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Of course, the catalogue is age-ist as well as sex-ist. When did you last see a middle-aged person depicted as playing with Lego in the catalogue (as opposed to being shown smiling approvingly in the background as a child plays with Lego)? Actually, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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(...) Same here with the garbage Pete.... Kev... : ) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | RE: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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I'd personally go with Aus/NZ, and not just Aus at the moment[1]. (It MUST exclude auctions open to bidders outside whatever area, otherwise we'll become like .market.) [1] [got to help out our 7'th state] <G,D&R> Benjamin Whytcross (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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(...) say (...) only, (...) Absolutely ,though maybe our friends across the Tasman would like to be included since they are so close.(ie New Zealand) pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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(...) When I did 18 months of the Bachelor of Nursing course at UTS, people would always ask "why are you doing nursing" (not staff or students). My mother-in-law thinks it strange that I do all the cooking. We have bought my 2yo son a doll and his (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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(...) Prolly should also say in the charter that the auction traffic must be Oz-only, yes? :-) --Todd (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | RE: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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Sorry about my comments sounding slightly sexist, but I was also considering my sisters and brother. Whenever we had our lego out, it was always my brother and I who would build the vehicles [trucks, cars, whatever] while my sisters would prefer to (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Well I introduced my wife....who is 25....to the Bellvile Lego the other day in the shops, she hated it....in her words..."It's too girly".... she'd love this new stuff, and as for little kids copying their parents, when we eventually have (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | formation of .org.au (was Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon)
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In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat and Todd Lehman write worthy stuff on the formation of .org.au Sounds cool to me, and I think it encapsulates what was discussed at the last Studs get together, as well as meeting the needs discussed here in .loc.au (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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(...) Thanks Todd, this sounds like the go. So I'll just nod in agreement and let the others add comments etc, once their noses are off their respective grindstones, it's the middle of the working day here (for some), so these comments will be (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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Todd, Indeed I did mean org.au my bad. And the rest sounds fine. Regarding auctions, I believe that we do want to be able to post auction announcemnet/updates, but i'd expect that it won't end up being just a marketplace as the auction postings here (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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(...) own (...) So says a man :-) Unless you are on the receiving end of sexism, you probably don't notice it as much. I'm on the receiving end a lot, and so I am somewhat hyper-sensitive. For example, mail and e-mail sent to me by strangers is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Will trade wordsmith position for Sleep
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Hey all, remind me to get sleep before I write the letter to LA. I hope that Todd (and everyone else) understands that I was requesting for the org.au with all the other Org groups (that is..lugnet.org.au). I didn't want us to be the break-away (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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(...) I assume you mean .org.au ? (...) OK, got it. (I assume you mean .org.au, though.) (...) Based on previous discussions, is it correct to assume that this explicitly includes auctions? (...) OK, that's fine. The .loc.us group is similar in that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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Oh dear, I've made a balls-up of this totally. (...) Yep bingo thats it! Lugnet.org.au One more time for the sleepyheads (me) lugnet.org.au (...) I can't, my boss sits in the glass walled office behind me, and it's not even lunch time yet. Still (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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(...) <grin> For starters, no reason to feel like a goose. And secondly - that would be lugnet.org.au - no ".loc" present whatsoever. That's how the US and Canadian org groups work (lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.ca). And finally, go to sleep! :-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes(badly): (...) No, actually we request a loc.org.au (misteak #1) (...) No,loc.org.au will be used for discussion (misteak #2) (...) Again, the group will remain as loc.org.au (misteak #3) (...) Ditto, (misteak (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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Shiri, Thanks for pointing this out, Now I feel like a real goose. Apologies I'm on about three hours sleep here. I did intend to mean a loc.org.au and NOT loc.au.org I think I'll e-mail Todd seperately on this one. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: LA gets it's honorable mention
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(...) LOL! I'd say you're lucky in relation to one, and unlucky in the other. (Guess which is which) -Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: To Todd - Could we get .org.au up soon
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I think I'll butt in just right now. In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes a good explanation for creating an NG for Oz orgs. (...) Hmm. There was an issue that came up in the "market splitting" dicussion, and I think it is applicable here. If at (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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