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Re: The way we were: January, 1994
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 27 May 2003 10:39:16 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Adrian Egli writes:
> In lugnet.general, Thomas Main writes:
> > I just read through the first month of postings to rec.toys.lego (January 1994)
> > and was amused and impressed by some of the things I read. There were many
> > "firsts" of discussions that seem to be ongoing up to the present. I thought
> > it might be entertaining and/or helpful to reminisce about some of the topics
> > discussed then. I would love it if someone with a greater ability to process
> > trends and a good editorial eye would take on the task of beginning to write
> > down the history of the online Lego community (more on this after the topic
> > list).
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> That would make for some nice history of the online LEGO world.
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> One question- where did you find posts so old? We're talking nine years plus
> there! It would be a real kick to get a look at this very early stuff.
Probably Google. Here's an interesting page, regarding old usenet messages:
http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html
You can search all the way back to May 12, 1981. (The entire collection, not
rtl)
http://www.google.ca/advanced_group_search?hl=en
> > Anyway...just thought this topic list from r.t.l might be entertaining.
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> It's funny how one looks back at all this and is left thinking how far the
> online LEGO world we are in today has come. For me, being able to read
> those posts would be sort of looking through a photo album (the kind w/
> sticky sheets that warped/discolored your prints).
What's fun (if you have made Usenet postings in the past) is to Google your
own name and see some of your old messages. Here's one of my earliest rtl
postings, a follow-up to a message by Gary Istok, in a thread about
reissuing old sets.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B381226B4
Have fun!
Allan B.
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| (...) That would make for some nice history of the online LEGO world. One question- where did you find posts so old? We're talking nine years plus there! It would be a real kick to get a look at this very early stuff. (...) It's funny how one looks (...) (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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