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(...) And what is our national interest, besides economic imperialism? (...) What are our national interests, besides economic imperialism? (...) Perhaps I misunderstand you, but are you saying that only Americans have rights, such as those of (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Idaho...?! I've been to Idaho, these folks don't offer much threat. Are you sure you didn't mean Michigan? Besides, most of the white supremacists I've come across tend to be John Bircher folks... Just helping you fan the flames... Cheers, - (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A good point with a debatable example. (...) Another good point, but it misses to a degree. People turn to violence when they feel disenfranchised for whatever reason - the Latasha Harlin/Rodney King one-two punch resulted in riots in Los (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As a card-carrying Libertarian, the foreign policy plank is probably the part of the platform I disagree with the most. Regardless of what domestic policies we persue (libertarian ones, I hope), our national interest doesn't change. Now, I (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It really annoys me when people clamor for a "smaller government." The first things to get cut are usually civil services, government publications, and the like. As an example, many years ago, the Coast Pilot division had some 25 or more (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What "set McVeigh off" may well have been the paranoia which surrounds these events. You should not forget that McVeigh and those at Ruby Ridge had links with libertarian white supremacists. The fact that the FBI has been clumsy in the past, (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Isn't that supposed to be what set McVeigh off in the first place (Waco, Ruby Ridge)? (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm glad my "elaboration" was helpful, and I hope I am clear now. <snipped discussion> (...) Sounds good to me, but why do you feel it is necessary to repeat yourself? Are you sure you are not addressing me? Have I mocked someone or done (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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From my UK perspective, perhaps the best way to “prevent the next Timothy McVeigh” is to crack down on the over-armed libertarian (although some are also anti-semitic /white supremacists) "militiamen" compounds which populate hilltops in places (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I imagine Larry getting a new computer peripherial..."The Trouble Stirring Up USB 2.0 Ladle and Firewire (800MBps) Pot To Stir ™"...he hooks it up and thinks to himself ..ooOO{Now, where did I put that last LP e-mail?} 8?) (...) If you do (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Gosh Larry, I can't find anything there with which to disagree. JSA -- Green Bay Lacrosse-- Play hard; play often. (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As you should. I asked in order to try to understand, not challenge, your view. <snip elaboration> Thanks. Helpful. (...) I did say it, but not just to you, rather to all who read here. I'll say it again... Welcome all who come, whatever their (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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There isn't enough to debate around here these days ( grin) so here's some fodder. Rather than excerpting, here it is in its entireity. Note in particular point #3, which I think may be the most significant of the 5, although I'm rather fond of #1 (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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See below too! :) (...) I think it was a basic misunderstanding of what Bruce (who, trust me, holds LEGO in a regard few can hold higher) meant by "not a good collectible." You focussed on it as though he meant that it's not good; he meant that (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks Bruce, it's better to understand each other....right on. Eric (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks Bruce, it's better to understand each other....right on. Eric (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks Bruce, it's better to understand each other....right on. Eric (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'll do as I please. If you want an explanation, here it is: Anyone with enough money can collect LEGOs. There's no talent or creativity involved. There's no artistry, skill or vision either. Collection is consumption. Consumption doesn't earn (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Selçuk Göre writes: <snip> I assume (...) No you're not! ;-) And Tammy, by the looks of it, you didn't kill this thread either. Now it's my turn. /\/\ark - watching the 3724 watching him - de Kock (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Absolutely correct. As you're fond of saying, this is a big tent, with room for all. However, and I think this is Dan's point, between hard-core builders and hard-core collectors, there is a significant paradigm shift. To me (and I suspect Dan (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Alright, a little overzealous, but I can live with that. We be cool then. Bruce (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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That's good, I can go with that... Eric (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why *side* with either? Why are there sides *at all* for that matter? That is what is baffling me. This isn't a territorial war, is it? Both "sides" can "win", can't they? I'm a builder AND a collector and there is nothing wrong with being (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hey that's cool Bruce, I got a little out of hand, I re-read the thread and I hear where your comming from, I ussually don't get like that on Lugnet, sorry. You rasied some good points, I hope people can appreciate this as I did. I'm 30, so I feel (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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----See below (...) ----I guess it bothered me that he said Lego isn't a good collectible, if his opinion is different I guess I should'nt slam him, infact I do respect his opinion. (...) ----Ahhh nothing, I know it's wrong to do that.....sorry (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Great point! From a LEGO builder's point of view, I look at unopened or unused LEGO as a waste of fun, creative and exciting possibilities! I think Eric slightly overdid it in his last post by calling Bruce out, as if creativity makes a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well... I dunno if "attacked" is the right word here-- surely if you offer up an opinion that others don't share, they're likely to respond. It's human nature, not Lugnet. Of course attacking does happen, but usually, people set a tone. If I (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I hold Lego in extremely high regard - you are confusing an honest analysis of Lego on the "collectable toy market" with a derogatory attack. That Lego makes a poor "collectable" is a *good* thing, in my opinion. You need to go back and (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why do you say this? Because Bruce doesn't have the same opinion as you? (...) What do your creations have to do with the debate at hand? (...) Um, what? (...) What does this have to do with anything? How does one person's creations and the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think you know how to pretend. That seems to be one of several social skills you weren't able to learn. My theory would be that you were neglected and didn't get the attention that you wanted as a child. Now, you are (age wise, not (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Where did you get these *facts* from? If what you say is true, the running of LEGO is far worse than I thought. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) window? (...) you (...) Gaurav, This comment was actually directed at Steve. I think it's fine to just post the set numbers. I only know about a dozen technic sets by number, but I don't mind typing a number I don't know into the Lugnet (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Okay I will start doing this in my posts from now on. I actually memorized all the Technic set numbers some time ago (result of staring at Technic catalogs for years; hehe I'm a nut :-) ) and keep thinking that everyone else has done the same, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I disagree with that. :-) To me anyway, it DID look like you agreed (in advance) with what we advanced... (1). It's those other blokes over there we are arguing with, not you, bub. :-) (...) Right on. (...) Currency speculating again? :-) 1 - (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> (...) You and Lindsay both mentioned this, and I want to point out that I agree with it, although I imagine it certainly didn't look like it. I don't (intentionally) deride or begrudge collectors and speculators their place in the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think so. See below. (...) True. (...) I don't think so. See below. (...) While most of the above may be *true*, it is not the *reason* that this set is being released to S@H and not to retail. The REASON is that S@H is within Brad's (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There is an old saying, "You can't please all of the people, all of the time." Guess what Anthony? You proved it to be true. But understand, LEGO is about to release a few new castle sets via Harry Potter and they have to be careful not to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Nevermind, because you don't hold Lego in high regard. It is a good collectable. Your not winning any admiration here by saying that it's not. Perhaps you have'nt seen my Creations. www.brickshelf.com/c...Legomaster Also, your forgetting that every (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, in the sense of what makes something a good collectable. That is usually uniqueness and to some degree, scarcity. Unless there is a specific unique part in the set, Lego rates real low on that scale (primarily the box). You can find any (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ----In the sense that it isn't easy or TLC never made it easy to collect Lego, I agree. Eric (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Note where my message is on the tree - I hadn't read the "cites" I anticipated someone would use at that point. The dictionary terms don't really apply to the "collectable toy" market, which is what is really being debated (anything else is a (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ----Hold it right there. I step aside for that. Your absolutely right. (...) ----ok, no biggie. (...) -----dude, com'on (...) ----right on, me too (...) ---Thanks Kirby -----Yes, a natural evolution of a successful product will bring these (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You sound like your head is hurting about as much as mine...I'll get you a cool washcloth if you'll fetch the asprin...8?) Matt (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Right. Obviously 'collector' will mean different things to different folks...SO WHAT? We are all entitled to our own opinion of who we are, and how we view ourselves in the 'collector' world. Me, a builder-I build by the instructions once, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Aww excellent were on the same page. Keeping what we like as "LegoHeads" from being branded is one thing and it's good. I think Also, LD has to focus on what it percieves as a selling base. So all peoples are going to be fragmented and assingned in (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> Sooooo, what are you saying...we should all remain ignorant and let somebody else define things for us? I was merely trying to correct the method that was being used to define a collector. To say that a collector is simply (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And this right here is my point of contention. My hobby is not to collect LEGO bricks. My hobby is Building. My collection is merely a side effect of the necessity for having LEGO bricks with which to build. You wouldn't call a home builder a (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) BINGO! My post here: (URL) to de-bunk the whole issue in the first place. Lets NOT be branded anything, if we can help it. (...) Not a prob' Eric, Just keeping my title intact. 8?) (...) Ok! Matt (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks for the effort, but this is part of Lugnet's problem. We don't need to be so specific, we don't need to define ourselves. We know what we do. Let's be careful not allow a post to begin making us go crazy. Were into Lego. Period. You want to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Yup that's pretty much what I said earlier, thanks :^) (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Again, from Dictionary.com: col·lect1 (k-lkt) v. col·lect·ed, col·lect·ing, col·lects v. tr. 1. To bring together in a group or mass; gather. 2. To accumulate as a hobby or for study. 3. To call for and obtain payment of: collect taxes. 4. To (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry, not my intent...just adding the missing dictionary definitions. (...) Complaints can be forwarded to: -The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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dude...you just suckered me into a debate! But that's ok, let's see if I can score a couple of points for myself... A collector is a person who collects... well gee...you've successfully defined what a collector is. Now how about defining what it (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My sentiments exactly. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But you are missing the point that it is the manufacturers THEMSELVES who are doing this...the very moment that the word 'collectable' is slapped on something, it automaically ISN'T, ya' know? LEGO is now guilty of jumping on the bandwagon, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, you'd be a typical 8-yr. old girl! :) Jimmy (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Pthrrrp. What a crappy, cold reply. Makes me want to quit Lugnet, too. Beat feet, JSA, Lugnet is supposed to be a haven from bullies. --Dave (jot and jab) xxx...xxx (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Mookie wrote: <snip> (...) Hi Tamyra, Actually I wouldn't have replied as the Tom's way, but my thoughts are pretty same about this kind of "cry baby attitude". Actually you already revealed the trick: "having a thicker skin". And not having great (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Shhh...don't tip him off about the *conspiracy*...the awful, terrible humanistic conspiracy! <Insert Pat Robertson here> :) Which Toledo congregation, Chris? (I'm from a Detroit one, myself, so I know a few of 'em from YAC/YRUU cons way back.) (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Ecological Conferences and the like. Maybe I should have said snack table instead of counter. :) The UUs are helping out with a project we are working on in Toledo. It's good to have their help. (...) WHat can I say, i was hungary. :) -chris (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Yo Anthony, I have'nt read this whole thread, but i don't want to see you leave! Suffice to say there are alot of Smarties out there who like to put their two cents in...it's tough to deal with......but for the rest of us....don't go! Eric (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What kinds of conferences (this sentence just struck me as thinking of the types of conferences I attend which would have a "snack counter" which are Unitarian Universalist conferences, just wondering if we've got another UU here). (...) Boy, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As a child I thought the same thing. I did have a cool aunt who was vegetarian(but she eat meat on pizza???) which made me think some vegetarians were cool. (...) One of my outspoken vegan friends aquired a farm that came with chickens. He now (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I definately agree with you about their response being a defense against attacks but I perceive something deeper in some people. I think it's those who say "I wish I could but I just can't." I don't know if they consider themseleves weaker or (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Mookie, who has ever stabbed YOU in the back? I can't even fathom this happening...I presume you mean creatively, etc. And I DO recall your comments about castle walls -- but then again, haven't you been using MOC stickers on walls? I am going (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Humans certainly are sometimes pretty ridiculous. We've created a culture where people feel it is important to meet other peoples definitions of what's right that we don't even think about what we are doing and why we do it. On a similar note, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I mostly drink water and juice (and root beer). I can drink a coke every so often, but pepsi makes me sick.I don't know why. My mother was a diet coke drinker/diet food consumer until just a few years ago when she started to get severe migrine (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's great advice. (...) Flaming cruxifixion? Seems a mixed metaphor... :-) Seriously, we've had some discussions about the phenomenon in the past. Lots of them. Is LUGNET cliqueish? It must be, I would think, unless it is unlike every other (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's weird. Do you think the readers thought that the "organic" thing was being overdone? I think some things WERE overdone back in the days, like the big fiber kick in the late 70's. Stuff like that contributed to the stereotype of the tree (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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You know, I've tried to stay out of this, though I do have to say. Tom I would have thought better coming from you. Anthony wasn't 'whining' about being ignored, he was simply stating a fact that is very prevalent on this server. People get ignored. (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I have had that response on a number of occasions too. I doubt that they think their diet is less moral (though I have had someone sort-of admit that (here!)). I think that they are concerned that you're going to get all self-righteous on them (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't know the conspiracy side of it at all, but it make head head feel like an over ripe walnut waiting to explode. I just can't drink diet bevs, etc. Mostly I drink water and whole juices, so it's not really problem, but I do occasionally (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Sorry for the delay in replying. (...) Here's an interesting stat from (URL) thirty-five countries surveyed in 1991, the United States cardiovascular death rate ranked 17th for both males and females. The highest death rates were in the Soviet (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If they can't diagree, then how can they have their own opinion? You may have you own opinion, but hey do to even if it dosn't agree with yours. (...) Oh, and Any Old set being re-released is good, I'm not particliarly into castle, but I've (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've seen the cycle Dan describes many times. (...) I think what Chris means is that a lot of stuff that we put out at the curb to recycle is actually landfilled if there is no market for it. 'Recycled' newspapers are commonly discarded in (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) hold on now, just a dang minute! don't go getting all touchy feely and trying to hug me and all that or I might just have to bust a cap up in here! (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) First this statment is totally wrong. You can have your own opinion even when everyone disagree. Now do you notice this is a FAN group? We are not a group of professional news reporter or something like that. It's like going to a Star Trek (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Dang, that's pretty messed up, man! Well, I love ya! ;^) And it's good to see you back. Dan (23 years ago, 10-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Uh...hi folks. I took a break from lugnet for a bit around april. I still uh..."lurked"...I think thats what you internet folks call it. Any way, I took a break cause I was taking some things a bit seriously. I'm full of hypocrycies, I think (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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To hopefully forestall the next person whining about noone paying attention to them. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hah! Really? That's too bad, it *is* a nifty allegory. I hate it when one of those great sentences has no reality-base. Boo. (...) Hah! I know someone who *did* turn it on. Ewww. And amazingly, he's my best friend. ;-) I shudder at the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Welcome to the real world (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:3B22650A.FB6ABA...faq.com... (...) and crying (...) attention! So why you giving it to him? regards lawrence (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Until Danger(tm) rears its ugly head. Then you're an intrepid Cave Explorer, Pirate King, and Menace to Bad Drivers everywhere. Just shine the LEGO(tm) Logo into the sky and you'll come! ++Lar (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm not sure what bait I should be taking. I'm just a mild mannered LEGOManiac... Frank (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I have no idea why I locked onto this, but I just did. (...) This is not in actual fact true. It's only true if you have an anesthetized frog. My experience is that a frog will try to jump out of *anything* a human puts it into. It's one of those (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Then grow up and deal with it, you're wrong. Do you actually believe that people MUST read all of your (or anyone's) posts, and comment on them, rather than "ignoring" them, or "looking over" them? GROW UP, the world owes you NOTHING, you (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's fine. (of course some of us realise that "every theme is spare parts for " X (where X is our theme) ) But I think Hop Frog is on to something when he says that one shouldn't leave readers with the opinion that one is unhappy or jealous (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Now there's a resonable counter to my statement :) Actually, I find what you wrote there quite interesting, and would be interested in seeing your grading system when it is finished as well. (...) Well, it would probably be in their own (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Sage advice, Matt! Thanks for putting things in the proper perspective. As far as these old sets being released, I don't give a flying f*** as long as there's one Classic Space set released ;^) So, I didn't post a reply to Brad Justus's (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I must also offer my own apologies to everyone at Lugnet. Though I do not plan to continue to post regularly, it was wrong of me to say that everyone here attributes to Lugnet's problem. However, that does not remove the fact that Lugnet still (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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I'm sorry you feel this way, Anthony. I read through the posts and I think, by and large, that most of the replies were pretty cordial, but there were a couple that went a bit overboard on attacking you personally instead of debating your point. I (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Anthony Please Don't leave Lugnet or stop posting. I have been in your shoes before. When I suggested that some people would not be especially happy if the July surprise was the reissue of the early 80's sets. (specifically the guarded Inn but (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not certain why you set the FUT to .off-topic.debate, because it is certainly on-topic for LUGNET. Anyhow, in keeping with my vow to stay out of this group, this is going to be a fire-and-forget message :] My advice is to just not worry (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Anthony, I 'm posting because I was the person that possibly branded you a complainer. I'd like you to read this whole post objectively, so I'd like to offer my apology in advance, hoping that you'll see a few things differently, and continue to be (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Could this be the same Anthony Sava who referred to the people he assumed would disagree with him as "hypocritic castle heads?" A whiner as well as a complainer. Be sure to bring a good supply of rocks as you retreat to your glass house. And, (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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