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[cam.misc] Re: Skype and Webcam

d...@mrao.cam.ac.uk (David Sawford) — Thu, 09 Sep 2009 19:46:12 UT

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Bit of a pisser if you get there and find that one of the discs is
knackered and you have to retransmit, though.

[cam.misc] Re: smell in Girton

d...@mrao.cam.ac.uk (David Sawford) — Mon, 09 Sep 2009 13:41:44 UT

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Perhaps you should open a window :-)

[rec.crafts.brewing] Re: Steeping specialty grains

tjhig...@hiwaay.net (T. J. Higgins ) — Mon, 08 Aug 2009 02:54:01 UT

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Do you have any teeth left?

[alt.fan.cecil-adams] Re: Hook me up

deepst...@sprynet.com (Rick Burger) — Fri, 08 Aug 2009 03:15:21 UT

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> I've decided not to go back to the 18th century because of the
> penicillin problem. Instead, I want to go back to 1977 and sell hard
> drives. This ad offers 80 Mbytes for under $12k and 300Mbytes for under
> $20k.
>
> [link]

[alt.folklore.urban] Re: Legends & Rumors (July)

t...@panix.com (Tim McDaniel) — Fri, 08 Aug 2009 03:13:39 UT

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No thanks, I just had lunch.

[rec.arts.sf.written] Re: June 26 Primeval Spoilers

t...@panix.com (Tim McDaniel) — Mon, 07 July 2009 19:23:52 UT

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Organization: Nitpickers for a Better Tomorrow Afternoon
On 2009-06-29, Matthew Malthouse <use...@calmeilles.co.uk>
allegedly proclaimed to rec.arts.sf.written:
Feh.
On the Internet, not only are the ready to believe you're a dog, but
they'll offer to lick your genitals for you.

[rec.travel.cruises] Re: Our Heavenly Father 2-7-05

dmpy...@austin.rr.com (Dillon Pyron) — Mon, 07 July 2009 19:23:07 UT

[Submitter's note: OP was a "prayer" to get into heaven that was
originally published in the early 90s.]
In article <vdr5555n756cmbppgs9kfuqgbg7h5 1n...@4ax.com>,
> > Our Heavenly Father
>
> What a funny name for a ship. Catholic Cruise Lines, I presume.
It is a sister ship to the Vatican of the Seas. (Or is that Sees)

[rec.arts.sf.written] Re: The Great Models of SF

t...@panix.com (Tim McDaniel) — Mon, 07 July 2009 19:22:34 UT

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Yes - it predicts that space is beautifully curved.

[alt.fan.douglas-adams] Re: Spending a year dead for tax reasons?

lanzk...@gmail.com — Mon, 07 July 2009 19:21:27 UT

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Tian skrev:
If Elves are plural of Elvis the plot of eg. Lord of the Rings changes
quite drastically. Perhaps I should try to read it again with these new
glasses...

[rec.arts.sf.fandom] Re: A quiet afternoon

mstem...@siemens-emis.com (Michael Stemper) — Mon, 07 July 2009 19:19:02 UT

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Organization: United Individualist
How do they handle security? I wouldn't store lots of valuable gems in
an ordinary hotel room, especially if late at night I was sleeping in
a different hotel room, leaving the room with the gems was unoccupied.
Especially since it would be widely known that the gems were there.

[rec.arts.sf.written] Re: Judge a book by its cover

broad.winged.h...@gmail.com (Robert Massey) — Mon, 07 July 2009 19:18:00 UT

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She-Hulk show more skin than Hulk?
Nobody better than Hulk! Hulk show you! Hulk flash!

[rec.autos.simulators] Re: The Penis Boy loves all my gays

uwe.schuerk...@gmail.com (Uwe Schuerkamp) — Tue, 06 June 2009 02:42:06 UT

[Submitter's note: John Henry, also owner of the Boston Red Sox
baseball team, is the co-founder of iRacing, a subscription based
simracing service that's much debated in R.A.S. at the moment]
Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators
usenet too. Or fly to Monaco for the weekend.
Mmm... it's so hard to choose which one!

[cam.misc] Re: Radio inteference

d...@mrao.cam.ac.uk (David Sawford) — Tue, 06 June 2009 02:40:22 UT

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danw wrote:
Dunno. The same way a transmitters on mains power 40 miles away affects
a battery powered radio I expect..
Pure magic.

[alt.fan.cecil-adams] Re: Most watery view of earth

j...@seas.rochester.edu (Jim Prescott) — Tue, 06 June 2009 02:39:35 UT

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It features a hoard of geeks beating a question mark, and sometimes
each other, to death.

[comp.os.linux.misc] Re: What happens when you didn't get enough sleep...

d...@mrao.cam.ac.uk (David Sawford) — Tue, 06 June 2009 02:38:51 UT

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