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(...) I don't think that's being entirely fair. I don't think we can get mad at Gary just because he took advantage of an opportunity that came his way. I think the real target of your ire should be Larry himself, for not providing that opportunity (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Larry can never offer a bulk time ordering service because that would ruin his prepackaged time bundles and besides it would be too much work to track each minute of his time to be worth selling it in bulk. Scott Smallbeck (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) that's it!.. i'm calling my broker.. i'm pretty sure we can get an IPO together, get larry up on the market and get him to go public.. then it's just a matter of coughing up the dinero for "LarryShares" %) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ya know, I usually don't get cheesed off by posters, but this really takes the cake! I wasn't attempting to rub anyones noses in anything (in fact Larry thinks he's the lucky one, since I do have one of the rarest Lego collections this side (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"All Hail LarryShares!" ??? Larritarians, we have a crisis on our hands! [1] How to combat the cheap commercialization of our Venerated Icon (VI)? I guess it was inevitable though. How ironic... Larry, being parted out like Christmas tree (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) And Gary's pretty neat, kind gentle, smart, etc. Not what I expected a mainframe programmer to be like <grins, ducks and runs> at all. (...) OK, OK, it (a time ordering service) is on my list of webpage enhancements. Right after the live (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks Lar. Glad you liked my buildings. And I wasn't trying to rub anyone else's nose in this. You've encountered a lot of bad press here in the newsgroups lately, and I just wanted to make it plain to anyone who hasn't met you personally (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think Gary has some kind of a food fixation, as you can see by his choice of invective here.(1) We went into the VERY FIRST restaurant we saw, and it was ME that bought him dinner. I pushed my plate away half eaten (because I was talking (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) erm.... you DID realise that whole line of discussion was a bit of a spoof (of me ripping Sanjay for having special access to TLG) right? All in good fun (I *think*). (...) Wow, that IS faint praise. :-) Kind of like "this hammer doesn't hurt (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) A steak, a stake, or a reputation? -John (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) My time bills at 4.16<overbar>6</overbarbar> USD/minute, wholesale (Quantity 60 or more). at least that's what our clients pay. This year. Next year it may be 5 USD/minute... Retail would have to be at least 10 USD to make up for the time to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes: <Snippage> (...) Bwa ha ha ha!(1) (...) Shoot. I thought I had that error fixed after the whole /clips/ incident. Tell you what. I'll try to convince the webmaster to amend that page to say "Or on the (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I donn't mak misstakes eether. Dvae Eaton (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Must bee grate knot having two ewes spell checker-- Eye knead too sew that is why aye never heir oars. -John (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Our sixth (VI) venerated icon? ;-) (...) You mean a town lampposts, right? White or grey for me please, with clear minifig heads attached ;-) (...) Doesn't bother me in the least. The merchandising of Larritarianism, as well as the core (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Dang! I thought *I* controlled Larry! Now I'm just pissed off that I didn't get the chance!! ;-) (...) But by the same token James controls me too. :-) -Tom McD. when replying, collect all four of the Might Morphin Spamcake Raiders today! (1) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I thought it was an weird editor on Unix. (...) You can have 'em. I want the ones with trans-yellow minifig heads! Steve (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's right. Thomas, care to tell the history of the VI and V before him? Or maybe that info is in Sproat's encyclopedia...;-) (...) No, just a weird poster on LUGNET. Wanna see the "Ridiculous and the Sublime" check out: (URL) (in order, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My plan is working perfectly... now all I need to do is start religious wars between the Larritarians and the Righteous Brothers of Spamcake, sweep in during the aftermath, and take over the world! Come Pinky, we have work to do. James (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Now THERE is the bestest cartoon to come out of Warner brothers (maybe even the best cartoon made for TV) in the last 20 years. Really. (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Is your time available for groups, get-togethers, picnics, church socials, etc? What is the minimum quantity of Larry we would have to commit to in order to bring Larry to our town? (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The Animaniacs of just the P&B segments? (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Church Socials? :-) Those I do for free... (plus reasonable T&L per the standard professional services agreement) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Just P&B. Rest assured, the Animaniacs are up there (right behind Batman the Animated Series). I'm not much for bathroom humor but the one where one of them was in search of a potty just about made me P myself. Now, if we widen the net to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) the (...) P&B is very funny! Just insane! And Reboot was just plain awesome! Where did it go? As soon as Megabyte was about to enter the internet, the show got pulled off ABC :-( The storylines, while not always the greatest, though always (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes: BTW, how was the trip to Cedar Point? (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Reboot is on Cartoon Network up here in the Northwest. TCI just hooked us up with the upgrade a couple of weeks ago, added some 20 or so channels. My kids were watching Reboot one day and I got hooked. Reruns just started yesterday, I assume from (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Average. It was cold and windy so that was a plus. (no flies, not too hot and sweaty, and shorter lines) I won't do a whole TR ala rec.roller.coaster but.. General: a LOT of broken seats. Since most of the day I was with 2 friends that (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) the greatest but the animation is out of this world. So to speak. Yup. Reboot is miles ahead of the competition. The sheer detail of the season 3 visuals is phenominal. Although I definately think that season 3 pushes the 'kidfare' envelope. I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Dot is your basic older sister in tight clothes, and she's a prig. :-) Never has any fun. Andrea is a hottie with just enough clothes on to get past the censors. Me, I never had a sister, but all I can say is, who wants to kiss their sister? (...) (25 years ago, 2-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Is there any Internet resources about the heroes that you mentioned (by drooling..:-) for days? I'm beginning to want to see them, hardly..:-) Selçuk Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <37CEC56B.9EB415FA@v...er.net>... (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Try this :-) (URL) there is a lot of fan sites also. Tom (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nah, I just need to complete my seaport set. Steve (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh, so it has nothing to do with your Islanders sets.....ok.....NEVERMIND;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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