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| | | Hey Hey Hey, check this out! My site (URL) been linked as the awful link of the day on something awful dot com! nifty! (URL) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: This is cool! —Joe Rayhawk
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| | | | | (...) What's really funny was that I was going through my daily routine of SomethingAwful.com and I saw this on the front page of lugnet... -Joe (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: This is cool! —Craig Hamilton
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| | | | | (...) your site was awfully good! ;-) later ~ craig~ (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: This is cool! —John Robert Blaze Kanehl
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| | | | | (...) Congratulations....I think...ok, maybe not too appropriate... Wow! you are an internet celebrity...although it seems to be the cyber equivalent of being Kato Kalin... Well at least your site is going to get alot of hits and elicit a "what (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: This is cool! —Anthony Sava
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| | | | I was unaware of the vast number of people out there who do not like legos one bit. I've gotten hundreds of messages telling me my site sucks. But don't worry though, I've not ratted any of you out, I've taken one for the team. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | I don't really understand why your site is the "Awful Site of the Day." What makes it so awful? That it's Lego? I also don't understand why someone would write you just to insult your site, but I suppose there are jerks everywhere. Personally, I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | Anthony, I looked at your site, and I thought it was neat. It isn't the most stimulating, beautiful, or anything like that, but it is yours, and I think you did a great job. I'm frankly surprised mine wasn't nominated! Scott S. -- Systems (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Craig Hamilton
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| | | | (...) ADOLS ~ Adult Despisers Of LEGO... scary to think that for every one of us, there is one of them! i've met people who think my passion for lego is an _absolute_ waste of my time and talent and are disgusted by the amount of $ i spend on it. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) Heh. I've got to admit that sometimes *I'm* disgusted by the amount of $ I spend on it, but that doesn't stop me from spending even more! Dave! (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) You're sort of the "antiAFOL"? LFB (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | (...) Huh. I haven't gotten any of those. I have gotten plenty of people that don't understand, or give the kind of condescending "oh, isn't that nice" response. The latter is infuriating to me, and I just stop discussing it with them and move on to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | | (...) I've received a few smirks from co-workers as they've looked at my site, but they generally think it's pretty cool what I've been able to do. As for the "waste of time" remarks, it's no more a waste of time than people who sit on the couch (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Anthony Sava
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| | | | | | | | | ACTUALLY.... the majority of 'your site sucks' messages that i've been getting have been from immature, prepubescent twerps who get their jollies from bringing other people down. In fact, i got messaged from this one 19 year old last night, who said (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Oh I think we would all agree its a better use of our time then TV. I can't tell you how little I watch TV anymore. Every once in a while I grin and bear it just to appease my wife but she knows I can't stand TV. I have tried occasionally to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Heh. I don't think *everyone* will agree w/you, but *I* do. ;-) The way my sister goes about it is just addictive. She is literally transplanted in front of the TV, and it's getting downright miserable. (I, OTOH, I'm transplanted in front of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Well, only if from Israel to the U.S., and then back again -- and if it happens much more your roots may wither! I think the word you may have wanted was "transfixed" -- which means to be motionless, as with terror, amazement, or awe. Also: (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | | | | XFUT .o-t.fun (...) Ah, yes (duh), well, somehow I've got the sinking feeling that my roots will be withering a lot in the next couple of years, as if they haven't been already... ouch. But hopefully... one of these days... I'll figure it out. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Lunch, Baby! Call me Mr. Lunch. But, no -- I cheated and used MS Bookshelf's Roget's. I get caught up in words sometimes. I am continually fascinated by the limitations of language, the way people mangle it, they way people make up words, etc. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Dear me... lunch... it's 22:30 over here, I'm debating with myself whether to stay up s'more or go back to the dorms and catch up on some sleep. (Or maybe gabbing, instead of sleep.) (...) Oh, certainly. It's very interesting. I'm wrestling (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Is this with rolled Rs or is there another sound made by many Rs placed together? -- Richard (Mr. Curious) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Steve Demlow
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) TV is background noise for building with (or sorting) Lego. Steve (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Timothy Jones
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Uh-huh, but what about people who need peace and quiet to CONCENTRATE on what they're building? :-) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Jude Beaudin
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Hey, it's your remote... Jude (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Rob Drechsel
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) But does it increase building potential, and where does music come into this? Rob (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Anthony Sava
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | I find I build best to the Ride of the Valkeries :) (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) LOL! Must be pretty small models though.... RotV isn't very long! I like a nice long Beethoven piano concerto myself! Kevin ---...--- I will be away from Aug 1st to Aug 7th. Payments received during that time will be processed on Aug 8th and (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Steve Demlow
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) It doesn't usually, unless maybe it's a train video or somesuch. :) Music is fine too (and may be more inspiring). The point is that TV is best relegated to a secondary role since there are more important things to be done than watching it as (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Heh he.. Completely agree..:-) Especially if it makes the NLSO busy..:-) Selçuk (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yup. People who put down other people for their interests are just trying to boost their own egos by putting down those of others. It just goes to show how limited their "Adult" scripts actually turn out to be. Its much better to follow the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Chris Fortier
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| | | | | | | | Right on everyone! I also usually find that the people who tend to put down people such as us fans of LEGO and other people who have hobbies have no real substance to their personality and or problems that, if untouched, could put them on Ricki (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: This is cool! —David Simmons
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| | | | | | I pass by a used toy consignment shop on my way to work three times a week. Often, when I stop in to see what they have (and say hello since they all know me as one of the local legohounds) I'll buy something and bring it to work. Usually, I'll dump (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: This is cool! —A. Mark Wilburn
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| | | | (...) If you change that to Adult Despisers of Lego Fans, you've got ADOLFS, a more accurate/descriptive acronym. (...) I've gotten that comment a lot too (oddly, from people who casually collect Lego). Friends who normal think lego is far to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Craig Hamilton
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| | | | | (...) mark, you're a genius! ROFLMAO!! they are an evil lot and have been dubbed! (...) i've heard people remark,"lego(s) sure have changed since i was a kid."? i always smile and say, "no, that's just it; they have'nt." (...) i think that's why my (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Steve Martin
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| | | | (...) Actually, I was thinking of Adult Haters Of Lego (AHOLs). Phonetically, I think it is rather descriptive, don't you? BEEP, BEEP, BEEP... Whoops! My LUGNET language warning sensor is going off. Better end this post! ;-) Steve Martin (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: This is cool! —A. Mark Wilburn
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| | | | (...) Alright, I concede... Steve's is much funnier (but thanks anyway, Craig!) Wait a minute... Steve MARTIN?... (no wonder he's funnier) Mark (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: This is cool! —Steve Martin
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| | | | (...) more (...) Actually, I'm not _THE_ Steve Martin, just _A_ Steve Martin. "Didn't you hear? We come in six-packs now." Shamelessly stealing from Douglas Adams, Steve (24 years ago, 26-Jul-00, to lugnet.castle)
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