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  Finally! In Cinemas! The LOTR preview!
 
O' Mighty Tolkien!, who can stand in thy counsels? I realize that everyone has no doubt seen the previews on the web, but, alas, I had not. I was saving myself for the cinema experience. Finally, it came... I saw the first preview for LOFR last (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
 
(...) Tee hee. No, I don't. My ancestry is Scottish, not Irish. My family came from the "Sandy Lands" of Scotland, hence my last name :^) ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
 
(...) Austin Powers aside, given your hair... You don't own a green bowler, do you? eric (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Show report
 
(...) My collection outgrew closets long ago. Now it's threatening to outgrow the entire basement. :-) Oh, you mean *that* closet. Well I do want/need to put a rainbow sticker on my car, it's true, but I'm happy with the side of the bread my butter (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: The future is now
 
(...) I wasn't around back in the 60s, but I have read about the machine you're describing. I suppose microprocessor and strong, light materials have progressed to the point where they would like to try it again. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: The future is now
 
(...) Speaking of which, I'm pretty sure I saw the first artist's conceptions (or possibly even a photo of a full-sized mock-up) of a powered exoskeleton in PM, back in the 60s. IIRC, it was called something like "the Man Amplifier", and had a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
 
(...) He'll never get his hands on me Lucky Charms. What? Why's everyone always laugh when ah say that? ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
 
"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G77wA6.4n5@lugnet.com... (...) with (...) or b) (...) Ah, 'Optrex' is an eye-wash/lotion over on this side of the paddling pool. Nicholas Allan (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
 
(...) One should never be too busy to fully explore the wonderous tapestry of our common storytelling culture. Folklore and myth bind us together! But, uh, yeah. eric (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
 
(...) Hey Eric, have you considered the possibility that you may have too much time on your hands? :-) Maggie C. (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)


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