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- From: eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
- Subject: Re: What is sport? (was: A-word)
- References: <24764@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> <1993Jan22.032623.28891@nas.nasa.gov> <24853@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 22:28:42 GMT
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- In article <24853@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> tucker@shiva.UUCP (George Tucker) writes:
- >To me everything looks like a thumb.
-
- Ah, I see the problem, wrap your thumb around the handle rather aligned
- axially with the shaft. Just for the purposes of looking mind you.
- Perhaps painting is your forte.
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- >I doubt if my suggestion had anything to do with my work. My next choice
- >for a sport would be getting old.
-
- That's an interesting comparison.
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- >>Another person asked me about military mountaineering.
-
- TO one who's email bounced: you are right, there is another mountain war
- going on right now, but on-going wars aren't analysed in open discussions,
- because "There is a war going on."
-
- >If you support legalization of all drugs, you have a fighting chance.
- >Perhaps we should fire liberal credentials at 20 paces until one of us
- >runs out of ammo. BTW, deuling is dangerous and increases the heart rate.
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- Ammo? I would have chosen swords; didn't take those kendo and aikido
- lessons for nothing. I'm indifferent about drugs: maybe keep the masses
- under sedation, stop all research on lung cancer because of smokers
- (sorry Greg), etc.
-
- --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
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