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Yay! I didn't see this on the official site. The IMDB entry for 2004 on "The Great Vegetable Plot". (URL) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Here Here! Good story, and I ain't lion. (Sorry, couldn't help myself ; )) Hasta La Vista, Sean (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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"Wallace and Gromit are back in their first screen outing for six years. BBC News Online exclusively presents Soccamatic, one of 10 short films, revealing Wallace's latest inventions. Soccamatic is free to watch or download from this site. Unable to (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Safari know, the lazy hunter won the bet, but what was his choice of wishkey? (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Groan of the week #28
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(...) I'll drink to that! (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Don't have to about LEGO to be geeky...
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(...) I want to meet the guy in the propellor beanie. Anyone ever build one of those (partly) out of you know what? (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) :-( Not *everyone*... sadly, PLUG was late in its formation, and the url we wanted had alread been taken by the Portuguese LINUX Users Group. Too bad for us :-/ Pedro (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) How are the cargo bay doors attached? And could you possibly post a scan of one of the door elements? Thanks for the info--none of my local TRU's have it yet. Did you get yours via Amazon or directly from a store? Dave! (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) approached by the local group of Richmond Linuxians* who would like us to give it up to them. Like heck we will. EVERYONE knows that a LUG is a LEGO Users Group. Duh! Greg *I'm sure they look remarkably similiar to the NY group. (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.org.us.richlug)
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(...) Wow, at first glance I thought that was an orangutan wearing a propeller hat sitting behind a young Bill Gates. -Rob. (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I guess any group with LUG in the title is full of "geeks", just doesn't have to be about LEGO. (URL) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.org)
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(...) I would imagine that both are related to the level the economy is operating at. (...) I'm not sure "Railroads" have been nationalised in the UK(?) - I exepct Tony has went the "3rd Way". (...) However you look at that mess, it is not an (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What are the other criteria used to determine/justify these "natural monopolies?" (...) My coworker has a power line running to his house that he occasionally uses during peak use times on the weekend, but primarily generates his own power. If (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) *some* economists do. Others reject the notion of a natural monopoly. The classic example is the (...) Just as a side note, I've said in the past that I didn't buy the natural monopoly argument, and have argued in detail against specific (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Since that would mean that my wife has standing to comment (at about 1/8 Native American) but I (at pretty much all European) don't... I would tend to hold it as not reasonable. Else she'll hold it against ME! (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hey Y'all: Who should I see in line at the beer stand at the Ren Faire in Novato this weekend but George Lucas! My SO pointed him out to me standing a few feet away, and I joked that we should go get our money back from him for these last two *great (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I assume here you are taking about power supply rather than generation? Likewise for water supply and sewage collection - rather than water and sewerage treatment? (...) For some cities the airports may well be. But I think that as long as (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Economist have a concept called "natural monopoly" which refers to a industry where the capital investment is so large that it is not in society's best interest for there to be one than one supplier. The classic example is the local power industry (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The changes are outlined here: (URL) the UK we "invest" in roads and "subsidise" the railways. Scott A (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There was actually a pretty good opinion piece, I think in the NYT (but possibly in Newsweek), that discussed the disconnect between air travel and train service. It laid out the numbers and pointed out that since 1936, the airline industry (...) (22 years ago, 15-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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