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| | | (...) Can this project have a newsgroup? Can boxes that people send out have a serial number? Can we post to this hypothetical ng like subj= "123: Columbia MO" and text can indicate what ever I want? This could spawn off a whole sub-hobby. (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) Sure, I don't see why not -- if there's enthusiasm toward it and if a sensible name could be picked. It certainly belongs in the .market.* hierarchy as it's purely an aftermarket person(s)-to-person(s) trading thing. I'll toss out a few random (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Tom McDonald
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| | | | | (...) lol (...) .market.mix-o-rama (variation, just because I like the hyphenated look with orama :) (...) .market.trailmix (sounds copyrighted though..) .market.taplap (take a piece leave a piece) .market.piecemail .market.bricksalad (...) Maybe (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | I LOVE boxtrot. Let's get a group asap as the posts are spread all over... Forget the mail part as it's not a given that boxes will move via mail. Actually it's not a given that the pieces will move in boxes. So I vote for mixorama. or boxtrot, what (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Julie Krenz
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| | | | | | | Boxtrot gets my vote. Julie (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —John Neal
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| | | | | | | The boxtrot is okay, but somtimes I have trouble figuring out the beat;-) All seriousness aside, I like mix-O-rama, but capitalizing the "O":-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) I like .market.boxtrot too because it conveys what's going on more accurately than most of the other names. But something more generic might fit in better. Note that all of the other .market names -- .auction, .buy-sell-trade, .shipping, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) I hear you, but don't forget that sometimes the best names are thought of first, and that we have to decide how much analysis the name actually deserves! :-) Me, I don't think the name is nearly as important as the process, which isn't under (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Let's make sure that it's not some twisted slang word for a lap dance or something like that first. --Todd p.s. Here's what Merriam-Webster online <www.m-w.com> says for "trot": Main Entry: 1 trot Pronunciation: 'trät Function: noun Etymology: (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Julie Krenz
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| | | | | | | | | (...) As in "I'm suffering from boxtrots"? eeewwww! That's just as bad as the example of what Ed said it sounded like to him. I'm liking it less and less, too many gross images. Julie (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | | How about "bootybox"? That's slang free AFAIK;-) Other ideas: .Grabbin .Brickvegnugen .Fahrvegbricken .BrickcitementBox .Treasure-Drove Traveling Mystery Brick Box (.TMBB) SpamcakeTheater2001: A Brick Odessey (.ST2K+1) .LSB (LUGNET Swapbox) (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | | | | | | | I am not real good at brainstorming but I just thought of a couple. How about... .lugbox .lugbricks .lugabs I just thought that the box would be "lugged" around quite a bit and this is "Lugnet". Anyway this is my first post to this string but I have (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | | | | Sorry my comments are a little late on this subject. Every hotel in Europe provides it on unique set of issues when trying to get online. It seems like everytime I figure out the dialing sequence it is time to change hotels again. Anyway, my (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | John Neal wrote in message <378836C1.341000B9@u...st.net>... (...) Well, booty isn't totally slang free. Shaking your booty has nothing to do with trying determine whether that package under the Christmas tree is the latest town junior set, or a (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I certainly don't have any issues if that were the case. :-) But I see where others have found other pejorative connotations, so we can skip that one if you want. I'm about to go very offline for a few days, sales trip, so... just pick (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Julie Krenz
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| | | | | | | | | <3787F377.7A1259ED@mc.net> <378836C1.341000B9@uswest.net> <FEpK0s.GHI@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Here's a name for consideration: .travelingbob (.travelingbobs?) bob = box of bricks I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | | | I love krenZILLA's idea of personalizing it by naming it Bob. And I like Ben's lug/Lugnet play, too. I vote for "LugBob" -John dkrenz wrote:bob = box of bricks (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —David Blomberg
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| | | | | | | | Here's a cool (IMHO), english word that may apply and satisfies the need for a pun: bricolage Main Entry: bri·co·lage Pronunciation: "brE-kO-'läzh, "bri- Function: noun Etymology: French, from bricoler to putter about Date: 1966 : construction or (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Ed Jones
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| | | | | | (...) Howabout - The Block Exchange (25 years ago, 11-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Tamyra Teed ("Mookie")
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| | | | | I'm partial to .market.boxtrot it's in a box.. and it's trotting all over the place.. for some reason it just fits in my mind... my 2nd vote would be for travelmix... mailathon doesn't bring anything to mind.. mailswap and mailtrade just seem to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) recyclebin swapbox wastebasket :-) I wish I was living in the US. Selçuk (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Ed Jones
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| | | | | (...) LOL I love this on three different levels 1 - it sounds like a venereal disease/urinary infection (sorry, couldn't resists) 2 - box trot 3 - boxed rot Yep, this one gets my vote (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) OK, all of those were too cute or trite... But I'm excited now -- I just thought of a not-too-obscure word whose second meaning (according to Merriam-Webster) goes: a mixture of diverse elements and which also evokes visions of a related word (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) Second word is 'jumble'. 2222222fffaf33aweeee Hello, cat on the keyboard. (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | And did you want to tell us what this wonderful word IS?? :-) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) jumble & jambalaya --Todd From www.m-w.com... ---...--- Main Entry: jam·ba·laya Pronunciation: "j&m-b&-'lI-& Function: noun Etymology: Louisiana French, from Provençal jambalaia Date: 1872 1 : rice cooked usually with ham, sausage, chicken, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | (...) Any objections then to lugnet.market.jambalaya ? It would sort in the raw newsgroups list like so: lugnet.market.auction lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade lugnet.market.jambalaya lugnet.market.shipping lugnet.market.shopping lugnet.market.theory (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | I just wanted it created. Agree it's important the name have meaning but no longer care specifically. (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) OK, that wasn't the word I had come across (good thing, too!). Steve (25 years ago, 16-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO —Steve Bliss
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| | | | If it's the word I found, it was pretty obscure to me. But it has some not-at-all-obscure negative variants. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general)
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