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(...) Oh, and one more comment on the image of the 8446: Notice the grey gear below the right hand side of the green 12-beam to the rear of the vehicle? The one just inside of the Slizer "ski"? This looks remotely like a differential, but not (...) (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I think that that is a real understatement. The thing (IMHO) looks awful! ____ |oooo| Cheers, |oooo| Wouter van Wageningen ¯¯¯¯ (26 years ago, 31-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Interesting. I would guess that the crane can be rotated (through the use of a large Technic turntable) and tilted. It looks like you need to flip the device holding the large suspender to close the grabber. This isn't too nice, IMO. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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I just discovered a very nice storage case that does excellent duty for all my Lego Technics parts. It's the Popular Mechanics Lid-Storage Organizer (PM58261). It's about the size of a thick laptop computer, approx. 15" X 12" X 3.5", has an (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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I've got a different scan -- much more detail and easier to see. I put it on my web page (primitive, more a place to transfer stuff than a real web page). Check out (URL) must apologize in advance for the GeoCities junk that pops up). Just scroll (...) (26 years ago, 30-Dec-98, to lugnet.build)
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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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