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(...) <clip> (...) Race (...) the (...) It also lists Obi Wan as being included, when we all know it is Qui Gon. I wish it was Obi Wan. I don't want to have to buy another sub just to have a 2nd of Obi Wan, but I would buy another Pod Racer set. Ben (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Service release (1.82) of BlockCAD
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OK, a service release of BlockCAD is available at: (URL) just the BLOCKCAD.EXE, so you must have BC 1.8 installed already. It solves John's problems #1 and #3. Keep the bug reports coming! -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs)John VanZwieten (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | FS: 6542 MINT Launch & Load Seaport
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I have a 6542 Launch & Load Seaport from the Nautica theme to sell. It is mint and unopened. I ask $275 plus shipping, which is $32 to US and $22 to Europe. This is not an auction, the first person that emails me takes the box. Email also for any (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: ebay is free to list today
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(...) Which means 60% more final value fees to be paid. Pretty slick, ebay. Julie (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Datsville PD patrol car [DAT]
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0 Patrol Car 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2441.DAT 1 15 0 -8 60 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3021.DAT 1 15 0 -8 -60 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3021.DAT 1 0 0 0 -80 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3710.DAT 1 0 0 0 80 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3710.DAT 1 36 30 -8 80 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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Rob Farver: (...) Definitely not those (not that we haven't got them too). Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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Gary Istok: (...) AFAIK. They are with the LEGO, and both my parents and my grandparents say they are LEGO. I must admit that I have never checked them for a LEGO imprint. I will do that next time I have a chance. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Auction V update
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Christopher's LEGO parts auction V My last big auction was on eBay and while I made a better return, many of my regular customers didn't participate due to a beef with how eBay works. I do this primarily to justify buying sets and keeping the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | fixed petrol station [DAT]
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Here is the fixed petrol station with the pumps re-positioned. 0 FILE stationb.dat 0 Station Baseplates 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 0 309P01.DAT 1 0 -400 0 160 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 3865.DAT 1 0 -400 0 -160 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Datsville PD prisoner transport van [DAT]
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Here is the first piece for the datsville PD. To come later: Station with custody cells, offices, front desk and inverview room Police boat using the boat bow pieces like in 6598,6540,6483 Police helicopter using the helicopter landing gear (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Fixed petrol tanker [DAT]
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The taillights are now red. 0 FILE tanker.dat 0 Petrol Tanker 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 tankerc.dat 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 tankerb.dat 0 FILE tankerc.dat 0 Petrol Tanker Cab 0 Author: Jonathan Wilson 1 14 0 -8 40 1 0 (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: car dealership
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(...) I used the baseplate 32 x 32 service station, not the baseplate 32 x 32 road 3 lane, which I believe you are refering to. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: WTB: arches, etc for reconstructing Yellow Castle
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The old pole axes found in 375, 383, 677 (6075, 6077, 6083) are different from the new pole axes found in 6045 - the newer one is more flexible, plus there are other ways to tell. I was pretty surprised, too, when I first saw the new ones! -- Have (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: ebay is free to list today
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I agree with Frank - eBay isn't working well lately. It seems to me they shouldn't have had this free listing event at this time. The MyeBay and searches have been on the blink for a couple weeks (or months?) - I think they should have made those (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: hills and grades
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[ FUT lugnet.trains ] Paul Sinasohn: (...) You just put plates under your track. There is a piece on this topic at the Train Depot[1]. Play well, Jacob 1) <URL:(URL) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | 6542 Launch and Load Seaport - going1
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About a week ago I mentioned on RTL or on Lugnet that I had a 6542 Launch and Load Seaport that I was accepting offers for. There seems to be a few interested people, and possibly more who missed that post may be interested. I thought about listing (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGO store in Georgia
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In searching I found that there is a Lego Land store at the St. Jacobs Factory Outlet mall in Waterloo, Onterio Canada. Anybody close to there??? Anyone been there? "Kindness given is free, Kindness recieved is priceless" (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 4554 Metro Station on eBay
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I have placed a mint 4554 Metro Station (yr 1992) auctioned on eBay. No reserve. (URL) send any question by email. Giulio (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: car dealership
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Thomas: Care to expand on this for Datsville? Maybe a double-high set of windows for a showroom. It would probably work well on the three-lane baseplate Jonathan used for the service station. -John Van (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: LDraw Problems
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You are getting the "run-time 200 error" :-) See this page: (URL) grab this file: (URL) the "Runtime Error 200 patch program - for really fast computers" LINC (...) error (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Kego Constructopedia
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Brian, nice to hear what Mike had to say. I emailed the MIT folks building their web constructopedia, and got the following response: (...) So the web version is under development. The above is from Fred Martin, author of the popular `The Art of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) Good deal. I assume there's no point in me hitting the Kmarts now, which is ok - I'm too busy spending money on DVDs. :) (...) I've actually seen and heard of stores refusing to honor mislabeled products. 'Course, that normally ticks off the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: $20 Per 2x2x3 gray extreme corner slope!
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(...) worth so much! Naji follow-ups to lugnet.general to talk about rare slopes (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New rendering/animation - Bram's Viper
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(...) I KNOW that it ROCKS! How long did that project take to complete? Will Visit the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: El Camino
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Sorry. Bill Clinton joke. -John Van G. Benedikt Rochow <rochogb@eng.auburn....ethis.edu> wrote in message news:FHurzp.AHz@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: $20 Per 2x2x3 gray extreme corner slope!
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(...) Eeek! Have I read that price correctly? Though I'm afraid I don't have any of those Simon (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New rendering/animation - Bram's Viper
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(...) AHHH...HHH!!!...!!! That is SSSSSSSSOOO...OOO COOO...OOOL!!!...!!! Wowie-Zowie! OHHHHHHH!!! COOOOOOOOL!!!...!!! that was SO TOTALLY AWSOME!!!!! WWWWOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!! Alex "i like to scream" Roode (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | $20 Per 2x2x3 gray extreme corner slope!
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Hello I am in need of a few 2x2x3 gray extreme corner slopes. I am willing to pay $20 per piece. it is found in the 6273 pirate set. Please e-mail with offers. Doyle (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Images of Death Star from LEGO IC
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(...) My pleasure. (The glare was really horrible. I was sitting on the floor trying to shield as much of the bright reflection of the floor, so instead you get a reflection of my socks. <g>) As time permits I'll put up some of the other images (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| | WTB: 2X2X3 Extreme gray slopes
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Hello I am in need of about 80 2x2x3 Light gray extreme slopes. Please E-mail with you offers if you have some for sale. Sincerely, Doyle (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: new mindstorm book
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:37a88d6f.264562...net.com... (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO store in Georgia
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Where in Virginia? I'll be in DC in a few weeks. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New rendering/animation - Bram's Viper
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(...) Well, thanks again! (...) for (...) All the orange I used was from the Snow Speeder and Sebulba's Pod Racer, so you may have enough. Same goes for the tan. More difficult to find pieces probably include the 4 gray antennas, and the gray and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Supercar appears in Knoxville
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There is one (1) at the West Town Toys R Us. They also had a smaller "new" Technic set - a hopper of some sort I think. Good luck! Naji (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tn.knx)
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| | FOTW at KMART
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I found a box (!) of polybags (Adventurer, City, and Space) priced at $0.99 each. [1] Add on the "buy-one-get-one-1/2-off" sale, and it was quite a find! Naji [1] I see nothing wrong with purchasing mislabeled products. Kmart, Wal-Mart, TRU, and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: web page in frames
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(...) I'm not convinced by that. You could say exactly the same thing for images, and it's been a few years since I heard anyone calling for the abolishment of graphics on the web. (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: LEGO store in Georgia
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(...) It sounds like we'll be making frequent trips to Atlanta! Naji (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New rendering/animation - Bram's Viper
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(...) Oh, no hurry..... I just thought others may want to see a really nice Lego model. I am still very impressed! My rendering is only the icing on the cake. It's just a nice way to view the model. Now I need to find the time to actually BUILD a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | LDraw Problems
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Apon trying to get LDraw to work and do some modeling, I got a run-time error 200 at 0003:0095. Anyone have the smallest clue on exactly what is wrong? I'm on a PII 450 running win98 on the service Pack update, not the SE CDupdate if this is any (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: LEGO store in Georgia
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thinice@avana.net (James J. Trobaugh) wrote in <FHv0xM.y1@lugnet.com>: (...) I was talking to a Lego rep a couple of weeks ago, and he mentioned these type stores as a new thing for Lego. He said there are two nearly complete - one near Atlanta (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New rendering/animation - Bram's Viper
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(...) Eric: sorry I haven't put the animation on my web site yet. I don't have much time,[1] so I'd like to wait until I have more stuff to update at the same time. --Bram 1) Every student of my Calculus teacher gets a 5 on the AP test, so that (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: A big round of thanks to Tom and Gail
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In lugnet.market.shopping, thou, David Eaton (wpieaton@wpi.edu), hast wrytted... (...) Hehe, ever heard of a program called figlet? 88 88 88 ,d 88 88 88 88 88 88 88 MM88MMM 88,dPPYba, ,adPPYYba, 8b,dPPYba, 88 ,d8 ,adPPYba, 88 88 88P' "8a "" `Y8 88P' (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Datsville Updated
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(...) John, if we ever need to remove a house like we did with the 'yellow house' can we burn it down to give my firefighters some training?? :) I'll do positioning of minifigs(but we'll have to wait until Chris has gotten more done on the hat). I (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Datsville petrolium tanker
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Because in most places cars have red brake lights. That may not be in Australia, but I can't imagine that it isn't. Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: show-me training
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(...) You connect the motor to a differential gear. One end of the differential gear turns the wheel; the other end turns something to press the sensor. Or you suspend the chassis with shock absorbers, then put sensors to detect the direction to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 3471 Plant Tree Pine
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(...) if that is the case then all someone needs to do is take the top of the piece that is already there and stick it onto a shorter pole. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Datsville petrolium tanker
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(...) Why? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Model 6824: Space Dart-I [DAT]
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This was the first Legoland Space set I ever acquired. Back in 1984, Legoland was not a theme park, but rather the largest commodity of the Lego Group's brick sales in decades! The Space Dart was one of those small and inconspicuous sets that could (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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| | Re: Help with missing parts files
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(...) The ldraw.exe download file at my tutorial includes these updates. Tim, go ahead and use that file instead of the one that's up now at ldraw.org. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Redesigned website finally online!
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(...) With the Javascript, a new, small window pops up. This gets rid of the need to hit the "back" button after viewing an enlargement. ("back" doesn't (or didn't) always work correctly with frames) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: show-me training
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(...) How? (...) Yes, the CyberMaster touch sensors are all different from each other. :-) Laurentino Martins [ mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt ] [ (URL) ] (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: WTB: arches, etc for reconstructing Yellow Castle
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(...) You get one of these in the #6045 Ninja Surprise set. It shocked me when I realized this! --Mike. (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: show-me training
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(...) You can set up the touch sensor so it is pressed when the wheel rolls in one direction but not the other. With two touch sensors to detect the wheel directions, you still have one left for the bumper. (You can squeeze in more sensors by (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: WTB: arches, etc for reconstructing Yellow Castle
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(...) Unfortunately, that piece is only available in the Yellow Castle, and unless you find a bunch of LEGO with remnants of one, you won't be finding that piece "laying around". It's unfortunate, but TLG has a habit of producing sets with a unique (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 3438 - S@H McDonald's Special - scan of Directions cover
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Thanks for posting it, Tom AND for the piece review! :-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 'exploding' models in ldraw
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Thanks for the tips guys. I will take a look at LDAO. It's installed I don't know why I haven't messed with it much. Look for a house from me soon! John Matthews Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: web page in frames
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(...) No, what makes frames bad is that the browsers don't give any easy way to discover the URL for any but the top frame. This opens the door real wide for banner abuse, and there's nothing you can do on the server end to indicate beneficial (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: web page in frames
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(...) Those people are silly. :) I'm serious, actually. It's a prejudice spawned by a lot of sites with terrible use of frames. Sure, they're easy to misuse, but that doesn't make all uses bad. (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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Hello Gary, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in article <37D92C5D.8826C9E@umich.edu>... (...) Another wonderful account of the history of a LEGO element. Thanks very much. As previously mentioned ((URL) the offer to host this material on the web (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Mavica-competitor from Panasonic on the way
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(...) Hmm. I swear I saw that 160mb card just the other day, but can't find anyone selling it now. (I'll look more later...) The 128MB cards cost about $300. Maybe the thing to do is buy several. :) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | WTB: arches, etc for reconstructing Yellow Castle
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I am trying to reconstruct the Yellow Castle set #375. Most of the pieces are pretty standard bricks and slopes (no juniorization -- not even in the horses). Anyway, here is some of what I need. Please contact me by email if you have any of these (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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Nearest thing I can find is the roof pieces in Fabuland, but they are larger than a 2x4 (more like 4x6). They are green, stepped, and "wiggly" tiled though. (...) +---...---+ | Rob Farver - rfarver@rcn.com | | (URL) | | (URL) | +---...---+ (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Legoland Windsor open through Christmas and New Year
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Hi, Long time, no post... LLW are trumpting that they will not close at the end of October as they have done previously, but will stay open until Jan 3rd, 2000. There will be the following special items (according to the brochure they are handing (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.legoland.windsor)
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| | hills and grades
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Frank Filz and Brian Darrow posted messages about building trains powerful enough to handles grades, but I'm wondering how you would actually lay track to start up a hill. Has lego ever made uphill or downhill curves, like you would find at the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Idea: Wall-breaker
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(...) That's a great idea. To avoid the "chair problem", maybe you should make it bash only when it sees a certain color, rather than the other way around. (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: New rendering/animation - Bram's Viper
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(...) Thanks! I use 3DS MAX 2.5. I am looking for a reason to upgrade to 3.0, because the rendering engine is supposed to be MUCH better. Also Mental Ray (used in all the feature film stuff) is being ported to MAX 3.0. Eric (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 8485 from DYA
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(...) In a word, OUI! Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: New Mavica-competitor from Panasonic on the way
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Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn7ti6kh.8sh.....bu.edu... (...) Dunno, but with an AC adapter it wouldn't really matter to me. And 120mb wouldn't take that long if it were transferred at anything approaching the maximum (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Scaling Buildings in Datville
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John VanZwieten skrev i meddelandet ... (...) the (...) It is nice to see ones creations put out in a 'world' like this (you even put the tree right where it should be! How did you know?), but it sure looks wrong mixing scales! Either you 'demand' (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 3438 - S@H McDonald's Special - scan of Directions cover
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They snap into the frames like the window panes snap into a 1x4x3 window. So FOR ONCE, you can get 2 of these sets, put the doors side by side, and snap one in "backwards/upside down", and have proper swingout doors, since the door is horizontally (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | KAPAs Auction - last update
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That's the last update of my first auction. Thanks to all who participated, I will contact the winners to agree next steps. Thanks again, Kai Again for information: A 2kg (somewhat around 4 pounds) pack to the US is supposed to be 5.00 - 10.00 USD (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Note from BlockCAD author
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John VanZwieten skrev i meddelandet ... (...) multiple (...) This one's new to me (perhaps I'm too slow :-) - I'll look into it (when time permits). (...) Yep, there are many situations when the 'view order' sorting goes a bit wrong. Most of the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: web page in frames
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(...) (Because people hate frames) (...) Ooo, I hadn't thought of that. I'll have to ponder that idea some more. Steve (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | LEGO store in Georgia
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My wife was at a outlet mall near our house today and said she saw a sign on a store claiming to be a new LEGO store. It was still underconstruction, but she did conferm that it really was a LEGO based store. Has anyone seen one of these stores (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mc Donald's Lego
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(...) Lowell is very good about letting us get what we want--as long as they have it on hand. We've even been known to hold on to duplicates (or undesired items) for later trade-in. (...) It all depends on how you arrange the plastic. (...) I don't (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | Re: 3438 - S@H McDonald's Special - scan of Directions cover
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(...) sorry, I mean't frames!!, sorry (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: ebay is free to list today
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Whew! Just started looking through the new auctions, quite a bunch of parts and other stuff... (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: 3438 - S@H McDonald's Special - scan of Directions cover
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Tom, are the doors on hinges, or are they conventional one stud hook-ups. The cataloge pic seems like hinge, am I dilusional? -John Rudy (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Datsville petrolium tanker
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Very good, but I would like the tail lights trans-red. /Tore (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: A big round of thanks to Tom and Gail
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(...) How a bout a big thanks :) ? (I'll leave out the "round" part until I'm more skilled at ASCII art) _888...888__888___88..._8888888__ _888...888__888___88...888____88_ ____888_____888...88..._88888____ ____888_____888...88...___88888__ (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: I need help downloading, please read
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You could try installing WinZip from www.winzip.com I have no idea why it Zipit doesn't work, but then I've never used it. Many thanks, Nick Allan ======== Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change. (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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(...) Mid '60s to early '70s. (...) According to Garry's history, yes, that's the puzzlement I have, why had I never seen them til the '80s? (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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(...) As always, wonderful!!! Great history of the slope. (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Southern UK LEGOfest - update
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On Thu, 9 Sep 1999 22:52:31 GMT, Jon D Hayward uttered the following profundities... (...) having thought this was last week, might still be able to attend. If anyone wants to see, I had rebuilt my Parthenon model, and can bring it along. (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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Thanks Rob, I can add that to part 2, which will include the low sloped bricks. And then those service packs with the low sloped outside corner in red. There are a lot of interesting variations, that's for sure. Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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Not quite sure what period you were talking about there - though you hint at early 70s. They had red apex bricks by the early 1970s didn't they? (URL) 1971) (URL) 1971), and (URL) 1973) (all in shallow slope) For medium slope, I'm there was a house (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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Jacob, I have never heard of green Lego slopes with a "wiggly" slope before. Are they LEGO? Do they have the word LEGO on top of the studs? If not, then that should answer your question. Rob, have you ever heard of these? Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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Yes there were a lot of different colors available in the 1970's sets that I hadn't gotten around to yet. I kind of wanted to stay with the story up to 1972, but I got side tracked on the black slopes. Gary Istok (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | For JINI fans
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The JavaOne show, in June, had an interesting demo involving PalmPilots, Mindstorms, and JINI. Here's a detailed technical article about it (including source code in NQC 1.3 and Java): (URL) think you need to be a member of the Java Developers (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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Hmmm - very nice history. Thanks, Gary. That was very interesting. On point though - I think that bricks in colours other than blue, red and black appeared earlier than the 1980s. I recently bought a 386 Red Cross Helicopter, which I believe dates (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Scaling Buildings in Datville [DAT]
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I obviously wasn't clear enough in my original post. By "scaling" buildings, I mean using buildings that would otherwise be too large for Datsville, but down-scaling them in the town.dat file, i.e.: 1 16 540 0 -800 0 0 0.50 0 0.50 0 -0.50 0 0 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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What I find curious about the slopes is that we had plenty of red slopes (they may have all been 2x2, I don't remember), but we never had any apex or other special slopes (I remember later in life noting that "gee, they finaly got around to adding (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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Gary Istok: What about the old green 2*4 roof bricks my grandparents have? They look roughly like this from the side: |\ |\ Despite the look of the ASCII art, the dimensions are the same as of a 2*4 brick. The sloped side is "wigly" like a tiled(?) (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Glass for Window 1 x 4 x 5 with White Stripes And Red Cross Pattern
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(...) IIRC, the sticker is designed to fit in the frame, not cover the entire piece. This is a holdover from when the first versions of the window had the glass glued in. Jeff (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Update: Circle of 4.5V Gray Train Track
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The current high bid is $17--check it out (and the other auctions on Guarded Inn--thanks to Mike!) (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: The History Of LEGO Sloped Bricks - Part 1
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(...) I have a few copies of set 1082, a dacta set, which has equal numbers of red and blue sloped bricks in low and medium slope varieties. It includes apexes and connectors, inside corners, and inverted 2x2s as well. This set has a copyright date (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Mc Donald's Lego
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(...) Merely when I waltz in with an entire tribe of 4-11 year olds (Taya, Nik, and all the first and second cousins won't fit in 2 cars) to let me pick and choose which ones I get. I imagine I'll be eating a lot of happy meals myself. In fact I (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | rescinded: wanted: 1x1x2 and 1x2x2 blue windows
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Sorry, but I have to say that I no longer want these part...well I do, but scine the 1x1x2 blue windows apparently do not exist my plan to use both 1x1x2 and 1x2x2 blue windows in my train instead of 1x1x2 and 1x2x2 white windows has been scapped. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: which of these should i do next?
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(...) I'd say a house or two. I am working on a Shopping Center now, I only have one module left. I have an almost complete TV Station laying around also. Jeff P.S. I *really* don't think Datsville needs a missile silo, but its up to you... (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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