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(...) Plano makes a bag which will store 4 of their boxes. There are other manufacturers who make similar bags. try a fishing supply or sporting goods house. Rob (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) This is part of my problem...my collection has gotten so big as to be unmanageable. I am working on a heiarchy to aid sorting and organization...there should be another post on this ng tonight on the topic. Rob (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Ugh. Storage. Itsa problem. First off, I suggest you go to your local Dollar store, and see what you can find in containers. You may want to look for something that can be set on one end, as on a bookshelf. Plano boxes are good for this, but (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) I bought a couple Time Twisters sets at KMart this Friday (I know, I know, but they were REALLY cheap, and thus a good parts supply). I don't recall which set it was...has the guy who looks like he's from Greenwich Village, and the machine has (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.storage)
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(...) I had my entire lego collection (minus technic, which is in 2 toolboxes) in two of the ikea chests pictured. That was, until I sorted all the town sets which had been gathering dust under the stairs. My lego is now in the two chests and about (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.storage)
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(...) We use one of those things from the hardware store with lots of tiny plastic drawers for small technic parts. Bigger things go in boxes from Ikea: (URL). They've got several sizes -- some better than the one pictured. (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Oh sure, my car uses ABS to stop safely during the winter months. ;) Ben Roller (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) They already have--and most of us post here. ;) Run, everyone, before the Frigidaire people come to turn you all into refrigerator doors! narf LFB PS: The interior of the units are probably all made of ABS--but the exteriors are usually (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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Christopher Weeks <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:FwrEwM.JDs@lugnet.com... (...) Most (...) the (...) :-) That, and the fact that the average American would probably switch to plastic the moment someone invents a magnet that attracts (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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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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