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Re: Which set is the infamous Forest Wench in?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:07:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> writes:
> Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com> writes:
> > Thomas P. Rafert wrote:
> > > I might be wrong but I think this is the ladder in question.
> > > http://home.att.net/~partsref/images/4207.gif
> > > I think available in brown only in set 6071.
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> > It was also available in the siege tower set in brown.
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> If you had spent a little bit more effort writing your post, you could
> have looked up the set number, which makes the post more useful. "The
> siege tower set in brown" just isn't too informative for most people.
But it was correct, and it was better than nothing, yes? If Thomas went to
the search box and typed "siege tower set" he'd be right there. Sure, an
actual URL is more useful, but if I was looking for more information on some
element, I'd be grateful for *any* lead that turned out to be correct, even
a confusing one.
(Do you think Thomas is upset that he got a name instead of a a URL?? :-)
> I've done this for you this time, the set is 6061:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6061
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> But the next time you post: Please look up the set number yourself.
> [...]
Maybe he didn't have a web browser open and handy when he posted that. (He
did post it via NNTP and not via HTTP.) Or maybe he was in a hurry, flying
out the door, and wanted to reply with something rather than nothing as
quickly as possible...
Just playing devil's advocate.
--Todd
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Actually all I was trying to do was make sure the correct ladder was being talked about. :-) Larry had mentioned Pirate sets possibly so I looked quickly those up on Fibblesnork at work and didn't see that ladder, forgot to look at the Castle (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Todd - Any chance that you could put the Set Database search box up next to the News/Discussion search? That way, us HTTP posters/readers wouldn't need to open a new window everytime someone mentions a set but doesn't give a URL... Charles (25 years ago, 15-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) If you had spent a little bit more effort writing your post, you could have looked up the set number, which makes the post more useful. "The siege tower set in brown" just isn't too informative for most people. I've done this for you this (...) (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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