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(...) Apparently, some of the posts haven't "made it" for some reason--I don't know why. I can state this because a lot of my posts have gone missing, posts that I know I made--maybe they went under pseudo- nyms, but I KNOW that I made more than 7 (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: OMG - GONK PROOF (was Re:Google archives Usenet back to '81)
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That was YOU??!! If this is true, (and it looks that way) then I must say that I feel like I am in the presence of greatness. Wow. :^D -Jon (You??!!) -- | The Galactic Shipyard - (URL) My website - (URL) BrickBay Store - (URL) Sullivan" (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | OMG - GONK PROOF (was Re:Google archives Usenet back to '81)
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(...) Please forgive my enthusiasm, but Jon's post meant something very special to me :) You see, about 8 years ago I made a post to a Star Wars usenet group, coining the term "Gonk" to refer to the two-legged power droid that shows up in every (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.announce, lugnet.off-topic.fun) !
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(...) Here's my first post to Usenet (I thought I had started using it earlier, but I guess not): (URL) here's my first post on politics: (URL) my first post to RTL (on my Birthday no less): (URL) my first net communication about LEGO is on Lugnet I (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Military Question: Tanks and Motorcycles
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I don't know anything about how German motorcycles actually were used in WWII, but from my own limited military experience doing my national service in the Norwegian army, I can imagine how they might have been used. Often see them with a sidecar (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build.military)
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in article Go7psv.zI@lugnet.com, Jon Palmer at jpalmer@oklahoma.net wrote on 12/11/01 10:00 PM: (...) Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa... ****begin quote Search Result 76From: Robert M. Dye (robdye@writeme.com) Subject: What *I* would have (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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Wow. (URL) are some other old posts I thought might be interesting to Lugnet. (some of the URLs are long though) First post about Lego: (URL) post in rec.toys.lego: (URL) post by a certain someone (on the first day no less): (URL) love to see what (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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(...) The Germans did use motorcycles in combat - kind of a mobile light cavalry strike force. I'm not sure that they used them in conjunction with tanks. Hit and run missions or advanced strike teams to get to key locations. Not really stand-up (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build.military)
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{cross-posting to get more info.] (...) Please forgive me if my memory is faulty in this area, I am by NO MEANS one of these people that can tell you the make and model of armaments, aircraft, battleships, etc. -- but I seem to recall the tank and (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.build.military)
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(...) I suspect you're right, though early in the war they may have been used for real transport. I recall pictures of the forces moving into Poland with rows of motorcycles. The motorcycle with sidecar and machinegun would make a nice vehicle to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The one thing that always pops into my mind when thinking of motorcycles and WW2 is the nazis chasing Indiana Jones and his dad from the Castle in Last Crusade :) Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What's usually the context of the appearance? Usually, IIRC, motorcycles were used by couriers--so they should only appear with armor when the army is on the move, and the entire mechanized force is in transit. Motorcycles would also be used (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hey Y'all: I know almost nothing about the manner and techniques of outfitting an army, and I find that I have no idea where to look for the information except some google searches that didn't yield much of interest. What I want to know is the whys (...) (23 years ago, 11-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Just read and enjoyed the essay. Now your assignment--right a fictional account of someone trying to explain the plot of LoTR to those tribal elders. :) Aaron D. (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I had seen that Onion piece earlier, but it didn't really support my argument so I didn't deighn to mention it:) Maybe 10 years from now, Harry Potter will be long forgotten, and I will have egg on my face. Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah, well, I'm STILL gonna go see The Lord of the Rings - I've been waiting (wait, I've run out of toes and fingers!) a long time for this. :-) Bruce (it's not like I haven't read it enough) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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a somewhat fuller review: Thomas M. Disch: _The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World_ I didn't realize how sardonic his book was until I had paid for it. In the first chapter, The Right To Lie, Disch explores how (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Last Night's Dream
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(...) (snipped) I have also had dreams involving massive amounts of LEGO Bricks... The one I racall best started with me sat on the bus, going on a somehow familiar street; Then I looked at a store which had the window FULL of Classic Castle sets (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) screens. Maybe, maybe not. Would these legions of consumers have been wearing HP costumes if the movie hadn't been at the crest of a marketing wave since early Spring? I doubt it, though we can never know for sure. In any case, you're (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Last Night's Dream
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I had a dream last night ... I was building, per usual, in front of stacks of Akro-Mils storage units, with all of the pieces sorted by type. So far, pretty grounded in reality, right? Well, I then determined what pieces I needed more of, and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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