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Re: the best laid plans of mice and men
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date: 
Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:53:14 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Scott Arthur writes:
> > In lugnet.lego.direct, Jude Beaudin writes:
> > > In lugnet.lego.direct, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > 
> > > <snip>
> > > 
> > > > Now I am disappointed. I have no hate in me for anyone or anything, • although
> > I
> > > > do have a particular dislike for marmite. :-)
> > > 
> > > Marmite!?! What does marmite mean?
> > 
> > It the Australian nationl dish:
> > http://www.accomodata.co.uk/marmite.htm
> 
> Hey Todd,
> 
> Is there some server-side way of doing a pop-up or other warning message
> before a post is confirmed?  Like, say...
> 
>      "Please double-check that your post is on-topic for lugnet.lego.direct,
>        and not about marmite or some other nonsense?"
> 
> James
> (who doesn't believe in subtlety today)

Or maybe Todd can add a new group like lugnet.marmite :-)

BTW, I am sorry for the off-topic post. Regrettably it is not the first and
won't be the last (as in human error).

Jude



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  Re: the best laid plans of mice and men
 
(...) Is there some server-side way of doing a pop-up or other warning message before a post is confirmed? Like, say... "Please double-check that your post is on-topic for lugnet.lego.direct, and not about marmite or some other nonsense?" James (who (...) (26 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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