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You know, I'll have to wander through the local wrecking yards and car dealerships to see if there's anything worth buying to trade for LEGO. <g> Of course, there's not a lot of hope making a profit but you never know. Getting LEGO is better than a (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hey Shiri, are you familiar now with kaddu, I mean pumpkin pie? Maybe that new bulk pack is a "Build a Kaadu Bulk Pack", no? -Erik trying to find "pumpkin" in other languages too... (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) LOL... at the Mindstorms Mall Tour, or maybe before it, Dave E (I think) said that Lucas has a *lot* of fun with his stuff... <grin> well, it sure looks like it. ;-) Go figure. -Shiri (25 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Oh really? <grin> IIRC, it was you with the brick craving, and me with the house full of bricks... ;-) (...) Nobody's forcing you to go see her, Tim ;-) .... is that before or after you're coming to TCS? <big grin> (...) Beats me, I guess you (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I just found in a Hindi/Urdu phrasebook that the word for pumpkin is kaddu. It doesn't sound quite like kaa-doo with a long a, but it makes me wonder if Lucas is having a joke. Kaadus are orange, aren't they? Pumpkin riders defeating a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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"Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G30Bxw.GrE@lugnet.com... (...) Oh, you'll have your day, yes you will :-P (...) Believe me, I know that! I just saw someone who I would hardly characterize as being 'too nice' this last (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hey, careful there, don't forget I'm bringing Chris with me - personal bodyguard, so you just beware. ;-) BTW, I don't think we're "all too nice", au contraire... ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G308qG.5n2@lugnet.com... (...) an (...) You better be... (wait, was that out loud??) ;-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - Zacktron Alliance ICQ: (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Teeheehee, Mark, I was gonna post saying something similar, but Tim lives an hour away from me. <grin, and I'll be careful this Saturday ;-)> -Shiri (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B61C9233.5DAE%s...ink.com... (...) Ouch, Mark. I don't think I can recover from that one too easily ;-) No real applicable comeback either... meanie!! -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Larry Pieniazek writes: <SNIP> (...) <SNIP> Try using the instructions for 8880, that should shave a month or two off the rebuilding time... Paul Sinasohn (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Today? <GDR> ~Mark (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Jude Beaudin" <shiningblade@home.com> wrote in message news:G300Mx.19w@lugnet.com... (...) in the (...) <pauses> Oh NOW I get it! I must be pretty slow today... ;-) -- Tim Courtney - tim@zacktron.com (URL) - Centralized LDraw Resources (URL) - (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) :-). It's been known to happen but not this time. I have nothing against admin.general really just looks that way ;-). Eric Kingsley (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Eric Kingsley writes: <snip> (...) It took me a moment to realize the FU meant "followup" when reading this in the brief display. :-) Yikes, I thought Eric snapped. I am glad he didn't. Jude (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The cheapest way of shipping a car is by ship, as you might expect, and in fact it's more common than some might think. However, for my car, I was quoted $1150 (I actually priced it, just to see), and it would arrive in six weeks' to two (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh, I'd go air, surely. Don't forget to price in a welding torch to weld it all back together in your trade request. :-) (let's see now... One month to take it apart, 3 days to mail it air, 4 months to try to figure out how to put it back (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) A lobster? Ye Gods, man, I think you're on to something! Now I have to completely alter the power ratios! (And figure out why they've got erectile tails.) Hmmm...that may explain the trans-orange ones, but then why is the riverine example (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That was hours ago, I took an overnight monday nite, got to work around 1 PM GMT and did a good half day before I posted. Fortunately I got bumped from Delta onto NW, so I spent some miles to get out of coach and into Business, much better (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, I meant to type postage, inasmuch as I was trying to be silly. For a vehicle of this age and condition, shipping to the UK via the cheapest possible way would be a significant fraction of (or even MORE than) the value of the car. Much less (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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