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| Has anyone heard the phrase, "hung like a Lego man" before? Makes ya wonder... (URL) Have fun! John AUCTION Page (More soon!) (URL) Page (URL) & IG88888888 on AOL (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) It could be called "Studs-n-Sockets, looking for that perfect match" ;-) Discussion group name candidates could include, lugnet.lounge lugnet.market.couples lugnet.market.meat [f-ups set to .admin.general] -Tom McD. (who's trying to get better (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| I just have to ask, why were you cruising the Personals, eh John? And as for cruising the male personals, were you "sizing up" the competition or does your bread butter on a different side than I thought? (not that there's anything wrong with that (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Gravitic drive. The cat can't possibly ever touch the floor. I think Asimov invented this particular drive, and it's been used in felining-saucers ever since. (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Hmmm. Interesting site. I just tried getting a couple of statistics from it. Northern England. F seeking M: 5 matches (and the closest is 50 miles away) M seeking F: 33 matches. *sigh* I'm obviously in the wrong occupation, doing anything with (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Well, it's bad if you drop it on a carpet and Murphey takes notice... Which reminds me -- if a cat always lands on its paws, and buttered bread always lands butter-side down, what happens if you drop a buttered cat? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <37C495EC.EF33C349@v...er.net>... (...) Don't be ridiculous! I was looking for Lego, not for a man! You'd be surprised, though, of the 25 or so Lego hits at Classifieds2000, 5 or more were of a "personal" nature. I (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Heh-heh (Larry, you are sooooooo wicked). When I was interviewed by the Canadian Broadcast Corp. reporters back in 1987 (for a TV news show on 25 years of LEGO in Canada), I used the term "coming out of the LEGO closet". After all isn't LEGO an (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I like the name, but... If anyone else calls her a socket, Barbara'll rip their lungs out. I dunno if we have a sufficiently large population of sexually desparate people here. Then again, we are mostly engineers of one kind or another. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) section. (...) LOL I can well imagine! And if any other female calls you a stud, conceivably she could do the same thing! :-) (...) However, many engineers are. They just too busy to notice ;-) (...) Make the most of what you've got. Just (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Surprisingly, it was significantly jucier than his other Foundation books. Saltier, too, but no real change in flavor for 800 pages... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Really? I thought it left a kinda bitter taste afterwords. Anyways, I'm waiting for the next Wheel of Spam book - "The Spamcake Reborn". Its supposed to be great! Jeff (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Hopefully as good as Milne's last Pooh book: "Winnie The Pooh Eating Spam And Awaiting Pepto". I *love* what they did to Piglet! Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Foundation (...) supposed (...) I hear that Stephen King has come out with a new book: "The Spammed". It's about a worldwide plague that kills 99% of the population, caused by poisoned Spam. It's riveting! Adrian -- (URL) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Oh please no. Not another stupid techo-phobe thriller, I hope. (...) Oh, well, that's a relief! :-, ...But isn't "poisoned Spam" a little redundant, kind of? (...) More so than rivets. ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Well, if you consider the technology used to create Spam, it could be a techno-phobe thriller... (...) poisoned (...) No, a map that shows elevations is a relief. (...) Sure, read the drawn out psycho-boredom of the book, and you're ready to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Simple the cat lands on its back? -- Z. Unger dzz@mindspring.com ICQ: 14375008 ===...=== LEGO Fusion : (URL) Universe : (URL) paid to surf the web: (URL) <jsproat@io.com> wrote in message news:FH1wyx.HrM@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) HA! Never! If they ask who it's for, I say it's for ME! When I bought 32 Halloween buckets at once, several people asked me on the way out if I was a teacher, I told them "No, I'm shipping these all over the world to other Lego fans that can't (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Lego fans (...) Good for you, Tom! I have to admit I generally wander in and out of TRU feeling a bit embarrassed and hoping none of the assistants will notice me spending 20 minutes eyeing up all the Lego. I'm quite open about Lego to all my (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi Everyone, I'm one of those 'closeted Lego shoppers' too. I hate going into TRU or Wal-mart and buying out half their Lego stock. Kind-of embarrassing -all the strange looks people give you. But I just ignore it, look them in the face (expression- (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Adam - You have nothing to be ashamed of. Unless you are one of those manical Beanie Baby people as well! ;-) Everyone I work with knows that I have a LEGO hobby/addiction and most of them enjoy talking about it. I don't think it hurts that I work (...) (25 years ago, 28-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well in this situation the cat falls to about a foot from the floor and starts to spin indefinably. One of the only know instances of perpetual motion ;Þ (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Boy, when I think of some of the stupid things people spend money on - cigarettes, coffee, liquor (ok, good Irish Whiskey is acceptable), designer clothes, $50k+ automobiles, all of which either get used up immediately or wear out real soon, (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Heh, we've got enough people at UTK right now to start a chapter. Seriously, if it actually does bother you, you need to hang out with me and John Morgan sometime. We can give you some pointers on "not giving a da** what other people think". (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) <grin> yea drop by any time! Craig(co-worker) stopped by my house and saw all the legos and his first comment was " you are insane" I grinned real big and replied" Yea? so whats your point ?" I used to kinda feel silly buying the legos but now (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) <snip!> (...) for anyone wondering how to "come out" to friends and coworkers, i have one word.. SUPERCAR we had a 16yo intern in our office all summer.. and one of my coworkers was burning playstation games for him, so he was always in our (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Adam, Hey, I understand that all too well. I was 17 at the time, my last year of high school, and I went to Meijer: (URL) plug in for my second job! :) ) and bought the 6399, Airport Shuttle. I worked 40 hours, (A no-no to child labor laws, but we (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I've gotten looks, but from other customers rather than employees. Usually I use it as an opportunity to tell them about the hobby and the community, or to answer some quesitons they have about the product. But there is NO REASON to be ashamed (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| I can sympathize, but if I ever start getting flak, I'll just wear my leather motorcycle jacket. There is something about a 6ft, huge dude with a fuzzy face staring at you that just....causes one to .... wilt. Of course, it can be fun to have the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| The Doctor What wrote... (...) What I really like is to hold doors open for old ladies while dressed in full leathers. It messes up people's minds delightfully <g>. Even better if my SO is with me, also in leathers, since he's a good deal bigger and (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) mind (...) from (...) my (...) sliced >bread! Hey, I've even brought models to school. First time was in sixth grade for a Tech. Ed. (basic computer-as in turn on, use mouse, & type) class. I built a simple grabbing hand. For the next two (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) That reminds me--I got my first 8880 a week ago, replaced the V8 with a more realistic looking V12, added scissor doors, and covered all surfaces with bricks and/or plates. It's a lot heavier, and sags a bit on the suspension. If you try to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hmmm....I suspect you ride a sport bike. I ride a Cruiser, so I look more like that big guy in the breath mint commercial: Little Old Lady: "Excuse me, your breath..." Biker Dude: "YEAH?" LOL: "I couldn't help notice how nice it smells..." Or (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) We don't need to go into what I bring in to work ;-) Except to say that I gotta take a new set of pics, I have a bunch of new stuff there ;-) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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