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(...) Yikes! That's an interesting suggestion, but I wonder about its real-world effectiveness, since it's along the lines of "I like you because you're punching me in the stomach as opposed to this other guy who's punching me in the nose." Dave! (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message news:G93Bn3.7oo@lugnet.com... (...) double-boom"? (...) off (...) go (...) Thanks Bruce. I didn't realise there were two booms! Comes from living in an outpost like Australia, where (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sonic boom. I believe they get one shock wave off the nose, and another off the wings, but I really don't remember. This is the first time I had it go overhead when I was outside in Pasadena and the air positively shook (and here I am so used (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) So you would see it go Ick and have zero resistance to buying something else. Marketing 101. If sucker sees a "bad" deal next to a good deal the sucker will buy the "good" deal and think they have pulled a fast one on the company. This works (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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So for us shuttle-landing-newbies, what causes the "signature double-boom"? (I don't get one when my 8480 lands....) ROSCO Bruce Schlickbernd <corsair@schlickbernd.org> wrote in message news:G92trx.G19@lugnet.com... (...) Florida (...) caught (...) (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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One would figure I would know better by now, considering the signature double-boom, but somehow I didn't pay attention to bad weather over Florida but since Edwards AFB is now the secondary landing site, I still get caught off-guard by the shuttle (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That exorbitant price is a symptom of this extravagant Pittsburgh lifestyle in which I find myself--at Penn State there was a store in which nearly all CD's, even brand new, were $11.98. (...) A very sensible explanation. My only remaining (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The standard thing is to price all of an artist's albums the same. The only reason to price it cheaper is so that it will remain on the shelves when it otherwise wouldn't. That isn't a problem with Pink Floyd. Further, different stores will (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I'm posting this to .fun because it's not sufficiently weighty to merit the "debate" tag, but while shopping today I noticed some irregularities in the prices of CD's and DVD's, and I thought I'd share. While browsing the CD racks I noticed that (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, I'm back and mostly recovered. Good thing today is a holiday. :D Anyway, I had a great time, spent way too much money(1), saw lots of great shows, and got lots of ideas for building mecha. I wonder when I'll be able to get back to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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