Re: [issues] Standards?? PHOOEY!!!

2000-06-29 Thread GeekGrrl
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, JoAnne Abbott wrote: > Standards are the straitjacket of innovation! So that's why Micro$oft blatantly ignores them... ___ issues mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/issues

Re: [issues] Marriage (was: Anyone ... study?)

2000-08-09 Thread GeekGrrl
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Mandi wrote: > Marriage is a socialized institution hanging on from a time when explicit > roles were necessary; it has embedded itself in our laws and religions. > The same economic freedom that gives a single man the ability to have > multiple wives that he could never d

Re: [issues] Re: [grrltalk] AOL for Linux

2000-08-19 Thread GeekGrrl
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Conor Daly wrote: > On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:17:10PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, > Pandora thought... > > AOL is evil and must be stopped > > > > Err... Why? > This sentiment is oft-expressed in exasperation of the alledged moronic masses which have invade

Re: [issues] the pain of finding clothes that work

2000-11-15 Thread GeekGrrl
I do a fair amount of sewing both with and without patterns, being in the SCA. Your better patterns will have on them lines where you can lengthen or shorten the pattern to suit you, and multiple-sized patterns that print the expected finished bust/waist/hip on the pattern can be adjusted easily f