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In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
> To me it also proves that our DOC (Department Of Complainers) here at Lugnet
> (and especially the Germans) couldn't have been that wrong on the issue. Let me
> tell all you counter-complainers straight away:
>
> WE WERE RIGHT.
I'm not sure that's necessarily a valid conclusion. Another possible conclusion
is that you were wrong, but LEGO is such a good company at heart that they
apologised anyway in the interests of peace and harmony.
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In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
>
> > To me it also proves that our DOC (Department Of Complainers) here at Lugnet
> > (and especially the Germans) couldn't have been that wrong on the issue. Let me
> > tell all you counter-complainers straight away:
> >
> > WE WERE RIGHT.
>
> I'm not sure that's necessarily a valid conclusion. Another possible conclusion
> is that you were wrong, but LEGO is such a good company at heart that they
> apologised anyway in the interests of peace and harmony.
Larry's statement would be my personal take of the situation, given all the
observable facts, and without knowing exactly what happened behind boardroom
doors.
Dave K
-not that I want this to escalate into a debate.
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In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
> > WE WERE RIGHT.
>
> I'm not sure that's necessarily a valid conclusion. Another possible conclusion
> is that you were wrong, but LEGO is such a good company at heart that they
> apologised anyway in the interests of peace and harmony.
Weisst Du, warum der Teufel seine Grossmutter erschlagen hat? Weil ihr keine
Ausreden mehr eingefallen sind.
;-)
Leg Godt,
René
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In lugnet.lego, René Hoffmeister wrote:
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Weisst Du, warum der Teufel seine Grossmutter erschlagen hat? Weil ihr keine
Ausreden mehr eingefallen sind.
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Google Translation:
Do you know, why the devil killed his grandmother? Because you broke in no
more excuses.
I know something must have gotten lost in the translation, but I still find this
funny even though I don’t have a clue what it means.
jt
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In lugnet.lego, James Trobaugh wrote:
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I know something must have gotten lost in the translation, but I still find
this funny even though I don’t have a clue what it means.
jt
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It also means we could as well debate in German about such issues. Larry
“Goodheart” P. and David “I’ll buy two!” K. will never run out of lame excuses.
;)
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In lugnet.lego, James Trobaugh wrote:
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In lugnet.lego, René Hoffmeister wrote:
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Weisst Du, warum der Teufel seine Grossmutter erschlagen hat? Weil ihr keine
Ausreden mehr eingefallen sind.
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Google Translation:
Do you know, why the devil killed his grandmother? Because you broke in no
more excuses.
I know something must have gotten lost in the translation, but I still find
this funny even though I don’t have a clue what it means.
jt
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Translation is:
“Do you know why Old Nick killed his grandma? Because she’s at a loss for
excuses”
It’s a saying in German, but I’m just kidding in this case :-)
Leg Godt!
René
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In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, James Trobaugh wrote:
> > I know something must have gotten lost in the translation, but I still find
> > this funny even though I don't have a clue what it means.
> >
> > jt
>
> It also means we could as well debate in German about such issues. Larry
> "Goodheart" P. and David "I'll buy two!" K. will never run out of lame
> excuses. ;)
Larry gets the cool 'Goodheart' nickname whilst I get 'I'll buy two'?
I want a cool nickname!
Dave "The Yellow Dart" K
-that's gotta be at least +5 or +10 right there...
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In lugnet.lego, David Koudys wrote:
> Larry gets the cool 'Goodheart' nickname whilst I get 'I'll buy two'?
>
> I want a cool nickname!
Actually Larry is really unhappy about his "cool nickname". He's complaining to
me via email. Sigh. You guys really are tough customers. But that's the way with
complainers - they're sooo hard to satisfy ... :P
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In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, David Koudys wrote:
>
> > Larry gets the cool 'Goodheart' nickname whilst I get 'I'll buy two'?
> >
> > I want a cool nickname!
Dave, you already have one, from what I hear... :-)
> Actually Larry is really unhappy about his "cool nickname".
Actually I'm not at *all* unhappy with that nickname, I'll wear it proudly.
After all, I *am* "goodhearted", I try to always expect the best from companies
and from people. How sad it must be to go around always expecting the worst.
> He's complaining to me
What I'm *not* very impressed with, and what it was I mailed you about, is
characterising another possible explanation for events as a "lame excuse".
That's really not an accurate characterization, nor is it likely to move the
conversation forward usefully.
> via email.
Because I wanted to keep it off the lists... I'm confused as to why you need to
reply to a private email publicly?
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In lugnet.lego, David Koudys wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
> > In lugnet.lego, James Trobaugh wrote:
> > > I know something must have gotten lost in the translation, but I still find
> > > this funny even though I don't have a clue what it means.
> > >
> > > jt
> >
> > It also means we could as well debate in German about such issues. Larry
> > "Goodheart" P. and David "I'll buy two!" K. will never run out of lame
> > excuses. ;)
>
> Larry gets the cool 'Goodheart' nickname whilst I get 'I'll buy two'?
>
> I want a cool nickname!
Wow, Dave "King of the Sheets", isn't cool? If that's not good enough for you,
wow, you have very high expectations! Personally, that beats some of my
nicknames by a mile, of course, that list is unfit for public consumption.
> Dave "The Yellow Dart" K
> -that's gotta be at least +5 or +10 right there...
Cowdice rolls... +5 + 6.
My roll......... Snake eyes.
(Apparently I'm playing Craps with a 12-sided die, man that screws with the
memorized probability!)
Janey "You can't say that, Red Brick"
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In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> What I'm *not* very impressed with, and what it was I mailed you about, is
> characterising another possible explanation for events as a "lame excuse".
"Possible"? Oh come on. How about "unlikely"? Or "far-fetched"? Maybe "overly
optimistic"?
While your attitude helps stretching out a debate endlessly, it really isn't
helpful in the end. Please try to be realistic, occasionally at least. Being so
... stubbornly goodhearted can be offensive too. Someone else then believes you
offended his intellect, and on is the flame war!
> > I'm confused as to why you need to
> reply to a private email publicly?
"Confused" is the keyword here. See, Larry, if you check the message tree
carefully you'll find out I actually replied to David "insert cool nickname
here" K.'s message and, while I was on it, just mentioned your little problem in
one line or two, because it fit the topic. Well, not THE topic, which is still
Maersk, but the topic of our little quareling club. I suggest be better quit
here and now before we all get locked up for spamming ;)
However, it's not as if I spilled the beans about something confidential, right?
And please read Mark Jordan's "Press release" again. It's hilariously funny. I'm
still in tears. The funny-false-accent-thing is really old though. I always do
the same when reading David K.s posts aloud. I'd imagine my false canadian
accent is actually quite presentable ... :P
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In lugnet.lego, David Koudys wrote:
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Larry’s statement would be my personal take of the situation, given all the
observable facts, and without knowing exactly what happened behind boardroom
doors.
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Me too, but its not really a black and white thing. Customers are customers -
when they are annoyed you do your best to fix them up, whatever the
technicalities of the situation.
When you are surprised by a customer reaction (remember New Coke?) you get to
learn something about your customer and their relationship with your product
that you didn’t know before.
I guess this time, TLG learned a little bit more about “Collectability”. If
there are plenty of returns, it will prove the existence of an adult
collectors market beyond doubt. Then TLG will start thinking about ways of
exploiting it to a greater degree than they have in the past - with both good
and bad effects for us AFOLs.
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In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
> In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > What I'm *not* very impressed with, and what it was I mailed you about, is
> > characterising another possible explanation for events as a "lame excuse".
>
> "Possible"? Oh come on. How about "unlikely"? Or "far-fetched"? Maybe "overly
> optimistic"?
> While your attitude helps stretching out a debate endlessly, it really isn't
> helpful in the end. Please try to be realistic, occasionally at least. Being so
> ... stubbornly goodhearted can be offensive too. Someone else then believes you
> offended his intellect, and on is the flame war!
>
> > > I'm confused as to why you need to
> > reply to a private email publicly?
>
> "Confused" is the keyword here. See, Larry, if you check the message tree
> carefully you'll find out I actually replied to David "insert cool nickname
> here" K.'s message and, while I was on it, just mentioned your little problem in
> one line or two, because it fit the topic. Well, not THE topic, which is still
> Maersk, but the topic of our little quareling club. I suggest be better quit
> here and now before we all get locked up for spamming ;)
> However, it's not as if I spilled the beans about something confidential, right?
>
> And please read Mark Jordan's "Press release" again. It's hilariously funny. I'm
> still in tears. The funny-false-accent-thing is really old though. I always do
> the same when reading David K.s posts aloud. I'd imagine my false canadian
> accent is actually quite presentable ... :P
Since we are into German quotes, I have one for everyone....
"Der G'schedere gibt nach"
Gary istok
Loosely translated "the smarter one will let it go..."
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> Since we are into German quotes, I have one for everyone....
>
> "Der G'schedere gibt nach"
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> Gary istok
>
> Loosely translated "the smarter one will let it go..."
Ops, shows how "G'scheid" I am, I can't even spell it right.
Gary Istok
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In lugnet.lego, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> Since we are into German quotes, I have one for everyone....
>
> "Der G'schedere gibt nach"
>
> Loosely translated "the smarter one will let it go..."
Well, by all indications that would be me then.
Damn, you really know how to get me, Gerhard! ;)
Alright then:
Larry, since I couldn't stand another of your dreary emails anyway, I apologize
for having been so particularly nasty.
Let me conclude our business with a (hopefully) final german quote:
"Gut's Nächtle!"
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You can't be Mr. Black. If I let you be Mr. Black, then everybody'll want to
be Mr. Black. So you're Mr. Pink.
"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message
news:IAzw7G.1uCI@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.lego, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
> > In lugnet.lego, James Trobaugh wrote:
> > > I know something must have gotten lost in the translation, but I still
> > > find
> > > this funny even though I don't have a clue what it means.
> > >
> > > jt
> >
> > It also means we could as well debate in German about such issues. Larry
> > "Goodheart" P. and David "I'll buy two!" K. will never run out of lame
> > excuses. ;)
>
> Larry gets the cool 'Goodheart' nickname whilst I get 'I'll buy two'?
>
> I want a cool nickname!
>
> Dave "The Yellow Dart" K
> -that's gotta be at least +5 or +10 right there...
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In lugnet.lego, Tony Kilaras wrote:
> You can't be Mr. Black. If I let you be Mr. Black, then everybody'll want to
> be Mr. Black. So you're Mr. Pink.
Umm.... *coughs* Hi guys! :)
Norbert Black
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