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(...) "That place... is strong with the dark side of the Force. A domain of evil it is. In you must go."? (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I think Yoda has a saying for this type of situation... (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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I have done the best I can to ensure that all my listings give all the info they could. I admit that some of my SC listings do not list as much as others. (1) If I felt that were a big omission I would in fact delete and relist. Are you claiming (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Yes; see my other message. But the term "space" is such a catchphrase for lego folks... (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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(...) IS there such a person? I have several I can spare and could even set the opening bid at 11 or even 10. Note me if you are such a person. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Lubricating Cylinders --YoYo lubricant?
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 (...) like (...) these (...) with (...) release (...) to find (...) what about graphite powder? I use graphite powder for my bike ('Pressol': made by a german company in Neurnberg.) it has to be applied (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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<-----Has anyone actually contacted LEGO and asked for this? I e-mailed lego and when I get a reply I will post it on the mailing list. Andy (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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The following link is to an article on Lego to build engineering and computer skills. In Monday's Houston Chronicle (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) considered (...) they (...) These (...) between (...) bids, (...) spend. (...) but (...) to (...) number (...) Amen. A very nice way of saying what I have tried to say in the past. If a seller openly lies or even misleads, I have no problem (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: NW LEGOFest
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Alan Kershaw (<FJ3Hw8.EC2@lugnet.com>) wrote at 20:21:44 (...) Sorry, I meant to post at the weekend, but I've been a bit preoccupied. As expected, there is a three way split of those who can make either date, those who can only (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Group Question - please read and give me your opinion
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I would say if after a week at the most you don't get a response send it to the next person, just let me know that you skipped someone so I can mark it on the list. Everyone so far that I've mailed for an address got back to me the next day or (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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At 11pcs, and an opening price of 9.99, that's almost $1 a piece... even the eBay loony buyers balk at that for a starting price I guess! Though some parts lots regularly sell at more than that per piece by the end of the bidding. Kevin (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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(...) Maybe tommrow. There was a girl when I was in 7th grade I wanted to ask out but I couldn't get the courage up. We talked to each other a lot also. Thought I'd say that. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: PRESS RELEASE- LEGO Watch Systems Range Launches; It's Time for LEGO Watches
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This is the real valuable part of this press release! Let's send her the URL for the DearLego LUGNET group! (...) Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Liam Parnell (<99100413155201.004...rrender2>) wrote at 12:13:57 (...) Qu'est que ce? I have faith, and I have Todd on my side :-D (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Trains and Rock Raiders
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On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Allan J Smith (<FJ2onx.2w8@lugnet.com>) wrote at 08:29:49 (...) Rebuttal: There are no spaceships, therefore they is not space :-) Cars carried across the Channel in ferries are not called boats, and are generally not nautical in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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I am really curious as to why these over-ambitious capitalists are considered scam artists. None of these listings openly lie about the products, true they don't come out and advertise their competition, but they break no laws. These sellers are (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Classic Space 497 6886 6951 6955
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I need to clear off the dining room table. Here is what has to go. 497 Galaxy Explorer This is a complete set in mint condition. The box shows a lot of wear. Instructions included Minimum bid $50, increments $2 minimum I had this one before I came (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) Yeah, but I think you can only leave negative (or positive) feedback if you actually complete a transaction with the person. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches!
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(...) True. (...) I haven't seen any LEGO commercials on Canadian television channels. Unfortunately, if there was any on US channels, they often get pre-empted by local stuff. And I don't watch children's programming, especially Saturday mornings, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!
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(...) Todd, I can't thank Suzanne and yourself enough for all the effort that must have gone into the creation of this site. Lugnet is a wonderful resource. It meets all my current LEGO needs. I have been a Lugnet user for about ten months now. I (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: TLG's customers
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Agreed. You sum up the descriptions of the three LEGO markets quite well. <ICS> (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) I think that there are serious flaws in the eBay feedback system, and that they leave us open to situation like this. Unfortunately, people seem to get a big head when they get a high rating. Does this mean that since I have a rating of 41, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:37F8E3BA.1E3595...rve.com... (...) least only one person got ripped off. Wehter or not they will realize that they did and leave negative feedback is another question though.... (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Signed up for MindFest
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(...) Go John go!!! --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: IC motion control
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It turned out my motors was drawing too much current and thus kept resetting my board. After using a separate motor supply, everything work fine. Thanks. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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| | Re: Signed up for MindFest
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(...) Wow! I'll say! (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events)
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| | That Homecoming Thing
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Well, to start off, if you think punting -3 yards is funny, wait 'til you hear this: Our freshman team (and the one I'm on, I might add) has a whopping record of 0-5! Our team is actually pretty good, we just happen to lose whenever we play :) Our (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: White Bricks Wanted to Borrow
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Are you sure you want to use white bricks to build your mission? Just a thought, but I believe yellow bricks would probably give you a more authentic look. I had to build a mission back in school, and man I wish I had both the idea to use Legos and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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First off -- thanks to everyone for their help on this!... (...) Jon Hayward noticed this too. Example 1 is how my auction has always worked in the past -- that you have to bid one increment above the opening price. The opening price + 1 increment (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: PRESS RELEASE- LEGO Watch Systems Range Launches; It's Time for LEGO Watches
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Hello Chet, Just wondering where you found this press release? Is it from the official LEGO site? I have looked, but don't see any mention of the watches there. Just curious to know the source of this info. Regards, Allan (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: What is Homecoming? (Re: Somebody help.)
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(...) BOOO. Florida State should of won! My birth place. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | White Bricks Wanted to Borrow
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Hi All, Well my son is finally in the 4th grade this year, so if you went to school in CA you know what that means.... Build a model of a California Mission. So we would like to borrow (or buy for cheap) a load of 2x4 and/or 1x4+ white bricks for (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: What is Homecoming? (Re: Somebody help.)
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(...) Sure is, but I don'think it is as big as it is in High School Speaking of a sure win situation, this was funny on friday. The team that we were playing on their first punt, punted it for a NEGATIVE 3 yards, Don't tell me that's not funny! (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: What is Homecoming? (Re: Somebody help.)
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(...) Well, there is a homecoming GAME. And usually some sort of parade? I honestly can't confirm this, since I won't be caught dead near campus on a game day, but I know there are all these stupid float things all up and down frat row the next week (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: What is Homecoming? (Re: Somebody help.)
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(...) Maybe that isn't the common abbreviation when it comes to college football. University of Tennessee (at Knoxville). Home of the defending national football champions. Yay. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: What is Homecoming? (Re: Somebody help.)
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(...) (!) Okay, this is going to sound dumb, so I'll let you reply after you've picked youself up from the ground, still convulsing from crippling bouts of laughter... So Homecoming, then, is also a college thing? (...) I hear you. :-, Cheers, - (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: What is Homecoming? (Re: Somebody help.)
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UTK playing Florida on homecoming. (...) Is that supposed to be U.K.? I've never heard of UTK (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) I checked up on the whiner who mailed me outraged that I had left S@H's 800 number and a neutral comment for him. He responded to my comment by saying it was not appropriate for a user with a 5 feedback to do that. So eBay has a caste system (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Group Question - please read and give me your opinion
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I agree with Jeremy. Tell Tamyra, and send to the person after him/her I'm still waiting to hear from Bryce McGlone on Junk Box #1 Paul Sinasohn, who still needs 2x2x5 girders (...) the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Serv. Merch. sale
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(...) And there was never any issue as to the number of buckets (back ordering or such). I'll let you know in 5-7 days if it shows up (the sale and free shipping go thru 17 October, I think). If I get them, I very well may be ordering more myself (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: What is Homecoming? (Re: Somebody help.)
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(...) Hrmmm... not sure about the coming home part but in my experience the games scheduled for homecoming are normally sure-things. You'll never see UTK playing Florida on homecoming. (...) Hrmmm... tuxes? We never wore tuxes to homecoming. Prom (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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Not any more. Look at Ticketmaster, and most of the NYC photography dealers in the back of Popular Photography. Or computer dealers in any Microtimes/Computer Currents. etc. Paul, who just got 2 free 3438s by purchasing a train track special (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: i wonder if this post will be blown way out of proportion too
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(...) Give the man a prize! (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Bram's Site updated: Model of the Month, Naboo Fighter, 2 airplanes, modified 8880
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Please F-up to lugnet.publish (...) Thanks! (...) I'd like a solution for this to...but I haven't really looked into it. Although I try to keep my code clean, I had to break some "rules" to get the pages to look nice, so don't take them as the best (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: i wonder if this post will be blown way out of proportion too
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(...) Echoes of JW? Now learn how to use the SHIFT key to properly capitalize your sentences? Maybe some AOL'ers aren't ready to make the jump to the big scary World Wide Web... (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | What is Homecoming? (Re: Somebody help.)
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(...) Okay, y'all gotta help me on this one. I came to the States after graduation, and my high school didn't have this...thing. "Homecoming" baffles me. It's so much a part of the local culture everywhere I go, and it gets everyone all hot and (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Comprehensive meta-command list
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(...) Great! Out of curiousity, how well does the upcoming version of LDlite (1.7 isn't it?) handle MPDs? --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Signed up for MindFest
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I'm so happy! I have to post this list. From the online LEGO community, we have some great representation signed up for MindFest at MIT. Names marked with a (*) are guest speakers. NELUG will have an exhibit table and a welcoming evening. LDraw (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Group Question - please read and give me your opinion
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(...) No longer than a week. (...) Yes. And bump Steve Campbell down one notch. (...) Do we have a policy for making policy? ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Mindfest
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(...) I would like to emphasize that the NELUG meeting will be open to anyone who wishes to attend, whether or not you are a member or even care to join. We have also been told by the folks at the Media Lab that _anyone_ will be allowed to attend (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Somebody help.
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[SNIP] She just turned 17 today. Surprised me when I over heard it. -14 3 year differnce(Sort of.) I over heard this also: Her date was canceled the DAY before HOMECOMING and I'm wondering why. (That's one thing I would NEVER do.) I feel sorry for (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Group Question - please read and give me your opinion
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I have had no luck so far in contacting the next person (Steve Campbell) on the Minifig Box#1 list. I have sent 3 e:mails and posted a notice in Jambalaya. How long should I wait for a response from Steve Campbell? Should I move on to the following (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: another thought on "Bid Siphoning"
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(...) I'll let Larry deal with this - he doesn't need my help. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Serv. Merch. sale
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(...) So do you think your order has been cancelled or are you sure it will go through? Heck, I'd order 22 of them for $180 right now. I might order twice that many. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Interpreting the proposed FACE meta-command
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <37f8c4a9.238320530@...et.com>... (...) Well, I have nothing against anticlockwise, but it's redundant. Seeing ACW where one expects CW or CCW may confuse some people. I checked the dictionary because I honestly didn't (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Blue Hopper Car Mania...
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(...) the list, must have been recent. (...) 2150's won't be long now I don't think. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) I just sent off a sarcastic e-mail to eBay, which said (summing up) "Do you actively encourage sellers who screw people to get more money, or do you just not care?" It'll be interesting to see what kind of response I get, if any. James (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Serv. Merch. sale
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(...) Here's my tale about the current Service Merchandise Sale: As above, I could not find any mention of a LEGO sale on the website, so I shot off an email to their sales department. In the meantime I jotted down the 1-888 number for mail order. I (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: i wonder if this post will be blown way out of proportion too
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(...) All caps are hard to read. Likewise, all lower-case with only one space between sentences and no paragraphing is hard to read. I try not to pick on "creative" spelling or poor typing <g>. The more seriously you take your communication skills, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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(...) $4.50 off 5 items on that page, which means he paid a whopping $1.60 for them including shipping. I just e-mailed the only bidder, but I fear it will be to late for him to retract his bid. I'm going to leave neutral feedback for this seller (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) "Lego for life" Hmph. That's not even Lego for a year! Poorly designed form, too. They seem to have a really low expectation of how much Lego people own. Also, with no room for comments, they're putting blinders on their marketing division. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Minifig Porso with Red Cross Pattern and Stetoscope [DAT]
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Hi , here is the second red cross torso. I hope it's ok, I didn't find any faults. 0 Minifig Torso with Red Cross Pattern and Stetoscope 0 Name: 973p67.dat 0 Author: Joachim Probst (jprobst@shadow-corner.ows.es) 0 Un-Official Element 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Modern Police Department
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Hi , at 02.10.99 Rene Virsik wrote in a mail: RV> Please add my PD to Datsville. Thanks. Great PD, looks good! But maybe we should wait a little bit, with adding it to datsville, because there exists one pd already, and datsville is not that big at (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
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(...) Mind?--certainly not! :-) (...) Trends noted in-head, yes; on paper/graph no... Would love to see anything you come up with. --Todd (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions...
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I had the same problem the other day, so I took a look at Todd's rules... I'd suggest that your item 2 is INCORRECT _because of_ item 3 - Rae's bid is $1.10 (hidden proxy $3.00)... Chris bids $2.00... system wants to apply Chris's bid at $1.20, but (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | JDH Auction 4 - Shell / Soccer / Kelloggs / Value Packs / other unopened sets
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All sets are in mint unopened UK boxes except where marked with '*' - see Details section. Please note my revised bid increments for this auction - see Rules section. Lots ==== 1747 Pirates $3.50 Barry C 30Sep@22:38 1749 Aquanaut Paravane $3.50 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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(...) Uh, is that $2,000 worth annually for life? :) Otherwise it would just be Lego for a Year for a lot of us. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | request for information
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I am not a regular member of this group, so I apologize for the interruption. I am a public relations specialist and event coordinator from Salt Lake City, and I am currently planning the Bar Mitzvah for the 13-year old son of a very wealthy man. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | JDH Auction 3 - trains - ALL SOLD!!!
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The two main sets consist of the train, track and engine driver only, i.e. no passengers, loads, platforms, road vehicles, etc. The speed regulators are available at no extra cost if required (240VAC @ 50/60Hz), but they will obviously increase (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!
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Hooray for Lugnet! Happy Anniversary and thanks for all the hard work! John Matthews Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message news:FJ1zvG.Gps@lugnet.com... (...) figure (...) wrong, (...) ===...=== == (...) CDT) (...) visitors. (...) with (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Proposed: A New Kind of Timeline (was Re: The LD environment)
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(...) <SNIP> (...) The downside to this, as I see it, is that everyone would want their own timeline. Is that feasible and reasonable? (...) If memory serves me, what Steve meant(2) was "who will take over ownership of the project?" That is, who (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | RTL posting stats (was Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!)
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Ok, this is really rough because my comprehension of gnuplot is fairly low, but I thought y'all might be interested in looking anyway. <URL:(URL) is a graph of number of posts per week to rec.toys.lego for as long back as Deja News can remember. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: i wonder if this post will be blown way out of proportion too
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(...) For the most part, I have to agree with you. This should not be a place to ridicule others. However, I don't think that the people responding to your post were necessarily trying to ridicule you so much as trying to help you on how to post (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: i wonder if this post will be blown way out of proportion too
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(...) It isn't a matter of being blown out of proportion, really. We're all here for fun, and Lego is a hobby for us (well, more like an obsession, maybe). Because it's a hobby, no one here is getting paid to be nice, or anything, and some people do (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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Woohoo! LEGO FOR LIFE!!!!! (...) Awwww..... that's not 'Lego for life! That's only 'Lego for three months'! :) Think if it were REALLY 'Lego for life', and any of US regular LUGNET-ers won, we'd put 'em out of business-- but on the plus side we'd (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: [FS] - eBay - McDonald's Promo set, box only - 25 cents
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Another thing someone could do, but I'm not as upset about this as others so the someone is not me, is to actually sell the set in a Dutch auction... (many sets with a reserved price that matches the list price) and in the description of the set for (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Does anyone accually like 4561?
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(...) Juniorization is more than just over-reliance on SPUDs and POOPs. It's the dorky design, the missing doors, the lack of realistic details. You know, everything you pointed out as being wrong with the set's design. I've got an old 4.5V tender (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.reviews)
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| | LEGO for Life Sweepstakes
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Apparently, this isn't new, but I don't remember seeing anything about it on LUGNET before. In the Parent's section at www.lego.com, there's a sweepstakes running from now until the end of April. The sweepstakes is only open to US residents. The (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Lubricating Cylinders --YoYo lubricant?
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Maybe it sounds strange, but you could use the lubricant people use for their YoYos. As Yoyos are made of different kind of plastics (ok - there are also wooden and metal ones) , there should be no problems i.e.: Your cylinders will survive the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Eric, If your going to be staying for a week i would suggest getting a place outside of boston and using Public trans to get down town. The commuter rail system is extensive and easily accessible. I am from the North Shore which has a few nice (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Unusually busy Sunday...?
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(...) I live in Florida, so cold doesn't figure into the equation for my appearance in the Spotlight. <g> If anything, the heat kept me inside the last couple months building with LEGO and now the cooler weather (there is no "cold" weather in FL) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I glad you enjoyed it! When I saw those particular pieces I knew I *had* to use them for the double bowl kitchen sink and stove. I had a great time designing them and am very pleased with how they turned out. (You have no idea how long it took (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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look, this is a lego web site, not a typing site, i come here to talk about lego, not to be a nuisance or be hassled bye others. if i have some how affended anyone bye typing the way i do, sorry, but you dont have to take it upon yourself to post (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Halloween legos
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Hi i am looking for the set of halloween legos #3047. my boys really wanted this set and i can't find it any were. If anyone has one for sale at a reasonably price please let me know---thanks jodie Kruegjo@aol.com (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 4980 Tunnel Transport
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Telestia is a dang good pilot (and she knows it) but signing on with Manwaring Underground Developers didn't entail anything like this. The Mammoth craft's finer points never included high marks for maneuverability, and angling it through a narrow, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.underground)
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| | Re: Rock Raiders IS a Space theme
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(...) The theme you're looking for is "Sci-Fi". Steve (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.space, lugnet.underground)
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Here's a real sad thought. Without realizing it, we have truely opened the doors to those who want to scam people on Ebay. There are over what 1800 items in Ebay Lego right now? Well it is a rareity that I read them all, so I might miss the great (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA(eBay) 4 cannon still only 2.25, ends Mon
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4 cannon, each with wheels and towbar still only 2.25 for the four: (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Has the world gone mad?!?
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(...) collaborate (...) minds. (...) I'm in Garfield Heights, Ohio (An inner-ring cleveland suburb). While I wouldn't mind some copetition, we didn't have an originality problem last year. You may want to check with James though, the original (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| | Re: modified 8880's?
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(...) Thanks. Reason I'm asking is I got an email from a 12-year-old in Finland who's tricked one out with a v12 engine, gullwing doors, and fiber optics in the engine. I'll let you know if there's a web pointer when he gets back to me. -Tim (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: $10 off at ToysRUs.com
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(...) Yeah, this was actually posted here about a month ago but anyone who hasn't taken advantage of it should. Rachael and I have each ordered a Landspeeder - with tax and shipping it came to $0.73. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Lugnet Newsgroups Anniversary!
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(...) I think LUGNET is one of the best sites on the web! The site concentrates on a specific topic, is easy to navigate, and it contains lots and lots of information and links to relevant places. The three-gates-access is excelent, everybody can (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Lubricating Cylinders
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(...) Oh yes, I member those good old days too. My daddy also tried to repair everything - most of the time he was successful, but stories like your's still come to mind.. Jacob (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RCX Controlled Air Compressor Tester
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(...) Has anyone actually contacted LEGO and asked for this? I remember when I was a kid and one of those copper thingies (I don't know the correct English word word) which picks up the electric power from the track in the middle of the old train (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: another thought on "Bid Siphoning"
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(...) is: (...) back and changing their current auction listings. A simple question is now sarcastic on lugnet? What happened to the friendly, free banter? All hyped up about nothing. (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Oct 2nd SW / LEGO event at Wal-Mart
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(...) I did. (...) Don't worry, you didn't miss much (...) Just a corny certificate, no promo set. Very poorly done if you ask me (...) The Syracuse store had a card table set up. A cardboard cutout of the maniac fighting maul and misc bricks (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | NW LEGOFest
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Apologies if I've missed the definitive postings on this but do we have an inked in, double underlined certain date of 27th November ? Or is Dec still being considered ? Cheers Alan Kershaw (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New DK books on their way
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Make that: (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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