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Re: Mini Auction - 6273 - Rock Island Refuge
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Fri, 5 Mar 1999 21:00:40 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36DF1196.434E01DB@voyager.net>...
> Followups set to off-topic.debate, this could get flamey...
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> Steve Scott wrote:
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> > Three points of principal here:
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> c /principal/principle/ ... never make spelling mistakes in flame-bait
> posts. You tend to attract nitpickers like me.
Wouldn't be the same witout (cue) you Larry :)
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> > A. If you want to sell something start your own thread.
> > B. If you must butt-in on mine, at least have the courtesy to wait until • my
> > auction has closed.
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> I don't think butt-in is hyphenated, BTW. Just FYI. HTH.
Thanks for the generous contribution to my TLA legend.
> A few points of my own:
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> 1. I don't believe threads are owned, anyone can post to a thread if
> they so wish.
> 2. You seem to have lots of bidders so what's the issue?
> 3. Most importantly, this is a marketplace. As a buyer I'm rather glad
> sellers are competing. Please don't ask for collusion publicly, although
> you'd certainly be within rights to do so.
> 4. Waiting till after you're done dilutes the publicity you've
> generated.
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> > Eric (Parasite) McCarthy wrote in message <36DA46AE.49B1B6CC@aol.com>...
> ^^^^^^^^
> I'm not sure that this was really the sort of remark that is likely to
> get Eric to consider your statements as reasonable. Eric and I have
> sparred about stuff in the past, including some issues rather close to
> this, but this time I think I'm with him.
par.a.site - any organism that grows, feeds and is sheltered in or on a
different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host.
Sums it up, you have to admit! BTW, I have apologised privately for any
offence caused.
> He has one, you have one. Great. Anyone else have one?
Yeh, Mike Stanley......surprise, surprise :)
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> "Let a hundred flowers bloom" is what Mao always said.(1) YMMV(2), of
> course.
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> 1 - about the only good thing he DID say, but even a stopped clock is
> right once or twice a day.
> 2 - Your Mileage May Vary.
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> --
> Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
> Stop the FDIC from spying on us! Go to
> http://www.defendyourprivacy.com and sign the petition.
> For me: No voyager e-mail please. All snail-mail to Ada, please.
> - Posting Binaries to RTL causes flamage... Don't do it, please.
> - Stick to the facts when posting about others, please.
> - This is a family newsgroup, thanks.
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| (...) Interesting. I'm glad you posted the dictionary definition, it warms this old pedant's heart to see argument from authority. :-) I see your reasoning, I think. In your view, either you're the organism (and an appendage of the organism is the (...) (28 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) From Merriam-Webster at (URL) Entry: par·a·site Pronunciation: 'par-&-"sIt Function: noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin parasitus, from Greek parasitos, from para- + sitos grain, food Date: 1539 1 : a person who exploits the hospitality (...) (28 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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