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(...) Good call! (URL) Dave! (25 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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This is a myth. It was supposed to be the Commissioner of Patents, but no such letter, speech, or testimony to this effect is to be found. In fact, a hundred years or so ago is recognized as a time of great ferment of technological innovation, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes (...) Heh! I don't have much plane experience (just plane inexperienced, I guess), but my daily incarceration on the Light Rail Sardine Can seems analogous, and the perpetrators come in two general (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You don't even want to know......... but since you asked..... Yellow Castle (10), Main Street (10), London Bus (35). And every single one of them has been opened up and disbursed into my LEGO inventory (or into buildings) years ago. (Unopened (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) unprepared (...) Because it's not? I've already said elsewhere on LUGNET that I do this very thing. :-) Don't EVER be in front of me on an airplane blocking the aisle and not ready to go when the person in front of you moves, because I will (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Take this to email, but yes, this seems eminently doable. I fly out later today and will be in town all week, and next too. LegoLand Windsor Fireworks, anyone? (25 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, I was kidding about the office part, but if you're in town it would be a shame not to engineer a path-crossing. It'd have to be arranged by email, I fear, because my phone doesn't work in the UK--it's a prepay so it's restricted to .nl. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Wow, Todd really took my idea and ran... I thought I'd post the comment here since the only important release this year was set 3363 LEGO Maniac.... :-) :-) Frank (25 years ago, 23-Oct-00, to lugnet.year.1963, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You should take his (...) is (...) you (...) Of course, we're ignoring the fact that Lego Scorpions are at least a few feet long. (Comparing to Minifigs) So ten should easily pull a chariot-type vehicle. Of couse, the hover-chariot would be (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I just wanted to cross post this to .off-topic.fun so we could have proof that Larry is not perfect. :-) Jude (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I bought it, along with nine other small sets, on Crete (I was there, and I had some cash left over, and figured the best way to get rid of them was to spend them on LEGO ^-^). If you're curious, this is what I found: 1184 1185 1182 1186 3055 (in a (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Watcha mean? You should see some of what we have to put up with- I M(ight) C(ontrol) S(omething)-Intergrated Machinery Control System on ship...it's a big standing joke. To go full speed takes 2 people, one in with each engine, and 2 straight (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Where did you buy that set? I've never seen it before. You should take his comment as an inspiration to design a scorpion-towed vehicle. The scorpion is very much neglected by animal-towed vehicle builders. But how many would you need? (25 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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The quote above is from one of my NLF:s, after he saw my newly purchased 1182. The thing he found so fun, was the fact that the building instructions show the scorpion attached to the end of a chain, which in turn is attached to the raft. I had no (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Scott E. Sanburn" <ssanburn@cleanweb.net> wrote in message news:009d01c03b09$65...default... (...) sounds (...) And not just cheap Lego - cheap Holy Grail Lego. *groan* ;-) So, how many of those do you have in your collection? Wait, don't tell me, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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Gary & Tim & All, (...) lets (...) Bus (...) it (...) Heh, evil Gary, plundering all the toy stores for cheap LEGO. Almost sounds like a Republican or something! ; ) (FUT off.topic.fun) Scott "I've been plundering stores in Ann Arbor myself" S. -- (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe... Ping me first thing next week, I am going home for the weekend. I'd love to meet you over here, it would be SO ironic. ++Lar/.uk (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I read that subject line too fast. Boy am I glad I didn't ask what "but candy" is. -- -Rob. ===...=== New sets and parts for sale or trade: (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) today. (...) Because once you've seen it all, there's not much worth visiting? I generally don't sightsee anymore, and I've hit virtually every worthwhile LEGO cache on the West End (The East End is another story, but I'm a slacker too). Plus, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Heh. Today's User Friendly is pretty good, too. Steve (25 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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