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(...) I've ALWAYS hated Mister Rogers....I remember when I was 3 (4, 5 who knows?) I would scream at my mother to change the station to Mr Dressup (Err I doubt Americans know who that is ;-) ) or Sesame Street if Mister Rogers was on, I hated that (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I've ALWAYS hated Mister Rogers....I remember when I was 3 (4, 5 who knows?) I would scream at my mother to change the station to Mr Dressup (Err I doubt Americans know who that is ;-) ) or Sesame Street if Mister Rogers was on, I hated that (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh, and every cross-country road trip we take, I belt out "Oh Beautiful, For Spacious Skies" at least once. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I've been working on Barbara with this gag. She'll never watch the Muppet Movie (so she says), but I've gotten her to respond to "MYTH! HYTH!" very well. :-, I think I'll start working on "Gone with the Schwinn" next... We'll see how long (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Fantasy series & anime music (was Re: [CW] Pawel and Craig - please clear up this confusion!)
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(...) It's funny, everyone talks about this allegory, but when I read the entire collection when I was about 14 it flew right over my head. Guess it's because I wasn't raised as a Christian. I just figured they were really good fantasy books. The (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) on (...) of (...) Bring (...) I was guessing that some people wouldn't realize it... after all, the references were obvious to people who're familiar with the series but not otherwise ;-) (...) I was sure I'd never like it either... this guy I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) thursday. ^_^ (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) LOL! The first thing that popped into my head: "Yech, you'll get warts." "No no, that's just a myth." "Yeah, but she's my 'myth'" "No, MYTH MYTH!" "Yeth?" Can you tell I'm a muppet fan? <grin> James (URL) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes? (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I always enjoyed the trolley. Model Railroader magazine once had a short article. The opening scene where the neighborhood is shown was shot using a model town built in HO scale. But I would probably trace my love of trains to riding into (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yup, they do, but I can't say I remember anything by him last night (I'd recognize just about anything from Laputa, Mononoke, and Nausicaa). They had some songs from such shows as Nadia, Ranma 1/2 (yup, they actually found a classical piece), (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Fantasy series & anime music (was Re: [CW] Pawel and Craig - please clear up this confusion!)
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(...) Nope. I don't have a lot of time to read, so I don't get many chances to try new authors. :( Do you dislike Robert Jordan? I also Like Modesitt's Spellsong Cycle and Recluse Saga, and Forgotten Realms Novels. (...) I don't remember when (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, that's really cool. I wonder if they'll play any stuff by Jo Hisaishi (Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Prince Mononoke). His stuff is absolutely wonderful. ^_^ (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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There seems to be a lot of people here who like Anime, so I thought I'd mention that WMNR Fine Arts Public Radio in Connecticut has an hour long program every Thursday Night at midnight featuring Classical Styled music from Anime. The program is (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Whoops, slight mistake... The letter I received WAS signed. I guess that would make it a less-plausible spam, but not always. I sometimes get spams that start out "Hi, my name is ___. A mutual friend told me about you" or some sort of trash. (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal writes: <snip> (...) A chance of what? I get tons of spam as is, even though I'm not active in ebay (being registered to hotmail makes it bad enough.). Why would the person sending this (say it is a spam) go out of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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It's 'cause I've got a single stud on the top of my head so that I can switch between my LEGO Freak hat, my Computer Geek hat, and my General Freak hat. *smirk* -Cheese *note: reply to lugnet.off-topic.fun (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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It's 'cause I've got a single stud on the top of my head so that I can switch between my LEGO Freak hat, my Computer Geek hat, and my General Freak hat. *smirk* -Cheese *note: reply to lugnet.off-topic.fun (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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When I was a little kid, Mr. Rogers was the only person other than my Mom who bolstered my self-esteem. That affected me deeply. -Cheese (...) much (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I learned english with him (at the age of three, not now :) and half a year ago, when I moved back to the US, I saw him again. Bliss! My favorite part (and still is, I guess) was the little trolley/train driving around... (My mom thinks that (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I'm fine, thanks, only a bit embaressed that I didn't get the joke ;-) (...) I don't know if I should be laughing my head off or disappearing in the nearest hole in the ground... :-) I really didn't get Craig's joke and the reference (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In all seriousness, there is no man on earth whom I admire and respect as much as Mr. Rogers. -Cheese (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Uh-oh...I read some of the messages and seen that she was only 15 years old, the fact that I didn't know before. Yeah, you are right, it's shame on me..:-( Selçuk (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Saddens me. I would've rather believed it a lame attempt to glean emails. (...) Yeah, I guess I am guilty of expecting someone to be able to formulate a question which doesn't resemble some form spam letter. (...) Time wasn't the issue. I am (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | SPAM, Not SPAM? (was Re: SPAM)
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(...) And not doing a very good job. If you write a letter asking for something and you get taken for spam, you are in trouble. There are basic nettiquette rules that should be mastered before one should venture onto the net. Hell, how about common (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Cross-posting an awfully good idea back to where it can get discussed... James (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Actually, I did realize her age, which is why I was both making no comment and fervently hoping she didn't mean it that way! "There's a time and a place for things like that. It's called college." J (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey Shiri, Ma shlomech, I knew when I read this that you didn't realize what you said. When Craig asked if he would get an intern he was referring to Monica Lewinsky and that Clinton guy (can't bring myself to call him president, being a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Cool stuff - I'm glad that it had a happy ending! :) (...) I think we are all guilty sometimes of forgetting that LEGO predominately attracts children, and adults need as much help and consideration sometimes too! Is there some equivalent of a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Craig for president!
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(...) sell, (...) LOL! I hope not ;-) I'm normally a very honest person... (and humble too ;-) (...) I was referring to my learning Craig's methods of customizing minifigs - Craig, of course, is the master... (J/k, there are many masters) Shiri (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SPAM
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(...) Actually, John, this wasn't a spam letter at all. I received the same letter from the same person (perhaps after she realized you aren't gonna answer) and answered her, also asking who this is. She replied saying thanks a lot, and that she (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I see that one the same way. I get a lot of those too. I try to reply to the honest clueless questions, even though I'm easily annoyed by them. What's more annoying is when someone sends some 'official communique of the _____ empire' asking (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SPAM
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(...) ?? I don't see how that could be spam or even a spam harvest attempt. Call me gullible I guess, but it just strikes me as someone who's relatively clueless at the moment, perhaps young. I get notes, from people I am convinced are youngsters, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: SPAM
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(...) Yes. :John (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Craig for president!
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(...) Hmm... Watch for an upcoming "Shirigate" then..:-) Anyway, this is a family newsgroup but, I wonder who is the "master"..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Why not? Because it's unsolicited or because nsname1962 is from aol? Richard (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Careful--R. J. Reynolds and Co. might have a job for you. (...) Errrrrr...me + 10-foot pole = not touching this. best LFB (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Oh yes, that could explain. I also increased my eBay activity... And yes, I agree, what a lamer. /Tore (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Craig for president!
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(...) Don't ask me, I'm just your advertising manager ;-) I don't care what I sell, as long as I sell it ;-) (...) All of the above? (...) Boo-ha-ha ha!!! (...) I'll volunteer... I'm learning from the master already! :-) FUT .fun -Shiri (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) lugnet.off-topic.fun... (...) Nope. Actually, I've been noticing a drop-off in spam lately. James (URL) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Favorite Lego Train?
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(...) I learned on an HP-2000 (1977-78). ;-) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Yes, but I attribute it to my activity on eBay, not LUGNET. Look at this lame attempt: ___...___ Subject: Re:%20The%20sunshine...use%203119 Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:14:13 EST From: Nsname1962@aol.com To: johnneal@uswest.net everyone is talking about (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Allright could it be more off-topic? I mean, to send something *NOT* funny to lugnet.off-topic.fun... Anyway, this latest week, I have recieved about ten spam-mails a day, compared to the normal amount of two or three a week. Could this have (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm, somehow I think this HP 2100 is a little more powerfull and usefull than the HP 2100 I learned to program on... (that HP 2100 was essentially a PDP-8 clone). This post just jumped out of the Lugnet summary listings and begged to be (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Legoholic
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(...) time. (...) I came out of my dark ages back in the summer of 98 and started a buying frenzy that Fall that lasted into early January '99. I built a pretty impressive Pirate collection from scratch, and picked up a few Town sets. Then the (...) (25 years ago, 7-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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(...) No, didn't you see the attribution? It was on the PR Newswire! It's a real product. I use it at least two times a week. (seriously, yes, I made it up...) (25 years ago, 7-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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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:389B2D55.F1AA03...ger.net... (...) when I (...) again. (...) ROFL. Did you make that one up? Huw (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: LEGO-Direct
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In article <389CF082.A2BFABE9@v...ager.net>, lar@voyager.net says... (...) In other words, it's for Gag Purposes Only (TM) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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BLASPHEMER! BLASPHEMER! <ripping garments> BAN THE DAN, BAN THE DAN!! ;^D John "D. Jezek" wrote: Too much of anything is not good, even Lego. (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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(...) Hands down, your offer sounds more inviting than Jeff "the Daumer" Stembel's! {;^D -John "thread mixer" Neal (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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John Neal wrote in message <389D2F54.20DCCF8E@u...st.net>... (...) the (...) be (...) Pretty funny! Feel free to stop by the next time you are in the neighborhood! Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Legoholic
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(...) I've experienced the same problem as you. In the second half of '99 I've spent about 99% of my free time doing lego-related activities like building, sorting, looking at catalogs, reading lugnet, buying on eBay, going to TRU, etc. It was the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Does your train layout move?
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(...) Not ever having been to your house, I'd say no...;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, the way in which they work is that Digimon is actually supposed to be a male version of the Tamagotchi (you remember that don't you?) It was another virtual pet but you'd train them and by connecting two ujnits together you could fight (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Mistaken ID
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(...) To zing, one must: - be funny - clearly insult the subject of the zing. Fair child, that post to pun failed on both counts. Large Scale Integration of the content did not show me any humor and Micron level scanning didn't help me see if you (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.minifigs )------
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(...) Well, go out on a limb and head on over there, then. Dis member ain't going to, though. (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Fun with Sacajewea [kind of long]
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(...) Technically, you CAN, but it's against CTA rules and not all that safe when you are dragging a rollaway and your computer. Besides, I like freaking out the CTAers, and since everyone else does the between the cars thing, I get to be different. (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: LEGO-Direct
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(...) Well, not a misteak, certainly, because I don't make them. This is a bit of a running gag. Whenever I claim not to make misteaks, I do so by spelling misteak in a way that some people (who don't know better) would claim is incorrect. But by (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.minifigs )------
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(...) Whoops! Mistook you for J Johnston. Sorry! <snip> -Shiri (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.minifigs )------
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(...) Why? I live in Maryland, the best state on Earth (even better than insanity)! ;) (...) LOL! :) Jeff (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.minifigs )------
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(...) I gotta hand it to you, the offer sounds tempting... -John (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Mistaken ID
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(...) I am boycotting .pun because nobody ever reads it, and it is redundant in my book because puns are fun:-D (and I think Mike S. doesn't lurk here anymore since .geek was started up so nobody cares). Case in point: I zinged you in .pun a little (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Fun with Sacajewea [kind of long]
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(...) You can't go directly between the cars anymore while the trains are moving? We used to do that when I was in college. (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.minifigs )------
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(...) Uh-oh... I'm rethinking that Boston-area Castle World meeting we were planning ;-) (...) LOL! "Run (after him) Forest, run!" ;-) -Shiri (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.minifigs )------
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(...) Come on over to my house, and I'll tell you. ;) (...) ROFL! Jeff P.S. Anyone remember the spoofs Comedy Central was doing when Forest Gump came out? One was "Forest Daumer", and the quote was "People are like a box of chocolates. Yum!" (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: LEGO-Direct
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(...) Nope, mistakes are just not on Larry's vocab. (He always says misteaks when referring to the former...:-) -Shiri (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: LEGO-Direct
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(...) Misteaks?...oh yes you do! Alan (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Mistaken ID
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The below post is clearly in the wrong group, I counted at least 3 bad puns in it. AND... no good ones. (...) Larry Pieniazek - larryp@novera.com - (URL) Mercator, the e-business transformation company fund Lugnet(tm): (URL) ref: lar, 1/2 $$ to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.minifigs )------
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(...) like that "other" jeffery, jeffrey stembel's mom warned him as a kid: "if you open that freezer door, heads will roll!" later ~ craig~ (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Digimon, Monster Rancher, Pokemon????
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(...) aww, man! leave the kiddie stuff alone and catch "beast wars" sometime! it's _really_ awesome! i'm not sure if the different "~mon" shows are connected. i tend to think they're all pokemon clones rather than spin-offs. digimon is cute and has (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Digimon, Monster Rancher, Pokemon????
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Hey: So I was watching fox cartoons today and became interested in something called Digimon Digital Monsters. In particular I was interested in the characters Wizardmon and Gatomon. A little too cutesy but still fun... Thing is, what the heck is (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Legoholic
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(...) Such a large collection as mine would take as much as a year to reach you... And you must realize that part of it must be shipped from Israel to me so I can rid myself of that horrid collection once and for all! Of course all the collection (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Legoholic
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(...) I'm glad I could help such a young and addicted Legoholic such as yourself, Shiri! Now, if you send it tomorrow, I realize that snail mail is slow, but that is ridiculous! BTW, which Millennium are we talking? I believe the next one starts at (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.minifigs )------
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(...) Jeffrey, is "Stembel" just a pseudonym for Daumer? ;John (...) (25 years ago, 5-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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(...) Why wood I do that? I'd get too board. Of course, I pronounce my name "neel", not "nile". I refer to an attempt in the past to pun on Todd's last name, pronouncing it "layman" (which is incorrect) HOWEVER, I find the idea of Nihilists (...) (25 years ago, 5-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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(...) <grin, duck> Soon we'll be having lugnet.trains elections :-) Hee-hee! Carbon 60 (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.minifigs )------
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(...) Oooh, I'm low on minifig parts. What kind of arms and legs do you want? I've got tons laying around in my freezer... ;) (...) Sorry, when I saw that, I just couldn't resist! ;) Jeff (URL) (25 years ago, 5-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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(...) EXCELLENT!!! I love Microsoft Bob so I am sure to love BlameIt2000. I cannot wait for the next version of MS Bob--the copy I have now does not have enough intentional bugs to cause my system to freeze up but I can only hope that the next (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.minifigs )------
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(...) LOL! Do you really or was it a pure joke? -Shiri (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.arch )------
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(...) But of course! The most important newsgroup would be lugnet.build.BURP - can't live without it... -Shiri (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.arch )------
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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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| | Re: ------( Welcome to lugnet.build.arch )------
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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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(...) 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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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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