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You appear to be judging others by your standards. That aside, I think there are very little grounds for perusing this matter (expecting them to honor their prices) any further. They have offered a full refund, which is the minimum they have to to (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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(...) I'm over here in the states and I din NOT know that. I don't feel insulted. By "of course" I assume that there is a history in the etymology of the word that makes it an insult. I think that it's in the eye of the beholder. There are the NY (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Castle Auction Update 11/30/99, Includes 6059 Knight's Stronghold !
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Hi, A new day, a new update.. Our lego page, for info about this auction and more, is: (URL) name bid bidder Status 6057 sea serpent $15 Jared Stewart G1 6059 knight’s stronghold $30 Angie m allen G1 6067 guarded inn $55 Brian T. open 6009 black (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: MindStorms Deals in Mass.
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My preference would be the extra motor and lead. However, the Beach Buster set has some pretty good parts ... You can view the Beach Buster at (URL) , as well as the Cyber Slam sets via (URL) . --Doug Wilcox -----Original Message----- From: Michael (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: BusyTown?
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(...) <snip> isn't it funny how once you notice something you start seeing it everywhere? I saw a BRIO display and a brochure that showed Richard Scary's Busytown for BRIO. I guess Lego missed out on licensing (if, indeed, they ever considered it). (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fabuland)
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| | Re: Aquanauts/Aquasharks visor question
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(...) They designed it so that it would be an unpopular set which would then go on clearance, and be a good source of parts, especially the black dozer bucket... :-) Actually, I think it's a neat model, I had to buy a 2nd for parts... (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Canonical use for Lego Trains at the holiday is around the tree
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(...) This is funny... When my wife was raising eyebrows at putting the little Advent Calendar sets on the tree, I said "Hey look, at least I'm not into trains... then we'd have a train running around the tree!" She got this look of sublime horror (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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(...) If you live outside the UK. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: in Frankfurt next week?
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I greatly regret that I won't be coming to Germany to come around and look in your eyes this week. Perhaps soon, though. The beer is supposed to be better in Munich. (but what my mother told me was that if you couldn't find the sin you were looking (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | RE: Storage
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Here is an old image of how I store my lego parts: (URL) have many more drawers now ;) Rich Thompson (URL) Message----- From: Jim West [mailto:Jim@jameswest.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 9:28 AM To: Lego Robotics List Subject: Re: Storage (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Part Authoring
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(...) Right, and LDLite has a mode to make this work better, you can get it to "poll" for changes in the data so you don't even have to explicitly ask for a redraw. However, this usually hangs my system for some reason. No doubt it's me... (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: M:Tron VS. Ice Planet.........
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In lugnet.space, Andrew Knowles writes: M-tron vehicles, while well equipped (...) Nitpick--- It is not cold or warm in space. It is a near vacuum. Hot or cold refers to the amount of kinetic energy in the particles of matter (I can't remember what (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: How much are tudor walls worth?
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(...) Yep, the yellow tudors came in 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress (had 1) and 6086 Black Knight's Castle (had 2). Then there's the red ones, which came in 6067 Guarded Inn (1 wall, 2 corners)... Black Knight's castle usually goes for around (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: MyFamily coupon
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(...) I've had several questions on how to navigate to the deal I found, so here is step by step instructions on what I did: 1. Go to www.myfamily.com 2. Click on the "gift center" tab at the top of the page 3. Key in "lego" in the product search (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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<943972405.972346@ns.cci.dk> <FM0oEv.HKM@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) NO! If you DARE make clone parts you have to make all your own primitives. In fact, you can't use lines either, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part variation noted
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I noticed the other day on some several of the town mailbox piece that some had 4 normal studs on top while some of them had 4 hollow studs. Has this ever been noticed before? -Chris (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: the Outrider
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(...) of (...) oversees personally. Travis (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Wanted: McD happy meal LEGO
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Hi all, I am interested in some McDonalds LEGO sets, does anyone have extras? I'd like a few each of #3 and #5 and I'm looking for several of the character slope from #4. I'd prefer to trade for it, but I'd consider cash. Thanks, Chris (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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(...) I think what Larry is saying is that anyone who has ethics that he can respect, will accept that a mistake was made, quickly corrected, and appologies sent to those who were caught up in the mess, along with a token of goodwill. Those people (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Household uses for LEGO
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(...) Duh, I forgot! GMLTC has a jig for module building too. It's so simple, it hardly deserves the name. Basically it's a 2x8 (or 10, I forget which) with a handle to get the column spacing right. Thanks for reminding me. I think it was made for (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Storage
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For some ideas take a look at my storage pix at: (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Aquanauts/Aquasharks visor question
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(...) visors. Aquasharks had red. Aqua raiders had trans-antifreeze (yellow glow), and Hydronauts had the trans-antifreeze also. Aquanauts had clear dk. blue windscreens, Aquasharks had red (glowing type with shark face painted on), Aquaraiders had (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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(...) What's not to understand? While one may have legal grounds in the US for claiming that the offer was made, if one were to do that one would not be the sort of person that I like. But then, I return overages when the cashier makes change making (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Problems with Ldraw related sites
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(...) The only other thing I'd want is a "MyParts" page, where an author could update just their own entries, without scrolling through everything in the current list. Would make it easier to update stuff already added to the list. Steve (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Question about parts
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(...) Joel, Generally, you can look for parts in lugnet.cad.dat.parts. Often, they will be available in that group before they are released in a parts update. The three-blade propeller (part 6041, I think) was posted recently. Some version of the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Household uses for LEGO
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(...) I made a jig to help speed up the building of my modules. It would slide into place around one tower of 2x2 bricks and have a notch for the next tower. It would slip out very easily and had tiles on the bottom to allow it to slide over the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | RE: Storage
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(...) Yup. It's my own website, so I'm kinda biased... (URL) Hope this is what you're looking for... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (URL) ---...--- Reply to: rhempel at bmts dot com ---...--- (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: MY FOTW (!)
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Scott-A ... (...) Nope, it's more like German. Bäcker -- Baker Bahnhof -- (Railway) Station Verkauf -- Sales (Shop) Feuerwehr -- Fire-brigade Würstchen -- small sausage Hotel -- A place where you may rent a room *grin* Tabak -- Tobacco This is a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Storage
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(...) I just sorted all my lego last week (I was off all week). I bought a bunch of Gladware semi-disposable containers at the grocery store- a good deal. Depending on size they are 5 or 6 for $2. There are really small ones that hold technice (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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I agree the lawyer route is defiantly not the way to go. However, if they admittedly made the mistake, meaning they were not hacked of screwed by a disgruntled employee, they should have offered a more generous compensation. Ten percent off of a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Ultrasonic range finder
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I'm interested in "ultrasonic range finder" type of sensors. One that can return a rough raw value that can be converted into a distance (from the sensor to an object in front of it) would be great. By rotating it, and coupled with an angle sensor (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: How much are tudor walls worth?
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(...) That's a matter of opinion. :) I certainly wouldn't pay $10 each. I'd probably pay $5, but I'm probably a bit cheap, since I don't use them much. I might pay $10 for red ones. James (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
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(...) Is that from Harry Potter? I know I've just recently read that but I'm not sure of the source. Chris (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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(...) Of course it is. I would assume anyone from your side of the pond would know that already, considering it's your word. Not that I really care, but I don't see how you could NOT know that. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Unified UK Lego community idea
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(...) I was going the other way. And I think the weight thing is mostly airline imposed, it may vary from line to line, or even by class of service, and may be waived by the counter agent if you're polite and lucky. And I am always polite to counter (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: MY FOTW (!)
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(...) I'm stunned by the clarity of the transparent bricks! I have some from just 18-20 years ago that have already gone cloudy. For that matter, I wasn't even aware that they ever made transparent macaroni bricks. What a find! (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Colors for a part?
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(...) It was in several Freestyle sets, besides the BASIC/Classic sets Fredrik mentioned. Usually it was yellow. Steve (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: M:Tron VS. Ice Planet.........
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Andrew Knowles <powerone@slic.com> wrote in message news:FLzIz2.Hn1@lugnet.com... (...) point! I (...) series. (...) green (...) Do you have many of these sets? Both the Celestial Forager and the MCM have very cool articulation/steering mechanisms. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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(...) What do you mean by this? Scott A (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Question about 6195
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(...) Definitely they do. (...) They are (so far) unique to the NDL. Anything besides yellow would be nice... Steve (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic?
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Paul Davidson: [ Structure sinking into the ground at constant speed ] I would see if I could do something with some worm screws (LDraw part 4716), a micro motor (LDraw part 2986), and maybe some gear racks (LDraw part 3743). The worm screws will (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Can somebody help me find these sets?
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If anyone still needs 1782, there are several TRUs that I have seen these in. Usually, they have 3-7 units on the shelf. Ray (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <3843E48B.43C8134E@x...il.com>... (...) Yes, L3P uses a simple case-insensitive string compare of the DAT names. Only (a part of the) known primitives are substituted. L3P cannot know what some-one is going to put (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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(...) it (...) recognized (...) named (...) Would it be all right if I simply copied the STUD.DAT file to CSTUD.DAT? More specifically, would there be any purity concerns about using the cloned primitive? Dave! (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Christmas tree decorations
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(...) I was thinking about using the little sets from the Advent Calendar - they're so irresistably cute, they'd make perfect decorations. James (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | RE: IR scanner
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There is the classic Polaroid ultrasonic range finder. I think someone here was working on one of these or similar for lego? They work on the reflected signal approach. Now I thought you wanted to do off board triangulation. You can accomplish that (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Canonical use for Lego Trains at the holiday is around the tree
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Subject says it all... Whether you have a Hannukah bush, a Kwanzaa shrub, or a Christmas tree, it's your DUTY, if you have any trains at all, to get them running around the tree. This will be year #3 for me. Good clean fun. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Storage
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My pieces seem to be getting jumbled and make half the time spent building, looking for that piece I know is somewhere. You guys have any good ideas for neatly storing a set that includes * RIS 1.0 * 1.5 upgrade kit * robo sports set * extra motor (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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(...) It's pretty clear now that this was an honest mistake(1). Anyone that I *like* won't push the point. The Entertainer has offered 10% off on an order to make up for it, from what I hear, although I have not yet received a reply to my inquiry, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | WTT 6959 Lunar Launch Site for 6264 Forbidden Cove or 6263 Imperial Outpost
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Hi, I have a used 6959 (two pieces missing), w/instr., no box, that I'd like to trade for either 6264 or 6263 in similar condition. I am located in Germany, surface mail for both parties is reasonable ($8). Regards Arnold -- ***...*** I HATE EBAY: (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: IR scanner
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(...) has (...) Duh. I spoke before I thought. Sorry about that. (...) [snip] (...) the (...) Taking Jim Thomas' suggestion of using ultrasonic sound instead of lasers, you could install two ultrasonic sound sources on your robot to solve the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Part variation noted
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Thinking about the door frame from 6195 made me think again about a part variation I noted the other day while I was sorting out 20 copies of 6444 Outback Airstrip. While sorting, I always put together all the pieces of any windows and doors. 6444 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Problems with Ldraw related sites
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[ FUT lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw ] Manfred: (...) I have written Zach and asked him what is happening, but it looks like part of the problem is related to a misconfiguration of the server (I didn't get any HTTP 404 errors, only 403's). If anybody are (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: large vs tall things (was: Re: does datsville need jobs?i think i have the answer)
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(...) I think he meant Eric Harshbarger: (URL) don't build tall stuff, you build bendyarm stuff. :-) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: IR scanner
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Like Pete said, this won't work. When people use lasers (or sonar) to measure distance, they reflect the signal back to the source and use phase shift to make the measurement. The proposed scheme would have to compare arrival times between the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Part Authoring
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Mike Poindexter <lego@poindexter.cc> wrote in message news:FLtys4.KB8@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) I (...) I use LDAO's Editor for creating parts. It has many helpful extensions to a regular text editor, plus you can instantly view the results with (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Household uses for LEGO
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This doesn't quite count, but it's close. I just ran off 10 copies of my black hopper. Since this was tedious, I did everything I could to make it quick, by doing the same step over and over. After I got to a certain point in the construction, I (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: IR scanner
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(...) Hi! I don't think that light-pulse based distance measurements will ever be an option for Lego robots. But your idea can be used in another context (that has been talked about around here). Namely, using a light beam as a directional beacon. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | More questions...
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1.Does 6195 come with any 1 x 10 or 2 x 10 bricks in any color? my inventory (made from the instructions) lists 2 2 x 10 yellow bricks. 2.has anyone created/can someone please create inventories of the auqanauts sets and the aquashark sets? I need (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Question about 6195
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(...) Of course you may want to do a little bit of work. The door frame is 2 studs deep instead of the pannel's 6 studs wide. The frame is also about 1 brick thick instead of being rod thickness. But yes, not knowing much about ldraw, I would say (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | New Contest at FBTB
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I'm getting ready to start up a Skiff Guards minifig contest at my site. I think this is something that we all would like to see, as TLG is obviously using the Hasbro philosophy towards releasing everything they can with "core" figs. Check it out. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Aquanauts/Aquasharks visor question
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What colors did the visor for the aquanauts/aquasharks helments come in? I think that the auqasharks helments all had red ones and that the aquanauts ones had black snd some other color (blue,clear blue or clear light blue I think) Can someone who (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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(...) Things seem corrected now. It was fun to dream while it lasted. L40 is actually not such a bad price for the shuttle... (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Transparent 2x2 Tile ??? (was "Re: copier")
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Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote in message news:FLpw5s.BFK@lugnet.com... (...) Great (...) Suzanne Rich has (had?) a small bin full of clear 2x2 tiles in her MIT Media Lab office. Drool city! -John Van (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: MY FOTW (!)
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(...) Oh, I see. I was misinterpreting the picture. It looked like there was a contents sheet glued to the inside of the box, which was torn. What it actually is is the catalog page in a sleeve... Ok, so the only detriment is that you may not have (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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(...) Would using a cstud.dat file mean that the stud wouldn't be re-done or whatever as pov-ray promotives? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MY FOTW (!)
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(...) I don't think it is torn. I shall check tonight. (...) Scott A (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: in Frankfurt next week?
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Hi Larry, (...) No. What I stated are facts. Look into my eyes... could these eyes lie? And apart from that, we've been talking about L-egos (somehow you lost an "L" on your way...) and funny enough, they are the only things here in Bavaria that are (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Shuttle
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Dopo una notte burrascosa, (per un problema tecnico il prezzo era 4(quattro) Sterline) ora (URL) vende lo Shuttle a 40£. Per chi non lo avesse ancora, -> correre........ Ciao. -- Cheers Carlo. LUGNET member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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(...) No, not any more than calling you guys "Brits". Jason F. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Der einsame Rufer in der Wüste...
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Hai Kai, (...) Auf Kurs. Und Legos kaufen. 90 Sets für 130 Mark, trallalla... (...) Ach Jungchen. Nun merk Dir mal eins: bevor Du auf Ebay Ersatzteile ERSTEIGERST (das hört sich nach viel teuer an) frag einfach erst mal mich. Du kannst mir auch (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.de)
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| | Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
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Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) Right, only L3P's primitive substitute for "stud.dat" contains the logo. BTW, no-one has complained about the logos on e.g. left wings, that are implemented as a mirroring of a right wing :-) /Lars (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic?
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(...) You can use an pendulum clock to time the mechanism so that it sinks at a constant speed. No, I'm not kidding! Take a look at Leo Dorst's LEGO clock: (URL) only need the pendulum, escapement and cogwheel part. The idea would be to use the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Polybags
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(...) Hi there (isn't this more of a storage issue?) I like your idea of recycling Lego packing materials and I agree it is helpful to divide up Lego that is "resting", but the polybags have one thing missing; a way to keep them closed. I find 8x8 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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(...) Looks like the game's over. Still a few good prices though. Anyone still looking for the larger "cowboy" Wild West sets would be well advised to pay them a visit. Looks like very similar stock to DYA and Busy Bee (except no trains or pirates). (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Any ideas on how to do this with Technic?
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(...) Hmm. Use a pair of pulleys, one attached to the same axle as the gear being turned against the rack. The other pulley should be attached to the same frame as the first, so they move together as the building sinks. This second pulley should (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.adventurers)
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| | Re: Crappy Parcel Force service
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(...) They did that to me too. I put the 'to' address in big letters on the front, with my address, clearly marked 'from', in much smaller letters in the corner below it. It arrived back a couple of days later. Dimwits. Needless to say I don't put (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Colors for a part?
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(...) I think we are, yes. The part is used as a "connector" between two models in the sets. In 4216 two of them are used to connect a "trailer" to a camel(!). (...) Good idea, yes. Most of the tow trucks I've seen in Norway are red. But the blue (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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What colors did the visor for the aquanauts/aquasharks helments come in? I think that the auqasharks helments all had red ones and that the aquanauts ones had black snd some other color (blue,clear blue or clear light blue I think) Can someone who (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: MY FOTW (!)
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(...) The pictures are taking forever to download, so all I've seen so far is the picture of the box. My guess is that Gary Istok is going to wet his pants :-). I also wouldn't be surprised if he suggests you donate more to the charity. I could see (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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This is the note I just received from thetoyshop.com: { Thank you for your Email. We are unable to process your order. Your card has been refunded for ALL charges made. Please accept our apologies. Our site was displaying incorrect information due (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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You are a right. I think very few AFOLs are aware of RTL. Even less know about LUGNet. My auctions on ebay generate a lot of questions which makes a it clear to me that many are not aware of RTL/LUGNet. Additionally, RTL is slowly dying I think... (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Question about 6195
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(...) Good. Then I Can use the ldraw part of the panel to mock-up the door frame for my aquazone mega model. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: IR scanner
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(...) I may be underestimating the capabilities of current Lego sensors, but I believe that the time difference of (light across 1 foot) and (light across 10 feet) would be too small to register without some seriously fast processing. [ BTOE (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Colors for a part?
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"FG" == Fredrik Glöckner <Fredrik> writes: (...) FG> It is available in blue in 4215: FG> (URL) And yellow in 4216: FG> (URL) not exactly where I'd expect a part like that to show up. Are we really talking about the same part? I'd search for more (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Question about 6195
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(...) They do line up, but not absoluteley perfectly. As I recall when playing with them, the slopes are a little different, though I don't remember exactly what the difference was. I really need to build the train shed that I've been thinking (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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| | Offline AFOLs
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Folks, I just had this idea while thinking about UKLUG. What about all the people who haven't found lugnet or rtl yet? Given that most of us are in the IT industry one way or another, and are thus more used to this medium, there must be a lot of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | E-mail from the ToyShop
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(...) I'm not sure if you are wrong. It broke my heart to see those prices and me not in on it, so I sent them an e-mail asking basically "what's up?" Here is what they wrote: "Thank you for your Email. Please accept our apologies. Our site was (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: www.toyshop.com - Were we right or wrong?
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(...) Naturally, you have a point. But there are still morality issues at stake too. (...) See my "MY FOTW" thread above. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Is "yanks" insulting. If so oops and sorry. Scott A (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I have not seen them in any other sets or colors. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.general)
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(...) It's a completely different kettle of fish. The little kids think that Xmas has come early. They just want cash to buy computer games or whatever. Both parties get just what they want. As for charity shops, I have never seen any Lego in them, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!!
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(...) I doubt "the yanks" will get any at all, but I could be wrong. I don't know if I'd expect a store to come through on what would have to be back-breaking prices. I've seen larger companies come through on obvious mistakes (like Borders honoring (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: MY FOTW (!)
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(...) check this out, the "matchbox" style cars are there too. Hard to see what is in it though, loooks as though you have a lot of extra pieces from the same corca?? Box is certainly close though. (URL) have been trying to track down information on (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: ordinery vs. action minifigs
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(...) I haven't made a pig yet, but I managed a fair sheep. OK, it's a bit larger than a minifig-scale sheep ought to be - selective compression strikes again? Or the LEGOfolk saw the paucity of animals and bred the ones they had for size? I don't (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote: [snip] (...) Tim Courtney replied: (...) When it still was accessible for me, I've been using the Parts Tracker a lot. In my opinion the latest version of this site was working quite well (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: My dream about lego
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(...) most (...) the (...) were (...) seems (...) Hi Gary Looked at the site you mentioned. Thanks anyway, but that is not it either, its very mysterious. The set in question has a sliding red timber lid, with the logo printed on the top, no hinges. (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Severl Parts lots on Ebay from #7150
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(...) So Macaroni bricks just constitute the 2x2 quarter circles? OK, I thought wrong and apologize to anyone I might have mislead, I thought the 4x4 and the other parts were also considered as macaroni ones as well. Does anyone know what these are (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Will's Instruction Auction - Update 1
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I have decided to auction off the "spare" instructions found in a copy of the Airport Shuttle. Terms of this little exercise are as follows: This is a G1, G2, SOLD auction with advances occuring approximately every 24 hours. Bids and payment shall (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | MY FOTW (!)
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MY FOTW (!) I actually found this on Saturday on the way up town with my daughter. I kept quiet about it so far as it is so difficult to describe. I borrowed a camera last night, and have just posted some pictures. Before you feast your eyes. I'd (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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