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(...) Some of the older stuff is, yes. A sub-culture of scripophily I believe. But as for the current stuff, well we Canadians collect it only long enough to spend it on something. :) Canadian Tire money is a wonderful part of our country's culture (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I actually HAVE some of this, believe it or not. But it would cost you more than par to get it, since it's collectible. (...) I went and looked but didn't find ANY Obsure references, Simpsons or otherwise... (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey Jude! As you *must* know, (since as all Canadians are born knowing...) Toronto is the *center* of Canada, therefore it's the center of the known universe, and therefore everything that happens *in* Toronto is all quality. Just because the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Don't forget the old phrase, it's quality not quantity ;-) Jude Moved thread to .o-t.fun cause I don't wanna give you credit for this <g> (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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While going over my voter election guide for today's California primary election I came across the personal statement of Pat Wright, the LP candidate for Lt. Governor: "My message to the people of California is, 'Don't take your freedoms for (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Netspeak terms? (was: Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe)
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(...) From someone's sig on another site: "on the internet, everyone knows you're a balding pervert"(1) (...) 1 - which of course is a takeoff on "on the internet, no one knows you're a ..." (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Lerv" was first used onscreen (I believe) in Annie Hall, though it may have been spelled lurv. Dave! (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What dialect? It's not one I have heard, but I don't know them all. (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Very much Murkan! "Ah lerv yew" roughly translates as "Oi luvs ya" in Strine. Or even "Gimme anuva tinnie, darl". ROSCO (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think you have a superfluous comma there. :-) And a missing period, if the truth be told. :-) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Teach them to communicate and the language will follow. Good writing is not about writing well, it's about making someone feel something with the words you've put together. (...) Whom cares? :) Regards, Allan B. (Who does admit to having a (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Lerv? Is that Strine? (...) Who/whom finagling is something up with which I will not put. I wish there were but one (or is that "was but one"??). (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah, me too-- like when I spelled it "Breeway Cafe". Guess there's no sense in growing a festouche over it! Maggie (inside whom resides a frustrated English teacher dying to get out-- or is it "inside of whom"...? or "whom there resides..."?) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh my. Well I guess I have no idea where I got the word from but that isn't the meaning I thought it meant. Funny, someone sent me a link to the pseudodictionary just earlier today. I did a little random diving into it and wasn't all that (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) [snip] (...) But you've gotta[1] keep fighting the good fight anyway 8?) [1] That's gotta[1] be in a dictionary somewhere[2] [2] I just lerv[1] recursive footnotes 8?) ROSCO (who's noticed at least 5 spelling / grammatical errors in his recent (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Anticipation!!! (And they just *smell* good!) ROSCO (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I did. I'm still comfortable using it in the way in which I did. It's not unlike the expression "lowest common denominator". If people knew what those words really signify they'd not use them the way they most often do. But most people use (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Mags really should get the pleasure of doing that. But as a hint, look up what "beg the question" means. :-) Or just do a search in o-t.fun for the phrase (using the web interface)... (...) As discussed (but apparently not enough to sink in (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I must be missing some inside joke. Anyone care to fill me in? (...) I'm also enjoying some of the perks of adulthood. But I'm still in the dark about not opening LEGO sets. The curiousity would drive me crazy. I've bought multiple copies of (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I have an unopened Technic Space Shuttle. I've never seen one opened. And it kills me that I have not opened this one, but one day in a 100 years, my kids (not even close to reality yet) will have something fun from my generation to play with still (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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