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(...) Whoops! c /pi to 10 digits/the first 10 digits of pi/ (...) "Correct", since the next digit after 2653 is >4 so the 53 rounds up to 54... But ACTUALLY INcorrect since " 3.141592654!! " is actually an invalid arithmetic expression. You cannot (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | 'Lego Birthday Party'... while you are out shopping...
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G'day all! I want to give my son next year a Lego Birthday party for his 4th Birthday. (Not this year as it will be at McDonalds). I'm getting this prepared now as I want to make it really special for him (and me mwahaha). Anyway, while you lovely (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.fun.party, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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(...) You didn't want me to just *give* you the answer, did you? Actually, based on your original response to the grammar rodeo, I couldn't really tell if you were playing along with the sillines, or you were in fact unsure what I was talking about. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: How lucky can you get!
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(...) it is worth a look. Try these URLs of the same thing instead: (URL) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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(...) Well ya, but that's an obsCure reference. You told me to look for obsure references. Didn't find any. :-) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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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| | Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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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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| | Re: Wow!!!
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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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| | Ferreting out the Libertarian stance on the issues
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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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| | Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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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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| | Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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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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| | Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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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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| | Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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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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| | Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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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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| | Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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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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| | Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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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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