 | | Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | Hey Y'all: I have created a printer friendly, html version of my proposed construction toy grading standards and it is now live online at: (URL) hope that it will prove useful in providing an easier method of appraising and communicating the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.appraisal, lugnet.announce) !
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| | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Scott Arthur
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| | | | | (...) A great effort Richard, but I'm still no clearer on the difference between MISB! and MISB!!!!? :) A general point, I think the scoring from 1-100 is a little ambitious. What is the deference between a 56 box and a 57? I think 0-10 would be (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —David Arnon
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| | | | | What about cigarette smoke? How does it effect the score? - David (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) c /effect/affect/ or c /How does it effect/What effect does it have on/ GRIN But anyway, great question. I think it should have a strong negative effect, or that is, it should affect the score negatively. GRIN again. I don't know if it should (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | (...) Well, with all of that in mind and because it is an obviously good point, I added a "Notes" section to my sample item description and a special note following the section on the relationship between tobacco smoke defects and resale value. I (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) c /could/couldn't/ or c /could care less/could care less, but not much,/ 8?) ROSCO FUT: wherever... (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | Ross: I just want you to know that Maggie, Larry, and yourself are all going to end up in hell. Grammar is of no consequence -- meaning is what matters. =oP -- Hop-Frog (wondering how this lugnut version of "No Exit" turns out) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | | | (...) 'Long as they've got a good supply of Vegemite, and heat-resistant technic beams, I'll be happy... ROSCO (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I am 0K with that as long as I get to take my toys. Satan no doubt will put me in charge of torturing dour Scotsmen who ask too many questions or some similarly small group, and one of them will no doubt be in charge of torturing *me*. (no one (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I see both Rosco and Larry were able to reply without calling you on your improper use of a reflexive pronoun! But you knew I wouldn't be able to leave it alone, didn't you? Maggie (admittedly a bit tougher on anyone with a degree in English (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —John Radtke
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| | | | | | | | (...) ...and sucks syntax! John #388 (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) ?? Communication wasn't did. What are you trying to say? (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —John Radtke
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| | | | | | | | (...) Syntax sucks (only written using improper syntax... ;) John #388 (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Trust me, if I ever say "could care less" there's an IMPLIED "but not much less" tacked on there.... (I am reminded, completely non apropos, of "Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put." Can you name the (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —John Neal
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| | | | | | | (...) Either Churchill or Groucho. -John (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | (...) 8?) (...) It's rumoured that it was an English, cigar-smoking prime minister, however it was actually Sir Ernest Gowers in "Plain words" (1948), who started the anecdote with "It is said that Churchill...". So the correct answer's not all that (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Julie Krenz
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| | | | | | (...) Yoda? (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Short? Check. Elderly? Check. Balding? Check. Ears that stick out? Check. Not the snappiest dresser? Check. Sometimes unintelligible to Americans? Check. But no. Yoda wasn't a cigar smoker. (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live AND on Lugnet! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | Hey Y'all: I understand that my proposed Construction Toy Grading Standards may become the de facto standard recommended to shop owners at Brickbay. To honor this small, yet auspicious, nod from Dan J. the standards can now be found in two places! A (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.appraisal, lugnet.announce)
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| | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live AND on Lugnet! — Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) FTX Tech Support here... :) ya, you can center text in table cells...some examples and documentation: (URL) if you don't really want tables and you just want to indent your items like you do here so nicely: (URL) you could actually just (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.market.appraisal, lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live AND on Lugnet! —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) <snip> (...) Sorry to latch on here, but I'll confess I'm wondering what the odds are of FTX supporting "center on page". No biggie if it's not easy, but it's a function I'd like to see. (not to mention nesting tables, but I'll just assume (...) (23 years ago, 6-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live AND on Lugnet! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | Todd: Here are my problems/requests for FTX: 1. Center and Bold. I'd like to be able to center while simultaneously doing the "underlined" bold face -- and this doesn't seem to be possible with the current FTX table commands (I have tried several (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish)
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| | | | | | Re: Construction Toy Grading Standards Now Live AND on Lugnet! — Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) Richard, I'm not sure what you mean by "underlined boldface." (I think I know what you mean by "bracketed boldface.") If you want bolded underlined text, you can write either [_this is underlined and bold_] or _[this is also underlined and (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.publish)
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