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(...) Oh brother. Anti-american might be a bit strong, but a surprised reaction isn't unexpected. If someone asked you how tall you are and you said "I'm 1.6 ells," you'd get a weird look, too. Dave! (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) So, how long before you have the FBI on your doorstep? ;-) Fredrik (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I've heard the samme comment myself. I think it sounds plausible, but I can't say for sure... Fredrik (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I remember reading something in one of my dad's (surely totally unbiased) woodworking magazines a while ago about how wooden cutting boards are actually better than plastic ones -- the plastic boards get little cuts all over where the bacteria (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) yah, I use it when I'm forced to boot to windows. I think you can get it at www.trillian.cc, and it is pretty cool. I saw it mentioned today on a lame CNN report... Having a talk about IMs without mentioning ICQ is just wrong. I do understand (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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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