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#45395 11/05/01 09:04 PM
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Now wait one minute. Elvis lives in Kalamazoo. I know. Every day he comes in the downtown Walgreens and buys 4 Little Debbie Honey buns and a quart of OJ because "You gotta eat healthy, man."


#45396 11/07/01 02:02 AM
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We have a surplus of omegatists, and a regrettable dearth of alphatists, who start posts the rest of us can reply to.
Perhaps this is because the last wack at a driven nail is less risky than the first one, wwh. One wack too many only dents the board, unfortunate for the board and those who may appreciate the beauty of its grain, but a matter of no consequence to the heavy-handed pounder. On the other hand, the first wack at a nail calls for skill and some daring. If the hit is misguided, it is one's own thumb which suffers, not the board. Omegatists ruin a lot of good boards, wwh.







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Old threads don't die, they just fade away.


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#45399 11/07/01 04:08 PM
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The Last Word
Matthew Arnold


Creep into thy narrow bed,
Creep, and let no more be said!
Vain thy onset! all stands fast.
Thou thyself must break at last.

Let the long contention cease!
Geese are swans, and swans are geese.
Let them have it how they will!
Thou art tired: best be still.

They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee?
Better men fared thus before thee;
Fired their ringing shot and passed,
Hotly charged - and sank at last.

Charge once more, then, and be dumb!
Let the victors, when they come,
When the forts of folly fall,
Find thy body by the wall!


#45400 11/08/01 02:54 AM
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Old threads don't die, they just fade away.
Old threads don't die, wwh, they become thread bare. Sometimes, they get old before their time, in which case they are thread barren.


#45401 11/08/01 03:05 AM
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The Last Word
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Creep into thy narrow bed,
Creep, and let no more be said!
Vain thy onset! all stands fast.
Thou thyself must break at last.

Let the long contention cease!
Geese are swans, and swans are geese.
Let them have it how they will!
Thou art tired: best be still.

They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee?
Better men fared thus before thee;
Fired their ringing shot and passed,
Hotly charged - and sank at last.

Charge once more, then, and be dumb!
Let the victors, when they come,
When the forts of folly fall,
Find thy body by the wall!


Alas! Poor Plutarch!















#45402 11/08/01 01:39 PM
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they get old before their time

Case in point.


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And what used to be darned, is now damned.


#45404 11/08/01 02:25 PM
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okay, that's it! this has gone to a second (2nd) page, and I, for one, am not going to open it any more.


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