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(...) According to my book, page 240 is the near the beginning of chapter 11 (A Knife In The Dark) The book is pretty slow until the party arrives at Rivendell, and then it picks up. You're also re-reading it, and were already familiar with (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Lawrence Wilkes wrote in message ... (...) someone as >always having a fag in his mouth LOL! The other good one you quickly learn not to say is "pass me the rubber" (meaning eraser)... I started work over here in a design office :-) Kevin ---...--- (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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One or two of us may have heard that there's a small flick slated for December release based on a little-known book by J.R.R.R.R.R.R.R. something or other. Well, I realized that I hadn't read the book in about 15 years, and I wanted to brush up on (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Martin Scragg" <martin.scragg@s1.com.au> wrote in message news:Gn2wpz.6Ey@lugnet.com... (...) I will never forget the look on my US colleagues faces when I described someone as always having a fag in his mouth Lawrence (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: More Roo Products (was: Re: The strangest eBay auctions...)
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(...) Whole tur.....Oh, *toad* 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Yep - It's definately called a 'tap', or else the following wouldn't make sense - There was was knock on the door, and a tap on the window. Our plumber has a peculiar sense of humour. "Martin Scragg" <martin.scragg@s1.com.au> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I am not going to debate this, but this is a language difference. In Australia, UK, and other places, the thing you have over a sink that water comes out of is called a "tap", whereas in the US (and possibly others) it is called a "faucet". (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, uh, check this one out: (URL) If you're not into roo poo, they have koala too...not to mention other goodies like the whole-toad purse. LFB (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, of course. You're only supposed to turn the *knob*. Sheesh, do we have to remind you about *everything*? ;) LFB (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Can we please plug the pun-fest before it starts? LUGNET's been a-wash with them lately, and I'm feeling drained. BTW, where did the word "faucet" originate, anyway? ROSCO FUT: .pun (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) No, it's a tap, but you have to force-it when it won't turn easily! Obviously most taps in the US are hard to turn :-) Martin (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Roboriders Aren't That Bad" <carbunicle@appleogue.net> wrote in message news:Gn1Bz2.1E3@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) 'Meat' the gusets? You attaching rotating knives, mincers, chainsaws, graters and the like on the next version? :) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The cam is now back to its usual cranky configuration. The party was a great success (too much food!) but the cam was a bit neglected. It'll be better next year: it'll be on a little remote conreol car that internet guests can use to pester, (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Here in Perth we also had clouds (as we did the last time the Leonids were supposed to be spectacular, back in '98), but fortunately the clouds were due to a lightning storm, which kind of made up for it. Some very cool lightning indeed. "Melody (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: we want....a shrubbery! one that looks nice... and not too expensive
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(...) work (...) Maybe there's a need for lugnet.build.foliage? 8?) Or maybe a whole new section, lugnet.grow? ROSCO (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) You are correct in that statement, Lar...I guess even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then...>;^D (...) What bugs me about them is that they aren't random enough. I think it's important in a LEGO diarama to break up the strict (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(URL) (23 years ago, 18-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Even a stopped clock is right once every 12 hours (24 if it's a military clock... what that implies I am not going to get into). Well ya. These trees are kind of like "bonsai for minifigs". I have a shoebox bin full of the forky foilage. That (...) (23 years ago, 18-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Bah! I get up early and what do I see? Clouds! Rain and more clouds, but I must say that for his time of the early morning it is rather 'bright' out there, even with the thickly covered clouds. I don't many of us Aussies would be able to see (...) (23 years ago, 18-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I live in Northern California in the hills to the west of Interstate 80 between San Francisco and Sacramento. We saw several dozen even though it was partly cloudy here too and we didn't stay out that long. And although I'd heard on news (...) (23 years ago, 18-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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