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(...) As in, the game of 'baseball'? Or the game of 'cricket'? Or perhaps 'rounders'? For many years the story went that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown, NY U.S.A. back in 1839. However the more recent prevailing belief is that a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Sorry to call you up on this one 4. Baseball originated in the UK. Cardiff in Wales (where I live - Hooray) and Liverpool in England. (unless I've been lied to all these years) Apart from that, yeah Canada is cool -- James Stacey ---...--- (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Found thins whilst cleaning up my e-mail... So, What Do Canadians Have to Be Proud Of? l. Smarties 2. Crispy Crunch & Coffee Crisp 3. The size of our Football Fields and one less Down 4. Baseball is Canadian. 5. Lacrosse is Canadian. 6. Hockey is (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jul-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I had one of those serial dreams where you believe you've awakened already. I had arrived at Brickfest early before anything was set up, and it was a computer faire in my junior high cafeteria. Next dream, I was awake and had nothing to do this (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, so close but yet so far... a dog on his back taco holder, now THAT's cool! (URL) of my favorite comics ever, which may shed more insight into my personality than I'd care that it did...) Peter (22 years ago, 12-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Gee Bruce, don't you know by now that pointillism belongs in another group? I really don't have time to be canvassing groups looking for those who paint with too broad a brush. Maggie FUT ot.pun (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) I'm throwing pearls before Capybara, I tell ya! I'll render hue to pieces. Aintchya got any value? Ya tone deaf? Are you art critics or impastos? Your oily opinions are water-based. I gotta give you cheap impressionists the brush-off. I (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I did not know these ones. The capivara I knew because of a brazilian soap, which was set in the Pantanal region and became famous for showing the fantastic wildlife to be found there (much more spectacular than in Amazonia, IMHO). They look (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) D'oh, I left myself open because I forgot my parenthetical disclaimer! (Not that there's anything *wrong* with people who forget things) ;-) John (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) In English, we call it a capybara, but I like the Iberian spelling better. The really nasty ones are apparently nutrias--they're smaller but meaner by far. Sort of like little seals swimming around in the swamp, except they're ratty. LFB (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Chris ;-) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you meant a dog-sized rodent, then it's a Capivara (to be found in Brazilian Pantanal). Pedro (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) no, no, no. You two are talking about the *Chupacabra*: (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, that's a Chihuahua. Or is that the rodent-sized dog? I always get those mixed up. James (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Found & fixed thanks (will go up in the next update). You can still get to the spare parts via the menu entry. (...) Yes I found that one - I'll wait till I get the cease & desist letter before I do anything I think 8?) ROSCO (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nee, in Nederlands wordt het Brittannië (tt tt tt) heten. Dus vind ik je fout begrijpelijk. Ik maak veel fouts zoals hem wanneer ik Nederlands teken. (Als je liever heeft kun je het "Verenigd Koninkrijk" noemen.) And how are things at Uni (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Whoops, another typo. My spelling checker isn't working very well. Perhaps I should pay more attention myself. "Martijn Zwaal" <zwaal@science.uva.nl> wrote in message news:Gyz72t.69I@lugnet.com... (...) against (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I didn't know Britain was famous for it's t. "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Gyxutr.HM0@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) intentions. (...) the (...) funding (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Just one? She must be a pretty super duper heroine!!! (...) (yes I love that typo!!! It has come up several times lately) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I understand that agents of the queen discretely trans-ship heroine on the chunnel trains. The profits from this operation must be how they're funding the occupation force. Good luck in your repulsion! Hopefully we won't be too busy with the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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