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(...) I work for an airline, and could do the LHR-AKL section of the above itinerary on my firm's flights, for the knock-down price of $0.00! (An award ticket for not being sick. Or being masochistic, going into work when I should have stayed in (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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**I** could be mistaken too! They do seem to be cheap, die-cast metal, though. Lots of chrome-plated pieces show evidence of the plastic underneath, but I couldn't find evidence of that on these, and am really making an assumption.... Fredrik (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Hmmmm ... as Homer Simpson would say ... DOH :) -Lee. (...) -- Lee Jorgensen, Programmer/Analyst - Bankoe Systems, Inc. mailto://jorgensen@bankoe.moc <-- reverse moc mailto://ljorgensen@...uswest.ten <-- reverse ten (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Greetings, I got a Mindstorms set for Christmas and think it's one of the best things since sliced bread. I got a preview at E3 in Atlanta ealier this year and have been dying to get my hands on it since =) Anyway, I've discovered that robots are (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Also sprach Lee Jorgensen: : Amateurs .... go for an OC-24 (2.488Gigabit/sec) ... That would be an OC-48 ... the 24 is 1.244 Gbps ... / _ _ / _ _ "Sit down, you foolish mortal fish! ()(-(//((-/ -- overheard at Backstreet ===...=== Jim Baker -- (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Amateurs .... go for an OC-24 (2.488Gigabit/sec) ... (...) -- Lee Jorgensen, Programmer/Analyst - Bankoe Systems, Inc. mailto://jorgensen@bankoe.moc <-- reverse moc mailto://ljorgensen@...uswest.ten <-- reverse ten (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) <snip> (...) sure is....jet streams. though, trying to remember (ouch that hurts!), i believe, starting at singapore, you fly into a jet stream first, then it switches directions south of the equator. My father twice made that trip around the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Here, Here! I want a T3!! (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote (...) Sure. Let me just check... that would be $NZ2764 return, leaving tomorrow and arriving back Sunday night. Got a spare dollar for a poor kiwi? (...) That would be the infamous "US English", then. Uz bro's use "you" where (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Wait... hold it up to the light.. a little to the left. Nope. Maybe YOU can, but I can't... my antipodal binoculars seem to be malfunctioning again. Can you fly to the US and show me? (note to the humor impaired, I am playfully picking on a (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Fredrik Glöckner wrote in message ... (...) I dunno about the Euro ones, but the US and NZ CD Car/Tow Truck have plastic wheels. You can see the moulding marks on the one I'm looking at. Moz (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) My 8417 wheels are plastic with a shiny coating. ____ |oooo| Cheers, |oooo| Wouter van Wageningen ¯¯¯¯ (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I can't see anything from the picture to indicate one or the other. So we'll have to take the description for what it is. (...) It does say: "New hydraulic system". But judging from the pictures, I guess you're right. (...) Sorry, that should (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Also sprach Larry Pieniazek: : The above is clearly the work of a man with too much Web access. What do you mean 'too much'? That isn't possible, is it? Jim (I want all the bandwidth:) / _ _ / _ _ Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Or a secretary worth his/her weight in Airport Shuttles. From Tom McDonald Anti-spam block in place. (URL) what you can, but behave yourself. We'll have more, right after this. (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) The above is clearly the work of a man with too much Web access. (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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No, the 8417 has plastic wheels, and they aren't that chrome either - they are a slightly shiny grey/silver. At least the 2 I have at work are that way. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) They are? So they are not simply chrome coated plastic? In that case, I apologize for the erroneous article I just posted in followup to Wouter van Wageningen. Fredrik (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Front wheel drive? Is that steering wheel drive? This puzzles me. (...) This seems to confirm my suspicion that the hydraulic piece simply provides a damped spring, pretty much like when you press eject on a cassette deck. But I'm only (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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Thanks for the translation! Snipped for brevity.... (...) Great. The juniorization of Technic. Perhaps 3 seperate, pictured poly- bags and individual instructions for each section. (...) Interesting......... (...) The wheels on the '98 Technic sets (...) (26 years ago, 29-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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