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I just saw this incredible Lego car model posted by El Caracho. (URL) read any more of this note, just click on the link (run, don't walk)!!! I thought it was the real thing before I opened the main thumbnail. Then I thought it was one of those (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town) !!
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| | Re: Town Building Contest: Voting now open - Shades of Florida?
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(...) That's true. We don't want you to get permanently cross-eyed like that county official in the infamous Florida chad counting picture :-) (...) This also has the added benefit of exposing more "outsiders" to the Lego community (always a good (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Amy Hughes wrote in message ... (...) voting, I (...) I think a common, as un-spoofable as possible, voting system that we could all use for contests would be great. It'll take some discussion of required features etc though, before starting. Kevin (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Speaking as someone who already has a ton of monorail i would love to see another monorail set come out.I'm just hoping for some real town sets next year(thankfully at least we have a few bulk items for town)CWLeach (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Same here, I like the turning points at each station...forward stop or reverse. I think that in itself is noteworthy. I also like the fact that it is a super tie-in with the airport and town - you can seperate your airport from the rest of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I could also use cookies to make sure that each computer was used for voting just once. There are ways to cheat this, too, and it may prevent a couple legitimate votes (e.g. family votes), but no system is perfect. This would prevent an AOL (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Town Building Contest - Possible Issue of Updating Entered Web Pages
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... (...) OK, I've removed Brad's diorama. Kevin ---...--- Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Lego auctions: (URL) Guild of Bricksmiths: (URL) Lego Web page: (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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You know, back when we thought that LEGO would stop the town theme, we said that even town junior was better than no town at all. Then they realeased Jack Stone, probably just to annoy us. Dont we hate ourselves now? NICK :^L~ (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.town)
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You know, back when we thought that LEGO would stop the town theme, we said that even town junior was better than no town at all. Then they realeased Jack Stone, probably just to annoy us. Dont we hate ourselves now? NICK :^L~ (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.town)
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OK, That's fine - Let's remove my diarama entry. Sorry about the hassle. Brad Kevin Wilson <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote in message news:G90HpH.GJC@lugnet.com... (...) folks (...) fair (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Of course then you'd have to be a Lugnet member to participate in any votes. But I agree it is a nifty idea. Adrian (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Well, we had a "blip" in the voting process but I'm satisfied that it was caused by a misunderstanding rather than an intent to cheat. Since at this point only about 40 people have voted I think once everyone who entered, and lots (I hope) of (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.contests)
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(...) Just one thought on this... I thought that you were going to decide the catagories like "Best use of Color" and "Best Engineering". I think that having included these in the voting is one reason that the results page takes so long to load. I (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Mark Chan wrote in message ... <snipped intersting but complicated voting and registration system> (...) Too much :-) Seriously, I physically can't do that much. I also prefer to have the contest voting as open as possible, I deliberately and (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote in message ... (...) It's disappointing, yes, but I don't think it will affect the final results assuming that plenty of other people vote. (...) The is a recipe for argument, one person making a decision. I wouldn't run (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ... (...) stay (...) my (...) Well, yeah, I don't think updating pics after the entry cutoff date is fair to other people. If you really want to keep updating this page between now and the 28th, then you'll need to (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Hi Brian, Baroque is actually considered an English word. Here is the history, and definition: Etymology: French, from Middle French barroque irregularly shaped (of a pearl), from Portuguese barroco irregularly shaped pearl Date: 1765 1 : of, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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Kevin: (...) Considering that the competition is about which model is best according to whatever criteria we happen to decide on, I am very disappointed that somebody asks their friends to vote selectively for their own models. There is nothing (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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Brad, Sorry about the style question, I should have just looked at the previous message. Speaking of if style, do you you know what Baroque translates to in English? ..... sore neck (from looking up at the architecture). B. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Feb-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town)
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