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| | | (...) Actually, that's a good way of looking at it. LUGs are successful. All the LUGs I know are doing their thing and (most of) they are having an awesome time doing so! So there's that. (...) Same! (...) I still can't think of any better SINGLE (...) (12 years ago, 28-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | (...) Hi Dave, I agree on your thoughts.... Only some weeks ago I have been reminded, that becoming a LUGNET member ment paying a (small) lifetime membership fee (really had fogotten that fact completely). This has been definitely one reason why we (...) (12 years ago, 29-Nov-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Hey you kids!!!! GET OFFA MY LAWN! (ok, only kidding) (12 years ago, 5-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) You old timer!! Dave K (12 years ago, 5-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —David Koudys
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| | | | In lugnet.general, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote: <snip> (...) What? strong characters here on LUGNET?? :) I think if we post more, others will post more... I don't think it'll ever reach what it was. but I also think this is still the best place for (...) (12 years ago, 5-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Willy Tschager
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| | | | (...) Well, for that LDraw.org has always been a niche - even here at LUGNET. Eventually we had to leave last year to get some fresh blood. The barrier to get posting privileges here had become so increasingly hight that ultimately there remained (...) (12 years ago, 5-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —David Koudys
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| | | | (...) On that I agree. If I were to make a polite suggestion for LUGNET, it would be to get the user activation/posting thing resolved. I mean, for us old-timers, this is nothing. However, for all the new 'script/php kiddies', LUGNET is terribly (...) (12 years ago, 6-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | (...) Same for me, Dave. And it might end terribly, in case that I ever have to get a new PC. I am permanently logged in and this System is now 5 years old again. On none of my other machines I have full Lugnet access. If I ever suffered a HD-crash, (...) (12 years ago, 15-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Free Lugnet Now! (was: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | (...) That's not a terrible idea. Open up the database area to input from all members. Although I have some concerns that the existing input methods may not be terribly user-friendly. Steve (12 years ago, 17-Dec-12, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) The good bit, at least for me, is I remember my LUGNET member ID and my password, so there's that. If I forgot one of those two things (and that's not beyond the point of happening), then I'm SOL So yeah, this 'happiest place on teh internet' (...) (12 years ago, 17-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Totally Agree!!!! Like Ben, I am in fear of what will happen when I switch computers next, and it's coming soon. I know my password but just getting set up scares me. (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | (...) I recently got a new computer. All I had to do was click the login key, put in my credentials, and click the "now never forget about it" option. Easy peasy. But I happen to remember my password... Steve (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) I will never forget mine, actually. But I still am fearful of getting set up to post (without confirmation) correctly (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) I think many of us are not going to be happy when migrating to a new system :( (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Chris Gray
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| | | | | | (...) I for one am glad this conversation came up - I want to get a new system just after Christmas (I want one of the quiet ones). After a lot of searching I hadn't found my PW before lunch. But, I did just now. Whew! Thinking about it now, I (...) (12 years ago, 19-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) If you use Firefox and it autosaves your LUGNet PW for you (as mine does) you can see it in your list of saved passwords. Use FEBE or something similar to back up your personal FF data and restore on the new system and all your saved PWs will (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Cale Leiphart
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| | | | | | (...) So in conclusion with a tragically flawed system not allowing new prospective members to join and all the older members eventually forgetting their passwords and not being able to reset them it seems LUGNET is destined to whither away and die. (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —David Koudys
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| | | | | | | (...) Yep. Many points for improvement (admins are presumably working on it), but I know of no direct replacement out there. I've been to most of the major LEGO discussion groups out there and none of them have the same functionality/versatility and (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Anders Isaksson
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| | | | | | | | (...) Neither do I, but for example the discussion groups at Embarcadero (current owners of the former Borland Delphi programming tool) are AFAIK using a standard product, and are usable both on the web and via nntp. (URL) which means I see all the (...) (12 years ago, 21-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) "Wither" I think? Whither LUGNet??? Oh, it withered. But ya, it's been a very long time... we were all younger then. (12 years ago, 22-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) Withered, but not dead yet! (not if we have anything to say about it!!) I'm feeling better--think i'll go for a walk!! (...) Whither--every time I see that word it reminds me of one thing--the final chapter of 'Making of Star Trek'--published (...) (12 years ago, 28-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: The LEGO Company and the North American AFOL —Jacob Sparre Andersen
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| | | | (...) Sounds like you haven't managed to change your password to something you can't remember. I still have posting rights, but I can't access my profile until one of the admins finds time to give me a new/temporary password. I wait with hope for (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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