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| (Because others are afraid to speak what they REALLY think): I'm offended and I feel as if I have been discriminated against. First of all, I'd like to put my stance on the gay issue out in the open. We have a lesbian in our club and there NEVER are (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| (...) Well, there's a turn-up. Allister (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | | | Re: 8 new subgroups of lugnet.people (Kids, Teens, Adults, Singles, Couples, Parents, Support, LGBT)
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| (...) Todd- Brilliant. Thanks for doing a great job of sorting through that whole mess in a fair and balanced way. Its definitely appreciated. (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | | | Re: Original list of LUGNET newsgroups from August, 1998
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| (...) In the alpha phase (which this was), all the groups actually did begin with the "lugnet." prefix. That was later stripped in the beta phase, and eventually readded in October 1998 shortly after going live. --Todd (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | | | Re: Original list of LUGNET newsgroups from August, 1998
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| (...) I'm guessing it was called "timmy.die.die.die", since the "lugnet" prefix was added after the test period. Fredrik (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | | | 8 new subgroups of lugnet.people (Kids, Teens, Adults, Singles, Couples, Parents, Support, LGBT)
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| Eight new subgroups of lugnet.people have just been created: Kids, Teens, Adults, Singles, Couples, Parents, Support, and last but not least LGBT. CHARTER/PURPOSE ===...=== lugnet.people (group and hierarchy) All about LEGO® people (enthusiasts, (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp) !
| | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society
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| (...) Because .people is still hetero-assumed. Just like every other group in the entirety of LUGNET. It's the same reason why we have Black History Month, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Secretary's Day, when every day of the year is about whites, (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Original list of LUGNET newsgroups from August, 1998
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| In lugnet.admin.nntp, Todd Lehman wrote: (snip) I remember some of these! (...) I think there might be merit in bringing back the "collect" ones, at least the root one and see if the subgroups pick up. There really isn't a place to talk about (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society
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| (...) What I don't understand is how .people doesn't fulfill this need already. And where else is there a group that caters to "like-minded" people? There are groups that cater to common interests, but I wouldn't call that "like-minded". Will there (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society
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| (...) Lee: LUGNET newsgroup theory is all about identifying subsets of interest within the community and creating focused discussion groups for those subsets, both LEGO-related and non-LEGO-related; it's about creating and nurturing individual areas (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Original list of LUGNET newsgroups from August, 1998
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| (...) (snipping all the forums so that the system will actually post my message) (...) Well, heck, what did I say about Todd Lehman would know best as to what is appropriate for Lugnet despite whatever I might think? Allow me to be the first to (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | | | Re: Original list of LUGNET newsgroups from August, 1998
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| (...) (snipped list) That gives some serious food for thought..... but (...) (URL) Awww...www!!!!!! I'm lobbying to bring back the lugnet.timmy.die.die.die, please reconsider! (URL) wink> Janey Blood "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
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| Below is a list of all the newsgroups which existed on LUGNET six years ago, way back in August of 1998, during a very early testing phase, two months prior to the newsgroup system going live. I don't recall why so many of the .talk subgroups went (...) (20 years ago, 18-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Do you mind if I modify the topic? (Larry Puns Again - Rob goes AR)
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| (...) (snip) (...) Ah, well, I never realized. I shall endeavor to remember this difference to help preserve the (remaining) sanity of the NNTPers in the future:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Do you mind if I modify the topic? (Larry Puns Again - Rob goes AR)
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| (...) work... (...) (URL) (...) Yep. :) Rob (20 years ago, 5-Aug-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | | | Re: Do you mind if I modify the topic? (Larry Puns Again - Rob goes AR)
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| (...) Well, first off, you must select "formatted text" for any of this to work... Testing: (URL) Does this work for you then, Rob? JOHN (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Do you mind if I modify the topic? (Larry Puns Again - Rob goes AR)
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| (...) /thumb/image.jpg(und...)thumb.jpg (...) (URL) (...) (URL) (...) worries for (...) (Posting this in lugnet.admin.nntp) Actually, on that last link... If you smart people could add a space between the link and the imbedded picture it would help (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | | | Re: Messages disappear
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| (...) I'm guessing you are referring to cancelled messages. Users can request that a message be cancelled on their behalf. If not, can you provide an example? (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| How come messages only a few weeks old dissapear in threads when messages all the way back to 2001 still exist in the groups? Sincerely, Morten H Pedersen (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
| | | | | Re: Bad news for NASA
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| (...) Embarassing? No. Regrettable, perhaps. But please do bear with us. This one thread is messier than one might like, yes, but hopefully overall future admin activity will be the better for it. As for ObNASA's I did consider including some but (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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