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Subject:	Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Date:	Fri, 5 Mar 1999 17:10:09 GMT
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Michael Ulring wrote: > I have a theory on why 6557 was so popular and sold out... but I wouldn't want > to implicate any specific group or fans of any particular theme. I'll just say > that it may have something to do with the one rather large white element that > comes in this set. Nuf said I hope :-) Who, me? I have so many gray noses at this point I may actually sell one off!!! (gulp) and I only have two white ones, so it wasn't me, ok? We're TRACKing your insinuations and would prefer not to be RAILROADed through the court of public opinion, ok? If you don't stop, I'll have to COACH you a bit on this. And if you don't think I have the Pull... Man are you wrong! -- 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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		Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) Excuse me, but I've got to rail a bit about all this punning. Some of us aren't really stoked for it, and find we've run out of steam long before we've made the grade. Nothing stops you people once you get rolling; stock prices could crash, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) I can't agree with this. Privatization does not work when profit should not be the ultimate goal. Consider Aramark. Aramark took over the dining services at UT last year. They have indeed done wonders to improve the profitability of the dining (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 00:48:19 GMT, Jasper Janssen uttered the following profundities... (...) Had our budget today. Petrol will now cost about 66p a litre, which is $1.05. An imperial gallon (4.54 litres)will now cost $4.80 or so! A US gallon (3.78541 (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) Gee, living in the US sounds better and better all the time. (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) I never fly on standby unless it's leisure and I don't care when I get there. But I usually do care, so I never fly on standby. If you don't get on, you get NO compensation. That's why it's called "standby" :-) note that when I am traveling (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) But you do get a later flight (still stand-by, of course)? Or do you just go nowhere? Steve (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Carryon vs. checked (Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:14:11 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) We, (United Airlines), purchased Big Blue for yield management. It isn't really feasible to determine how successful it is at the moment, as the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: WTB: 6557 (really, really badly) and 6861
(...) I have a theory on why 6557 was so popular and sold out... but I wouldn't want to implicate any specific group or fans of any particular theme. I'll just say that it may have something to do with the one rather large white element that comes (...) (26 years ago, 5-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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