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Hooray for Lugnet! Happy Anniversary and thanks for all the hard work!
John Matthews
Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in message
news:FJ1zvG.Gps@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> > In lugnet.general, "Adam Howard" <abhoward10@hotmail.com> writes:
> > > When will Lugnet be having it's 1 year newsgroups anniversary? I • figure
> > > it should be around Sept or Oct.
> > Hmm, the actual anniversary is kind of fuzzy, since there were several
> > "beginnings"...here's a bit of history:
> > [...]
> > The groups became "open arms to all" in a message posted to
> > rec.toys.lego on October 4 (which I don't have a handy way to link to)
> > [...]
>
> Aha -- found it! Here's that message:
>
> http://www.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=397726988&fmt=raw
>
> The 'Date' header says "4 Oct 1998 00:00:00 GMT", which is obviously • wrong,
> but there's another header which says "04 Oct 1998 17:13:50 CDT", which
> sounds right on. So if my TZ math is correct, this means it was posted
> at 22:13:50 GMT, which means that the 1 year anniversary is coming up in
> about 21 more hours or so.
>
> This being the eve of the anniversary, I'd be interested in hearing
> people's thoughts on how things have turned out so far, and whether things
> have lived up to or failed to meet people's expectations -- particularly
> with respect to the hopes expressed in the announcement (attached below).
>
> --Todd
>
>
>
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> From: "Todd Lehman & Suzanne Rich" <admin@lugnet.com>
> Subject: Announce: LEGO news service on LUGNET
> Date: 04 Oct 1998 00:00:00 GMT
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> X-Complaints-To: abuse@visi.com
> X-Trace: ptah.visi.com 907539230 209.98.98.8 (Sun, 04 Oct 1998 17:13:50 • CDT)
> Organization: Fibblesnork Software
> NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 17:13:50 CDT
> Newsgroups: rec.toys.lego
>
>
> We're happy to announce that the news server on LUGNET is ready for • visitors.
> Here's where to start:
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/news/
>
> We hope you'll find it a warm and pleasant place to get more acquainted • with
> LEGO fans in your area, as well as a fun new place to hang out and share
> thoughts and experiences.
>
> Enjoy,
> --Todd & Suz
>
>
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