, but it might be interesting. After all, part of having a community is meeting people, right? (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) That's ridiculous. It's not like that at all. It's like meeting someone you don't know at a lego convention, and they give you their card. I've done that. It's got my name and e-mail address on it, it's small, it's convenient, it's an accepted (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Marc, I don't understand. Should people be ashamed of where they work or what they do? (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Cool! (...) I snipped this a bit, but I think this pseudo-quote is true to the intent. So, he's saying they're stupid and that they'll be buying some in the same breath, right? What's wrong with this picture? (...) Cool, so they can buy these (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Greg and Shiri write: (...) But predicting how it affects them is tough. I rebelled against it and basically went out of my way to do whatever peerpressure told me not to do. It was kind of a viscious circle and caused an (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I came to much the same conclusion. Normally I avoid driving in New York, but, my SO brought a little subcompact, and there we were, outgunned on the mean streets. So we got a Jeep Cherokee. It's the smallest SUV that is still able to carry 4 tall (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What? What kind of logic is that? Suppose someone sets off a bomb in a large office tower. Do you feel safe going to work? Boeing has plans to build a double-decker as well, should Airbus decide to go through with theirs. If enough airline (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, these prices should all be rolled into the price of fuel. But, wouldn't people freak out if gas went up to $3 per gallon and the prices of all non-local goods (like 70% of groceries) rose in price by 30%? I'm really sick of people (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(exert taken from CNN article) "(CNN) -- The challenge for the travel industry in the next century is to accommodate an anticipated boom in tourism and commuting -- and to do so in style. Specialists say to expect bigger planes, larger ships, faster (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) sloped (...) Note if you will the metal bars in an oval in the front of the canopy. That would be best represented by the X-Wing canopy. ~Drew "Luke" Lawrence (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) That is because they chop out anything to do with Japanese culture and anything that isn't G-rated. The end result is an absolutly awful show. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, I should add that Mercedes-Benz does sell a mini-van in Europe, the V-Class. It has not been a big hit. It uses some Sprinter and Volkswagen EuroVan/Caravelle mechanicals. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The (...) Canadian (...) is (...) in (...) Mercedes- (...) I am sorry I didn't make it clear. I meant full-size van market, not mini-van market. The Ram Van and Ram Wagon are ending production, and it is no hearsay. It's official. I very well (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Mark, will you STOP with these unattributed rumors/hearsay? While there is talk of bringing the Sprinter to the US according to the trade rags, it's for an entirely different market than the Caravan/Town and Country. The Sprinter is a panel (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Actually, I think you have it backwards. The front of the Hog's canopy is sloped steeply from the nose to the top, and the back of the canopy slopes gently from the top of the canopy to the fuselage. Chris (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) The name is not changing for 2001. They are introducing a new variant called Avalanche, which has a pick-up truck bed and "tougher" styling, but the Suburban name is staying. GMC has renamed the Suburban the Yukon XL (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) might (...) Since when? The 2000 Chevrolet Suburban is all-new and redesigned (and more fuel efficient). The GMC Suburban is now called the GMC Yukon XL. (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, it is called Yukon XL, for eXtra Large. Yukon is a name that has been used on the short wheelbase Suburban (Tahoe over at Chevy) since 1993. This fall, they will also introduce to new monsters, Denali and Denali XL. (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<snip> (...) <snip> I know a guy at work named Norm. ~Mark (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sure they do... it's just called "Yukon" now because the marketing folks at GM decided "suburban" sounded too "soccer mom-ish" ~M (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, I don't think so. I just find terms like that to be signs of lazy thinking. A cute label gets put on a group by a clever radio commentator or columnist, and I can get some pleasure from that, but then the term get picked up and parroted (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, well, if someone's snickering about your lego collection in class, and everyone joins in, and you shut up and never mention that again - isn't that what I was talking about originally?... Leaving lego, or at least having "dim ages", (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) True, true, that is true, but though this and the supposed peer pressure are very similar, I would not quite call this peer pressure. This is just people being mean and someone adapting so they don't have to put up with it. (...) See above. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) whutza subconscious? i can't seem to find mine anywhere .. :) and if it co-ordinates everything, why do i have a conscious? doesn't it defeat the purpose if you keep in mind that your subconscious is in control? if you keep it in mind, it'd (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well, that's an interesting standpoint. I don't think peer pressure is *only* what causes people to smoke, drink, etc, hell no. I don't think you can deny that when a class full of students snickers at someone's looks, behavior or something else, it (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) X- (...) Not at current. The system is only on the Land Rover Discovery II. It will soon be offered on the X-Series and Land Rover Range Rover and Land Rover Freelander V6. DaimlerChrysler uses a system called ESP, which helps keep the M-Class (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) in (...) Something sounds odd here, unless the situation is actually that the small child may just be grazed by the truck since it is higher off the ground. (...) <snip> (...) Is that system in any of the SUVs owned by the average person? I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh, this always makes me laugh! I have very quickly learned that peer pressure does not exist. "Peer pressure" is the excuse used by people who are looking for an easy way out of something. I'll use a stereotypical example: "If you don't do (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't have any fatality rates, but I do know that if a small child is hit by a truck, his chances of survival versus being hit by a car are almost three times greater. I completely forgot the reason, it has to be with the truck taking the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) might (...) Kevin, Why do you say they don't make Suburbans any more? I know they are changing the name for the 2001 models, but they still make them. (URL) if it wasn't for my commute and the fact that they cost in the high 30's I would by (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) true (...) Those and more. Cost of building the roads. True insurance costs (one thing which seems a bit wrong to me is that when the other guy is at fault, insurance covers the cost of the damage, but doesn't do anything to cover the cost of (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) big, (...) One thing I would be curious about is if there is a higher rate of fatality in humongous SUV vs humongous SUV than between say two mid-size cars (I wouldn't be surprised if two sub-compacts in a collision causes more fatalities due (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That is not true. The idea that SUV's (btw, I don't consider Suburbans to be SUV's because they were around and well designed before yuppies destroyed^H^H^H discovered the class) are safe is purely the result of marketing them that way. Just (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well Jeff that's an interesting way to look at things you don't agree with in life. If you see or read a word you don't like, heck just ignore the rest of the subject matter no matter if it is fact or fiction. It's attitudes like yours that (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Sproaticus skrev i meddelandet <396F38A3.88FCD4B5@io.com>... (...) The card game is quite playable. It depends a lot on chance, but careful, strategic thinking gives you a much better chance of winning. A game does not take very long (compare that (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I find the idea that people are buying them, in part, because they are safer in collisions due to their mammoth size, to be a *little* disturbing. It's like an arms race, safety via momentum. Of course the more massive, better-armored (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I see nothing wrong SUVs. People are just complaining because they are so big, and they use poor gas mileage as a "side excuse" when the fact is the average gas mileage of an SUV is going up and the biggest gas-guzzlers in the country are all (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) you're (...) Start with Mewtwo. ;-) You're pretty much limited to your starters. In Red & Blue, you can choose from Charmander (fire), Bulbasaur (grass), or Squirtle (water); your in-game rival picks after you, and gets the one that beats your (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) So which version is the best to begin with? (Or for someone who doesn't know many other Pokemon Gameboy players, so the trading aspect might not be that important?) Jeremy, do you have any suggestions? (...) with (...) I've seen screenshots, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Absolutely right! ...It should be "Clintonisto". A "Clintonista" is usually just someone who has... You know... While wearing a raspberry beret... The kind that you find at a second-hand store... Actually, I have never before heard the term, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James J. Trobaugh writes: The Clintonistas said the price spikes in the Midwest couldn't be I don't know why, but when I read a term like "Clintonista" it makes me want to tune out the rest of the dialog. It's like the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Patrick and all, Folks, one more time, this is not related to LEGO anymore, it is typical environmentalist grumblings about SUV's. PLEASE DROP postings to lugnet.general. Todd, can you help here? All messages with this heading will be dropped from (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Scott, (...) I agree people who purchase such vehicles though, well within their rights, are selfish and ignorant. Not the normal kind of ignorance, but a willful ignorance of the true cost of such vehicles. The US does not fight wars in the mideast (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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Not disagreeing with you, just giving a different if not rambling point of view... Barbara and I drive a Chevy 3/4-ton, extended cab, short bed pickup; and a Ford Escort -- with the commuting emphasis leaning towards the pickup. Our commute time to (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Travis, Many of us would agree with you. Driving in Los Angeles is complicated enough without adding cumbersome, useless SUVs onto our freeways and city streets. You can't see through them, or around them, and they tend to cut off anything (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Scott E. Sanburn wrote in message <000f01bfedc4$bc6260...d0@SES>... (...) WHO'S TO BLAME FOR HIGH GAS PRICES? The Environmental Protection Agency, that's who. We learn this from a June 5th memo written for Energy Secretary Bill Richardson (you (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Travis, (...) worried (...) (like (...) the (...) you (...) That's great. (...) don't get (...) There are always other jobs. It is a thriving economy, after all. (...) I blame the government, sir. No hee hee's needed. Scott S. -- (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Folks, This is drifting off into a SUV debate, and not a lugnet general discussion. Please drop general if you have no LEGO issues to discuss. FUT off.topic.debate please Scott S. -- Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) an (...) Pokemon, (...) You need the cart, but not the GB. And if you want to trade with anyone else who has the GB version, then you'll need an additional cart interface thingy, which (I believe) is another $30. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) He did state using a SUV as a "commuter" was stupid. I'd tend to agree. Of course I drive an hour to work, so 15 MPG won't work for me 'cause I don't get paid that much. Also I want to blame those types of vehicles for why our gas prices have (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) One of the things that has kept me from buying Pokemon Stadium is that it seems heavily geared towards people who own a Game Boy and the Pokemon game for GB- the "rental" Pokemon in Stadium are always described as "inferior" to Pokemon you (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) with (...) Well...The 64 game is just the fighting aspects, with none of the (admittedly limited) RPG elements from the Game Boy version. It does let you use your GB pokemon in the 64 environment, which is cool, and offers a better GUI for (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ;-) (...) as (...) Because they're totally inocuous, whle quotes are something that someone went out of their way to add. (...) Actually, I find really thought provoking quotes quite nice. But I can seriously do without Monty Python quotes. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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| | Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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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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(...) That would work, and it has been done, but not for an A-10 Warthog. The model it was done on is Thad Jantzi's F-16 Fighting Falcon. (It would also work on most other aircraft in the USAF inventory - The F-15, the F-14, the F-5's front piece..) (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) Or you could take two of those canopies and put one facing forward and another backwards creating a bubble canopie. --kyle (URL)In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Marc Cook writes: (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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(...) 1. As long as a signature is short (four lines or under is best), it doesn't really matter what the content is, as long as it's not offensive in a way that violates the charter of the newsgroup you are posting to. 2. It may not be important (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Another example of why this cc'ing of people is such an obnoxious habit. It confuses and adds no value if you're a frequent reader of the groups. (I rail against it whenever I get a chance, I really wish people would stop doing it. It's a much (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> (...) I didn't miss it at all. That's what my reply to you was about. I then went on to state another, related point: I believe that short .sigs (regardless of content) are much less annoying than long ones. (...) Even if it's not (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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Hi Marc, (...) Actually I sent to you directly and CC'd lugnet.off-topic.deb...ugnet.com. Check your headers. I removed the others (lugnet.admin.terms@lugnet.com and lugnet.faq@lugnet.com) because I didn't feel it was appropriate. Being in Canada (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I really thought about posting a reply earlier, but I decided against it. Here's goes second round. Marc, the problem is your own, over something, that is it really does bother you as much as you say it does, can be simply overlooked by not reading (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) I already said that I really doubt Lugnet would agree with me enough to do anything about it. (...) You're missing my point. I mentioned the part of signature files that really are uneccesary --- posting your job title and position. signature (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) I generally agree with Marc on this one. I don't think there's anything LUGNet can or should do to ban or even discourage this kind of thing, and as freedom of speech has already been mentioned in others' replies, I won't rehash that reasoning (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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This is just petty, IMO. Who really cares? (Besides you, obviously.) So it is another 4 lines on a message, JUST SKIP IT! Here is a quote for you: "Love it or leave it." And as far as the bandwith argument goes - God forbid that each message be one (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) I've read your post a couple of times, and I am frankly baffled. Why does this annoy you so much? It's a couple of lines at the end of a post that are incredibly easy to ignore. (...) Some people post to more places than LUGNET. They may not (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Well, I use the web interface so currently (unless I get off my duff and find a macro solution) my sig is whatever I feel like typing by hand. But when I was posting via Netscape news, my sig was what I had configured it to be. Since I posted (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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(...) While I don't include my position in posts from work, I do make it clear when I am posting from work. This is because I have my Netscape at work set up with my home e-mail identity, but I don't want to hide the fact that the post is (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Building the A10 Thunderbolt "Warthog"
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I'd build an A-10 out of light grey and use dark grey and black for the details. For a canopy I figure there is no perfect way to do one so I'd us the naboo fighter canopy and then make the back part of it slope into the fuselage, kinda like they (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.build, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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