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Non-Tech : The Pissing Match Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: s martin who wrote (23)	2/19/1999 10:55:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 48

Maybe they could serve us along with Mikey and Spidey. I think you've hit on it, though: they're just dying of envy at the thought of all the fun we're gonna have in Vegas. And they haven't even made one of the alternate lists...

To: s martin who wrote (23)	2/20/1999 2:41:00 PM
From: BORIS BADENUFF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 48

"The SI gremlins are attacking my messages today. I think the twins would die happy if they could have their pic made with you at our banquet in LV........" Get used to the menu, it's a gonna be bread and water soon for a long time! LOLOLOL! LMAO

To: s martin who wrote (23)	2/22/1999 8:14:00 AM
From: BORIS BADENUFF	Respond to of 48

Here's your big chance to launch a new career! The general consensus indicates you should go for it! 02/22/99- Seat-belt campaign takes graphic turn Vince and Larry, the television crash-test dummies who smashed through windshields for 15 years to persuade viewers to buckle up, are retiring. Frustrated that a third of Americans still don't wear seat belts, the Department of Transportation is hoping to shock drivers into buckling up with a more gruesome television campaign to begin next month. Instead of using comic dummies that dust themselves off after a crash, the spots feature live actors in simulated collisions. The television ads are the latest tactic in a rejuvenated seat-belt campaign that stalled in the mid-'90s. After years of climbing, the percentage of Americans who use seat belts has leveled off at about 68%. Full story -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to Nationline Go to News front page Go to USA TODAY front page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Front page, News, Sports, Money, Life, Weather, Marketplace © Copyright 1999 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.