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Old November 5th 04, 05:02 PM
linda
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Dan, my favorite safety device used to be lying in my mothers protective
arms... i miss that...

lw

Dan Gates wrote:
> Daniel J. Stern wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, linda wrote:
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>>> Bill Putney wrote:

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>>>> a few posts back it looked like you were coming on to Daniel Stern.

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>>> i do not know Daniel Stern.. i am in a happy contented relationship that
>>> is very rewarding. p.s. Daniel, if i were trying to come on to you,
>>> believeme, you and everyone here would know it...:-)

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>>
>> *ROFL*
>>
>> Oh, man. this is too, too funny on so many different levels that I'm not
>> even sure where to begin. It's Usenet Kabuki Theatre at its finest. Linda
>> has just learnt about airbag propellants and usenet, combines the two and
>> makes her first posts. Daniel responds to Linda with info. Bill uses the
>> old DHMO gag on Linda, who swallows it. Linda's never heard of Daniel
>> before, but picks up on Daniel's mention of headlamps and -- having just
>> learnt about Usenet -- offers her assistance with headlamp research.
>> Daniel politely declines Linda's offer, but Bill sees it as Linda coming
>> on to Daniel. Daniel doesn't see it as a come-on, because Daniel's a
>> member of the Homosexual Menace To Society who, in his committed
>> relationship with his other half of more than four years, works busily on
>> a daily basis to tear up the social fabric in accordance with Bill's
>> politics. Meanwhile, back on Usenet, Linda's amused and a little
>> embarrassed by Bill's perception, and takes great (but, as it turns out,
>> unnecessary) pains to assure Daniel she wasn't coming on to him. Daniel
>> chortles and wonders why everything's always about sex with heterosexuals
>> like Bill.
>>
>> This episode of Usenet Kabuki was brought to you by your Plymouth-DeSoto
>> dealer, the number "3" and the letter "Q". Tune in next week for another
>> exciting episode!
>>
>> -DS
>>

>
>
> My God Daniel!! No one will ever respond to one of your posts again! It
> may "TURN" us too, with your wicked ways. Just corresponding will make
> us make irrational choices! |>)))))))
>
> This has been good amusement though.
>
> I still think that properly implemented air-bag system, just like
> properly implemented DRLs, save lives. No question that a lap/shoulder
> belt that is actually buckled and adjusted does the first part of the job.
>
> My favourite "safety" devices were the "passive" belt systems that GM
> and Ford used. The belts attached to the door for GM that got in the
> way every time you tried to get into or out of the car, but still had
> the standard buckle system so that you could override it if you didn't
> want to wear them. And the Ford motorized shoulder belt that still
> required you to reach down and buckle the lap belt or decapitate yourself!
>
> Priceless!
>
> Dan

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