 | | Re: Wayne Hussey's Comments - Why Not Complain? (was Re: Brad...)
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(...) <snipped most of post that I agree with> I would argue (hence the .debate follow-up) that driving IS a priviledge as opposed to a right. The necessity of high-speed transfer of stuff (and it's effect on our economy) has nothing to do with it (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: New helmet and Era.
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(...) Heck, I know people who still wear them. :) Of course, I'm weird and in the SCA, so that might account for it... James (URL) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | RE: Idea per ELF. Riassunto.
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(...) [SNIP] Il problema principale di legOS, per il tuo progetto, non è tanto tecnico ma pratico. Dato che tu prevedi di utilizzare gli RCX di altri, devi tenere conto che su ognuno di questi dovrai caricare legOS, e poi ripristinare il firmware (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Jsou tu 2 lidi! (Bylo: Re: Je tu nekdo?)
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(...) Ja nemam Trans-am ale obycejnyho Firebird. Ten stal asi kolem 22.000 USD. Je dost rychly a uplne to staci. Ma to 200 konu. Je to uplne stejny jako ten trans-am akorat ze jsou v tom jiny motory. Trans-am ma asi 320 koni (horsepower) a hauls (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: P.S. :-)
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(...) Bohuzel svoji fotku nemam oskenovanou nikde protoze sebe zarazuju mezi veci ktery se mi osklivi fotit ;))) Mas nekde tvoji fotku a nebo webovou stranku? (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Lego S&H Specials & shipping
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I called today to order a set that was on special this week for $19.75 but they wanted $10 extra for shipping. I was surprised at this since Lego S&H never charges shipping, it is included as part of the price of the set. Is this normal for a set (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Elenco pezzi
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Ricevo da Paco Garofoli e vi giro: (...) io non lo conosco, voi ne sapete qualcosa? Ciao Giulio (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Problem downloading firmware (RIS 1.5)
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Help! I just bought RIS 1.5, but.... I've installed the software, and when I go to the Set Up Options window, a red dialog pops up, reading "The RCX has no firmware. You must download it first." I click 'continue', then a short pause occurs, and the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Strange Display in Las Vegas Mall
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I just came back a few days ago from Las Vegas. Anyways, I was in the Fashion Show Mall and I came across a strange display in a store window. The store was Bang & Olafsson (sp?); they sell stereo and TV stuff. In their display, they had a train (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Space sets for sale
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Hello, I want to empty my space stock, therefor I am offering the following sets for sale: set# 6895 Spy Trak 1, used, color copied building instruction, 100% complete, parts in good condition. price: $20 set# 6957 Solar Snooper, used, color copied (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: technic box #2
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You create it, you set the rules. You also take the risk of never seeing it again, as we have found out :-/ Box size - irrelevant if it stays in the US. If you expect it to hit Canada (I would), then keeping it within the USPS size for a Small (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Railway Express for $78 and other great deals
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From the Lego section of www.target.com: LEGO Railway Express System reg. $129.99, now $78.00 LEGO Star Wars Mos Espa Podrace System reg. $89.99, now $54.00 LEGO Star Wars Sith Infiltrator System reg. $29.99, now $18.00 LEGO Star Wars Gungan Sub (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Wayne Hussey's Comments - Why Not Complain? (was Re: Brad...)
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(...) It may of interest noting here that I have yet to read or hear of a rational AFOL who griped about TLC owing them anything. But if I do, it's usually ignored by me. How about you? (...) Everyone here realizes that. Please read the "Fair Play" (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Slim Pickings at Target
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(...) I made a stop at one of the Local Target stores on the 24th, and there was NOTHING to be found! There were maybe 15-20 lego sets TOTAL on the shelf. I was totally amazed, i'd never seen any store that low on stock. Must have been a hell of a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det)
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| | Re: 8 Wide Train Pics
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Hi Jim, My PB is a 1400 with a G3 upgrade running at 216 MHz. The video of a PB 1400 is notoriously slow. So, using it on a G3 300 should work a lot better. I only draw when I feel like moving slowly and relaxing; otherwise being forced to work that (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | technic box #2
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before I decide to get this thing going, a couple of questions... What does the initial box sender (i.e. me) get out of this situation. Does the box come back around to the sender after a certain trip around the world, keep going like the energizer (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: 8 Wide Train Pics
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(...) have (...) program, but I (...) MLCAD (...) PC you (...) top (...) three (...) The (...) going if (...) but it (...) figure (...) drawn 1 (...) but (...) parts (...) I was thinking of getting MLCAD to use on a G3 300 with Virtual PC (Win 98). (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Slim pickings everwhere (Was: Slim Pickings at Target)
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Of the three TRU stores that I frequent I have seen something this holiday season that I have never seen before. The supply of Lego in the store is way down. Almost no restocks on current sets [1] and the supply of 2000 sets is limited. [2] TRU (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Are the Accessory Bricks Going to be canceled? to Brad, or lego rep
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Hello Brad and/or Lego Rep, I really need to know if the Gray brick packs are going to be canceled as some rumors indicate. I hope they aren't, and if not, I would like to see Lt gray roof bricks and arches in the future.I would like to also know if (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | firmware upload with NQC...
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first off, i'm using NQC with Linux. when i try to upload the firmware image from the MindStorms CD-ROM, i get the following: [kjs@localhost nqc_lnx_2_0_2]# ./nqc -firmware ../FIRM0309.LGO Downloading firmware:... Problem talking to IR device the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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| | (canceled)
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| | Re: January 2000 S@H catalog
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(...) the (...) says, (...) Lego Direct? (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Un-Official Part: 30357
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Don't shred me for this question, but what did you use to design the part? I just learned of MLCAD's existence yesterday and I already want to dabble with the parts.... a point in the right direction, please? thanks Karim <knassar@mindspring.com> (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | When should companies GET A CLUE?
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So I'm wandering through all the Targets with 5 miles of my place (4), looking for those $78 4561 train sets....and they don't exist. Each Target had at LEAST 5 trains, and one had about THIRTY, yet it seems our region isn't marking them down. Many (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
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Wellnow, whose fault is THAT? TLC's, of course - they should have included the AC adapter. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Holy over-priced, Batman!
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hm, will do... Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News ----- Original Message ----- From: Mookie <Mookie1@worldnet.att.net> To: Paul Davidson <tinman@direct.ca> Cc: (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Complete list of duplo animals updated
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Here it goes again. I added few forest friends. Fixed the horses list. I am still at maze regarding the dinosaurs. Pets theme: Black Scottie dog which comes in both based and unbased version (quite rare). Dalmatian dog unbased (a bit rare) Grey cat. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: The complete list of Duplo Animals?
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(...) I put in the "old theme", the square animals, and to my judgement, the white sheep is squarish. This coincided with an old dacta set that I obtained about a year ago with farm animals, which included the old squarish animals. The hens were (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| | Re: Dobrodruznici
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(...) 5978 vypada pekne. Co rikas stavebnici 5988? Myslim si ze by nebylo spatny vlastnit oboje, sli by dobre dohromady ;) (...) Ano, ten ledovy medved neni spatny. Hmmm, to je dalsi legovy zvire. Za chvili si clovek muze udelat celou zoologickou (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | P.S. :-)
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Chcel som sa Ta spytat, ci mas niekde na Internete svoje foto, alebo ci mas oscanovane foto niekde ? (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: Sme tu dvaja. (Re: Nejsi tu sam! (Bylo: Re: To som tu sam ?))
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(...) Diky, jsem rad ze se ti to libilo ;) Vlastnil jsem kompletni piratsky series od roku 89 do roku 97. To vsechno z ebay. To je asi 10 tisic soucastek. Taky jsem mel asi 6 tisic obycejnych soucastek ruznych barev ktery jsem koupil tady v obchode. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | Re: January 2000 S@H catalog
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(...) Does "limited quanties" apply to baseplates? I hope not, if not, better order a lot of those X-Large grey baseplates. It is sad to see it, but I just think of it as clearing out to bring in LEGO Direct. (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Sme tu dvaja. (Re: Nejsi tu sam! (Bylo: Re: To som tu sam ?))
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(...) Ty vole ! Som to pozrel ! Tak to som necakal ! Ta piratska lod je SUPER ! To ta obdivujem ! Skutocne nadherny kus ! Kde si zobral tolko suciastok ? Tie hrady s tiez super, ale ta lod je NAJ SUPER ! ;) (...) No to ano. Inak... hehe... y ked (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | Re: Review: 7161 Gungan Sub
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(...) feel Thanks :) (...) I have seen that picture showing three seperate subs as well, so I was a bit confused when the sub I got didn't do that. I'm guessing there's more than one version of the sub? I know there have been other sets like this, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Dobrodruznici
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(...) 5978. (...) Mne sa prave ta svetlo hneda farba velmi paci. Dost zaujimava farba. A nalepky ? Podla moc nalepiek tam teda nie je. Konkretne v tom mojom nebola ziadna nalepka. len potlacene suciatky. Aj to len 3 myslim. S Egyptksou tematikou. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.sk)
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| | Re: Our Targets SUCK!!!
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oops ... silly me ... Tom mentioned the website offer ... Sorry John (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: IR tower/cable
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(...) I think its effectively a null-modem (switching TXD/RXD and RTS/CTS). Dave Baum (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Jsou tu 2 lidi! (Bylo: Re: Je tu nekdo?)
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(...) Dan, to snad nie je mozne ! Pontiac Firebird (Trans Am) ciernej farby je mojim snom od roku 1985 !!! Mojim najvacsim snom co sa aut tyka ! Ja neviem, ako je mozne ze som narazil zrovna na Teba tu na Internete, ale splnas uz dva moje sny !!! (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.cz)
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| | Re: Our Targets SUCK!!!
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Hi Tom, According to thier website,as of 10:15 EST, they are selling them at 78.00 (URL) Doesnt mean the stores will do this, but they might. : ) John (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Merchandising (was: Re: Any one know these email addresses?)
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(...) I have been using the 3M pad for several years and thers no other mousepad that is even close, in fact I'll go one further, there is no other computer peripheral that is as good. (...) It is great for Photoshop too. Jim hughesj@one.net (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: santa's trading post
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(...) Craig (and group)- Just to let you know, there's still a store near where I live that has a pair of Legoredos. The catch is that they're about $100 apiece (which is why they haven't been sold, I'd gather). If someone needs a proxy or lives (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | IR tower/cable
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Is the IR tower cable straight-through or what? Tried to use the shipping version with our new Christmas 1.5 and the fit is so tight that it pushed 6 of 9 pins back through the connector on my laptop. The lesson is to use a better cable I think. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Slim Pickings at Target
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<whine> Hi all, Is it just here in Detroit, or does Target's post-Christmas clearance stock seem unusually sparse this year? I've been trying to buy up Space Simulation Stations, and across five Targets, I've found exactly one--wait, amend that, I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det)
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| | Re: Review: 7161 Gungan Sub
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Just wanted to add my own little bit to the review (GREAT review, btw). I feel the same way about the set. It IS pretty durn big! But look out! The box shows that you can make THREE submersibles with the detachable mini-sub. You cannot, in fact, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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| | FA (eBay) Technic, Non-US Adventurers, and a Silver Tub
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Ends Monday Night (EST): 223992730: Lego Technic 8735 Power Pack Motor Set 1 Bid at: $25.00 Auction ends on: Dec-27-99, 20:24:41 PST (URL) Lego Adventurers 5905/5906 (Achu) Non-US Sets 1 Bid at: $10.00 Auction ends on: Dec-27-99, 20:31:12 PST (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Mindstorms Wishlist
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Jasper Janssen wrote: [snipped great ideas about powering mini-RCX's with external battery boxes] (...) I agree! Small, modular robotic bits would be better than one big RCX bit. With the way robotic LEGO creations chew through (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Our Targets SUCK!!!
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I visited FOUR Targets today, and NONE of them had the 4561 on sale (even though one had about THIRTY of them). It looks like someone in the Regional office, in their infinite STUPIDITY, decided not to offer them at 40% off, even though most stores (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Set 6600 Highway Construction
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Because a few 4x18 bricks in the middle of my pyramid interior will stiffen the structure up quite nicely. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Aus service packs and goodbye
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It's a shame I didn't get to rid this message earlier... If anyone knows Braith's home details, get in contact with him and tell him that he can access the net via his local library. Many of them now have net access that can be booked and used free (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | santa's trading post
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hi y'all ~ well, i _was_ touched that this was the first year that my brother got me lego for x-mas... and he _did_ go all out, getting me #7171 ~mos espa podrace! it is a great set, but i've had my heart set on #6769 ~fort legoredo for a while. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Poor old Santa
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Merry Christmas All, I got this little fact sheet from a work mate as it contained a reference, all be it small, to lego: (...) jump (...) up (...) accept (...) times (...) second, (...) reindeer (...) the (...) 4,315,015 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: January 2000 S@H catalog
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(...) Well when I Contacted Lego, they said, they know of no such plan to cancel the brick packs and most likely they would be the first to know over others. But I didn't ask about the other accessories like windows etc. In fact to my knowledge they (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New to Robotics
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(...) For more information on Mindstorms in school check out lugnet eduction and robolab discussion groups. I organized a robotics group at my son's school. Here is our website: (URL) Luck with the Hubble Telescope and your son's robotics (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Review: 7161 Gungan Sub
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A review of the set I received for Christmas: Set #: 7161 Name: Gungan Sub Theme: Star Wars Subtheme: Episode I Year: 1999 Pieces: 375 Minifigs: 3 (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, and Jar Jar Binks) Price: ~$49.99 (US$) Though it has been criticized (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: January 2000 S@H catalog
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(...) Wow, that should have been the first thing I looked at! They still have the two separate pages-- one with mainly bricks and plates, and the other with the miscellaneous packs. But get this: on top of the brick page it says, "All accessories (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?
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Hey Dad!! You seem to be too old to play with Lego. So your message isn't a gripe? And can't be very serious if you've only spent a couple of bucks on lego, come back when it's more like 20 or 30 grand. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | FS: train & technic sets 7745,4558,4549,4547 and more
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Hi, Here are train and technic sets for sale,NO auction! there will be no updates.I will sell to the best offer until the 31.December 1999! Please send your offer to: f.lehmann@nwn.de CONDITIONS: Buyer pays shipping from germany. (Ask me for the (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: January 2000 S@H catalog
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(...) Queen Leonora is in the pointy hat with the blue dress and red jacket. She has brown curls framing her face. In the catalog she looks rather matronly IMHO. Princess Storm is in form fitting body armor and a Don Quixote-esque hat. I like her (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Missing LUGNET membership packet?
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(...) Thanks much for the update, Todd! I'll be waiting... -Tim (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Missing LUGNET membership packet?
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(...) I think the first 80-85 are out the door... Tim, I goofed on yours and still have to print your card. You're number 30, which I skipped accidentally during an off-by-one error during the initial test runs in which I printed cards 20-29 first, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Silver Brick Buckets 3025 for sale
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For Sale--Make me an offer: Two Lego 3025 Anniversary Buckets MIB Contains 600 BASIC Bricks only including a good supply of Green bricks Plus one Silver 2x4 brick This set was only available in the US and is now gone from stores (except I just (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Fast replies from LarryP (was Re: Missing LUGNET membership...)
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Um, Larry, when are you NOT on LUGNET? That was a mighty fast reply. :^) -Tim (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Missing LUGNET membership packet?
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I don't have mine either. I just want someone to email me my password, at this point, I can wait for the rest of the stuff later. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.people)
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| | Re: AND gate brick?
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(...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: January 2000 S@H catalog
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(...) One of the benny's of living in Sand Diego CA is being only a few miles from Lego land.... Though I must admit I haven't been there, most likely the same reason I have never went to Disney Land in all these Years :/ Doyle (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Set 6600 Highway Construction
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On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Tom Stangl, VFAQman (<38659349.51A30D13@vfaq.com>) wrote at 04:02:17 (...) Why? That set is one of the most appalling piles of junk to have come from TLC for a long time. I think it's borderline to even *call* it LEGO. (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: January 2000 S@H catalog
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(...) Are You suggesting ill of Good king Leo.... Hmmmm..... Well then lets revolt and chop his head off and make Lord Nelson....King Nelson! I hear he is a great chap! And his kingdom is doing swell too! I'll check on a price for a French (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New helmet and Era.
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(...) was (...) Chapelle de fer, thats the name I was trying to remember, I am not up on my french. :) Its a swell helm though. (...) for (...) of (...) Agreed, with in reason :) (...) the (...) hard (...) large (...) gray (...) Hmmm.... Well I went (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Missing LUGNET membership packet?
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How many people out there have gotten their LUGNET membership packets? I got an email on 11/19 saying mine was "now queued up to be sent", but it hasn't arrived. -Tim (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: AND gate brick?
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The use of blocks with logic, comparison and input/output functions is part of a kit from the UK called LOGIBLOCS. The small plastic blocks have an internal circuit board that has inputs around the edges and one output connection. It is very easy to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: January 2000 S@H catalog
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So, do we still have service packs? - Greg (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: New helmet and Era.
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(...) The Kettle hat, or Kettle helm, or Ketyl(l) hat/helm, or chapelle-de-fer originated around 1200 give or take a few years, as you note. No doubt there are further names for it, those are just the ones I'm familair with. They seem to have (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Review of Knights Kngdom sets
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<snip (...) <snip> I can see someone else noticed the inconsistancy from the box to the instructions. It would be nice if we (AFOL) had some clarification on the set number. You want a review? Of the castle? Ok.. you talked me into it. When I found (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: New to Robotics
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Thanks, I appreciate the HST recognition. We often wonder if anyone is interested. They have an interesting web site @ (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Sean McInnis, please respond!
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Sean, could you please give us an update on the jambalaya box Technic #1? It's been quite a while since it was sent to you, and you haven't responded to e-mail. Thanks! James (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: How 'bout a new technic box
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If you do start one, can you please add me to this list? Thanks, -Phil (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: New to Robotics
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Bob, Welcome to the Robotics Invention System and the RCX. I know you and your son will have an excellent time with it. Sorry that you are missing the holiday with your family, but what a fantastic project you are working on. There is a program with (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: TRU Sale(?)
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(...) Yeah, I was hoping for more too. Nothing at Walmart/Zellers/Sears/the Bay. :( Chris Grey, Kevin Maynes and I went to all the trouble of being at TRU first <expletive deleted> thing this morning. We did get some stuff each, but all of us were (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | IBM Laptop IR port
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I'm new here. I got RIS 1.0 for Christmas completely by surprise. I want to know if I can use my IBM Thinkpad 380D IR port to communicate with the RCX. I am using the serial port with a graphics tablet and would prefer not to lug around an (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mitchel Resnick Interview
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Only tangentially related, I built a minature golf hole a while back... No mindstorms but it did have a motorized windmill and used an insectoids stinger to signal what score you got. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | New to Robotics
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My son is receiving a RCX set for Xmas. I'm stuck in Houston supporting the HTS servicing mission and can't wait to get back to "help" him play with his new toy. I learned a lot from this bulletin board. Its great support for what I'm hoping is a (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Merchandising (was: Re: Any one know these email addresses?)
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Agreed with Jasper and Matt on shape Small radius rounded corners, yes. Round, no. The corners are places I go to a lot on my screen. (upper left is window close, upper right is Office Toolbar properties, lower left is start button for less (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: LEGO Direct Questions
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(...) Hmm... per piece price on the 2x4 brick and other similar bricks needs to be somewhat lower than 10 cents a brick. Thanksgiving 1998 got me zillions of 400 piece buckets for 4 dollars USD each (after using a 1 dollar coupon I had hoarded, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: How 'bout a new technic box
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If you've got the parts to start one, be my guest :) I'll put it on the page as long as you track it and send me updates every once in a while. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: Holy over-priced, Batman!
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That has to be a marking mistake... the Gungan Patrol is only 9.99 at TRU in the states. that's a big booboo if you ask me :( I'd bring it to their attention and let them know they aren't going to sell at that price, and they should check their (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: 2000 Dacta Catalog?
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Yes, try asking at The Construction Site. (URL) I was in the store about a week ago, I saw some new DACTA DUPLO sets. I wasn't really paying attention though, so can't rememer enough to relate here (sorry). -Suz. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: General Box #5
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Tamy, I would like to sign up for a general box. The number of the box does not matter. I would also be willing to split a box into two if that still needs to be done. I have hundreds of excellent Lego elements that I do not use that are crying out (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Looking for Red Mailbox door
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I need a red mailbox door like the kind on the helicopter from 6391 Cargo Center. If anyone has an extra, I'd like to buy it. (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | TRU Sale(?)
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I was hoping for more, but... 20% off all Star Wars and Town/Construction/Arctic sets. The sale is on 'til early January. I was hoping for the Slave 1 but nothing. Quite a bit of TPM Lego products, very slim pickings on SW. It seems TPM products are (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | 2000 Dacta Catalog?
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Has anyone seen whether there will be new Dacta sets for 2000? (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Clutch Gear -- Re: Dave's Excellent Book
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In most constructions using a motor, you'll notice that there is an 8t gear on the motor shaft meshed with a 24t gear, or even a 24t on the motor shaft to another 24t gear. Just replace the 24t (only need to replace one of them) with the 24t clutch (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: new site: Christmas Train, club car, hopper
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Very nice, I especially liked your elves. I never would have thought of using my Forestmen as elves, but now I do not have to. You thought of it for me! Thanks, Chris (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: AAT & MTT
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(...) The book that comes with the sets says that they won't be out till june. Dan (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8 Wide Train Pics
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John, I may be guilty of being vague AGAIN. Yes, you can run it on a Mac if you have Virtual PC. I bought Virtual PC so I could run an IR Spectrophotometry program, but I can use Virtual PC to run MLCAD. Yes, it does use the ldraw parts; infact, (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: I bought Dave's book just because he did a really cool thing
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Thanks for buying the book - I hope you enjoy it. Dave Baum (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: January 2000 S@H catalog
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(...) OK...of the queen and the princess, which is which? I don't think either of the female minifigs looks anywhere near old enough to be married to Leo... is he robbing the cradle (as well as having an axe fetish)? J (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dave's Excellent Book
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(...) I'm glad you are enjoying the book. Things like the clutch gear and 2x2 "L" plates were actually in the first draft for Chapter 4, but I dropped them since those pieces weren't in 1.0. 1.5 was intoduced a little late for us to re-work such an (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Mech [DAT]
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Hi everybody, this is light combat mech I built some time ago. The mech comes with a pulse rifle that has a grenade launcher on the front bottom, this rifle attaches to the back two clips for easy carrying. My goal for this mech was to make it easy (...) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Come li separate??
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A! Ecco che era quell'attrezzo nel RIS. (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Come li separate??
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"Juda" <guido.romi@bridgetec.it> wrote in message news:FnCt7B.I1o@lugnet.com... (...) Yes. (URL) member page: (URL) member of ItLUG: (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.it)
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