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The things you see... Iwas in a Big W last week in suburban Sydney with Paul.B and came across a huge pile of fire stations reduced from $90+ to $60+ AUD. I presume it's the fire station from the 2000 range, but I haven't seen so many in one place (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | RE: Great news!
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Yep...I was there...Unfortunately, that was from home...Now I'm at work, and back on my own :( Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, Box Hill, 3128 Growing older is (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Great news!
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(...) OMG!!! Ben!!! You're here!!! As part of the thread!!! GEORGE:"Permission to yell "Bravo!" at an excessively loud volume, sir!" MELCHERT:"Permission granted." GEORGE:"BRAVO!!!" Well done! It's much more fun having you here as part of the thread (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I'll second the request to allow Mark to make these posts in .loc.au. I am personally tired of responding to trade/sale/auction posts and being informed they are only open to US bidders [same with ebay auctions]. What we really need is a (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Millennium Falcon observation
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(...) Look for it arriving in August. Grahame (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Millennium Falcon observation
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(...) According to the LEGO Customer Service people in the US, it's currently in "shipping" phase--it's available to retailers and on backorder at US S@H. But as far as I know it's not headed for Oz yet. best LFB (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Millennium Falcon observation
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(...) do you's know if it is shipping to australia? (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: A recent Lego-oriented trip
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In lugnet.loc.au, Paul Baulch writes: .... (...) Does that make it a monorail expansion expansion set. You should expect a third set soon (they come in threes you know). On the space problem, maybe you need to learn to sleep wertically like a bat. (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: A recent Lego-oriented trip
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Peter White wrote in message ... (...) at (...) Can (...) :^) ) (...) Well, you did trade a monorail expansion set to me for the pirate ship.... would you believe I found a _second_ monorail expansion set today, I can't believe my luck. I could (...) (25 years ago, 7-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Some model team ideas
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(...) Im thinking rolls royce type here. (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) A lovely idea, but they have already half-built two Italian motorcycles already with the technic series - just add shaft drive with some bevel gears and you have a Moto Guzzi. This is one type of 'Model Team' set which could combine technic (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Do you need to show your IOC membership to get the discount ? (...) I sent an apology to Todd for asking Mark, what I would term 'leading questions',I thought I was Jana Wendt (Barbara Walters for US listeners) and thought I would ask some in (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Yes,I agree.Think to an Harley-Davidson,with many chromed bricks...or a red Ducati... (...) Why not Luna Rossa? (...) Yeeeees !I want 16-wide trains!!! (...) so (...) 6 bis. a vintage (doubledeck,why not?) trolley,electric or horse-pulled. (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.modelteam, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Great news!
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Great news for all Lego fans in Australia, from Mark Harrison: (...) an (...) at (...) now (...) sets (...) about (...) which (...) to me (...) Olympics (...) I'll be interested to see what the Toyworld and Toy Kingdom stores do with that RRP for (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <3910A891.B1F81255@p...su.edu>... (...) Excellent! Constructive criticism is welcome ;-) (...) agree (...) wonderfully (...) Well..... you have to remember that I'm talking about the milder vulgarities, I don't mean (...) (25 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) I think that the best chocolate in the world is those guylian sea shells. (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) OMG, I can't believe I forgot that. This three-day weekend is WAY too easy to get used to! Sunday is, in Israel, a dreaded term, like Monday is here... (but I manage to keep them mentally seperated by thinking of Sunday in the US in English, (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) range ! (...) Hmmm, maybe I just found Hersheys blander.... (...) Correcto, just choc-coated honeycomb. (...) Who looks at corporate sites ? Ick ! :^$ pete.w (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Lindt is great, but more expensive(in Aust. anyway) ....not to mention Guylian seashells (where are they from) pete.w (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) Maybe it's just a giant mistake? (...) Cadburys is higher in sugar? I always find NA chocolate too sweet - weird! Anyway - what is the difference between a 'Violet Crumble' and a Cadburys 'Crunchie'? As far as I can tell they look the same ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) You can't eat too much of that, you're right. (...) Ritter Sport is good, best chocolate brand though must be Lindt, which is Swiss in origin. Ever had the dark chocolate with 70% cocoa content? Excellent!! Good night, T.F. (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) Susan, maybe we should swap ;^) (...) Any town/city with a university or population over 500,000 acquires diversity with the in and outgo of population. (...) Must be Cadbury's higher sugar content. Before travelling to the US, I wondered what (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) I was born in Belgium to two Belgian parents. Then, in Argentina, I learned to speak Dutch and Spanish at the same time (probably a bastardization of both). At age 2.5, I moved to Germany, where I spoke German at school, but refused to speak (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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| | Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) Heh. The Lone Star franchise seems to exist everywhere *except* the Lone Star State (Texas, USA). So yes, your having Lone Star restaurants in Sydney is exactly analogous to our having Outback Steakhouses in Houston. Ugh. (...) And every one (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET (Was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) Yes, Americans are arrogant (at times), and ethnocentric. But they are among the friendliest people in the world. However, the center of the known universe is still Billund Denmark! :-) Gary Istok (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Putting on a good show...
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(...) aah. I was thinking of the zoo, thats why I said that the building instructions are not on brickshelf. The ones for 699 are. Don't suppose anyone here has the instructions to the zoo that they could scan in :) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: Warning: May contain offensive language! Was Re: Some US-like things about LUGNET
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(...) Muwhahahhaaa....what a story...:-) Besides the page is funny (especially for a cat lover like me, always with cats for the last 17 years) enough, I ROFL when I tried to visualize your little kids trying to mimic Todd's very funny looking (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Putting on a good show...
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(...) Just checking...you do realise this isn't an actual zoo set, just a safari. [the zoo was for maxi-figs...I can't remember the set number, though. Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) please do scan them in ASAP, as I have been looking for them for ages. (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) No, no, no. I meant #1 in terms of the first language he learned to speak. Sheesh. ;) And who's up late?!? best LFB FUT->o-t.fun (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) Ack, I just had to get used to hearing colleagues from Israel talk about having to teach classes on Sunday. ;) (...) You know, I had to do the same thing when I moved to New Jersey (insert "NJ" for "IDF"). However, I think the pay in the IDF (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Pax Americana (was Re: Where did you lot spring from?)
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(...) And I have toxic waste! (New Jersey.) Ignore those trees, clear blue lakes, and deer! It's a toxic dump, I tell ya! (...) Agreed. But after a summer in Birmingham (UK), I'm sick of Cadbury's too. German chocolate is hard to beat, IMHO--Dutch (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What they said. I wasn't saying that Bruce wasn't saying what I said. (Did that make sense? Probably not, but it's bedtime for me.) This is one of the debates around imperialism of any kind--the host culture is affected, and in ways specific (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | RE: Putting on a good show...
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(...) I think 699 should be easier to find...even a picture will show you how to build it just about. I thought this was on brickshelf...if it isn't, I might have to scan my instructions. Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) If you can find 669. The instructions for it arent even on brickshelf, so you cant even make it out of other bits. (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Hehe... #4: Dutch #3: Spanish #2: German #1: English Lindsay... You know you're up late when you can't count <grin, duck and run> -Shiri (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well...try set 699 for a start...you get a lion, elephant, hippo, giraffe, and zebra...That should be enough for a small town. Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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<!!!Potentially Offensive Joke About Language Proficiency Alert!!!> (heh) (...) As the joke goes, if you know three languages, you're trilingual. If you know two languages, you're bilingual. If you know one language, you're English. If you know no (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | RE: offtopic: UScentric Americans, why worry?
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(...) Yep, that's quite useful. Unfortunately, e-bay doesn't cover trades/sales :( Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, Box Hill, 3128 Growing older is compulsary..Growing (...) (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: offtopic: UScentric Americans, why worry?
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(...) At least on ebay it's quite clear where each auctioneer will ship to, thankyou to all those 'will ship internationally' sellers. If you go in thru ebay.com.au you can even tick the box 'items available to Australia' before you start. pete.w (25 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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