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| (...) No, but I think contacting us directly would have been the way to go. I know that in many cases I seem to stand for hashing things out in public, but I feel that things only need to be as public as they absolutely must. I wouldn't care at all (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) Me too -- I totally agree in the case of alcohol (no pun intended :-) But must there be a single sweeping cutoff? Make the cutoff 21 for meetings held at bars or places where alcohol is present. Make it 18 or 16 for other places. Simple. (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) What else is she going to do? Wait 2 years? You have to put yourself in her shoes to understand why she did what she did. I understand her frustration and I think that the NELUG rule is (at least in her case) broken. Just because everyone (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) And we know how that decision went. And since that didn't work, upping the ante is the way to go? What happened to your very sincere comments about how you didn't want to bug us about the issue? (...) I'm sorry that I'm going to have to be the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) It would have been far more positive if she had contacted NELUG directly, rather than attempting to "shame" us into changing our policies by bringing it up with a wide crosspost on Lugnet. We are not hard people to get ahold of. Our webpage (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) Well, I'm not exactly urging you to take it up, but... (...) OH MY GOD! (Oh wait, I'm a heathen.) This would be unbearable. Can you trade in your body for one that works properly? The fermented juice of the grape is one of life's great (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) You desperately, desperately need to understand that this issue has nothing to do with you personally. eric (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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| (...) I disagree with the first statement there -- I think everyone (myself included) is getting tripped up over the word "adult." Do you really mean to say that it is important to us (NELUG) to be a group of 18-and-older LEGO fans? I think what's (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) It was done at a meeting, and I would like to make sure that any *further* votes and discussion of this sort are held at meetings. For one thing, NELUG does extend membership to anyone, regardless of physical location (yes, yes, anyone over (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| What is wrong with you people? (...) It has caused Shiri some emotional distress. Probably seeing everyone here fight about it has caused some more. You assert that their policy is "pointless, stupid, [and] disruptive." Wrong. It is pointed, and the (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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