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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 8/22/2022 2:47 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > In article , dtravel@sonic.net wrote:   
   >> On 8/22/2022 11:07 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:   
   >>>> A Friend  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>> I just looked at the script for Mudd's Women, and Kirk doesn't mention   
   >>>>> gold.  Oops   
   >>>>   
   >>>> IIRC somebody does but only in the context of how Latinum is worth so   
   >>>> much more than gold or diamonds.  Might be Harry.   
   >>>   
   >>> I am pretty sure latnum didn't exist before DS9, maybe late in TNG.   
   >>   
   >> The reference was to "lithium crystals" which in the context of the   
   >> episode meant "dilithium".   
   >   
   > Are you sure he didn't mean "mood stabilizers"? Mudd did seem a bit manic.   
   > :-D   
   >   
   Since the Enterprise was headed for the miners because of the need to   
   replace their own dilithium crystals which were broken in some manner by   
   chasing down Mudd, I'm going with "Yes, I'm sure".  :-P   
      
      
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