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re: Foxjet
Is that you Tom?
Lindy
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5/19/2006 3:20:12 AM
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in the plaid suit?
Kinda looks like your mustache.
Early 70's?
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History and Timeline of PHOTO-Etched circuts?
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carl
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1/12/2006 9:18:50 PM
HEY WHO RESURRECTED THIS?
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Lindy
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2/23/2008 10:27:42 PM
The word "foxjet" is better than a sticky.
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alcaray
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10/27/2008 5:15:15 PM
2 noobs...
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Nick Hoffman
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10/1/2008 3:22:03 AM
Well,
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RNE
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9/30/2008 8:32:47 PM
Why I like the Habitablezone
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dtb
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1/16/2006 3:49:23 AM
HZ was constructed in part to stave off the development of Alzheimer's in the elderly Boom.
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Mary Anne
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5/19/2006 4:55:43 PM
The HABITABLE ZONE GAME!!!!!!!
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carl
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5/30/2006 7:43:58 PM
HZ, what the HECK did I start Here?
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carl
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1/17/2006 6:32:43 PM
The poking of the Geezer memory.
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RNE
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1/18/2006 2:25:22 PM
re: Windows 2095-VR
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Bill gates
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1/17/2006 11:28:59 PM
USB Compliant?
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carl
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1/19/2006 5:52:23 PM
Just be sure your computer has at least 64 terrabytes of memory...
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Larry J
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1/20/2006 1:37:32 AM
but even with that power
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tony
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1/20/2006 5:45:29 AM
And...
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Larry J
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1/20/2006 2:17:30 PM
Cell phones and no cable TV
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LJK
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1/13/2006 4:46:26 PM
I remember watching the White Sox on a black and white tv...With a big "cable box" tuned to channel 44...
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Scott Evil
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1/18/2006 8:42:29 AM
re: I remember watching the White Sox on a black and white tv...With a big "cable box" tuned to channel 44...
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REB
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5/30/2006 7:44:50 PM
Jack Brickhouse, calling the Cubs games, on WGN (Channel 9)
(n/t)
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Fox
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5/21/2006 4:24:13 AM
Stop, you're killing me!
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Robert
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1/14/2006 2:47:53 AM
" I worked on hard drives as big as washing machines"
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Lindy
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1/16/2006 4:25:11 AM
Now if only...
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Fox
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1/16/2006 5:13:23 AM
Imagine what the equivalent of an mini I-pod would have looked like 25 years ago
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R.L.
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1/19/2006 6:26:04 AM
It was called a Juke Box ;8^/
(n/t)
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RNE
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1/19/2006 5:30:55 PM
Clothed for the Winter
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LJK
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1/16/2006 5:18:43 PM
You're not the only fogey in these parts
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Fox
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1/15/2006 6:40:55 PM
Roof-mounted antennas
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Mary Anne
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5/19/2006 5:04:20 PM
re: Roof-mounted antennas
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Fox
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5/21/2006 3:38:58 AM
" still have my first portable "transistor radio" -- Silvertone, circa 1961'
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Lindy
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5/19/2006 2:12:47 AM
Scorpio, actually
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Fox
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5/21/2006 3:27:06 AM
Sagittarius here.
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Lindy
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5/21/2006 3:58:01 AM
It shar is pleasant sittin har in the sun recollecken 'bout the good ole days, ain't it?
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Robert
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1/15/2006 10:09:55 PM
Holy Shit! "Those were the days.............."
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Lindy
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1/16/2006 4:49:22 AM
Heinlein and the future
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Tom Brosz
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1/15/2006 11:17:03 PM
re: Heinlein and the future
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Fox
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1/16/2006 4:42:01 AM
Tricorders
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ljk
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5/23/2006 6:30:02 PM
My calculator
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Tom Brosz
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1/15/2006 11:22:43 PM
re: My calculator
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Elisee Reclus
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5/18/2006 12:53:48 AM
"the great HP28 fiasco "
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Daniel
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5/21/2006 5:51:21 AM
re: "the great HP28 fiasco "
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ER
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5/23/2006 3:30:52 AM
re: My calculator
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Robert
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1/16/2006 12:44:44 AM
Ever ask an old calculator how to divide a number by zero?
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LJK
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1/16/2006 5:16:33 PM
re: Ever ask an old calculator to divide by zero?
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Fox
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5/21/2006 3:34:36 AM
Calculators
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Tom Brosz
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1/16/2006 6:55:49 PM
First real computer
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Tom Brosz
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1/15/2006 7:37:00 PM
re: First real computer
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LJK
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1/16/2006 5:40:00 PM
That $13,400 in 1985...
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Larry J
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1/16/2006 4:03:18 PM
My guess: ACAD 2.0
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Fox
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1/16/2006 5:40:42 AM
Bingo!
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Tom Brosz
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1/17/2006 7:29:39 AM
Geeks Rule!
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Robert
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1/15/2006 9:22:13 PM
The bad news...
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Tom Brosz
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1/15/2006 11:07:54 PM
re: The bad news...
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Larry J
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1/16/2006 4:13:47 PM
Good news as well as bad
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Robert
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1/16/2006 6:39:00 PM
Being a geek isn't so god-like anymore
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dtb
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1/16/2006 3:37:28 AM
"at least a wash."
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Robert
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1/15/2006 11:55:31 PM
re: individualizing CAD
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Fox
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1/16/2006 4:58:12 AM
re: individualizing CAD
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SDG
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1/17/2006 3:59:23 PM
AutoCAD
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Tom Brosz
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1/16/2006 4:29:46 AM
re: Stop, you're killing me!
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SDG
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1/14/2006 4:34:06 AM
Before solid-state, TVs and radios "wore out" over time.
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alcaray
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1/13/2006 4:57:22 PM
PEP BOYS tube testers and Sat Morns,,,,
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carl
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1/13/2006 5:12:08 PM
re: PEP BOYS tube testers and Sat Morns,,,,
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LJK
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1/13/2006 5:34:10 PM
re: Before solid-state, TVs and radios "wore out" over time.
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LJK
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1/13/2006 5:04:25 PM
That $100 calculator
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Robert
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1/14/2006 2:23:13 AM
Nixie tubes! Nixie tubes!
(n/t)
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Tom Brosz
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1/15/2006 7:39:18 PM
Oh yes, Nixie tubes
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Robert
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1/15/2006 8:54:23 PM
Had both the baby blue and mustard/khaki...
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SDAI-Tech1
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1/14/2006 8:13:31 PM
Yeah, that's the one
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Robert
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1/15/2006 9:34:56 PM
re: Yeah, that's the one
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SDAI-Tech1
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1/15/2006 11:11:37 PM
Time shifting and ONE PHONE in HOUSE!!!!!!
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carl
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1/13/2006 4:55:25 PM
Try party lines!
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Larry J
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1/13/2006 6:03:12 PM
Tin Toys from JAPAN
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carl
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1/13/2006 6:32:04 PM
Reel to reels, cassettes & 8-tracks
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Larry J
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1/14/2006 12:51:44 AM
MAD Man MUNTZ and 4-tracks!!!!
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carl
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1/17/2006 7:17:44 PM
Oooh! Oooh! I know! Ask me!
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Robert
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1/14/2006 2:15:50 AM
The title of Bill Lear's autobiography was "They Said It Couldn't Be Done"
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Larry J
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1/14/2006 8:56:26 PM
re: The title of Bill Lear's autobiography was "They Said It Couldn't Be Done"
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Robert
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1/15/2006 10:26:20 PM
Yes, Bill Lear of "Learjet" fame was also famous for inventing the 8-track.
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Tom Brosz
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1/14/2006 7:48:30 PM
Ah, Foxjet, aeronautical vaporware!
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Larry J
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1/17/2006 12:31:21 AM
re: Foxjet
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Tom Brosz
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1/20/2006 1:09:28 AM
re: Foxjet
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mia
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7/31/2007 6:24:22 PM
re: Foxjet
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mia
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7/31/2007 6:24:14 PM
re: Foxjet
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mia
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7/31/2007 6:24:07 PM
re: Foxjet
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mia
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7/31/2007 6:23:58 PM
re: Foxjet
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Russ
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5/17/2006 3:58:17 AM
re: Foxjet
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Jim
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3/6/2006 9:32:49 PM
re: Foxjet
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Herman Lueckenotte
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6/3/2006 5:52:44 PM
re: Foxjet
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Russ
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5/17/2006 3:54:41 AM
re: Foxjet
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Tom Brosz
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5/17/2006 7:36:23 AM
re: Foxjet
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Russell Emanis
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5/17/2006 2:31:12 PM
re: Foxjet
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Ernest
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5/24/2006 9:33:54 PM
re: Foxjet
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Russ
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5/24/2006 9:40:37 PM
re: Foxjet
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Ernest
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5/25/2006 3:56:54 AM
re: Foxjet
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Tom Brosz
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5/19/2006 3:01:27 AM
re: Foxjet
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Russ
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5/19/2006 4:01:38 AM
Is that you Tom?
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Lindy
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5/19/2006 3:20:12 AM
Nah. No idea who that is.
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Tom Brosz
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5/19/2006 11:47:56 PM
re: Nah. No idea who that is.
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Lindy
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5/20/2006 4:09:56 AM
Plaid suit
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Tom Brosz
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5/20/2006 4:58:41 PM
re: Foxjet
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Jim
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5/17/2006 2:45:28 PM
re: Foxjet
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Russ
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5/18/2006 4:46:45 AM
Foxjet Development
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Barry Marshall
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6/1/2006 10:33:46 PM
re: Foxjet Development
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Rick Thoennes
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10/27/2008 11:48:24 AM
re: Foxjet Development
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Rick Thoennes
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10/27/2008 11:48:09 AM
re: Foxjet Development
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Roger Houtsma
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2/23/2008 3:44:10 PM
re: Foxjet Development
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jo ann opacic
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7/21/2007 5:07:47 PM
Hi Joanne
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Lindy
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7/22/2007 2:52:53 AM
re: Foxjet Development
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Larry Gray
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11/11/2006 3:31:21 PM
re: Foxjet Development
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elliot borin
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10/4/2006 1:05:40 AM
re: Foxjet Development
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Herman Lueckenotte
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6/3/2006 6:21:10 PM
re: Foxjet Development
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Barry Marshall
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6/3/2006 7:56:19 PM
re: Foxjet
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Jim
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5/29/2006 9:47:49 PM
re: Foxjet
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RKJ
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9/30/2008 5:26:19 AM
Nostalgia for 1980s Technology
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ljk
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5/23/2006 12:40:13 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.