 | | Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Calum Tsang
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| | | So this past Sunday, I spent a few hours with JohnG sorting out all of the instructions. I think we hit about 25-40% of them by physical volume, and we already had three hundred or so instructions, and only the large full sized ones at that. We (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Iain Hendry
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| | | | Wow. Looking through all that stuff was a major flashback. Espically the Technic sets from the mid-90's. It took me back to a time when the most exciting thing in my life was when my parents would take me to "Toys R Us" on a surprise detour at the (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Calum Tsang
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| | | | (...) Going through these instructions in real life is a treat too. You mentally note stuff like "Got that one....wanted that one...got that one...never saw that one in the store" over and over again. (...) Listen, after a day of debugging godawful (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Richard Morton
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| | | | "Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:I0tsrv.10tA@lugnet.com... <SNIP> I don't think that's THAT embarassing. You don't know how incredibly happy I (...) steering (...) parts (...) AUDIO (...) steering (...) it. Hey Calum, (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Calum Tsang
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| | | | | (...) Alas, Stupid Project fun has failed. Colleagues and I pulled out the airbag as per Honda instructions, and found the existing mini-harness inside to not have a connector for the Audio switch. So for now, my audio switch is useless, perhaps to (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Ross Crawford
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| | | | (...) LOL can't wait to see it with the "Briktruk" logo painted on the side, driving 'round Oshkosh. ROSCO (who wonders where the name oshkosh came from, and if the people that thought of it ever tried typing it...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Oshkosh was reputedly a native american of some repute. From: (URL) the colonial period great warriors have received as much attention from name givers as the more compliant natives. Militants such as Black Hawk, Tecumseh, Pontiac, Osceola, (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | (...) Did he also SPAM everyone in his contact list with crap? Iain (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) I have no idea. I'm not sure they had contact lists back then or software that let you pick and choose who to send invites to things that might be interesting to them either. Why, who is spamming you with crap, and how do you know they sent it (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | (...) everyone (...) Rude. Shoo. Iain (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) You're babbling. You presumably know the email of whoever this is, mail them about it and say what you're trying to say. (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | | (...) You. Stop spamming me. I got a mass-mail to sign up to some page that apraently you're a member of. The letter itself even indicated you'd sent it to most of the people in your contact list. I've had my home address for 3 years and haven't (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) Why didn't you say so in the first place, via mail, instead of being snide and coy? (...) No it didn't, not the part *I* wrote. I have about 2000 people in my address book, as it happens, and I sent it to about 30 of them this time (10 of whom (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —David Koudys
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| | | | | | (...) Up until this point I was rather enjoying the conversation. Mayhaps, to best serve the interests of all, further discussion of Native American names and the like, should be maybe taken to o.t.fun or other such venue. Anyway, beyond that, when (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments... August Dinner —Derek Raycraft
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| | | | | | (...) I vote we have it a week earlier. It's been too long since I've made it to a dinner/event. Derek (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Re: Fifteen years of instructions: Some comments —David Koudys
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| | | | (...) Thanks for the info, Larry! I grew up in Winona. I was told that she was Tecumseh's daughter, but reading from this link-- " The Siouan name Winona (First-Born Daughter) is found in twenty-eight states. Some of these place names commemorate (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | | | | | Name derivations —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Wabasha! Hey, NOW I know where exactly Wabash comes from (very big around here... Wabash River, Wabash Cannonball, there's a Wabash St in Springfield IL that is a main drag, etc etc etc) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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