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In Off Topic, Huskers1236 writes:

Just as the topic says, I wanted to thank everybody that has ordered from me
the last couple years since I started selling on Bricklink. I surpassed 1000
orders yesterday and really have been pleasantly surprised at how the store has
done. Really never knew what to expect when I started. Good luck to all the
other sellers who make the jump here and thanks to everybody that makes this
place great.

Hey, that's great! You once told me that "don't worry, I'm never
going to have a store". Well that didn't last too long. Was it finding out
that just selling minifigs and sealed sets was something you could do? I seem
to remember you saying something about hating to sort parts.

Congrats!

Donna

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SylvainLS

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Aug 20, 2019 17:51

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In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:

In Off Topic, Bricklord writes:

1957 USAAF balloon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)

You may want to check your math....

Thank you. I just look for interesting things, but it is obvious the math is
not correct. Sorry, and thank you,

102,000ft = 31,089.6m just a factor ten / a misplaced comma

According to Wikipedia, it was “31,212m (102,400ft)” and the 19th.
(I think the altitude was in feet and then converted and rounded in meters (102,400ft
= 31,211.52m). Aviation altitudes are usually measured in feet.)

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legoman77

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Aug 20, 2019 16:51

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In Off Topic, Bricklord writes:

1957 USAAF balloon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)

You may want to check your math....

Thank you. I just look for interesting things, but it is obvious the math is
not correct. Sorry, and thank you,
John P

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Bricklord

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Aug 20, 2019 13:52

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1957 USAAF balloon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)

You may want to check your math....

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calsbricks

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Aug 20, 2019 13:37

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Related Software

In Related Software, JJBrickstop writes:

In Related Software, Rakali writes:

I'm trying to part out set

75938-1 (Inv) T. rex vs Dino-Mech Battle
693 Parts, 4 Minifigs, 2019
Sets: Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar

The inventory went live maybe 4 or 5 days ago, and it went from being not found
in BrickStock at all to being greyed out, and the program lags and hangs when
I try to select it. Anyone familiar with what is holding it back? The database
download is of course up to date.

Cheers.

I'm having a similar problem. "Part out item" is greyed out. I even removed
Brickstock and re-installed. I'm hoping someone has info.

Unfortunately Brickstock has not updated its database since this set went 'live'
on Bricklink. Once that happens the set will be available for working with and
will no longer be greyed out.

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JJBrickstop

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Aug 20, 2019 13:16

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In Related Software, Rakali writes:

I'm trying to part out set

75938-1 (Inv) T. rex vs Dino-Mech Battle
693 Parts, 4 Minifigs, 2019
Sets: Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar

I'm having a similar problem. "Part out item" is greyed out. I even removed
Brickstock and re-installed. I'm hoping someone has info.

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SylvainLS

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Aug 20, 2019 12:53

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In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:

[…]
1896 Dial telephone patented {Why do we say dial on a push button phone or cell
phone when we make a call?]

Habits.
If you start using new words for new ways of doing old things, you’ll need to
use a lot of more-than-one-syllable words.
I heard English-speaking people don’t like that

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Hygrotus

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Aug 20, 2019 12:33

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In Off Topic, calebfishn writes:

In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:

In Off Topic, calebfishn writes:

The Episode you cite as your topic title, "Is there in Truth No Beauty" is a
good illustration why the original Star Trek series will always be the best of
all the other spin off series. It fits the definition of Science Fiction, it
deals with a challenging subject, and it boldly goes where no man has gone before.
The spirit and vision of Roddenberry was the first and best, while we all hope
to forget the soap-operatic mess that Berman made of the whole franchise.

Sometimes when watching Star Trek, and I do often, I stop to think how much I
(we) owe to Roddenberry. What a mind he must have had. When I visited the sets
I would meet the producer who showed me around, at the Gene Roddenberry building.
The planetarium here in El Paso was the Roddenbery Planetarium. It has since
closed. I never did like Kirk, but was transfixed on Spock.
I do like the other series too. They are a bit of a soap opera. But almost
everything on TV is. As much as I love Star Trek, when ever I am done watching
a movie I feel a little disappointed. The only one that does not is Star Trek
IV. I think that Catherine Hicks made that move a success. The only STOS I
find "great" is City On the Edge of Forever. I am not all that infatuated with
STNG except the Borg episodes. Voyager is my favorite.
One final thought; I like Star Wars, but given the choice it is Star Trek.
One last last thought; The new Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) is the
best SF series ever.

John P

I was 10 years old when the first series hit the air waves. The weekly star trek
episode was the only reason my father would let me stay up late on a school night.
He told me that this was something important on TV and that I needed to watch
it.

Patrick Stewart is a good actor, and makes for a good Captain of the Enterprise.
There were at least a few episodes on STNG that were very good, and fit the original
Star Trek ethos in my opinion. And I agree that Star Trek IV -"The Voyage Home"
is about the best of the movies, although I did like "Wrath of Khan", mostly
because of Ricardo Montalban. I watched "Insurrection" the other night. That's
a mistake I don't intend to repeat.

My favourite movie is First Contact definitely

but I agree with original crew 'The Voyage Home' is the best I also like
it very much.

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Hygrotus

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Aug 20, 2019 12:31

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In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:

In Off Topic, calebfishn writes:

I love The new Battlestar Galactica also. I have even wallpaper on my laptop
with this crew

yes not Star Wars but 2004 Battlestar Galactica

As for Voyager I like it from 4th season when Seven of Nine appears.
and she returns in Picard, another thing which makes me want to see this new
series even more

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calebfishn

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Aug 20, 2019 12:27

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In Off Topic, calebfishn writes:

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legoman77

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Aug 20, 2019 12:03

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legoman77

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Aug 20, 2019 11:46

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Amy Adams 45

Eddie Paskey 80 Star Trek (TV Series) Lt. Leslie / Connors / Lt. Ryan / on 60
episodes.

1779 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer who discovered the
continent of Antarctica, born in Osel, Estonia (d. 1852)

1833 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (Republican: 1889-93),
born in North Bend, Ohio (d. 1901)

1918 Jacqueline Susann, American author (Valley of the Dolls), born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania (d. 1974)

1922 Tetsuzo Akutsu, Japanese surgeon who built the first artificial heart, born
in Japan (d. 2007)

1931 Don King, American boxing promoter best known for his association with Mike
Tyson and for his unusual hairstyles, born in Cleveland, Ohio

1934 Armi Kuusela, Finnish beauty queen (1st Miss Universe, 1952), born in Muhos,
Finland

1948 Robert Plant, English rock vocalist (Led Zeppelin), born in West Bromwich,
England

1983 Andrew Garfield, British American actor (The Amazing Spider-Man), born in
Los Angeles, California

Events:

1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers: Major General "Mad Anthony" Wayne defeats a joint
British-Native American force at Fallen Timbers, Ohio in the final battle of
the Northwest Indian War

1865 President Andrew Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Texas

1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over

1886 Second Salon exhibition by Society of Independent Artists held in Paris;
includes Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande
Jatte"

1896 Dial telephone patented {Why do we say dial on a push button phone or cell
phone when we make a call?]

1908 America's Great White Fleet arrives in Sydney, Australia, to be greeted
with a tremendous welcome; 221 American sailors desert to remain in Australia

1913 1st pilot to parachute from an aircraft (Adolphe Pégoud, France)

1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward completed

1930 Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (NYC)

1939 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc)

1940 British PM Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human
conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"

1941 Police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males

1944 Gen de Gaulle returns to France

1953 Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation

1957 USAAF balloon breaks an altitude record at 102,000' (310,896 m)

1960 USSR recovers 2 dogs, 1st living organisms to return from space

1965 Rolling Stones release their single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
(their 1st #1 US hit) in the UK

1966 Beatles pelted with rotten fruit during Memphis concert

1980 UN Security Council condemns (14-0, US abstains) Israeli declaration that
all of Jerusalem is its capital

1990 George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner

1990 Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields)

1991 Estonia formally declares its independence from the USSR

1993 Mother Teresa hospitalized with malaria

1998 The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from
Canada without the federal government's approval.

1998 U.S. embassy bombings: US military launches cruise missile attacks against
alleged al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan
in retaliation for August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania

2015 30 students at West Point Military Academy are injured in a mass pillow
fight

John P

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SylvainLS

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Aug 20, 2019 10:25

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In Off Topic, Thea writes:

[…]
I saw a picture of the
main characters after I read the first book earlier this year, and they don't
come close to the way I imagine them from the book.

It’s said that, when the first Tintin movie came out (late 1940’s I think
for the first animation, 1960’s for the “real” movies), a kid said to a reporter:
“But Captain Haddock doesn’t have the same voice as in the comic books!”

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calebfishn

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Aug 20, 2019 09:20

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Thea

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Aug 20, 2019 03:22

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In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:

1745 Jacobite Rising 1745 : Bonnie Prince Charlie, raises his standard at Glenfinnan,
Scotland, igniting the second Jacobite rebellion.

John P

I'm currently reading Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. The above is
one of the main events in the series. I've collected the books since they
first came out in 1991, but just started reading them this year. I don't
know how people waited every 3 years or so for the next one to be published.

Thea
Always An Adventure!
and yes I do know it's been made into a TV series. I saw a picture of the
main characters after I read the first book earlier this year, and they don't
come close to the way I imagine them from the book.

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legoman77

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Aug 19, 2019 12:44

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In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:

In Off Topic, Hygrotus writes:

In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:

Jonathan Frakes 67 Star Trek Next Generation and Star Trek movies. Also Roswell
2001. And, was on an episode of Days of Our Lives.

The Next Generations is my favourite Star Trek series. I grew up on it.
That is why I'm wating impatiently for this new series 'Picard'.

I am looking forward to that also. I do like Discovery on CBS all access.
This was a good day in my post for Star Trek. Roddenberry and Frakes had the
same birthday, surprised me a bit. My favorite, Voyager. But Data and The Doctor
are my favorite characters. Check out the picture in the collage. I got to
talk to the Doctor for about half an hour on one of my visits.

John P

Just found this on the internet:
When Star Trek: The Next Generation first hit warp speed, the idea was to continue
Gene Roddenbery's vision of a united world seeking out new life and civilizations
in outer space. What no one expected was the most annoying addition to the Trek
mythos since Tribbles: Wil Wheaton's Wesley Crusher.

Even for the future, his story made no sense. Wesley consistently failed to make
it into the Starfleet Academy, yet somehow remained on board the Enterprise.
Even more mind-blowing, he regularly gave opinions, stood up to senior officers,
and came up with ideas that saved the day. He was the character who somehow had
the knack for all the answers and the plucky attitude to match them. What he
didn't have, however, was respect. Not even getting stabbed earned this kid
any street credibility.

Wesley was routinely rejected for having no logical reason to be as smart, as
opinionated, or as helpful as he was. Eventually, Wesley was routinely smacked
down by Captain Picard, and even his own mother. The hatred crystallized with
the infamous scene where Picard snapped, "Shut up Wesley!", a moment immortalized
as both Internet meme fodder and an entry in the urban dictionary.

Wesley would exit as a regular in the fourth season, allowing TNG to right itself
without having to rely on someone who couldn't ride Space Mountain alone.
Wheaton would later admit the criticism of the character hurt him personally,
but given how he has been given his own asteroid and remains a rising power in
geek culture, he's probably gotten over it. If he hasn't, well, then
shut up Wil!

John P

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legoman77

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Aug 19, 2019 12:30

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In Off Topic, Hygrotus writes:

In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:

Jonathan Frakes 67 Star Trek Next Generation and Star Trek movies. Also Roswell
2001. And, was on an episode of Days of Our Lives.

The Next Generations is my favourite Star Trek series. I grew up on it.
That is why I'm wating impatiently for this new series 'Picard'.

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tonnic

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Aug 19, 2019 12:26

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In Off Topic, Hygrotus writes:

In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:

Jonathan Frakes 67 Star Trek Next Generation and Star Trek movies. Also Roswell
2001. And, was on an episode of Days of Our Lives.

The Next Generations is my favourite Star Trek series. I grew up on it.
That is why I'm wating impatiently for this new series 'Picard'.

For me it is Deep Space 9.
Maybe a bit soap like but it was more fun and more action, finally the Federation
kicked some...
Maybe not the Gene Roddenberry way but I still love it.
I am curious about ‘Picard’ too, hope it is up to par with The Next Generation
and has the same action as DS9.

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Hygrotus

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Aug 19, 2019 12:00

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In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:

Jonathan Frakes 67 Star Trek Next Generation and Star Trek movies. Also Roswell
2001. And, was on an episode of Days of Our Lives.

The Next Generations is my favourite Star Trek series. I grew up on it.
That is why I'm wating impatiently for this new series 'Picard'.

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legoman77

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