Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:32:26 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Crazy laws (was: Tobacco addiction (was: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws))) Message-ID: <19981227143226.P12346@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981226225346.00c35100@genesis.ispace.com>; from Drew Baxter on Sat, Dec 26, 1998 at 10:54:00PM -0500 References: <4.1.19981224174155.03dd8670@127.0.0.1> <368378AB.969463E2@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981225180656.05a34790@mail.lariat.org> <3685208E.DE0DD5F@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981226105508.0587f170@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19981226180206.059326b0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19981226210926.009b6430@genesis.ispace.com> <19981227130153.J12346@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981226225346.00c35100@genesis.ispace.com>
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On Saturday, 26 December 1998 at 22:54:00 -0500, Drew Baxter wrote: > At 01:01 PM 12/27/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >> On Saturday, 26 December 1998 at 21:09:50 -0500, Drew Baxter wrote: >>> At 06:03 PM 12/26/98 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: >>>> At 11:26 AM 12/27/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: >>>> >>>>> You obviously didn't cross the Channel. The proportion of smokers is >>>>> even higher on the mainland. >>>> >>>> Believe me, I *have* crossed the Channel. The proportion seemed about >>>> the same, though establishments in different countries varied in their >>>> willingness to create non-smoking sections in restaurants, etc. >>> >>> .... >>> >>> And to think, I get griped at for stupider threads than this... :-) >> >> Sure. The stupider the message, the more likely you are to get griped >> at. Is that illogical? > > And how long has this regulated name thing been going on? :-) You mean the original topic? Names in Germany? Probably forever. I'd guess that it has its origins in the Church. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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