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(...) Pure sodium (the metal) will explode (= react violantly) with water. However, the sodium that is in the oceans is not the metal, but the ion - positively charged. It is usualy accompanied by a chlorine ion (negative). Just like salt that you (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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SNIP (...) Please explain this to me.....sodium will explode when it gets wet? If this is true than wouldn't the oceans blow up? Just curious.... Jen (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) (through tear-stained pillows) SOB SOB OH WHYYYY...WHYYYY... (/nancykerrigan) I actually had a nice chat with Jake at the Brickish Association meeting last month. I've made my peace with the change, and have been duly doubling my collection of (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. I am glad to know I wasn't the only one. ;) (...) Well, I think you might have misunderstood me here. I _don't_ think people should be ranting about this all over Lugnet, and especially not in .general. However, people shouldn't be (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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You know, I don't mind limiting the debate of this to .color. I think compartmentalism is great. (Like, I love to look at, run and sometimes build lego trains, but I honestly get lost when the train guys start talking.) But why pick on the color (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I guess I was making an assumption about what you meant. When you said, "Jake may not be a 'winner' in this case, but you get the point," I thought it meant that you were implying he was a loser. (...) I'm actually halfway astounded that 99.9% (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Words of wisdom. Although I don't think that it is such a good thing to limit the subject to a newsgroup (lugnet.color) because it is the MAIN subject for many and it is an important enough topic to be in general, although I get the point that (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Hey, Tim, I'm defending my opinion here in a polite way. I don't deserve this answer from you. (...) My bad. Terry (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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Are these being produced in the new light blueish-gray? If not, was the packaging ever changed so that the difference is obvious, or will I have to bring a light grey Lego peice to stores to see? -- Markham Carroll (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Usually they start by grading them according to the actual plastic compound, like acryllic (I believe that's what the old "thief-smasher" phones of the 70's were made from) or vinyl (used as a surface layer on many dashboards). After that (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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