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  Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-03-21 18:23 -0400
    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-03-22 10:19 +1100
    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-03-22 00:45 +0100
      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-21 23:55 +0000
      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-03-21 20:04 -0400
        Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 20:53 -0400
          Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-03-21 21:19 -0400
            Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-22 01:35 +0000
            Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 07:58 -0400
          Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-22 01:22 +0000
            Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2014-03-22 19:29 +0000
              Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-03-23 10:38 -0400
                Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-23 08:12 -0700
                  Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-23 15:19 +0000
                    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-23 08:46 -0700
                Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-23 15:16 +0000
                  Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-23 21:23 +0000
                    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-03-23 23:00 -0400
                      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-24 22:58 +0000
                    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-24 22:52 +0000
                Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-23 21:21 +0000
                Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-03-24 19:09 -0700
                  Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-25 13:11 +0000
                    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-31 15:58 -0400
                      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-04-01 13:01 +0000
                        Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-04-02 18:34 -0700
                  Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-25 10:29 -0400
                    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-25 13:52 -0400
                      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-25 14:00 -0400
                        Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-25 14:53 -0400
                        Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-26 08:14 +1200
                          Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-25 19:01 -0400
                            Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-26 08:22 -0400
                              Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-03-26 09:13 -0400
                                Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-26 09:36 -0400
                                Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-03-26 16:02 -0700
                              Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2014-03-27 04:58 -0500
                                Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-27 08:52 -0400
                                  Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-03-28 08:00 +1100
                                    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Doug Anderson <ethelthelogremovethis@gmail.com> - 2014-03-27 13:12 -0800
                                      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-28 06:10 +0000
                                        Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-28 16:51 -0400
                                        Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2014-03-30 17:58 -0400
                                  Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-27 17:28 -0400
                                  Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-03-27 17:48 -0400
                                    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-03-27 20:01 -0400
                                      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-27 20:14 -0400
                                      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away John White <jccw@comcast.net> - 2014-03-27 23:34 -0400
                                        Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-03-27 21:15 -0700
                                          Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-28 16:49 -0400
                                Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-28 08:51 +1200
                                Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-31 15:58 -0400
                                  Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-31 21:53 -0500
                                    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-01 16:15 +1200
                                    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-31 23:16 -0400
                                      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-03-31 22:36 -0500
                                        Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-01 18:25 +1200
                                          Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-04-02 18:30 -0700
                    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-31 15:58 -0400
      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-03-22 13:43 +1200
    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-03-22 10:51 +1100
      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-21 16:54 -0700
        Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-03-21 20:07 -0400
          Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Mandy Liefbowitz <mandyliefbowitz@the.port.side> - 2014-03-22 00:39 +0000
            Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2014-03-21 21:22 -0400
              Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-22 14:18 +0000
          Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-03-22 02:44 +0100
    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-03-21 21:35 -0700
    Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-03-22 16:53 -0700
      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2014-03-22 20:54 -0700
      Re: Free PowerMac If You Can Carry It Away Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-23 14:34 +0000

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#58085

Davoud <star@sky.net> wrote:
> Every time I have used Craigslist I have had the same experience:
> people want it, they are grateful to have found it, I am an angel,
> they'll be right over to get it, and they don't show up.

That has happened to me once out of the dozen or so times I have 
sold/given away things in Craigslist.

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#58116

In article <230320141038184607%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
wrote:

> Davoud:
> > > It breaks my heart to take this Dual 2GHz G5 to the recycle bin...
> 
> John Varela:  
> > Don't forget Craigslist.
> 
> O, no, I will never forget my Craigslist experiences. In a recent one I
> was giving away *free* a set of JBL Creature Speakers, almost BNIB.
> "You're a godsend! My son needs these for his computer games and we're
> poor..." "I can pick them up within an hour." "Tell me what time to
> pick them up," and so on. No-shows, all.
> 
> Every time I have used Craigslist I have had the same experience:
> people want it, they are grateful to have found it, I am an angel,
> they'll be right over to get it, and they don't show up.

I have had various junk that I just put out at the curb. An old Knight 
kit oscilloscope and communication receiver disappeared farly quickly. 
It would save taking it to a recycling center.

I also remember Click an Clacks suggesting leaving dad cars unlocked in 
a bad section of town.

-- 

Sam

Conservatives are against Darwinism but for natural selection.
Liberals are for Darwinism but totally against any selection.

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#58124

In message <SalmonEgg-23D00E.19093524032014@news80.forteinc.com> 
  Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I also remember Click an Clacks suggesting leaving dad cars unlocked in 
> a bad section of town.

Which was a joke.

This is actually quite risky, since you need to be aware enough of the
car to report it stolen in a reasonable amount of time, otherwise you
could be liable for crimes committed with the car, or at least under
police investigation.

-- 
Let the Wookiee win.

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#58247

In article <slrnlj3045.11lr.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> > I also remember Click an Clacks suggesting leaving dad cars unlocked in 
> > a bad section of town.
> 
> Which was a joke.

it's not a joke.

if someone is going to steal stuff from your car, then it's better that
they do it *without* smashing a window. 

> This is actually quite risky, since you need to be aware enough of the
> car to report it stolen in a reasonable amount of time, otherwise you
> could be liable for crimes committed with the car, or at least under
> police investigation.

you are not liable for any crimes committed should the car be stolen
and used in a crime. you'll be among those questioned, but assuming you
weren't involved, that's about all that will happen.

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#58269

nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> if someone is going to steal stuff from your car, then it's better that
> they do it *without* smashing a window. 

This is why I never lock my car, and never leave anything of value 
inside of it.

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#58297

In article <lhedat$of1$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) 
wrote:

> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> > if someone is going to steal stuff from your car, then it's better that
> > they do it *without* smashing a window. 
> 
> This is why I never lock my car, and never leave anything of value 
> inside of it.

Before I ever knew of Click and Clack, I had an old car that I parked 
unlocked in LA's skid row. I think a beat up flashlight was stolen. The 
real problem was that beer, but not all of it, was consumed in it. It 
took a while to air out.

-- 

Sam

Conservatives are against Darwinism but for natural selection.
Liberals are for Darwinism but totally against any selection.

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#58125

In article <SalmonEgg-23D00E.19093524032014@news80.forteinc.com>,
 Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I also remember Click an Clacks suggesting leaving dad cars unlocked in 
> a bad section of town.

Cars are registered via the VIN. If it gets used in a bank robbery, say, 
the cops will come to _your_ door. Or in this case, your dad's door.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#58129

On 2014.03.25, 10:29 , Warren Oates wrote:
> In article <SalmonEgg-23D00E.19093524032014@news80.forteinc.com>,
> Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> I also remember Click an Clacks suggesting leaving dad cars unlocked
>> in a bad section of town.
>
> Cars are registered via the VIN. If it gets used in a bank robbery, say,
> the cops will come to _your_ door. Or in this case, your dad's door.

Happened to one of our employees.  He left work at about 6 and his car 
was gone from the lot.  Called the police.   "We were wondering where 
you were..." they replied, "... your car has been found."

His car had been used, that afternoon in a bank robbery a few clicks 
away.  They didn't suspect him very much as the MO fit some other 
robberies where the first step was to steal a car in the hour before the 
robbery.  Still a couple cops spent close to an hour with him before 
bringing him to the car which had been found another few clicks from the 
bank.  A few hundred bucks damage and a good tale to tell.

-- 
   Privacy has become an essential personal chore that most
   people are not trained to perform.
                  - Jaron Lanier, Scientific American, 2013.11.

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#58130

In article <ptGdnc1zk47cX6zOnZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
 Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> Happened to one of our employees.  He left work at about 6 and his car 
> was gone from the lot.  Called the police.   "We were wondering where 
> you were..." they replied, "... your car has been found."
> 
> His car had been used, that afternoon in a bank robbery a few clicks 
> away.  They didn't suspect him very much as the MO fit some other 
> robberies where the first step was to steal a car in the hour before the 
> robbery.  Still a couple cops spent close to an hour with him before 
> bringing him to the car which had been found another few clicks from the 
> bank.  A few hundred bucks damage and a good tale to tell.

In Ontario we have front license plates. A few years ago I was parked in 
Montreal (no front plates in Quebec) and when I came back from 
Schwartz's, I noticed that my front plate was missing (no, it didn't 
"bounce off" -- I'm more anal than that). It only costs $10 to replace 
your plates in Ontario, but I was worried all the way home that some 
assholes had attached it to the back of their getaway car.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#58131

On 2014.03.25, 14:00 , Warren Oates wrote:
> In article <ptGdnc1zk47cX6zOnZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
> Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
>
>> Happened to one of our employees.  He left work at about 6 and his car
>> was gone from the lot.  Called the police.   "We were wondering where
>> you were..." they replied, "... your car has been found."
>>
>> His car had been used, that afternoon in a bank robbery a few clicks
>> away.  They didn't suspect him very much as the MO fit some other
>> robberies where the first step was to steal a car in the hour before
>> the robbery.  Still a couple cops spent close to an hour with him
>> before bringing him to the car which had been found another few clicks
>> from the bank.  A few hundred bucks damage and a good tale to tell.
>
> In Ontario we have front license plates. A few years ago I was parked in
> Montreal (no front plates in Quebec) and when I came back from
> Schwartz's, I noticed that my front plate was missing (no, it didn't
> "bounce off" -- I'm more anal than that). It only costs $10 to replace
> your plates in Ontario, but I was worried all the way home that some
> assholes had attached it to the back of their getaway car.

IIRC his plate was changed too.

-- 
    ... it may be that "in the cloud" really isn't the best term
    for the services these companies offer.  What they really
    want is to have us "on the leash."
                   -David Pogue, Scientific American, 2014.02

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#58132

In article <5331c43b$0$44263$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com>,
Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <ptGdnc1zk47cX6zOnZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
>  Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Happened to one of our employees.  He left work at about 6 and his car 
> > was gone from the lot.  Called the police.   "We were wondering where 
> > you were..." they replied, "... your car has been found."
> > 
> > His car had been used, that afternoon in a bank robbery a few clicks 
> > away.  They didn't suspect him very much as the MO fit some other 
> > robberies where the first step was to steal a car in the hour before the 
> > robbery.  Still a couple cops spent close to an hour with him before 
> > bringing him to the car which had been found another few clicks from the 
> > bank.  A few hundred bucks damage and a good tale to tell.
> 
> In Ontario we have front license plates. A few years ago I was parked in 
> Montreal (no front plates in Quebec) and when I came back from 
> Schwartz's, I noticed that my front plate was missing (no, it didn't 
> "bounce off" -- I'm more anal than that). It only costs $10 to replace 
> your plates in Ontario, but I was worried all the way home that some 
> assholes had attached it to the back of their getaway car.

A couple of years ago the police here in New Zealand started a campaign
of replacing the license plate screws with "tamper-proof" versions to
try and stop people taking the plates and putting them on a different
car to the steal petrol from the petrol station (fill up and drive off
without paying, and the petrol station camera sees the wrong license
plate).

Problem is that no screw is really "tamper-proof" (from memory the only
difference was that these weren't able to be unscrewed using a standard
flat / cross head screwdriver). It's also a bit of a pain for people
like me who sawp the front and back plates every so often to even out
the road wear that occurs, or anyone who needs to remove the plates for
a reason (panelbeater, deregistering the car for a long term, etc.).

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#58135

On 2014.03.25, 16:14 , Your Name wrote:

> flat / cross head screwdriver). It's also a bit of a pain for people
> like me who sawp the front and back plates every so often to even out
> the road wear that occurs,

Do I really understand that you change the plates fore and aft because 
the front plate begins showing wear?

-- 
    ... it may be that "in the cloud" really isn't the best term
    for the services these companies offer.  What they really
    want is to have us "on the leash."
                   -David Pogue, Scientific American, 2014.02

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#58139

In article <S4-dnQQI3dF_l6_OnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d@giganews.com>,
 Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:

> On 2014.03.25, 16:14 , Your Name wrote:
> 
> > flat / cross head screwdriver). It's also a bit of a pain for people
> > like me who sawp the front and back plates every so often to even out
> > the road wear that occurs,
> 
> Do I really understand that you change the plates fore and aft because 
> the front plate begins showing wear?

I was wondering about that. Maybe he lives in the Sahara desert. Anyway, 
our yearly registration stickers go on the back plate, so we can't 
really do that (well, I could, I suppose, as long as I didn't do it more 
than once't a year, but I guess I'm not that anal).
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#58142

Alan Browne:
> > Do I really understand that you change the plates fore and aft because 
> > the front plate begins showing wear?

Warren Oates:
> I was wondering about that. Maybe he lives in the Sahara desert. Anyway, 
> our yearly registration stickers go on the back plate, so we can't 
> really do that (well, I could, I suppose, as long as I didn't do it more 
> than once't a year, but I guess I'm not that anal).

I pay for vanity plates for two of my cars, and I keep my cars a
relatively long time (usually 12 years or more) and I like to keep the
plates looking nice.
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/14552479@N00/8727965716/in/photolist-eig7
8w-exTWhG> and <http://davidillig.com/daoud.shtml>. So I will pay to
replace the front plate if it starts to look shabby. We also have the
registration stickers on the rear plate (three years), so one needs to
be careful when one replaces the back plate, because that entails
paying registration again.

-- 
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

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#58144

In article <260320140913490594%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
wrote:

> Alan Browne:
> > > Do I really understand that you change the plates fore and aft because 
> > > the front plate begins showing wear?
> 
> Warren Oates:
> > I was wondering about that. Maybe he lives in the Sahara desert. Anyway, 
> > our yearly registration stickers go on the back plate, so we can't 
> > really do that (well, I could, I suppose, as long as I didn't do it more 
> > than once't a year, but I guess I'm not that anal).
> 
> I pay for vanity plates for two of my cars, and I keep my cars a
> relatively long time (usually 12 years or more) and I like to keep the
> plates looking nice.
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/14552479@N00/8727965716/in/photolist-eig7
> 8w-exTWhG> and <http://davidillig.com/daoud.shtml>. So I will pay to
> replace the front plate if it starts to look shabby. We also have the
> registration stickers on the rear plate (three years), so one needs to
> be careful when one replaces the back plate, because that entails
> paying registration again.

That makes sense. We can get vanity plates in Ontario, but they cost 
$250 and I don't care that much. In Quebec they don't have vanity plates 
because they're frightened that the perfidious Anglo will write 
something dirty or anti-french that slips by them. Also, the French word 
for "seal" (like in the water) is "phoque." Stuff like that.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#58146

In article <260320140913490594%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net>
wrote:

> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/14552479@N00/8727965716/in/photolist-eig7
> 8w-exTWhG> and <http://davidillig.com/daoud.shtml>. So I will pay to
> replace the front plate if it starts to look shabby. 

Wouldn't M1 suit you better? And I'm not talking about a Garand. All in
fun Davoud.

leo

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#58156

In article <5332c66e$0$32701$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com>,
 Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <S4-dnQQI3dF_l6_OnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d@giganews.com>,
>  Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> 
> > On 2014.03.25, 16:14 , Your Name wrote:
> > 
> > > flat / cross head screwdriver). It's also a bit of a pain for people
> > > like me who sawp the front and back plates every so often to even out
> > > the road wear that occurs,
> > 
> > Do I really understand that you change the plates fore and aft because 
> > the front plate begins showing wear?
> 
> I was wondering about that. Maybe he lives in the Sahara desert. Anyway, 
> our yearly registration stickers go on the back plate, so we can't 
> really do that (well, I could, I suppose, as long as I didn't do it more 
> than once't a year, but I guess I'm not that anal).

Front plates are kind of a dumb idea really both practically and 
economically, my state hasn't required them for several decades.

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#58159

In article <super70s-01B2F4.04584127032014@bonxibon.datemas.de>,
 super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

> In article <5332c66e$0$32701$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com>,
>  Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > In article <S4-dnQQI3dF_l6_OnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d@giganews.com>,
> >  Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > > On 2014.03.25, 16:14 , Your Name wrote:
> > > 
> > > > flat / cross head screwdriver). It's also a bit of a pain for people
> > > > like me who sawp the front and back plates every so often to even out
> > > > the road wear that occurs,
> > > 
> > > Do I really understand that you change the plates fore and aft because 
> > > the front plate begins showing wear?
> > 
> > I was wondering about that. Maybe he lives in the Sahara desert. Anyway, 
> > our yearly registration stickers go on the back plate, so we can't 
> > really do that (well, I could, I suppose, as long as I didn't do it more 
> > than once't a year, but I guess I'm not that anal).
> 
> Front plates are kind of a dumb idea really both practically and 
> economically, my state hasn't required them for several decades.

Ontario moves in a sluggish manner. You can't even buy beer in the 
grocery stores here, you have to go to the "Beer Store" which is owned 
believe-it-or-don't by some fucking eurotrash consortium in Belgium or 
some such godfersaken eurotrash country. They also own the toll freeway 
across northern Toronto.

I lived in Quebec when they dropped the front plates, and everyone 
started putting weird stuff on the front: "J'aime ma femme," Canadian 
and Quebec flags and so on. Some guys made a bunch of money the first 4 
months or so selling these things. I was driving a Scirocco at the time 
and I immediately took the front plate-holder off and had a nice clean 
bumper. That car was built like a tank too.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#58167

In article <53341f00$0$32752$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com>,
 Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ontario moves in a sluggish manner. You can't even buy beer in the 
> grocery stores here, you have to go to the "Beer Store" which is owned 
> believe-it-or-don't by some fucking eurotrash consortium

Yeah, well, ... they make (or at least did make) the best beer in the 
world over in Europe.

-- 
dorayme

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#58168

dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> writes:

> In article <53341f00$0$32752$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com>,
>  Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Ontario moves in a sluggish manner. You can't even buy beer in the 
> > grocery stores here, you have to go to the "Beer Store" which is owned 
> > believe-it-or-don't by some fucking eurotrash consortium
> 
> Yeah, well, ... they make (or at least did make) the best beer in the 
> world over in Europe.

As may be, but Ontario's "Beer Store" is owned by Molson/Coors and
Anhueser-Busch.

These are both huge companies.  It is possible that one or both of
them accidentally make some good beer, though I doubt either makes the
best beer in the world.

(Michelob Pumpkin Spice Ale, anyone?  Bud Light Lime? Coors Light Iced
T?  yum.)

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