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(...) pretty widely understood all over the US. (...) In the US, they're always green. Blue is only used for indicating services available at a destination (food, gas, lodging, hospital, etc.). (Brown is used to mark recreational destinations.) (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) I just ran a search on google, and it gave me a new word which I think can be of universal understanding: Expressway! Here's the link: (URL) note that the background of the sign is usually blue, not green - AFAIK, green backgrounds are only (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) "Motorway" is a British term, but I think its meaning is pretty obvious. (...) In California at least, any public road is a highway, even a residential street. Legally, that is. Colloquially it is reserved for interurban roads. But they might (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think that most Americans would know immediately what "autobahn" means. But I can't speak for people anywhere else. In the US, the autobahns are infamous for their lack of a speed limit. That makes most American drivers very jealous. (Of (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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"Chris Dee" <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H26pME.93C@lugnet.com... (...) in (...) US (...) suspect. (...) Don't know about Danish, but in Swedish it's called "Motorväg", that's a straight translation of "Motorway". "Highway" (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I disagree, outside of Central Europe the word is not much known; the French alternative is more common in the ROTW. Besides, the French word is much more recogniseable for speakers of other languages. "Bahn" is not at all clear outside of the (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) My theory is that someone sometime thought the pattern looked like a tow truck lifting mechanism? (and missed the highway connotation, remember there were two entirely separate names). While we are considering a change, I'd actually like to (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Why "Tow"? What set it came in shouldn't have any impact on how you name it. I think "Hose Reel 2 x 4 x 2 Holder with Autoroute Pattern" seems quite appropriate. --Bill. (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) (URL)and (...) (URL)the same? They look like it, but they have dramatically different (...) Minifig Torso with Autoroute Pattern[2] (...) Hose Reel 2 x 4 x 2 Holder with tow logo pattern[3] (...) No idea why 4209p05, but it predates the Torso (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah, these are the same, and they should have the same pattern-name. How about "Autoroute Tow Logo Pattern"? (...) Right. I'm not clear why 4209p05 *is* p05, but it's not a big enough deal to do a renumber on it. (...) I dunno. Chris, what (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Hi Thomas, I think the patterns are the same, but the difference may perhaps be explained by the origin of each part: The first is from an early-eighties set, with the common blue background associated to the autoroute (highway, motorway, (...) (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Are the patterns on (URL) same? They look like it, but they have dramatically different names[1]: Minifig Torso with Autoroute Pattern[2] Hose Reel 2 x 4 x 2 Holder with tow logo pattern[3] The first suggests that it's a picture of a highway, while (...) (22 years ago, 8-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Please mind your language.... I'm not Santa! :-) Klaas (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Thanks for this information, Klaus! (...) Ooo. There's two different parts, right there. (...) OK, so the exact placement is not important. That's good to know, in general. Steve (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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No confusion needed, just sloppy work of the L.factory. I own about 25 of these plates, both the ones with full print on grey plate, and the ones with just Island print (yellow+green) on blue plate. Almost none of the plates are exactly identical, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Okay, great confusion here. . . When assembling the two larger (6265 and 6260) of my four Pirate sets, I was suprised to see that TLC had used the same pattern on two 16x16 baseplates, but placed it differently. One basplate has the pattern almost a (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.brictionary, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I have heard reliable reports of recently opened MISB sets from 1973 and 1976 without and with grooves, respectively. I think that narrows down the time frame for the addition of the groove (to nongrille tiles). It would be good to narrow it (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) That's it. Thanks! (...) What's this? -- TWS Garrison (URL) capital letters in address for direct reply. (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Thomas, There's a hint on the last page of the instructions you linked to. It shows another vechile: (URL) that the part you are looking for? I have that piece; the base is almost square, although the piece is hollow. The curved one in your original (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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Does anyone know where part 21: Windscreen 2 x 4 x 1 & 2/3 (URL) I thought it was the windscreen in set 480 (URL) that winscreen is clearly rounded outward far enough that it would not fit in the footprint of a 2x4 brick, while part 21 looks like it (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)
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