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Re: Michael Moore sued for lying?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 4 Aug 2004 13:42:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > ... the Pantograph ...
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> > > Er, PantAgraph. Where's St. Catharine when you need her, eh?
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> > I always thought a Catharine wheel was 8 sided, like a stopsign--I was told that
> > those little 8 sided windows usually on the 2nd storey of small brick houses
> > built in the 30's-40's were called 'Catharine windows'.
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> > Of course, all this is subject to my very faulty recollection.
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> I didn't give a good enough hint with the "eh", I guess. This obscure reference
> was to rtlT's discussion about St. Catharines (town name) vs. St. Catherines
> (incorrectly spelled town name)... not to any torture devices, fireworks,
> windows, or stop signs.
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> Sorry for any confusion!
Oh I caught the rtlT topic relation, and I especially liked the 'eh' bit 'cause,
well, I am Canadian and I like the 'eh', eh.
But I just wanted to clarify for my faulty recollection that a Catharine
wheel/window was 8 sided instead of 5.
Dave K
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| (...) eh? What's *5* got to do with it? The name of the paper is pAntagraph, not pEntagraph (personally I'd love to publish a paper so titled in, say, Holland, MI to get the mundanes all uptight, but I digress) or pantOgraph, which was my original (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I didn't give a good enough hint with the "eh", I guess. This obscure reference was to rtlT's discussion about St. Catharines (town name) vs. St. Catherines (incorrectly spelled town name)... not to any torture devices, fireworks, windows, or (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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