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Hm... I used to be extremely fanatic about LEGO, but I've long ago gotten to the point that taking Lego seriously at all would mean getting depressed over it. I just don't care enough about the toy these days to give a...eh, this is a public forum. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That reminds me of a few moths ago when I used 'jackass' in a post. It's a word that has been used on 'regular TV' (not cable or after 9 p.m.) but I was offered a polite warning via e-mail. So, on the one hand I'm all for common sense (my (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) I thnk we really have to stop misinterpreting people around here. Maybe there's an ESL thing going on, but I know I'm not in the 'anti-bringbackoldcolours' camp. I would definitely state, for the record, that if TLC chose to bring back old (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Looks like it belongs along side of Wendy's "Hot-n-Juicy". Do they still use that ad phrase? -Patrick (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey, sure! You can be a conscientious objector or a draft dodger up here :) (...) I just checked all of my Lego catalogs (hermetically sealed in a hyperbaric semianechoic storage chamber--actually, stored in a plastic bucket) and the oldest I (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I know the difference between appropriate and inappropriate as well. I'm focusing in on this so called "pofanity" issue that the LUGNET admins seem to circling around like vultures waiting for prey. If they are not then I apologize for making (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) And my point remains the same - if someone posts a message titled "Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs!" to lugnet.trains, and I happen to be browsing lugnet.trains, I am going to assume that the letter is (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for your signs! (no discussions here please)
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(...) I'm sorry, I didn't realize that by posting on lugnet, I was pointing a finger in anyone's face. Please forgive my ignorance! Perhaps that explains all the foul language and ill will coming from the anti-bringbackoldcolors camp. I promise that (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks Kelly, One does not have to be college educated to be able to figure out if one has violated the ToS. I couldn't recite a single item from the ToS, because it has been so long since I read it. But I know the difference between crossing (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) This sort of highlights something that I wonder about. Are smaller, out-of-the way groups more suitable for otherwise questionable behavior? With things like off-topic.debate, it's skipped by default, so there's less chance that (say) a kid (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Amen! Snipped the whole long thing, but I agree with every word you wrote. And thanks for the spotlight, guys & gals, you helped me notice this post. It's not worth my time to slog through the garbage going on here anymore. I want to have an (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !
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Hi Chris, nice to meet you. I'd've liked to converse under better circumstances, but needs must dictate. At any rate, you raise some very good points, and I appreciate your honesty. I also understand your need for some of the language, although (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX) !!
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(...) Well, I have one on the go, and it's mostly white, which looks like it's a colour you need some of ;) But I doubt it would safely make the trip to BF, and I haven't heard any firm details about BF anyway, so it probably won't be there to even (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If i'm at BF, I'll bring a few modules... y'knoiw, just so I can play with Steve's balls again... Dave K (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yep--for the longest time Scott had a little pic of Brent with a was of bills hanging out his mouth--you click on it and it took you to a page where, basically, he goes off on a rant about Mac zealots always telling him to buy a mac. He said (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So, I know there's interest in building Great Ball Contraption modules. Who's thinking about bringing something to Brickfest? I really have no idea how much room we're going to need. Actually, I'm thinking we're going to make more than one loop. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I wish we were still talking about your balls. Derek (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Can you give a capsule summary for the non readers??? Did he say something along the lines of "I am not using a Mac unless someone else buys me one" or something? (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Just great. Next thing you know, people will spend a week talking about my balls. Steve (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I also agree. We need to appreciate the difference in cultures and distinct societies, for example, words, expressions and colloquialisms considered NOT offensive in my country are listed as "offensive", "profantity" or "lude" in other (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) !
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