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| marc, nelson (score: 1.390) |
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.390) |
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| | Re: Hey all!
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| (...) Yup. Posts can be highlighted without being responded to. Also, posts in .announce.moc get a +5 boost to their Spotlight rating - see (URL) this> post. And welcome to LUGNET! Let us know if you have any more questions - people here are usually (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.people.newbie, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.389) |
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Gideon!
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| (...) Wow! Thank you for the detailed reply - I never thought I'd be getting an education in Hebrew etymology on LUGNET. The most interesting theory was from the (URL) Jewish Encyclopedia> link - that the ephod started out as a garment for an an (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.389) |
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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| (...) I wouldn't be buying this set anyway, but I'm really getting tired of TLC's excuses to AFOLs. "New molds cost too much" was the old refrain, but now it's "an inability to produce new colors of those parts in our current financial state". Where (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.387) |
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| | Re: LEGO reports improved financial results
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| (...) That's some heroic spin from our man Jorgen. See this: The result after tax for the year was DKK -1,931m compared with DKK -935m in 2003. Obviously, all the cost-cutting is good news, and once they unload the parks they'll be in much better (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.386) |
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| | Re: LEGO game good for kids?
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| (...) You could try (URL). It's basically Pictionary with LEGO pieces. Depending on your son's age, some of the things you're supposed to be illustrating might be a little difficult, and the piece count is pretty limited (less than 100, IIRC). I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.384) |
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| | Re: wish's - Contest canceled
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| (...) So you're threatening to revoke Chris' posting privileges in retaliation for his criticism of the Admins? Sounds like you're making Chris' case for him. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 3-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.384) |
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| | Re: The Brick Testament: Gideon!
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| In lugnet.announce.moc, Brendan Powell Smith wrote: snip (...) Excellent beheadings! I have a quibble with "Gideon and His Sons". The (URL) ephod> was a priestly garment - "a 'skirt' with two shoulder straps, to which the golden breastplate was (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.384) |
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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| (...) Jake, I wish you hadn't turned this into a personal issue when it is a corporate policy issue. Do you see the words "Jake McKee" anywhere in my post? Now the "rally round Jake" LUGNET defense mechanism has been activated, and anything I say (...) (20 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.383) |
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| | Re: LEGO reports improved financial results
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| (...) Forbes has a (URL) positive spin> than the TLC press release: Struggling Danish toy maker Lego Systems A/S Wednesday said its full-year net loss more than doubled as sales fell. The net loss for 2004 was 1.93 billion kroner, or about $333 (...) (20 years ago, 6-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.383) |
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.383) |
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| | Re: Reply 6: Issues vs. Mistakes
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| (...) That would indeed be very useful. I was among several people in the (URL) original> Universal Color thread asking for clarification of the list, which to my knowledge, has not yet been forthcoming. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.381) |
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.380) |
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| | The True North Strong and... Free?
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| I almost never post here in .debate, but I was wondering what Canadians think about the (URL) publication ban> on testimony from the Adscam trial, and the subsequent breach of the ban by an (URL) American blogger>. It's very strange to me, as an (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.380) |
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.380) |
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| | Re: Statues
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| (...) Great stuff, especially the deer. How well does the lever part fit in a minifig hand? Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.build.minifigs, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.379) |
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.376) |
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| | Re: Purple problems persisting?
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| (...) I noticed the same variance in the X-Pod click hinges. And what's the deal with the 1x1 clips in (URL)? At first, I thought it was another mistake, but it's a real LEGO color (I have some DUPLO parts in that shade). (URL) Bricklink> lists them (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| marc, nelson (score: 1.376) |