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Re: malicious behavior
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Date: 
Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:11:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Allister McLaren wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal wrote:
   In fact I know nothing about JLUG except that it was formed in order to facilitate a more adult-oriented atmosphere that wasn’t appreciated here on LUGNET. But please, correct me if I’m wrong!

:sigh: http://www.jlug.net/faq.htm

Why the sigh? It says JLUG is not for children and there are no rules. Fine.

Now this part I don’t get:

“The JLUG is a group of Lego enthusiast that are not geographically centred but certainly work together through online communication. After joking around for awhile it started making sense to have a group that could participate online. Especially for those unable to attend regular Lug meetings due to distance or other factors or for those that just can’t seem to join enough LUGs.”

I assume this joking around was ONLINE already, so I don’t quite understand why another forum was needed (unless it was a different TYPE of forum, one where smack was encouraged, no holds barred; that type of thing)

Correct me if I’m wrong.

You are wrong. I think I would know, since I wrote that, and I was the one joking around. The whole thing started as a joke in real life, because I am geographically challenged from other “local” groups. You know, friends joking... real people and in real time. Shocking I’m sure, but true.

Janey “Red Brick”

I put the J in JLUG... which rhymes with A, which stands for Assume.

snipped the rest since it has nothing to do with ME!



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  Re: malicious behavior
 
(...) It's not shocking, just unclear. Not that it really matters, but these friends with whom you joked-- they aren't AFOLs I assume, because presumabley they are the ones with whom you are geographically challenged. Perhaps you joked with (...) (18 years ago, 18-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)

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  Re: malicious behavior
 
(...) Why the sigh? It says JLUG is not for children and there are no rules. Fine. Now this part I don't get: "The JLUG is a group of Lego enthusiast that are not geographically centred but certainly work together through online communication. After (...) (18 years ago, 16-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)

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