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Article #19736What do you mean 'no cent-sign'?!! (was Re: free...)
From: Sara Larson
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 12:51
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 12:51
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PETER YASUDA (peipyy@stdvax.gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote: : Refills are universally free in LA. My brother gets really annoyed : when they're not free when he visits here. I agree with him. I : hate getting gouged on refills. I don't mind paying a reasonable -> : price for a refill (say 10-50 cents (would you believe I just -> : noticed this keyboard has no cent sign? And I haven't used my -> : manual typewriter in years...)) but $1-2 is too much for iced tea : or soda. Either it's a conspiracy to make us forget we can use denominations under a buck, or. . .well, there must be another explanation. -Sara
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10fa94,f47360456a06500e X-Google-Attributes: gid10fa94,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-04 21:38:34 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!rtp.vnet.net!news1.digex.net!uunet!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!cs.umd.edu!larson From: larson@cfar.umd.edu (Sara Larson) Newsgroups: dc.dining Subject: What do you mean 'no cent-sign'?!! (was Re: free...) Date: 4 Aug 1994 12:51:53 GMT Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 16 Distribution: world Message-ID: <31qo99$1qc@mimsy.cs.umd.edu> References: <none-020894110801@slama.pbs.org> <31o7tq$1km@clarknet.clark.net> <entrpoop.775924597@access3> <4AUG199400552180@stdvax.gsfc.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: apollonios.cfar.umd.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]