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Allan, You hit the nail on the head. The kind of fanatical nit-picking by fanatics of the books is the main reason I cannot continue to read the alt.fan.tolkien newsgroup. There is no joy to be found there, only the most self-serving perseverating (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Brief review of Alien Agency set 5601 "Freaky Fill-Up"
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Price: $9.99 at Target Pieces: 95 Minifigs: 1 Aliens: 1 Disclaimer: Just bought it during my lunch hour; haven't had time to build it yet. Overall impression: Not a bad little set. A trifle pricy for MegaBloks standards, at just over $.10 per piece, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Review of 2942 Explore Logic (Duplo) Play House
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(...) And how did she get the info on this new set a whole year ago? :-) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Review of 2942 Explore Logic (Duplo) Play House
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(...) Why did you wait a full year before posting? /Tobbe (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Hey, James, I've been wondering...
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(...) Nope that's not what it means. The "lead seaman" is the first guy out of the tube and leads the charge for that one almighty goal. Watch the opening scene of Look Who's Talking to see what I mean. Bruce Willis is the Lead Seaman. :) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well...not quite, but close. I'm the 3rd lowest rank in the CF (OS-AB-LS-MS-P2-P1-C2-C1) for NCM. But, it doesn't mean all that much, since we have a lot of LS/Cpl rank people who are long service (12-25 years). (I have just shy of 7 years in (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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-- Thanx~ Nicole Drumm MS (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test)
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| | Hey, James, I've been wondering...
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(...) What does that rank mean, in the overall hierarchy of a ship or a naval station? (I presume it means something other than "you have to stand on the prow for the entire voyage, or the fantail if we're going backwards". :) ) best LFB XFUT - (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Now does this qualify as good Lego marketing?
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(...) Or a playboy logo? ROSCO FUT: .o-t.fun (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | 3.5 lbs of clone bricks to a good home
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They are free. All you have to pay is the shipping from zip 32693 to your destination (US only). Two gallon size bags of various clone bricks and special pieces. They are all used and a few are color faded. notably amoung them is a small pile of 1 x (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: Pepsi, Coke or Mecca?
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(...) It seems I have forgotten the Scottish beer nomenclature... (...) Tee-hee. (...) This rings a bell... I certainly remember the Deuchars IPA. That was one of our favourites, and the number one item to bring home. (Due to tax regulations, (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Fredrik, That's fighting talk! North of the border, we don't really drink the "bitter" the southern softies drink [although I did have a pint of Tetley’s last night]. The equivalents are things like 70/- [pronounced 70 Shilling and aka (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hm, I can't recall seeing that one when I visited Edinburgh. But then again, I was more interested in the bitters and lagers during those visits! I did have a chance to taste some variants during a sort of "open day" in the Caledonian brewery. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In the UK we have "Virgin Cola", but it is more of a money making venture than any sort of statement. Scotland is one of a few places where "Coke" is not the No. 1 selling soft drink. The Scottish No 1 is a bright orange drink called "Irn (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The good, the bad and the ring (WAS: LoTR: The Two "Towers")
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(...) As in he took the cheap route by going for a splashy combat sequence. The continuity problem is that several wraiths were torched but there they were in the next sequence riding hell-for-leather for the ford none the worse for their (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) As alcohol is pretty much forbidden in Islam, I don't expect that product to be a hit... Fredrik (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) symbol combo, I think it strange that no similar product has been launched earlier. It interesting, although I don't expect to see it in my region. Fredrik (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | MB FDNY Fire Truck
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I recently purchased and assembled a Megabloks "FDNY Fire Truck" set, #9735. Pictures and some words can be found at: (URL) those who haven't gone there, I've got similar pages on a dozen or so of the Megablocks ProBuilder sets. (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | Re: MOC: German WWII halftrack and armoured car
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(...) Because those AFOLs don't want to. In .space, people imagine militaristic futures and build warships; the violence of Star Wars (destruction of Alderaan, anyone?) and WWI (WWI is "a long way away from the horrors of modern warfare?" I never (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.build.military, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Pepsi, Coke or Mecca?
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(...) What about an Osama Bin Lager ? (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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