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(...) Right, gotcha. Sorry for the confusion. I agree with you, the name "gable end" for that piece is confusing. What's better? 1x2 hip roof end? 1x2 half pyramid? Or the LDRAW name, Slope Brick 45 1 x 2 Triple? I don't know. John C. ps. To muddy (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I have tons of black Tyco 1 x 3 slopes - probably as many as actual LEGO ones. It's a pity that the Tyco slopes have the extra ridge halfway down the slope which makes the look good only for roofing. (Even though most people here think that (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) This isn't the piece I was referring to... the one you just described is the one Gary said Rob F calls a "gable connector"... which is another misnomer, I think, since it connects rof peaks, not gables (which are at the outer end of a piece of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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Gary Istok (gistok@umich.edu) wrote: : I just won an auction assortment of LEGO that includes (18) 3x3 low : sloped outside corner bricks in yellow. I checked with our Rob Farver : (the LEGO sloped bricks expert), and he also had never heard of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I think it's called "gabled" because it is an otherwise normal 1x2 roof piece with a gabled overhang on one side, ie a vertical triangle like a gabled roof. So that name refers to the appearance of the piece not it's actual function which is (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Kevin, I was using the term that Rob Farver (the king of the sloped bricks) used in the past. He also used "gable connector" to describe the 2x2 peak piece with what looks like someone took a bite out of it. Gary Istok (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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You're correct, I didn't check to see the content of the frames. -Wes (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) The dialog I see shows the following two options, neither of which is what I want: +---...---+---...---+ | newsgroups | article list + | | | +---...---+---...---+ | article | | | | | | | +---...---+ or +---...---+---...---+ | newsgroups | (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Netscape 4.5 can be used with this layout with the following commands: Edit : Preferences : Mail&Newsgroup : Windows Settings The dialog shown allows the layout you desire to be selected. -Wes (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I'm using Netscape 3.01 for AIX. I've looked at the newer versions, but they seem to have taken away the capability to lay out the Mail & News reading windows in the format I like (Split Vertical): +---...---+---...---+ | folders/ | article/ | (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.build)
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