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(...) Try finding that in Merriam Webster... (20 years ago, 27-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Sensical Leg Godt Travis Matheson (20 years ago, 27-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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The guidelines for glue where this: anything shown in the commercial had to be buildable WITHOUT glue, but we were allowed to glue the models after they were built in order to move them. If the kids in the commercial were shown handling the toys or (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Very cool Eric, I'll have to be sure to share this with my son Ian. He has a collection of these very same toys and loves them. You say that there are rules about using glue, but never say what the rules are and if you did use any glue. I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Sorry, Lar. I already deleted the 1000steine and trains link; thought general would be appropriate... Jeroen "Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:HzrwyE.DE0@lugnet.com... (...) Dutchman. (...) Nick (...) (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Lakh. (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sounds as though it would be perfect to use for dining on mince and slices of quince! (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Nowadays it's that two-in-one utensil you get at Kentucky Fried Chicken. A spork. But the term was made up purely for rhyming purposes by Edward Lear, when it referred to a fork with one sharp curved prong and two wider prongs, useful for (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Not beautiful by any means, but I like arbitrary and capricious (only when used in tandem). And I've liked runcible spoon since I was a child although to this day I do not know what a runcible spoon actually is. Maggie C. (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) !Good point... Probably 'cause .castle keeps whip-beating them like the little astro-punks they are! The Spacers just need someone to turn on...jus' give 'em time, they'll eventually put a blaster to each other soon enough. ;) ~Lovin' the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Transmogrify... *3vil Grin* -bm www.brickmodder.net (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Please take this to off-topic.fun, it's not really on topic for .general... Thanks! ++Lar (whose favorite English word is NOT "compartmentalised" although sometimes it looks like it is) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Merely a stepping stone. (...) Well, knock me over with a feather. Somebody inside NASA is apparently considering whether NASA should give prizes too. Maybe nothing will come of it, maybe it was a misquote, who knows. But maybe??? (URL) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's valid to ask whether this is scalable technology or not but if one isn't impressed by this, one is part of the problem, in my view. It's not the technology per se that's the impressive part, although that's certainly cool, it's that (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What else could he say? To go into orbit he'll need a quantum leap in technology and funding. Perhaps the North Koreans could help with funding? ;) Being cynical, I'd say SpaceShipOne is nothing more than another way for the wealthy to waste (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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(...) Rutan says he's going for orbit once this step is perfected. I don't think that a ten year timeline for that is at all aggressive considering what the last ten years have provided. (...) Yeah, those will be better. And then there are better (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Tito wasn't an astronaut (or, technically, in his case, a cosmonaut). He was sentient ballast. An astronaut is defined as a pilot or crew member on a space flight, not a tourist. (...) If she would have qualified (I'm not sure if she reached (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Technically Tito wasn't the first paying passenger either, but I think he was the first to fund his own way. (...) True, but Tito got a week's vacation in a space Hilton. Today's flight was the equivalent of a couple of minute ride in the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yaay! (URL) Civilian pilot, civilian ship... Tito was a passenger on a government ship, so I'd say only quasi civilian. Cost for Tito's ride/stunt == cost for the entire Rutan SpaceShipOne program (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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