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(...) Exactly my train of thought--the primary purpose of refrigerators is as magnetic bulletin boards[1], the bigger, the better. --Bram 1) mostly for displaying magnets, but also for the stuff the magnets happen to be holding up. Bram (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Ha! Your naïveté is cute, but misplaced. One must never underestimate the power of the refrigerator-magnet lobby. Plastic appliances...puh-leez! Chris (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:FwrBKH.5yD@lugnet.com... (...) large (...) outside. (...) extent, (...) an (...) think) (...) Yes, and I think I know why. It's a lot easier to pressform steel into whatever shape you (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) This may be one place where the US is behind the rest of the world. Most large appliances in the US are indeed made of enameled steel at least on the outside. That includes washers, dryers, refrigerators, ranges, and to a lesser extent, (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Enameled steel is passed away long ago, as a refrigerator material. Injection molded plastic (and yes, ABS) is the one mostly used today. Believe me, the company that ý wok for supplies parts to home appliances industry, and refrigeration (...) (24 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) XP .storage I agree, I use cream cheese containers and ice-cream containers for the important stuff. I'll be stocking up on some actual containers RSN but meanwhile I make do with shoe boxes and "I scream" containers. -Shiri (24 years ago, 25-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.storage)
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According to our chemical guys at work, only 10% of ABS worldwide is used in consumer goods (this includes toys.) So there must be a lot of other places it goes in the cold? (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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Hmmm - if LEGO bricks were made of enameled steel I would suspect that one didn't know what one was talking about. But I think you meant to say that the *inside* of refrigerators are made of the same stuff LEGO is made of ... ;-) If LEGO was ever (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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It's been a long, hard road. I've probably spent in the neighborhood of 100 hours or more (total) getting it done, but I get so much satisfaction fondling all the parts. ;-) We would love to have you guys over some time. The kids could play, and we (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Here in sunny Mareeba, Far North Queensland, I've noticed that a local toy store has some Duplo sets that come inside of a fairly big storage container - I am only after the containers, but the sets are included with the containers. I was wondering (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.storage)
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I'm from Australia, Mareeba, Far North Queensland, to be more exact, and I was wondering if anyone in the Cairns region (Which I'm close enough to so it'd be worth the hour long trip down and back.) knows of any good and cheap container storage (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.storage)
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My Lego is stored in the living room (small place with limited storage locations and no Susie Homemaker-type to complain). I wanted something that looks good (yeah, even I attempt to have some sense of the aesthetic) but with plenty of capacity. I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Wow, thats a pretty organized bunch of bricks you have there Greg. You'll have to invite me over so time and share your methods. I can't ever seem to get my stuff sorted in a way that I like. I seem to always end back up with a big pile on the (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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I love that drawstring bag. I still use mine. It is mostly for all the unsorted, special parts from my childhood collection.... "Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:FwLDtn.5y0@lugnet.com... (...) was when (...) Lego (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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That picture comes back as a broken link. Page cannot be found, says MSIE5 - what happened? Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde Ben Erwin <berwin@tufts.edu> wrote in message news:384EC116.C02310...fts.edu... (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Is that Goop anything like that Walther's Goo the Americal Model Railroad hobbyists use to stick practically anything to anything else with the exception of styrene foam, because that gets melted by Goo? I've got some magazines and they seem to (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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yippee, it's the 2000 Storage Census! I became a storage junkie after the Big Part Growth of 1998. I tried it all... Plano tackle boxes, nuts-n-bolts hardware drawers, snack bags, Silver Tubs, shoe tubs, even test tubes (as far as I know nobody else (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Shiri Dori wrote in message ... (...) Well, you've had lots of good responses, and I've talked about how I store my LEGO before, but like Larry, I like to hear myself talk so... People have suggested the Plano boxes. These are nice, but go to (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.storage)
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