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(...) I think Full Time 4WD and AWD are used synonymously (at least in the US), which implies that there is a center differential. FT 4WD is differentiated from standard 4WD usually on vehicles that offer both variants. I don't think there are any (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I've got all the current sets, set up on my table. I took some quick pictures this morning. You can see them here: (URL) happy to answer questions about them. I suggest posting the questions, and I'll post answers. That way I don't get emails with (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: SUVs (was: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...)
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(...) are you sure it isn't the other way round? That's always been my experience. (URL) a not too bad explanation. Manufacturers want this to be a confusing topic, it seems. I do agree, a part time 4WD should not be taken on dry pavement unless (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm not an "old guard", by any means, but I've posted a few times. I'm *supposed* to be a castle-head, but this has been keeping me busy for a lot of hours: (URL) castle-head James Brown has been similarly busy. It all the fault of the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SUVs (was: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...)
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(...) See also (URL) have a Durango. I hate it, it gets very poor mileage. But we needed the number of seats it had as well as the trailer capability. Jo and I fight about whether she should drive it all the time. I argue that she should drive our (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SUVs (was: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...)
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(...) All wheel drive equipped vehicles (Subarus, Mercury Mountaineers, etc.) have a center differential between the front and rear axles. 4WD equipped vehicles do not and shouldn't be driven over road with the 4WD engaged. -Rob. (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Death of the Old Guard
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(...) Here you encounter my first problem: for those of us who don't buy Harry Potter or Star Wars or studios monsters on principle (me) theres not much left. (...) Not if I can help it! (...) Well let people do what they want, but I would guess (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | SUVs (was: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...)
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(...) What's the story with SUVs and all this angst? I bought a Toyota RAV4 (I know, a baby SUV) the second year they were out and I drove it around town, on 20,000 miles of highway road trips and up 40 degree dirt and rock inclines. It was a great (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Scientists Agree World is Facing Mass Extinction (URL) from article: "There is virtual unanimity among scientists that we have entered a period of mass extinction not seen since the age of the dinosaurs, an emerging global crisis that could have (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Dragons rocks!!! (new MB Castle)
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(...) Mmmm. I was never fond of the Lego dragons - too small, and just not sinister enough :-) (...) I disagree on the shame thingie only. I'm over shame. But the new MB dragon sets are great (and ideal for BrikWars). I came across these for the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) ...or maybe we have less time over all, and spend more of it building, and less of it talking... James If those newcomers up there are the old guard, what does that make me? Fossilized? ;p (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think the image in my mind went something like this, "Marchetti, Hop-Frog, Black Undies..." That is a picture no one is likely to forget. Ribbit! So I suppose your case is the truest of the "it's not easy being green" cases. Hmm? (...) I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...
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Thats's a special case ;-) Though you should have a Turbo Diesel Ram or other monster truck as your tow vehicle. Then again, if you have a Dodge Ram, that's not an SUV anyways. Not by the "real" definition ("Yuppiemobile that never has dirt on it (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...
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Psh. You don't know the sports car owners *I* do. I use my car several levels higher than it was intended ;-) While putting out over 1.5 times the stock horspower, I actually get BETTER gas mileage than stock (making more power generally requires (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Death of the Old Guard
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(...) I was about to say I wouldn't call myself old guard on castle, but I looked for my first message on Castle and it is #15. Still, I'm not old guard in the way the others were: my interest in Lego (besides an activity I do with my son) is (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Death of the Old Guard
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(...) I don't even make the list(::weeping::)? What about Mookie(::grumble::)? How about Bruce (who recently had the castle poll)? ::sigh:: I think we are still here, maybe there's just nothing to talk about... ...maybe there's other stuff to talk (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nah, it isn't exactly dead, I would just say dormant at the time. I guess that's because the lego castle releases have lagged recently, and space, well you know... (...) Hmm...couldn't agree much more than that, to tell you the truth, I can't (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Death of the Old Guard
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I don't think Lego Castle is dead. I also don't think Harry Potter is castle, but rather just castle fodder. However, I submit to you that it is not Lego Castle that is dieing, but rather Lugnet.castle. The old guard is all but gone now. Just about (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...
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(...) ergh? As a Dodge Neon racer, I have to have a big Dodge to pull the trailer with the Neon in it. Neon not enough of a sports car? Sure has enough dings and dents to qualify as having been seriously "sported". And if it doesn't qualify, then I (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...
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(...) Road & Track, Car & Driver, Motor Trend, etc. all refer to the Miata as a sports car, so forgive me if I value their opinion over yours. :-) But then, I consider my 1953 MGTD that I used to own a sports car... Bruce (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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