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| (...) Maybe... But I also got Ogre and Car Wars in the deal. 8^) Dave! (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Yup. (...) Good deal! Thrift stores are terrible on Lego, but they can be great on games. Of course, Traveller one can argue that Traveller as a game is over-priced at 75 cents... :-O Bruce (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Isn't Avalon Hill, too? (...) My RPG FoTW (not this week, but it happened during *a* week): I was in a local Goodwill store, yet again finding no LEGO (for that matter, I have *NEVER* found even a single LEGO in all my trips to a bunch of (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | The Gygax Legacy (was: mech legality)
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| (...) Having worked in a hobby/gaming for an annoying length of time, I've been exposed to far too much garbage nee fantasy fiction. Ed Greenwood tops the list of awful book producers (I hate to call him a writer), closely followed by everything (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) TSR was once the Amoeba that swallowed SPI, so it has a certain circular irony to it. (for the non-intialized (initiated on initials): Tactical Studies Rules and Simulations Publications, Inc.) (...) Which is now a subsidiary of Hasbro. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) You mean, *more* substandard than what was already coming out of millions of AD&D gaming sessions around the world? Whoa, that sucks. :) (...) Hah! TSR swallowed by an amoeba! How fitting. (...) You know, I sometimes can appreciate justice. (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) After a disastrous overproduction of really, really sub-standard fiction, resulting in a huge return of stock by such low-visibility companies as B. Dalton and others, TSR teetered on the brink on non-existence for between 6 and 12 months. (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Speaking of TSR are they still around? -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. <snip> (...) <snip> (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I'm not sure about HERC, as it's an acronym used in that universe. It is derived from Herculean but it has its own provenance as well. Not to say that a company won't stick "TM" on it just to scare the unwary or uninitiated; TSR did this with (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Hey Lindsay, sometimes a typo is just a typo! Maggie C. (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| This may not actually be off-topic, but it *is* rather fun. Today, I made a Freudian slip while typing the URL for a newsgroup: www.lugnet.com/market/suction Which seemed, to me, rather fitting. But alas, it turned up no hits. Any stories out (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I've seen it, and used it, as both. -Tim (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| In 'Net parlance, does the smiley-face 8^P denote sticking one's tongue out at someone else, or is it a self-deprecating "d'oh!" face? Dave! (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Y'know, I finally figured it out. My dad was stationed in Australia during WWII for a while. Apparently too long... Bruce (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | Re: Bill Gates, our benefactor
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| (...) Wow, it's been a while since I snooped snopes. Last time I read it, they were just barely installing the Disney Sex Horror Academica Legends page. ;-) Wow, they've expanded. New categories for religion, autos, holidays, *and* the (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Mind if we call you "Bruce" just to keep things clear? ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | Re: Bill Gates, our benefactor
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| (...) Yeah, that was a great one. The email I got actually talked about AOL and Intel (I think) merging and conducting an email beta test! But somehow, miraculously, Microsoft would be the ones sending me a check. And also, it was GARAUNTEED to work (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Heh. If you want to keep up with currently circulating email hoaxes, or if you just want a chuckle, visit (URL) They track all sorts of urban legends and hoaxes and such. Fun site. ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Good news! According to an email I just received, we all stand to make oodles of money: "To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages, but this is from my good friend [name removed by me] and she it WILL work." Well, with a testimonial (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | Re: More pictures of my apartment
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| (...) Yup. There have been times when I've had some of my buckets of soaking LEGO there. Right now, my container of unwashed, used, non-intresting LEGO is there. I also have my stash of Tyco blocks there (yea, I'm one of those guys who is not (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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