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(...) Speaking as one of the guilty parties here, I don't think the majority of us meant to hurt anyone's feelings or fan any sort of flame war. If it makes you feel any better, I probably feel worse having participated with what I thought was an (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.people)
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(...) Hmm, I think there are many hobbies which are generally respected: - mainstream sports (as a fan or player - golf, baseball,[American] football, hockey, tennis, swimming, running, diving) - hiking and camping - sewing, needlepoint, knitting, (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.people)
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(...) What counts? I'm in kind of a trough of reading LUGNET right now -- mostly sticking to .o-t.debate, my local groups, and .market.shopping, but I just don't see all the pain. Lots of folks tell us that .debate is among the vilest of the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.people)
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(...) The deal is that when I started on Lugnet some 2.5 years ago, the flamewars were fewer and shorter. I'm not sure of all the reasons for what we're seeing, but I think it is a symptom of something real. Some things to think about: - The (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jul-02, to lugnet.people)
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"Aaron West" <blacktron@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:GyrrE3.4xA@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) happens. (...) be (...) here (...) This is one of the only dramatic farewell speeches (TM) I've ever thought about replying to. Anyway, here goes: (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.people)
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To the LUGNET community, This is going to be my last time posting here on LUGNET until I feel that this place becomes worth the effort. The constant flaming, bickering, and attitudes of some posts do not reflect what I come here for. The feeling I (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jul-02, to lugnet.people)
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Well, it's all said and done, and I'm now officially employed. I'll be working in the Drafting Dept. at American Athletic Industries (www.americanathletic.com) in Jefferson, IA. Got my apartment secured today; gonna move next week/weekend. I start (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jul-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.ia)
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Caught in the act: (URL) Yeah, he's people too. (22 years ago, 1-Jul-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.fun)
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I am supposed to be interviewed today for the local news. It's not LEGO(r) related, although I may slip a little something in, but rather it's because of our many exchange students. We have had GEO exchange students the last 2 summers and are (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) handy). He doesn't seem to be highly motivated to always return messages. Steve (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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(...) I guess I meant: what did you learn from being on the *inside* that informs your attitudes about the company overall and/or how to deal with them? (...) I'm not sure why the parent company has no relationship to the question, but I think we'd (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.people)
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| | Suz Q&A was:[Why the absence of LD in their own newsgroup?]
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Here are some short answers, for now.. (...) no. (...) I didn't disclose anything while I worked for TLC (1996-1999), but it's not a secret anymore. I worked for R&D. LEGO Futura, Boston office. LFB's job was to come up with cool, innovative LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.people)
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Hey everyone - Its Matt Gerber's birthday today :-) Happy birthday Matt!!! -Tim (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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(...) If the Lego came included with the house at the price I paid for the house, then I would have listed this as a FOTC*! :-) - Bob * Find of the Century (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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(...) You mean, the Lego came with the house when you bought it? <innocent look> That must have taken some house-hunting to find! Kevin ---...--- NEW tan facade kit, 427 pieces! (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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Here's a picture of my largest Lego purchase to date: (URL) OK - it's just a house, but there's a Lego Train Layout set up and a Lego Assembly Room and most of the closets are filled with boxes and boxes of Lego. So it is a Lego related item after (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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Does anyone here have any regular contact with Chris Gill, proprietor of the LEGO Antiquities Brickshop? I'm having trouble getting a reply from him, and I'm wondering if there is an e-mail address other than his "betabug@bigfoot.com" one that I (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.brickshops, lugnet.people)
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(...) [...snip rest of story...] I think you did a great job of capturing that. I love the way you adjusted the focus so that the eye was drawn to the Ken minifig. No, you're not loony. Ken, we miss you. I can't believe it's been a whole year. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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This June 30th will be the 1 year anniversary of Ken passing away. We recently had his great aunt from Japan stay with us for about two weeks. (Here's a trick for every one to try sometime, have 6 people ranging in ages 6 months to 100+ in your home (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.people)
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Does anyone know the guy that runs this site: (URL) been trying to email him over the past few days regarding a CAD part. However, I've been getting failure notices indicating that his mail folder is full. I don't have an urgent need to contact him, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jun-02, to lugnet.people)
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