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(...) Oh, come now. Read all my posts on Lugnet. Not just the ones in .debate or just this thread, ALL of them. Then come back and tell me I like to see how much trouble I can stir up. -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've flamed very few people on Lugnet. Maybe you just have a sore spot because you were one of them? (...) Well, we agree on something else. I find you too obnoxious for words too. Of all the people on Lugnet I ignore, Scott is the #1 on the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yay, great, a Believer!... (...) Hrm, uh, er, maybe not... (...) Yay, he Believes again!... (...) Nevermind, he's degenerated into calling me insane... NOTE: ;-) END NOTE. I'm politically incorrect, but progressive (I consider Political (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You have no idea just how high the scale goes, you should see some of the things people have showed me over the years. I was pretty impressed by the Palm OS BrikWars calculator, and then there was a guy who made a Java app that let you play (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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Well, whatever else they are, they look like they are quite old. I don't think that the molds for the 2 x 4 bricks have the injection points on the ends like that any more. I can remember when I was a kid, those points ( dots, really) annoyed me (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) [...] (...) Cool. (...) A good goal for LUGNET to have. What I'm trying to get to is this; I believe, based on what I've heard coming out of discussions with many different types of LEGO fans, there are (sometimes quite valid) perceptions (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) See movie-comics.com, in the archives.. one of the characters, IIRC, was a guy who just holds up signs with emoticons and internet abbreviations like LOL. Pretty funny (one of my fave bits of the comic actually) HTH! (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Did these all come from the same set? Or was it a bundle of different old sets? (...) While we would all love for Lego to make 100% perfect bricks, I don't think this ought to be seen as a serious breach of quality control. If they were all in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree. Let's all keep this in mind over the next few weeks as the setup/sign-up stuff on LUGNET is overhauled and keep our collective eyes out for points of confusion. (...) I'm not sure what you're trying to say. The core purpose of LUGNET (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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(...) Hey, don't discriminate on age! :) Though, some younger teenagers tend to go through mood swings in which they alternatively moan about how bad the world is and then suddenly respond to evey MOC posted in the past month or so. Also, some less (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Looks like a color change to me. The red and green pieces are tell-tail signs of color change for sure. The more clear stuff looks like a different resin altogether. You would get that from a barrel purge....it's common to use acrylic as a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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howD all, as a professional online community manager and developer, i also agree that the lego community needs to "get w/ the program" as it were. online communities are held together by sharing standards among multiple kinds of websites re: their (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)
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Wow... I am awestruck. We're funding his college, definetely. This child is one smart person. If only he would throwout POOPs too... :) ~Evan Butzlaff (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Both have their place, but I think the click hinges are definitely better for younger kids for two reasons: * click hinges are easier to manipulate for younger children due to their more limited strength and dexterity * although not able to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In a way, this is a bit scarey too because it illustrates how much power a parent has to shape the values of a child, whether consciously or unconsciously, whether for good or for ill! Imagine our outrage if the story was of young Max (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep, I've noticed (in fact, I think I was a catalyst, from some recent mails) ;-) Thanks for this! (...) I would much appreciate a feature to easily be able to post from multiple addresses! When I fanned out, and added a brickmedia.com and an (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) That's a really good point. We should make this a lot easier to find. (...) This would be ideal. All the sign-up and set-up stuff is sorely overdue for a rework. I'll be giving this some serious attention in May when I get back from San (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I tried that strange liquid you refer to as 'cheap light beer' once. Blech. Gimme an import - does that make me more geeky? -Tim (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Dare I point out that some people <gasp> post MOCs of Dr. Who and Star Wars models.... eeyaaah! I feel the sudden need to run out, grab a cheap light beer, and watch a football game while grunting at other "non-geeky" men. Maybe that will cure (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I just got a huge 5' by 9' green indoor/outdoor carpet for a Fantasy Rules! miniatures battle with Lego. Geek, geek, geek. Still, I could ratchet it up one more notch by using a game actually designed for Lego (which I keep meaning to do). (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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