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(...) We will let you know. I assume we will wait until Dave has a firm idea of what it is and how much it is before we start collecting $$. When that time comes we will send you an address to send the money to. Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Any RCX groups/clubs in The Netherlands?
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Hi there, Does anyone know of an RCX group of enthousiasts in The Netherlands? Regards, Bert. (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: HOTW! (Yeah, that's an H.)
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(...) edumacated (...) I'm 35, but nobody cuts me a deal anyway... -- Richard (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Scan your stickers
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Post it to the lugnet.faq newsgroup ((URL) via the web interface), if you would, and thanks for sharing your expertise! (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGOZ 2000
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James Howse wrote in message ... (...) We still cool for this? The answer to this question is yes, make no mistake. I'd just like to hear it from the rest of you eh? regards Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) the change in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.au.nsw.syd)
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| | Re: John E. Doolittle, weekly update
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Let's see.... Tim's 'lawyers giving marital advice' got a guernsey after all 'Brikish' stands for now, while the issue remains open The pics and description of Shangrila were filled out a bit There are a couple of pics of the HMS Guy Fawkes making (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: dragster race e ... regole
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"marco berti" <arcmberti@dinet.it> wrote in message news:FoF53v.6u7@lugnet.com... (...) Vorrei aggiungere che, dato il sistema di misurazione del tempo che abbiamo scelto, "partire da fermi e dalla linea di partenza" si traduce in: "con il sensore (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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(...) Not from me, you won't... (...) Right on. While taking content as your own, unattributed and unpermitted, is not correct, anything that you can see when you view source is fair game to learn from as far as I am concerned. And viewing source is (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: legofest idea
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In article <FoBuEz.Mrw@lugnet.com>, simon@SimonRobinson.com says... (...) Well since I'm supposed to be doing the next LEGOFest I'm doing a train layout with all voltages - I think that was Jon D Hayward's suggestion. I have an oval of 9V, a bit of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Going to Lego Land CA. What do you want?
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Hi all Lugnet-ers I'm heading to LegoLand CA Monday the 17th of January. is there any thing you would like for me to get you while I'm there? Post cards, Key chains, T shirts, cups, etc. All I ask is that you pay me back my cost and postage. time (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Night Lord's Castle (6097) on sale at KBKids.com
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(...) Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: need help with ir proximity detection
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hello, i just found your posting. i'm working on the same problem. any news?? have a nice day df (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: need help for my IR proximity program
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(...) Yes, of course. thanks for your answer - but as you can see (in the program) did my "not familiar with any language" not mean that i have to start from zero. i have learned a bit C++ before and i can read the nqc-manual, which is not very (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Minifig box #1
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(...) I think one should feel free to post who one thinks has it if one is next. Timbo's message leaves me unsure as to whether he is the very next in line, or just that he thinks the box should have reached him by now (probably the former). The (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: NELUG 1-10-2000 Meeting summary and Ideas for the next meeting.
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(...) If you meant me that was just my false modesty, I like getting publicity! :-) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Re: NELUG Meeting: 1-10-2000
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(...) It was still going strong when I left and I want to say thanks to everyone, it was great meeting a few new folks, and I had a blast, although picking the corner may not have been wisest, I got to hear fragmetns of two conversations at once! (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: NELUG general purpose bricks?
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Just let me know where to send a check. I'm in for 20, more if we come up short... (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) Agreed... IF the groups want them. PNLTC at one point I think was asked and declined. A wrinkle, though... There's the current lugnet.trains.org already in existence. would a putative bayltc (bayltc is just forming, and may or may not remain (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: New web site for my space MOC
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(...) and loosen NASA's purse strings a little bit. I can't wait to see the ship! (...) I believe it's "La République," not "La Républic." But the last time I used my French to any significant extent was in 1983, so you may want a second opinion... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Hello there!
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On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:48:10 GMT, John VanZwieten uttered the following profundities... (...) Too late, just got back today, didn't have *any* access to e-mail or anything! Get to feel really cut-off without it.... It is a yearly trip, though, so (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.il.spr)
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| | Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
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(...) newsfeed, (...) TLG (...) excess (...) quantities. (...) few (...) for (...) 4's. (...) using (...) My TOP 10 wanted Lego pieces are: 1. 50 pairs Train doors in R, O, Y, G, B, Gray, Black and White 2. 200 pieces of Train windows in R, O, Y, G, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: HOTW! (Yeah, that's an H.)
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(...) FAO is very unbudgeable on price. They offered me the same on a Paradisa set--a Paradisa set that was already priced 40% above MSRP. I'll go into FAO to shop, but never, ever, *ever* to buy. When it was just jacked up 10%, many years ago, I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New web site for my space MOC
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This is just a fun PR site I threw up for my large spacecraft I'm currently working on. Feel free to comment, hopefully I'll be adding pictures of the construction soon. (URL) is also a bit of an exercise in my French skills, so if anyone wants to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Some of the "illegal" scans not too illegal anymore...
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Note that the "new" white kittens have painted eyes too, so technically there are TWO white kittens now, plain and painted. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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Except for the extremely rare use of Composer touching up handwritten pages when I'm in a hurry, I use Notepad or CuteHTML to write all my pages for all of my sites (4? 5? 5, I think). I've never found an HTML editor that saves the source in what I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | RE: Controlling pneumatics
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Denis, Last night I opened my fischertechnik pneumatic robots set. It has three such solenoid valves that can be readily adapted to Lego use (even the lego hoses fit). Better yet, fishertechnik (which offers other sensors as well), sells individual (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Destroyer Droid Found!
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Went to the TRU in Everett, WA today and my friend bought the 8002 Destroyer Droid set. Just letting anyone in the Seattle area know. :^) ~Mark (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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All I did was type "coffee mcdonalds lawsuit" into the URL bar on Communicator, and the first match back was (URL) - everyone go read it. Can we PLEASE now take this to off-topic already? It has buggerall to do with Lego or shopping anymore. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Some disturbing news
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But his parents would probably help him or build together with him. My parents ( my fahter ) used to build big TECHNIC sets with me, but now I can build them myself. --Tobias (...) here (...) you (...) which (...) to (...) one (...) put (...) pick (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | dragster race e ... regole
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Ieri ho avuto qualche scambio di messaggi con Marco (Beri) e con Mario che stanno cercando di aiutarmi con il programma de mio dragster (vabbe' programmare in nqc non e' come lavorare con le batterie per me :) ed a parte quello che non so io, ho (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Some of the "illegal" scans not too illegal anymore...
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Wow! A painted cat! Awesome! --Tobias (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hardest Piece to remove?
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Or, the antenna will get bent. I tried something like this when separating a tyre from a wheel. I out an antenna in the wheel center, whacked it on a table, and the antenna went right through the wheel! --Tobias (...) the (...) together (...) block (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hardest Piece to remove? Final Answer
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This sounds impossible. Perhaps you can split the car in two and then remove the bricks and glue it all together :-) Seriously, the only thing that I can think of will make permanent damage to at least two lego bricks. You need a 2*2 brick and some (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Robosports for $12 on Target.com
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(...) Unfortunately, as of 2:25AM EST it shows them sold out... :( Dave (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Robosports for $12 on Target.com
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Robosports has been marked down to $12 on the Target web site, but I unfortunately couldn't find any other similarly discounted items. --Raymond Flournoy ===...=== flournoy@cs.stanford.edu "Because, of course, a man with an Computer Science Dept. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: batterie nicd
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(...) :-) (...) E' solo che di set disponibili io non ne ho. A parte l'8880 come credo tutti ormai sappiano. Beh, in effetti ho anche un 4555 e un 4552. Ciao Mario (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: New policy for LS@h
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(...) All the prices I've seen where there were US and Canadian side-by-side to compare, they worked out the same when you take exchange rate into account. SOmetimes exchange rate fluctuations would give Canadians a temporary break - and sometimes (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Customized homemade LEGO pieces...
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Excuse me a moment while I put on Steve the astronaut's flame-resistant spacesuit... What is everyone's opinion on making modifications to pieces to gain appearance/functionality unavailable in standard LEGO pieces? I'm sure I've missed a debate on (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Check out this unusual auction...
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I remember seeing the pics of this town when the builder posted them last year some time, here or on rtl. It's a kinda neat town - the bar interior is nice (pity he doesn't put pics of that in the auction). But $550? I don't think so (but you never (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Pitsco part function question
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First of all - thanks to all who have made comments on my earlier questions... All of you Lugnet'ers (Lugnuts? :P ) are a great resource that I'm glad I discovered... Looking at the 2000 Pitsco LEGO Dacta catalog I see a "SOUND ELEMENT D779885" for (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) Ok, but AFAIK there aren't any lug newsgroups right now. There should at least be newsgroups for LUGs and LTCs made under the appropriate heirarchy. lugnet.org.us.gmltc lugnet.org.us.gmlug lugnet.org.us.nelug lugnet.org.us.wamalug etc... -Tim (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Trains and Re: Hold Everything!
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(...) The only reason I thought that 10 - 5 was better was so that there was a wider spread of time for folks to drop in and out. Some folks find the morning easier and leave early afternoon cuz of evening engagements. (...) Traveling from the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Interesting Castle on Ebay
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John, can you email Abner and find out about this Daluland stuff. I think that a lot of us are still wondering about this stuff and if there is any authentic Lego in this lot. Thanks Kevin Salm (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | MOC: Aquaraider Wavechopper
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Newly added to my LEGO page (address in .sig, below). I bought the Hydro Reef Wrecker today (clearance at KB Toys) and was inspired to create a little something for the Aquaraiders. And thus, the Wavechopper, a one-man jet-propelled submarine (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic)
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(...) Again, it depends where you get your stats. You didn't say where you got yours, but I prefer to use the stats from the Star Wars RPG books. In the RPG, the A-wing doesn't have concussion missiles. Another consideration is that not only does (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: GMLTC Module Construction
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(...) I will make up a web page showing all the data on module construction. For now, here are the hard numbers: 2x4's needed - approx. 7,500 (62.5 Blue Tubs worth) 2x2's needed - approx. 10,000 (50 blue tubs worth) Large Gray Baseplates - 6 Weight (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: HOTW! (Yeah, that's an H.)
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(...) This always happens to me. No one ever gives me a deal on anything, EVER! The discounts I am usually offered are not worth the hassle of pursuing the missing parts. And this presumes I know precisely which parts have gone astray while I am (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Z-95 Headhunter
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Hi all. I forget who was asking about making a Z-95 alternate out of their 7140 X-wing Fighter. Anyways, I'm too lazy to look it up in the messages, so I thought I'd offer this bit of help. I uploaded a scan of a Z-95 graphic from one of the Star (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Parts FA on Ebay
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I am selling the following lots on Ebay, in 3-day auctions ending late Monday: 8 trans red jewels (unbid at $4) (URL) trans-orange flames (unbid at $4) (URL) raised tan 32x32 baseplates from 5978 (current bid $10) (URL) tall DkGray bricks (8 1x6x5, (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Most wanted color other than those in the brick packs
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Tan. Definitely tan. John C. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: lugnet.belville has got on it's feet!
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(...) Hey, everyone likes everything for parts -- parts is what its about. The real problem is one of scale, and secondarily one of price. Belville figs means having to go to another scale in building and for a theme where the figures available are (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My robot exploded
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(...) This sounds like what happened to the robot I built to race around on a table top without falling off... It hit the carpet a few times just by backing off when it got into a corner, and once or twice because it saw the edge but didn't have (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: best set for micromotors, pneumatics
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(...) [snip] Well to follow up on my own post, I must say the 8462 Tow Truck is a great "parts" set, although the main model is so nice you might be unwilling to take it apart. This set is LOADED with big beams, plus the of course the pneumatics. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Check out this unusual auction...
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(...) Weird auction. He says there are more stuff - couldn't he/she just take another picture? "Also note that this and that won't be included... also more extra pieces and minifigs..." It doesn't seem like there are ANY special pieces, seems like a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Velky Nakladak 5571
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(...) Presne tak ! Podvozok, motor, kabina, tazne zariadenie, karoseria. Skrinka na naradie... vsetko ! Navyse ako sme tu uz spominali - to LEGO ma v sebe z 99% LEGO serii suciastky. Belville - macka na kapote vpredu, vlaky - okna a dvere na zadnej (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.cs)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Results Revealed
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(...) Wow, I've never seen this set before, and the town jr. bank does not only pale in comparision... it's fading away... it looks more like a ghost now... :-) BTW, great job, Sanjay! -Shiri (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Inventory: 8462.
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(...) I just finished building it (what an awesome set!) and there are about 10 extra pieces left over after you build the main model. Notably 1 8t gear, 1 pneumatic T, 1 very short length of tubing cut as indicated on the inside front cover, the 3 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Anyone want to go in on some 6097's?
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(...) I'm really just interested in the castle wall segment that's at the top of the big tower--the 3x6x6 half-octagon with the window. I use them to simulate ship casemates, and I have an odd number atm. If anyone has some of these...they're much (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Check out this unusual auction...
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(URL) wish him luck. I would never ever pay that much for it, though, I don't know, maybe it is worth it since I have no idea how much the pieces in the collection are actually worth (though I don't see many rare ones). I wonder what the reserve is? (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Dan's Star Wars Parts Auction
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Many regular bricks and plates are still unbid. Great selection of Star Wars Torsos and special elements. (URL) M. (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: HOTW! (Yeah, that's an H.)
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(...) Well, sounds like you were lucky. I tried that with FAO Schwartz and their torn box of the royal knight's carraige (too lazy to find number now) but the salesperson just said that the bags were still complete and that she'll take off ten (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Pythagorean Triads and Almost-Triads
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Geez, Paul, This is the second time I've bumped into you ,doing a project identical to one of mine! (The other one was the 3-D map of nearby stars, in case you've forgotten.) (...) Emerging from my LEGO Dark Ages last fall, we opened an Exploriens (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: News on the 2000 space line!
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(...) <sarcasm> "Oh goody, it's *just around the corner*!" *happy dance* </sarcasm> Retch. At least the SW sets are good parts-wise--if I had to choose between the Star Wars sets and more Insectoids crud, I'm so far in favour of the former that I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | lugnet.belville has got on it's feet!
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Hi all lego fans! Four months ago, lugnet.belville opened (1) and it was pretty empty. For a while there were only 12 or so posts, and no one seemed to have new ones... But recently, people have been getting interested in Belville (2) and I'm happy. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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| | HOTW! (Yeah, that's an H.)
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Hi, everyone. I have a FOTW, but it's less an FOTW than a "HOTW," for "Haggle of the Week." I've watched this K-B ToyWorks near my favourite Wal-Mart in NJ sit on three Aquashark 6190 Shark's Crystal Caves (MSRP $50)--a pretty nice set that I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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Paul Davidson wrote in message ... (...) Reasonable question ... My son (who just turned five) received two copies of the Ultimate LEGO Book for Christmas. We returned one copy to TRU in exchange for a merchandise credit (used to buy LEGO of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) Perhaps he meant *centigrade*. ;) (this would be a trick--those newfangled coffee machines that produce coffee under 12 atm pressure...) best Lindsay (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Ooops! 6086
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This is not the first time I have done this. The title should read 6086. (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) Well, that's part of the catch. You see, Michigan's not really much of a socialist state--so this kind of comprehensive coverage does cost me. However, it costs me less to have full coverage with all the bells and whistles from Michigan that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | GMLTC Module Construction
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A while back I saw a post about how the GMLTC modules are put together. (As far as internal supports, ect) Does anyone have that info handy? (link, photo, or other) A few of us here in St. Louis are exploring something along the same lines and a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Quick review of the Belville Yacht
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Set #: 5848 Price paid: $44.00 (1) My sister finally opened her birthday present, after a month of hiding it in the closet and ten more days when she "couldn't find time". (Being a 10-year- old, she's *very* busy ;-) We built it together (I let her (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: Bulk Ordering - Results Revealed
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Good spotting. That's the bank set from 1988, #1490 sold only through Shop at Home in the US. If you think you still have it I suggest you hop on the next train/plane/bus back to Mordensville and get it as it's worth quite a bit now. It's one of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | My city plans
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12 January, 2000/LRNewswire-“Fun World announces transit alliance” Fun World™ Enterprises and the government of Hills Valley County have announced a new alliance today. The alliance has to do with mass transit. In the first have of the deal, Fun (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Most recent animal list
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(...) Thanks for those corrections. (...) Since it was a design and not a real animal, I did not include that one. (...) I can't believe I forgot that one! It is one of my favourites. (...) I did not include these animals because I don't think of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Price at local Value City Store
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(...) I live in Southern Indiana, just a few minutes north of Lousiville KY. The value city has only a few lego sets. But they all seam cheap/ I was thinking of buying that set to make peasants for my Castle themed Kingdom. I haven't checked any of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.western)
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| | Re: Most wanted color other than those in the brick packs
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(...) Tan. And Dark Gray. Oh, you said ONE color. =) Also Transparent. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Adult lego sets.
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Jonathan Wilson writes: Even more at fault are several (...) screen (...) wire (...) wont (...) makes a (...) rosco (...) Random aside - so Mario and Pikachu are Nintendo mascots, and Sonic is Sega's mascot. What's Sony's (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Most recent animal list
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It was a Belville set. John Neal answered this question for me before, and the set number is 3117: (URL) Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Simmons wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: missing boba fett
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(...) A set with stolen pieces? Only once. A returned set with missing pieces? A few times. (I consider this a different affair if the set is OBVIOUSLY a return (ie the pieces aren't in their plastic bags).) I usually don't ask for replacements in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: What are your 10 most wanted pieces from LEGO Direct?
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(...) [snip] (...) Hi there, I'm a little surprised that this thread wasn't at least cross-posted to lugnet.dear-lego. I'm sure that TLG is capable of reading the entire newsfeed, but I'm not sure that they are actually doing so. So, I'm making that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Parsing Pause database
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(...) Done. I wrote a little C program, which grabbed everything I needed from the bynumber.txt file almost instantly (for 168 sets). For some reason, it couldn't handle 3 digit numbers, but there were only three of those, so I copied them manually. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | FA(eBay): Slope lots in green, light grey, brown, clear, orange, more!
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Auctions ending on 20/01/2000 ---...--- 28 ORANGE medium roof slopes (URL) 48 CLEAR medium slopes (URL) 96 GREEN! medium roof slopes (URL) 72 lt grey medium roof slopes (URL) 38 BROWN medium roof slopes (URL) 48 yellow medium roof slopes (URL) 166 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Updated Want List
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Here is an updated list of parts I need to complete sets: Set # Qty Description 369 3 complete blue minifigs with non-moveable parts 1 gray TV antenna 1 blue 24X32 baseplate 2 clear 1x6 bricks 373 2 red minifig torso with non-moveable arms 2 blue (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | FA(eBay): Technic parts lots and Adventurers Zeppelin ending Sun
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Auctions ending on 16/01/2000 ---...--- 550 connectors, many kinds (URL) 440 Technic Axles many sizes (URL) 55 Technic plates (URL) 4 White wheels, puffy tires (URL) Adventurers Zeppelin airship (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Brad - TLC needs to minimize packaging
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Let me add my voice to this chorus. Small is beautiful -- particularly when it comes to cardboard boxes. Consider too, that smaller boxes would allow a toy store to stock more LEGO sets, providing more retail throughput in the same amount of space. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Useless parts?
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(...) Oooh, Yeah! Way Cool! (forgive the preppy talk, this just sounds "totally rad" ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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(...) Don't worry, I won't tell anybody ;-) (...) I used NoteTab for a while. I actually liked it, but it stopped working. I liked the fact that you didn't HAVE to know the language, but if you did, you could use it for more complex stuff. Since I (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Cowboy hat - not a Town Jr. thing!
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Frank Buiting wrote in message ... (...) from (...) you think the hats were easy to find - that set is a really tough set to find. I am glad they brought back the cowboy hat. In Idea Book 250, there are some Cowboy hats and other weird pieces that (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: New policy for LS@h
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(...) How is TLC responsible for Canadian taxes? I think this is something you should take up with your federal and provicial governments. -- David Schilling (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Most recent animal list
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(...) 3117, a scala flashy pool set. See here: (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Most recent animal list
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(...) Thanks for the list. I've noted some difference, including adding s'more animals. (...) Not discountinued, appears in 7161 Gungan sub. (...) Not discountinued, appears in 7161. (...) More animals follow. I haven't put extremely full details (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) I believe it was closer to 190 degrees. Doug (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | New policy for LS@h
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Hello, I'm very desappointed about the fact that TLC has decided to close the warehouse in Ontario, Canada. Now when I want to buy from LS@H, I have to pay the US$ price + 15%HST (harmonized sales tax)! At least, before our prices were lower than in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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What about people without ID? (like kids) -- Paul Davidson Mike Walsh <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FoCq40.JFK@lugnet.com... (...) receipt, (...) the (...) returns (...) to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Scoop what?
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(...) Neat. IS there such a piece? I thought that there were only round 1x1 *plates*. and the only round tile was the 2x2. Can't comment on scoopability but these are used a LOT by GMLTC for stuff like "spilled coal", "dirt clods", "animal waste" (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Catalog nostalgia
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Where are we going with this... Does this herald the advent of the one-piece Lego model? Just think of the latest BURP and imagine it with many (printed) colours... then some stickers and moulded-in features - you could even provide moulded-in (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: My Toys R Us Nightmare
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(...) lawsuit. (...) That (...) it (...) which (...) at (...) Only 150 degrees? That shouldn't be a serious burn -- anyone who frequents coffee shops (as I do) knows that the "normal" temperature for a latte is 160 degrees. I myself order them at (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) And one that I (really!) would not like to see implemented, for two reasons. 1. automatic crossposting is, in general, a bad idea, as has been discussed here at length before. Too easy to get unintended results, too hard to maintain the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Newsgroups for LUGs?
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(...) One problem that I see with that is then people on those loc-groups who don't want to see org-info get it anyway, and threads are spread over multiple groups messily. I think the newsgroups for LUGs idea is cool though :) Richard (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Any suggestions on a homepage?
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(...) Well, I use Frontpage 2000 and I love it. But, I would like to point out that knowing at least some of that "HTML rubbish" can help you out a great deal. Like when you need to copy the HTML FP or any other editor/program creates for you to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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