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(...) I either lied or changed my mind. You decide. (...) Todd has been known to chance his mind, yes. Until he does, let's agree that by his definition, this was a flog. He said so in (URL) Lehman wrote: (...) Since Todd's definition is pretty much (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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I thought you weren't going to debate this? (...) Granted, but I do get to question the definition and point out where I think it's awry. Which is what I'm doing. (...) And Todd never changes his mind? Seemed to be != is, necessarily. (...) So (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Unfortunately, you aren't the one who gets to define "flog" here. Todd is, and he weighed in and agreed that it seemed to be a flog. So, accept that the post in question was considered to be a flog, and probably shouldn't have been made in the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) It must be a cultural thing - in the UK being called a brag really is an insult. I suppose we are a modest bunch. - nobody likes "the bray of bragging tongues." (...) I doubt a lawyer would advise you to break the law as the rules are "wrong". (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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Thank you, Rose, for taking the time to dig up the links to all of these posts... it was very thoughtful to put them in one place for folks to look at. Before reading the rest of this post, people may actually want to go review them again as my (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) to (...) of (...) is (...) challenged. (...) Oh, Lar. You have had auction posts in Train that were "pseudo" information/auction posts. I personally feel that you toe the line on some of these and thus (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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| | Re: IOLTC the final word!!!!!!!!
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(...) Hmm, thoughts on how to make a simple statement which has the necessary effect... One thought would be to disallow market posts in the "theme" groups. That would leave some holes in other groups, but most of those other groups wouldn't attract (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) It's Lar. ++ is the signature lead in, not part of the name. Thanks. (...) Yes, I am specifically saying that I disagree that it was intended to be such. Everything in it was put there to back up my assertion (boast) that the doodlebug is a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Yup, and I've been promising an update for a long time. Darn everything is a moving target. I don't want to discourage local flogs in .loc groups, but definitely in just about everywhere else. There's a post I've been working on which has some (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Well it is frowned upon, but not in an official manner... (...) This is just another example of why the TOS needs to either change to specifically address for sale posts in non-market groups, or that official words from Todd need to be made to (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) ++Lar, are you saying that you disagree that your post was a flog? It sure read like a flog to me, and only after you called it a brag was I able to see more insight into its purpose and agree that it's more a brag than a flog. But it's also a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Larry, for such a smart guy, you're acting incredibly dumb. Please stop it. Answering the question would have been "I've built some killer models! Here are some pictures of things I've built that Bulk sales made possible!" with a URL. Going (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) No, and no. It was a brag. Steve asked who had done killer models and I answered. (...) No again. (...) You are correct sir, you can only imagine it, you can't cite ++Lar (25 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) In a way, yes, your post answered a question. In a much larger way, it was a flog for your models for sale. And you know it. Therefore, IMHO, violates the spirit of the TOS. Auction flogging is frowned upon. I can only imagine that sale (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) When the TOS requires that *replies* to people asking about models go there if they just happen to be models that are commercially available. Since the TOS doesn't currently state that new posts that only mention what is for sale (with no (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) When, precisely, does this kind of nonsense become an advertisement for something for sale, and require being moved to a lugnet.market.* group? eric (25 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Todd - PLEASE update TOS -or- other folks PLEASE read the TOS before reprimanding folks (was Re: over load of wheels)
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(...) Ok, time for my ongoing rant. Todd, can we PLEASE have an official answer as to whether the TOS are changing to disallow buy-sell-trade posts from non-market groups. I hate to see folks stepping in and reprimanding folks for what is not in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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| | Re: Place to talk about Brickshelf
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(...) There is an announce.brickshelf and Kevin usually sets FUT .general or .publish depending on the topic. I don't think there is an "admin.brickshelf" (nor is there an "admin.brickbay") although if there were a place to talk about brickshelf (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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"Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:G9Kyrr.C9t@lugnet.com... (...) Perhaps it deserves its own group? lugnet.publish.brickshelf?? -Tim (25 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) lugnet.publish KL (25 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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