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(...) we're (...) A good clarification, Frank. I guess by "first one" up above I actually meant the day of your birth, which I guess in common parlance would called your "0th" birthday. I'm feeling feisty today. Chris (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you really want to have fun with airlines, try taking a sword home with you. :/ We only held one plane up trying to sort it out, and while my Dutch is atrocious, the MP seemed very nice. James (URL) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Actually we count aniversaries of our birthday. You really only have one nbirthday, and it's not your "first" birthday... (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Duh, I forgot! GMLTC has a jig for module building too. It's so simple, it hardly deserves the name. Basically it's a 2x8 (or 10, I forget which) with a handle to get the column spacing right. Thanks for reminding me. I think it was made for (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) I made a jig to help speed up the building of my modules. It would slide into place around one tower of 2x2 bricks and have a notch for the next tower. It would slip out very easily and had tiles on the bottom to allow it to slide over the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) There's a difference between being "in your first year" and being "one year old". If you are 30 years old, then that means you have completed 30 years of life, and are in the midst of your 31st year, so the AD counting thing doesn't hold true. (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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This doesn't quite count, but it's close. I just ran off 10 copies of my black hopper. Since this was tedious, I did everything I could to make it quick, by doing the same step over and over. After I got to a certain point in the construction, I (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build)
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(...) Actually not. Age really does start at 0. You aren't 1 until you have been out of your mother's womb (or the petri dish for those reading this post in the far distant future) for 365 or so days. (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Mark Sullivan writes: [snipped part about counting to 10] (...) zero). Hmm, that must be it. It must be my programmer's instinct that took over... -Frank (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, Limbaugh (who's been known to fill himself with a few kilos of spamcake himself) -John (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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