Ok, I have seen reference to this "place" for a long time, just what is "THE BORG"?
Regards, Lewis
"The Borg"?
Jul 29, 2003
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Big Orange Retail Giant ????
It's a reference to Star Trek, where an alien civilisation cruised the universe, assimilating everything and everyone it came across like a giant virus: "You will be assimilated; resistance is futile". I.E., any big box home improvement store. When they come to town, the Mom and Pop places seem to die.
Dumb answer: Owned,maintained, and posted periodically by David Essen. Search for FAQ with ESSEN as author and you are sure to find it in the archives
-Chris
Or would that be Eisen? :-)
Jums
Jums notes:
Or Eisan.
Charlie Self
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'." Dan Quayle
Big Orange Retail Giant
Curses. I was hoping to find escapism from my dreary real life of putting up with hostile Trek-nerds and Star Wars fanboys and comic book dorks in the computer industry by getting into woodworking. I arrive only to find more of the same. Damn you, Shatner!
Then again, what can a guy expect on newsgroups? :)
Resistance is futile.
Big Orange Retail Giant. The Home Depot.
woodstrapper
Go to google. Type in something like rec.woodworking FAQ, or even just rec.woodworking, and see what you get. And/or, go to the archives. Type in rec.woodworking FAQ.
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Broach
From the days of the early Intel 586 chips -- with the divide bug.
"I am Pentium of Borg. Division is futile. Prepare to be approximated."
Lewis Dodd:
The band that sued "THE BORG UK"?
On 29 Jul 2003, Robert Bonomi spake unto rec.woodworking:
Not original, but worth repeating:
"I am Dyslexia of Borg. Your ass will be laminated."
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