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(...) last (...) I don't think it counts until you have your first motor/engine and some track. :-) Besides, I swapped those useless train parts into a J-box along the way some time. :-( Chris (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Err, I thought you got your first train set back in June at Brickfest :-) FUT lugnet.fun (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Crossword 002
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(...) slang. (...) I think he's right they're probably not a problem. If it makes you feel any better about it I just worked a Sunday New York Times crossword in the last week (not their current puzzle, but #36 in the Sunday NYT Collection V.22) in (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Crossword 002
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Ah! Those are great ideas. thanks. It is commonly misspelled (I think), it got by three people. But heck, with such a grid you get two clues per square and the other one is easy. My x-word software has acronym help built in. I'll try that too. The (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Crossword 002
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(...) Bummer. I hope you saved it! I don't suppose the word is one where the misspelling is a common variant or common mistake? I once saw a puzzle where the clue was of the form "common misspelling of the word that means x", which means to me that (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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I agree. I would like to be producing these once per week. I took up quite a bit of time in building an American-style crossword as 003. Such a grid is much more difficult to fill. Then I wrote up all the clues for it (about 75). Just as I was (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Hi Suzanne! I love the crossword feature, though I think it's time for a new one. I was wondering: When we can expect to see puzzle #003? Especially since it is located in a prominent spot on the LUGNET site, posting a new puzzle about every (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Come on, be honest. Do you slip LEGO into the shopping cart?
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(...) LOL!!! Me be a brickaholic to. A Bad one. Once I get started I can't stop. The Life on Mars sets started a rash of purchases that ended up running into the $700 range this month so far.... (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Come on, be honest. Do you slip LEGO into the shopping cart?
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"Wayne McCaul" <wmccaul@horizonhouse.com> wrote in message news:G5vo2t.C48@lugnet.com... (...) better? (...) [ ... snipped ... ] There is a Winn-Dixie not to far from my house that has a very small LEGO selection. We get all of our film processed (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Come on, be honest. Do you slip LEGO into the shopping cart?
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Mmmmm... Perhaps this is why my addiction seems to be getting worse, not better? I think I should take 10 or 12 weeks to study this. Evil Wayne ___...___ "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) Er... You realize that LUGNET as a rehab center for brickaholism is rather like having your AA meetings at the beer tent during Oktoberfest, right? J (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Come on, be honest. Do you slip LEGO into the shopping cart?
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(...) Hi Wayne. (...) We all have this problem, they tell me that people like us are sick, but I simply believe that our mental disorder is one of passion and creativity. (...) We all have to go through the twelve-step program together. And Lugnet (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.general)
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Hi, my name is Evil Wayne, and I'm a brickaholic. Yes! I made my wife a promise last month that I wouldn't buy any Lego sets until after the new year. Guess what? I think I've manage to buy a small set or two EVERY WEEK! Oh, I have a problem all (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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I have a confession to make, and I was wondering how many of you do this also. I, being addicted to ABS LEGO have a habit of curbing my shopping to stores that sell my drug. I get everything I am *supposed* to get and then (if I have enough room to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Another Christmas Train: The Santa Express
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(...) Thanks for the feedback, Nathan. Prior to making the Santa Express I had been thinking about creating a Psychedelic Train which would have virtually no relation to reality and would go round and round inside a Fun House like set that would (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: Another Christmas Train: The Santa Express
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(...) John - Thanks for the compliments & feedback. I had thought about "bragging" in my original post that I am at least clued in enough to know that the proper train width is 8 studs wide. I picked up this tip from the GMLTC folks during (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Another Christmas Train: The Santa Express
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(...) Really great work, Greg. I'd have to say that's my favorite LEGO train I've ever seen =). I'm not a trainhead or anything but now I've got the urge to buy one and build theme trains like that. We need more silly trains, less excruciatingly (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: Another Christmas Train: The Santa Express
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(...) Nice work, Greg! I like a lot of the details-- lights, wreaths, etc. Though it seems, however, that you have already picked up the most valuable building tip you could get -- to build your train 8 wide!! {:^D As an aside, trains which run (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.trains)
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LOL!!! I loved the pics! I wanted to go up to legoland for the halloween celebration they were having, but alas, things do not always work out :( So I kinda did it through your pics, lol. I have some pics of my visits from legoland, will try to get (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.space)
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| | Another Christmas Train: The Santa Express
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Season's Greetings Fellow LEGO-Fans! I saw Adrian's post the other day about the Christmas Train that he had built and it inspired me to get mine finished. I finally finished it a few days ago and have it now set up under our table-top tree. Today I (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.fun.holiday, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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