 | | "emergency becomes a *disaster.*" —Scott Arthur
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| | | Is disaster an overused word these days? Take a read of this: ==+== On Tuesday, we got a smattering of First Class mail, which the Post Office is now routing through Virginia and Maryland to avoid their anthrax-tainted facilities in Washington, DC. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: "emergency becomes a *disaster.*" —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | | (...) <snipped> (...) scare mongering perhaps? maybe LP greed? <quote> "And the Post Office is digging that hole deeper." </quote> I wonder what the LP parties response would be if they got tainted mail? Would they still blame the post office? (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: "emergency becomes a *disaster.*" —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) How about "banks don't loan money to political parties"?? If the LP folds up, it *will* be a disaster. To the LP. Maybe not to anyone else of course, but the use of the word disaster is justified, in context. If I lost my job, it would be a (...) (23 years ago, 4-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: "emergency becomes a *disaster.*" —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | (...) That thought did cross my mind... (...) I do not agree. If the LP were to fold it would be regrettable - nothing else. In the context on Sept 11 this is not a disaster. (...) If you loosing your job leads to that sequence of events, I think (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: "emergency becomes a *disaster.*" —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) If we are to use that logic, there haven't been very many disasters in the past few years. All those hurricanes and typoons and whatnot? How many have caused thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in damage? (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: "emergency becomes a *disaster.*" —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | (...) Frank, The LP's mail problems and 911 are linked… at least indirectly. As far as I know, 911 is not linked to any natural disaster. Further, I doubt the LP's demise would be a "disaster" when compared to "hurricanes and typoons and whatnot"… (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: "emergency becomes a *disaster.*" —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) I've just had an update from LP HQ. They are now only waiting on donations from a further 34,163 LP members. If those 34,163 members dig deep perhaps a "disaster"{1} can be avoided. Why don’t they just tell their creditors “the cheque is in (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: "emergency becomes a *disaster.*" —Horst Lehner
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| | | | (...) Because they don't want to lie at them? :wq Horst (23 years ago, 8-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: "emergency becomes a *disaster.*" —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) Sigh... it was a joke. Who ever said Germans don't have a sense of humour? Probably the same guy that said all Scotsmen are tight. :) Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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