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(...) Speaking of CP, I just heard today that BNSF (The merged Burlington Northern and Santa Fe) and Canadian Pacific are merging to form the largest network of track in the world (50,000 miles) and is to be based in Montreal. What next, Coke and (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:Fn2noF.6Ez@lugnet.com... (...) wondering... (...) <snip> Thank you Larry. I have wanted to say that for a long time now, but never happened upon the occaision to say it. As someone who is (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote: [snip] The things *I* care about. Sheesh. (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Psh. Stupid entomologists. It's any little creepy crawly gross thing, probably invertebrate. "Insects" are a definite subset of "bugs". It's unclear how this meaning came about, but it's very likely a transfer from the other noun "bug" (the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Heh... Actually, no. I got chewed out by my sister-in-law for calling them all "bugs" - apparantly "bugs" as a term only technically applies to a specific class of insect, and not to anything else. The things entymologists care about. Sheesh. (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Just (...) All together now: "Minifig scale!" Seriously, they're not to any particular scale. Neither are minifigs. You could carry out analyses that pointed to any scale from about S (1:64) on up to G (1:22.5, the LGB Narrow Gauge, not the (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Must be the "significant" thing, since spiders are definitely bugs. As are all insects, and centipedes, and probably slugs. (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Certainly. But since I never make misteaks, either: - Spiders are not "bugs" OR - Spiders are not "significant bugs" ++Lar (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Glad someone caught it. :) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Given the statistics, shouldn't you have swallowed at least 4 spiders by now in your sleep? Jasper (26 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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