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(...) I'd chime in here about the need for a newsgroup about my "favourite parts" but this is a family forum. *smirk* -Cheese (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) focused (...) And, there's an urgent need for lugnet.build.hugepooppiece, where we can discuss our favorite parts.:-) Alan (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, clearly, we need a lugnet.build.slope!!! They're important too, you know. (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) John, you convinced me! I'll be sending all my lego collection over to you tomorrow! Expect it any time next Millenium... ;-) (...) Now seriously, Scott - If you feel your lego-addiction is a problem, it will be a problem. If your friends (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) After I was bored out of my mind and read my state's Public Utilities Commission rules for telephone solicitors (they're probably in the front part of your phone book), I would answer calls I knew to be telephone solicitors, just to let them (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) As well you should. Scott, you have a terrible problem to which there is only one solution-- rid yourself of the offending bricks. Being one who is here to help you (that's all I do), I would be willing to take all of your bricks off your (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hi, Scott! (...) Scott, I have two cats, no life, and a Steaming Heap of LEGO. I work like a dog, then come home to my LEGO and cats. I rarely go a day without buying more LEGO (there is *no* such thing as "too much LEGO"). But as the man (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey)
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(...) My stock phrase uses a few more big words to thwart generally illiterate solicitors: "I apologize, but this household's policy prevents patronization of telephone solicitation." Usually, they give up in a rather dazed and confused manner. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hello, my name is Scott and I am a Legoholic. Since my obsession with Lego begun I lost friends, all my money, and I almost lost my family. Really though, is there any kind of clinic for people with this disorder, Forget Alcoholics Anonymous or (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes (...) I kind of spaced on the busted finger thing. I remember Zap ("bazooka expert" or something), my first GI Joe, hade some serious finger problems. Not only was the hand's plastic (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hm, I got into GI Joe just as they introduced the Swivel-Arm Battle Grip™. I loved the things--after a couple of years where fingers broke off, they changed plastic formulation for the forearms and solved that problem. I finally liquidated my (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey)
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(...) Heh heh heh... I used to mess with my high school's tardiness information system by calling it up and whistling 2400 to it... it would try to answer, but they'd set the timeout to 'null' due to the vagaries of having to connect remotely via (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I think this is the localised version of the "Behold the power of cheese" spots we're seeing on the west coast. -Cheese (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: What are you going to do with all those half price 8448's?
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(...) {drum roll} {cue lights} Redmond Washington, Dateline, 7 February 2000: [PR Newswire] Microsoft annouces their latest product, BlameIt2000. For all those times when you, in your home or office, need to generate blame, Microsoft has the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey)
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Used to do 2400 all the time... poor man's null modem... pick up the phone and whistle a answer carrier while the two computers listen for a carrier... :) Dave (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey, GI Joe was great! Sure, when I got my first one, I had him pegged as a weak-minded pawn of the military-industrial complex[1] (probably because of the booklet showing how to pose him in various boot-camp situations; calisthenics, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Once in a great while, unfortunately. Unlike Boston, I am back in Boston M through W next week, although busy. (...) Cool, I'll try to see if I can bring one with me next time I come. (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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How often are you in DC Larry? WAMALUG would love to have a VIP at one of our frequent meetings. -Chris (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ah, I know... replying to myself. (URL) is about the one I saw, though. -S (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Mistaken ID (was Re: I appologise for the way I handled the 9v trains idea book idea.
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(...) A splinter sect off Larritarianism? Nealist? <grin, duck> James (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) oh goodie. my wife thinks it's terrible, but it's sooo much fun Hello, is Mr. Vore there? Uh, hang on. (calling out to the household) Mr Vore! Mr Vore? Hang on, I'll get 'im. Yo, Mr Vore? Oh, ok. Jes' another min, he's comin. (wait at least 30 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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the product? of course... cheese. produced by the cheese marketing group (who's exact name I can't recall, but it's the "real power of cheese" people). -- -Steven "Nothin' But Net!" (URL) Wilkins" <mwilkins@nospam.nai.com> wrote in message (...) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Mistaken ID (was Re: I appologise for the way I handled the 9v trains idea book idea.
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(...) You're in a rather straggly second place, but yes. There's always room to improve, though, some day you may well displace me. (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If you hum a few bars, maybe.. Seriously, I can't even whistle 300 baud. Although I had a roomie that could whistle 120. Remember 120 baud??? TI "portable" TTY's with thermal paper printers?? (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes but... I don't want a pass. A pass is a fixed time all you can eat thing. My schedule is too irregular to make a pass a good idea for me. (well, maybe a LIFETIME pass??) What I want is a stored value mechanism that's lighter to carry than (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Of course the T does use cards for monthly passes. It is also possible to get a "visitor's" pass which is for a shorter timeframe (may just be a week, not sure what the options are). When our church youth group visited Boston last year (our (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I've got some minifig body parts and accessories for sale, but it's going to cost you an arm and a leg... (sorry, when I saw the above description I just couldn't resist) follow-ups to lugnet.off-topic.fun (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Mistaken ID (was Re: I appologise for the way I handled the 9v trains idea book idea.
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(...) Hmmm. I wonder if people think *I* am pompous and love to hear myself talk.....;^D -John (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Matthew Wilkins writes: <Much snippage> (...) LOL! Ok, folks, 'fess up. How many of you can whistle 24? James (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) their (...) One of my hobbies is toying with people who mistakenly call my number. (Oddly enough, after several years my phone only rarely is rung by telemarketers!) Some of the best I've found are: -pick up a conversation with the person in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My favorite one has to be 'Tell me if this sounds like a phone hanging up.' *click* And another one I like is: Them: 'Is this David Courtney' (which when I answer, it isn't) Me: 'As far as you're concerned, this is. No, we're not interested.' (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Maybe. Coins leave your hands smelling funny, though, unless they are not made of base metal. Why they're made of base metal and whether they should be, I will put a pin in, as that's a topic for .debate, not .fun... However, I'll stack my CTA (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) well on my "Behold the power of cheese" reel. *grin* -Cheese (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nope. IT NEVER GOES UP THE CHAIN. The poor telemarketer is working for some schlock company hired to do the actual calls, not the company they say they're calling for. Furthermore, the phone number list is given to (rather than collected by) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) My stock phrase is "I'm sorry, I don't respond to telephone solicitation." Just on the off chance that it percolates up the chain... James (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey)
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(...) Wow, you're nice. As soon as I can detect a telemarketer, I say, "No thanks," and it's doubtful they even hear me say the end of the word "thanks" because the phone is probably already back down[1]. I do that no matter how many times they (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) But I FULLY ADVOCATE being mean to telemarketers. Abuse them until they quit. obdisclaimer: I've worked for two telemarketing firms. What a horrible, evil, soul-destroying job. When you help a telemarketer quit, you're doing them a favor. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) After the compulsory wailing-and-gnashing-of-teeth that occured when the Loonie (and later the Toonie) were introduced in Canada, things settled down and they became accepted by most, and liked by many. Sound and fury, and all that. James (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I love coins. I am absolutely thrilled with the idea after using a pocketful of 2-pound coins (1) to travel the London Underground. Coins last longer than a bill, are easier to fumble through when in your pocket, and generally (IMO) look (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yah the Nickel, Dime, Quarter, and Half Dollar! ;-). I just hate that little piece of copper they give you that you have to throw in a bucket at home to use as a door stop. I have more door stops now than I have doors. Why do we need another (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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