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  Re: mech legalities
 
(...) You mean, *more* substandard than what was already coming out of millions of AD&D gaming sessions around the world? Whoa, that sucks. :) (...) Hah! TSR swallowed by an amoeba! How fitting. (...) You know, I sometimes can appreciate justice. (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: mech legalities
 
(...) After a disastrous overproduction of really, really sub-standard fiction, resulting in a huge return of stock by such low-visibility companies as B. Dalton and others, TSR teetered on the brink on non-existence for between 6 and 12 months. (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: mech legalities
 
Speaking of TSR are they still around? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. <snip> (...) <snip> (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: mech legalities
 
(...) I'm not sure about HERC, as it's an acronym used in that universe. It is derived from Herculean but it has its own provenance as well. Not to say that a company won't stick "TM" on it just to scare the unwary or uninitiated; TSR did this with (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Freudian Slips
 
(...) Hey Lindsay, sometimes a typo is just a typo! Maggie C. (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Freudian Slips
 
This may not actually be off-topic, but it *is* rather fun. Today, I made a Freudian slip while typing the URL for a newsgroup: www.lugnet.com/market/suction Which seemed, to me, rather fitting. But alas, it turned up no hits. Any stories out (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Smile!
 
(...) I've seen it, and used it, as both. -Tim (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Smile!
 
In 'Net parlance, does the smiley-face 8^P denote sticking one's tongue out at someone else, or is it a self-deprecating "d'oh!" face? Dave! (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Australian Roll Call
 
(...) Y'know, I finally figured it out. My dad was stationed in Australia during WWII for a while. Apparently too long... Bruce (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Bill Gates, our benefactor
 
(...) Wow, it's been a while since I snooped snopes. Last time I read it, they were just barely installing the Disney Sex Horror Academica Legends page. ;-) Wow, they've expanded. New categories for religion, autos, holidays, *and* the (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)


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