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polytarp
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response 190 of 270:
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Aug 7 07:58 UTC 2003 |
Droll has an opposite meaning than what you mean, jaklumen.
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oval
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response 191 of 270:
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Aug 7 08:37 UTC 2003 |
Llord
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novomit
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response 192 of 270:
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Aug 7 12:05 UTC 2003 |
31/M/LA, USA.
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slynne
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response 193 of 270:
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Aug 7 15:31 UTC 2003 |
Oh ok...
Not as old as remmers and younger than happyboy!/male or
female/Meeeecheeegan
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furs
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response 194 of 270:
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Aug 7 18:40 UTC 2003 |
And you are awesome. You forgot that part.
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albaugh
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response 195 of 270:
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Aug 7 21:18 UTC 2003 |
Took my 9.9-year-old son to Comerica Park last night to see the Tigers play
the Oakland A's. The weather turned out to be excellent.
Some facts / thoughts:
-Paid $15 to park across the street from the stadium. Could have paid $8 if
I wanted to walk a few blocks (no thanks).
-Had no problem getting some pretty decent tickets at the box office - row
14 3rd base side beyond the dougout (where I asked). 2 together for $60.
Having walked around the stadium at / after the end of the game, there seem
to be many good seats with good views, so no need to pay that much $ per
ticket.
-Refreshments ran thusly: $3.25 for 12oz bottle of pop. $3 for bottled
water. $2.75 for hot dog. $3 for fries. Outrageous prices, but I guess it
helps keep the vending people employed.
-Comerica Park is a beautiful new facility, with great views of the
surrounding city.
-Impression: Sorry to be another to rip the Tigers, beat a dead horse, but
they are horrid. They lost to the A's 9-3. It was 3-0, 3-2, 4-2 for a while,
then 6-2 & 6-3 for a couple of innings, so it wasn't an immediate debacle.
And it wasn't as though they played (at least last night) terrible baseball.
They just can't win games. And the atmosphere at the park is one of "no
hope". I told my son as we were going home that 20 years ago it was the Red
Wings who were horrid (much to his amazement, given their excellence over the
last 10+ years, during his lifetime), while the Tigers were still holding the
city's interest, with a championship in 1984 and playoff appearance in 1987.
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ea
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response 196 of 270:
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Aug 8 02:17 UTC 2003 |
re #195 - if you wanted to watch minor league baseball, you should drive
to Toledo and catch a mudhens game. Their stadium is very nice, similar
sightlines to Comerica, but much more affordable. And the quality of
the game is about the same.
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slynne
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response 197 of 270:
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Aug 8 15:03 UTC 2003 |
i love the mudhens
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slynne
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response 198 of 270:
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Aug 8 15:04 UTC 2003 |
i also love furs jeanne marie burke manigold bignasty!
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novomit
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response 199 of 270:
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Aug 8 17:07 UTC 2003 |
Re 169: You know you can get a shell account at www.twenex.org . . . they run
TOPS-20 and have a TECO editor you can use. :D
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albaugh
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response 200 of 270:
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Aug 8 17:11 UTC 2003 |
Yep, our Cub Scout Pack has a yearly outing now to one of the 3 (?) yearly
"Friday night game and camp on the field after the fireworks" events the Mud
Hens sponsor.
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tod
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response 201 of 270:
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Aug 8 17:28 UTC 2003 |
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albaugh
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response 202 of 270:
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Aug 8 17:40 UTC 2003 |
I knew the minute I wrote "outing" some smart ass would take a different
meaning... ;-)
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tod
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response 203 of 270:
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Aug 8 19:40 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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furs
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response 204 of 270:
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Aug 8 20:42 UTC 2003 |
I like my name, slynne. :)
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kabir
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response 205 of 270:
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Aug 9 15:48 UTC 2003 |
respond
quit
quit
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charcat
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response 206 of 270:
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Aug 10 05:27 UTC 2003 |
q
quit
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willys
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response 207 of 270:
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Aug 10 23:19 UTC 2003 |
exit
pass
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naftee
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response 208 of 270:
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Aug 11 02:16 UTC 2003 |
STOP
stop
stop
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omni
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response 209 of 270:
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Aug 11 14:37 UTC 2003 |
209th. Ok, so we stopped counting, didn't we?
I believe 209 is also prime, but I'm not great with math.
For the unaware, My name is Jim, and I live south of the border. No, not
THAT border, but just a scant 46 miles to the south of the People's Rep. of
Ann Arbor.
I am an Ohio type.
I make my living running around Toledo at night looking for money, or that
is, people with money. I take them places in my car. Before you get the idea
that I'm some kind of weirdo the Toledo Police are looking for, I should tell
you that my car is a cab, and I spend my nights driving it. Some nights I make
money, and then there are some nights where I don't do so well. In the last
3 days, I have managed to make well over 350 bucks, and I didnt even go out
of town, that is, if you don't count Perrysburg as being out of town.
I drive a 1987 Toyota Tercel, which is my personal ride. My cab usually is
a 1995 Olds minivan. These days I'm driving a '92 Crown Vic. I am thinking
of starting a car club, the LRFC, or the Little Rusty Foreign Car Club. Only
people with certain vintage Toyotas, Mazdas, Hondas, Datsun/Nissans would be
eligible. Personally I dont think that idea will fly.
My hobbies are Amateur Radio (N8LIC). I hold an Extra Class Plus Licence,
because I had to get the 20 wpm code with my license. I also dabble in
computers, and Aviation. I am currently playing with Flight Simulator 2002
Professional Edition, and I'm actually gaining some skill. All that means is
that when I fly to Cleveland, I dont land in the middle of the Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame, and I put the plane where it belongs, on the runway at Burke
Lakefront. I have put a few into Lake Erie. I am currently flying the Beech
Baron 58. I have tried to fly the Boeings, but I have wrecked about 2 Billion
dollars worth of planes. I shouldnt be flying the Boeings.
I am a Sagitarius, which means I'm very flighty and have been known to
change my mind in .0000001 secs. I share a birthday with Anders Celcius, Eddie
Rabbit, and Cornielus Vanderbilt, which seriously worries me.
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sava
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response 210 of 270:
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Aug 11 15:26 UTC 2003 |
hi,usa
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remmers
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response 211 of 270:
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Aug 11 16:36 UTC 2003 |
Re #209: 209 = 11*19
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jaklumen
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response 212 of 270:
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Aug 12 00:28 UTC 2003 |
I'm ashamed to admit I share a birthday with Martha Stewart, but not
Martin Sheen.
I don't put much stock in astrology or calendar signs, although it was
fun to check out my chart. I am a Leo married to a Pisces on the
Aries cusp, and I am a Wood Tiger on the Chinese calendar. The real
extent of my seriousness notes that fortunes in fortune cookies tend
to be fairly generic, that it is fun to add "in bed" somewhere to them
(usually the end), and that they are a Californian invention: they
were invented to advertise a restaurant.
I'm Jonathan, for those that don't know me.
My hobbies include classical guitar and role-playing games. I work as
a secretary for the City of Richland and am looking for full-time
employment. I enjoy a fair variety of music, but my favorites include
funk, various electronica genres, quiet storm, some disco (that was
more funk influenced), and certain types of jazz. I generally
disfavor country music, *especially* honky tonk, which drives me nuts.
I fancy philosophy somewhat, although I'll admit I haven't been
studying quite as much as I should. I just finished the Tao Te Ching
and am continuing on the Tao of Pooh, which I consider a quirky,
somewhat whimisical sort of commentary on the Tao. After that, I'll
resume a philosophical treatise on lying. There's been a smidge of
study of religion: Judaism including Kabbalah mysticism, and some
study of the Ba'hai faith. All very interesting comparisons.
I figure that I am a very subjective sort of thinker, which I figure
leaves me mystified in understanding scientific and computer
programming types.
I am incredibly idealistic and a slight iconoclastic, which again
leaves me baffled about the more traditionalist. "Don't fix it if it
ain't broken" never seemed to ring true for me.
Grex has been a wonderful place for discussion-- and I've always loved
the specialty conferences. I do hope that agora gets out of the rut
of the war discussion-- for me, anyway, it seems a little thin.
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cyber8
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response 213 of 270:
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Aug 12 04:55 UTC 2003 |
butyus maximus/cre viro
virus
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naftee
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response 214 of 270:
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Aug 12 05:11 UTC 2003 |
re 212 You play classical guitar?! D00D you should check out
www.eythorsson.com
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