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Todd and I are happy to announce our plans to wed this Spring. On Saturday, April 28th, 2001 in Carlsbad, California, we'll have an informal evening ceremony followed by festivities. Expect peppy music and dancing, fun food, bubbling beverages, and (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.events, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.people) !!
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What ever happened to the idea for Minifig-look alikes to attend for people who couldn't make it?? Because I would love to attend but school, time, money, etc... don't allow it. Rick (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I'd love to come, but I don't think I can afford to go the weekend before finals start...and flight from Cleveland to San Diego aren't cheap. --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Yes, we have plans for mini-guests. :-) more info later. -Suz (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) news:G8x6An.565@lugnet.com... (...) an (...) Just called and left a message for my travel agent - I definitely want to come but no guarantees due to airfare prices and other expenses. I hope I can!! -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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Susan, I live in San Diego. I would like to attend. I am also available for any assistance you may require. Clark (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Okay! Here's a simple form for submitting an invitation request: (URL) a bit more info about our event: (URL) can send questions/comments to me directly at: bride@baseplate.com -Suz (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I'll still be in England...wishing you the best from afar, and waiting for all the wonderful photos! It'll surely be a date to remember for *many* reasons. Hey, is there any way to get an invite as a memento, even if we can't come? Like the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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I'd most certainly be there but classes wont allow it. I would like to attend in minifig form. How would this work out? Send you a minifig, send instructions on how to make me as a minifig, or send in an .dat file? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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Congrats, you two. I look forward to seeing the event in person in California. eric (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Where/when would we send them? Seriously! :) BTW, I visited a site where by typing :) it is automatically converted into a small smiley face. Could you do that for Lugnet? (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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Actually, it's only $215. That's actually very good, I'll probably have to drive to Birmingham, Alabama then fly out to LAX to get a good deal. Just some perspective on the $215 being a good deal, my company paid $700 for me to fly from Atlanta to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Congratulations! I'll be there! I live in LA which is only 1 1/2 hours away. Sounds terrific! All my best, Dan Jassim (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Hmm, Atlanta to Raleigh is more like 7hrs... $215 bought me 1.8 BSBs (well, actually 213, I got one from Germany for $160 including shipping, and most of one from a used toy store for $50 plus tax...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Yah, but your company's budget is way bigger than mine. $215 does not include lodging, meals, admission prices, etc. I'm a "starving student"[1], after all. --Bram 1) Well, actually that's because the food's so bad, not because I don't have (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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Hello my name is Andrew Hull. I am glad to hear that you two are getting married. Although i have been using Lugnet for some while, I don't post many messages and quite frankly, i don't know the whole story behind you two (Todd and Suzan). What i'm (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Neat! Having the reception at Legoland? :-) Congratulations. If you'd had it closer to home (East Coast) I'd have really tried to make it. It would have been a pleasure meeting you after all these years. Best wishes to a "constructive" future (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) First of all, i'd like to say congratulations on your marriage (even though it hasn't happened yet). a wedding at legoland for you two couldn't be any more fitting. I'm gonna try and make arrangements to attend. it would be fun meeting (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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This is great news-- congratulations, T & S:-) As many have noted, it won't be cheap to attend, but hey, you only live once people!!! If there ever was an AFOL get together to attend anytime anywhere, it would be this! Don't regret saving a few (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:3A935854.332065...est.net... (...) it (...) attend, (...) Word up. I'm not 100% confirmed yet, but I am 99% coming at this point. I totally agree, just waiting on one or two things. (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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Congrats and all that to T & S. It would be neat to send a mini-figure, as someone else suggested, in response to an invitation if you can't make it. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Thanks everyone, for your good wishes. I'm setting up a discount code with American Airlines. I need to select a destination airport. Should I assume most people would fly into LAX or San Diego? There's about a 50-mile driving difference, yet (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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CONGRATULATIONS you two! What a wonderful idea. I don't think I can hop down to San Diego that weekend, but it is might tempting! BEST WISHES! Janice (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I'm hoping we can send MF representatives...I'm also hoping someone sends a MF scale church too! :) That'd be neat, all the MF representatives, and representatives of you two (Todd and Suz) in Lego :) My MF will have some costomization done to (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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How about MF rep details? Or did I miss the info? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I strongly suggest San Diego. LAX is at least an hour extra drive, assuming the freeways have no traffic. (ha!) I'd say that San Diego and John Wayne (Orange County) are the only reasonable airports for people visiting Carlsbad, and of the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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I am very pleased that you are both taking this step and it would be my sincere honor to attend. I will certainly be there with my family to wish you well. Question: Should we throw 1x1 white bricks or just rice :) ? Best wishes! Aaron (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Brandeis or Bentley? I went to Brandeis. Small world. eric (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Yah well I went to Bentley so there :-p (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Gah. You've mentioned this before, I've tried to not let it affect my opinion of you. :D eric (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) San Diego, please. Or John Wayne. The drive to and from LAX is icky compared to the drive from San Diego. IMHO. But if fares are a LOT lower like 100 or so, then LAX. Not that I care, I'll be using miles probably. (...) Do you WANT a mailing (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Or lugnet.events.... I agree, discussion here is probably best. (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) When we flew down to Legoland last year, we went via LAX, and caught a little commuter flight out to Carlsbad airport, which (excepting a short taxi ride to the hotel), completely eliminates the need for a vehicle while there. Can't recall the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Great! (...) Unfortunately, I was informed by LL that the throwing of any such thing is against their policy. (...) thanks. -Suz (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I'm cool with it here. In fact, I recommend that people bring their questions and/or comments here. More group discussion will make me a better planner. (But this means I'll have to watch what I say about dealing with TLC!) ;-) If someone (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) On that general idea, is anyone a doctor in their spare time, or perhaps familiar with Dieabetes? Because if i were to attend, I would hopefully (or probably) be coming alone. And I do have diabetes, so you know, that would make my mother (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) One thing which would be real nifty is if someone could set up a room-mate and ride sharing finder web application. I know I for one would like to be able to share a room and ride or taxi to reduce costs. On the ride aspect, I will be happy to (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) exactly! that's the sort of thing that would make a real difference. I wish I had time to set up such a webpage, but I don't. A good offer like yours, Frank, is the kind of thing that could make a difference between someone attending or not. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) LAX is not the way to go, for 2 reasons - it is the most expensive, and the drive will kill you. Driving from LAX to legoland will be a pain in the rear. And it is at least a 2+ hour drive with no traffic (like that ever happens). San Diego (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Which is why I of course worded my suggestion the way I did... While I have yet to be intimately involved with the wedding planning process, I've heard about it enough to know that everything someone else just takes care of is one less worry (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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How's the stuff coming along for minifig guests? I cant attend, but can do a minifig. Do we send one? Send instructions on how to do a minifig (whomever), like a .dat file? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Well, this is a wedding, not an event. (...) Here or .legoland.california or .loc.us.sd -- lots of options. --Todd (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Hmm, don't forget you've got FTX at your resources, no need to bother with pesky HTML, right? (...) <nod> Good luck with everything! I wish I could come; but since I can't, I'd like to at least send a minifig. Could someone who *is* planning (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Brandeis (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Many people are asking me about this now. I'll post my thoughts about sending minifigs shortly. till then, please hang on. thanks -Suz (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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Thanks Suzanne. Congrats again. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:G9Aqxv.90I@lugnet.com... (...) people (...) sending (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) My plans are still partially in flux, but the odds are very good that I will be attending; most of the flux is from whether or not my wife (and baby) will be coming down as well. If they do, then we'll make our own way around, but if not (as (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Out of curiosity, has anyone got suggestions on a hotel, or has a discount program been set up? If you can get a block of rooms then usually you can get some good discounts (as well as some special stuff like the hotel van running you back and (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Block of rooms? How about a room of blocks? Actually that is a good point. I would like to get all the reservations done soon but I don't know the complete schedule yet. If it's possible to give us more details (timing, locations etc.) that (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Exactly, however I'm assuming that most people will arrive no later than Friday night and leave no earlier than Sunday morning. (I'm assuming that most of us will spend most of the day at Legoland on Saturday then attend the wedding that (...) (24 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Yes I normally hate asking for help, but I think this time's different. Your and your wife's offer is irresistible. I've been planning all this alone and lack the kind of experience you described. I had hoped LL would have some pull with a (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) How would people feel about my posting the invitation list thus far? Do people want to see it? Would it bother any people who are on it? -Suz (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Well congradulations guys.... I hope the wedding goes well. That is great that you guys are getting married in the home city of Legoland....are you guys getting married in the park or outside it? Personally, I am not going to ask for an invite (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) :-) You guessed two 2/3 of our fav choices for honeymoon. The other was Billund. Number one was to wander home in an RV touring and visiting people along the way. Parking at camp grounds and "roughing it" for 6 weeks or so. Bringing laptop (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) [...] (...) I'm sorry for the wait on this info. I just got confirmation from LL Fri night. Here's what we have for now. Only a future big increase in guests beyond my estimate could move the dinner to a larger space, but I doubt that'll (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I would not object to posting the list, and I would actually be interested in it being posted. -Tim (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I wouldn't mind seeing it, and it certainly wouldn't bother me to have it posted. I suspect it would be highly useful to anyone looking into next-day get-togethers, too. James (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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Wheres the info on minifig guests? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Hi, My fiancee Deanna is following this thread over my shoulder, and she says to check out (URL) . It's for setting up things like airline codes and hotel blocks. We tried it in addition to making two other hotel block reservations. Not sure (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Sounds very great...and relaxing....not to metion Warm. I spent a month in California this December on a work-related assignment in the mojave desert, and found it a lot more pleasant than even here in Tennessee/Kentucky. I'm sure you'll enjoy (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Me too... (24 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G9owJ0.4D1@lugnet.com... (...) That's my parents' anniversary, they got married in 79. :-) -Tim (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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I just received some personal news which prevents me from attending the wedding after all:-( I am truly sorry that I won't be a part of all of the festivities-- I envy those of you who will! All the best to you, Todd and Suzanne (champagne dreams (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) In case anyone missed it, here: (URL) Roller (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) We did this, but at a much quicker pace. My wife and I got married at her mom's house in PA, in 1997. We drove out from our home in CA in one week; spent a week there; and spent two weeks coming home. Pictures and narrative at (URL) (there's (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Since there were no objections, could you post the invitation list? Or at least let us know priavatly so we can make travel arrangements. KL (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Does it matter who is going to be there? Just wondering... ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I think is point is to post the list, so you can confirm that you're on it. Anyways, I would like to see the list anyways, but I have bought my ticket already. -Tim (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I'll be e-mailing all those invited with more info this weekend. I'm waiting on one piece of data. -Suz (24 years ago, 24-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I don't know if I am too late to mention this, but I and another person would like to attend. Where is the sign-up/invitation page? Are you two registered somewhere? And is there an official list of the other persons attending? -- Hop-Frog (24 years ago, 26-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I just added you to our invite list. The sign-up is currently here: (URL) not for much longer. (...) yes. (...) I have a list of people invited, which hasn't been posted. But I haven't yet begun a list of those attending. -Suz (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Suz, I am interested to know where you have registered for Wedding gifts. If you could post here on LUGNET, that would be good. Or would you rather get Buckets, Tubs, Alpha Team and LoM? :o) Just wondering, Aaron (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Knowing where you are registered will definitely help in the "gather loot" department! Or if you would rather get neat LEGO stuff that is good to know too. (as well as what you think is *not* neat!...) Personally, I was leaning toward a MOC (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Talk to Todd. (...) It's bad. :-) I smile because our living room was recently refered to as "that really big foyer" because we can't actually use it. -Suz (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I asked Suz this question off-line quite a while ago, and I do know that they *don't* want Lego for wedding gifts. I believe they are registered, and I think that information was going to be added to a page that Suz was putting together with (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Back a bunch of years ago a caving friend of mine got married. They didn't register or anything, but my mom convinced me I should get them a nice gift like a crystal bowl or something, so I got them a crystal bowl (and then almost had to open (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) If you would like to know where Todd and Suzanne are registered, drop me an email. Be sure to remove the spamblock! eric (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Is there an address for gifts or just send them to MA? (24 years ago, 6-Apr-01, to lugnet.people)
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