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Thomas & All, (...) I think it is pretty quiet right now, a lot of people are on vacation, etc. I am sure it will pick up soon. (...) Hmm.... I don't think so, more than likely just quiet right now. (...) I doubt it, look at the new stuff coming (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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(...) bits (...) Shiri is moving and we are all in mourning. ;-( <sob> Ah, gee, was that sarcastic? I guess we'll never know... <grin> Actually you are right about it being summer. Everyone is on vacation and the like, so we are posting less. Also (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Or does there seem to be a lull in newsgroup postings lately? Summer used to be a slow time back in r.t.l days...is LUGNET also susceptible to the summer doldrums? Or is there a threshold we have reached as a community. With so many talented (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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Good luck and have fun in college Shiri. Adam (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Best of luck, Shiri! Try not to get too stressed. James (25 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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...and you probably knew *that* part. Just to clarify a few things (people have been asking me this). * I'm going to be extremely busy in the next two or three months (packing, then unpacking, and then probably packing and unpacking again as I move (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) <grin> Why be modest when you can be honest? I'm just kidding, relax... I'm not becoming a 2nd Larry... <grin, duck and run> -Shiri (25 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I'm sure she has some reasons for it (parents always have *some* of it, don't they?). (...) Knowing yourself is a good thing, I assume..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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Hey Eric!!! Congrats man! And pics to boot!! Ya hoo! And Henry as well. You're in good company. You make the red haired stepchild mecha group proud!!! BTW you're killing me posting this in people and not mecha. Are you a little cross post shy after (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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Congratulations Eric! You have been accepted by the "Creators" of this "world", now go, and fulfill your destiny! ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) snip of a few suggestions, including a scandalous misspelling of "MEGA BLOKS" (...) In the previous discussion I was one of the people who (as an outsider) felt that the group was making an unfortunate choice in barring Shiri from meetings, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) [WHACK] (...) "I wouldn't want to join any club that would have somebody like me in it as a member." Who said it? John C. (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Yeh, I belong to that club! I hope her move to Isreal won't keep her from posting. No offense to others, but it gets a little boring without her. (...) You tell em! (...) You can belong to my club, Hop-Frog... The club of nonjoining club (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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It just wouldn't be me if I didn't interject myself uninvited into the conversation. While I whole heartedly agree with Jeremy concerning the short sitedness of a policy that blindly and uniformly excludes people based on age, inspite of talent. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Which is *almost* exactly what I was asking for. The only reason that's not *exactly* what I asked for is because I already tried... (URL) the fact is that fewer people read .ma.bos than .org.us.nelug. I got no replies there, and only two by (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I think it also comes up because AFAIK, they're the only club that has any kind of membership restriction, and it is very baffling to many of us why it would exist. *BUT* again, it's their policy, and their choice. I can respect their opinion (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I think it comes up again because most of us outsiders are just aghast that Shiri isn't already some kind of honored and permanent fixture of the NELUG clubhouse. May I recommend using crazy glue on her sneekers...? =oP -- Hop-Frog (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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People: Y'know, it just doesn't matter if Shiri makes it to a Nelug meeting or not. She has asked, it is up to NELUG to decide how far along the continuum of absurdity they wish to take their under 18 yrs. prohibition. I feel sure that I am not (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Why is this being reopened again? NELUG has chosen to make rules the way they see fit, a democratic process validated those rules and I think it's rather immature of YOU to buck against a club somewhere else and the way they organize. I have a (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I almost feel sorry for having to point this out, but there's little real difference between saying someone "is stupid" and saying someone "is being stupid". If splitting hairs about it makes you feel better, be my guest, but it's still an (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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