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(...) It would, of course. I was mainly just being sarcastic. (...) Here I would actually disagree. I've been to a large number (let's say about 33, because this comes up every Christmas) of church plays put on by the Sunday school kids, at (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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Carsten, Thank you very much for taking the time to translate this for me. I have sent them an e-mail in both English and Danish. I will post here if there is a response (particularly if it's in Danish!). Regards, -Rev. Smith (22 years ago, 17-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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Hi Brendan, I would expect most Danes to at least *read* and understand English, but anyway, here is a paragraph-by-paragraph translation: Greetings. *Vær hilset. Part of your website has recently been brought to my attention due to its striking (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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I'd like to thank everyone who has replied, offering translation help, as well as their thoughts on this matter: Sonnich Jensen (who replied by e-mail), Carsten, Jacob, and Bruce. I plan to send the website an e-mail expressing my concern, and (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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(...) It is a tricky issue, in that you're right, I don't have any copyright over the text of the Bible. But then again, it would still be alarming if the Gideons start leaving LEGO-illustrated Bibles in hotel rooms AND their editing of Bible (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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Carsten Straaberg skrev: (...) This is certainly not my impression. The domain is owned by a private individual, whereas for example "www.km.dk", "www.sogn.dk" and "www.provsti.dk" are administrated by the The Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.dk, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient)
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Brendan, You mean you didn't copyright your story? Hmm, next thing the Gideons will put it down in little leather books and start leaving it in hotel rooms. :) I'd agree with Carsten. Send them an e-mail asking them if they would make a link to your (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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Hi Brendan, The site belongs to www.church.dk which is a common site for the Danish Peoples Church. The Subdomain "ung-jul" is a section for kids (translates to young-christmas). The story line _is_ frightening similar. However, are there many (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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Oops! Posted a broken link! Here's a fixed one for the comparison: (URL) Smith (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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Hi, all. Someone e-mailed me today to bring my attention to a website that is "ripping off material" from The Brick Testament: (URL) to say, the phrasing of the e-mail was a little disconcerting, so I followed the link. The site is in Danish, so I (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.loc.dk)
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Hey James, This guy has some nice armies. Have you contacted him to see if he knows about Lugnet? Josh (...) (22 years ago, 3-Nov-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient)
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Modeled after the front cover of Peter Connolly's _Pompeii_ book. In progress: (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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spotted this posted on RTL (URL) by a guy called Rick. I don't think I've seen him post over on this side of the web :) but there are some nice ideas there -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) I agree that it's pretty much impossible to do this without cheating. One thing I though of was that you could build a fairly detailed mosquito at a larger scale, something like: (URL) then take a photo of this and in Photoshop cut it out and (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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I am so surprised and pleased by these sets! I'd thought for sure the Adventurers line was dead and gone. But they are back and in the Orient?! Wahoo! They are really bordering on an ancient theme here! The Oriental palace is stunning. It's almost (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) Yep, more cheating. But how else does one show boils? I suppose I could have used fire to actually change the shape of the plastic on the minifigs, and that would have made is still be all-LEGO. But burning LEGO seems like such a sacrilege. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) If only I had enough trans red to cover the whole river! @8^) I was happy with the way the plain red river came out, though. Even in LEGO, there's just something eerie about the look or a river running red. (...) The lightsaber was a last (...) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) I'm thrilled about those Elephants...Light gray and Dark gray! The palace looks outstanding. Perhaps a Greek or Roman Adventure theme isn't so far off. -Kyle (URL) (22 years ago, 10-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient)
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Continued: Sixth (boils): Again, I kind of thought this was cheating. I do like that they actually bulge out though. Interesting octagonal building in the background during Moses and God's conversation. I'd like to see clearer pictures of that. (...) (22 years ago, 9-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) I have been. Some comments: First Plague (River into Blood): The red river is especially effective. I also like in the background of this photo: (URL) use of the lightsaber rod for a stream of blood. Also the bench in this picture: (URL) a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Oct-02, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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