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(...) About that...anyone want to go all retro and hit Mel's this month? Calum (20 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Me too! Got the Rover from my wife! (...) Does this mean there won't be room in the Dakota for me on the 14th? :) -Rob A. (20 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) We did the Tower last summer ('04 :) and went on that ride...The Lego theme was extremely lame...I am pretty sure they were the same simulators as the tour of the universe. They just had a couple of posters stuck up and a couple of screens (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey guys, You ever have one of those nights where you sort your music collection, sort of like John Cusack in High Fidelity and browse through old photographs? No? Well, here's some photos from BrickFest 2004: (URL) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) This registered wrong in my subconcious when I first read it, and today I confirmed that "Gamesters" was actually a Season 2 episode, so it wasn't hard to be better than "Spock's Brain". -Ted (20 years ago, 31-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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the following things are NOT infant bath toys... -Universal TV remotes. this concludes my list for now. Chris Universal remote repair guy (20 years ago, 30-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Why? Am I being evicted? ;) As long as I have a place for you to crash Janey, you have a place to crash. No worries there. Dave K -who looks around his pad, and with 2 beds, a pull out, and two very comfy-for-sleeping couches, can sleep alotta (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Uh oh, looks like I need to find a new place to crash when I come down to the train show. Janey "Looking for a cheap hotel, Red Brick" (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote: <snip> (...) Yeah we get it--Calum propped up a puppet king whilst he makes all the decisions and rules behind the scenes. But if ya want a liitle 'aw shucks--glad Chris is around', then 'aw shucks, (...) (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I know the guy who designed and maitained alot of the LX (lighting for you non-theatre-tech freeks) Ian, once gave me a tour. Lots of cool stuff, but basically just an amusement park ride. Chris (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) NOW do you people get it!!! I am the leader... geesh! yet I'm still not feel'n the love. (sigh) Chris (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That sucks. But maybe you can reconstruct at least part of it based on the archive I linked to above? (20 years ago, 29-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Youch. (...) Holds his stones. (...) Woohoo!!! ROSCO (running XP SP2 on his desktop) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The funny bit is that the 'puter in the '88 Dodge is one of the first, and there's no external plug-in for diagnosis--you can only read the engine light flashes to know what's going inside there... (...) I've been trying to get my company to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Joseph, a fellow from out west (VLC) mentioned he met someone from rtlToronto here. Anyways, I guess Joseph says "Hi!" Calum (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I noticed this in the paper today: (URL) Lego Racers at the CN Tower. Did anyone remember the Tour of the Universe ride they had there? I thought the theming was really well done--they had these cool tickets which looked just like real airplane (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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(...) Yeah, most modern vehicles with an ECU of some sort have this limp in mode. For extra FYI, in some vehicles, attaching anything to the OBD connector forces the ECU into limp in. (...) So can you pull the drive and move it onto another machine? (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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whilst perusing my '88 Dodge Dakota manual, looking for engine light codes and what they stand for, I read that the truck has a 'limp in' mode, meaning that if there was an issue that the truck computer noticed, the computer would still allow you to (...) (20 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OK, lets just set the record straight Mr. Tsang, and that other chick! (aka smurfette) 1. it was ~I~ who borrowed a 10 GIG spare drive from Calum to PUT all that data on. 2. I was following ALL of calums advice for a clean install of XP, on a (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, Chris is claiming that XP automatically formats ALL attached drives. I'm not sure if this is true, but my Nortel New Product Introduction coordinator instincts would be to try this on an isolated system in the lab to verify his claim. (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) LOL!!! No way! He reformatted not only his old drive but the one used to back up his data? You have to admit, for a guy that seems to pride himself on having a clue, well, that's just too funny. Wow, so much for geek intuition, even *I* would (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I blame certain grad students in our lab who "demand" to have access to their "academic work" and such requested their storage directories be mounted on Peach instead of "being left to rot" while "their graduate degrees are put on hold". (My (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This is completely and totaly UNACCEPTABLE!!!! You have a job to do and your have failed! Every few hours I re-log on to check when the dinner is or re-read the FAQ.... sometimes I just re-download a lego demo video because i cant be bothered (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi folks, Peach will be sporadically up and down these next few days due to a malfunctioning SCSI disk subsystem. A new set of SCSI disks were added from a dying server, and those new disks are causing the old disks some grief. Either way, we'll (...) (20 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) When I was in university (Queens') we had Doohan as a guest speaker....the place was packed, standing room only...now I can't even remember what it was for...just that Scottie was there... We gave him an Queens' Engineering jacket....he (...) (20 years ago, 25-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, David Koudys wrote: (snip) (...) And William Shatner got to act like a woman :-) ! (...) From that movie, I really like the final shot of Reeve looking toward the camera while flying...one nice curtain call scene. I need (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yep, even the third season, in the grande scheme of the history of television, was still pretty good. It looked like the actors were having more fun with their roles anyway. (...) I would have to say that ranking up there for me was when (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) You can't get in very much trouble for 20... it takes 100 to really get into serious trouble. :-) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Egad, the third season was, well...not quite as good as the previous 2... but I have a fondness for the original series. (...) I'm bummed I came in late :-) (...) My favorite two times at a theatre were watching Raiders of the Lost Ark - lord, (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) I do very well, you're only ~10 minutes from the 'Tax when you're in Paris :) I supose the argument would be "Why would you not have any money at all?" I try to carry at least $20 on me or so, in case I get in trouble somewhere... Iain (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm with you Chris. I've had this discussion with others, and maybe you too. Yes, it makes sense not to accept Interac, but ONLY when there is a line-up! But when you're at a Tim Horton's, midmorning, in the town of Paris, Ontario, and it (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Eh, it kinda makes sense. It's a speed thing - every Interac transaction might take 20 seconds or so, but if you just give them a $2 then that's that and you're on your way, next person please. Iain PS - as an amendium (?) to last night, the (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) avoid (...) Not all of us are rich and can flaunt our dollar fifty's around! It's an ethical thing. Why should I have to PAY to access what is mine? It's like shopping at SAMS or whatever. I absolutely refuse to have to PAY to spend money! (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I've spoken on this topic MANY times. at a fast food joint in Ontario, just order as much food as you need. AS long as the total is LESS than $4 you DONT pay the PST. so if you want a LOT of food, just tell the cashier you have x SEPERATE (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So some people leave. I don't know if you intend to equate losing long-standing members from the site/hobby with the absolute demise of the site, but it's kinda sounding that way. People have this un-natural expectation that an on-line (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Calum, Thank you for saying what brought me to Lugnet 4 years ago, when I came out of my dark age and found many friends and much enjoyment of playing with the plastic brick. Count me among your followers. I've seen people who are highly (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Okay, but IMO that's a second, separate issue from "the fall of Lugnet", although it does have influence upon it. The question is how do you think it's influencing Lugnet? If you think users like ourselves are burning out on Lugnet and LEGO in (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, since S.A. doesn't seem to be around anymore to keep you on your toes, somebody's gotta take up the slack ;] (...) Sounds perfect! (...) Okay, fair enough. That was your first reply..., you could use the second one for the definite (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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As the snow falls silently by my window, and my children are outside building an "awesome" snow fort, I decided to share my simple little Lego plan with friends I have met through this hobby. Both of my boys each got me one copy of the Hockey (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !
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(...) I will drink to that! Have a wonderful holiday, and a smashing New Year. (...) I think the street hockey is a great set, although my oldest son continues to kick my butt anytime we play. (...) Hmmmm, As long as you remember, just like on tv, (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) A dear friend went to Europe for a vacation and brought one back. She also got me a cool Taschen art book about industrial design. A few years ago got me a Air Transat Best Lock airplane too. Calum (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) overseas? I've tried JAL but I've come up empty handed... :( -Bryan (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No, that's .space. :) The 4032 is Austrian/Lauda (came with two sets of each) Calum (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I bought the 30 dollar snowspeeder at Zellers yesterday for my boss, and since there was a BOGO sale happening, I needed another 30 dollar set, so I got the hockey street set (insert set # here). At the purchase time, Zellers also had a 15 (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) being cooler, NOT because they're more collectible or whatever!) Happy holidays to all who hang here, the zaniest place on LUGNET. (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) a) Canadians are bargain conscious. b) rtlToronto is even more cheap c) Just ask Chris about the way he orders lunch. d) Or how many times John and I got our Mars Rovers price reduced Don't they take Interac at Tim Hortons? Calum (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Best wishes to all this holiday season. I am working through this like Dave. But I actually have to do...oh, screw it. Back to reading TWoP. I got a 4032 for Christmas, which I thought was really wonderful. (URL) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I feel bad for the lot of ya--I'll probably have my butt in front of the 'puter more oftenthan naught over the holiday season (barring a few forrays to relatives for food, fellowship and fun) and I plan on getting my lvl 17 predator to the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Steve Hassenplug" <Steve@TeamHassenplug.org> wrote in message news:19978.66.84.205...205.186... (...) noticed (...) I (...) employee (...) Hmm .. I just shook my head at the effort someone would go through to avoid the $1.50 ATM fee. Mike (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Happy hollidays to you too Derek! And to everyone else as well! We are most likly heading up to Peterborough tonight (weather depending) returning on Tuesday. Also with little to no access to the web :( Jeff VW (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I coudln't remember the exact quotation, and didn't feel like slogging thur all the quotes at IMDB to find it. Yeah, after all those years of reading books and watching TOS and such, the Spock/Sarek thing was pretty moving. "They are my (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The thing that made me laugh was that you returned the gum. :) Steve (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Happy Holidays everyone! I'm off to London for a week, and will have little to know web access. I hope everyone has a great time with family and friends. I'll be back sometime before before new years. Just in time for the Lego sales. :-) Derek (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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People like Chris espically will apprecieate this one. So my friends Maria, Jessi, Mandi and I were tobogganing tonight and Maria's ears were cold. So we went to Wal Mart, and found her some ear muffs. Afterword, we decided to go to Tim Hortons, and (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) David- The funny thing is that I was thinking about that scene just yesterday (during my 3 hour traffic delayed drive home from our current SCLTC show in San Diego). The actual lines are closer to "As I recall I opposed your enlistment to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) LOL, I got that memo, here let me look it up..... yep right (URL) THERE!!!> although for the record, it seems that even at that time there were some controversy with said memo. Yay to lack of standardization!!! Yay to the lack of confusing (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) I thought Dave K. nominated himself King, with strong support from J.R.B. Remember... "proclaim that I am hereby appointed king of all the lands... and we shall call it 'This Land'..." Did you miss the memo? -Rob. (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Trek Talk was Re: Whatever happened...
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(...) I loved the end of ST4--we had Sarek and Spock do the father/son "I never used to appreciate the decision you made but now I do" (and for any Trekkie worth their salt, that's a very big thing...) and then the banter on the shuttle "Excelsior?? (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Dave- Without question, my two most favorite times in a movie theatre were watching, for the first time, the space opening through the moon landing in 2001: A Space Odyssey and every second of Star Wars (we saw the 16:00 showing on opening day (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Many people forget, however, that the 'Gamesters of Triskelion" was after 'Spocks Brain' K, it's not on 'City on the edge of Forever" or "Tomorrow is Yesterday" or "Doomsday Machine", but "Gamesters" is ranking up there in my books ;) Though, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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I'm sorry but...what does it mean to "jump the shark"? (...) Like in Star Trek (the original series) the Spock's Brain episode. -Ted (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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Long time no see, Tony. Too long if you ask me, glad to see you around again. (...) Exactly. (...) Good idea. And in the fullness of time, I think he'd realise you're both right. In the context of world events it's not a tragic thing (what's going (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey Kev, As one of our many lurkers in rtl, it's good to hear from ya! Give this a little time and this situation will die down, and rtl will return to regular chats of-- anti-x times chris and steve insulting one another calum goin off on (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Calum, That's my thinking. As long as the good outweighs the bad, which as far as the online AFOL community is concerned it does by a mile. So what can we do about some of the nastiness that has arisen here at Lugnet? Well, look no further than this (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Rob, It'll stay there as long as you want it to--doesn't look like Sparky's Space is going anywhere. So there you are :) For everyone else, I noticed that my most hits are on my elin page--perverts! all of yas!!! My little appreciation page (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hey Chris, did you book the space for rtlToronto18, micro block stacking? What day is this thing going to take place on? Cheers, Wayne. (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OK rob, your still new(ish) so I'll cut you some slack. 1. I am a barometer of all things lugnet. if its hapening to me, its going on ALL OVER. so you may be right about the BC/AD thing, but what it really means is that MANY people will now, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I don't know about that. Lugnet enabled the community to grow to proportions rtl never would have. But those same proportions cause us trouble now. (...) That's true--but there's some amazing stuff out there, especially this last year or two: (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Wow, good to hear from you! (...) I'll agree we've certainly made a lot of progress since the wild days of atl and rtl, that there is no doubt. Something like Peeron for example, I use all the time when I build (which is not as much as I'd (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's a long convoluted answer, but basically what I typed was... rm lego-10whatever01* And nuked everything, from the original rules to the photos to the album page. I have my own photos from the event, but I never managed to get anyone to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Chris, Chris, Chris... You are just going through the transition that many of us have already had... from BC to AD (Before Children to Adult Depression : ).... You have finally discovered now that you have a child, you are (slightly) less a child (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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That you would use the term "tragic", which in my dictionary is defined as "very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction", to describe something as insignificant and irrelevant to world events and people's lives as a the colour of a (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Hi, I'm one of those who's real life has been getting in the way of LEGO. I'd been occasionally reading cad, cad.dev, technic, and robotics. Pretty high signal to noise ratio there, although things are slow. I decide on a whim to go read RTLtoronto, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I'm not a rtlToronto member, but I remember when the "Show me the Monkey" event was held in fall of 2001. It was fairly soon after I discovered LUGNET. It was a month after 9/11 and helped take my mind off the unpleasantness of that time. I heard (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Sorry don't under stand this 100% (the English language here). I guess you mean, that people complain about new sets, bad design etc. Some do, I still (an most?) see sets as bricks, we build our own. New colours - that causes a lot to discuss. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.general)
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You missed the biggest change of all since the beginning of LUGNET: Todd's Burnout. When Todd & Suz broke up, LUGNET became a near-anarchy. Suz came in as a sort of moderator for a while, but was very sporadic. Then she left, and Todd came back, but (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) A few thoughts: I was fairly active on RTL from '93 or '94 until '96, and less active but a frequent reader of LUGNET from late 2000 to late '03. I agree that the community and the spirit are not what they used to be. In fact, I hesitate to (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Pete White wrote: Snipped a good portion of my babbling...... Hi Pete, I'm glad someone can grok my somewhat off the wall "humour", so much for trying to lighten the mood. (...) The contract is in negotiations, while he, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Ouch. (...) I'll give you an answer right now, how's that. As I understand it (remember I ain't the techie here, just the gadfly) the technology to archive a group exists. The group itself doesn't go away, it's just not visible any more, stuff (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) WOW, look at me... adding up the post count. since i asked for the ideas I guess i should start off by saying thanks. (...) 1. the marshmallow is gone. the cat at it. (...) you are correct, BUT one teeny tiny point is that this is NOT just (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) [Finger on nose, and pointing at Kelly.] :] KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203 (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) [SNIP] (...) I'm going through the same evolution as you, too. It's one thing to ignore general nuisances. But it's another to ignore troublemakers who are in your own backyard stirring up crap and potentially ruining things for everyone of (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) [snip] There is so much interesting discussion in this thread, I couldn't decide which post I wanted to reply to most. But I picked this one because of this one phrase. I often find that while sitting in front of the PC to respond to a post, I (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Tony, Long time no see. (then again, I dont venture out past rtlToronto.) You make some very good points, but the long and the short of it is. this place is turning into those very same usenet groups you refer to. I can only hope that Todd will (at (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I don't post much on Lugnet anymore, though I visit every so often. I had to reply to this, though. I think Calum expressed the exact way I feel. A lot of the fun has been taken out of LEGO. The community is a scary place and the products...although (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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Calum, I've been around since the earliest days of rtl, and have followed the evolution of the AFOL community with great interest. The direction things have taken does not surprise me. It's like anything else (ie, the Wild West, founding of Silicon (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) A very, very good idea! Afterall, the MOCs and the subsequent sharing of techniques and ideas were primarily what Lugnet was all about! Though I am not a very active poster, I do lurk and read alot of the posts and the elevated levels of (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Nothing wrong with Larnet :^) Maybe if the moon turns Sand Red (at least missions to 'Mars' would be cheaper) (...) Definitely a 'Pay-per-view' event, have the contracts been signed yet, where's Don King Donuts when we need him ? (...) Ever (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Cool! Thanks for posting this. I still can't believe how popular my stoopid CVT is. According to those stats it gets the most hits on my website. I get more emails about that than anything else on my page. Rob (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm not sure I agree. The Internet is a hyper-acceleration of the human tendency to spend more time on negative communication than on positive. Any company gleaning information from a customer or fan base on the Internet must, in order to (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) OK, i haven't even made it through this thread, and I'm I'm.... I'm something.... mad, bored, angry, lethargic.... all of the above. I was NOT going to say this in public.... but now I will. WE ~HAVE~ JUMPED THE SHARK!!!! PERIOD! END OF (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Calum, a few of us in NELUG were just talking about these very topics at the train show we did this past weekend. While I'm not speaking on behalf of NELUG, the four of us who were having the discusion all agreed that LUGNET, or more correctly (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I think I may have to make a new year's resolution, give up on lugnet and just browse brickshelf instead. That's where most of today's cool MOCs show up anyhow. Lugnet doesn't seem to have a lot to do with the art and craft of Lego these days. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I was thinking about this earlier. Jake just needs to shut-up. Whenever he starts talking, it seems to get him (and TLC) into trouble. Imagine if he had never said anything about the Maersk ship. People would not have expected it to become a (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This is a reference to the TV show Happy Days. The show was good for a few years, but it eventually started getting gimmicky and went down in quality. This first became apparent when they made an episode about Fonzi jumping his motorcycle over (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No, and it was voluntary, AFAIK. He took the initiative to be the community liaison and while I don't know exactly what happened, my impression was that he pitched his superiors on the idea of being that link. I'm the kind of guy at work who (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ya. AND THAT'S SCARY. Chris Magno: sane??? Well more seriously... .build isn't too bad. In fact can I put a general pitch/plea in? If you see a MOC you like, and you think it worthy, *spotlight* it.. that's one way to move the non MOC stuff (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's pretty much what drove me out of my black hole of lurkerdom. I don't think the negativity expressed on LUGNET is fully representative of the AFOL audience, but if there are no rebuttals to some of the most outlandish displays of pique, (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) But since I am a buck fifty short and a day late, my teacher should have taught me not to use dial up and always check to see if the answer has been already posted, man I am TOO slow to play with the big boys!!!!! Janey "Red Brick. (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Treading ever so lightly into rtl since it appears to be the only sane part of LUGNET right now. I would wager there are more than a few people at LEGO who are already fed up (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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