Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | wildchicken13  | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 23:30 | | Subject: | Re: Super highway | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Not really, if you may notice Canada doesn’t have a lot of big highways like
the states, and most of our roads are just two lane.
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The same is true of the less developed parts of the United States. Big Canadian
cities tend to resemble big American cities, with a small urban core surrounded
by a large ring of low-density car-dependent suburbs.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 9, 2024 17:02 | | Subject: | Re: Super highway | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Aaa… the difference it can make when your country is built around a invention
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To be fair, before World War II, trains were the dominant form of overland travel
in America and cities tended to be small and dense, kind of like European cities.
However, this country has grown a lot since then and new development tends to
be more centered around automobiles. Much the same is true of Canada.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 8, 2024 00:36 | | Subject: | Re: Super highway | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, BricksThatStick writes:
| | Once I drove an American from the airport straight to a golf club which involved
going down some country roads. At one point he was 100% insistent that I was
going the wrong way down a one-way road because he couldn't believe cars
were coming towards us.
It wasn't even a narrow road just regular country road.
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I assume this was in the UK? He may simply have been confused by people driving
on the left side of the road. We also have country roads here in America, but
people typically drive on the right when not drunk or passing other vehicles.
| | It was a very funny and memorable journey made even more memorable by him giving
me the biggest tip I was ever given. I think he was either impressed or just
glad he made it in one piece!
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Most likely he was simply very wealthy if he was flying to Europe to play golf.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | May 8, 2024 00:33 | | Subject: | Re: Super highway | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | This is the biggest highway I’ve ever driven on!
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The biggest highway I've ever driven on is the Dan Ryan Expressway on the
south side of Chicago. It has fourteen lanes, seven in each direction.
According to Wikipedia, it is the busiest road in Illinois. In 2005, an average
of more than 300,000 vehicles traversed a portion of the freeway every day.
The south side of Chicago is prone to gun violence and the Dan Ryan is no exception.
Criminals armed with automatic assault rifles occasionally open fire on the expressway,
killing people in cars. 
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2024 09:19 | | Subject: | Mattel Buys BrickLink | | Viewed: | 319 times | | Topic: | Trades | |
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| Just read this in the Wall Street Journal:
April 1, 2024 9:31 AM PDT
LOS ANGELES—On Monday morning, Ynon Kreiz, CEO of Mattel, Inc., publicly announced
his intention to purchase BrickLink, Inc. from the LEGO Group.
Mattel is the owner of MEGA Brands, the manufacturer and distributor of MEGA
BLOKS construction toys. BrickLink is an online platform where users can buy
and sell LEGO®-brand products.
The announcement comes in the wake of the BrickLink administration's decision
to remove many older products from the platform, a decision which upset a small
minority of its clients.
After a series of negotiations and research from a neutral third-party market
valuation firm, the two sides have agreed on a final price tag of 2.19 USD.
The deal is expected to close by the end of July 2042, after BrickLink provides
the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration with some much-needed
paperwork in order to complete the deal.
In the meantime, Mattel plans to begin removing all LEGO®-brand products from
the platform and replacing them with their MEGA-brand equivalent, if available.
Kreiz has assured the public that all of BrickLink's 28 employees will be
retained for the forseeable future, including longtime administrator Russell
Callender.
Here is the link to the full article:
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/mattel-acquires-bricklink-from-the-lego-group-5f610288
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2024 00:44 | | Subject: | Re: Ví dụ Cách các nhà cái xác định Odds qua Tình | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, 789clubga writes:
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2024 00:41 | | Subject: | Re: My little brother... | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, molten.brick writes:
| | I'd like to be closer to my own older siblings.
I cannot cope with all of those curves!
I'd like to see you together at night in that scene, with a sub-surface light,
getting smashed together by a firepit.
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Is she Tassie?
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2024 00:39 | | Subject: | Re: 1001 bricks is almost there... | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, molten.brick writes:
It's unfit
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2024 17:39 | | Subject: | Re: Moving to Spain | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Is it very hard to weave baskets underwater with those chicken feet?
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Yeah, I failed that class.
I did well in music, though:
https://youtu.be/L7EfLNFRG7M
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 26, 2024 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: Moving to Spain | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, popsicle writes:
| | First place I landed abroad, I was required to take a submersive language/culture course
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Wow, I've taken underwater basket weaving, but never underwater Swedish!
Clearly, you did not land in England…
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2024 16:33 | | Subject: | Re: That time of year! | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | In Off Topic, wildchicken13 writes:
Hey, I know that roundabout! That's Al Capone Lane
Seriously though, looks like a nice neighborhood. Late spring, or even Summer
and Fall pics would be nice too
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2024 12:05 | | Subject: | Re: All 50 states baby! | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | So no, not "mixing up Sylvains" both are of the same
Forest, as I see it
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Sylvain is a Patrician, but Sylvain is a Plebeian.
That's very different.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 23, 2024 11:54 | | Subject: | Re: "item does not fit in the package" | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, Jukebox45 writes:
| | I have two buyers today getting the same error message - "item does not
fit in the package"
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Then you need to use a bigger package.
| | I cannot see where I have set any limits, and have sold large sets before today.
Any suggestions / advice?
Thanks
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In all seriousness, we need more information in order to answer this question.
For example, what item(s) is the buyer trying to buy? Does it have weight and
dimensions in the BrickLink catalog? Do the catalog dimensions match those in
your inventory? What shipping method did the buyer choose? Are there any
restrictions on the shipping method, such as weight, volume, or dimension limits?
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2024 18:55 | | Subject: | Re: That time of year! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | Did you know...
Washington state is the top U.S. producer of apples, pears, and sweet cherries?
Especially the crops in and around our volcanoes, the Rainier and St. Helens
regions with that special volcanic soil. Washington produces more than 90% of
the nation's organic apple crop.
Seems every few homes have their trees blossoming just now. Makes for a wonderful
drive to the shore
And it's days like these that I miss having to pick up my daughter on campus.
I'd arrive early just to wait under the canopy of their famous Japanese imported
cherry trees.
My daughter's alma mater's live cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECBJeRT-sy4
-Enjoy
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Meanwhile in Chicago…
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:32 | | Subject: | Re: IWD, come and gone unremarked? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Saitobricks.ca writes:
I'm talking about chicks
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:27 | | Subject: | Re: Non-domestic orders. | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | I want to start shipping to other countries. I've wanted to for quite awhile
but it feels like such a pain.
I'm currently using Pirate ship for shipping and tried filling out their
customs form but it seems like a lot of hassle to do it for every non-domestic
order.
Is there a fast efficient shipping service that makes it easy for shipping non-domestic
orders? Thanks!
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Every international package requires a customs form. You'll get the hang
of it eventually; it's only a few extra steps compared to domestic orders.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 21:13 | | Subject: | Re: hi | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, kubabrick writes:
| | maybe I can change my name and surname to bl, there is such a tab there. then
I will set up a store from a computer with a different IP. I just need to disconnect
PayPal payments, then with deleting the inventory, I don't know how to do
it.
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To disconnect your PayPal account, first go to your payment settings: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/payments.page
Then, under Accepted Payments, next to PayPal click Disconnect.
To download your store inventory, go to the inventory page: https://www.bricklink.com/inventory.asp
Then, scroll to the bottom and click Download. For the file format, choose
XML and then click Download My Store Inventory.
To upload the inventory to your son's store, first open the XML file and
delete the first line. Then, go to inventory upload page: https://www.bricklink.com/invXML.asp
Copy and paste the XML code into the upper text box and click Verify File.
Check to make sure it is the same as your store, then click Upload File.
To delete your own inventory, go back to your inventory page and check the box
in the upper left-hand corner, then scroll down and select the radio button next
to Delete items and click Submit Changes.
I don't believe there is any reason why two separate individuals on the same
wifi network cannot have separate BrickLink accounts, but the administrators
might get confused.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 20:30 | | Subject: | Re: Using BL messages when buyers won't | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, RubyGirl writes:
| | Hi I have had a few problems lately with buyers and have finally seen the sense
of using BL messages for all communications so there is a readable record, but
cannot get my buyers to cooperate or, seemingly, withhold my email address. How
does everyone handle this?
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If you have a strong preference for communicating by BrickLink message, then
you may want to put that in your store terms and conditions somewhere. For example:
Please do not email me. If you need to contact me, please use the BrickLink
message system.
It may not prevent buyers from trying to reach you by email, but at least it
gives you a valid reason to ignore emails and only respond to BrickLink messages.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2024 12:10 | | Subject: | Re: BEWARE! HACK TRIALS!! | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, UTLF writes:
| | They should just hire a bunch of Italians to deal with the spaghetti code
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They did last November, but it didn't go very well and they ended up taking
the site offline for a few days.
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| Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Mar 12, 2024 23:58 | | Subject: | Re: How to update shipping? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, janzenroth writes:
| | I have tried editing on my home computer (MAC) using Chrome.
I have also tried editing it on a PC on Chrome as well.
I just tried on Safari on my Mac and the editing options appeared. Thanks for
suggesting a different browser.
Is there anything I can change in Chrome so it works?
Evan
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Do you have any extensions enabled? That could mess with things.
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