 | | Re: A nice summer surprise —James Stacey
| | | | Its a fact that whenever you buy a box of LEGO from a car boot sale (here in cardiff at least) It'll have a good few Tyco And MegaBlox in it. I do enjoy binning them James "Harvey Henkelman" <HarveyHenkelman@webtv.net> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: A nice summer surprise —Bob Hayes
| | | | | (...) James, My English ain't so good. Please translate: "car boot sale" and "binning" Thanks Bob (23 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: A nice summer surprise —Lindsay Frederick Braun
| | | | | (...) Fellow 'Muricans (and Britons): Here's a useful idiom-digger for US/UK idioms. Who knows, it may help save a life (or avoid a head scratching): (URL) But in short, "binning" = pitching/tossing/---...g/throwing out; "car boot sale" has no (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: A nice summer surprise —James Stacey
| | | | | | all true.. we have a few regular car boot sales here in Cardiff wales as people do all over the UK, depending on the weather, usually 100 - 300 cars full of old junk (some people will buy anything...really) and some fantastic gems. The beauty is if (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: A nice summer surprise —Frank Filz
| | | | | (...) Hamfests (events where ham or amateur radio enthusiasts gather, not places to find the latest scoop on cured pork) often have a "tailgating" area which is basically the same thing, though semi-formalized (it's usually free or just a few (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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