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(...) We've gotten about fourteen inches so far, with about 8 inches left on the ground in Silver Spring, Maryland. And there is more coming on Sunday!! WooHoo!! :) Jeff P.S. If you haven't noticed, I love Snow. ;) (26 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 9 1/2 for me in OKLAHOMA!! Most I ever seen in my 17 years. J.W.Hummer www.geocities.com/spincity999 (26 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What's snow? Bruce (it's about 75 degrees in southern california at the moment) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, I've got several big boxes of LEGO bricks to try and put together into sets (though I spent a lot more time netting than building - spent a lot of time over in lugnet.off-topic.debate). And it's not like during normal working hours I can (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well Frank, the surfing the web thing is fun until you realize that you can't GO ANYWHERE!!!! Cabin Fever set in about 2 hours ago. Signed, Get me outta here!!!...!!! (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Someone just e-mailed a pointer to this fun eBay auction... (URL) to keep this on topic for lugnet.market.auction, I'll offer a similar auction of the snow off my porch, along with some white LEGO bricks to model the snow in case it melts before you (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Oh fun fun fun. I wonder whether we'll get more snow, freezing rain, or rain out of this storm for Raleigh NC. I personally wouldn't mind if it was snow or freezing rain, but then I've got not much to do at work and would just as soon surf the (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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14 inches of snow in Bismarck, Arkansas (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) into (...) Script Idea: - Include a comment on juniorization- That's horrific!! RHPS is well and truly outside my 'family' defintion! But the connection would not nessacirly be obvious. Perhaps alternative names would be more appropriate. (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) oh yeah? wanna bet? i _will_ create "the rocky horror horror lego show" one day! i'm collecting gray heads for the addams family as well! my creations have been mentioned several times in these threads, so might as well toss in two pence. this (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) OK! but they were two commmonest names in my mind when it comes to 'Haunted' Houses. Can anyone suggest names? (...) Here,Here! (...) Also there is the Playmobil 1900 House. My contact says playmobile 'steal' Lego (R) ideas. ( I don't wan't to (...) (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Spelling (Re: The Law of Falling Lego)
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(...) FTR, I made a mistake. I checked the dictionary, and rooves is not a plural form of roof. :) Ahhh... I love English. ;) Jeff (26 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) But it *can* be spelled hoofs, as in "huffs" or "hoooffs". In fact I've seen it spelled that way more often than the other way. But I don't like it when people say "ruffs". -- Ian (Incidentally, does anyone here say "tomahto"?) :P (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Bang Bang (was Re: Plagiarism again (Was: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?)
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(...) D'oh! Too rich for my blood. I'm out! Dave. (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) hoof -> hooves roof -> rooves (???) OR roof -> roofs hoof -> hoofs (???) Ahhhhhh..... That's english for ya' :) -David (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Usually, it's the ghosts. Steve (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) crediting!. (...) The Haunted House doesn't have to be completely identical to the Addams Family's, but it can include some of the architectural elements or be a composite of buildings in that style. (...) I don't think we're going to see a (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Bang Bang (was Re: Plagiarism again (Was: Can we say, "Plagiarism"?)
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Dave(bang) said: (...) And I'll see your ! and raise you one. Amen!! (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) mind, (...) Sssshhhh! I'm working on devleloping it into a concept suggestion to send into TLG, I DO NOT WORK for them though.(hence the question :-?). I would hate to have anyone steal my ideas, or for me to steal anyone elses without (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's it. He's probably gone back to Mother Gaia by now! ;) Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nah, you must be misteaken. Thunder Bay isn't near Yellowknife. ;) (...) Cool. We have one of those too, except ours isn't quite so remote - just a 15 minute hike from the nearest highway (or a half-hour paddle across the lake). Running water (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Again I had alot of time on my hands today, so I decided to make up a few Legoized commercials! (This one is a parody of the Dryel commercials) *EXT. STREET DAY. WE SEE A WOMAN RUNNING DOWN THE STREET IN A HURRY* Woman: Sorry, excuse me!! (pushing (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ___...___ (...) Timmy..... Erin -- (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Didn't someone make a haunted house for the Halloween contest a few months back. All I remember was Timmy, and a bunch of red round 1x1 plates! :) Scott S. (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think this is a great idea for Town. The Addams Family mansion comes to mind, which I think is Victorian in style: (URL) could be plenty of ghosts and skeleton minifigs, secret doors and passages, and a graveyard in the back. Plus Timmy and (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm... I would say the White House, because Hillary Clinton talked to Eleanor(sp?) Roosevelt a few times. ;) Scott S. (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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The question I am asking is What makes a huanted house? I was thinking in terms of architecutral styles , interior design etc. Posted to fun as not sure if this a 'debateable' issue. Alex (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) anything. No, LongLac is 'near' Thunder Bay, its about 3 hours away...and it is as close as you can get by train to TB now... (...) :) ROFL! (...) James (who has spent too many hours driving from Thunder Bay home...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Neh, just get those snazzy satellite phones. We're going to have to start burrowing (lugnet.underground) or flying (lugnet.space) if we want to get away, soon enough. best, Lindsay (who agrees that Thunder Bay is pretty doggone remote.) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You mean you can't even get cell coverage? <shudder> ;-) -John (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That is just flat out not true. It is too "near something"... near the end of the earth. We (my inlaws and their friends) own a cabin (well, technically 99 year crown lease) at mile 180 1/2 Algoma Central railway. That's a wayback spot, you (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) This can't be true story... I've been to Thunder Bay - it isn't near anything. <grin, duck> James (URL) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Don't worry, the biggest shock I ever got was in '97. I left Victoria on the 15th of Jan, went home via "The Canadian" (quite nice, and relatively cheap for a under 25er). Got on in Vancouver, it was +10C and raining, got off in LongLac (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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(...) though...like (...) Pikers, the lot of ya! *grin* I moved to balmy (not me, the weather) Oregon to escape the vile treachery that is Southcentral Alaska in the wintertime. If Anchorage was as beautiful as it is in the summer all year 'round, (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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(...) from (...) snow (...) Ahh snow! "In the lanes snow is glistening..." Since living in Terrace B.C. I've grown to HATE the stuff [1]. But now I am living in Nanaimo (Ah sunny, not-so-warm Nanaimo B.C.) and so far we've only had 1 major dumping (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmmm, the burning intensity of a thousand suns should raise the temperature where you're at, right? ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup, I know. She was wondering how we could possibly call (and I quote) "a mere -20" cold, and claimed that if she could see over the snowbanks, winter wasn't there yet. Winterpegians are twisted, evil things. ;) James (URL) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, you just made me cry. Okay, I'm not the type of person who hap-hazardly throws around wild and dangerous exaggerations with a wanton disregard for community health... but I hate you with the burning intensity of a thousand suns. -Adam PS. (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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What is this "snow" thing you are talking about? ;-) We *did* get a "cold" front, so our high is now only 50-something degF instead of the 80-something it was last week. (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Youth Grievously Trounce Burger King (...) "I'm not worried." "No. You will be. You will be." (...) Tele-Tubbies Found Naked Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) YGTBK! <laughing> you can look it up we'll be very worried if you can't :-) TTFN, -Steven (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey hey hey hey HEY! I never said I was a hacker; just an underpaid software engineer. :-, If I were a hacker, I would shun Win32 and post announcements to freshmeat.net and code the RIS to unroll the 8002 Destroyer Droid PROPERLY and finish (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | A cryptic puzzle
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If anyone subscribes to Games Magazine, pick up the March 2000 copy. There's a neat Crypto-Funnie on page 5 that's worth reading. -- Ian (P.S. - That OK, Todd? :) ) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) He's lying. In Winterpeg, that's *summer*. best, Lindsay (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: IP (was: Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?)
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(...) Well, I knew that, but it didn't matter. (Actually, "omni-" means "all." I can't imagine what *all* scents would be like...) best, Lindsay (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Some hacker you are, everyone knows it means Simple Matter of Programming. YCLIU. (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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(...) We've got our standard half a foot or so here in Edmonton... my friend from Winnipeg is grumbling that it doesn't feel like winter yet. ;) James (URL) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 'Simple Matter Of Programming' -Cheese (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Is it possible to sort searches by posting date?
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(...) SMOP = ...? ...Simple Method Or Practice? ...Savagely Maligned Office Party? ...Sinister Mix Of Pokemon? ...Spamcake Martini with Old Parsnip? :-, Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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(...) Hehehe..I bid 0" (not quite true, but close enough...we have very little snow here...in scenic St John's. It's been quite windy a few days though...like really really windy :) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: IP (was: Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?)
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(...) beans, (...) Oh man, that was terrible. But to address your question, yes, I was making fun of the way that Larry spelled "omniscient", he did it so as to include the word "scent". [see above] so omni + scent means "many smells". Pretty lame (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SNOW (was funny ebay auction)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <388D5E71.B5155741@p...su.edu>... (...) this! Heh, I see your 6-10 inches and bid 12-20... I won't be going far from the house for a few days. I heard they won't be plowing my apartment complex until Thursday or (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Even more Lego Lyrics!
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Even more Lyrics to entertain fellow maniacs! CLASSIC SPACE GIRLS "Classic Space World" When you're feeling stiff and low We will take you where you gotta go Smiling, dancing, everything is free All you need is to be snapped to where you'll be! (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: The Law of Falling Lego
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(...) Not to mention the roofs...<runnning> >;-) -John (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: The Law of Falling Lego
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(...) Not to mention the rooves of buildings. ;) Jeff (26 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
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(...) Not to mention that London really sucks for LEGO deals. best, Lindsay (26 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Lego Lyrics
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Oh my gosh, that was Hilarious! I was laughing my head off! "It like ten thousand black bricks when all you need is a white" ;-) That was great! I want MORE! Playoff McDonald's commercial: I want more bricks for the money I want more from ebay, (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Lego Lyrics
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(...) LOL! Those are great! I have some lyrics of my own made up to Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson, but that was a satire on a big cad.* flamewar/issue that really shouldn't be brought up again. (but if you want to read it, email me :) -Tim (URL) (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
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Well, it's illegal to sell miles but there is no prohibition on giving them away to your friends. For me, friendship, like everything else, can be valued. Do you want to be my friend? How badly? All it takes is a big enough love offering of Lego (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
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(...) Larry, you could give them to me, so that _I_ could get off this @##@$ rock and get more lego :) (its $800 USD or so to get to Toronto by air from here, unless you luck out and get a seat sale...I could fly from Victoria BC, to London (UK) (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Lego Lyrics
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Just had alot of time on my hands today and decided to make these up.... SHANIA 9VOLTTRAINS "That don't build me much" I've known a few bricks who thought they were pretty smart But you've got being right down to an art You think you're a genius-you (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: This is a fun group!
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what if there were no hypothetical questions? -- -Steven "Nothin' But Net!" (URL) on the web and want to save money? stop by (URL) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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"Jasper Janssen" <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote ... (...) Hey hey hey... I *still* consider NOTES (a.k.a. VAXNotes, later renamed to be more corporately-correct to VMSNotes, I believe, even though there are clients for almost every platform used (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: This is a fun group!
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(...) Sure it is. I didn't read any of this. (...) Why, he's bald, of course. (...) If you own a trebuchet, pigs can also fly. (...) Green. b'GOK! -LFB (26 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: This is a fun group!
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(...) -But the subject is! -All statements on this page are false. -A barber hangs a sign in his shop: "I cut everyone's hair in this town, except those who cut their own hair." Who cuts the barber's hair? -If you attend logic lessons, then pigs can (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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(...) Never. (...) A newsgroup is a forum. (...) They were essentially an early implementation of news, much as has been developed in a lot of places (various universities had an imp, DEC had one, Xerox PARC probably had one..). Direct precursors to (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Newest cars from Detroit
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(...) Ugh. IMHO, in spite of their snazzy looks and admirable power, those things shouldn't be on the road in the numbers they are. That goes for most ultra-giant "Luxury SUVs" as well--the majority of people who drive them in the US have no (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Newest cars from Detroit
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(...) It was a nice design and I like it. I would never pay $80,000+ for an H1 (the new name for Hummer), but I would gladly pay the estimated $40,000 for an H2. I like Hummers, but they are too rough and un-civilian. I have a friend who owns a red (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Newest cars from Detroit
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Being the Hummer fan I am How was the GM HUMMER H2 up close & personal? I think that AM General should not have sold the Hummer to GM (I own a Chevy Truck) because they will fit it in an SUV class (where it does not belong) The best thing about the (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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(...) ^^^^^ I suppose you should change your signature, then. <ducks, runs> :) -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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(...) Something non IBMish. Perhaps, just perhaps, I wasn't talking to you(1), and wasn't talking about newsgroups(2). Forums are a peculiar, IBM specific thing that significantly predate the widespread adoption of newsgroups. They were dying out, (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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(...) Yeah, too bad he lost in that first-round matchup against Chris Mason.. Wait, you're not talking about The Dutch Darting Postman[1], are you? In that case, you really, _really_ need to read the "Day of the Barney" series. Don't seek it out if (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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(...) Larry? Look around this virtual space. What is it you see? Exactly. Jasper (26 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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(...) Gimme a demon any day! (Teletubbies are REAL - aigh!) K.M. (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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(...) I actually prefer Teletubbies to the insipidness of the dread demon B'harne. best LFB (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: IP (was: Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?)
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(...) Or else, it's the odour produced by a Dodge Omni, which is rather distinctive by all accounts. It's right up there with Pinto smell (the car, not the beans, that's a *different* word) and Vega smell. All three are on the opposite side of the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: She turned me into a NEWT!!!
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(...) [.....] Ding! -Good Morning! -What? -That's it. Good Morning! -I was just getting interested. -Sorry. Five minutes is up. -That was never five minutes. -I'm afraid it was. -It wasn't... -I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to argue anymore. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: IP (was: Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?)
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X-FUp-to: .fun (...) Look, if you want a proper answer from my omniscientness, you'll need to do a proper grovel. Something like "Oh, Great Internet Oracle, I throw myself upon your mercy, for you are the only one who can hear my plea" would be (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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(...) Erm, this IS .fun, right? So I can nitpick?? Yes? thanks. Well, then... I think "off of" is incorrect usage in this context. RWRATP(1), but I think it is just "is off maternity leave". Me, I get confused, so I would have written it as "has (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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(...) Now there IS an Idea. Teletubbies Duplo? with figures. Im sure that an excellent playset could be produced. Alex (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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(...) Indeed.. but directly after the teletubbies lose their appeal, the Beelzebub Broadcasting Commission (BBC) have the.. Tweenies. For those curious, or those wishing to express solidarity (as I had to endure my nephew's entire Tweenies video on (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Time for Teletubbies! Time for Teletubbies! Time for Teletubbies! Gaaaaaah! (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Such attributes are often used when referring to the "All-Sniffer", the Dog- Man deity of the agnostic, insomniac dyslexics. -Tom McD. when replying, originally Dickens' had written in 'spamcake' as to the object of young Twist's further (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Is this the five-minute session, or the full half-hour? LFB (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I've heard the above double-negative form used quite often--but it's usually combined with a modulation or inflection, where the NOT is stressed to set it in opposition to an assertion made immediately prior, such as: Person A: "I wouldn't (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Polyolfactory? Ya know, I think we have one of these out at Dow...<grin> James (URL) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3888BDAD.7AAE@m...ing.com... (...) I have never heard anyone use a double negative like that. Almost always, a double negative takes form where the don't is in front of the verb, followed by (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Omniescent -adj. 1) having the ability to smell all things at once 2) the ability to smell like all things - Synonyms: polyolfactory, multifragrant ;-D heh heh heh. -Adam (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, a double negative would be "I wouldn't not use Brasso just because it might dull the parts a bit." (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 2, apparently. :) (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) All of them, at once. If you leave it out long enough to mold. However it forms 10 wide bricks so you may be out of luck. (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmmm....I wonder if I could use corrugated spamcake for the sides of my passenger trains... What colors does it come in? -John (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ewww I'd never leave my unprotected scalp next to spamcake for that long. Spamcake has been shown to emit various radiations. -Tom McD. when replying, stay further away from the spamcake mutant, corduroy spamcake, recognizable by its (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm more afraid of the spamcake waking up peckish in the middle of the night... Cheers, - jsproat (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) vehicles (...) with (...) I'd been meaning to email you personally about this, but lately I've been too busy collecting free, informative pamphlets on how to lower the dust mite count in my home. -Tom McD. when replying, off-camera, Squiddley (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Well, if we're into smallest school mode... my daughter's school is 130 kids K-10. It's part of the public school system but it's an alternative school (non-coercive and parent participation.) Kevin (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Then allow me :) Mash some up into a vaguely rectangular shape, and use some spamcake as a pillow. It might also be useful if you wake up peckish in the middle of the night? Richard (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, that's small. My elementary school (K-5) had ~400, my middle school (6-8) had ~600, and my high school has ~2400 (~500 in my class...I expect that the graduation ceremony will last forever :/ ) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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