RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

--- Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jan Coffey wrote: > >It is, however, important to know that %20 of the world population > >is far enough to my side of the axis to be labled dyslexic. > > Where does this statistic come from? > Sally Shaywitz M.D. http://www.writersreps.com/liv

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > > > Now, would anyone like to actually talk about the article for which > this > > > > thread is titled? > > > > > > Hm. After a bit of thinki

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Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

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Re: Life and Death

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RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

Russell Chapman wrote: > > If it were me, I'd give Ritu the benefit of the doubt. > > Conversely, if we are going to start pulling up people every time they > make a spelling mistake or a typing error, it's going to degenerate very > very quickly. I know Ritu is very proud of her heritage and

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At 09:16 PM 7/31/03 -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Don't use it in the SOU. You don't insult the > british by not using the information. But by the way > why is it "as is usual"? It would seem to me in > something this important the british could share > their specific

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 7:42 PM Subject: Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution > Russell Chapman wrote: > > > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > >Just t

Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

--- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Except, when a right winger makes an innocuous > statement and the left wing > media huffs and puffs until they blow the issue up > into whatever slight > they feel gets them the best press. > > Kevin T. - VRWC _Also_ when a right-winger - like Coult

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:31 PM Subject: Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution > > > --- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > >

Re: Salt on your wounds

Julia Thompson wrote: > I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I > stopped getting leg cramps when I upped my calcium > consumption. (I'm supposed to get at least 180% of the > US recommended daily allowance of calcium each day.) So, based on simple math, each baby consumes roughly

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Don't use it in the SOU. You don't insult the > british by not using the information. But by the way > why is it "as is usual"? It would seem to me in > something this important the british could share > their specific information. I would suspect that > more often th

Re: Life and Death

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Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for the Polish reputation for stupidity - I have no clue whence it originates. It's certainly not international - we never have Pole/Polack/Polish jokes, but all the same jokes refer to Irish folk. Maybe somewhere in the world a bunch of friends are sitting around

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

Kevin Tarr wrote: I am 100% not trying to say anything bad. I am only pointing this out because I know two people who went through this, separate cases. You say, the custody of the children is just a casual agreement; then say you put a statement in your will, that is as much as you can do. Ar

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

--- Chad Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This paper was written 5 years ago > > The Seven Factors > These key "failure factors" are: > Restrictions on the free flow of information. > The subjugation of women. > Inability to accept responsibility for individual or > collective failure.

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

Steve Sloan II wrote: It's not *exactly* the same scenario, but I doubt a step-parent has much more pull than an adoptive parent. Less - an adoption creates a legal relationship between the parent and the child, and diminishes (remember when it used to sever?) the legal relationship between the

RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

Jan Coffey wrote: > You know, Ritu, if you are trying to get under my skin, you are doing a damb > good job of it. Should we start discussing your own personal flaws? > > Do you really want to make it persoanl? becouse we can do that. Go ahead and > try me. I am not quite sure how to respond to

RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

Jan Coffey wrote: > The very act of ridiculing, or even admiting to being able to recognize > misspellings suggests that the person is from the %80 of the population that > is more likely to be unremarkable. > > So, Ritu, my sincerist appologies. *lol* Since you phrase this so charmingly, I acc

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > One factor which might (or "might should" -- who knows what > the courts would do) have some bearing is what the child's > age was when the divorce occurred. If the child was very > young at the time of the divorce, the only "Dad" s/he may > have ever known is the stepfa

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

This is something that keeps me awake at night... My ex-wife is a fruit-loop who has no concept of responsibility at any level, and can't cope with the children for more than an overnight visit every few months. My second wife, despite having been thrown in the deep end with no preparation and

Re: Salt on your wounds

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > (And this was > >playground rumor when I was 12 or so, so take it with some NaCl if you > >are so inclined.) > > > > Julia > > I use KCl. Don't know if it's helping, I still get leg cramps. I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I stopped getting le

Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

> Except, when a right winger makes an innocuous statement and the left wing > media huffs and puffs until they blow the  issue up into whatever slight > they feel gets them the best press. > So liberals aren't perfect. Never said they are. Although I bet some of the statements you characterize

Salt on your wounds

(And this was playground rumor when I was 12 or so, so take it with some NaCl if you are so inclined.) Julia I use KCl. Don't know if it's helping, I still get leg cramps. Kevin T. - VRWC ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

At 09:38 PM 7/31/2003 -0400, you wrote: > Seriously, the ones that get the most attention seem to be more extreme > one way or another. That's probably true for any group that gets > stereotyped. Except maybe Poles. I've never met a Pole anywhere close > to being as stupid as all the jokes imply

RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 7:37 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies > > At 03:02 PM 7/31/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > >>

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

Julia Thompson wrote: Is there some age at which children of divorced parents can have a say in where they live? Various states in the US have that, and the age varies from state to state. It's 14 *somewhere*. Don't know anything beyond that. The courts in most Australian states will listen to c

Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

> Seriously, the ones that get the most attention seem to be more extreme > one way or another.  That's probably true for any group that gets > stereotyped.  Except maybe Poles.  I've never met a Pole anywhere close > to being as stupid as all the jokes imply.  (Where'd they get that > reputation,

Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And before any of the conservatives on this list start to sputter and huff > and puff that I'm mischaracterizing them - yes. I am. Not every conservative > acts like I pretend they do above. Big deal. Enough do that I don't think I'm > being any more unfair than, oh, say

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Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

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Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

At 07:51 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 07:42 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >Is there some age at which children of divorced parents can have a say > >in where they live? > > > >Various states in the US have that, and the age varies from sta

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

Jan Coffey wrote: --- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 4) Jumps into a thread with highly opinionated and/or confrontational responses without having read most of the previous responses. Once again I am assuming from the context that you are addressing me specifically. so in response

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

In a message dated 7/30/2003 10:20:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > As is usual in the intelligence business, the British said > that they can't > reveal their sources so as to preserve their leads. > > Now what? Don't use it in the SOU. You don't insult the british

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 07:42 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >Is there some age at which children of divorced parents can have a say > >in where they live? > > > >Various states in the US have that, and the age varies from state to > >state. It's 14 *somewhere*. Don't kno

RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

Jan Coffey wrote: >It is, however, important to know that %20 of the world population >is far enough to my side of the axis to be labled dyslexic. Where does this statistic come from? Jim ___ Express Yourself - Share Your Mood in Emails! Visit www.Sm

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

At 07:42 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Russell Chapman wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > >Just thought of a scenario not handled by this: > > > >Woman & man marry > >Woman & man have baby > >Woman & man get divorced > >Woman gets custody > >Woman marries another man > >Woman is killed

Re: Lance!

At 07:32 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 09:33 AM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >I have an ambivalent attitude about baseball. Trying not to get sucked > >into the whole "Who's ahead -- the Red Sox or the Yankees?" thing that I > >tormented mysel

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

Russell Chapman wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > >Just thought of a scenario not handled by this: > > > >Woman & man marry > >Woman & man have baby > >Woman & man get divorced > >Woman gets custody > >Woman marries another man > >Woman is killed in an accident when child is 6 years old > > >

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

Julia Thompson wrote: Just thought of a scenario not handled by this: Woman & man marry Woman & man have baby Woman & man get divorced Woman gets custody Woman marries another man Woman is killed in an accident when child is 6 years old Who gets primary custody at *this* point? The bio-dad or th

Re: Lance!

"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 09:33 AM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >I have an ambivalent attitude about baseball. Trying not to get sucked > >into the whole "Who's ahead -- the Red Sox or the Yankees?" thing that I > >tormented myself with in college, and if I start paying too mu

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > >>Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this > >>thread is titled? > > > > > > Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have: > > > > 1) Automatically assumes that anyone disagreeing on a particula

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

At 10:20 AM 8/1/03 +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: Loo-tin-at Ker-nal. Leftennant Kernal for those of us who recognise Queen Elizabeth II. If Lieutenant is a french word, we say leftennant and USA'ns say Lootenant, what do the French say? "oui -- soo -- ren -- der" ;-) -- R

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

Russell Chapman wrote: > > Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > If it were me, I'd give Ritu the benefit of the doubt. > > Conversely, if we are going to start pulling up people every time they > make a spelling mistake or a typing error, it's going to degenerate very > very quickly. I know Ritu is very p

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this > > > thread is titled? > > > > Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have: > > > > About the article or the sidetrack? About my n

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Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

Jan Coffey wrote: Loo-tin-at Ker-nal. Leftennant Kernal for those of us who recognise Queen Elizabeth II. If Lieutenant is a french word, we say leftennant and USA'ns say Lootenant, what do the French say? Cheers Russell C. ___ http://www.mccmedia.c

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

At 05:09 PM 7/31/03 -0700, you wrote: --- Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 04:29 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > >Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > > > > --- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It is, however, important to know ...dyslexia...> > > > > > > > > >And if

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

--- Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 04:29 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > >Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > > > > --- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It is, however, important to know ...dyslexia...> > > > > > > > > >And if your spelling is that bad, and clarifi

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Julia Thompson wrote: > > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > >>Now, would anyone like to actually talk about the article for which this > >>thread is titled? > > > > > > Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have: > > > > 1) Automatically assumes that anyon

Re: Lance!

At 09:33 AM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: I have an ambivalent attitude about baseball. Trying not to get sucked into the whole "Who's ahead -- the Red Sox or the Yankees?" thing that I tormented myself with in college, and if I start paying too much attention to baseball, that's going to

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

At 04:29 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > --- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is, however, important to know that %20 of the > > world population is far > > enough to my side of the axis to be labled dyslexic. > > The inability to spell > > properly in

Re: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

At 04:31 PM 7/31/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > --- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > ...my thinking has gone off on a bit of a tangent: > > > > In Texas, (and I have to assume that things are done > > in a similar fashion in > > the rest of the US) when there is a divorce,

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > > --- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It is, however, important to know that %20 of the > > > world population is far > > > enough to my side of the axis to be labled dyslexic. > > > The inability to spell > >

Re: fight hte evil of price discrimination

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Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

At 03:02 PM 7/31/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:31:30 +0100 On Thursday,

RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

--- Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is, however, important to know that %20 of the > > world population is far > > enough to my side of the axis to be labled dyslexic. > > The inability to spell > > properly in an illogical system such a

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Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

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> Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Jon Gabriel wrote: > >>From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Jon or Ronn! I think posted:] >>>http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2003/07/28/pedophile/index.html > >>>"The man had an egg-sized brain tumor pressing on > the right frontal > >>>lob

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

Julia Thompson wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this thread is titled? Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have: 1) Automatically assumes that anyone disagreeing on a particular point takes the *extreme* position in the direction of the d

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this > > thread is titled? > > Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have: > About the article or the sidetrack? > 1) Automatically assumes that anyone disagre

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

Jon Gabriel wrote: If it were me, I'd give Ritu the benefit of the doubt. Conversely, if we are going to start pulling up people every time they make a spelling mistake or a typing error, it's going to degenerate very very quickly. I know Ritu is very proud of her heritage and all that, but i

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

At 05:09 PM 7/30/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: There are dangers there. Take these seven factors and turn them around. Some of them will not sound so pleasing once you get under the surface and down to the "WHY" the Lt. Cln. addresses. Sorry, "Lt. Cln." = ? "Light Clinton"? "Lieutenant Colon"?

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

Jan Coffey wrote: > Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this > thread is titled? At 16:25 2003-07-31 -0500, Julia wrote: Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have: 1) Automatically assumes that anyone disagreeing on a particular point takes the *extreme* position in th

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

At 16:31 2003-07-31 -0500, Julia wrote: Just thought of a scenario not handled by this: Woman & man marry Woman & man have baby Woman & man get divorced Woman gets custody Woman marries another man Woman is killed in an accident when child is 6 years old Who gets primary custody at *this* point?

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

> --- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > ...my thinking has gone off on a bit of a tangent: > > > > In Texas, (and I have to assume that things are done > > in a similar fashion in > > the rest of the US) when there is a divorce, a > > "child of tender years" (age > > 9 and un

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > --- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is, however, important to know that %20 of the > > world population is far > > enough to my side of the axis to be labled dyslexic. > > The inability to spell > > properly in an illogical system such as English > > should n

Re: Lance!

"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > > I wrote: > > Hate football, hate > > watching it. I'd rather get a boil lanced than watch football. My > > wife and kids are the same, and I'll do my best to keep them pure, > > thankyouverymuch. > > Of course, it goes without saying that I'm not going to stop othe

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

Jan Coffey wrote: > Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this > thread is titled? Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have: 1) Automatically assumes that anyone disagreeing on a particular point takes the *extreme* position in the direction of the disagreement. 2) As

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Jon wrote: > > > Never give up! Never surrender! > > > > (Kudos if you can name the reference.) ;-) > > Capt. Taggert in "Galaxy Quest"! > > One of the best hard sci-fi movies IMHO. > ;-p Hey, it won the Hugo. Don't knock it. Julia one of the people res

RE: Robotic Singularity

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Re: How we were hoodwinked

--- Matt Grimaldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > > > > Since we are being snippy... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (All this snipping is reminding me of the story > about the 3 mythical > > women who cut the strings of peo

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

--- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...my thinking has gone off on a bit of a tangent: > > In Texas, (and I have to assume that things are done > in a similar fashion in > the rest of the US) when there is a divorce, a > "child of tender years" (age > 9 and under in Texas) is auto

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > >From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies > >

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:08:50 -0500 Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PRO

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

--- "Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > You've taken the classic boob's line, "God created > Adam and Eve, not > Adam and Steve!" and slapped a new coat of pain on > it, but it's still > bereft of real substance, and just as ridiculous. > While a man and a > woman are required for the initial act, it do

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 08:02 pm, Jon Gabriel wrote: Never give up! Never surrender! (Kudos if you can name the reference.) ;-) Galaxy Quest? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Those who study histor

RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

--- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is, however, important to know that %20 of the > world population is far > enough to my side of the axis to be labled dyslexic. > The inability to spell > properly in an illogical system such as English > should never be used for > ridicule, especialy

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:14:12 -0700 (PDT) Jon wrote: > Never give up! Never surrender! > > (Kudos if you can name the reference.) ;-)

RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies > >Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 02:01:52 -0700 (PDT) >

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jon wrote: > Never give up! Never surrender! > > (Kudos if you can name the reference.) ;-) Capt. Taggert in "Galaxy Quest"! Doh! You're right! I was going to say Winston Churchill! (I was thinking of his "We shall defend our island" speech). __

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

Jon wrote: > Never give up! Never surrender! > > (Kudos if you can name the reference.) ;-) Capt. Taggert in "Galaxy Quest"! One of the best hard sci-fi movies IMHO. ;-p Patrick Patrick Schlichtenmyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "Be silly. Be honest. Be

The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies > >Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:31:30 +0100 > > > > > >It's not as

Re: Lance!

Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Dan's mother wasn't interested in football when she married Dan's > >father. > > A Texas immigrant, huh? Acutally, *she* is the Texas native, *he's* the immigrant. Professional football wasn't a big deal when she was growin

OT: On leaving the list as abruptly as I did.

It's been a few days since I unsubscribed. I've had a chance to regain some perspective. I have subscribed to the list again, but am filtering posts for now. For now, I will only recieve messages with OT: or Brin: in the subject First of all, a few have asked if it was the actions of another li

on pryor nomination [L3]

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r108:@FIELD(FLD003+s)[EMAIL PROTECTED](DDATE+2 0030730) The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, to those of us who have been given this great honor to serve in the Senate, there is a moment when we are asked to take th

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:31:30 +0100 On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 06:03 pm, Jon Gabriel wrote

arch criminal poindexter to resign in 'terror market' fallout

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3198102 Poindexter to Quit Pentagon Post Amid Controversy Thu July 31, 2003 01:59 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Poindexter, the retired Navy admiral who spearheaded two sharply criticized Pentagon projects, intends to resign from his

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 06:03 pm, Jon Gabriel wrote: I regularly skip threads completely here I find it impossible to keep up. (I'm now 591 posts behind.) I'm sure that others do the same. I'm 1115 behind :) I don't know whether to admit defeat or not... It's not as bad as another list

Re: Lance!

From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bryon Daly wrote: > > I didn't get to watch any if it, live or otherwise, so I had to content > myself with following via web coverage, because my wife's tolerance for > sports on TV is measured in nanoseconds. :-) Hm. Anything you can do about that? (Or

RE: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

John D Giorgis wrote: I disagree with this. Suicide bombings, hijackings, Oklahoma City-style bombings, etc. all strike me as fairly modern inventions. At 14:08 2003-07-31 -0400, you wrote: No, hijackings and truck bombings are modern inventions technologically but the targeting of civilian popu

fight hte evil of price discrimination

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2003/tc20030731_6139_tc0 73.htm PRIVACY MATTERS By Jane Black Sharper Tools for Discriminatory Pricing Expert Andrew Odlyzko explains how tech advances are making it much easier to charge one price for you and another for your neighbor Why do

Re: Lance!

From: "Adam C. Lipscomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Lance! Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 12:47:58 -0500 Jon wrote: > It's the food, the water and the air. They work on the body synergistically > to for

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