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Subject: 
Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Tue, 19 Sep 2000 22:44:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
Not a big deal, but this *is* .debate after all... where we strain
at gnats and pass elephants with ease.
[...]
My opinion is no. One ring to bind them all, as Jeremy quoted.

I'm having some minor trouble passing this gnat.  I was hinting that Yahoo was
the One Ring to bind all, etc.  Communities like LUGNET, OTOH, would be the
rag-tag army of light to eventually defeat Sauron and his minions.  :-,

re: gnats & elephants -- colorful allusion, BTW.  Made me wince as I recall a
few elephants I've tried to ignore...  :-,

Cheers,
- jsproat



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  Re: Lego Maniac's Webring and Yahoo
 
(...) This being .debate, I'm going to continue to ask you to be more specific. What exactly is it that bothers you about Yahoo? I don't see buying up services and systems in order to extend the reach of what Yahoo is able to offer Yahoo users as (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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