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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Mark Lindsey
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| | | | | Todd, You and Suz should really rethink your stance. Go and read the Fairness Statement and take a little time to think it over. Then I would suggest an apology to Huw and a repost of the infamous posting. As for Huw, I like him now more than ever, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —John VanZwieten
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| | | | | Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FMHsL2.FJw@lugnet.com... (...) If it makes any difference, I don't think your reputation is at all "sullied." Rather, I think you handled a difficult situation rather gracefully. Even (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Rose Regner
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| | | | | | John VanZwieten wrote in message ... (...) I will second that....... Eric (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Craig Hamilton
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| | | | | | (...) i will move to vote that Huw is one cool dude. later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Laura Gjovaag
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| | | | | | (...) At the risk of turning lugnet general into a Huw love-fest, I will agree. Huw is a great person on-line, and I think he acted appropriately and with great dignity throughout this episode. Three cheers! -Laura Gjovaag (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Richard Parsons
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| | | | | | Laura Gjovaag wrote (...) The love-fest thing is a worry, but when people whip up a hurricane of serious-minded doubt and high-minded concern, the rest of us do need to poke our heads up and say 'bollocks'. So, ah, bollocks to them, and good work (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Eric Brouwer
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| | | | | Not that it matters to you, but my opinion of you is undiminished in the least bit by the whole mess. As far as I'm concerned, your reputation is intact. I never understood the line of reasoning that you were endangering our "relationship" between (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) <snipped well-written message> Huw, I don't think there is anyone who thinks less of you over this whole thing. I certainly don't. While I have come to agree with Todd about the potential of damage, I, like you hadn't even *considered* the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Suzanne D. Rich
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| | | | | To Huw, I meant you no harm and think no ill of you. my apologies. To Everyone, I want no leaks posted to LUGNET. If there is any chance your data may be a leak, obtain clearance from appropriate parties at the LEGO Company. If it's fine with them, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Huw Millington
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| | | | | | | Suzanne D. Rich <suz@media.mit.edu> wrote in message news:FMHxHr.1p1@lugnet.com... (...) Apology accepted. Thanks. Huw (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | (...) Can you provide names and phone #s for contacts? TLC seems to make it hard to contact them (except for Brad's post today). -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Suzanne D. Rich
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| | | | | | | | (...) If I had such info, I'd be happy to pass it along to you. But unfortunately, I don't. I wish I could be of more help. Personally, if I had a question about say, a price list or maybe the propper wording of a disclaimer, I'd call CT and tell (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) with (...) So, just to be clear, LUGNET is no longer a place we should post: - Price lists gleaned from Toys R Us computers? - Pointers to websites that have images of sets before their release (ie, TheForce.net, TheOuterRim.com, etc)? Both of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | (...) Oh, I'm sorry, with this topic, for a while I thought I was in RTL.....(heh-heh). Not me, I'm gonna stay in LUGNET. The discussions in RTL can get so heated, so vulgar, so......."lower middle class" :-) I find LUGNET more civil. Not the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) Those would probably be the property of Toys R Us, so you'd have to ask them to know for sure whether it's OK. If posting the lists doesn't infringe on any of Toys R Us's privacy rights, then I wouldn't think it would be a problem. (Note: I've (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Richard Franks
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| | | | | (...) I never thought of that! I wonder if we can ask them indirectly through LEGO Direct? Question is - if they do mind, what can be done about it? I guess if they sychronised their releases it wouldn't be an issue :) (...) Yeah, that is worrying (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Frank Filz
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| | | | | First off, Huw, I don't think anyone thinks any less of you, certainly not me. I am wondering if in a way, Huw caused a positive response from TLC. The timing of the LEGO Direct announcement is sort of interesting. It almost seems a reasonable time (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Rachel Kingston
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| | | | | | (...) I have to add my voice to everyone else's here, and agree with the comments about Huw, in his shoes, I would've put them up also, when he got jumped on he couldnt've acted in a more responsible manner. Now, to the comment Frank made about Todd (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | (...) Huw rocks! So do Todd, Suzanne, and Kevin! No one is hurt or sullied -- just a small squabble -- we'll all get over it soon enough. Y'all are some of the stars in the Lego fan firmament... I know how Huw loves Lego literature, so what he did (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | First, I think Huw is aces. As do we all, no doubt. (...) I'll go with "direct" :-) Quoting from Suzanne's membership listing: (URL) which best describe me: blunt, driven, creative." :-) (1) Frosty is a bit over the top for me, but then I've known (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | Keep up the good work Huw. Personally, I appreciate all the work you do for me, as a AFOL, in maintaining and updating your site. When I want the official line on Lego line I'll go to www.lego.com, at all other times I'll rely on my fellow AFOL's (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | (...) Huw, You still have our utmost respect. We all do things that in retrospect, maybe we would have done differently. Todd and Suzanne, If anyone is upset with you, then Oh Well, you're not going to please everyone. You have done a wonderful job (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FMHsL2.FJw@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> I'm with the idea that you describe well in your (snipped) posting. You've done well, both by posting them, and making them down...:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Cats and pigeons... —Mark Koesel
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| | | | [liberal snippage] "Huw Millington" <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:FMHsL2.FJw@lugnet.com... (...) sets (...) by (...) Hi Huw, Hey, just so there's no hard feelings, let me just say that I find you to be a valuable part of the AFOL (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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