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This one isn't 'fun' in the 'fun' sense, more the 'off-beat' sense. :) When we moved into our new house, we noticed that the clothes dryer didn't work very well. We figured the exhaust pipe was full of lint. We were right. In this house, the exhaust (...) (24 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun) !
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| | Re: Do you believe in the Hand?
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(...) Well I don't believe in the hand (it's just too preposterous) but my minifigs sure do. And they're all very frightened of being dropped from great heights or being eaten by very large creatures such as "dogs" and "cats." But they say the hand (...) (24 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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In pondering the nature of the universe, it has occurred to me to wonder how we got here...what does it all mean? Are these bricks all there are? Where did they come from? Some figs say they come from a factory in fabled place called "Enfied." (...) (24 years ago, 4-Aug-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) lit. (...) I wonder how close the green will actually end up being to weathered copper? If we have to give it a name now, perhaps calling the new LEGO colour "Liberty Green" after the first set it will appear in would be best. -- David (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) The patina is the greenish-bluish-cyanish film that forms; verdigris is the color. (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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Ah, yes. It took me a second or two, but that other stuff is called ambergris: Thanks to Merriam-Webster Online (URL) Entry: am·ber·gris Pronunciation: 'am-b&r-"gris, -"grE(s) Function: noun Etymology: Middle English ambregris, from Middle French (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) lit. (...) I would have called it a "copper Patenia" colour (not sure on the spelling)...but that is what I was brought up with the copper roofs being called. James (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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It's not the greatest set, but, 4556 the train station has 233 pieces, many of which contribute incrementally to the vertical growth of the building. It's two stories high with a flag on top (could be the final piece.) It also has 30 red 2x2 round (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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Wow, I didn't know that verdigris was the word for it. I thought verdigris was the pearly grey stuff that came out of whales. See Moby Dick, where Herman Melville writes pages about it and what people will do to get it and what it feels like and (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Major revision/expansion of my wantlist page
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(...) Wow! I sure appreciated all the goodies he threw into the box when I got my Shell sets, especially the copy of The Gate of the Present. I suspect LEGO is going to end up giving me the excuse to take a trip to europe. I haven't been since 1972 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.fun)
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