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(...) what??? that's it??!?? no zany, off-the-wall response?? are you okay, sproaty? i look forward to reading your posts (even searching them out from time to time) just to see the bizarre comments you make and all you say is a one-line response? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) One or two people let me know that I'm fantastic, while a select few tell me I'm great, some think I'm okay, and others have the unfounded opinion that I need professional help. Personally, I select All Of The Above. What the--?! "Sproaty"? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) aaahhh...that's what i needed, some utah county insanity (though i have stomach cramps from laughing so much now)....that'll even make up for the lack of news from your refrigerator lately. (...) there IS the lancelot from august (URL) i'm (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey! You like Snarfquest, too? Cool! I wish Larry Elmore would continue working on it. Maybe he'll do another one for Dragon Magazine's 300th issue. How much of the series do you have? (...) <Snipped Etymology of "Camelot"> (...) That is some (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, really. It is fantastic! I especially loved the scenes from the story. Please do more! :-, (...) With only 2 people, it'd be more of a stick than a club, but sure, why not! Who else do you know who would be interested? I can vouch for my (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) African or European? (...) Uff-da! I haven't groaned *that* much since my last trip to Africa (Posh, posh, the traveling life, the traveling life for me...;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) issue. (...) I *loved* Snarfquest, and was bitterly disappointed by the ending. But I can see how such a long-running comic saga could have burned Larry out. Sadly, I gave all my issues of Dragon to my sister... What I really looked forward to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Jason Moulding is a Castle completist that lives in Salt Lake (though I don't know if he still surfs)...I'll see if I can get in contact with him. for now we ought to move this to lugnet.loc.us.ut but i do want to request that anyone else in (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I don't think I ever saw the ending, I'll have to check. A couple years ago, I got about 50-75% of issues 50-160 from one of my mother's coworkers. That was really cool. :) (...) Well, there were some compilation volumes available for Wormy, I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ooooh... Contact info, I need contact info! :-, (...) Order one autographed by the authors! (URL) Some of the more recent comics they've had include Libram X, (...) Aw, nuts, I missed this one! I think my sister has #200... (...) I'm keeping (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Barbara pointed out the delicacies of litigation and that Greater Utah Lego People sounds like it's officially sponsored by TLG. We came up with a few more ideas: Greater Utah Lego Fans -- GULF, the joke being that Utah is a land-locked state (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc)
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(...) WOTC did buy TSR, and now Hasbro has bought WOTC... Don't know if EGG got re-hired though. (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You know, after seven or eight pints of vodka, it doesn't matter anymore. That swallow ain't carrying no more coconut husks for a while. :-, (...) Heh -- is that "groan" as in "I realize the sudden weight of new knowledge", or "groan" as in (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmmm.... Can't find anything on that at (URL) ... trying Gary Gygax's rather emotional FAQ at his home page, (URL) ... Nope, no mention of a re-hire. Arg. He does mention, however, that the sale of TSR to WotC was a step in the right (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) luckily i was not drinking anything or i would have spewed...yuk, yuk (...) i still like gulp the best but DROLL is definitely the runner up (...) all excellent ideas! regular meetings is a definite. a newsletter would be very cool (i'd (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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(...) "yes" ;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Cool! Do you have any other acronyms? We could always go with Wasatch Front Lego Users Group -- WFLUG. (...) Yah, I'd vote on these as being the absolute minimum. Priority (highest to lowest): meetings, newsletter, Web site with contact info. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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Just to change the subject: Sproaticus wrote in message <37E7D2A6.1A88CBD8@io.com>... (...) I just had to comment on your quote... I LOVED Ender's Game and the other books in the series. And I just bought and read "Ender's Shadow", the new one that (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Cool. I was sure the 4th book was about all that could be done there, I was thinking Card had pretty much mined out that theme. Does it suffer from the run-on tendency that recent Card works seem to exhibit? It's like, "Orson, get to the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <37E8C910.60366C1E@v...er.net>... <snip> (...) <snip> Run on tendency? Hmmm. I'm not really sure what you mean, but I haven't read very many of his recent books. I have read some of his "Tales of Alvin Maker" books, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I absolutely *LOVED* Card's earlier books. I'd put him on the caliber of early Stephen King. His short stories were especially provoking, if a bit gruesome. He authored an excellent anthology on dread -- as opposed to terror and horror -- which (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) how about Greater Utah Lego Lovers? i'm not usually an acronym developing kind of guy...but i'll see if i can come up with any others i'm excited to get this started, so i got a draft going: (URL) is truly terrible right now but will give us a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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(...) I lost my taste for ramen noodles after watching (and more importantly - smelling) ramen noodle wrestling (fill a kiddie pool with packages of ramen noodles, complete with unopened flavor packets, add water, and go for it). (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) GULL -- dang, that's good! I like it! I really like it! (...) Notes / ideas: I dunno about flyers, esp. on windshields. I'd like to keep potential litter to a minimum. The TRU bulletin board idea is good, though. I like the boasting idea -- (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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(...) Was that with or without extra ham? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) good point (...) cool! (...) definitely! you've made some very cool microfig stuff that isn't on your site and that would be great to share. (...) hmmmm..this is a good point. if we're posting announcements at toy stores i guess we'll get the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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(...) Oh yeah... I keep meaning to put them on my Web page... Maybe tomorrow... :-P (...) How about parents of Childish Fans of Lego? Mayhaps we can nudge their interests in the right direction... (...) Wow, small Net! :-, (...) I like your image. I (...) (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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(...) cool, cool, cool! i like the flag/indicator idea. i redid the utah image (from an earlier attempt) and like it better than the one i originally put up this morning (but still envision some kind of pov thing as you mention). ..joseph g (25 years ago, 22-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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Hey all, We Utah Legomaniacs are forming a lego user group! Joseph Gonzales, my wife Barbara and I are looking for anyone and everyone who would want to attend a small LEGOfest at my Orem, UT residence, on the evening of Friday October 15, 1999. You (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.announce)
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(...) Sounds great -- wish I could make it, but it's a bit of a walk for me (from Boston :) BTW, dunno how your naming plans are coming along, but last week I ran a script to look up which .org domains were available matching the form (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) We're playing with WALUG, for Wasatch Area LUG. I think, though, that the best one is WAFOL, or Wasatch Area Fans Of Lego. It has a nice breakfast-y ring to it... :-, (...) That's just a whois query? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) (curiousity! :) What exactly is "Wasatch"? Is it a part of Utah, or does it go beyond Utah? What do the Linux LUGs in Utah call themselves? I'd see WA, by the way, and immediately think Washington (as in state and apples), but maybe that's (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Howabout: UGLY - Utah's Gallant Lego Yearners Sorry, couldn't resist! (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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(...) Is the "Upper Michigan Linux Users Group" a major force in Linux, or was there some other reason you were surprised? Steve (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) The Wasatch Front is the Rocky Mountain range that runs along the eastern side of Salt Lake Valley. It's pretty much a Utah thing. :-, (...) Not sure. Everyone I've ever met here is pretty much a Win32 bigot. >:-P Linux.org (1) offers these (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Hey! No ice cream for you! :-, Well, okay, here's a scoop... Northern Utah is very mountainous, and the cities all sit in narrow valleys. I don't understand why, but the schools here like putting their letter on the side of a mountain. Kinda (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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GULP - Greater Utah Lego People GULF - Greater Utah Lego Fans GULAG - Greater Utah Lego Admirers Group KEWL - Kollectors and Enthusiasts of Wasatch Lego DROLL - Deseret Region Online Lego Lovers WFLUG - Wasatch Front Lego Users Group WALUG - Wasatch (...) (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) So the mountain can say "UGOY"? Why? Steve (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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(...) University for Goyem? hmmm.... I live in Orem. Pretty nice town, actually. Lindon is just north of us; I could bring up a bunch'a almost-rivalry talk, but I'll save that for Provo. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 1-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut)
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(...) I guess it's because I'd never heard of the Univ. of Maryland before, but I've heard of Upper Michigan before. Anyway, the Univ. of Maryland seems like such a tiny area for such a short two-letter prefix. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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(...) I'd guess a group from up north would be MTULUG (Mich. Tech. Univ. LUG) or UPLUG (Upper Penninsula LUG). I suppose Camp Northern could have a group, but they'd be NMULUG. Steve (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
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(...) I know I'm a little late for this conversation, but I wanted to go on record as thinking that Ender's Shadow was actually _better_ than Ender's Game - which is saying a great deal. I highly recommend it. Chris (25 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Here are some more proposed names for our nameless Lego group: UTACS--Utah tube and clutch society SLLUG--Salt Lake Lego Users Group ("SLUG") DBUG--Deseret Brick Users Group ULUG--Utah Lego Users Group ULEC--Utah Lego Enthusiasts Club ULC--Utah Lego (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Congrats on a great meeting and what appears to be another strong LEGO group. If I may throw in my 2 cents worth here as far as a name goes. There are currently 3 general LEGO User Groups or "LUG's" in existance (BayLUG, NELUG, and GMLUG) and (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Ahhhh, I like SLLUG! And next to a lake absolutely *filled* with salt... :-, SLLUGNET is really cool too. (...) Well, I don't speak for the others, but I'm decidedly anti-uniform. I'm not against the idea of calling ourselves a "LUG", but (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Well again my 2 cents... Just to be anti-uniform for anti-uniformity's sake is not allways the way to go in my opinion. I am not suggesting some sort of Facist or Socialist standard that we all must follow and then Salute to the LEGO flag of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug
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In lugnet.loc.us.ut, Eric Kingsley writes: In response to the name proposal for SLLUG or SLUGGNET ...it would be nice to have some uniformity (Makes us look all the more organized which can't hurt). ...it may actually help us as a larger LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) The point was brought up elsewhere that SLLUGNET is too close to LUGNET by name, without any of the official affiliations (1) -- a potential trademark dilution problem for LUGNET. Cheers, - jsproat 1. "official affiliations" -- say that 10 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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Hi guys. I've seen the discussion going on for a bit here and I sense that it could go on longer still, so let me put my vote in for WAFOL (or even Wasatch Area Fans and Friends of Lego Entertainment). I'd really like to get the name nailed down (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) So let's do a formal vote. I recommend we nominate 3 names each today, collate them tomorrow, cast votes on Friday. I nominate: SLLUG - Salt Lake Lego Users Group WAFOL - Wasatch Area Fans Of Lego GULL - Greater Utah List of Legomaniacs (...) (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) I'll nominate: WAFOL - Wasatch Area Fans of Lego (how's that for original?) ..joseph g (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) Put the screeching brakes on this puppy. SLLUG is claimed by the Salt Lake Linux Users Group. And I already knew that. >:-P Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 20-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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It's a bummer that SLLUG is already taken. Do the Linux folks already have a site up? Does their name prevent us from using that name? Is SLLUG or SLLUGNET.com taken? Here's some more name options: How about SLLUF (Salt Lake Lego User Forum)? SLAB (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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I (Ashley) previously wrote... (...) I just checked and found that SLLUG.org is up on the WWW but SLLUG.com is not. Oh well. Probably too close to hassle with. Ashley (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Their name probably doesn't, unless Linux and LEGO somehow have some major kind of overlap someday, and it all gets confusing... But what would prevent it, if anything, is that they already have the SLLUG.ORG domain. (...) SLLUG.COM and (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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(...) I agree. Ambiguity is a killer. (...) Or GULAG -- seriously, this represents the LEGO market in the area... (...) I did a Google search on this word, and only one instance showed up -- in some kinda Indonesian news page. I couldn't figure out (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) What about Greater Utah LEGO Admirers Group? <grin, duck and run> James (URL) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Looks like Indonesian to me... (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: Name voting (Was: Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug)
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I've been thinking over the weekend about a name for our Utah group. How about... NUTLUG (Northern Utah Lego Users Group) I realized that all of us are actually in the Northern half of Utah...even those of you in Orem/Provo etc. Nutlug is now my (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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I checked and Nutlug.org, .net and .com are still available. My worldwide google search failed twice (timed out). Ashley (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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<380F62B0.82E1709D@io.com> <slrn80uv5v.k7v.matt...ia.bu.edu> <FK6rK1.6Fx@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) LOL And I'm allergic to nuts! I love it. :-, We really need to start casting (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) You might already be aware of this, but I just stumbled across the info while perusing CNN.com: (URL) if it's of any interest to you. Dave! (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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