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Re: Pricing on Lego Sets
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au
Date: 
Mon, 7 Aug 2000 01:43:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Santosh Bhat writes:
People frequently don't appreciate the distances involved in this country.

Don't worry, I do. We have exchange students ask us why we can't just drive
down to Disney World (in FL, 1000 M from our house) for the weekend, so I know
where you're coming from. Don't fault me for thinking Melbourne is close to
Sydney, fault me for being too lazy to go figure out where Box Hill was.

Enjoy Sydney Larry, are you sure you want to leave just BEFORE the Olympics?

Beats trying to leave AFTER them, eh? The airport may be crowded but the
flights in the other direction should be fairly empty. I think. We'll see.

There was an article about Sydney in this month's National Geographic, so I'm
pretty psyched. What the heck is Chicken Maryland, though?

++Lar



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  Dining downunder (was Re: Pricing on Lego Sets)
 
(...) Paraphrased from the dictionary at www.culinarycafe.com: "In Australia Chicken Maryland refers to chicken leg with both thigh and drumstick attached, crumbed, browned in hot fat, and baked. Sometimes served with cream gravy." If you go to an (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)

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  Re: Pricing on Lego Sets
 
People frequently don't appreciate the distances involved in this country. The only chance you can argue this one with Ben over a beer, is by long distance call. Box hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Melbourne is about 1000km's south of Sydney. Though (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)

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