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(...) [snip] (...) I live in a town of a bit under 100,000 (when the students are here) and I can walk to every retail outlet in town. (I don't - that's what my car is for, but I could.) What is walking distance anyway? I'd walk much further for (...) (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Hrmmm, you could say I live in the burbs, I guess. Sorda. I have 3 theatres, a mall, and probably a dozen restaurants within walking distance. Also a grocery, a Wal-Mart, a TRU, SAMS, a clinic, a branch of my bank, Pep Boys, etc. Even if you (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Yes, but think of all the benefits of living in the big city. I moved to the "quiet suburbs" a year ago and now miss being able to walk to a theatre or restuarant. If I had it to do over again I would never have moved, even though I now have a (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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I read about that in the paper.........I thought that was pretty interesting, amazing really.... Regards Dave Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I did that once. Only once because in my sleep I reached out to my roommate's bookshelf (about pillow level next to my bed), grabbed a dictionary, and hurled it across the room at the clock. I never woke up. My roomie showed up a couple hours (...) (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Me either. But I think being married broadens your options with respect to a lot of things. And it also gives me the ability to pass on picking the places we'll go out to eat, something I've always hated doing. (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I hear he's busy governing Minnesota. (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Well, with the latest advances in atomic teleportation you may no longer have to worry about opening the compartments to put the pieces inside. (26 years ago, 9-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) 2 times, technically. I only have two of the shuttle launch crew and 2 of the 1682 first shuttle pad. (...) Mid twenties. (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Wouldn't that be LC^M (1) complete? (1) - where the ^M means complete multiple times (2) (2) - How many shuttles again in your fleet? (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Yes, which was why I had asked on RTL about removing the bars...... I wanted to buy a few silver buckets on a visit to the US, and keep the buckets, rather than throwing them out, thinking that they are great storage containers! I managed to squeeze (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Very thin blade with small teeth. Large undulation in the teeth, and in the blade itself so that the teeth stay clean (and the blade doesn't jam in the cut, as the cut is significantly wider than the blade). Blade is mounted from the top in a (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Todd coined this, I think. Adult Fan Of Lego... broader than "collector" as I am not a collector, I am a builder/operator. (1) 1 - despite being LC and 9V complete I still see building as the focus of my hobby.. (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) Yes, "is" is correct, because it is a single category. And I never knew there was a Jesse wannabe out there... Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) "is" a good idea. Selçuk (Jesse II, Jr.).:-D (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <3641bd2a.9377676@lu...et.com>... (...) OK I give up, and my head cold prevents my brain from working well this morning. What's an AFOL? Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- The train stops at the train station, The (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) It's always encouraging when I do something that I think others would consider "odd", and then find out that someone else has done the same thing. Of course, being an AFOL, the online LEGO community was a god-send. "Round things" is a good (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) With the hacksaw method, where you have to pull the crossbar out, yes. With my method of cutting the bar out while it is the bucket, no. It took me less than 30 seconds to turn my orange bucket into a trick or treat bucket for the kids. Rob (...) (26 years ago, 5-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I didn't bother to look since you didn't find it. What does such a saw look like? I bet a bolt cutter would do it. Overkill, but fast... -Tom McD. tfn, radiotitan@yahoo.com (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I bet an ATLAS saw would work great for that, it's designed to cut plastic quickly without gumming up the saw teeth. I dunno if ATLAS still makes them but I have a 20+ year old one rattling around somewhere... (URL) I just dug around.. Grr, I (...) (26 years ago, 4-Nov-98, to lugnet.storage)
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