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been a bit slack lately and had my latest effort kickin round for ages, so I went outside and photo'd it this evening. Up on my site now - a medieval house with courtyard - made from my spanking new Guarded Inn's LMKWYT ta James www.minifig.co.uk (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.uk)
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These are the preliminary structures to be found within my imaginary world, called Caerany (the people are Caers). first a note about 'caer'. the word can be traced to 'cairn' which means a stoen structure or fortress. In the far North, the people (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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"James Simpson" <jsimpson@rice.edu> wrote in message news:GJGFrM.B60@lugnet.com... (...) Yes, I know. I used to live in Plano. It bemused my British wife and I that we had to drive 12 miles to buy liqour but that we could buy a gun in the local (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In Texas we have "dry" and "wet" counties. You know when you've crossed from a dry county to a wet county because the liquor stores and, not uncommonly, the topless bars, crowd the county line. I'd wager that deaths from DWI's are higher in (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | possibility of new castle stuffs
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OK I've been on holiday for a fortnight so if it's been brought up already I apologise, but posted by Brad Justus in .lego.direct was: (URL) anyone find out if it was done by an insider at LEGO, and if so, where did he get some of the pieces from, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'd trade all that for a couple of decent domesticated animals. JSA -- Green Bay Lacrosse-- Play hard; play often. (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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"Kim Kates" <qawsedrftgb@Hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GJEt8t.3BF@lugnet.com... (...) This depends on whether you think castle = fantasy. regards lawrence (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Harry Potter getting left out
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(...) Why? Does this seem fair or correct to you, out of curiosity? Trimmed FUT down to just .debate... which I forgot to do first time, sorry... ++Lar (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, what you mention up there rings a bell. I had thought there was some tie to Saturday's hours as well, but perhaps not. I wonder how long it will take the GLA to fix *that*. And has PPP been tanked yet?!? I hope so. Britain doesn't need (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GJEqAn.K47@lugnet.com... (...) Small shops can open 24x7 Large shops (over 280sqm) can only open 6 hours on Sunday - any 6 hours between 10am and 6pm. Dont know anything about a rule (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Star Wars = Castle!
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Does anyone else think that the ‘New 2002’ -Star Wars- minifigs will make a great addition to Castle. I can’t wait to procure about a dozed Ewoks to use as Forest gnomes. Also, the Yoda fig could be perfect to use on a knights body so that we can (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually, most stores in the Netherlands *still* don't open on Sunday, some because of statute--church attendance is down almost 75% from just 20 years ago, so it's not an anti-secular thing anymore. I hear Belgium's the same way, as is much (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As much as I don't want to advertise for them, do make a point of trying their lemonade if you like hyper-strong (sour) lemonade mixes. I think you spelled it right. Chris (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The U.S. Supreme Court held in 1961 that blue laws enacted by states (and by extension municipalities, I presume) restricting various aspects of Sunday commerce were constitutional. I don't believe that that decision has ever been overturned, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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when the first expidition left my kingdom for an expidition to the isle of mists they returned a day later having sprung a leak that night some peasnents agenst the whole isle of mist thing burnt the expeditions boat to a crisp. gaurds were lucky to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle)
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"Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:GJEG7x.Lt8@lugnet.com... (...) The Sunday Trading Act that allowed stores to open on Sunday in the UK was as recent as 1994. regards lawrence (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) and couldn't be sold on Sundays. (...) for most shops to trade on Sunday, I'm not sure how consistent this was across the US, so such a comparison might not be highly accurate. I know that in 1985, most stores in Missouri were closed on (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Microfig doesn't mean space does it?
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(...) sweet! well I look forward to seeing it! -Geordan- (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GJDrnz.7q4@lugnet.com... (...) The problem, if there is one, was created by bizarre rules about what could and couldn't be sold on Sundays. Whilst for many years, much long after the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Sunday as a special day
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"Keith Kirchoff" <legosarefun@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:F68ybK8YoSquJGK...ail.com... (...) unfortunately, shopping now seems to be a modern idea of a 'family day' out. regards lawrence (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Microfig doesn't mean space does it?
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(...) Truth be told, I just finished one of those yesterday, after reading this particular thread over. The castle itself is 28x28, with the surrounding land occupying a 48x64 area. I hope to have pics of it up as soon as I can find a digicam to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Dinosaurs/Castle/Ninja crossover ideas
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Yes, it resembles Dinotopia pretty much. (I have the book "Dinotopia", that is one of my sources of inspiration for this) The link martin gave me shows pretty much what I had in mind -though my minifigs would look more like the forestmen. --Tobias (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Dinosaurs/Castle/Ninja crossover ideas
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Look at the links from here, I think this is exactly what you are talking about: (URL) (In no way, shape, or form, responsible for the above) (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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(...) It's called Dinotopia...see here: (URL) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | Dinosaurs/Castle/Ninja crossover ideas
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I've always thought the dinosaur sets were crap, big dinosaurs and nothing more. But now, I see that you can fit bricks on their backs, which gave me an idea. You coud use the dinosaurs and castle bricks, to build a fantasy medieval world, where (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Harry Potter getting left out
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(...) Nothing. And if you choose to run your firm that way, it ought to be your perogative to do so. No law should prevent you from closing your shop on whatever day you choose, just as no law should prevent you from *opening* your shop on whatever (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | Sunday as a special day
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The idea of keeping the Sabboth (Sunday/Saturday) is an ancient church tradition. I think it holds a lot of merrit regardless of your religious beliefs. While growing up, my family always had "Family Day" every Sunday. My brother and I weren't (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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I would like to quickly comment on so many people's objection to Harry Potter. As a large fan of fantasy novels, I have always found this strong objection to fantasy from different religious factions quite peculiar. My first girlfriend many years (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Markham, you are right. Keeping Sunday special, they obviously are Christians, Catholics, Lutherans, or other religious people and what we have here are Atheists criticizing Christian or other Religious beliefs, because they probably don't (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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| | My Webserver
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My webserver currently housed at 64.193.132.185 will be going down soon, <slated for the 10th> hopefully only for a few days (though could take up to 6 weeks), while I'm being transferred to local Ameritech <sound of cookies being tossed> lines. My (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.general)
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Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:GJCy1q.KFo@lugnet.com... (...) And just what is wrong about this? What's wrong about having a day off to be with the family? -- Markham (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Huw Millington (<GJCy1q.KFo@lugnet.com>) wrote at 19:02:39 (...) The one near me opens on Sunday, but their LEGO selection is rubbish, so I won't be going back. (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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James Stacey <James@minifig.co.uk> wrote in message news:GJCtt4.BGt@lugnet.com... (...) so (...) And yet these people stock computer games like "Diablo" and "Doom"... -- Markham Who needs sanity when you have iNsAniTy?! All your Lego base are (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Is this an anti-magical thing? Did they refuse to sell Fright Knights and Dragon Masters too? John #388 (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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"James Stacey" <James@minifig.co.uk> wrote in message news:GJCtt4.BGt@lugnet.com... (...) so (...) Well, it will be them that lose out then, just like they do for not opening on a Sunday (because they are 'keep Sunday special' supporters!) when (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Although, the type of castle I meant was like the full deal, I'm thinking about a foot long with a village etc, glacis moat, inner wall, everything. :-D (...) -Geordan- (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Harry Potter getting left out
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Just spoke to a worker in The Entertainer and they said that they would categorically not be stocking Harry Potter LEGO on their shelves. This is due to the religious beliefs of the owner (he feels its inapropriate and so wont stock any Harry Potter (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ahem: (URL) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Galaxy Inn.
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Jason Grant <waytoomanytoys@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GIoozI.6pt@lugnet.com... (...) Idea (...) Ooh, like the one with the disturbing rocket-powerd horses and the odd alien people! -- Markham Who needs sanity when you have iNsAniTy?! All (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'm not sure about other castleheads (or Castleworldheads), but I'm living in a gopher hole right now... pop my head up once in a while, but mostly I'm hiding. In a couple weeks, I'll be done organizing NALUG's next train show appearance, and (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains)
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