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| | | (...) Is there some server-side way of doing a pop-up or other warning message before a post is confirmed? Like, say... "Please double-check that your post is on-topic for lugnet.lego.direct, and not about marmite or some other nonsense?" James (who (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men —Jude Beaudin
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| | | | | (...) although (...) Or maybe Todd can add a new group like lugnet.marmite :-) BTW, I am sorry for the off-topic post. Regrettably it is not the first and won't be the last (as in human error). Jude (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) Scott, would this have helped? --Todd (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men —Scott Arthur
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| | | | (...) lugnet.lego.direct, (...) Anything which keeps marmite off my screen helps. ;-) For the record, I really am in favour of compartmentalisation and all that. However, I am also aware that it tends to fragment threads (especially if one read via (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) The casual observer usually isn't reading adminstrivia, so won't see my retort - which, by the way, wasn't specifically targeted at you, or even at the (3 or so?) off-topic messages in the specific thread I replied. I've noticed a fair amount (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) His retort was, at least, posted to the proper group. (...) No, nothing compels you to, but if you're annoyed by an off-topic post, this is the place to say something about it. Instead of getting all bent out of shape when someone points out (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men —Jude Beaudin
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| | | | | (...) retort? (...) is (...) to (...) Just to interject, I am the one who brought the discussion to its off-topic status. The original marmite comment was in a post script that Scott wrote in an on-topic message. (...) ^ ^ ^ ^ A post script just (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | (...) For the record, I am neither "bent out of shape" or "crying".... but just bemused. (...) on (...) I had it for my breakfast this morning, and I liked it so much I had a second helping. It may not sound all that great, but I do know what is in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) Interesting that you're bemused enough to complain about how oppressed you are, but not enough to do something to change the situation. Interesting also that you chose to respond only to the inflammatory parts of my post, rather than the real (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | (...) are, (...) My reply to Todd was an attempt to change the situation. Just because it was not the sort of change you seek it does not mean I am wrong (or correct). (...) my (...) jokes. I could claim that you assuming (correctly) that I was a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Regional food (was Re: the best laid plans of mice and men) —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) Really? How odd. In my experience you can't be in Scotland for more than 12 hours without *seeing* a haggis, and more than 48 before someone corners you into eating it. Secretly, I beleive that none of you eat it at all when tourists aren't (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | straying off-topic & marmites (was: Re: the best laid plans of mice and men) —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) I don't think Scott named anyone in particular in connection with that label. He may even have been referring to a brief mail that I sent him. (...) I think this is best dropped. I don't think Scott broke any of the T&C, either. The closest (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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| | | | | | Re: straying off-topic & marmites (was: Re: the best laid plans of mice and men) —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | (...) Eh. I don't know how clearly this came through in my original post, but I really don't think what Scott posted was off-topic enough or sustained enough to complain about. My main point was merely that his reaction was fairly typical of any (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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| | | | | | | Re: straying off-topic & marmites (was: Re: the best laid plans of mice and men) —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | | Lorbaat wrote: ..... (...) Is there any possibility that the complaint, or the system itself are somehow ridiculous at least a bit (especially when stretched)? Selçuk (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: straying off-topic & marmites (was: Re: the best laid plans of mice and men) —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | | | (...) This is a key point - I think Todd covered it. Rules do exist, and they should be respected. However, enforcing them in a "jobs worth" manner just alienates everyone. If we all sifted through each and every post and winged about infractions at (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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| | | | | | | Re: straying off-topic & marmites (was: Re: the best laid plans of mice and men) —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | | (...) I did not mean ridicule anyone or anything. I feel like ridiculing someone right now, but I am too busy... Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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| | | | | | Re: straying off-topic & marmites (was: Re: the best laid plans of mice and men) —Jude Beaudin
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| | | | | In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) Thanks Todd, I am glad to see another voice of reason in this. Jude What possessed the first person to eat marmite? xFUT lugnet.off-topic.fun (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: vegemite vs marmite (was: Re: staying off-topic & marmites) —David Low
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| | | | | | (...) I am proud to say that I've never eaten Marmite -- on the other hand I have Vegemite on toast every day! It is delicious, and I can hardly imagine life without it. Random Vegemite Trivia: * Launched in competiton to Marmite, Vegemite was for a (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | | Re: vegemite vs marmite (was: Re: staying off-topic & marmites) —David Low
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| | | | | | PS Sorry for the auto-reply, but I just found this: (URL) Zen --Dave (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | Re: straying off-topic & marmites (was: Re: the best laid plans of mice and men) —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) These things always seem to blow up when someone exercises "vigilante justice" (I haven't followed through 100% of this particular instance to say that this one is a case of "vigilante justice" but I'm speaking from a general viewpoint). What (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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