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(...) I've never heard them called anything else. I would imagine that the specific type of jackboots worn by the German SS has a specific name (in German), but I have no idea what it is. A quick (not very picky) search on the internet got me (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Are they actually called jackboots? That is, I can't imagine walking into the shoestore and saying "I'd like to buy some boots with a lot of historical context--give me some jackboots." Or is there a more "official" name? Dave! (25 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Maybe he's talking about Seattle, Louisiana? 8^p Dave! (25 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) From what I've heard from Fiat owners, they were never examples of greatness. ;^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (25 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: A Study On Martians
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(...) Think "yellow gloves". Steve (25 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.space, Jonathan Mizner writes: ..... (...) Mars is not in a vacuum, it has an atmosphere, but a very cold one! (25 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Steve Bliss <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:453k5tgt77ga6ve...4ax.com... (...) Why can I picture Kristin slipping and saying that?? Funny! =) -Tim (25 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I've seen the area north of West Palm Beach. It's all alike, just lots of giant hotels and condominiums, about 20 feet from the beach. In other areas, for miles all you can see are RV and mobile home parks. And then comes the miles of flat (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hehe :) I think they should make t-shirts for some that go in pairs, which would say: 'I'm with stupid -->' and 'West Palm Beach County Voter' respectively. :) -Tim (25 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nope, I drive a Jeep Wrangler. eric (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Whoops, You can't do that. That would leave you with no passwords at all! KL (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You, eric (possibly a viking), must be a driver of said transport. I may be forced to buy a "mommy-box" soon, as we (my wife & me) are thinking of adding a third rugrat, and I'd have to have cargo space for all 3 of them should I find any (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Just got off the phone with my wife. She was talking about checking for Belville on eBay, but she called the website "eVille". I found it strangely appropriate. Steve (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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There's something very unsettling about the phrase "mommy-box" that I can't put my finger on. eric (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Just stumbled across this: (URL) tells me that this isn't the same Ozzie... the Ozzie I used to listen to already spoke in tongues, or so it was said. Frank??? Any more info on this? (Why do supposedly staid exec types need to take on wild (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In the near future John "I love Hubbard" Travolta (who somehow has managed to find work despite Battlefield Earth) will be in some tech-ish film called Swordfish, in which the fish in question is a sort of universal password. Just to beat the rush, (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I find this study interesting, and it is really strange also. The strange thing about it is that TLC would assign so many character identities to such a new thread (kudos!), but add so few to classic threads (such as the Knight's Kingdom). (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Blame it on cosmic rays... (Not to be confused with Cosmic Ray's brickbay shop) (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I don't know if it is or not. They seem to carry it in a lot of supermarkets, but I never buy it there because you never know how long it's been sitting there and so either it takes on the taste of plastic wrapping or it isn't as runny around (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Lucky for me my mom is not a native speaker of English and so was unfamiliar with that admonition. But I do recall my sister making the trip to Disneyland one year with a shirt button stuck up her nose-- maybe it translates differently! Maggie (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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