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Message no. 1
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 14:55:46 -0600
Nexx Many-Scars wrote:
/
/ > / It's no use Nexx. You've done it now....
/ > / It's only a matter of time before he tracks you down and gives you the
/ > / THWAPPING of your life....
/ >
/ > ...because Gurth is a Master Carpenter. :)
/
/ Yes, but even a journeyman can show up the master every once in a while...

<sits down with his bucket of popcorn, chili dog, and 32 oz beer, to
watch the battle>

-David
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"If I told you, then I'd have to pull a Shadowrun against you. Sorry."
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Message no. 2
From: Tim Kerby <drekhead@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 17:19:06 -0400
On 8 Jul 98, at 14:55, David Buehrer wrote:

> <sits down with his bucket of popcorn, chili dog, and 32 oz beer, to
> watch the battle>

<walks up with popcorn, 32 oz. soda, and giant box of Junior Mints>
Is this seat taken?

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Message no. 3
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 22:31:30 +0100
And verily, did Tim Kerby hastily scribble thusly...
|
|On 8 Jul 98, at 14:55, David Buehrer wrote:
|
|> <sits down with his bucket of popcorn, chili dog, and 32 oz beer, to
|> watch the battle>
|
|<walks up with popcorn, 32 oz. soda, and giant box of Junior Mints>
|Is this seat taken?

Yes! I'm sitting there. But the one next to me's free....
:)
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Message no. 4
From: Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 18:51:57 -0400
At 10:31 PM 7/8/98 +0100, you wrote:
>And verily, did Tim Kerby hastily scribble thusly...
>|
>|On 8 Jul 98, at 14:55, David Buehrer wrote:
>|
>|> <sits down with his bucket of popcorn, chili dog, and 32 oz beer, to
>|> watch the battle>
>|
>|<walks up with popcorn, 32 oz. soda, and giant box of Junior Mints>
>|Is this seat taken?
>
>Yes! I'm sitting there. But the one next to me's free....

Hey, how ya doing ya geezers? (big smile, carrying a 32 oz. lager, nachos
and roasted, *UN*shelled peanuts) Mind if I set down right about here?

Erik J.

URL to go here soon...(promise!)
Message no. 5
From: Mike Buckalew <mike_buckalew@*********.COM>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 16:59:09 -0700
> / > ...because Gurth is a Master Carpenter. :)

I have to admit that Gurth has me totally trained on this issue. At my
weekly staff meeting yesterday, one of my engineers mentioned the
"Brazil-Holland" game. Without thinking, and in front of the entire team, I
corrected him.

Buck (Mike Buckalew)
buck@*********.com
Test Manager
FileMaker, Inc.
Message no. 6
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 22:07:12 -0400
Once upon a time, Erik Jameson wrote;

>At 10:31 PM 7/8/98 +0100, you wrote:
>>And verily, did Tim Kerby hastily scribble thusly...
>>|
>>|On 8 Jul 98, at 14:55, David Buehrer wrote:
>>|
>>|> <sits down with his bucket of popcorn, chili dog, and 32 oz beer, to
>>|> watch the battle>
>>|
>>|<walks up with popcorn, 32 oz. soda, and giant box of Junior Mints>
>>|Is this seat taken?
>>
>>Yes! I'm sitting there. But the one next to me's free....
>
>Hey, how ya doing ya geezers? (big smile, carrying a 32 oz. lager, nachos
>and roasted, *UN*shelled peanuts) Mind if I set down right about here?

Great view isn't it? <sits down with Chex party mix, box of Fig Newtons
and Liter of Mountain Dew.)
Message no. 7
From: K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 02:13:28 EDT
In a message dated 7/8/98 4:31:55 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK writes:

> > <sits down with his bucket of popcorn, chili dog, and 32 oz beer, to
> |> watch the battle>
> |
> |<walks up with popcorn, 32 oz. soda, and giant box of Junior Mints>
> |Is this seat taken?
>
> Yes! I'm sitting there. But the one next to me's free....
>
(K strides into the bleacher seat behind the two...)

Hey guys! No, it's okay. I'm feel good enough right now, I'll be able to see
over your heads ... even if Spike does regrow his 'hawk... ;)

(and they notice he brought in a -real- submarine and a frozen, frosty
rootbeer from the neighborhood stand)
Message no. 8
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 11:38:36 +0100
Mike Buckalew said on 16:59/8 Jul 98,...

> I have to admit that Gurth has me totally trained on this issue. At my
> weekly staff meeting yesterday, one of my engineers mentioned the
> "Brazil-Holland" game. Without thinking, and in front of the entire team,
I
> corrected him.

Yes! Slowly I'm getting there! Only 5,499,999,998 people to go :)

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Message no. 9
From: Nexx Many-Scars <Nexx3@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 05:43:05 EDT
In a message dated 09/07/98 04:41:51 Central Daylight Time, gurth@******.NL
writes:

> > I have to admit that Gurth has me totally trained on this issue. At my
> > weekly staff meeting yesterday, one of my engineers mentioned the
> > "Brazil-Holland" game. Without thinking, and in front of the entire
team,
> I
> > corrected him.
>
> Yes! Slowly I'm getting there! Only 5,499,999,998 people to go :)
>

You're going to get to my being a wise-ass, first, but I did correct my
younger brother when he called it Holland...

Nexx
Message no. 10
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 10:08:29 -0500
>
> On 8 Jul 98, at 14:55, David Buehrer wrote:
>
> > <sits down with his bucket of popcorn, chili dog, and 32 oz beer, to
> > watch the battle>
>
> <walks up with popcorn, 32 oz. soda, and giant box of Junior Mints>
> Is this seat taken?
>
Hey guys, can I sit here? Any side bets going so far. I got fifty
on the little guy. :)

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Message no. 11
From: Nexx Many-Scars <Nexx3@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 14:48:49 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-09 10:09:34 EDT, you write:

> Hey guys, can I sit here? Any side bets going so far. I got fifty
> on the little guy. :)

Which one would be the little guy, Lehlan? While I'm newer to the list, I'm
positively orkish in my RL dimensions...

Nexx
Message no. 12
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 15:50:29 -0500
>
> In a message dated 98-07-09 10:09:34 EDT, you write:
>
> > Hey guys, can I sit here? Any side bets going so far. I got fifty
> > on the little guy. :)
>
> Which one would be the little guy, Lehlan? While I'm newer to the list, I'm
> positively orkish in my RL dimensions...
>
Heh...well technically I would probably be considered the little guy...
but I'm watching not participating. And since we have no idea what Gurth
looks like.......:)
How about I got with the loudest one. :)


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Message no. 13
From: "Ubiratan P. Alberton" <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
Subject: Re: Holland
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 21:18:54 -0300
At 16:59 08/07/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> / > ...because Gurth is a Master Carpenter. :)
>
>I have to admit that Gurth has me totally trained on this issue. At my
>weekly staff meeting yesterday, one of my engineers mentioned the
>"Brazil-Holland" game. Without thinking, and in front of the entire team, I
>corrected him.
>
>Buck (Mike Buckalew)
>buck@*********.com
>Test Manager
>FileMaker, Inc.
>
>

One of the best games I ever saw.... Looked like a final to me :) .
I wonder if the actual final will be like this too?

Bira

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