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In article <38b85aeb.436875145@...gnet.com>, jasper@janssen.dynip.com says... (...) That's what I meant in a way - you would really have to standardize in the local currency of the location. (26 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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In article <38b45681.435745144@...gnet.com>, jasper@janssen.dynip.com says... (...) I thought that might be a problem but I asked anyway. (...) Maybe difficult when trying to read whole threads but it'll do for now. (...) More reasons not to (...) (26 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general)
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Ian Bishop <ian@goodlife.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:TBHRscA2fTX4Ewy...n.co.uk... (...) UK would be more appropriate I think, since it would give a chance to visit Legoland, which would be a very nice experience at all. Selçuk (26 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) software (...) I agree. Look at this experiment (babelfish): Your original sentence: "I'd rather not.. Translation software is kind of icky in general, and copyright issues I think would make automated translation a rather expensive (...) (26 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) If you're going to hold it in the UK, standardize on pounds. I don't think if you come to a country you can assume they'll accept your currency. Setting up shop near a Bank, Change-booth, or ATM may be a good idea, though ;) Jasper (26 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) I'd rather not.. Translation software is kind of icky in general, and copyright issues I think would make automated translation a rather expensive proposition. At most a URL to babelfish or something like that. (...) Ah, but the French have (...) (26 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Speaking of which, I'm going to be (mostly) offline till the 6th of January - my girlfriend is coming over from Toronto and won't tolerate too much geekage :) So please feel free as usual to email me if you'd like to be added etc, but bear in (...) (26 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) Although it was an unintentional pun it still reminds me of a good point. Many of the buy-sell-trades at a LEGOFest involve a bit of cash changing hands - what currency could you do that in considering Euros don't exist in the UK and only (...) (26 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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(...) Maybe we should try to persuade Todd to integrate some translation software into this newsgroup. I've added lugnet.admin.general (...) Unfortunately I can only do English, the French of an 8 year old and very limited German, probably aged 3. (...) (26 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu, lugnet.admin.general)
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From a UK perspective, Paris must be one of the best options - easily accessible by various means from the south of England where many AFOL's live, but also from the central belt of Scotland via the Ryanair flights from Prestwick (between 29 and 60 (...) (26 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.eu)
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