Here's an interesting thought..., ...could there be a connection? |
Here's an interesting thought..., ...could there be a connection? |
Jun 7 2006, 06:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 |
I was wondering:
Could there be a connection between Lone Star and this RL company? Lone Star Comics It's a comic book and RPG store in Texas. P.S.: Sorry, folks. I double-posted earlier, and couldn't delete the extra one. --Foreigner This post has been edited by Foreigner: Jun 8 2006, 08:02 AM |
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Jun 7 2006, 06:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 27-October 05 From: Waterloo, ON Member No.: 7,900 |
My thoughts are vauge ont he subject, but I feel very strongly about it.
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Jun 8 2006, 02:14 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 8,551 |
I disagree, but I don't want to explain any further and start a flame war.
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Jun 8 2006, 06:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 27-October 05 From: Waterloo, ON Member No.: 7,900 |
I'm extrapolating that you hate me, and are just make an attack against my person.
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Jun 8 2006, 08:50 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 90 |
Ahhh, Lone Star Comics. This brings back childhood memories, I used to get all my comics and RPG's from Lone Star back in jr high and high school.
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Jun 8 2006, 02:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 164 Joined: 7-July 03 Member No.: 4,891 |
Is it a Texas-based corporation? More likely the two are both drawing from Texas' nickname: "the Lone Star State".
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Jun 8 2006, 06:34 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
I was wondering:
Could there be a connection between Lone Star and this RL state? Texas It's a state in the USA. |
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Jun 8 2006, 06:51 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Shrike, is that a serious question? Or a joke?
(The answer is yes, Lone Star started in Texas and took its name from there.) |
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Jun 8 2006, 06:54 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
Sorry, forgot the :P
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Jun 9 2006, 12:36 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 14-October 05 Member No.: 7,844 |
Or perhaps Lone Star from Spaceballs?
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Jun 9 2006, 01:08 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
There's only one man who would DARE give me the raspberry!
Lone Star! |
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Jun 9 2006, 08:15 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 204 Joined: 27-October 05 From: Waterloo, ON Member No.: 7,900 |
It's the reason I have an RV in our SR game.
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Jun 9 2006, 08:22 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 23-June 03 Member No.: 4,796 |
no relation, move along, nothing to see here.....
I actually used their subscription service for a while. It was ok, nothing great, comics aren't bagged and boarded and packed really tight which could bend bindings. They also had issue with changing addresses if you moved. I went with a local store, which I should have in the first place, and am much happier. |
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Jun 9 2006, 11:15 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 314 Joined: 25-February 06 Member No.: 8,307 |
I'll go you one better, I used to work for them.
If you have to have something, and nobody else has it, order from Amazon. Their service and respect for gamers has completely deteriorated over the past 5 years. They're still great for comics, and pretty good for action figures, but unless it's the hot new CCG or collectible whatever, they're not that interested in your business. |
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Jun 10 2006, 03:20 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...in RL Portland (TT), there used to be a concrete firm named Lonestar.
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Jun 10 2006, 05:19 PM
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:eek: :rotfl: |
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Jun 10 2006, 09:07 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 626 Joined: 1-March 04 Member No.: 6,112 |
Give him a break, folks, he's a Foreigner.
:D :grinbig: |
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Jun 12 2006, 12:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 976 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Near my daughters, Lansdale PA Member No.: 6,668 |
More likely this will come out of Japan. A couple of weeks ago a lot of the traffic warden/meter maid stuff was licenced out to a private company. There are a lot of complaints. The companies are for profit and get a take on how many tickets they write. The Government thinks they will get an increase in revenue. People are worried the private corps will be more heavy handed, giving tickets where a real policeman might just give a warning.
There has already been a case where a man kicked one of the traffic wardens working for a private company and then drove off. Of coure his plate had been written down.- here is the tie in to SR- Although the warden worked for a private corporation, he was working under a contract issued by the government so the man is being charged with assaulting a police officer. |
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Jun 12 2006, 01:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 |
Toptomcat: I resemble that remark! :P --Foreigner |
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