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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:39892EAA.BF50F2...msu.edu... (...) As far as I'm aware, that wasn't a problem, as steam ships were pretty damn thin on the ground back then. Coal was used for heating and furnaces, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'd always been under the impression that the grade of coal in the exposed seams wasn't quite up to RN standards (they only want the best anthracite, have to keep that smoke down to a minimum!)--but I may be wrong, because I'm going off the (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) The Sea Wolf, by Jack London. The central character being a ship captain named Wolf Larson. If Vulf has a son named Lar, he'd be Lars Vulfson. I TOLD you the joke was hiding (and perhaps should have stayed hidden). :-) Bruce (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Oh, I don't know, I think it is quite possible that I will run out of bricks on this creation. I'm already almost out of red 2x4 bricks, and I have a lot more support superstructure to go (which will likely eat up all the blue and yellow (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Reeeeeeeally? <grin> Please clarify, I haven't been following .pirates *that* carefully; Frank-ly, (1) I haven't been following much of lugnet carefully at all... I barely even noticed I won CLSOTW... (2) ... just barely keeping up on .castle. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.pirates)
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:39863935.1D54F3...msu.edu... (...) revealed the (...) For those who are interested... According to my 'History of Coal Mining in Australia'. (Hey! I'm studying Mining Engineering, I'm (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Hey, the RN used to send fuel oil to Aden until the Second World War, so anything is possible. ("In a bureaucracy, anything is possible contra logic") I think it has more to do with economies of scale, in that sending anthracite from Britain (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Wouldn't that be like sending coal to Newcastle? James (who fondly recalls the sight of the Enterprise stuck on a sandbank...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Dat's it. (Art C-45) 100 yards, not feet (duh, although didn't have the spool with me.) I originally bought a spool of the natural cotton color from another craft store (because they didn't have black) and I like the way it works. I had to (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Speed-Cro-Sheen appears to be a brand of crochet thread made by J&P Coats. Is the spool marked with the thread size or weight, and the number of plys? I think this is it (scroll down): (URL) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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