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| (...) Funny, in the US anyway, it seems that the public transit that works the best was built a long time ago by private companies, and the public transit built recently in cities that didn't have any doesn't usually work at all. Here in Zurich, the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You know what? You're right. I hate that! FUT lugnet.org, who so far have missed out on the blast. Take your general questions there. (or maybe to lugnet.loc.it, I hear they're itching for some long post chains so they can pass lugnet.loc.uk (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org)
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| Shiri Dori wrote: <snip> Hello all, It's always interesting to see what goes on here while I'm away. Well after reading the insane amounts of posts from yesterday, I couldn't help but post one myself. I guess I am what could be termed a lurking (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) The "the T" is Boston's subway/train system. Sort of like how they call it "Le Metro" in Paris or "the Underground" in London. In Miami, we call our subway/train sytem "A waste of money", mainly because we know Miami is a car city, so only (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) Not nesseccarily, being a "student" can be considered in college as well. (...) I remember that on my first days on lugnet(1), not many people knew I was young (ish) and many people were surprised that I was 15 (at the time). Even yesterday! I (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) Yup, in hindsight, setting the followups to lugnet.org.us.nelug on this topic is likely to cause an ugly subtree, my bad. (...) I wondered about this before - why lugnet.org.us rather than lugnet.org? For reasons of law and liability I can (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) (L*a*mbrecht, actaully, but then again, I'm sure lots of people write your name as Sean) (...) was (...) I'm flattered. :) You'd think my URL would be a give-away. (...) I remember a few people saying that even after they met me at Mindfest, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| In lugnet.org.us, Richard Franks writes: <snip> I just read this whole subtree and I would like to reiterate Frank's call for setting followups on posts carefully. If what you are discussing is generic to all LUGs, it ought to be to org.us NOT to (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) Absolutely and totally agreed. I am trying to direct conversation out of .nelug for this reason. (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) I can assure you that the capabilities to start an organization are rather unique. Interestingly, the capabilities to maintain and grow an organization are different, and frequently are not found in the same individual. I'm certainly not an (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) babysit, that should be sufficient. Shiri has demonstrated a maturity level that I feel would put some of the rest of us to shame (at age 16 that is). And if her family offered to sign a waver, that would be ideal. Just keep her away from the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) The T is the subway/trolley system in Boston. It's also the busses, but when people say "the T", they almost always mean trains. I'm not sure exactly what Larry means by "x", but I assume it stands for "getting there". [ -> off-topic.fun ] (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Excellent point, Andy ... I had been a fan of Bram Lembrecht's work for a long time prior to MIT Mindfest '99, and I always thought he was in his thirties. Imagine my shock when I met him, and learned he was on track to graduate high school (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.wafol, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... <snip> (...) I might have missed something here in all the 300+ post, but what is "the T" and "x"? (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| Peter White <aztekium@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:Fx62FG.42q@lugnet.com... (...) . (...) . (...) Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations gives credit to Groucho Marx (1959), the original line being: "I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| I'm all for the age rule. I keep thinking that I wouldn't want to hang out with the teenage me. But it doesn't mean we have to be strict. I mean, if Shiri really wants to hang ou with a bunch of elderly people, perhaps we should allow it. Its not an (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) Yes. I agree that that is force. (...) I don't believe it was a joke. I agree. Hopefully the poster will mature beyond that stage. Chris (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) Jeez. I in no way meant to belittle or demean the great work that Eric K did to get NELUG going. By saying that "all it took" was a lot of time and effort, I meant to recognise that he did invest quite a bit of effort into it. On the other (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| Todd, If I may be so bold, I would like to recommend an additional question that may be relevant to your poll. * If you are an adult and you belong to a club/group with younger ( e.g. 16-17 ) members, do you feel that their presence in the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.wafol, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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