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(...) BTW, Every AFOL I know (and some that reject the label but are AFOLs anyway) is an Anorak. So what? (...) If you want to start an argument you have to say something CONTROVERSIAL. That one is so obviously true it doesn't merit comment. :-) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Okay, this here Bozo is ignorant. I thought an anorak was some kind of warm jacket from L.L. Bean. (...) You mean like the editors of Time magazine selling out and calling Giuliani Person of the Year because they didn't have the *ahem* guts to (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Goszyq.HK0@lugnet.com... (...) Every AFOL is NOT an anorak. Being an anorak is considered a mildly derogatory term - in the UK at least. Though usually used in an amusing, harmless (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:Got0JI.It6@lugnet.com... (...) Anoraks are indeed a warm jacket. As such, they are commonly worn by Train Spotters - who spend all day on cold station platforms waiting to note down (...) (23 years ago, 23-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Which is why I said it applies to us. NOT meant as an insult, I don't find it as insulting a term as some of those in the UK do. (see thoughts on what it means to be a hacker and the hacker trance, and some other topics, in the jargon file... (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'd never heard the term except to describe the jacket thingy until today! Man, I need a life! (...) Seppo's usually good for a few posts... (...) No comment! Merry Christmas all! ROSCO (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ya know, that describes most people's hobbies to most poeple that don't share them. For example, I find that an excellent descriptor of sports fans. Ugh, I can't imagine a more dreary way to spend a Sunday afternoon than watching football, (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What, exactly, do you mean by that? I'm really starting to get sick of how you guys are always trying to start something! Chris ;-) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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