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(...) So that the celebration of the aniversary of their birthday doesn't get lost in the shuffle surrounding the celebration of the aniversary of the nominal birthday of a certain individual who was born some 2000 years ago. A more pragmatic reason (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message (...) Why?.. Selçuk (26 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In the company that I work for (a manufacturing company focuses on products from Al/cu pipes for appliances industry), we generally design and produce our own machinery to produce something specific when the production numbers are high. The (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) person (...) Hey now, I use that term quite often, although it is almost always spoken. It is a wonderful insult to people who think they are better than somebody else and have a holier than thou attitude, which makes me sick. Now phlegmatic (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) it (...) Yes, indeed, Pharisee is such a HEAVILY used word, we might save a whole person day a decade! :-) ++Lar (26 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually I du. eI (26 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) u mean u's? ;-) -John (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The Brits have it ever worse-- random o's strewn all over in the middle of perfectly ordinary words like color or humor. We New Worlders are quite concise by comparison. Although it is about time for a neo-websterian reform. Can you imagine (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@nospam.superonline.com> wrote in message news:FLEFop.7DE@lugnet.com... (...) It's just the joys of living with a language that's 40% French, 25% German (or the other way around), and a little of just about everything else. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Quite. It's amazing what a little green grease can lubricate. (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) And a follow-up to your follow-up: How many of our teeth have Lego marks on them? Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My dad once checked some balloon instrumentation packages which were way over the limit. His secret? Checking them at the curb with a $20 tip to the person collecting bags. (...) One of my caver friends once caused a stir. As he was going (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:38440E66.7D35@m...ing.com... (...) A Yankee visits, a damn Yankee stays ;-) -Rob Doucette. Massachusetts->South Carolina->Pennsylvania (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Mmmmmm, fresh soft sand, (insert Homer Gurgle) :-, Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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This thread is a pedant's dream. Somebody pinch me. (...) not sure what an nbirthday is... I agree that most folks only have one birthday, and ALL folks only have one "actual" birthday. However, there exists a class of people that have more than one (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) we're (...) A good clarification, Frank. I guess by "first one" up above I actually meant the day of your birth, which I guess in common parlance would called your "0th" birthday. I'm feeling feisty today. Chris (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you really want to have fun with airlines, try taking a sword home with you. :/ We only held one plane up trying to sort it out, and while my Dutch is atrocious, the MP seemed very nice. James (URL) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually we count aniversaries of our birthday. You really only have one nbirthday, and it's not your "first" birthday... (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Duh, I forgot! GMLTC has a jig for module building too. It's so simple, it hardly deserves the name. Basically it's a 2x8 (or 10, I forget which) with a handle to get the column spacing right. Thanks for reminding me. I think it was made for (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I made a jig to help speed up the building of my modules. It would slide into place around one tower of 2x2 bricks and have a notch for the next tower. It would slip out very easily and had tiles on the bottom to allow it to slide over the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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