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(...) I had to dust off some obscure 'How to use LUGNET' memories and read the entire thread. The Usual Suspects from Back in the Day (tm) were present in this thread which was awesome to read... The usual admonishment of ++Lars pontifications were (...) (2 years ago, 5-Apr-23, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Who are you and what are you doing in my personal sand box?? Dave K (2 years ago, 5-Apr-23, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) And then there's this: <https://archive.ph/...44-1399.97 Once cherished in Miami, Elián González is set to become a legislator in Cuba> (2 years ago, 23-Mar-23, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, "active" might be a bit of an optimistic overstatement, but I certainly peek in from time to time. Still, I'm happy to learn that my favorite Selçuk is still around! Dave! (5 years ago, 5-May-20, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Wow, both of my most favorite Daves are *still* active in Lugnet/dabate. How wonderful is that? :-) Cheers mates, Selçuk (5 years ago, 25-Mar-20, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I would just leave the customary 'yep', but posting won't allow that I've changed or modified my thoughts on a great many issues and stuff over the years since we were all hard-core posting all the time in O.T-D. But what fundamentally hasn't (...) (5 years ago, 24-Mar-20, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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<https://www.newswee...1584916232 Read here.> At a time when all non-idiots worldwide are taking action to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, a certain chorus of career idiots happily spreads false information to create the idiot illusion (...) (5 years ago, 23-Mar-20, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Because I recently got into an extremely brief discussion with a good friend on Twitter (Hi Lar++), I've paused to consider my 'beliefs' (for lack of a better term). Starting here, oh so many years ago, I've had to re-evaluate my conceptions and (...) (5 years ago, 9-Jan-20, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Bump, because all of a sudden it seems relevant for some reason. (9 years ago, 24-Sep-15, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) IKR So much has changed since LUGNET came online. I'd like to debate you, but I'm afraid that we see eye to eye on a lot these days. VERY AFRAID. (URL) JOHN (11 years ago, 13-Nov-13, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) It's been so quiet in here for so long that I felt like I had no one else to talk to. Dave! (11 years ago, 13-Nov-13, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Are you engaging a debate with a worthy adversary, namely yourself, Dave!? JOHN (11 years ago, 13-Nov-13, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) So... Since Dan Rather was fired for going on-air with false information about Bush, when can we expect CBS to fire Lara Logan for going on-air with false information about Obama, specifically about Benghazi? (11 years ago, 13-Nov-13, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Wow--we agree. Nice Dave K (12 years ago, 6-Feb-13, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote: (snip) (...) Works for me, with one modification. Lift "sovereign immunity". You're an agent of the government, and you misuse a gun? ... you can be found *personally* liable so it's not just the (...) (12 years ago, 6-Feb-13, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Because I really have been thinking lots about this lately... As an aside (and before I begin) we actually did not drive through the states ON PURPOSE to get to the NovaLUG show in New Brunswick JUST because of your gun issues down there. So here it (...) (12 years ago, 5-Feb-13, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) How regulated are automobiles? how insured? How licenced? And we're now comparing accidents to mass murder?? When was the last time a guy took out a school full of kids with a car?? I haven't seen that headline. Shit happens and 26 people are (...) (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Not where I was going at all--you jumped there. No fallacy. We must do something rational, proven and/or educated. I've demonstrated that other countries, other scenarios, other well-educated persons, have 'done something' and these (...) (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Y'know what else sucks? Firefighters responding to a house fire getting shot at in Rochester, New York. So instead of putting out the fire and saving a home for a family, 1 (maybe 2) firefighters are in the hospital from gunshot wounds, and at (...) (12 years ago, 24-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Are you sure of that? As you are making an assertation which cannot be proven. If it was me, I'd just follow the logic of it, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear (...) (12 years ago, 22-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Roger that... Note: We're *already* not happy. NDAA sucks. (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) On a completely different note, I miss this. Life changes and moves on but lugnet was good times that I'm sad seem to be history. This is just a good throwback to what once was Anywho as usual you're not changing my mind and I'm not changing (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I was just thinkin' the same thing!!! KIDDING. (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Logical fallacy alert... "We must do SOMETHING!!!!" "THIS is 'something'" ... "therefore we must do THIS" Often, the right thing to do is, "nothing", that is, don't change the system as a whole in response to a minor upset. Also, I am reminded (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Dave: thousands of people die each year in auto accidents. We have traffic laws, but sometimes they don't work. Often, in fact. Is the solution to ban the automobile? The sad fact is that shit happens. (...) It's more of a pragmatic issue. (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Mental health issues? I think that comes with wanting to own assault weapons that the marines and law enforcement would have some trepedation of using. But that's ust me. And since many americans don't want to invest in universal health care (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Really?? The system worked??? I know 26 families that would beg to differ (...) So because the cause, even though it's just and best for your society, isn't worth the undertaking because it's too difficult? Wow, you Yanks have come along way (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Again, no one said completely. (...) That's bs, selective interpretation, and just plain idiocy. (...) this 20 yr old was 'able bodied'. Should he have had access? He did, so where's your argument? See, this is where your whole argument falls (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote: <snippage> (...) Editorial in today's (maybe yesterday's... I am reading the asian edition in Jakarta so who knows) WSJ has it right... the last 4 out of 5 tragedies have had a common factor.. mental (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote: <snippage> (...) I don't think that the issue is automatic vs semi-auto. All of these mass killings would be tragic whether 10 were killed or 28 were killed. (...) Lay off the LSD, Dave! (URL) (...) (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I'll take the bait. When we are forever secure from the possibility of tyranny, I'd be happy to see the Second Amendment repealed.[1] Til then, these tragedies are the price we pay. We should do everything we can to reduce the scope and (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote: snip (...) I don't think it's an all-or-nothing proposition. I mean, even Canadians own guns! (not me, but I digress) There are lines that can be drawn--the ones in their own little camps that have the (...) (12 years ago, 17-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I agree in principle with what you are saying, Dave, but here's the problem: if you disarm the GP, then only the bad guys will have guns. And they will have them, in addition with the knowledge that whomever they chose to rob will most likely (...) (12 years ago, 17-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Molly Ivins-- "In truth, there is no rational argument for guns in this society. This is no longer a frontier nation in which people hunt their own food. It is a crowded, overwhelmingly urban country in which letting people have access to guns (...) (12 years ago, 17-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Okay, I'll bite. What would you propose, Dave? JOHN (12 years ago, 15-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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as, again, an opportunity to have a legitimate discussion about guns in that sociopathic country to the south of us goes right on by. When? Seriously, when are you going to put your kid killing toys away? There are no words for what 27 families are (...) (12 years ago, 14-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | The WORLD Ended!!!!!!
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Well, no it didn't. John and I were in the same room--even shook hands (there was other stuff, too, but what happened at BF2012 stays at BF2012...) Fantastic to finally meet the guy I've been winning arguements with for oh these so many years :) So (...) (12 years ago, 16-Jul-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Fishing for traffic?
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(...) If no one is there to hear the glass brake, does it make a sound? ;) Yeah I know that was a H U G E stone in the glass house, as we say. :D But I tried to do it the nice way and hand over the curatorship to somebody for years without success. (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Fishing for traffic?
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(...) I tell you, you are jumping into conclusiones. "Fishing for traffic from EB" - LOL! C'mon seriously, is that what you really believe? You must mean something like: "SweLUG is dead. Long live SweBrick.se! SweLUG is dead. Long live SweBrick.se! (...) (13 years ago, 16-Sep-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Hey, did anyone see Atlas Shrugged, The Movie?
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(...) I've heard less than favorable reviews, but it actually didn't do badly in New York City and (I believe) Los Angeles. I guess the proof will be in its performance in subsequent weeks with wider release...? (14 years ago, 19-Apr-11, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Not yet. Debating. Cringing, actually... Budget of 15M and opening weekend gross reported at 1.67M Not spectacular but for 300 theatres, not bad? Not sure really. (14 years ago, 19-Apr-11, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Hey, did anyone see Atlas Shrugged, The Movie?
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I mean seriously. Did anyone???? (14 years ago, 19-Apr-11, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: L3P Warnings
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(...) I know, I know. Fair call. I should have learnt years ago never to claim I'm taking my bat and ball and going home. That is lame. Please pretend I murfled both hissy fits. I find it much too difficult to resist attacks against my person and (...) (14 years ago, 3-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: L3P Warnings
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(...) Speaking of ray-tracing then, I prusume... (14 years ago, 3-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Bricklink Forums, home of the 1/2 truth!
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(...) I agree with ot.debate. There are already several posts there along these lines, so it seems appropriate to continue the rant there. (15 years ago, 29-Mar-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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No need. But thanks. Nope, I was PBM on the old Bricklink. I am no more. I sell product off that system now! Much easier, and no hassles from the MODs or anyone else. They seem to like to confuse me with other stores! Happens all the time. They do (...) (15 years ago, 15-Mar-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I am afraid that almost no one from BrickLink reads these forums, especially the off-topic.debate portion of this site, so if you get little or no responses, it probably is because no one has read it. This also applies to any other posts you (...) (15 years ago, 26-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Posting for others. Now this is a good one.
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(URL) since the forums like to put in their 2 cents, and I am 'easy to set off' here is one for you. I am going to advertise for yet another store. Now I have gone and done it. Please mention Dan in the sales section when you purchase from this (...) (15 years ago, 26-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Bricklink MODs need to go!
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(...) Well, at least you've got all of that "Da Vinci Code" money coming in. Beyond that, I can't really hazard a guess about the actions of the mods. I've always found he BL discussion forum to abe generally welcoming, but the site itself is of (...) (15 years ago, 19-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Bricklink MODs need to go!
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Well it has been over 2 weeks since I was booted from Bricklink in a fit of standard stupidity. What I love best is the fact, and YES it is a fact they allow criminals on, people who have been BANNED FOR LIFE...yea, I remember that too! And I get (...) (15 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Aw, no SNOT?
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Good reply! I was gonna post this, it's pretty much what you said... Well let's not turn this into a big philosophical discussion here, but SNOT has *many* building benefits, only one of which is hiding studs. It also lets you create unusual shapes (...) (15 years ago, 12-Jun-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Aw, no SNOT?
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(...) First of all, clearly not the answer he was looking for. Second, SNOT is not so much about producing a smooth-surfaced model as it is about allowing you to build in any direction. Take, for instance, my (URL) Nerd Herd car>. The bulk of the (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Queen Mary 2 - Making-of
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(...) That has nothing to do with the confusion between short (US) tons and long (imperial) tons, which was what led us here. (...) ROFL!! I had hoped you'd realise I was being humourous, or maybe you did and decided to bite anyway, in which case (...) (15 years ago, 8-Jun-09, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego dealer closing down, clearnce sale
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(...) I don understand, but my reasons for doing so: I was adviced to do so. Reason why I was adviced so: trade/sale/buy group is not really active, but the posting belong there. So that is posted correctly. But, those, who might be is not reading (...) (16 years ago, 9-Mar-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Lego dealer closing down, clearnce sale
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(...) May I ask you to please stop spamming all the groups with this? One message was more than enough, and the ones who might be interested have seen it. Thanks for understanding. Regards, Matija (16 years ago, 8-Mar-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Do you think there are too many Lego® groups on Flickr?
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(...) It's just a turn of phrase. Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 20-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Do you think there are too many Lego® groups on Flickr?
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(...) Not gone, I don't think, but not all that active anymore. DaveE (16 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Do you think there are too many Lego® groups on Flickr?
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(...) I hear that he's an active overseer at Wikipedia now. (16 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Do you think there are too many Lego® groups on Flickr?
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(...) And at least one of the .o-t curators seems to be long gone, but I could be wrong. Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Do you think there are too many Lego® groups on Flickr?
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(...) I wasn't sure that anybody actually reads o-t.d anymore. (16 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Do you think there are too many Lego® groups on Flickr?
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(...) A good question, CM Bob. There certainly seems to be a lot of them these days, some of which seem to have a narrow focus (there's even one called 'LEGO® Complaining'!). At the moment I cope with the huge number of LEGO groups by the simple (...) (16 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - The Book of Job
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(...) A devastatingly brilliant member of LUGNET commented on this very subject a while back. Read his wisdom (URL) and be forever changed. Dave! (16 years ago, 27-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - The Book of Job
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Anders Franzén wrote: snippity (...) snip (...) At least 2 sources I've read claim it was a dragon. (URL) Here's one of them>. sjf (16 years ago, 26-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - The Book of Job
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(...) Hi! When looking into The Book of Job again (latest Swedish version from 2000) I noted that, as you correctly says, Yahweh created Behemoth, not defeated it. I have read somewhere that Behemoth is a Hippopotamus, which fits well to Yahweh's (...) (16 years ago, 25-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) I'm sure you'll have at least two or three ways of getting in touch with me at that time... Dave! (16 years ago, 11-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) See, this is why people should never admit when they've made a mistake. And I will continue to ridicule the Myers-Briggs Test Instrument while there is breath in my lungs and blood in my veins, thank you very much. Dave! (16 years ago, 11-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) Oooo, there's still hope for Myers-Briggs! DaveE (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) I'm not sure what to make of this; I'll get back to you in a few years. JOHN (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) Well, it's not as though I was thinking about it every day, but it was sort of bubbling on the back burner, along with a hundred other random things. Jon Palmer's post in ot.pun was another of them, but I already commented on that one a while (...) (16 years ago, 8-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) It takes you FIVE YEARS to admit you're wrong, Dave!? Or have you just been thinking about the example for that long? I don't believe that you had even procreated before this discussion. ROFL JOHN (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) Okay, I've thought about it more. And I've decided that my example is 100% faulty. Even if such a theoretical perfect sphere could be said to exist in the real universe, there'd be no way for us to verify it, because we'd have no way to verify (...) (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | need an illustrator for MOC
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About 20 months ago, just as the presidential campaign was beginning, my husband, an environmental science teacher, conjured up a story ... his first in decades. It came to him as a way to cast historical events in a new light. His first strategy (...) (16 years ago, 5-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Problems in the Chinese toy industry
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As I couldn't find any better place to put this (and its about the toy business in general, not about clones), I'll post it here... This is a general review of the toy manufacturing industry in China, and how it is being affected by the current (...) (16 years ago, 2-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Right place for questions about LUGNET configurations
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(...) Thanks, I'm on my way! Jetro (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Right place for questions about LUGNET configurations
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(...) You might try LUGNET.ADMIN, which is where I've asked questions about my account in the past. Such as "why don't I get a dollar every time someone reads one of my posts?" Seriously, though--that's probably the best place to start asking. Dave! (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Right place for questions about LUGNET configurations
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I'm looking for the right place to ask a couple of questions about the configuration of my account, including mailing issues. Is this the right place? (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Looking for old Convention Programs
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(...) It's not way too complicated, once you get the hang of it. I know I had difficulties early on, but with patient guidance from community leaders, I got to know the ropes. I would encourage you to persevere - it makes for a better LUGNET (...) (16 years ago, 19-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking for old Convention Programs
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(...) This sounds way too complicated for a toy forum. I probably should just refrain from posting in the future to avoid more headaches. That sounds much easier. :^) (16 years ago, 18-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking for old Convention Programs
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(...) When changing the newsgroup within a thread, it's good practice to make the post in both the old and the new newsgroup, with the FUT going (only) to the new. This crossposting, apparently, makes it much easier for those using newsreaders to (...) (16 years ago, 18-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking for old Convention Programs
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(...) Additionally, it's my understanding that the preferred spelling is "goofball." And I won't even get into "your just..." Dave! (16 years ago, 18-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking for old Convention Programs
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(...) snipped (...) Um, is this sentence meant to be constructive criticism or are you trolling? EDIT: Reposted to correct newsgroup (16 years ago, 17-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Elian Gonzales
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Well how about that: (...) (16 years ago, 15-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You should come visit me in Northern Ireland... (URL) you would love it here> ; ) God Bless, Nathan (16 years ago, 10-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I just list my email and rarely do I get spam. Perhaps it is due to sbcglobal's spam controls, but at one time I was getting 30 or so a day. Now one a week. So I don't think that lugnet is a good fishing pond for spamers. Besides I am not (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I imagine similar thoughts during those past discussions regarding MOCs of spacecraft shaped like Nazi symbols, weak landing gears and whether spaceships have to have wings in space :^) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Oh ok I stand corrected. It's been so long since I joined legnet that I don't remember doing anything (anti-spamish) special when entering my email addy. Maybe the system changed between the time when I signed up and it's current (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Your post would be better made to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) In which case, you should probably set the FUT to .o-t.d. No? Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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My intent was as someone stated, a "cautionary tale" and a request for others to keep a lookout ... admittedly a desperate request because the person possessing the lost set could also read the post and remove the identifying sticker. I hoped that (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Who would've thought such a minor issue would encourage us to examine our morals so closely? (...) If malice was the motive. It could've just been stupidity. Al (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I think my conscience would tend towards giving someone the benefit of the doubt. I'm firmly of the opinion that it's better to let a criminal roam free than execute an innocent man (to take a dramatic analogy). That's why I disagree with OPs (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) That's between you and your conscience. (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) So if I believe someone (eg. you) did something and they (eg. you) claim they (eg. you) didn't I have your blessing to give their (eg. your) email address out to spammers? Tim (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) FUT somewhere else. Please. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) FUT somewhere else. Please. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) Because he 'claimed' he didn't receive it. A bit of spam rates pretty low in terms of harshness IMO, but I guess YMMV. (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) Because he didn't receive the set? Seems a bit harsh to me. Tim (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Actually, it is entered by the user. It's done in the posting setup. That's why everyone uses a different method. As for the OP, I can't really balme her for wanting that guy to get a bit of spam. Al. (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure if LUGNET does protect raw email addresses but they're certainly not all automatic. Mine is as I entered it with my own anti-spam system. I seem to remember an option being 'spam protected email' address or something similar. Tim (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Agreed. (...) I'm not trying to take sides in this at all, but don't forget that when you see something like this: "From: "Anne Schubert" chomper95 @ NOSPAM juno.com" at the top of a legnet post, it is being put in automatically by legnet's (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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