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Forwarded from The Construction Site [Foreman@constructiontoys.com], edited down to just the Lego. Hello, and welcome to: THE CONSTRUCTION PAPER The official newspaper of The Construction Site! Read on to hear about how you can get a FREE t-shirt by (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: 8480 Space Shuttles in MA
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<looks around sheepsishly> Unfortunately I didn't go to the Kingston TRU in person to look for them, I called and an employee went and looked. I figured he knew what he was talking about, since he said something to the effect of "we have some of the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: woohoo Rain!!! :)
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(...) We just had some, less than ten minutes ago, after two weeks of no rain. It was a downpour, but lasted just a few minutes. Gotta love that desert weather! Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Local box to pass for the MI area
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I can get to Bishop Airport in about 15 min... Charles (...) local (...) make (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | 8480 Space Shuttles in MA
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Adam -- I find it hard to believe that the Kingston MA TRU store had run out, because I was there the same day, June 30th 1999, and they had 9 sets (8 after I left the store 8-) The price was about $138 ($129.99 plus tax). There were 3 sets on the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.md.bal, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Finally happy with my site. Plus some additions.
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Well I am finally happy with my web site and have put up what I hope will be the standard look and feel for my site for some time. Most of the changes were made to help facilitate maintenance and to increase load times. I have really tried to quiet (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Local box to pass for the MI area
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I'd be interested, if the box came through West Michigan... Steve (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: woohoo Rain!!! :)
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(...) in (...) LOL Live by the spamcake, die by the spamcake. -Tom McD. when replying, if you have a loose spamcake, eat a bunch of cheese. (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: woohoo Rain!!! :)
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(...) Why waste good bricks, we're going to pelt you with loose or clumped spamcakes... (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Local box to pass for the MI area
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I can do Ann Arbor and Flint, I go there every weekend. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: woohoo Rain!!! :)
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(...) I was on the Oregon coast for the weekend and it was around 75 with a slight breeze and not a cloud in sight, went boating on the ocean for a bit. Here in the SF East Bay Area today it was around 75 with a small breeze and mostly sunny. Feel (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: woohoo Rain!!! :)
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Ed Jones wrote in message ... (...) the (...) We had rain here in Raleigh NC, but no luck on dropping the temperature (well ok, now its down to 84 or so, and my wimpy apartment AC has managed to get the inside temp down to 76...) Frank (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: woohoo Rain!!! :)
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(...) Well, at 6:00 its still over 100 in NYC. We left work early - they closed the building due to power consumption. (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | woohoo Rain!!! :)
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Wow -- flash thunderstorm -- the temperature outside just dropped from like 98°F to like 68°F in 10 minutes. Gotta love this Boston weather! --Todd (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Local box to pass for the MI area
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I can't commit to LEAD but I want in. I pass through Metro airport enough to where I could rendezvous with the current (or next) box holder on my way to somewhere else pretty easily. Heck I could do it more than once, even, or start a fork. I have a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Eastern MA Wal-Mart Clearance
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(...) 10 fewer Samurai than before I got to them. ;) Seriously, there were probably at least a dozen more Samurai Swordsmen and at least 10 Town Folks. Although I may go back for more... J (25 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Eastern MA Wal-Mart Clearance
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[included lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos] (...) Wow, that's a pretty excellent deal this time of year. Do you happen to remember off hand about how many of each were left? --Todd (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | David Karr's machine gun
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[crossposting to lugnet.build] (...) Wow!!! Incredible! Now that you mention it, I seem to remember visiting that page about a year or two ago. But there's still nothing like seeing it in the flesh! :) If you can make it to the next adult play day (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Fest week of 21st?
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(...) Actually James Jessiman made an LDraw model way back when, but I don't know where it is---at that time the technology I had at hand was adequate only to reproduce the GIFs of each step, so that's what I have on my Web page: see the "Model 96" (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Fest week of 21st?
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(...) Say, David, have you thought about modeling the mechanics of the gun in LDraw? I'm sure many people would love to see how it works on the inside! (...) Crispin Richey of The Construction Site said they're planning to have another grown-up play (...) (25 years ago, 30-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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