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(...) one unless your a retailer. Paulo (26 years ago, 30-Sep-98, to lugnet.build)
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Hello, everyone. I just got a strange catalog in the mail from Consumer Affairs. When I was building my Huge Gothic Cathedral the lady at SAH who took one of my orders asked what I was building. When I told her she said I should send some pictures (...) (26 years ago, 1-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) "You can't just say you're King...." "You're" is the proper contraction for "you are." Example: "You're going to have to work on your grammar." "Your" is the possessive form of "you." Example: "Your grammar needs work." Jesse ___...___ Jesse (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I also recently received that catalog. I remember people talking about it on RTL, that was a few months ago. I figured I wasn't going to receive one, then all of a sudden I did. Tom (...) (URL) Member (URL) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Paulo Caparica Junior wrote in message <3612B0C6.ACADC425@h...il.com>... (...) The problem is I am not a retailer, yet I did in fact receive this Catalog. I think it must be something else. Matthew "You can't just say you're King because some watery (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Jesse Long wrote in message ... (...) to (...) work." Thanks. I haven't figured out how to get my signiture to work on the Lugnet newserver, so I am typing my signiture by hand each time I post something. I haven't been careful to check it when I (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Matthew Verdier wrote in message ... (...) Lugnet (...) That's interesting. I use Outlook Express, and it lets me insert the same sig file for every news server I use. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Feh. I'm using Agent, and it lets me use a custom sig for each group automatically, or select any sig for any specific post if I so choose. Outlook Express is a great e-mail client. Never liked it for news. -- Unofficial listing of weekly Lego (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Hey Todd -- time for lugnet.off-topic.speling? (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) In general, if you have contact with Consumer Affairs during a given year (for instance to request replacement parts), they add you to a mailing list for this catalog. Every year it has a different snazzy slogan-type title (one year it was (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Nope. We can stick with just the two off-topic (believe me, it gets ridiculous when you try to put a different off-topic for each subject you can think of... We had it for a while. Of course, then we replaced it with loc.* groups....) Frankly, (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Actually, that was meant to be a joke.... (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I did. <snip> (...) I don't think you have to be. I ordered a replacement minifig from CA, and aside from sharing an address database with s@h, I figure that's the way they got my address. (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Jesse Long wrote in message ... (...) something. (...) My new computer came with Oulook Express as well. I did set it up to include my sig file. It has been working for email and posts to RTL, but for some reason I can't explain it isn't working (...) (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I'm a database person. What is involved in storing these -- do you want a database for them? Accessible from the web or not? Sarah Heacock (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Actually... I thought he was serious... Sarah (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Sarah was just making sure I didn't take it seriously by mistake -- she's seen me go pretty nuts on ng names. :) --Todd (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Now we'll see the violence inherent in the system. (26 years ago, 2-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36156121.33431009@l...et.com>... (...) to (...) work." (...) Help, Help, I'm being repressed... Matthew Verdier "You can't just say you're King because some watery tart threw a sword at you" Dennis, 700 AD (URL) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36156121.33431009@l...et.com>... (...) work." (...) I fart in your general direction. Cross-posted to off-topic to get it out of here... Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build)
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(...) That reminds me of the Veggie Tales' video, "Josh and the Big Wall". Sparing the details, the guards of Jericho are grapes with French accents, who hurl depecrations (and purple slurpees) on our heroic veggies... Steve (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build)
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Matthew Verdier wrote in his sig: "You can't just say your King because some watery tart threw a sword at you" Dennis, 700 AD Matthew- Sidestep all this discussion and go with this direct quote from the script: "You can't expect to wield supreme (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I like his .sig's version better. Sarah (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) But accuracy is always a good thing. Except when it's not. Steve (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Perhaps a Princess.... wrote in message <36271280.17743537@2...63.236>... (...) Someone pointed out to me a long time ago my quote was actually a misquote. I, too, prefer my version, that is why I still use. It evokes the spirit of the scene and (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I guess my problem is that I do not know the movie from which the quote comes. Sarah sarah@eskimo.com (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Perhaps a Princess.... wrote in message <362af5de.42433142@2...63.236>... (...) Ouch. Major declaration of cultural ignorance. Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. Dumb, dumb movie, but it has a serious cult following in the US. Basically (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) *blink* That quote comes from that movie? I really like that movie, but still don't remember the quote (or anything like it) at all! Sarah (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) from: "Mønti Pythøn ik den Hølie Gräilen" OLD WOMAN: Well, how did you become king, then? ARTHUR: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held Excalibur aloft from the bosom of the waters to signify that by Divine (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Do you dare dish the Monty Python, how dare you, "Semi Amusing Insult quote"(1);-> (1)I need to watch it again I only remember the knight, the bridge, the castle and the bunny scenes, oh and the virgin scene but no quotes Jesse Long wrote in message (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Matt Marshall wrote in message ... (...) HEH.. Help, help - I'am being repressed....... -But I want to face the peril... -Nope, its too perilous. -- ===...=== Don Forth ( Klaatu ) email: dforth@caro.net Home Page: (URL) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Don Forth wrote in message ... (...) The "watery tart" quote is in the same scene with the quote above. The peasant ("Old woman..." "I'm not a woman!") asks what gave the King the right to be King, and he said that the Lady of the Lake gave him the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I always miss half the dialog when I watch it. Darn British accents. Steve (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Better watch out - she might have a Holy Hand Grenade to use on you. (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) It's when Arthur comes across the peasant and asks him for directions and stuff. Lots of cool things in that interchange. The peasant knows he's the king because he's the only one who has no fecal matter on himself. (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Yes, but can she count to five--I mean three? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Depends. What is your favorite color? (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Red--no, blue! Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) "Yes, spankings. Spankings for everyone." ...or something to that affect. I had friends back in high school that quoted the whole movie at lunch, word for word verbatim. After a few weeks, one of the kids let me borrow the movie to figure out (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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