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| | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Mark Papenfuss
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| | | | (...) So was that a no? (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings — Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) Correctomundo. --Todd (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Mark Papenfuss
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| | | | (...) BUT - when kids write a letter to Santa, there will be no response because there is no Santa (hope I did not burst any bubbles) - and when we write a letter to Lego we would like a response because the can (well, were) able to reply - they (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | (...) If you really care about a response, you can post it in lugnet.lego.direct. Lugnet.dear-lego has always been for letters you don't really expect/want/need an answer to. It predates LEGO's presence on Lugnet by... well, shoot, a couple years, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Not under the new proposed rules, unless you hang it off some unrelated post by an LD person. (...) September 28 1998 was the formation date for dear-lego, from the group header. December 1999 was when Brad showed up (1) My math gives me 1 (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) I don't know where you're getting that. (URL) is said about who can start a thread, only who can follow up to a post. (...) Oh, dear, I estimated incorrectly. My point still stands at 1 year 3 months- the group has nothing to do with expecting (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) Yes! 100%! What Eric wrote above captures the essence of all of this splendidly. A true voice of reason. I couldn't have said it better myself. Eric gets it. Thank you, Eric! (And Eric Kingsley too, who also gets it and has made many excellent (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) "Voice of reason" or just a voice agreeing with you? ( I don't usually associate rhetoric like "run rampant" (and "slime trail", not that Eric said that) as the voice of reason, but hey, that's just me.) Call the question. I think the points (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I think it's already been called and answered. I wouldn't imagine that this is going to change, I don't see any reason or need for Todd to post yet again saying that just because you demand it of him. eric (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Cite, please. (...) Me neither, stubbornness tends to work that way in the face of resistance, but the debate can drag on endlessly nevertheless. (...) See above. I'm not demanding anything, merely suggesting that time has come for Todd to say (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) At a rough guess, I'd say that: (URL) a clear indication that despite all the ranting, Todd isn't changing his mind. (...) Jeez, ++Lar, I didn't see it as praise- or anything else that would "go to my head". I guess if I had some kind of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | (...) Adding another voice, not that it will change things... (...) Todd, I think Larry is laying the rhetoric fairly thick here, but if you scrape it off, I have to agree with him. I'm still of two minds wether or not it "matters" that LEGO people (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | (...) A big resounding ME TOO! (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Unfortunately, me too. Did I me too this already? I forget...and since there are no convenient dots, I can't easily tell. -Tim (feeling rather lazy) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Oh yea, the dreaded "thread has gotten so big the web interface is difficult to use" problem. That actually is one of the things which keeps me using NNTP - Netscape doesn't give up the ghost and stop threading when the thread reaches some (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I use NNTP at school, in fact, I have Outlook Newsreader open now, but something never works right so it downloads new headers automagically. At school it works, but I'm at home now and it doesn't. Anyways, that shows you that I'm lazier. :-) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | (...) Given the suddenness of it, I think I might be too and, actually, I wrote Brad Justus a personal apology for not having given him and his people a heads-up. (...) I agree with you. Hang in there, things will look up soon. --Todd (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Do tell. Seriously, what makes you think that? ++Lar (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Mark Papenfuss
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) I second that notion! Please, what makes you think this? And was it Lego coming here that made Lugnet "less fun"? what was it? That is the one million dollar question. Mark P. mfuss903@aol.com (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Not at all. (...) The arguing. --Todd (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Trust me. OK? --Todd (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) OK. ++Lar (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | | The only way things will look up is if you come to your senses and drop this idiotic idea. If I have to hit 2 or more groups to read ONE thread, I'm not going to come here anymore. And your wish for structure will force this. You just made (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Mark Papenfuss
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| | | | | | | | | | Bravo Tom, bravo - very well put! Mark P mfuss903@aol.com (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | | I understand, but can we make it better? —Tony Priestman
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| | | | | | | | On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Todd Lehman (<3ab2f0a6.152546955...gnet.com>) wrote at 05:06:00 (...) The severe nature of the original post certainly took me aback, and I think that's part of what has fuelled this debate. I started off in the 'this is a Very (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Mark Papenfuss
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| | | | | | (...) So the 2 Erics are the only people that gets it?? Man you must be so happy :)!!! I think they are spewing malarky - LEGO is not talking to us, a few AFOLS that work for lego are talking to us. LEGO can not talk to anybody - they are a company, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | | (...) you know, you're not trying to convince anyone, you're just ranting... I seriously doubt Todd is going to change his mind on this anytime soon, so I think we should all let this die for a while, and see how things turn out... Dan (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Mark Papenfuss
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| | | | | | | | (...) I am not trying to convince anybody of anything -I am just looking for *real* answers. What is being served to us is swine, nothing more. Mark P. mfuss903@aol.com (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) Spoken, truly, like someone who has no idea how the Real World works. Sometimes I forget that not everyone on Lugnet is an adult. eric (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Mark Papenfuss
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| | | | | | (...) Eric - I am truly disturbed by this, and I am taking it personally. There is no need for any personal jabs. What I said was sarcastic, and If you could not see that then I do not know what to tell you. My point is simple: You (as a group) keep (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings —Mike Faunce
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| | | | (...) If you want to write a letter to TLC that they can read and respond to, why would you do it on LUGNET? Why not go to (URL) and do it there? Isn't that what that site is for? Why should LUGNET provide time, space, hardware, bandwidth, etc. to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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