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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)
| |  | | Re: GATS Tampa Show...
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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)
| |  | | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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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)
| |  | | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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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)
| |  | | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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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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