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Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Gene Weissinger

explain this: (URL) wife, and several friends around the country are diligently hunting for these things - is this an employee or what? Gene W EugweCoral Eugwe@yahoo.com (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

stupid question —Jon Bosman

this is a very stupid question but how do i post a new thread? please email me at orbitalstarcraft@hotmail.com because I don't check this newsgroup. thanks - Jon (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Mike Stanley

(...) Wow, that's violating one of the core rules of behaviour for discussion groups. Here's what it sounds like to us: Hey, I can't figure this out, so I want one of you people to help me. Oh, but don't post it here, because my time is too valuable (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Chris Phillips

(...) Especially since he's asking how to post a new thread here that he apparently doesn't intend to follow...? (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

How to Post (was: "stupid question") —Chris Phillips

(...) To be fair, the original question should be answered here for the record. You must "drill down" to a specific newsgroup in order to post. (Choose from the list of links at the top of the page.) Once you are down in the hierarchy at least one (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) ...and even more so because he's actually posting a new thread to ask how to post a new thread, rather silly when you stop to think about it. D'oh! LFB. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) My bad, I just saw all the "reference" headers. Feh. Here's one more! (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Tony Priestman

On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Mike Stanley (<slrn81t0pg.s4.cjc@....utk.edu>) wrote at 05:08:34 (...) Not to me. I rather thought there were many groups here on Lugnet so that people could tune in to their specific interest. Jon has tried to make an on topic (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Larry Pieniazek

Weren't you the guy who told us you were a "professional" web designer? Maybe I'm misremembering but... Anyone who's a pro at the web like you told us you were ought to know the basics of using a newsreader. Starting a new thread is newsreader (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Kevin Wilson

(...) I looked at my Netscape bar and wondered why it ddn't look like what Larry said... and realised it's because I have it set to text instead of icons. Mine says intuitive things like "New Msg" and "Reply" instead of showing baffling icons :) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Jeremy Sproat

(...) Kevin, you're a geek after my own heart. The very first thing I do with any new Netscape profile is turn the buttons into text. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Larry Pieniazek

The buttons are smaller as icons and I need the real estate. Or so I claim. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Lindsay Frederick Braun

(...) That's odd. Mine shows the baffling icons *and* the text...hmmm. LFB. (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Susan Hoover

[followups set] jsproat@io.com (Sproaticus) wrote in <381F1268.FDC1D2C5@io.com>: (...) True geeks don't read news with Netscape. ;-) (I think true alpha- geeks use tin or rn.) (25 years ago, 16-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: stupid question —Thomas Main

(...) I have mine set to small icons instead of baffling text...I also prefer international iconographic road symbols to text...a picture is worth a thousand words :) (...) main@appstate.edu (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: stupid question —Jeremy Sproat

(...) Baffling text? What's so baffling about "Next"? Compared to the arrow-pointing-to-a-green-dot icon, it speaks volumes about tis functionality. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then gimme the millipictures any day! :-, Then again, "Get (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: stupid question —Bram Lambrecht

(...) I have pictures because they look nicer :) I hardly ever use the buttons anyway...and for me it's easier to recogize a stop sign or a back arrow at a glance than the text. (...) LOL! --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Tom Stangl

You know, it's interesting that I see at least 2 sellers, both from SoCal, that say they have 50 or more complete sets. I wonder if someone is buying/bribing/stealing them from a distribution point down there? I hope one of you manages to find out, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Gene Weissinger

Check out Greatbuyz@aol.com as an Ebay seller - looks almost the same as this twosix person... Very interesting - do you think McDonald's Knows about such things? GeneW EugweCoral Eugwe@yahoo.com (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)

Re: more on McDonalds promo sets —Mark Lindsey

(...) I can tell you exactly what this is. It is called evil exploitive toy piracy. I collect Star Wars toys and see this kind of stuff all the time. This is one of three types of sellers: One, it is someone who is an employee within a distribution (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)