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(...) Why wouldn't I? I'm a Bricki...er, British historian, not prone to Colonial degeneralities (oooh, a neologism, ™ me, oh yeah). Ardour, candour, endeavour, and/our...hmm, that last one sounds a bit funny, but the others are aboot (1) right. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Mr L F Braun (<387E6CA9.1DB73BA2@....msu.edu>) wrote at 00:24:09 (...) Hee hee! Glad to see you're using the Brickish version of the word, rather than the colonial 'Brikish' :-) BTW, Great Brickain is (c) me 1999: (URL) lying (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Employment (...) Heh... Just call it a Y2K bug... everyone else is using it <grin> James (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Hi, By the way, just a potential "checkbook" oops--did the story begin compiling so long ago, on 5 January 1999? Just saw it on the page and was curious. It all looks magnificent, though--and the story holds together nicely. That Johnny Thunder (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Yeah--it's understandable. Granted, if I made that particular gaffe at *any* time of day, I'd probably be forced to turn in my Imperial Historian Employment Card. Let's hope they don't find out about my "Boer War starting in 1999" ooops. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) But OF COURSE Lawyers give marital advice, and it's always the same: GET A DIVORCE! I mean, how the heck can lawyers make money otherwise? It wasn't much of a career change to go from Lawyer to Pirate, after all. (oooOOOOoooOOOOOooo, I'm a bad (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Richard Parsons <rparsons@hinet.net.au> wrote in message news:Fo9xuw.EpC@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) giving (...) a (...) I guess this comes from me actually being an attorney (and a happily-married one at that). Chalk one literary idea to the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Timothy D. Freshly wrote another worthy sub-plot element. Minor mods makes this "Aurora gently tells Doolittle of his wife's infidelity. In the best traditions of the understanding male, Doolittle repressed his hurt feelings, saw his wife's issues (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Tony Priestman wrote (...) so--for a long time the British and Dutch companies were arch-rivals (...) another reason why the Brickish navy isn't too bothered :-) Mmmm, wasn't particularly paying attention myself. Did you know that when at 2am the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Mr L F Braun (<387CCD37.8DE52DE2@....msu.edu>) wrote at 18:51:35 (...) Double oops. I missed that. It's got to be the Dutch one though, it's another reason why the Brickish navy isn't too bothered :-) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:387CED2B.5648@m...ing.com... (...) I received my order yesterday (I bought two) and each of mine came with a cutlass sword in addition to the pistol. Tim (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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I don't know how many people paid attention to the fact that 1747 Pirates Treasure Surprise is only $1.60 from S@H if ordered in multiples of 10 (it's on the page in the new catalog with a "$9 off any purchase of 10 or more sets). The sales rep I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Ooops-the Dutch East India Company operating out of London? I don't think so--for a long time the British and Dutch companies were arch-rivals, and the DEIC even slaughtered an English settlement that dared to get too close to Indonesia. The (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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I am honored. Thank you. On to another suggestion. As you have already set out in the story, Doolittle sends money back to his wife in England to provide for her. However, her affair with Waite becomes more public, eventually reaching the ears of (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Well Frank, you have to have one of the biggest Lego budgets on the planet. I mean there are entire third-world countries that spend less on their survival than you do on your collection. I can't compete with the prices you pay. I am not (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Oh, added the gray backpack from the Star Wars bike-thingies. All the pirate babes are swooning! Bruce (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I'll trade you the 3 parts of the cool piston thingy for the 2 black trunk segments. Anybody else want mass-quantities of specific parts of this set? Steve (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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Mine (I only have one) came from 8839 Supply ship. (URL) is probably a pretty rare piece, I'd say. :) Scott-A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:387C42DD.F0EB44...w.ac.uk... (...) I (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) Ok, then that would be where my two are from. (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.adventurers)
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Gentlemen (and others ;-) Timothy Freshly has joined the writer's guild. Still a few empty chairs at the authors' table, and plenty of rum. (URL) baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) the change in URL - Port Block is moving over the next (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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