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Re: Ldraw cannon —Chris Moseley

Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote (...) It's the numbers that get me. I'm prepared to believe that somewhere in Nuke Freeland there's a street where the numbers get to 1000, but I haven't seen it. And 41 apartments? Are you nuts - that would (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Selçuk Göre

(...) Hey, In my country apartment buildings where people live can have more than 100 apartments, in big cities. Just think about a 20 storey building with 6 or more apartments on each storey. Selçuk (...) hey, dd/mm/yyyy is also same as our (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Mike Stanley

(...) *shudder* I couldn't imagine living 20 stories off the ground. In fact, when I went to Comdex last spring I almost slept in the van because our hotel room was on the 20-something-th floor. :/ (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Selçuk Göre

(...) Uhm, I frequently watch your way of "home"s (those one storey large houses with garages, sitting in the middle of a large grass garden) from Hollywwod pieces of junk, and yes, it is just very nice. But living in a city like Istanbul (with a (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Mike Stanley

(...) Wow, that really sucks. We don't own a home yet but plan on buying within the next few years. We'll never willingly choose to live in a huge city, although I would like to live close enough to one to make use of the amenities. (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Richard Dee

(...) I assume you are waiting for Target to branch out into real estate, so that you can get it for 30% off in a post-Christmas sale?????? :o) (You are a self-confessed cheap bastard, your words, not mine!) (26 years ago, 14-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Mike Stanley

(...) Pshaw. 30%? I'll pass and wait for 70% off. (26 years ago, 15-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Jasper Janssen

(...) ObSomething: You get 100 m2 at a reasonable price? wow. We only get at most 20 m2 affordable.... and then you have a spacy apartment/room :) And our entire country only seats 16 mil, over an area, which I _think_ is slightly larger than (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Selçuk Göre

(...) high but (...) price. I (...) Affordable at least considering the larger ones having three regular rooms + a larger living room (90-100 m2 ones having only 2 rooms + a living room). By the way, me and my wife are both engineers, earning above (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Jasper Janssen

(...) errr Well, I think I started once, anyway. It was a bit boring tho, especially on a simple TV. And color me stupid, but I don't think I get the reference :P Jasper (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Chris Moseley

Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36666ec3.58183035@l...et.com>... (...) What colour is that? I imagine it a sort of pasty green colour, like translucent slime without the highlights. But I could be wrong. Moz (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Jasper Janssen

(...) Something like that. Jasper (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Richard Dee

I visited an ex-pat family on the east side of Istanbul a few years ago. The husband worked for an oil firm. The flat was <I><very bloody big> palatial </very bloody big></I>. I don't know the exact square metreage, but it was comparable to lobby (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Selçuk Göre

The best earners in Turkey, who are working for sombady else (I mean payed to work for, not having own private job), are foreign workers of foreign companies. They are generally payed with foreign currency. We have very high (80-100% annual) (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Jasper Janssen

(...) Do the US even have a minimum wage? I thought they de-regulated... As far as our minimum wage is concerned, it's somewhere on the order of $1000-1500 or so. And not too shabby at that, compared to some of our neighbours. (...) Well - for the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Matthew Miller

(...) Nah, Larry and his friends haven't gotten all of their insidious wishes yet. :) (26 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Mike Stanley

(...) Yeah, just think. If we abolish the minimum wage then we'll get to look forward to all these service-oriented jobs paying slave wages. Then we can enjoy pimply-faced McDonald's style service anywhere! :) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Well that's certainly one possible outcome if nothing else was changed, but I rather doubt it. Most Mickey Dee's I see seem to be offering well above minimum to start. One near my apt in CO was offering 9 an hour to start, 10 if you could work (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Richard Dee

(...) cause. (...) your Things may have changed, but when I was there, oh 5 years ago or so, I was quite impressed. There were many things which put Istanbul in a higher league than many cities I have visited. (Visited being the operative word, as (...) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Mike Stanley

(...) Well, I guess it makes me feel better to know I'm a millionaire in at least one country. :) (26 years ago, 5-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Selçuk Göre

(...) This was the exactly the same feeling for Robin and Diane Sathner (two fellow RTL'ers from Canada), when I met them in Istanbul. They were instant millionaires just after exchanging a 100 USD at airport's change office...:-D Selçuk (26 years ago, 6-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Richard Dee

(...) The whole world uses this format, with the exception of Japan and the USA. (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Duane Hess

It figures. Not only are we backwards by using feet and inches, we're backwards with the date too. Duane (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Todd Lehman

(...) And paper sizes -- we use 8 1/2" x 11" (which has the ratio 1.294117647059), whereas every other sane country uses A4 (approximately 210mm x 297mm) with an exact ratio of sqrt(2). The DIN paper sizes fully rock because DIN An is exactly half a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Sarah Heacock

(...) Well.. the specific building I am in (Building F) only has 4 apartments, but my number is F12 Downstairs on one side is F11 and upstairs is F21 Downstairs on the other side is F12 and upstairs is F22 And I know other buildings do similar (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Mike Stanley

(...) Yup. We're in H380 but there certainly aren't 300+ apartments in our building. (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Matthew Miller

(...) Well, we cheat a bit -- the building numbers often (almost always, in fact) skip. For example, from 1558 to 1562. Just in case someone wants to come squeeze a two-dimensional 1560 in between the buildings. As for the apartments, it's a code -- (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Ldraw cannon —Jasper Janssen

(...) In my own city, we have one street that goes to over a thousand - but it's not actually all in the city :) It runs from the centre of the city to a long way off somewhere :) Viz Apartments: Student flat. small rooms with very small (...) (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)