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brighn
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response 300 of 823:
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Apr 24 16:31 UTC 2002 |
It's also getting increasingly difficult to call businesses without a
touchtone phone. Many of the places I work with professionally have touchtone
directories and no human operator.
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flem
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response 301 of 823:
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Apr 24 19:12 UTC 2002 |
re #297: it melted in my freezer during a power outage, and refroze in a
really hard ridge against the front door. I was trying to scrub it out.
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keesan
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response 302 of 823:
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Apr 24 22:16 UTC 2002 |
The ice is probably what cut you, not the cream.
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eskarina
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response 303 of 823:
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Apr 24 22:36 UTC 2002 |
I dunno if its "bummed", exactly, but I'm kind of disturbed because the guy
next to me in the computer lab has been online looking at ways to make bombs
for the past half hour.
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keesan
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response 304 of 823:
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Apr 24 22:47 UTC 2002 |
I have been online for a while reading about ways to make violins. Perhaps
your neighbor is just a harmless translator like me? I have done a few
translations on land mines.
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orinoco
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response 305 of 823:
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Apr 24 23:54 UTC 2002 |
The manager of the Mojo dining hall (alas, Mojo does not describe the nature
of the food, but is short for Mosher-Jordan Hall) cut her finger open and had
to go to the hospital, leaving us employees to fend for ourselves. Yeesh!
Fortunately, the student supervisor for today's shift has her head screwed
on straight, and we got through just fine.
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beeswing
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response 306 of 823:
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Apr 25 03:54 UTC 2002 |
Still no word about the job, and it's been a week today. Though I was
told it would be around a week when I would hear anything.
Sigh. Maybe they're trying to see how long I can wait without tearing
my hair out.
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eskarina
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response 307 of 823:
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Apr 25 04:39 UTC 2002 |
re 304: I prefer to think of him as a serial bomber. No harmless people come
anywhere near Michigan State.
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jaklumen
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response 308 of 823:
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Apr 25 07:37 UTC 2002 |
resp:298 you mean the old telephones that are so well-made, you could
throw them hard on the floor, and that there would be a strong
likelihood it would be fine?
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morwen
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response 309 of 823:
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Apr 25 15:01 UTC 2002 |
The Phone would be fine that is, the floor would receive a very real
dent.
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johnnie
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response 310 of 823:
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Apr 25 15:29 UTC 2002 |
re 307--That's right--bombers tend to go to UofM (Unabomber, The
Weathermen). I wonder why that is...
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flem
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response 311 of 823:
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Apr 25 18:26 UTC 2002 |
re #302: Nope, wrong again.
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oval
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response 312 of 823:
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Apr 25 20:54 UTC 2002 |
hey guess what.
life sucks.
i sat up all night with a friend who concurs and we listened to about every
song that bob dylan has ever recorded. it didn't really change my mind about
life's suckiness, but bob's attitude about it sucking is pretty comforting.
cramps from hell too.
stick a fork in me.
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scott
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response 313 of 823:
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Apr 25 21:33 UTC 2002 |
Meyer-Shairer [sp?] office supplies (on Main near Huron) is closing. On the
up side, almost everything is 50% off (lots of file folders, pens/markers,
address labels).
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other
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response 314 of 823:
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Apr 25 22:25 UTC 2002 |
Ann Arbor's premier stage rigger, one of the nicest guys I've met in show
business, and one of few people I've known who could and did carry on
wearing a handlebar mustache without looking the least bit silly, Mike
Hamblin (sp?) died last night under unclear circumstances. He may have
been murdered, but the details I received were very sketchy. I'll know
more tomorrow. :(:(:( I believe he was in his late forties.
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senna
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response 315 of 823:
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Apr 25 22:45 UTC 2002 |
#312: Not until you're fully cooked.
I'm sorry to hear that, eric. My sympathy to the family and the theatrical
community.
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keesan
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response 316 of 823:
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Apr 25 23:50 UTC 2002 |
I was just thinking today how nice it was that at least one store on Main St.
has been in Ann Arbor longer than I have. Why are they closing? I used to
be able to get pencil sharpener blades there, and tape. I would have a hard
time coming up with the names of five stores that have been in downtown Ann
Arbor since 1975 - Sam's Army Navy, Parthenon, Argiero's, Food Coop (in a
different location), a few bookstores.
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brighn
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response 317 of 823:
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Apr 26 00:01 UTC 2002 |
I"m bummed because my job has taken a pronounced turn for the worse only a
few weeks before my vacation, and I'm worried that I'll spend my entire
vacation fretting about getting a new job.
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mdw
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response 318 of 823:
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Apr 26 03:30 UTC 2002 |
I don't know about Meyer-Shairer, but in many of these cases, the people
who own them retire, and want to realize the value of their property for
their retirement.
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clees
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response 319 of 823:
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Apr 26 06:10 UTC 2002 |
Keesan, that becomes harder with every passing year.
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mooncat
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response 320 of 823:
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Apr 26 13:33 UTC 2002 |
re #314- my condolences to you ahd his family/friends, Eric
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orinoco
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response 321 of 823:
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Apr 26 16:14 UTC 2002 |
Would "Sam's Army Navy" be what's now Sam's, or what's now Harry's Army
Surplus?
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happyboy
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response 322 of 823:
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Apr 26 16:35 UTC 2002 |
Hairy Arm Sam's Navy
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keesan
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response 323 of 823:
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Apr 26 18:56 UTC 2002 |
After the 'boss' at Edison's construction dept. phoned Wed to warn us that
the truck would be out next Wed or maybe as early as Monday, Jim and housemate
started digging like mad to finish the trench, lay conduit in it, and close
it back up before Monday. Edison's construction people showed up early this
morning (Friday) ready to put in a pole. After poking around for an hour, they
concluded that we were not ready for them and promised to return Monday.
I am out helping put a few tons of clay back into the hole before tomorrow's
rain - it is good healthy exercise and anyone else is welcome to join us -
we feed volunteers. I never knew how many muscles were involved in moving
dirt before - there are all sorts of them around the ribs. We also have a
driveway full of woodchips to go on top, in case you don't like clay.
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jaklumen
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response 324 of 823:
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Apr 28 11:06 UTC 2002 |
IBB circumstances made it convenient to visit my grandparents'
gravesite again Friday night. I am upset partially because my father
is not terribly understanding of my grief concerning my grandmother; I
don't think advice of 'you need to let her go' is terribly
appropriate. Mom had a similar attitude when Grandpa (his dad) died
of prostate cancer 12 years ago, and he was still grieving.
I appreciate those that have given their support, because although it
hardly seems like it here, I have felt the need to be intensely
private about this.
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