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    Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Suzanne D. Rich
    In honor of Valentine's Day, "Flowers-By-Harry" Online wishes to extend the following reminder of their online flower delivery service: (URL) from four lovely Valentine Arrangements, write a custom greeting, address the card, and it's off to the (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Tamyra Teed
     Where did the Minifig Generator go??? just curious if you've still got it online Tamy (...) (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Mike Stanley
     (...) Here you go: (URL) Unofficial listing of weekly US Lego Shop at Home phone specials (URL) (S@H USA) / 800-267-5346 (S@H Canada) www.lugnet.com/news/ - Meet more LEGO fans in your area through LUGNET (26 years ago, 13-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Keith Miller
   this was like totally off topic here.. Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —James Brown
     (...) Blink blink. How so? <quoted from the lugnet.announce charter> lugnet.announce (group): General-interest announcements to the community (breaking news about products, releases, contests, events, and sites, etc.); also, important LUGNET (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Jesse Long
     James Brown wrote in message ... (...) Easy, shoot first, ask questions later. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Tom Stangl
     Well, in his defense, he was right.....sort of... How often do you see spam in a newsgroup? And how often do you follow a link in a spam to check it out? I sure as heck don't. The ONLY reason I followed it to check it out was because Suzanne posted (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Todd Lehman
      (...) But how often do you post a public reply to a message containing a prominently located URL without checking out what's on that URL first? Anyway, no harm done. Anyone could've mistaken it for spam, as you point out. (...) Hmm, good idea for (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Larry Pieniazek
      (...) Oh? It's a way cuter post without mentioning LEGO. That whole site is an alternate reality in which the brick is never mentioned. Very effective and sweet. And I don't believe you would not have followed the link if it was me... you're just (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Cindy Salwen
      (...) From the original post: (URL) ^^^...^^^ ^^^^ If you look, it does mention LEGO. Cindy (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Larry Pieniazek
      Yes. You're right. But so am I, in that the BODY of the post didn't. Just the URL. Some of us look closely at URLs and some of us don't. So we're both right. So's Todd, actually. I still say it's a cute alternate reality. Do minifigs KNOW they're (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Mike Stanley
     (...) Hunh? You're SO jaded against spam in newsgroups that you would ignore whatever reputation Larry and I might have earned over the past year or more, both on the group and via e-mail, and disregard any link we might post, no matter how we might (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Tom Stangl
     (...) Yeah, but the point is, YOU know Suzanne. Everyone doesn't ;-) And I don't visit Larry's LP links now, DO I? <smirk> <duck> (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Larry Pieniazek
      (...) Well, you should! I just emailed you and all the rest of my friends about something pretty serious that we aren't turning the tide against... see my sig. (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Jasper Janssen
     (...) Hmm.. I can't sign that, but I agree that it's not restrictive enough. A few years ago, a somewhat similar law was passed here. However, it's a lot more restrictive. I believe the rule is that all cash transactions above $20.000 or so should (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Todd Lehman
     (...) Keith: Actually, it was like totally ON-topic. --Todd (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Tom Stangl
     Keith, I thought that too, but NOPE! Go to that URL, you'll see what I mean ;-) I mean, I suspected something when I saw it was Suzanne posting it ;-) Suzanne - THANKS for the idea! I made a 6 rose vase for my wife for VDay, she loved it! (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         RE: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Rich Thompson
     My wife liked her flowers too! I think it was a fine general announcement. Rich (URL) Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Tom Stangl, VFAQman Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 12:34 AM To: (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Mark de Kock
      (...) any real flowers [1]! Mark [1] He, it was a sunday! No stores were open!...and I completely forgot about Valentinesday..I admit! (now going to the corner to stand there for a while) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Anders Isaksson
     Rich Thompson skrev i meddelandet ... (...) So did mine! She almost got tears in her eyes (or was that 'When _are_ You leaving the computer???' tears?) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Mike Stanley
   (...) Says you. I appreciated the reminder and made use of the service, which is FREE, by the way. Where would you say the reminder belonged, since you've suddenly elected yourself to the post of topic cop? (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Todd Lehman
   (...) Easy, Easy. The poor guy was flamed enough yesterday and the day before; let's let it drop. I think Keith gets the idea. It was a simple mistake. Careless maybe, but, well, we're all only human. Obviously it might've looked like spam to some (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Mike Stanley
   (...) That's what I get for having my phone service go out for a day and missing a couple of days of work. Everyone else makes a topic moot before I get to it. :) (...) You're probably right. (...) Nope, Tom's opinion about usenet spam aside, I (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Alan Shutko
     (...) I'm sure I'm not the only person who doesn't look at web sites mentioned in posts which look like spam. If I do, that's just validating the spammers. (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Todd Lehman
   (...) I think you're arguing whether or not it "should" have looked like spam...? That's a moot argument, since we know that it did in fact look like spam to at least one person. Again, we're all only human, and we tend to read things very quickly (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Gregor Benedikt Rochow
      (...) The word baseplate appears 3 times; both it and legopolis appear in the URL which stands out a bit. Combined with the effort it takes to be able to post to a lugnet group (making spam extremely unlikely), and the amount of time you have to (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Jesse Long
     Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) at (...) very (...) has (...) Just becuase one person thinks it looks like spam does not mean we should condemn it as such. One person is not enough to define what is and what isn't in life. Jesse ___...___ (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Todd Lehman
     (...) Why am I being misunderstood so much today? I must not be taking enough time to write clearly. :-( I was not condemning it as spam. I was explaining to Mike why it appeared like spam to one person (and probably to a few others who haven't (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Todd Lehman
      (...) Yeeeoops! I should hope no one is harping on Kevin! :) I meant to write Keith. --Todd (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Tom Stangl
     Well, my point is he still didn't make a mistake. As I said, I followed it, as I knew what was up. If you DIDN'T know about baseplate, and here's my point... ***Why should the reader spend their time to visit a link to verify it is NOT spam?*** (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Mike Stanley
      (...) Fried with mayo on white bread is better. (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Tom Stangl
      Hm, HeartAttack Special, right? No thanks, fried with ketchup is a bad enough artery clogger. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Jasper Janssen
      (...) Because he's taking the time to flame the original poster? I mean, sure, you don't need to visit a spam-like link, but you also don't have to flame - in a public forum, no less - the original poster. Much better either to email or to check it, (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Kevin Bracey
     (...) Ah, but conversely, why should he _post_ a response to something he thinks is spam? Totally pointless, and just increases the disruption caused by a spam. Anyway, people should think before they post. They sometimes seem to forget that they're (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Timothy D. Freshly
    Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) [...] (...) someone (...) the (...) long (...) Of course, let's remember where "here" is; namely LUGNet, a moderated (however lightly) private service where true spammers can not get to due to the registration (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Never posted to RTL...(Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Larry Pieniazek
     Hi Timothy!!! ... and welcome to the spotlite. Why is it that nice newbies always delurk when we're having these family spats? Interesting that you said you've never posted to RTL but lurked for a good 1/2 year. Any theories why? Glad LUGNET was (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Never posted to RTL...(Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Jasper Janssen
      (...) Because they invariably produce a sense of camaraderie, us all against the "spammer"? Or possibly because flame-fests (mild as they are here) are the most interestig conversations we have? *grins very evilly* Jasper (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Never posted to RTL...(Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Mark de Kock
      (...) Or just because those 'mild' flame-fests are the only conversations that one can see while checking for new posts in .general... I mean: one little posting-response to the original flower-addvertisement-post has created a discusion, that lasts (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Never posted to RTL...(Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Timothy D. Freshly
      Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <36CB847A.4EECA659@v...er.net>... (...) Theories? I guess I would have to say that I like to get a good sense of the group dynamics before diving in. Too many times, I have seen people jump right into a newsgroup (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Suzanne D. Rich
    So! OK, everybody. Get this! I'm like away in NYC for a week. Havin' a fine time. I'm playing with toys, slurpin' beverages with other LEGO folks. MEANWHILE... this is going on (!!!!!) "Timothy D. Freshly" wrote: [snip] (...) Good heavens. That's (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —John VanZwieten
     Class act. Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message <36CB84E7.9F911002@b...te.com>... (...) thread. (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Virtual Flower Delivery Service —Barry McFarland
   (...) AHhhhhh (spoke as that sound you make after a cool, refreshing drink) I was starting to get RTL flashbacks from this thread. No insults intended, as the good natured, warm, fireside type flames here are mostly family spats with well recognized (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
 

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