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The release of the expensive Metroliner and club car for it begs the
question: If this could be done for Trains, why did we only get the Guarded
Inn? Why not the Black Falcon's Fortress and/or a couple additional modules
like the Armor Shop or Siege Tower, etc?
One could argue it's because they didn't know what the demand for the
Guarded Inn would be, but if that's the case, I hope we get a heavy-duty
selection next round or I'm going to feel slighted..
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In lugnet.castle, Victor Knight writes:
> The release of the expensive Metroliner and club car for it begs the
> question: If this could be done for Trains, why did we only get the Guarded
> Inn? Why not the Black Falcon's Fortress and/or a couple additional modules
> like the Armor Shop or Siege Tower, etc?
>
> One could argue it's because they didn't know what the demand for the
> Guarded Inn would be, but if that's the case, I hope we get a heavy-duty
> selection next round or I'm going to feel slighted..
I agree, but is that your real name :o)
Waaaaaaay out in left field,
-Aaron-
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In lugnet.castle, Victor Knight writes:
> The release of the expensive Metroliner and club car for it begs the
> question: If this could be done for Trains, why did we only get the Guarded
> Inn? Why not the Black Falcon's Fortress and/or a couple additional modules
> like the Armor Shop or Siege Tower, etc?
A most excellent point! I agree 100%.
-- Hop-Frog
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message
news:GGnrLw.IIE@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.castle, Victor Knight writes:
> > The release of the expensive Metroliner and club car for it begs the
> > question: If this could be done for Trains, why did we only get the • Guarded
> > Inn? Why not the Black Falcon's Fortress and/or a couple additional • modules
> > like the Armor Shop or Siege Tower, etc?
>
> A most excellent point! I agree 100%.
...or the Monorail for Space? ;-)
-Tim
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In lugnet.castle, Tim Courtney writes:
> "richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:GGnrLw.IIE@lugnet.com...
> > In lugnet.castle, Victor Knight writes:
> > > The release of the expensive Metroliner and club car for it begs the
> > > question: If this could be done for Trains, why did we only get the • Guarded
> > > Inn? Why not the Black Falcon's Fortress and/or a couple additional • modules
> > > like the Armor Shop or Siege Tower, etc?
> >
> > A most excellent point! I agree 100%.
>
> ...or the Monorail for Space? ;-)
>
> -Tim
While we're begging, I think we should demand that it all comes for free,
yesterday. And it should be better than the originals!
By the way, look up the phrase "begs the question" -- I do not think that
expression means what you think it means...
While you have the style guide out, you could also look up the expression
"don't look a gift horse in the mouth", ok?
-Erik
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In lugnet.castle, Erik Olson writes:
> > While you have the style guide out, you could also look up the expression
> "don't look a gift horse in the mouth", ok?
Gee, wouldn't a "gift horse" actually be something one didn't have to pay
for? While we are are paying for it, I think we can discuss whatever pleases
us best, ok?
I won't spoil your fun if you won't spoil mine, ok?
-- Hop-Frog
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In lugnet.castle, Erik Olson writes:
> While we're begging, I think we should demand that it all comes for free,
> yesterday. And it should be better than the originals!
>
> By the way, look up the phrase "begs the question" -- I do not think that
> expression means what you think it means...
Ack, that bugs me too! Another pet peeve of mine is when people use the word
"dilemma" to mean any old problem.
Maggie C.
P.S. To Richard M.-- after having looked it up in three separate dictionaries
I grudgingly admit you were right about the word "dipsomania". Hmph.
> While you have the style guide out, you could also look up the expression
> "don't look a gift horse in the mouth", ok?
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Maggie Cambron writes:
> P.S. To Richard M.-- after having looked it up in three separate dictionaries
> I grudgingly admit you were right about the word "dipsomania". Hmph.
Don't you just hate it when he's right about stuff??? Hmph. :-)
++Lar
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In lugnet.castle, Maggie Cambron writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Erik Olson writes:
>
> > While we're begging, I think we should demand that it all comes for free,
> > yesterday. And it should be better than the originals!
> >
> > By the way, look up the phrase "begs the question" -- I do not think that
> > expression means what you think it means...
>
> Ack, that bugs me too! Another pet peeve of mine is when people use the word
> "dilemma" to mean any old problem.
>
> Maggie C.
>
> P.S. To Richard M.-- after having looked it up in three separate dictionaries
> I grudgingly admit you were right about the word "dipsomania". Hmph.
>
> > While you have the style guide out, you could also look up the expression
> > "don't look a gift horse in the mouth", ok?
I think this is a good time to illustrate another abused idiom: showstopper:
"Brad Justus held up pictures of the Metroliner and Club Car - it was a
showstopper." (there were actually quite a few showstoppers at Brickfest,
not all of them planned.) A showstopper is when you have to pause and just
stand there waiting for the applause to die down.
In information technology the term "showstopper" is unfortunately used as a
synonym for "insurmountable problem". This misuse begs the true spirit of
show business, where the show never can stop; if there were an
insurmountable problem you would improvise around it and impress the heck
out of the audience.
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Erik Olson writes:
> I think this is a good time to illustrate another abused idiom: showstopper:
>
> "Brad Justus held up pictures of the Metroliner and Club Car - it was a
> showstopper." (there were actually quite a few showstoppers at Brickfest,
> not all of them planned.) A showstopper is when you have to pause and just
> stand there waiting for the applause to die down.
>
> In information technology the term "showstopper" is unfortunately used as a
> synonym for "insurmountable problem". This misuse begs the true spirit of
> show business, where the show never can stop; if there were an
> insurmountable problem you would improvise around it and impress the heck
> out of the audience.
Yikes, that IS unfortunate! Here's one: "factoid"-- I have the same problem
with the popular (2nd def'n.) use of this word (y'all who've used it this way
here know who you are!) as is mentioned in the usage note at dictionary.com:
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=factoid
Maggie
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"Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> writes:
> Yikes, that IS unfortunate! Here's one: "factoid"-- I have the same problem
> with the popular (2nd def'n.) use of this word (y'all who've used it this way
> here know who you are!) as is mentioned in the usage note at dictionary.com:
>
> http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=factoid
I think your battle is lost on that one. I'd never even heard of the
1st meaning. They should switch the two, to better describe common
usage.
I have a vague memory of a book called _Factoids_ and a line of
desktop page-a-day calendars and such that listed all kinds of obscure
trivia, from the late 80's. But searching on amazon.com and google
didn't turn anything up.
--Bill
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
(formerly known as hermit@bayview.com)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, William R. Ward writes:
> "Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> writes:
> > Yikes, that IS unfortunate! Here's one: "factoid"-- I have the same
> > problem with the popular (2nd def'n.) use of this word (y'all who've used it
> > this way here know who you are!) as is mentioned in the usage note at
> > dictionary.com:
> >
> > http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=factoid
>
> I think your battle is lost on that one. I'd never even heard of the
> 1st meaning. They should switch the two, to better describe common
> usage.
*sigh* I think you're right. It's like the transformation of the word
inflammable into flammable, I suppose (although it has always bugged me that
people would find nothing strange about having a word they thought means
"non-combustible" plastered on the side of a tanker truck-- I mean, why
bother?).
Maggie
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Hello!
> why did we only get the Guarded Inn?
What??? "Only the Guarded Inn"???
I thought the Guarded Inn was one of the most desired Sets in America and
now you are whining about it being smaller in size than the train?
*shaking his head*
Jojo
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