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| | The War That Never Ends
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| No one is so foolish as to prefer war to peace, in which, instead of sons burying their fathers, fathers bury their sons. - Croesus, King of Lydia in Herodotus' The Persian Wars Al-Qaeda threat 'still real' (2 URLs) The president also said the (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Concerns and Ideas.
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| (...) I recall reading some time ago (do not know the source or the authenticity) that The Lego Company cannot or will not accept specific ideas for products or product lines, etc. This is due to liability. If you submit ideas to TLC and they use (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Political PR and Other Newsbits
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| The Fog of War Talk (URL) "That's a good question, as to what constitutes victory," Rumsfeld replied. "Now, what is victory? I say that victory is persuading the American people and the rest of the world that this is not a quick matter that's going (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: AFOLs feelin' no love
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| Amen, brother. Though, I have heard a rumor that Joe is looking at property in the Hamptons and that he might attend Brickworld via a private jet. Mind you, these are just rumors. F (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: New Brickbay promotion
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| (...) He is correct. From Dictionary.com: gyp also gip (jp) Slang tr.v. gypped, also gipped gyp·ping, gip·ping gyps, gips To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle. n. 1. A fraud or swindle. 2. One who defrauds; a swindler. (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Is this sexism?
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| (...) I think "rights" came along after bouts of give and take, either within nature or within society, until equilibrium (long or short term) was achieved. I think all "rights" thus far in human society were preceeded by violence until it became so (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Misnomer: we are all Lego collectors!
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| (...) From Dictionary.com: col·lec·tor (k-lktr) n. 1. One that collects: a solar energy collector; a dust collector. 2. A person employed to collect taxes, duties, or other payments. 3. A person who makes a collection, as of stamps. 4. An electrode (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Backlash in the making
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| Grassroots Uprising Fights to Protect Rights and Freedoms (URL) In October 2001, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act setting aside many of our individual freedoms for the sake of fighting terrorism. Since then, I've worried about what's happening to (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | My ever growing 918 fleet
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| Hello Space People! After the new Benny Spaceship came out for LM2, I thought I could build a 918 using the BUWP (Big Ugly Wing Piece) So I tried. At first, I just added 3 x 6 wing plates to the front and back, and added other wing plates on top to (...) (6 years ago, 13-Feb-19, to lugnet.space, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | LEGO Make and Create Roadshow in Dallas, Texas Pictures
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| I've posted the pictures I took at the LEGO Make and Create Roadshow in Dallas, Texas this past weekend, where TEXLUG and MSLTC teamed up. We had a lot of fun, and we have a lot of stories to tell, like MOC accidents and theft of property at the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.msltc)
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| | Re: Head down, Cloneophobe
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| (...) So, in essence then, it is a price issue. (...) (...and whatever you do, don't press that red button over th..... D-oh!) (...) I could try. Frame your query over in OT.D and I'll take a swing. (...) I didn't say you had something against TLG, (...) (17 years ago, 29-Oct-07, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)
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| | The Hidden Costs (was Re: It's All About Control)
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| (...) Wal-Mart Wars (URL) WOULD YOU LIKE a Wal-Mart "supercenter" store to move into your community? Think of the low prices and the convenience of one-stop shopping! You just park once and get whatever you need -- groceries, drugs, plants, toys, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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