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(...) Thanks Shiri. I have the set 6098. Quite often in the past when the same set has two numbers, the instruction book shows both numbers on the front cover (for example, 4801/4811). Looks like someone made a mistake with set number 6091 when the (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: possible translations (was "Re: New pictures of my Black Falcons")
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(...) <snip> (...) LOL... I love the Greek mythologies but the one thing I don't get is: The citizens all believed in the prophets, so why the heck did they think they could change what the prophets said would happen?! (e.g. Titan and Zues, Oedipus (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: possible translations (was "Re: New pictures of my Black Falcons")
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(...) Hubris? 8) The belief that by knowing the future they will be able to change it? Actually, it's kind of interesting to think that, for example, the whole Oedipus thing happened *because* his father knew of the prophecy and reacted the way he (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: possible translations (was "Re: New pictures of my Black Falcons")
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(...) Well, one way or another, they were guillible and stupid <grin, duck, run from lightning bolts>... (...) Or maybe the message is "it's gonna happen one way or another, so don't try and interfere with Fate". Not that I believe in that. -Shiri (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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I was looking at the emblem on the front of a Pontiac the other day and thought that it would look great as an insignia for castle armor or shields. Then it reminded me of the old Yellow Castle insignia (the Pontiac kept saying "remember the old (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Wellz, zeeing me don't knowz what the Pontiac'z emblem lookz like.... I couldn't zay... ;-) Zo, what *doez* it look like? (...) Well... I try to take the name a bit further than the immediate animal, and focus more on the connotation... for (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh, there are plenty of names you could have for the Bulls. The Brahma Brigade, the Sterling Steers, the Cattlemen, Los Hombres del Toros... the list goes on and on. If someone was really ambitious, and used the Bulls as the center of their (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Here it iz, check it out: (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Matthew Wilkins <mwilkins@nospam.nai.com> wrote in message news:FsKE83.9qC@lugnet.com... (...) different (...) better (...) shields. (...) up (...) list (...) Too funny! You don't mind if I use that sometime, do you? Paul Davidson (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) meaning to the phrase "we build excitement." Chris -- Remove the nospam machine name in my email address to send a personal reply. (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Shiri, Here you go (For the Pontiac Symbol!) (URL) S. -- Scott E. Sanburn Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I wouldn't mind seeing some non-animal blazons again. I always kind of liked the one that was bordure azure, divided per pale gules and argent. Nice and simple. (Hmm...maybe I ought to write up the heraldic blazons for the LEGO shields as an (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Almost sounds like the colors of Magic: the Gathering. Blue: Islands Red: Mountains Green: Forest Yellow: Multicolored Gold Black: Swamps White: Plains Only 15 more posts to go...*sigh* (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) simple. (...) I'm going to take a wild stab and say this is the Knight's Procession heraldry? Tony (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Also a side note: Magic: the Gathering has it's own Keepers, all Female Wizards (as they are classified in Magic). Keeper of the Mind (Blue) Keeper of the Flames (Red) Keeper of the Beasts (Green) Keeper of the Dead (Black) Keeper of the Light (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | My forestmen loss
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OK, I know some people out there have lost much more during their dark ages... I just feel like bickering so if you don't mind... I'll proceed now... When I was six and a half, I moved (back) to Israel from Kansas, US. The first set I got in Israel (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: possible translations (was "Re: New pictures of my Black Falcons")
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(...) Its an eternal question: "By knowing the future, will I be able to change it, or in knowing the future, will I cause it to happen?" Its interesting to realise that the only way to know which one is true is to wait for it the future to arrive. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Oh no! I sympathize with you... But if it makes you feel any better, I have a post-Dark Ages experience to share involving over 20 gray castle walls. When I started again this year I was watching all of the auctions on Ebay trying to get a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Christopher Lindsey writes: <snip painful details> (...) Ouch, ouch... OMG... I also had a few melted bricks from my Hannuka Menorah... I thought it would be safe to light candles in it, so long as I put aluminum foil between the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle) !
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Yesterday, I stumbled across a site with a model of a working ballista. Correction: an impressive model of a working ballista. Today--nada. I can't find it. I'm rather annoyed at myself for not book marking it, but I figgered, "Hey! You found it (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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