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  Re: GA State Flag
 
(...) You can find one to scale down at (URL) _think_ that it's being slowly phased in and isn't going to be "the official flag" for a few more weeks while they all get sewn together... -JDF (25 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) For posting in BST? That's not quite how I remember it...I thought it was for excessive multiposting -- across multiple themed groups. I guess there was a discussion about BST once... (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  next/prev links in web interface
 
Todd, Please consider putting the next/prev (1606 1608 for example) links at BOTH the top and the bottom of a displayed post in the web interface. I find that I often scroll down to read a multi screen post, then need to scroll back up to hit the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  GA State Flag
 
Todd, Minor issue here. GA's state flag changed earlier this month. I don't know where you got your flag graphics from, but GA's in now different. Mike ----- Mike Faunce mike at faunce dot com (25 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) I agree. James said "upper end of cottage" as a fuzzy line. I am nowhere near that boundary. Todd (sort of) said "automation with no human contact" as the demarcation for shopping. Judgement is required here, since when you call one of the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) If it's a straight sale, then .market.buy-sell-trade; if it's an auction (i.e., soliciting progressively higher bids from earlier bids), then market.auction, if you're a retailer (e.g., BusyBee, TRU, Target, S@H, etc.) or you're posting (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) initial (...) incorporated. (...) I don't know, but DYA got reprimanded for posting to BST. I thought that "real" stores weren't suppose to post in BST. Maybe Todd needs to update the BST descriptions. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) Hmm, good question. I'm not Todd, but I'd be inclined to set the (fuzzy) line at the (indistinct) top edge of cottage industry. How's that for precision? (...) It's a difference of degree, technically, but I'd call it kind, at least for Lugnet (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) Thanks for that clarification, Rose, but now you got me wondering, do Guild of Bricksmiths announcements (of straight sale stuff, not stuff like initial unit auctions, which get announced in .auctions like all other auctions) belong in (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
Please read the group discussions before you post such rudely written posts. Note Buy-Sale-Trade; "Community trading post, items wanted, items for straight sale (no auctions), experiences, market analysis, etc." With the emphasis on community (or (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) My mistake. It didn't show up on my newsreader, but it shows on the web interface. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) ... (...) Mark S., I thought it was OK as long as the X-Real-Life-Name identifies you. If I look at the full headers for his post, I see: X-Real-Life-Name: Mark Papenfuss /Eric McC/ (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
mfuss903 wrote in message ... <a great deal of stuff...> Just to clarify, my message asking whether Jake's post was appropriate in .announce was directed ONLY to lugnet.admin.general, not to lego.direct, and the admin posts don't appear on the main (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Fix for a broken link
 
Todd, In the (URL) page their is a link to Matt's Track Designer. The link to this was changed when I took over the hosting of The Train Depot. The new link is (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) For us AFOLs, it was an incredibly nice thing to do. And for LD, it's a nice way to gather a data point on our buying power. It's a win-win. But... (...) Actually, it doesn't really belong in the main .announce group -- it was an unsolicited (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) Sounds like you're the one who needs to relax. Read Mark's post... probably better than I could write in reply to you. Dude, chill out, the inflammatory nature of your messages telling people to relax is pretty durn hypocritical. -Tim (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) There are specific guidelines set up on the newsgroups to keep things orderly. If people posted anywhere they liked, things would get rather messy and confusing. When I was a newbie, I posted an auction announcement to .space, and people (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
(...) Why not?? I mean true, it is not for trade - but it is for SALE and you can BUY it - right? I think sometimes you people have lost sight of the forest, AND are missing the trees while you are at it. R-E-L-A-X !!!! (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: 6769 Fort Legoredo on sale at Shop At Home!!
 
All in all, what does it really matter???? I mean, they made a SPECIAL effort to offer these sets to US FIRST - they could have easily ignored us alltogether, but no - They gave us first shot. I would definitely say this belongs in all of the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: Todd, can you explain the search function again?
 
(...) I should say can't always; the first reply was just after a meeting and just before lunch -- happened to check in and see it just after you posted it. (...) Ah, neat...it worked. I love Forte Free Agent! And it's really nice on my Crusoe (...) (25 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.admin.general)


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