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"Arrr, me ship be smellin' fresh as a baby's bottom!" -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Mr L F Braun (<38ACE348.C80A633F@....msu.edu>) wrote at 06:14:33 (...) Well, I they're going to be quite long, but I think they'll be stiff enough. (...) Don't worry, it won't be much of a race :-) at least, not from the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) I just tell people that I'm electrolysizing it...from the inside. Seems to work. best Lindsay (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) <johncleese> Ah theenk jou need tha Franch. </johncleese> Actually, the reason for choosing _Gloire_ is that it's the first ironclad. It can't really use the fleur de lis, however, given that whole nasty 1789-1815 thing. I hadn't thought (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Thanks for the tips--I may very well do this, now that I've been officially warned. :) However, my mother smokes like a chimney, so I'm somewhat inured to it--most of my LEGO either has never been in her house, though, or it's been out so (...) (25 years ago, 18-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Shhhhhh, I'm currently very pleased with my BSB. With nothing but RBR as my previous large ships, you'll understand. I think the general but not universal opinion is that edge goes to the BSB over the SES as best ship. (...) It's not as (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Well, the IF hull is going to turn him green until he has a chance to soak it in a cleaning solution (the eBay seller he won it from has really nice lots, unfortuanately someone in her household smokes like a chimney, I usually have to get the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Richard Parsons (<Fq2n6p.L2t@lugnet.com>) wrote at 11:23:22 (...) I'm currently stuck halfway through the lower deck of his Brikannic Majesty's frigate Floater. I'm steeling myself to buy a load of SW sets for the brown 2x4s. I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Mr L F Braun wrote (...) getting (...) hull I (...) Things (...) I'm (...) ship (...) black so (...) You're turning me green. If you're interested in popular opinion (which I must confess I seldom am ;-) I vote for the Gloire - it seems to me that (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Mr L F Braun wrote in message <38AB9C9A.6104C9B0@p...su.edu>... (...) humorous (...) Mmmm, still is. I occasionally use the browser to post the odd note or two, and since I haven't noticed the browser interface supporting sigs, I have to type it (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) That's right! Actually, I had to really laugh when I read this, because I first took it as "use the ship's wheels as large wagon wheels." (clunk clunk clunk clunk) However, I've used alternate ship's wheels for smallish housings--my (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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Mmmm, and think about the big wagon wheels (in brown) - I just used one for my sidewheel riverboat, and was surprised at how well it came up. Mind you, it's stuck in a smallish wheelhouse, so you can't see it too well ;-) Richard Parsons Still (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Good points there. The wheels also came in some divers sets, so you might be able to find someone who has the divers set but does not care about the wheel. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Just a quick suggestion to help you find your wheels: Although most of the .pirate readers have quite a few of the wheels you seek, we're also the most likely people to want to keep them unless offered a sweet piece-deal trade. Try posting (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) If you loathe it so, I'll happily take it off your hands. ;) I'm becoming a CRAPP collector! (Actually, I have this complaint about the big 48x36 or so baseplate used for some castles 1992-1997--it keeps whitening around the bends when I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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I was wondering if anyone would have 3 of the pirate ship wheels(used for steering on the bigger ships)for trade. Unfortunatly, I don't have many pieces to trade and would prefer to trade the Lego Magazines. I have eight years worth, starting in the (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) That's what I love about song lyrics... :) (...) LOL! I'd like to see you try to hide under my bed. It has a three-foot clearance. :) Oh, and I should probably mention that it was more of a dent than a bend. I did have a bunch of other pieces (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Jeff. :-) Bruce (I'm hiding under the bed in your house, that's for sure. It's a natural place for a Californian anyway.) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Poor ceiling fan. I've seen a few situations where two objects had an altercation, and the one you would expect to be more fragile won. In one situation, a friend was organizing her kitchen, and a can of vegetables fell out of an overhead (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) They're actually very sturdy. I had a ceiling fall on one, and it just got slightly bent. No major damage. :) Jeff "You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed" (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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