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| (...) Well, it's night here so hurry up :) j/k (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
| | | | | 2000.2 Catalogue now out :)
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| I just got back from Target at Camberwell [Melbourne] and they had the new catalogue for this year :) It's 76 pages, with lego webpages to go with set/theme info, and lots of descriptions. I'll try and scan it tonight, and post the images. [WARNING: (...) (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.general)
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| Dear Larry - although there are a few places around that serve native fauna - to you, it's probably not as Australian as Thai, Italian etc. Apparently Australia's best eating experiences are what's being referred to as "nouveau cuisine," and it's (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
| | | | | Re: Dining downunder (was Re: Pricing on Lego Sets)
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| Well, be sure not to step on or too close to any sharks, crocodiles (a.k.a. crocs), snakes, box jellyfish, rabid dogs, cane toads, funnelweb spiders, redback spiders, black widow spiders, and visiting or local politicians. ;-) That last species are (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| (...) Whew! the first time I read that I thought it said "How about we feed Larry **TO** some local fauna?" and I was getting worried. ++Lar (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| (...) I scoped those and they both sound good to me. Thai is a favorite of mine (and of any programmer worth anything, according to the Jargon Dictionary) as is Italian. But I was hoping for something more Oz, Paul Hogan personally kills a croc for (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| "David Drew" <david@hydrowash.com.au> wrote in message news:Fywz81.C8E@lugnet.com... (...) Scrolling also through sidewalk, one jumped to mind... (URL) about we feed Larry some local fauna? later, David Drew. (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
| | | | | Re: Dining downunder (was Re: Pricing on Lego Sets)
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| "Dave Low" <stinglessbee@hotSPA...Email.com> wrote in message news:Fywy87.AJJ@lugnet.com... (...) or (...) (URL). (...) How about Tetsua's? :) Beppi's sounds pretty good though, if it's within everyone's budget. We should really go for something (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
| | | | | Dining downunder (was Re: Pricing on Lego Sets)
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| (...) Paraphrased from the dictionary at www.culinarycafe.com: "In Australia Chicken Maryland refers to chicken leg with both thigh and drumstick attached, crumbed, browned in hot fat, and baked. Sometimes served with cream gravy." If you go to an (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| | | | | | Mindstorms going cheap at Harvey Norman - might just be a rumour
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| Aware of my Lego interests, a colleague told me that Harvey Norman are advertising Mindstorms in their current catalogue; he thought at reduced prices. However, not being an AFOL, he could not give me more precise details. I tried looking at the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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| (...) Whereas what I'd like to see would be one base price across the world, with realistic country by country prices, and S@H making it explicit how much above the base price is due to shipping costs to that country, and how much above the base (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| G'day, I'm not trying to start any cross continent flame wars...just trying to show people they're not as badly off as they seem to think. [and want others to think...I'm sure there are places worse off than Australia, too.] I wouldn't mind it so (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| (...) Don't worry, I do. We have exchange students ask us why we can't just drive down to Disney World (in FL, 1000 M from our house) for the weekend, so I know where you're coming from. Don't fault me for thinking Melbourne is close to Sydney, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| People frequently don't appreciate the distances involved in this country. The only chance you can argue this one with Ben over a beer, is by long distance call. Box hill is a suburb of Melbourne, Melbourne is about 1000km's south of Sydney. Though (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| (...) And it always amazes me that you bring this up again and again! :-) Look, the fact that you're paying 3x what some sets are worth doesn't make the fact that the US is paying 2x what the same sets are worth any less bad. Instead of trying to (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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| (...) It always amazes me how people in a country with the cheapest lego and largest range are always complaining about how it costs so much...Here in Australia it has been cheaper in general to get sets sent to us by airmail from the US/Europe than (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
| | | | | Re: GPSP -- $22.45
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| (...) toyworld for quite a while, and the ones in Craigieburn don't seem to have moved well either. [And the lego rep said he'd be in the friday before last and still hasn't shown up...shows their commitment to us :( ] On a side note...Did you know (...) (24 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)
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