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Just letting you all know that I'll be taking in some swashbuckling culture when I go to see the Pirates of Penzance at the Opera in Edmonton next Saturday. :) -- Paul Davidson (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: 8480 Space Shuttle have hit $56.25 or less!
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(...) Luckily they didn't get that memo in Birmingham, AL yesterday. I intended to buy 4, but they had 6. Emphasis on the "had"... Lady I spoke to heard there were folks calling "from the Internet" who were looking to sell them for lots of money. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: The fairy mystery...
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Shiri wrote in message ... (...) curious (...) teddy (...) Yea, they sort of work between the studs like the teddy bear (which doesn't work all that well, if anything the fairy's feet fit a little better, partly because her legs flex a little (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: 2951 repost
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(...) Nah, I think that is why the part rendered wrongly on my system. Should grab the correct primitives! Sorry to bother you. Fredrik (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: train fans, please help me...
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(...) I would be happy if a LUGNETter was among the eight contestants every month. I think I would be a bit uneasy if an AFOL won the contest every month. It can hardly be encouraging for children to see that an adult with a gazillion bricks and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Java .DAT file renderer redux
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I just noticed that I have some data referring to this element... (URL) I think) as having an inverse-slope attribute. I suspect my data may be in err -- I don't remember any inverse-slope components of the element. But before deleting the attribute (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Castle Theme: Auction Update 7..22/01
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Have a look. 14 castle theme sets including 6023, 6059, 6075, 6081 and 6085, all still at bargain prices!!! 1732 at$6, 6085 at $45, 6077 at $30. The rules are fairly simple. This is a G1, G2, Sold auction with updates at least every 24hrs. Bids in (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Legofest
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(...) Visto che ero con Ezio quando siamo andati per il set più grande, devo anch'io aver perso la vista, ma nella fretta può succedere... Chi è che abita nelle vicinanze e passa di lì per altri motivi? ;-) N.B.: La prossima volta spero di non (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: free-for-all in space
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Granted, fighters don't generally mind what the pattern is as long as they can get in and out, and historically they haven't been aboard sea freighters because of the whole runway issue that may be irrelevant to small spacecraft. A fair number of (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: A village challenge and questions ...
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(...) True. Fero/ferre is also a verb, whereas "ferrum" is a noun. As an indicator, the periodic table's entry for iron is still (and will always be) Fe. (...) There's also a few others interesting Latin metallurgical terms running around our world (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: free-for-all in space
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(...) Sure! But then it may not be a "freighter" anymore (even if it started out that way). It becomes more like the amphibious assault ships the US Navy uses today--they can carry cargo, and a lot of it, but they also carry a lot of craft and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: a name for "castle world"
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How about "Lego-Earth" ? (after Tolkien's Middle-Earth) -- Paul Davidson craig hamilton <craigo-lego@webtv.net> wrote in message news:Foqurx.6r9@lugnet.com... (...) but (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Free For All in Space: Six Reasons Why M:Tron Would Prevail
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Only a few people have even mentioned M:Tron up until now. I personally think they would win a war between all the space factions. Why? 1. Their magnets could draw away enemy fire or even turn solid pellets or missiles back on their sources. 2. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: 2951 repost
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(...) Just checked (with different colors on the troublesome areas) and in LDLite (I'm using ver. 1.6) They show up, but in LDraw the 1-8disc's are missing, nothing wrong with the 1-8cyli parts though, you do have the hi-res primitives? This is very (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 6087, 6190, 6442, 6765 and 8250 on sale in the Netherlands
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Torsten Fresemann schreef: (...) Within EU everything below 2 Kg (that's at least 2 sets) by surface mail costs $7 and by airmail costs $12. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Legofest a Mariano C.
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Grande riunione, grande gara, grande compagnia, grande giornata! Bellissimo! Per chi non c'era, peccato per lui... Ciao. Marco. P.S. Mi e` venuta in mente una variante: se alla partenza il dragster retrocedeva, prendeva la rincorsa in maniera tale (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Re: Legofest
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"Ezio Maino" <ezio.maino@itlug.org> wrote in message news:FoqzIF.FK1@lugnet.com... (...) E perchè mai? L'8417 a 23.900 mi era proprio sfuggito...... sarebbe stato il terzo, ma sono tutti pezzi molto utili. -- Cheers Carlo. LUGNET member page: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | LDLite Download Page Online!
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Since Paul Gyugyi's site crashed some time ago, LDLite has not been available on the web for download. Paul and I exchanged some email about a week ago and we set up the LDLite download page on ldraw.org, to make it available once again. The page is (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 6087, 6190, 6442, 6765 and 8250 on sale in the Netherlands
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(...) You're right of course - should've thought of that. What about shipping though, which should be lower inside the EU? I assume you quoted the overseas postage? Also, ordinarily I would have asked you for a 6765 immediately, only that just today (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Greetings!
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(...) No, perfectly legit. You are family;-) I didn't even notice you on the GMLUG roster! Hey, that would be great if an Ohio contingent came to the Fest in La Crosse! Do you hang with the Mikes of Columbus? Jody Neal (no relation) is around there (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.us.gmlug)
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| | Re: 6087, 6190, 6442, 6765 and 8250 on sale in the Netherlands
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Torsten Fresemann schreef: (...) Should be about the same... Euro and Dollar almost have the same value relative to the Dutch guilder (which I use to buy the sets) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Proposed New Train Components
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(...) Well, speaking of wheels, please discontinue your current wheel design and create trucks they way exist in reality-- the design is actually simpler and would require fewer bricks! <wink,wink> What is really needed is one size wheel for (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Jan-Albert's small MISB sets auction
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OK here are a few sets I'm auctioning. All are still MISB. Please read the rules before bidding... Auction rules - This will be a 'going 1', 'going 2' , sold auction. After 24 hours the status of a bid will be advanced. - A bid is binding, and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | #6473 Black Excavator Nose
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Does anyone want to sell or trade the black nose from the small wheeled vehicle in set #6473 to me ? (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 6087, 6190, 6442, 6765 and 8250 on sale in the Netherlands
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(...) What would this be for us Europeans (i.e. in EURO)? Thanks, Torsten (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 34° iscritto ItLUG: Francesco Ferrara
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(...) Ooops. Mi sono lasciato trasportare dall'entusiasmo. Comunque la mia era solo una constatazione, non una dichiarazione d'intenti sul futuro di itlug. E' un po' come se un appassionato di treni avesse esultato all'arrivo di Wilmer e del suo (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Legofest
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Ciao ragazzi, sono tornato nel supermercato e ho ripreso il mio 8462 ma mi dispiaceva lasciare lì da solo anche l'8417, così x 23.900 l'ho portato a casa, vi prego fermatemi. ciao. :-)) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.it)
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| | Looking for a 6566
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I tried all the shops around here, but none have any 6566's left (bank building, 1997-1998) Anybody still got one (I prefer MISB)? I can offer you trade (Still have some Shell sets left, as well as some service packs) or will pay a good price for it. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | 6087, 6190, 6442, 6765 and 8250 on sale in the Netherlands
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I just saw these sets on clearance sale in the Netherlands... 6442, 6190 for $23 each 6087, 6765 for $25 each 8250 for $27 If anybody's interested I could pick them up for you. Shipping is around $15 airmail or $13 surface for a box, multiple sets (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | The fairy mystery...
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I guess I can wait till I get my Belville sets and find out, but I'm curious about the fairies. I have some questions for those of you who have them already: -Are the fairy's legs connectable to the baseplate? Do they fit like the teddy bear's legs (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville)
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| | Re: free-for-all in space
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(...) especially (...) that also serves as a heavy warship doesn't need escorts. What a cool idea. Maybe I should build one. Z (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Greetings!
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I saw the cross post a split second after the click. Doh! I am in Columbus, Ohio. There are a few other serious collectors here too. John Matthews (who checked which newsgroups this message goes to before hitting the button!) John Neal (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: free-for-all in space
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(...) if (...) the (...) deployment (...) a (...) filling (...) Transports can (...) purpose. (...) That makes sense. Then, I suppose, a freighter bristling with turbolasers and with a cargo bay 2/5 full with fighters can still be used as a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Fishertechnik Pneumatic Valves?
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I've been very interested in reading this discussion, regarding using the pneumatic solenoid valves that Fishertechnik aparently has available. I will admit, I've never had much interest in Pneumatics (got about 3 different sets, including the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: New mod to double decker passenger train
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(...) lol Fundamentally you don't know what you're talking about;-) No, building *smaller* is easier I'm afraid. You have a lot fewer options building smaller, and thus less possibilities for creative building. [1] How many people have built (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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Steve: (...) Now that I know it is possible to unpack ARJ files on Linux, I think it is better that we stick to that format, and don't start spending time on additional formats until it becomes neccesary. (...) No. (...) You are completely correct (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: a name for "castle world"
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Hi Pawel and Craig! I think this whole Idea is great! Excellent work Pawel! Might even inspire me to put something together finally... You might want to consider Danish words that mean "Land of Castles" or "World of Castles" or perhaps Latin. This (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Can we have a Newsgroup for KIDLUG?
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(...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.org)
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| | Re: Ldlite for OpenGL and Linux (and uppercase filenames)
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Leonardo: (...) I don't know what I have been doing earlier, because I just did as Leonardo told me to (and I thought I had tried already), and it worked very well. I can add the information that unarj on Red Hat Linux unpacks the LDraw archive with (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: a name for "castle world"
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(...) Hi Craig, Pawel and everyone, DixieLUG? What's that? Anyhow, here are some silly ideas from toying around with the names: Castland (Castle land) Castlego (castle lego) Castles of Kings Kings and Queens of Lego Dreams These are just premature (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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