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(...) Neh, there's just more spaces where they can break it and nobody will hear...:) Here in the UK, a mystery sonic boom made the news--they're not sure what it was, as military aircraft aren't supposed to do that over land. Current speculation is (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ik kan Nederlands voor je vertalen. Misschien. (Actually, 90% of Dutch speaking English are still better than my sore attempts at Dutch...) groet, Lindsay (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, I use the one built into my laptop. Less to carry that way. ++Lar (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Titanium PowerBook (was: Re: What if Steve Jobs ran The LEGO Company?)
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(...) Do you bring your forearm mounted mini-crossbow, Lar? ;^D ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Your English is so good I didn't realise you're E2L! Hence the typo riff, I don't normally riff on typos for "English is my 2nd Language" cats. (...) Happy to not meet that expectation, it's non existent! My German is also terrible but a bit (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Just ask Erroll Flynn! Now THERE'S a fine RH movie, one I'd consider getting on DVD (if I had a DVD player). Of the Batemans, I much prefer the sister, brattyness and that "pouty look" wears marginally better on girls. ++Lar (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The marketing ploy worked - I went for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves for $10.50. Why I don't know - if you ain't man enough to wear tights, you shouldn't be in a Robin Hood movie. :-) Bruce (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What Jeffy, no new blow-up friends? Matt (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's still a good deal--you'll be able to get Teen Wolf 2 for $18.75. Dave! (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It is also dependent on the "good" deal being the same company's product and chosen over some other company's "good" deal, so it isn't a realistic marketing ploy (but one marketing people most likely have considered). ;-) Augh, my local DVD (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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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