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(...) Say, Dave! I just heard an example another thing that makes no sense to me. It's when people who orally quote others say, "Quote, unquote" *before* launching into the actual quote. I'm only glad I heard it on the radio this time because when (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Adam, If he is from the Great White North, he should already be wearin' a touque. If not, he is a hoser, eh? Jude Somebody pass me the backbacon while I XFUT .off-topic.fun (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I've grappled with that one, too [I've tried square brackets, but then the comment ends up looking like an editorial comment, rather than a parenthetical one ;-)]. Maybe squiggly brackets ({}) would help? Cheers Richie (and that full stop (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I loved the bit about needing another bracket to close off after the smiley, this is something I grapple with all the time! Usually my smileys are within the "()", and being a pedantic sort of person I always want to put the closing ")" on after the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ho-ho-ho! Another grammar cop! *You'd* better stand in line! ROSCO FUT: .o-t.fun (25 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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An engineer asks to borrow some for renovating the local draw bridge. (25 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Weird Al also did "The Saga Begins" to American Pie, but this one is attributed thus: ... The Star Wars Cantina Sung to the tune of "Copacabana" by Barry Manilow Written by Mark Jonathan Davis Copyright 1997 Mark Jonathan Davis, according to (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) him doing this one. However I'm definitely not the definitive Wierd Al fan, so I coulda missed it 8?) ROSCO (25 years ago, 19-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Um...really? Which album? Matt (25 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Of course the parody song was written by Weird Al Yankovic.... Not what ever MJB dude is. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Long URL, you may need to copy-paste it into your browser (be sure to sing along with the words!): (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Fine with me :) (Thank God it's not a bad word .) /Tobbe (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) heh, it just occured to me that "Motec" means, in Hebrew, "Sweetheart", "Honey", etc... :) Dan XFUT lugnet.off-topic.fun (25 years ago, 18-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ... (...) had (...) Wonderful series... read the whole lot several times. It's a good thing I have to get them from the library, not my own bookshelf, because then it means I have to take breaks while I wait for (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Surely Mini-figs adopt to their surrounding's and are trained at Lego's expence in the language of whichever world market their sold in. Just a thought -) Steve (25 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I love Bette Midler's quote about Springsteen: "I rememebr when his arms where as skimpy as his chord changes" But as to my other interests: Boxing, Architecture, Classical Music, Opera, Drum and Bugle Corps. (25 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, me too! Actually it was PETs that got me wanting my own computer. By the time I had saved up enough to pay for half (my dad picked up the other half) we had decided on the 8-bit Atari system. Around that time I got an old CPM machine and (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm kind of hoping I'll have better luck finding RPG players in Portland. I really want to get a game going again. (...) Fortunately for me this time, I don't have to move the books!!! (...) Better than me. I haven't been to Alaska, Hawaii, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) One of the first PCs I used was a Commodore PET. (...) I always lump F&SF, because while most books can be slotted into one or the other, there are definitely books which really belong in between. Of course really almost all SF is fantasy. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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