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The brother Douglas Adams never talks about.
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Lostalottaposts
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If anyone's expecting a reply from me based in a post in the last few days, I probably haven't seen it. Nobody at shaw.ca seems to have any idea that Usenet is important to some customers. So they're always allowing the server's performance to deteriorate to the point where it gets really slow and hangs all the... more »
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It's damp outside
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Here's an oddity. I have a remote car starter. The key fob opens the trunk, unlocks the doors and starts or shuts off the engine. I'm able to use it from our upstairs bedroom at the back of the house, in the basement, from inside the building at my work. But it WILL NOT work in the local Wally World parking lot. I have walked out of the doors and... more »
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Buying Infomercial Time
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Anybody here know how this not-paying-the-normal-rate bargain thing is calculated? <q> NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The Barack Obama presidential campaign will pay NBC and CBS almost $1 million each for the campaign's half-hour ad buy in primetime on October 29, according to documents made available... more »
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Mccain: "Don't be scared of an Obama presidency"
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On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:12:28 -0700 (PDT), LOVE Europe HATE the EU ...John McCain is an old illegal alien loving bum. Obama is a creepy leftist. Put the one in office that will create the most anger and resentment among the American people. ted
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In case you were wondering
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In December I asked in this newsgroup about this: ...Today I got around to asking about the story in rec.arts.sf.written, and I got an answer in a matter of hours. The title is "Bugs", the author is Christopher Anvil, and it appeared in the June 1986 issue of Analog magazine. Now you know. Go read it, eh?... more »
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Is this a Feminazi plot?
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The zombies want our brains and now this. The humanity. Early studies have shown that spermatogonial cells from the testes of mice behaved like embryonic stem cells and could be tricked to grow into certain types of adult cells. The current study is the first of its kind to show that men also have the same stuff like mice have to offer.... more »
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Someone who understands mortgages and financial instruments, please
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My girlfriend just said that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were never allowed to repackage and resell their mortgages--is this true? Second, that they were never allowed to engage in sub-prime lending. They were only allowed to buy mortgages that conformed to certain standards, and in fact were being closely watched will before the... more »
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Happy Birthday to Mikko
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Happy Birthday, Mikko Peltoniemi! Is there a special Finnish birthday song that we can sing for you?
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BS indeed
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Opening line of a spam just in: "I am Mr. Banks Martins Manager Audit Accounting Department BS Internacional Bank in Spain"
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