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"Melody Brown" <black666beast@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GDr8EL.BJI@lugnet.com... (...) That is not a bad idea! How about a koala? -- Bryan (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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Or an Akubra? Or how about a Dri-za-bone? Now THAT would be fashion. "Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:GDr9En.Dyv@lugnet.com... (...) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system ((URL) (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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Hi, I'm a stupid American, would someone enlighten me as to what the following are? (...) Thank you from the down under part of my heart, GREG~ (23 years ago, 31-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) With that kind of introduction, it seems you've already been enlightened :-) (...) an Akubra is a brand of Hat thats somewhat an Australian Icon. It has a distint feel and shape and is a typical feature of the "Aussie Bush/Country" picture. I (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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Greg, An Akubra is a hat brand name, and a Dri-za-bone is a brand of oil skin jackets Aaron Greg Howell <meowdammit99@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GE8145.Ltw@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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G'Day (...) Yes. Fur felt is superior to wool felt (in which some cheap imitation hats are made) because it won't shrink. (...) It's actually oil impregnated canvas, refered to as oilskin (hence the leather confusion). The driza-bone coat was (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) riding, (...) The straps are very necessary because the damn things are so heavy that people would try to take them off if they hadn't been forcibly strapped in. Unless you were raised to wear one of these coats, you need to enroll in a (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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OK - Enough chit-chat. We all (now) know what these things are, so.... Who's bored enough to make them out of lego? Be seen! Be the most fashoinable one on your block! Maybe post the pictures to a new group lugnet.binaries.fashion! You'll have so (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) But, do we all know how to trim .direct from this way off-topic tangent? ;-) <trimmed> -John (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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That was a _hint_ right? I normally intentionally don't trim. I've got into the habit, with long threads, of not reading/downloading the first few posts, and only downloading the last one or two in the thread. So with untrimmed posts you get to read (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) <snip> (I normally *do* intentionally trim to save on download and read time) It sounds like you are talking about trimming content from posts, but J2 was talking about trimming groups from the followup settings so that subsequent posts don't (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Oooo - That is one thing I usually don't check - the newsgroups that I reply to (followup settings?) So I won't post an appology to lego.direct, not because I'm not sorry (I am!) but because it might be off-topic :) I've got no problem with the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) It's mainly the USians that get antsy about this, it's easy to forget with threads mutating. Here in loc.au anything goes, more or less. (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Yes indeed, it's a VERY easy trap to fall into and one that I will not claim to be all that good at avoiding either. For example... Within the last few days I have perpetrated some horrid puns which were inadvertantly inflicted on (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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