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(...) Well - not exactly... More like: 1) Israel - coz that's where I was born and raised and I miss everything and everyone there 2) Iowa - coz that's where the guy I love lives <sigh> And possibly 3) Oz - coz you're making me feel at home. (but (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Where? My guesses... 1) Australia, as it's a nice country with friendly people 2) USA, the only place LEGO isn't overpriced, and also the only place with LD [well, in the only region with it, anyway.] 3) Denmark, the home of the brick [and all (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) That's what I thought... is that clear enough? (...) Thanks! Uh-oh... don't want to make a home in Oz too, then I'll be craving to be at 3 places at once!... ugh :-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) That was my understanding, market type posts in org.au only, and cross- posting OTHER non market posts to loc.au to catch the Italians. I think as a group we define "local shop X has set Y for $Z" as an acceptable post for loc.au but (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(.market.b-s-t removed from post) Hi Geoffrey and everyone, Don't get me wrong here - I don't want to butt in or anything; just wondering about a few things. I thought the purpose of .org.au was to welcome b-s-t posts that .loc.au doesn't. I can't (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Do you mean a small 2x1 base steering wheel? If so I think they are relatively common but I'm not positive. Tim (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) place. (...) Yes, I was happy. They take credit card and reply promptly to e-mail. They let me know when the set was posted, and although it took longer to get here than they predicted, it was the postal system and not DYA that was to blame. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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Heres an idea, if the "references" header is removed by the server, add it manually but call it something different (e.g. reference) and then have todd change lugnet to recognise this in incoming emails and change it to references before it stores (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Okay...Does this work? Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) 9856 5282 Directory Technology Pty Ltd 1/436 Elgar Road, Box Hill, 3128 Growing older is compulsory..Growing up isn't :-) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Well, the headers required are news headers, and as we don't 'need' news stuff [no net/news allowed] that's probably why we don't have them...and there's nothing I can do...I tried my best :( Benjamin Whytcross BWhytcro@PacificAccess.com.au Ph: (03) (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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So you dont have ANY web access at all, correct? :( (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Why would they set up a mail server to strip out headers delibretly, or is it the server itself? (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Well, all this does is show that any changes to get my messages to thread have to be on the receiving end, unfortunately...Todd any chance of this happening [somehow...maybe check subject, and who's message is being replied to? [which needs to look (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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It got stripped out!! Below is what we get here!! Although, I do notice that it leaves the wrote in message string intact! I had a closer peek into the header itself and this is what's included in it: Xref: lugnet.com lugnet.loc.au:1990 (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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"Whytcross, Benjamin" <BWhytcro@pacificaccess.com.au> wrote in message news:1D0812CAE3E7D21...ccess.com. au... (...) As I recall, microwaving lego probably won't work. A microwave works by heating the water molecules inside food, which just happen (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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"Jamie Obrien" <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message news:FxIr57.Mrv@lugnet.com... (...) space (...) Go to www.brickbay.com You can get as many as you want of these, without the hassle of getting sets. later, David Drew. (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Ah...yes...But don't you think I'd do that if I could ???? BTW, I'm trying something differnt here, and don't know if it'll work, so could someone let me know if this has threaded. [if it hasn't it'll have some 'references' info on top. this is the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Excellent, Words of recommendation from others beats marketing/commericals anyday [1]. I'll probably do a check of available funds and see what I can get. Anyone else interested in getting anything? Santosh [1] About time that companys became honest (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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Santosh Bhat wrote in message ... (...) place. (...) I have bought quite a lot from DYA, the service was first rate (Emmanuel went to a lot of trouble to sell me his last 6991 - thanks Emmanuel!!!). The prices are great, unfortunately the shipping (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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Anyone here bought stuff from DYA in France? What were shipping costs like? that is if they ship here in the first place. Would you say its a good service? I'm thinking I'd like to get a few things they have available. Santosh (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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You could alwaos post via the web when you are at work, if you are allowed web access :) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Sounds like bureaucracy to me ... "Why should we give them that if they aren't going to use it?" kind of attitude. Would it absolutely kill their internet servers to give you some properly threaded news posting access? One other thing I should (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Thhat's not a bad idea, except for one minor detail...The program is installed on the email server our company uses, which is owned and run by the company ours works for. The software on the computer I use is Outlook, but the server that sends out (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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I reckon you should just rip out MS Exchange on your end and install a decent news reader. ;-) That would fix it even better than Todd could IMHO. :-) I use Outlook Express myself, it seems to work fine with newsgroups. It's all up to you, though - (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) Not sure what I've got, but I believe I've got at least 6 16's in unsirted spares...plus others. (...) Not a bad idea..my lego room is full, and my NLSO won't allow it to spend long outside there. [she's got some idea of microwaving lego to (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Well, the only way to fix it is from Todd's end. If he could find a way of arranging email posts [at least those from me] based on the subject and who sent the message I'm replying to, then it would go away. At this end, there's little chance of (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Would there be any chance, Benjamin, that you'd be able to sort out the problem your newsgroup reply function seems to have with putting all replies you send under the main header? All this zigging ang zagging is beginning to give me a headache!! (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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What sort of old fashioned Technic parts are you after? [there's more and less than whats on the list :) ] Actually, a cheaper way to store parts is to get the insert boxes from the larger sets, and put the parts in these. As they are all the same (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Well, A nearly accurate version is sitting at: (URL) got some parts that aren't there anymore, and a lot still to add.] If there's anything there of interest, don't hesitate to let me know. [also, I can occasionally find parts that I don't have on (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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Hi Everyone, I'm in desparate need of two pieces, hard to describe but here goes, Two white 10x10 plates with one corner sliced off diagonally back six studs and the opposite corner missing an area equal to a 4x4 plate. +======\ | O O O O \ | O O O (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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Well, I'll look through my parts draws [remember the lego cabinets with red and blue shelves you could purchase seperately :) ] and put together a list off all my printed parts tonight and post it tomorrow [or tonight if I remember]. Benjamin (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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(...) At least one blue 1x2 and 1 white 1x2 [plus 3 white with the planet missing to some degree, but red satelite (?) still shown] (...) Assuming Sloped bricks, I've got 2 or 3 2x3 white, and maybe 1 or 2 lt grey (...) several 1x4 white and lt grey (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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