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Subject: 
HoMa and the Trans Namib, part Zwei
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Date: 
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 02:29:15 GMT
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This shot:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=129846

Real? Photoshopped?(1)

Knowing the riff raff that HoMa hangs out with (2) I have my doubts. But I'm
not 100% certain it's a spoof. It COULD make the front page of the paper,
who knows (although I had no idea Namibia had a German paper...

After you scope it out, press UP and scope out the rest of the folder.

a-MAY-zing!!!!

1 - fark.com (not necessarily suitable for children) has verbed the noun to
mean graphic trickery of any sort. At least that's where I saw it first.

2 - Yes, Ben I am talking about you... you're a bad influence. Next you're
going to be telling us that LEGO has plans to make gray train wheels.



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: HoMa and the Trans Namib, part Zwei
 
(...) Namibia is a former German colony (and their only in Africa, if I recall correctly), isn't it? That would make it more surprising to me if they didn't have a German paper than if they did. Alan (22 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: HoMa and the Trans Namib, part Zwei
 
(...) Well, I'm not sure whether or not it's photoshopped, but there IS a newspaper called the Allgemeine Zeitung. According to Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, it's the oldest daily paper in Namibia. -- Thomas Main thomasmain@hotmail.com (22 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: HoMa and the Trans Namib, part Zwei
 
(...) All I gave as forecast in the beginning of 2002 has been the statement, that there would be no new train sets released in 2002. Again a huge disinformation..... Ashes on my head for that. (I simply believed the guy from TLC who told me so). (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: HoMa and the Trans Namib, part Zwei
 
Hi Larry, no, it's mot "photoshoped". I really would wish to be able to do such things with Photoshop. But the newspaper is **real**. Even if the german influence in Namibia - former South West Africa - lasted just 30 years and it's a long time ago, (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)

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