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Re: Taco Commander defends Starforce

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From: Bret Ripley
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 22:59
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On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 18:09:47 +0000, Brad Martin wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:22:16 -0800, Bret Ripley <ripley@gotsky.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:15:50 -0700, Me wrote:
>>
>>> "Bret Ripley" <ripley@gotsky.com> wrote in message
>>> news:5d4bm8yh64w7$.w189wv6wjfk8$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>>>
>>>>> Everyone knows that the good Doctor always tells the opposite of the
>>>>> truth right? So if he insists that European hardware is sub-par to
>>>>> North American hardware then the opposite is true.
>>>>
>>>> The opposite?  You mean European hardware is sub-par to South American
>>>> hardware?
>>>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> How many opposites can one position have?
>>
>>The relationship between the number of times you ask that question and the
>>number of potential opposites is probably as close to 1:1 as makes no odds.
>>For example, please note that the natural opposite of "European" is in fact
>>"British."
>>
>>Bret
> 
> I love you Bret :-)

Really? Are you sure? 'Cause I was prepared to settle for disinterested
lust.

> You are an officially sanctioned, learned at a
> distance,  rained on by proxy Englishman.

The rain is decidedly not by proxy.

> Don't go changing.

Oh, okay.

So, did you get your inpherior South American hardware problem sorted?  And
have you noticed that "The Cranberries" are actually kind of cool?

Bret
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From: Bret Ripley <ripley@gotsky.com>
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Subject: Re: Taco Commander defends Starforce
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:59:27 -0800
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