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Can we limit auction posting only to members of .org.au? Given that countries like New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji etc, probably wont have their own organisations forming, we may have to admit them as members into .org.au. Or does this then (...) (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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(...) My NLSO did get excited when I told her you mentioned skirmish though ! pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Toyworld (...) stores In these times of economic rationalism, the stores probably just say to the reps, "we have allocated X metres of shelf space for Lego and we expect it to generate $Y per month profit; if not, we'll give you less space (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I'm glad he's just sucking that pipe, rather than smoking it, hope that wasn't some early form of product placement by the tobacco industry. I like the prominent display of wedding rings too, imagine single adults contemplating the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Ah, some things are learned only at Chem class. Like the art of sleeping-while- looking-awake. Believe me, I'm a master at this one (and I still got an A for the year! ;-). -Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Maybe we should ask if they want to be included... Well guys? James (who notes that 'guys' is used in a non gender specific way) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.nz)
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(...) I wouldn't say that's so much so. At least not with me. True, I don't like technic, but I AM fascinated with machinery and technology. Just not in the lego context. And maybe I am alone about this... but I don't think so. (...) <snip> Yeah. My (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) At the risk of sounding like another "me too" post... <general nodding and thumbs up> This will serve a pretty good purpose, not the least being to educate people like myself in the advantages and importance of the Lugnet Structure(TM). Whilst (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Text from 2000.2 catalogue [as promised previously] Front cover :- none Inside :- The hidden island Johnny Thunder and his friends have found Dinosaurs on a hidden island. They are now trying to study them and protect them from greedy poachers who (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) US). That is so bizarre, isn't it? It really makes me wonder if someone goofed at Lego Australia. Maybe they divided instead of multipled when converting to Aussie dollars? (25 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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