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(...) Wir sind auch froh, daß Sie hier sind. ;) Lindsay (wer nur ein bißchen Deutsch sprechen kann) (Sorry, had to, despite how awful my College German Lite is. FUT-> .o-t.fun) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I thought that was enabled only with ANSI ;) John Matthews Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:FrxIqx.9y5@lugnet.com... (...) you're (...) tell (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Ah, I see you've determined my military name: General Silliness. That contrasts nicely with my Duwamish name: "Running Behind". -Cheese (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) pumping a dry well, but: the original 'Millenium' was a time-travel movie with cyborgs everywhere in the future, does that count? (this movie was Chris Carter's debut, based on a John Varley short story, and elements of it surfaced in X-Files (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Wow. This is a holiday I've never heard of. I read a lot, but I have never come across this. Thank you all for teaching me something today. (I'm serious.) I'm Lutheran and from Texas, and as much as I read, I've never heard of this. I hope you all (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Like Shiri said, 'off-topic' means 'not about lego'. Maybe LUGNET needs an .on-topic.fun group... Steve (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Here's a web page with tons of old HP calculators: (URL) used one of the early desktop models at my dad's work. I also used the original Wang calculator at his work. Fun stuff. I've got an HP 25C at home which I picked several years ago at a (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Now to spoil everyone's fun, here's a good reference as to what DIM WT is (complete with a form to calculate it)... (URL) used for air shipping to get a handle on the volume of a package, since airplanes don't have infinite space. This took a (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrwrCw.7H2@lugnet.com... (...) Purim (...) I have been know to make some filled with chocolate chips, others with pecan pie filling and still others with marzipan/almond paste and slivered (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wait, your messages have demarcation between when you're lying and when you're telling the truth? What ASCII character code is that? I want to be able to tell too! ++Lar (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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ravi <helixwolf2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrxC2L.H87@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) using (...) and (...) A sliderule is an instrument used for calculations/operations including multiplication, division, extraction of square roots as (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Maggie Cambron <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:38DAF681.9F9442...ell.net... (...) wanted (...) HP (...) Hi Maggie I don't mind being "old" :-) . I mind the teflon coating my brain seems to have developed in some instances when I am (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I had a Casio 3600p during high school and a Casio 5000 during university and was very happy with the latter especially. It was a very efficient engineering student tool, AFAIK. It has built in matrix math capability up to 5x5 (including (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Slide rule... Hmm... How can I explain?.. I saw one when I was in middle school but never used one (There were Casio 3600Ps when I was a high school student, and Casio 5000s during university) It's kind of a computing tool for logarithms and (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey, no problem! Any time! (...) Hmm... my easy solution is to read lugnet via the web. That way you can follow the most recent threads if you have enough time... or just follow any group you like individually. You can also easily find threads (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) because (...) it (...) By the Way What is a slide rule??? Ravi (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ya well...I used one to finish grade 13 with...and I'm NOT old :). I did it for the sillyness of not having a decent calculator...got quite good at using it, but it fades fast. (I had a +-/* calculator, and the slide rule, and a book of (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) holoween???? (...) Ravi Ps:Great -another NG to Read PPS DEJA VUE I HAVE SAID THE ABOVE BEFORE (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There is another Shiri (or Sheree) around..:-) She is Sheree Rosenkatz, look at this: (URL) thinking both of them having the same nationality, I thought that they should had the same name also, but just interpreted differently when (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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