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Hey everyone! Long time no see... It's been a while, eh? Man.. I haven't posted here in well over a year, maybe even 2. What sparks this new post you ask? Well, it's because my website "SWAT: Some Weird Action Team" celebrated it's 4th birthday on (...) (22 years ago, 9-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general)
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Guess nobody cares. Kinda why I stopped posting in the first place... guess nothing has changed in a year. Later. ~Nick www.swatonline.org (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) is your site updated on a regular basis? I like the Ferrari very much. Good luck with SWAT. Terry www.rotule.qc.ca (22 years ago, 12-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.announce, Nick Crocco writes: "SWAT: Some Weird Action Team" (...) Hey, nice name for your site! "SWAT: Some Weird Action Team" whileas truly its S.W.A.T. Team (Special Weapons And Tactics Team) Do you pay anything to host that site, like (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Nope, a year later, and you're still an attention-starved child whining about the fact that noone is stroking your ego about your site. Get over yourself already, and grow up. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well ya know, if you stopped posting, how are people going to know about what you're doing with the site? Perhaps some more regular updates, more creations, and staying involved in the community would help your image. Take a look at (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) About my last post... Yeah, I didn't really think it through and I was having a bad day. After I saw that nobody posted, I was a little peeved and wrote what I wrote. However, your comment isn't appreciated by anyone and did no good (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Glad you like my name ;-) I'm currently using www.ampira.com for my hosting. Because I was a previous customer from another company that merged with them, I got a really cheap hosting price... However, I did a lot of research before choosing (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) the spur of the moment at the end of a bad day... but I understand what you mean. I guess one reason while I stopped posting was the fact I'm away at college without access to my Lego, so no new creations for a while = lack of updates. That (...) (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thank you :-) I probably worked the hardest on that model moreso than all my others. I try to keep my site updated every month or so, but it's been hard since I'm away at college. Thanks again, and good luck with your site as well. ~Nick (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hear, hear! -Tim (22 years ago, 15-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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It's nothing personal. It's not even all pointed at you. Search the Lugnet archives, you'll see that someone comes along every few months, posts about their new site/model/pics, then yells, screams, or cries at everyone if they don't get their 15 (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Some people just don't get it. The major disappointments in life are having to deal with people like Thomas over and over and over and OVER I'd rather just ignore people like this and get on with living. My previous statement goes for this one (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Well, I'd say your reply pretty much proves my point. Unless you're on medication, you must be depressed/angry a lot, as you can't seem to handle the slightest bit of criticism or controversy. I stand by my initial statement (though it was a bit of (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I think that is a major part of people posting their MOCs and sites here - they want to hear a kind word or two directed towards them. What is wrong with that? I like Nick's site - it was one of the first sites I linked to when I opened (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Note the FUT, I don't think this belongs in .general anymore... (...) There's nothing wrong with wanting replies. But if you EXPECT them, and complain if you don't get them, the problem is not everyone else, the problem is you. If you need (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I am all for "keeping it real" in the sense that I don't care much for 'sugar coating' things, and I can get annoyed if I feel someone is always 'sugar coating' what they share with me (this happens a lot where I work actually). But at the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I said before, my previous statement that started this mess was one made out of impulse at the end of a bad day and did not really reflect the way I feel. I would have retracted it/changed it if I could. The reason that I started posting here (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I make my website for me. If folks don't like it, well, they don't have to surf to it. I also post here in LUGNET--again, in a newsgroup such as this, why get your knickers in a knot over what other folks say? Praise is nice but unnecessary. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I can only suggest to you what I do: ignore Tom's postings. He has a compulsion to flame people. He did it way back on RTL, and he continues to do it here, though he usually restrains himself outside of off-topic debate, so I don't make an (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This whole issue leaves me unsure of where I stand. On the one hand, I think people should be nice. On the other hand, a few people do seem to constantly be whining that no one posts responses to their posts, or that so and so is being mean (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh no, I don't consider it a constant pain in the way you are probably thinking. I think the Meaning of Life is to enjoy yourself as much as possible without hurting others (unless they like it <g>). But Daily Life IS constant pain. I'm not (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Nick, I realy like your site. But I'm one of those people who lurk more than they post. So I read your post and went to your site, having a good time there. BUT I did not respond to your post. Well, that's just li'll me, but my guess is that a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thank you. The above states my position pretty well, except I would add ", nor REQUIRED" to the last sentence. (...) Yes and no. Sometimes a negative post will get someone to think about what will happen in a similar situation in the future. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) [snip] (...) Maybe, but the reply you came back with was just rude. You can say you are just living in the real world or whatever - but even with that it is just rude. Perhaps you have heard of the saying 'If you do not have anything nice to (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That is pretty much my feeling too. Scott A (22 years ago, 17-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh, okay. Thanks, but I was wondering if you knew any kind of free web hoster ((URL) for instance) although different. I tried to make a site once, I didn't get any visitors except for me, and it was hard. Also, do you have any tips on making (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Matt, You can download dozens of different HTML editors that will make creating HTML no harder than using a word processor (in fact, most word processing programs can save as HTML these days). However, if you are using Netscape client, I highly (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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