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(...) Yep. When I was in high school, our music department would take annual day trips to Cedar Point in late May. Hire some coaches, leave before the sun comes up, play all day, come back well after dark. :) Steve (26 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) They sound very similar - but the english loses a few big parts of the story, and somehow it manages to convey pretty much no emoption at all. I suspect the translation was done more on "scanning" well and sounding similar than on content. (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Never mind that--although it may be very true. What worries me is the Pink house thing. Yeah, I've got a few Pink windows and such, but they are just to have so that I can say I have them. I don't really ever plan to build anything pink. I might (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I hate those kind of unwanted relatives. I've got Salacious Sister-in-law. -Tom McD. when replying, the Grinch stole everything but the spamcake on Christmas eve; I know it's hard to imagine, even more difficult to conceive! The San Francisco (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Now that's one of the best excuses I've ever seen for playing with someone's present before you give it to them... :-) :-) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That explains why the two versions are so similar. Same thing happens with Japanese songs redone in English. (...) Well, I don't understand german, although I do know a few words. Actually, I know slightly more Japanese, and I'm learning more (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I've never had it done to me, but I've done something similar to someone else!... I've been getting my roomate back into Lego, and she said she always wanted King's Castle as a child, and still would LOVE to have the set, but she couldn't (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <neunundneunzig luftballons> (...) That's because the translation is, if you'll pardon the expression, a load of donkey's faeces. It loses the story, and the emotional loading completely. If you understand german, you know that ;) (...) Yup. (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I can see it now... "Want to chat with other adults who enjoy LEGO? Call LEGO-CHAT on 1-800-LEGO-CHAT" Maybe S@H could offer a "discrete" brown paper envelope service? :) Richard (26 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ya know, they don't play that enough any more. Funny thing is, the German version seems to be more popular than the English version. On the radio stations I listen to, at least. I like listening to songs in some foreign languages. You can pay (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Speculations on bedtime stories (was:Re: New sets, pictures at lego.com)
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(...) Yup. Same here, only now I'm starting to retool with DVD:-p -John (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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TLM (The Little Mermaid) using some of the diver components, maybe pirate ship parts for Prince Eric's ship. -- (...) shelf. I had (...) So now (...) some fun (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Rent? Huh? Oh, yeah--you've got no children. Heh. At our house, one entire shelf is devoted to Disney videos. 2 deep. And we've got Snow White and Wizard of Oz on LaserDisc. Steve (26 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Go in the spring early before school is out sometime. It's awesome then. (-> .off-topic.fun) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Famous last words there, -OR- KER-BOOOOM!!! :) Jeff "I will not be gored... by any old demon sword!" (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Bath-tubs, meet Mr Tap. I even forgot to do _that_... (...) See? Edison strikes again! (see .debate ;) ) Jasper (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ah, I see. I thought it was because of an unbelief in God:-p It is confusing because, as you say, the Hebrew name for God as written in the OT is YHWH (however it's pronounced, no one knows for sure). So to spell the generic word for God (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) _And_ the one before that, and presumably before that as well, except that the newspaper/magazine hadn't been invented yet so we have no documentation. Jasper (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, I have been going nuts on all the people that were stocking up water, etc. My mom even did that! (30+ Gallons!) My boss Steve isn't the most technical person in the world, he has a hard time logging in in the morning, but Detroit Edison (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Naturally enough, since the concept of zero wasn't accepted in western thought until about five centuries later. (26 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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