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(...) He could also be still reading. (...) Why do you suspect that? (...) (URL) Oh I doubt it>. Of course that could just be someone impersonating him. (...) I never claimed to know about his Lugnet reading habits. (...) Or even moot. Yes, I do (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) He's not necessarily in the "still reading" subgroup category. He could've been just popping over to LUGNET when he got "pinged" by a regular reader, or after a major event like an ILTCO convention. Which is exactly what I suspect is the case. (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) OK. Let's try this from the other direction, kiddies. The populace that still reads Lugnet is a group of people. It contains many subgroups, for example: The people that still read lugnet.org.scibrick The people that still read a few groups (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, my point is that you have no reason to think that. (...) You know my neighbor, and where we live? I chose my neighbor precisely because you don't know him. You don't know anything about him. Just as you don't know anything about any (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Because I DO. (...) I'm sorry for being so obtuse - I was simply pointing out that asking them is one other way to know (assuming you receive / believe the answer). Standing and looking over their shoulder while they read is another. Do you (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) But you admitted that one doesn't necessarily follow from the other, so I don't know why you'd think THAT. (...) Why don't you stop being obtuse and answer the question? I want to know another way you seem to THINK there is of knowing this (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) No, my initial point was because he posts now and then, I THINK he is still among the populace that reads Lugnet. (...) Why don't you ask him/her? (...) Thanks, I'll remember that next time I'm posting at a latin forum. (...) Now you're (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Conversely, you make my point. If he doesn't reply to something, we can't assume he's read it, and it would be off his radar, or as I put it, "behind his back." Your initial point was, because he posts now and then, he's around and aware of (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Go figure; another Dave! Nice of you to drop by, Dave! What, did your a team of small girls in Africa send you a "heads up" of mirth and frivolity? :-) I have a question for you if you have the time. John "Bob" Neal (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I think you can assume that he is aware of whatever he replied to. (...) That's one way, but not the ONLY way. Real or otherwise. (...) I was never asked to verify anything - I was simply asked "What makes you think he is still among the (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You can't assume that because he has posted on LUGNET a few times, he is reading or aware of anything that is going on on LUGNET. The only real way to know if someone is a regular reader is if that person posts often each week. Sure, there are (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) LOL ummmm shhhh, don't mention DST when talking to an Australian ;) ROSCO (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ross, The difference is Tom uses a calendar that has months that are 20 days long on average. Those crazy Americans, first they mess up DST now they have a new calendar. Jude (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You keep out of this, Harry. Dave! (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) OK. I thought I could assume people would read my question in the context of the current thread, but I guess that was a rash assumption. So please explain how that difference applies in this particular case? ROSCO (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Until a few years ago, I was able to answer "Yes, he is!" whenever someone said "Bob's your uncle!" ROSCO (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) "Regularly chiming in every few months" over a period of 6 months means chiming in twice, spaced "regularly" over the time, i.e at 3 months and 6 months. Chiming in twice in the last 6 months could mean chiming in on Day One and Day Two, and (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, he could have used Tom, Dick, or Harry, but then I would have had to pipe up ;-) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Believe it or don't, my next door neighbor's name is Bob Doe. JOHN (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I have a brother-in-law Bob, a cousin Bob, friends named Bob... almost as common as the Daves I know... I was going to use John Doe or Richard Roe, but somehow Snoopy-as-lawyer kept on running thru my head... Dave K (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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