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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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In lugnet.general, Elroy Davis wrote: <snip lotsa wonderful stuff> (...) Very nicely stated, Elroy! Dave K (12 years ago, 14-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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In all my years I had never seen an image of the entire LEGO owning Christiansen family. Well that changed, when a Dutch friend found an article from 1962 in a German QUICK magazine. The article mentions that Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (son of LEGO (...) (12 years ago, 13-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) [snipped lots of good stuff] (...) I'm just catching up on this conversation. I do find it interesting. Although I'm pretty sure I read about some of the cuts in support, I didn't really pay them any attention. Throughout my time as an AFOL, (...) (12 years ago, 12-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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LEGO Goes Digital To Keep Building Dec. 7, 2012 BILLUND, Denmark (Reuters) - Danish toy maker LEGO will move deeper into the digital world, with more computer games and tie-ups with popular movie franchises, as it battles to grow in a shrinking toy (...) (12 years ago, 12-Dec-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Dave. We are having a blast with it. (12 years ago, 9-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey you! Long time no talk! :) Are we allowed to talk about LB here? (not that many ppl read this forum anymore ;) ) My incentives for doing shows, ever since the first show, were to a) display my absolutely fabulous mocs (yeah, whatever...), (...) (12 years ago, 7-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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For the most part, I think you're spot on-- although I don't foresee a huge outcry from fans regarding a change in support for LUGs and events. The color change and 9v really affected everyone as customers, versus this which is (as I understand it) (...) (12 years ago, 6-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Michael A. Joosten wrote: <snip> (...) That's a good point--if TLC's outreach to the general populace hasn't changed (and at this point I'm not sure of the status of this point), such as ComiCon or whathaveyou, then this really is (...) (12 years ago, 6-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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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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(...) Is probably why I really never wanted to be ambassador. I mean, I love the ambassadors we have, and they do a fantastic job. I wouldn't be so good or fantastic, because I really have no filter most times. Anyway, get to BF2013 and we'll hang! (...) (12 years ago, 6-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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I'd like to add a couple thoughts that occurred to me which make me somewhat unsure where I fall on the spectrum of thought here, though I think I hie closer to where David is. Firstly, as an AFOL who has never lived anywhere near a convention, it's (...) (12 years ago, 6-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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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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I *never* visit Lugnet any more, but thought I'd pop in, and here you guys are! It's very interesting - over on the SeaLUG email list, we've been having a big discussion about all these changes, and the nature of LEGO fan-dom, fan cons, and whatnot. (...) (12 years ago, 6-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You old timer!! Dave K (12 years ago, 5-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Love the gungan ship! I'll be watching as the days unfolds! Nicely done! Dave K (12 years ago, 5-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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