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| (...) I won't hold my breath... :-D But take solace in the fact that the French were much better in the Crimea than the British, what with those ironclad batteries and all! Oh, and in that American Revolution, they did force the surrender at (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Not fair! That hurt! (Pause while trying to think of a decisive French victory...) Hastings? Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Nice to see construction taking place. Reassuring to see it taking place a long way from terra australis! Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| To all the Imperials and anti-Imperials out there (you know who you are ;-): Since we're seeing such a great battle of rhetoric, His Majesty's government has at last committed to the construction of a proper fortress at Brickley's Cove. Horse Guards (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Hmm, going to one word, two choices come to mind... Waterloo, or perhaps better yet... Trafalgar! Cheers Kenneth Tam Brickley's Cove (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Or, better still, one: Révolution! Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) sniff......sniff....., i cant help but wipe a tear from my eye at the pride your eloquence inspires.... :-) steve (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Three words, eh? How about two: Pax Britannia :-D (...) Well I'm with you there. Kilometers, centimeters... if we introduce them in the 1800s, surely the world will be converted! Wait, is 'Pistol shot' a metric unit of measurement? It should (...) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) use Metric... .........When I have to ;) oh yeah, does anyone have sig-figs I could put in this? (such as the French Commander, your sig fig, etc.) :) (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Who needs long-winded rhetoric? Liberté - Egalité - Fraternité works for me! ;-) Now, if we can just convince those Americans of the benefits of the metric system... Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| you know, maybe I should make my own Town/ City/ Base like you all did. *goes off to plan American Milatary base* (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Ahh Mr. Rowe, good to have your support! (...) Indeed it was the case -- just as the redcoats often faded to orange and brown on campaign, and so forth. War was never so neatly dressed as it was in the paintings of the time, and the film of today. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) i agree with Mr Tam here. what hollywood generally forgets is that the majority of the american army during this period was made up of everyday people who volunteered for their state's respective militia. even during the war, there werent (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Hey everyone, I have finished part one of my plan! (URL) thats the folder here is the pic unitl it goes public! (URL) That is the capitol building from Williamsburg,Va some decals are from, the minifig sticker printer, some are by me, and the others (...) (21 years ago, 3-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) LoL, I did that so they would be more realistic :) (...) my hero(s) do have the officer uniform. (...) all my uniforms will be stick-on I have no money :( but of course if you are willing to donate ;) (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| Oh dear oh dear oh dear. First it's Richie Dulin with the confounded French Navy, and now His Majesty's forces must deal with out own unhappy colonists! I say, it's getting to be a dangerous time to be a pro-Britain LEGO colony -- it really is! I (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| thanks for the replies everyone! I will try to get more pics up soon. (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Yes! That's it! Thanks for the links. (...) Well, I got the number of figures right - not much else, though. ;-) Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) You're probably thinking of "Yankee Doodle", later known as the "Spirit of '76". You can see different versions (URL) here> and (URL) here>, though if I'm right, you got some of the details mixed up (so did I, and I grew up seeing a version of (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| (...) Nice work! (And it's always good to see someone beating the redcoats!). I'm not overly familiar with the Revolutionary War, but I recall an image of a bluecoated regular (carrying a flag), a fife player and a drummer... I'm not sure where it (...) (21 years ago, 1-Sep-03, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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