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(...) For those Americans (and possibly others) who may not have much knowledge of chemistry, Jan-Albert is talking about bleach (though my bottle of bleach is only a 5% solution, not the 30% Jan-Albert mentions - which probably explains why Cary (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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Well after testing this a couple of times (and thanks to Klaas Meijaard for bringing it to my attention) here's what I found to be an excellent way to get those yellowed white parts to look as new again... A chloride solution (I used a product (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Yeah, that's a much smarter suggestion. Especially given the fact that the person looking for the instructions would essentially want to get them for free (and why not - they're not worth anything to me, other than as packing material - which (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Sorry, I've done that before - even held onto them and put them up for silly low prices like a nickel or something (plus shipping) and 99.9% of the time they just sit there. Every once in a while I will see that someone is looking for a (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) Actually, what might be better is if you post a list of the instructions you're most looking for (in lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade of course). Many of us may have instructions we're willing to part with (so far, I have only thrown out (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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Shred them??? I would gladly pay the shipping for instructions for sets that I don't already own (which is still quite a few despite recent Lego binges). Send me an e-mail of which instructions you have many of and maybe we can make a deal. Fred (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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(...) My one real new years resolution is to sort the hundreds of sets I've acquired over the last year. I haven't found time to sort anything this past year. it is true; my collection has grown to fill the volume of available space, the whole (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.storage)
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(...) Ahhh... then it has begun :-) Somewhat like a computer program Lego seems to grow to fill all available space forcing you to get more storage. Sorting this Lego can be a joy or a chore or simply not done at all. Personally I enjoy sorting (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Ooohh no there are too many to fit!! -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. the fully anal and out of space AGAIN newbie simple sorter for non Technic "Ralph Hempel" <rhempel@bmts.com> wrote in message news:NEBBIJADEJHLFJD...mts.com... (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.storage)
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Sorry all but I just throw 'em away and don't give it a second thought. Now if we were talking about Transformers, that would be a different story. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. who buys Lego for building and creating not for collecting (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage)
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