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Subject:Re: Speaking of Improper Terminology From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Thu, 18 Sep 1997 08:12:25 -0800
On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 11:05:09 +0200, M. Dannenberg wrote:
>From a transatlantic perspective, this thread (which comes up every
>couple of weeks in one form or another) provides a lot of entertainment
>and incontravertible proof of the fact that those yanks are totally
>bonkers. I mean, everybody knows that, dont't they?
I live barely 50 miles (sorry, 80km) north of them... I know it only too
well... <sigh>
Your friend and mine,
Matt
<insert standard disclaimer here>
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