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(...) My condolances. Here, I'll start again in hopefully a less confrontational manner and try and make clear my position. From a certain standpoint, Catholicism introduces things that, personally, I would agree are of a debatable Biblical (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Assuming your money is part of the total $1000 the economy never would increase because you give $10.50 to the post office. The post office increases it's portion of the $1000 dollars by $10.50 at the same time you lose $10.50 of your portion. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hypothetical: I live in Boombaville, a closed economic community in which the total money available equals $1000 and where money orders cost $.50. Having closed an auction deal with an AFOL in a distant part of Boombaville, I proceed to the post (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I lived in the town itself until I was about 5, but I lived in the general area until moving to college. I only attended St. Catherine's for Sunday School, but I thought it would be a cool "small world" thing. (...) I'm sorry for your loss, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Benny Hill... the greatest milkman in the west? (Re: Uselessness of .debate)
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(...) What have the Romans ever done for us!? Poor old Benny Hill. He was huge here, and then overnight he was considered not to be PC, and unceremoniously ditched from prime time TV to nowhere. These days, he is seldom even mentioned in the media. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Problems with Christianity
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(...) Hi Dave!, Don't tell me you're from Allentown also? Oh, and no to your second question. Sorry to be so brief, I wanted to spend more time in response to this and Bruce's message but...the Matriarch of the Farkas family in Allentown (my (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) often! (...) you asked for it, you got it! Richard Noeckel, the size of your head IRRITATES THE PI$$ OUT OF ME! I CAN'T STAND THE CAR YOU DRIVE or THE WAY YOU DRINK MILK! I hope you GET A RASH FROM YOUR ARTIFICIAL CHRISTMAS TREE WHILE BUILDING (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Zok Death Sloop Redux
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(...) My current favorite is Dilbert. =) -- Andrew, Agent 0007 (25 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's really too bad. But where did he go? Wouldn't he have published more books by now? Someone I know, and does not lie, claims to be related to Bill Waterson. A distant cousin, or something. There is no reason to doubt this, so I believe it. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I agree. Bloom County and Calvin & Hobbes were my favourite. I particularly loved Calvin's wild imagination and introspective look at overly-adult situations, and Berkley Breathed's increadible ability at political and social satire. Truely (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: someone mention my name?...
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(...) That's all right, I always have to deal with folks who can't understand that my name isn't short for something else. Frankly my dear, I'm just a plain old "Frank", not Franklin, or Francis, or Frankie, or anything else... (25 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sluggy Freelance! Greatest comic strip out there today. Space fans will appreciate it in particular--Torg's secretary is an alien. (URL) comic strips follow a wide range of topics. Santa's black ops elves (hey, how do you think he knows if (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Tom Boucher" <trekkie@spamyou.nom...stars.com> wrote in message news:G5tx1s.2tE@lugnet.com... (...) stand (...) Yes I've also heard that he was eccentric. this seems to be a quality of the best cartoonists. (...) Same here. My favorites were Calvin (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Did you attend Catholic school? St. Catherine's, by any chance? Just curious, Dave! (25 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: 2001 Racers now at shop.lego.com
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(...) "He robs from the poor, and gives to the riiiich..." [next line censored for civility's sake] (...) Then they really *would* be poor, methinks. LFB (25 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) wow.. everytime I hear your name, I picture you as the little black kid on "Peanuts" ;) J (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(Notice "follow-up"...) (...) *Sigh*... I *had* to start putting that in my email "sig", 'cuz of the number of in-duh-viduals who, after seeing my name as _Franklin_W._Cain_ (*full* first name, *plus* middle initial), would start off by (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: 2001 Racers now at shop.lego.com
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(...) "Hand 'em over!" Off he rides! Personally, I would rather not redistribute "Loopin" to the poor. Aaron (25 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Loopin? "Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, hm hmm hmm...hm hmm" best LFB XFUT-> .o-t.fun (25 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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We should all congratulate Julie Krenz on the 200,00th post since LUGNET was started! Her post can be viewed here: (URL) McMillin P.S. At the current rate, 300,000 will arrive in about 159 days(May 22, 2001). (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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