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  Instant Messaging Question?
 
I saw on FoxNews today a type of istant messaging program called Trillion? (sp) Anyone heard of this, or did I get the name wrong? It supposadly combines all MSN, Yahoo, and AOL into one program Thanks, --Kai (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: question about the metric system
 
(...) Allegedly. But I never got food-poisoned, so it sounds void to me... It's a bit dumb as a rule. Some years ago they also forbid stomping grapes to make wine (as done since time immemorial), for the same reason. If they keep this path, noone (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: question about the metric system
 
(...) Is this because of bacteria? Do they still sell them within the EU? -c (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: question about the metric system
 
(...) Oh, I see - we used to have the "Légua", which ranged from 5 to 25 km. (...) We use that - you don't? I thought the EU had a directive about it (they do about *everything* else.. ;-) Pedro (who illegally used a wooden spoon to cook dinner (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: question about the metric system
 
(...) Absolutely. They didn't even bother to translate "Frequent flier", since they assume most portuguese frequent passengers are familiar with the english language. And they are not wrong... :-) (A quick note: noone here actually says "milhagem", (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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