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From: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Ken Arnold%CGL)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: retronyms
Message-ID: <488@ucsfcgl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 15:02:47 EST
Article-I.D.: ucsfcgl.488
Posted: Thu Apr 25 15:02:47 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Apr-85 04:29:31 EST
References: <532@cadovax.UUCP> <400@tymix.UUCP> <4098@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Reply-To: arnold@ucsfcgl.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE)
Organization: UCSF Computer Graphics Lab
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Summary: 

In article <4098@mit-eddie.UUCP> barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes:
>In article <400@tymix.UUCP> kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) writes:
>>In article <532@cadovax.UUCP> bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan) writes:
>>>How about "wood-burning fireplaces"?
>>
>>Have you never seen a fireplace burning coal?
>Only indirectly -- I have seen electric fireplaces.

There are gas firelaces that have concrete "logs" that do have flames;
gas flames.  Personally this seems like having plastic food, but then
McDonald's does pretty well :->