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(...) Roger that... Note: We're *already* not happy. NDAA sucks. (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) On a completely different note, I miss this. Life changes and moves on but lugnet was good times that I'm sad seem to be history. This is just a good throwback to what once was Anywho as usual you're not changing my mind and I'm not changing (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I was just thinkin' the same thing!!! KIDDING. (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Logical fallacy alert... "We must do SOMETHING!!!!" "THIS is 'something'" ... "therefore we must do THIS" Often, the right thing to do is, "nothing", that is, don't change the system as a whole in response to a minor upset. Also, I am reminded (...) (12 years ago, 20-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Dave: thousands of people die each year in auto accidents. We have traffic laws, but sometimes they don't work. Often, in fact. Is the solution to ban the automobile? The sad fact is that shit happens. (...) It's more of a pragmatic issue. (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Mental health issues? I think that comes with wanting to own assault weapons that the marines and law enforcement would have some trepedation of using. But that's ust me. And since many americans don't want to invest in universal health care (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Really?? The system worked??? I know 26 families that would beg to differ (...) So because the cause, even though it's just and best for your society, isn't worth the undertaking because it's too difficult? Wow, you Yanks have come along way (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Again, no one said completely. (...) That's bs, selective interpretation, and just plain idiocy. (...) this 20 yr old was 'able bodied'. Should he have had access? He did, so where's your argument? See, this is where your whole argument falls (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote: <snippage> (...) Editorial in today's (maybe yesterday's... I am reading the asian edition in Jakarta so who knows) WSJ has it right... the last 4 out of 5 tragedies have had a common factor.. mental (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote: <snippage> (...) I don't think that the issue is automatic vs semi-auto. All of these mass killings would be tragic whether 10 were killed or 28 were killed. (...) Lay off the LSD, Dave! (URL) (...) (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I'll take the bait. When we are forever secure from the possibility of tyranny, I'd be happy to see the Second Amendment repealed.[1] Til then, these tragedies are the price we pay. We should do everything we can to reduce the scope and (...) (12 years ago, 18-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote: snip (...) I don't think it's an all-or-nothing proposition. I mean, even Canadians own guns! (not me, but I digress) There are lines that can be drawn--the ones in their own little camps that have the (...) (12 years ago, 17-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I agree in principle with what you are saying, Dave, but here's the problem: if you disarm the GP, then only the bad guys will have guns. And they will have them, in addition with the knowledge that whomever they chose to rob will most likely (...) (12 years ago, 17-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Molly Ivins-- "In truth, there is no rational argument for guns in this society. This is no longer a frontier nation in which people hunt their own food. It is a crowded, overwhelmingly urban country in which letting people have access to guns (...) (12 years ago, 17-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Okay, I'll bite. What would you propose, Dave? JOHN (12 years ago, 15-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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as, again, an opportunity to have a legitimate discussion about guns in that sociopathic country to the south of us goes right on by. When? Seriously, when are you going to put your kid killing toys away? There are no words for what 27 families are (...) (12 years ago, 14-Dec-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | The WORLD Ended!!!!!!
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Well, no it didn't. John and I were in the same room--even shook hands (there was other stuff, too, but what happened at BF2012 stays at BF2012...) Fantastic to finally meet the guy I've been winning arguements with for oh these so many years :) So (...) (12 years ago, 16-Jul-12, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If no one is there to hear the glass brake, does it make a sound? ;) Yeah I know that was a H U G E stone in the glass house, as we say. :D But I tried to do it the nice way and hand over the curatorship to somebody for years without success. (...) (13 years ago, 23-Sep-11, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I tell you, you are jumping into conclusiones. "Fishing for traffic from EB" - LOL! C'mon seriously, is that what you really believe? You must mean something like: "SweLUG is dead. Long live SweBrick.se! SweLUG is dead. Long live SweBrick.se! (...) (13 years ago, 16-Sep-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I've heard less than favorable reviews, but it actually didn't do badly in New York City and (I believe) Los Angeles. I guess the proof will be in its performance in subsequent weeks with wider release...? (13 years ago, 19-Apr-11, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Not yet. Debating. Cringing, actually... Budget of 15M and opening weekend gross reported at 1.67M Not spectacular but for 300 theatres, not bad? Not sure really. (13 years ago, 19-Apr-11, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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I mean seriously. Did anyone???? (13 years ago, 19-Apr-11, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I know, I know. Fair call. I should have learnt years ago never to claim I'm taking my bat and ball and going home. That is lame. Please pretend I murfled both hissy fits. I find it much too difficult to resist attacks against my person and (...) (14 years ago, 3-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Speaking of ray-tracing then, I prusume... (14 years ago, 3-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree with ot.debate. There are already several posts there along these lines, so it seems appropriate to continue the rant there. (14 years ago, 29-Mar-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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No need. But thanks. Nope, I was PBM on the old Bricklink. I am no more. I sell product off that system now! Much easier, and no hassles from the MODs or anyone else. They seem to like to confuse me with other stores! Happens all the time. They do (...) (14 years ago, 15-Mar-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I am afraid that almost no one from BrickLink reads these forums, especially the off-topic.debate portion of this site, so if you get little or no responses, it probably is because no one has read it. This also applies to any other posts you (...) (14 years ago, 26-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(URL) since the forums like to put in their 2 cents, and I am 'easy to set off' here is one for you. I am going to advertise for yet another store. Now I have gone and done it. Please mention Dan in the sales section when you purchase from this (...) (14 years ago, 26-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, at least you've got all of that "Da Vinci Code" money coming in. Beyond that, I can't really hazard a guess about the actions of the mods. I've always found he BL discussion forum to abe generally welcoming, but the site itself is of (...) (14 years ago, 19-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well it has been over 2 weeks since I was booted from Bricklink in a fit of standard stupidity. What I love best is the fact, and YES it is a fact they allow criminals on, people who have been BANNED FOR LIFE...yea, I remember that too! And I get (...) (14 years ago, 18-Feb-10, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Good reply! I was gonna post this, it's pretty much what you said... Well let's not turn this into a big philosophical discussion here, but SNOT has *many* building benefits, only one of which is hiding studs. It also lets you create unusual shapes (...) (15 years ago, 12-Jun-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) First of all, clearly not the answer he was looking for. Second, SNOT is not so much about producing a smooth-surfaced model as it is about allowing you to build in any direction. Take, for instance, my (URL) Nerd Herd car>. The bulk of the (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) That has nothing to do with the confusion between short (US) tons and long (imperial) tons, which was what led us here. (...) ROFL!! I had hoped you'd realise I was being humourous, or maybe you did and decided to bite anyway, in which case (...) (15 years ago, 8-Jun-09, to lugnet.boats, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I don understand, but my reasons for doing so: I was adviced to do so. Reason why I was adviced so: trade/sale/buy group is not really active, but the posting belong there. So that is posted correctly. But, those, who might be is not reading (...) (15 years ago, 9-Mar-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) May I ask you to please stop spamming all the groups with this? One message was more than enough, and the ones who might be interested have seen it. Thanks for understanding. Regards, Matija (15 years ago, 8-Mar-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It's just a turn of phrase. Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (15 years ago, 20-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Not gone, I don't think, but not all that active anymore. DaveE (15 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I hear that he's an active overseer at Wikipedia now. (15 years ago, 19-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) And at least one of the .o-t curators seems to be long gone, but I could be wrong. Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (15 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I wasn't sure that anybody actually reads o-t.d anymore. (15 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) A good question, CM Bob. There certainly seems to be a lot of them these days, some of which seem to have a narrow focus (there's even one called 'LEGO® Complaining'!). At the moment I cope with the huge number of LEGO groups by the simple (...) (15 years ago, 18-Feb-09, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) A devastatingly brilliant member of LUGNET commented on this very subject a while back. Read his wisdom (URL) and be forever changed. Dave! (16 years ago, 27-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Anders Franzén wrote: snippity (...) snip (...) At least 2 sources I've read claim it was a dragon. (URL) Here's one of them>. sjf (16 years ago, 26-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Hi! When looking into The Book of Job again (latest Swedish version from 2000) I noted that, as you correctly says, Yahweh created Behemoth, not defeated it. I have read somewhere that Behemoth is a Hippopotamus, which fits well to Yahweh's (...) (16 years ago, 25-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) I'm sure you'll have at least two or three ways of getting in touch with me at that time... Dave! (16 years ago, 11-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) See, this is why people should never admit when they've made a mistake. And I will continue to ridicule the Myers-Briggs Test Instrument while there is breath in my lungs and blood in my veins, thank you very much. Dave! (16 years ago, 11-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) Oooo, there's still hope for Myers-Briggs! DaveE (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not sure what to make of this; I'll get back to you in a few years. JOHN (16 years ago, 10-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) Well, it's not as though I was thinking about it every day, but it was sort of bubbling on the back burner, along with a hundred other random things. Jon Palmer's post in ot.pun was another of them, but I already commented on that one a while (...) (16 years ago, 8-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) It takes you FIVE YEARS to admit you're wrong, Dave!? Or have you just been thinking about the example for that long? I don't believe that you had even procreated before this discussion. ROFL JOHN (16 years ago, 7-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Ahh infinity, how I love ye! Was Re: George Bush has legitimised terrorism
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(...) Okay, I've thought about it more. And I've decided that my example is 100% faulty. Even if such a theoretical perfect sphere could be said to exist in the real universe, there'd be no way for us to verify it, because we'd have no way to verify (...) (16 years ago, 6-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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About 20 months ago, just as the presidential campaign was beginning, my husband, an environmental science teacher, conjured up a story ... his first in decades. It came to him as a way to cast historical events in a new light. His first strategy (...) (16 years ago, 5-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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As I couldn't find any better place to put this (and its about the toy business in general, not about clones), I'll post it here... This is a general review of the toy manufacturing industry in China, and how it is being affected by the current (...) (16 years ago, 2-Nov-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Right place for questions about LUGNET configurations
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(...) Thanks, I'm on my way! Jetro (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You might try LUGNET.ADMIN, which is where I've asked questions about my account in the past. Such as "why don't I get a dollar every time someone reads one of my posts?" Seriously, though--that's probably the best place to start asking. Dave! (16 years ago, 24-Oct-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Right place for questions about LUGNET configurations
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I'm looking for the right place to ask a couple of questions about the configuration of my account, including mailing issues. Is this the right place? (16 years ago, 23-Oct-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Looking for old Convention Programs
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(...) It's not way too complicated, once you get the hang of it. I know I had difficulties early on, but with patient guidance from community leaders, I got to know the ropes. I would encourage you to persevere - it makes for a better LUGNET (...) (16 years ago, 19-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) This sounds way too complicated for a toy forum. I probably should just refrain from posting in the future to avoid more headaches. That sounds much easier. :^) (16 years ago, 18-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) When changing the newsgroup within a thread, it's good practice to make the post in both the old and the new newsgroup, with the FUT going (only) to the new. This crossposting, apparently, makes it much easier for those using newsreaders to (...) (16 years ago, 18-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Additionally, it's my understanding that the preferred spelling is "goofball." And I won't even get into "your just..." Dave! (16 years ago, 18-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) snipped (...) Um, is this sentence meant to be constructive criticism or are you trolling? EDIT: Reposted to correct newsgroup (16 years ago, 17-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Elian Gonzales
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Well how about that: (...) (16 years ago, 15-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) You should come visit me in Northern Ireland... (URL) you would love it here> ; ) God Bless, Nathan (16 years ago, 10-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) I just list my email and rarely do I get spam. Perhaps it is due to sbcglobal's spam controls, but at one time I was getting 30 or so a day. Now one a week. So I don't think that lugnet is a good fishing pond for spamers. Besides I am not (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) I imagine similar thoughts during those past discussions regarding MOCs of spacecraft shaped like Nazi symbols, weak landing gears and whether spaceships have to have wings in space :^) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) Oh ok I stand corrected. It's been so long since I joined legnet that I don't remember doing anything (anti-spamish) special when entering my email addy. Maybe the system changed between the time when I signed up and it's current (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost on planet Earth ... somewhere
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(...) Your post would be better made to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) In which case, you should probably set the FUT to .o-t.d. No? Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost on planet Earth ... somewhere
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My intent was as someone stated, a "cautionary tale" and a request for others to keep a lookout ... admittedly a desperate request because the person possessing the lost set could also read the post and remove the identifying sticker. I hoped that (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) Who would've thought such a minor issue would encourage us to examine our morals so closely? (...) If malice was the motive. It could've just been stupidity. Al (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) I think my conscience would tend towards giving someone the benefit of the doubt. I'm firmly of the opinion that it's better to let a criminal roam free than execute an innocent man (to take a dramatic analogy). That's why I disagree with OPs (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) That's between you and your conscience. (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) So if I believe someone (eg. you) did something and they (eg. you) claim they (eg. you) didn't I have your blessing to give their (eg. your) email address out to spammers? Tim (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) FUT somewhere else. Please. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) FUT somewhere else. Please. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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(...) Because he 'claimed' he didn't receive it. A bit of spam rates pretty low in terms of harshness IMO, but I guess YMMV. (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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--snip-- (...) Because he didn't receive the set? Seems a bit harsh to me. Tim (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) Actually, it is entered by the user. It's done in the posting setup. That's why everyone uses a different method. As for the OP, I can't really balme her for wanting that guy to get a bit of spam. Al. (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure if LUGNET does protect raw email addresses but they're certainly not all automatic. Mine is as I entered it with my own anti-spam system. I seem to remember an option being 'spam protected email' address or something similar. Tim (16 years ago, 3-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) Agreed. (...) I'm not trying to take sides in this at all, but don't forget that when you see something like this: "From: "Anne Schubert" chomper95 @ NOSPAM juno.com" at the top of a legnet post, it is being put in automatically by legnet's (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jun-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: 6030 MISB lost in Slovakia
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(...) Indeed. Though I find myself wondering why Martin's, John's and your posts were all crossposted to off-topic.debate. The content, while probably off-topic for castle, is not off-topic per se, in my view. I've set the FUT to (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jun-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) --snip-- (...) Most certainly posting a full and raw e-mail address is extremely rude and disrespectful. I note that Anne includes an anti-spam section in her own posting address here and to not offer the some privilege to someone else is (...) (16 years ago, 2-Jun-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Give the guy a brake, he wasn't being "political incorrect" and it is good to know about problems so the rest of us do not make the same mistake or fall into the same trap, which ever. Had he said the US or Canada or GB would he have been (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jun-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A couple of days ago, on some other website, I read a message from a Slovakian AFOL complaining about not getting an uninsured MISB 6030... yes, it was him. In my opinion, it is definitely not honest to make public his full name, member name (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jun-08, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Great idea! I already had plans to attend (I live in Chicago), but suddenly I am reminded that it really is my patriotic duty to use some of that $ to stimulate the economy. Clearly the only responsible thing to do would be to spend at least a (...) (16 years ago, 15-Feb-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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So I saw on the news today that Bush signed his "economic stimulus" plan into law today. This means that many of us in the U.S. could be receiving rebate checks starting in May. How does this relate to LEGO you ask? Well, with Brickworld coming up (...) (16 years ago, 14-Feb-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Agreed - it also makes good business sense. What is your basis for assuming the former possibility and disregarding the latter? (...) I was responding to "I have my doubts that anyone even could [turn a profit]" - by sourcing all my figures (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And there I was thinking it might only be for themes lots of people were interested in. (...) Well (URL) MOCpages> breaks even but (URL) CSF> has, until quite recently been run purely out of pocket. I realise that research is a bit slower than (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) That seems to be the consensus. But I don't see any Rock Raiders offshoot sites, which from my external perspective makes it look less about format, and more about cherry-picking... BICBVW! (...) Well, I don't think it's that hard considering (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) --snip-- (...) I'm not exactly sure that anyone has attempted to start a new site 'to make a few bucks'. I have my doubts that anyone even could. I believe the first offshoot sites were started due to disagreements about the running and format (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Thanks for the detailed recap! (...) I agree (although that's probably a bit off-topic for off-topic.debate) - I have quite an irrational fondness for this little corner of the internet. Richard (16 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Adrian Egli wrote: A good question! For certain, RTL did not make a comeback. The theory I've heard is the growth of theme group sites like Classic Space outside of Lugnet have drawn readers away from Lugnet. I always (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jan-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I think the problem was that LUGNET didn't respond enough to people's desires. The administration was either inactive or unable to comply, thanks to various reasons. Essentially, LUGNET's software was all custom made to follow an NNTP design (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jan-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A good question! For certain, RTL did not make a comeback. The theory I've heard is the growth of theme group sites like Classic Space outside of Lugnet have drawn readers away from Lugnet. I've also heard people express the opinion that (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jan-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I haven't been around in a while, but I remember Lugnet being a bit more.. well.. alive. The wiki page doesn't illuminate much, and catching up on four years worth of posts doesn't seem terribly feasible. So I was wondering really, what happened? (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jan-08, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) she was a Canadian, or for that matter Cuban even (along with almost any other non-third world country in the world--except the US), she'd be alive today. Seriously yankees--grow up. I'm not saying we're the best or we have all the answers, (...) (17 years ago, 21-Dec-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The Brick Testament - Civil War, Polygamy, Murder, Decaptitaion, and Mutilation
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(...) Brendan, I am appalled. Are you suggesting that mass genocide and wanton destruction are morally worse than homosexuality? What kind of a heathen are you? -Lenny Hoffman, Expert on Heathens (17 years ago, 27-Sep-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Nice trolling yourself, Ted! I just re-read the entire thread and you contributed much more negativity than I did and you're revealed yourself to be a bigger and more obnoxious troll for continuing to attempt to bait me with such needless (...) (17 years ago, 23-Sep-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Another Q for the Ambassadors to ask TLG, please?
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(...) Heh, we'll have to agree to disagree there. I just don't think they mesh with the System at all. (...) Wouldn't it be nice? I think one of the reasons that there's so little traffic on Lugnet these days is due in part to the fact that a (...) (17 years ago, 12-Sep-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Agreed but also remember we now have Skeletons, Star Wars and Market Street. And I like seeing Bionicle parts in system sets so long as they go (which I agree can be hit and miss). (...) Well put. I just wish both camps would spend more time (...) (17 years ago, 12-Sep-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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