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(...) the Inet. I remember that I wanted so bad to be able contribute something. I wanted to be something really great, do great things, help out. So I came up with all these ideas that I wanted to do. And I jumped right into RTL and proposed my (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I empathize with you completely. When I came to LUGNET in March I also had a lot of ideas that I was all excited about, and most of the time I was told that something was already in the works, there wasn't any interest, or whatever. I do think (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Matt, You're going to take this as some kind of slam, or some kind of flame, but it's not intended as one, really. Try to keep that in mind as you read it. I've read pretty much every post resulting from your initial posts of a few days ago. I (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Much of the canceling was done by the AUKins and other groups who wanted to try and delete my net history. They would leave in only the parts they wanted. Although I think some of those may have been the cause of someone in the Lego community (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Lorbaat wrote in message ... (...) it's (...) felt (...) two (...) LEGO (...) do we (...) can (...) As (...) people (...) exist. (...) and (...) never (...) (trust (...) people (...) the (...) full (...) of (...) find a (...) pain (...) internet. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Joslin writes: <snip> (...) we (...) people (...) exist. (...) <snip> (...) Bravo Eric ! Matthew, you still want to CREATE this website or another or something else? Then do it. Do it for yourself. Do it because you are (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes that kind of happened. But rememebr RTL was not the 'community'. It was a half abandoned group already. I was excited when I first saw your post since it is nice to have a alternate server. Well it turns out you were more into flaming than (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Just want to quickly address this one point. A website is not private. It is not a home. I do not need an invitation to come in, I can get there through any one of a number of valid & common methods of using the internet. No one has to knock (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The first way is closer to what happened. In November 1997, an announcement was made to RTL of this: (URL) and then construction began. There was some controversy and some disbelief but mostly it either got ignored or people said "good luck." (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ah. Well, my point stands (as does yours)- you weren't greeted with showers of roses and gold just because you stated your intentions for the site. You went ahead and built in anyway, and now you're King of the World (well, as soon as we bump (...) (24 years ago, 20-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) LEGO (...) do (...) he (...) Well, yes and no. :-) Todd's manifesto was so well written, so thoughtful, so detailed, and so ahead of its time that when *I* read it, I begged Todd to come to Cambridge Technology Partners (1) as a consultant for (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Well said, Larry. Build On! John Matthews Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:G2rA03.5Gt@lugnet.com... (...) site, (...) about (...) what (...) although (...) about (...) announcement (...) mostly (...) fundamental (...) (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Gee, Lar--why do I have the feeling that this isn't an entirely hypothetical example? 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) unprepared (...) Because it's not? I've already said elsewhere on LUGNET that I do this very thing. :-) Don't EVER be in front of me on an airplane blocking the aisle and not ready to go when the person in front of you moves, because I will (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes (...) Heh! I don't have much plane experience (just plane inexperienced, I guess), but my daily incarceration on the Light Rail Sardine Can seems analogous, and the perpetrators come in two general (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Isn't that *twice* daily incarceration? Later this week I will be back to riding the London Underground Jubilee line two or more times a day, which was deliberately made smaller than older(?) tube trains. Ostensibly so that the tubes would be (...) (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey! Stay on topic for the group! (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) sort (...) Er, sorry about that. ++Lar (24 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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