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Hi ALL, Long time ago, I used to post under my USA.net account. Unfortunately that free mail address changed to a paying one, making me lose my 4 year old account. HOTMAIL rules , So now I can be back :) In the years that I was ofline from lugnet I (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.test, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.nl, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: A present for my Dad and a 6 wide tank car.
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(...) I thought the GP38 was more or less a recolor of the BNSF set... if that's correct, a copy of the set's instructions and some pics to show where the colors split ought to be enough to do your own version... (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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SNIPPIFICATION (...) Hey! *I* criticized... okay so it wasn't what you might call constructive, but then I'll put an addition. You need to open that canyon box and change that black facet on the end coach to a grey one. IMO, it isn't worth the (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A present for my Dad and a 6 wide tank car.
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(...) Hi Jonathan, James Mathis has done them: (URL) Samarth (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | FA(eBay): LEGO 8417 Mag Wheel Master (MISB)
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Hello everybody, I have the following set for sale on eBay. LEGO Technic set #8417 - Mag Wheel Master. Set is from the year 19987 and not available in any shop, hard to find in MISB condition. Set is new and unopened, in its original box. MISB. Box (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: STORAGE OF PARTS
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(...) See lugnet.storage for a whole lot of past discussions on this point... (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | The Fifth Conspiracy Hummer 2.51
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I know everyone's done these to death.. but they were a fun a quick model to make... Hummers with flexy suspension - action shots inside! Take a gander: (URL) Paul. (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | 50% off at Hooked on Bricks
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Hello Everyone, Hooked on Bricks is having a 48 hour sale to help finance the installation of additional shelving. We currently have over 200K in additional inventory that needs a place to live. Almost everything in stock, including all sets, have (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Things you didn't know about Lego
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I haven't posted in a while, since I have been busy trying to tie up the loose ends to the Lego CD. Eric Strand has found sooooo many new things that I didn't even know about, such as USA/Canada only department store sets only found in Mail order (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Chair and Cabin
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(...) Now that's taking the concept of La-Z-Boy to new heights. Nice economic use of parts, and you managed to keep it in scale with a mini. It might have applications for the legless too. The space cabin is cool...good detailing on all facets, and (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces
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(...) YIKES! (...) Well, OK, this is what I need for my students to model parts in AutoCAD! I tried this one because it looked the easiest; I'll do the others if there's interest. I don't know if anyone else has mocked these up already.. It took me (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Re: Crema2004
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Ciao Paolo! (...) bellissimi (...) mostra di (...) ma quanti siamo là sopra? (...) Un'iniezione di ironia ogni tanto mi fa bene, grazie :-) ciao SteP (21 years ago, 1-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: A letter from Akos.
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(...) Remember, you don't need to be a member to get set up to post. Just go here: (URL) fill it out Soon, if you used your real name and email, (and an easily human decodable spam defense if you choose) you'll be approved to post. You'll have to (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: A present for my Dad and a 6 wide tank car.
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(...) Any chance of seeing instructions posted for the tank cars or the Gp38? (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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I'd love to see pics of the de-construction! And how it's packed up for transport. Thanks SteveB (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | A present for my Dad and a 6 wide tank car.
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Hello all you train heads. I just wanted to show you a birthday present I gave to my Dad. His birthday was two weeks ago and I made him a custom engine in Alaskan Railroad colors. My Dad is big into HO, and all his trains are in the Alaska road. So (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | STORAGE OF PARTS
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The never ending question. How do we as builders store our parts? I think I have found the answer. Stanley and Walmart. Stanley has a perfect storage container. It has two different sides with different size compartments. Then there are drawers to (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Juggernaut
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(2 URLs) Additional pics showing the main profile completed.> AC (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Listings - 2/3/5
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This is weekly update of new items listed at (URL) as of Thu Feb 03, 11:09 AM PST. To bid, review details of any item listed or to register go to (URL). Did you know there are over 2300 listings right now, including many customs sets, lots of pieces (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.auction, FTX)
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| | "LEGOLAND - A Half-Life 2 Modification" needs a new name!
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Greetings, LEGO fans! I joined LUGNET in 2003 partly to (URL) get volunteers> to work on a LEGO-themed computer game. Mike Rayhawk of (URL) BrikWars> fame kindly joined the team, and together we and the other team members who came along set up what (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.fun, lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | A letter from Akos.
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Akos asked me to send along the following message...-Scott (...) Hi Scott, Thanks for the congratulations! Unfortunately, I don't have a LUGNET account, so I can not post there... (I live in Hungary where PayPal is not available.) You can see me (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces
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(...) (with random snippage) Your drawings are excellent! What detail! (...) All of your ideas (and that of the earlier, similar posts) are good. But, I'm not sure what this could be used for, although ANY 4x4 round plate would be welcomed, with or (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Re: Kid's Eye View Look at a Mountain
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(...) Yes! Especially since the gallery and pictures are currently marked as not yet public. I wanted to see how Brian's mountain compared with the one we (NALUG) had at our last GETS show. It can be seen here: (URL) info about construction, and how (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Self-supporting, Sturdy, Textured, Flexible, malleable LEGO Mosaic
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(...) (snip) (...) Very cool Mike! (hope you're bringing this to NMRA in July!) I've seen the 1x2's used a lot--I know Calum made a japanese fish windsock (I think) some time ago using 1x2's...he used colored bricks in the same manner to make a (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | Re: New Parts Drawings - Plates, Slope, Track Pieces
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(...) Very cool--I'll take those over new Bionicle parts any day. I can see the victorian porches now with that sloped brick... I wonder if you could add this to your part list, I was just thinking about this yesterday...here's what I had--I can (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.parts.custom, FTX)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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(snip). Is this going to NMRA? (...) Ok, I was watching a show on the Canadian midwest provinces around Banff the other day. That water is blue, and an amazing one at that. Now, if you wanna argue the clear brick for water--go to Lake Tahoe. Scott (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Layout Started
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(...) Woodworker's tip and nitpick... 1)Once you've laid out your line, take a utility knife and cut into the wood along the line (both sides if your anal and want a good finish). That will help minimize the splintering that is prevalent when (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Kid's Eye View Look at a Mountain
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Larry, Thank you, I will keep this in mind. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> To: <lugnet.trains@lugnet.com> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 9:03 PM Subject: Re: Kid's Eye View Look at a (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Please consider posting deeplinks ... that is, click one more time so you get a url of the form (URL) instead of something ending in gallery.cgi (as has been written about many times before, search for deep links for more info) That way (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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(...) (URL) That appears to be on a backdrop, am I missing where the water is on the scenery? MR here in the states seems to run an article about how to do polyurethane (clear) water with fair frequency so I 'm not sure I agree with your limited (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | 4502 X-Wing Fighter for $30!!!
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(URL) [LEGOSet 4502] $30.00 -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Kid's Eye View Look at a Mountain
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James, Here's that Kid's eye view I promised you: (URL) for the dark images, I need better lighting. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Wilson" <wilson_j_s@yahoo.com> To: <lugnet.trains@lugnet.com>; <lugnet.org.us.indyl...ugnet.com> (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: What's the latest in DCC for LEGO?
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(...) Thanks James, The DZ123 sounds like the economical choice then. Any other advice on installing these? I'm planning to remove the thermal protection disk from the motorbox, what about the surge diode? I assume anti buzzing circuits are no (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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(...) Oh come on people, Lar was expressing his *opinion*. But Lar, I gotta say, water is painted blue on most of the layouts I've seen, scale MR or not. An example: (URL) on our M>ltc layout (URL) snow tipped mountain was only barely taller than (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Första svenska GBE?
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Förra torsdagen och denna (jaja det var igår nu ja) så har LegoRobotkursens deltagare på KomTek i Jönköping byggt en bana och förflyttat bollar med denna genom att sätta dem efter varandra...kommmer försöka lägga upp bilder på detta som bevis och (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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(...) Why is a "Disneyish" bad? You make it seem that non-real world accurate scene elements are bad and should never be modelled. I like the look of a "Disneylike" exaggerated scene, maybe that's why I like the Disney parks so much. -Orion (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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(...) Here in Colorado, we get frozen waterfalls that are blue, bright vivid gorgeous blue. It's amazing. Agreed about the snow line- better to have a patch of snow in a gulley or valley- a little tiny glacier. Beautiful work- I'm jealous! I don't (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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(...) Toylike - now I'm laughing, it is a toy! Of course it won't matter. That layout is going to rock!!! -Patrick (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Three New Bots
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(...) Lenny, these are the greatest bots ever, you are the greatest builder ever. I wouldn't change a single thing. You've done it again. Keep on building! -Keith Stop building the same thing over and over and give us something new...like a starship (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: What's the latest in DCC for LEGO?
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(...) Any of the xx3 gen digitrax decoders are fine. I'm using DZ123's, and the useful feature is that they incorporate overload protection. I'm using a big boy setup, but basically, you will run out of trains before you run out of control channels (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Chair and Cabin
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Two things I made: (URL) Chair.> (URL) Cabin.> Let's here some stuff. Lay it on me now. Roy (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Ett hett tips till den som hinner först.
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Hade mycket väl kunna köpa det själv för att sälja det var för sig och tjäna en hacka men jag har varken tid eller pengar just nu. (URL) kan redan ha gått men det ligger inte på blocket så det kan ju vara kvar. /Andreas (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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(...) Whereas I like trans with blue underneath or transblue, I think it looks more like water, since water is transparent. Having blue bricks underneath the transparent layer makes it look blueish but not solid. (...) Which is probably why I would (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Lego for urban planning in DC
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(...) Dave, these guys need your help. Surely your buildings can be of better use to these guys than their 2x2 stacks! :-) Ed (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| | Re: Helicopter
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(...) I have used the Technic swashplate in a 1:20 scale Apache helicopter, including collective and differential pitch control. The scale is about right for Technic figures. I modded the splined ball by filing the axle hole a bit so that it would (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: How to send commands directly to the RCX?
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(...) As Mark says you can use VB to do that. Since IVPBrick COM Interface is avilable now I think it is possible via applet as well. Here is the sample that you can use with VB. Make sure that you add a reference to LEGO VPBrick 2.1 type library. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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snipped (...) Odd you should say this. I really like the look of the blue water cascading down the mountain and the way the light reflects off the sloped bricks. It's going to take a tall, tall mountain to really justify a snow cap. Wouldn't you (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Bangobot
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(...) Thanks for the comments! Studlessness is a double edged sword - sometimes covering the studs gives a model an added finished look. Sometimes, it looks dumb. But thanks for telling me that I did it well! (...) Not very well at all. Most mech (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Three New Bots
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BangoBot (Mass Produced Version: Black) (URL) Tik Tok Bot (URL) Art Deco Bot (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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Thanks to everyone for the kind remarks on the mountain. To answer a few questions: I don't know if I was going for scale compression as much as I was just going for artistic expression. It does give you the impression of some distance from front to (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Vikings?
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(...) I see these sets and I think, gee, is Lego trying to keep up with Megabloks Dragon series? Then I think, HOOOO Doggies, TLG must have considered my letter to them about how to revive the Castle series by producing Castle sets of other (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Crema2004
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bellissime,GRAZIE Ciao Fabio "panzer" <paolo.panzone@eurisko.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:IB86pE.qrA@lugnet.com... (...) bellissimi (...) mostra di (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Berretti logo classic space: buone + brutte
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Se per te và bene al prox LF,oppure se passi da Prato consegna a mano :-))) Dimmi le mie spese che ti mando i soldi :-))) Ciao E GRAZIE "Willy Tschager" <willy.tschager@tin.it> ha scritto nel messaggio news:IB8KEx.1LFt@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Volvo FH12 6x2/4 500 Globetrotter XL, Sweet Candy, Scale 1:13
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(...) Hi Vineet, Thank you very much for the nice comment to my Volvo, Im glad you like it! By the way, building skills improves the more you build:-) 'a lot of LEGO' -bricklink, and unfortunately, money:-) Wish I had more of those... Best regards (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Volvo FH12 6x2/4 500 Globetrotter XL, Sweet Candy, Scale 1:13
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(...) Hi Samarth, Thank you for the nice comment to my Volvo, exciting to hear about your Lamborghini, now we are just waiting for the pictures:-) I can somehow understand your meaning about the huge amount of decals on the truck. But if you have (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.modelteam, FTX)
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| | Re: Carriage roof and underframe
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(...) A pretty obvious design, but I don't recall anyone doing it!. Everyone got hung up on the digger buckets (URL) As with wagons, I think steam-age carriages need to have some underframe detail, (...) The best truss rod design i have seen, will (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Helicopter
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Hi Ross and many thanks for your support ! I also thought about using specific Technic "swashplate", but I concluded as you did : collective control could'nt be achieved because of friction. So keeping the large technic turntable was the best way... (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | What's the latest in DCC for LEGO?
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A couple members of our club, the SCLTC, are investigating DCC. One member, Ted has picked up a Super Chief system from Digitrax. An I've just purchased a Zephyr system. I also picked up a DH163, and a DN123 decocoders. My gear should arrive today. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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Brian, That's a great mountain & layout. I can see kids' eyes popping and jaws dropping. It looks like you used some scale compression on the mountain slopes to make it appear taller - is that right? Try taking some pics from a kid's approximate eye (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) Would you guys want a code repository for this? I have a SVN repo set up that I could easily add this as a project... Just LMK! (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Announcing: SWELUG 7
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Hej Anmäler mig till SWELUG7 Kommer med tåg till Örebro 15.55 enligt tidtabellen. Johan Vettefors (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Carriage roof and underframe
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Some design ideas for a carriage roof, trying to get those shallow curves without using slopes or stacked plates: (URL) view of the components: (URL) you 8-widers, just add 2-stud wide bricks down the middle. As with wagons, I think steam-age (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Model Railroader Magazine
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(...) <snipped> (...) I have to agree. I've been too cheap to subscribe, but I'v been buying back issues for $.50 to a buck each at the local train shop. Also try train swap meets. Mat (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:IBCp8t.3Co@lugnet.com... (...) Hmm, I'm calling BS here. There is a river in Colorado with so much of a certain kind of mineral content in it that the water is indeed blue. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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(...) It's big, it's cool, and there's lots to like. The roadway and parking lot, for example are really neat. Always glad to see people building mountains. Spotlighted! I have a couple of bones to pick though... Water isn't blue. I think it's much (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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(...) I'm sure my wife can empathise with that! Our dining table is covered with Lego. I was building 48x48 modules on the table but fitting them together takes up the whole table! It is better to have a large flat surface for building on the big (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Sacramento Brick Builders in the Sacramento Bee
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Hi all, A nice article on the Sacramento Brick Builders appeared in today's (Thursday, Feb. 3) Sacramento Bee. The Bee is the major daily newspaper for Sacramento, CA's state capital. Link to online version: (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.loc.us.nv.ren, lugnet.org.us.sacbb, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: The truth about the LEGO Ambassador Program
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(...) Hey, why would the grumpy Ogel make them wear those silly hats anyway? I've never seen him laugh.... Thanks for sharing, Legoswami Samarth (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: The truth about the LEGO Ambassador Program
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Thanks for the laugh, René. Peace and humour, Professor Whateverly (URL) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Model Railroader Magazine
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Hi All, I am so excited about Model Railroader Magazine that I had to post this!(1) I know it sound a bit corny but the amount of high quality color photos of both trains and scenes has really increased in the last year. I find myself constantly (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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(...) I agree awesome work, highlighted for sure. My biggest problem with large scluptured modules is not where to store them but having the room to build them. My LEGO room isn't big enough for me to keep a few modules setup over a long period of (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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Hi Brian, Awesome, awesome! Great job on this, the use of bridges and retaining walls, etc... I love how we (L-gaugers) are getting more and more sophisticated about our layouts. Of course we all know that GMLTC has been sculpting layouts for ever (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing: SWELUG 7
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(...) Okej, här kommer detaljerna: Alla är välkomna till Alhagsvägen 3 i Karlskoga för SWELUG-möte nummer 7 med start fredag kväll 4/3 från cirka 18. Pris: kostnader för mat delas solidariskt, den som vill donera priser till RobotWars och (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.se)
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| | Re: A lil' Mountain with10 Tunnel Portals
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(...) I really like the multiple levels. I think train displays have continuously become larger and larger on two dimensions, but adding height (apart from really tall buildings) is something that we should all aim for. Having built mountains and (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Layout Started
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Some simple model railraoding techniques might offer some depth. Perhaps a blue gradient staring at about 12" above the table top, to about 36" above the table (depending how high the tallest buildings are). Since its already light blue, get some (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains)
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I just mailed out a bunch of balls to people that requested them. If I didn't send you an e-mail stating that I sent you balls, then I lost your request. Sorry. Please ask again. Steve (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks to Keith for starting this thread and thanks to all for the kind comments and helpful suggestions both here and on MOC pages. I have made some modifications already based on the comments, but am not planning on doing too much as this (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) Ask, and ye shall receive. (URL) code is included (hopefully my crude hackings can be deciphered by others) as well as an executable jarfile in the dist/ subdirectory. Enjoy. If you find any major bugs, let me know, and I'll see what I can do, (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes I did use a few 'clone' bricks as I ran out of bricks that were grey and 2x2 or 2x4. The ship needs a lot of then to tie various parts of the panelling together, for choice I wouldn't use them and if I can fid some ways around that I'll (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: altre passioni???
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(...) E' proprio per quello che ho risposto, lo ho letto sul vostro web-site! (...) Sorry, no. Abbiamo interrotto nel 2003 le performance pubbliche della nostra ventennale R&B band (primo concerto dal vivo nel 1983..) per raggiunti limiti di età. In (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Announcing: SWELUG 7
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To everyone it may concern: SWELUG 7 will be held 4-6 March 2005 in Karlskoga, Sweden. The details will be posted in Swedish in a followup message. International visitors happening by are welcome to contact me for details. Olof Dahlberg (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.loc.se, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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voi oltre al lego a cosa vi dedicate? Sono un appassionato di motori a due ruote...per la precisione sono un motociclista.(o credo di esserlo...) Ho scoperto l'amore a quattordici anni comprando un Garelli VIP1 a 100 milalire e elaborandolo a tal (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Is it efficient to replace plates w/bricks in a plates studs up mosaic?
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(...) Yeah i was looking at Van Gogh's Cafe Terrace and Stary Night yesterday. i would love to do a mosaic, but never see my self with enough bricks to do one. bob (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | Re: The truth about the LEGO Ambassador Program
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(...) lol René- You are a card [1] and you should be dealt with! Hoping the joke translates, JOHN [1] (URL) See definition #7> (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: The truth about the LEGO Ambassador Program
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(...) I'm surprised and appalled: Are the ambassadors really supposed to wear those silly hats?!! -NB (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricklink - Underage participants
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Don't worry about it, Admin is much smarter that to get on shaky ground. It has already been discarded. Paul (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Self-supporting, Sturdy, Textured, Flexible, malleable LEGO Mosaic
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(...) Mike - What a great idea! The accordion-style stacking of the bricks makes this a very unique design. How'd you think of that? Way cool. I gotta try that. You've turned the plane of view by 45 degrees, but the result is a clear image. Thanks, (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, FTX)
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| | The truth about the LEGO Ambassador Program
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Psst! I've found out the LEGO Ambassador Program as a smokescreen only. The real aim is helping OGEL to get reign of the AFOL world. See this original copy of the program's logo: (URL) Oh no! Be careful! René FUT lugnet.fun (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) Oh yeah! Let me at it. :) Steve (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFCFixer
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(...) The way it's been done before is to draw rays from the origin outward. The first polygon a ray crosses is facing inward, and the last polygon a ray crosses would be facing outward. The ones in between *should* alternate facing in and out. Do (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gladius - My First Mech
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Tim, this is an amazing way to enter the world of mecha. I see the Mad Cat influence, but this is far nicer than any Mad Cat I've ever seen pics of. The colorscheme pulls together nicely, and the lack of a greebled torso works quite nicely. All in (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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(...) I think it can be done for simple objects, by choosing a random winding for 1 polygon, then processing all touching polygons so they're wound the same way (when looking from the same side - out ot in). This would produce a result that is (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Stormwalker
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Wow! Now this is a beautiful mech. The Classic Space colors don't work for me( though I understand why you did it), but the overall design is one of the best I've seen in quite awhile. I even see some very familiar joint tech going on that I've used (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Re: Vikings?
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Thank you Anders and Arne for the clarification. (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: altre passioni???
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Ciao a tutti, DP> voi oltre al lego a cosa vi dedicate? Nell'esiguo tempo libero, oltre che a dedicarmi al LEGO che e' il re dei giochi, mi interesso molto anche al gioco dei re, cioe' gli scacchi :-) in cui ho conseguito un livello agonistico di (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: LEGODirect: Meet Jake McKee e torneo tempesta di mente
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Interessa? :-) Si, anche a me interessa. Da Milano non dista poi molto....e poi per la causa si fa più che volentieri! (modelli technic) Buona giornata Paolo (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: LEGODirect: Meet Jake McKee e torneo tempesta di mente
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Ciao a tutti, io non ho mai partecipato ad una legofest. Abito vicino a Torino e vorrei partecipare. Non credo di essere ancora all'altezza per portare dei modelli e verrei più che altro per conoscervi e vedere le vostre creature... mi prendete (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: LEGODirect: Meet Jake McKee e torneo tempesta di mente
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(...) Anche noi di Pavia ci siamo sicuramente! Verrei con mia moglie, il mio piccolo e quasi sicuramente Samuele, che magari alcuni di voi hanno conosciuto a Crema. Torino non è certo lontana e ci sono abbastanza spesso per lavoro! Che tipologia di (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Vikings?
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(...) And I'm not English speaking, so perhaps "Viking" in English do mean what you quote. But the term "Viking" in Danish mean the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic seafaring PEOPLE of the 8th to 11th century, not just the few raiders. And (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.castle)
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