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Re: A nice summer surprise
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date: 
Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:10:01 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Stacey writes:
Its a fact that whenever you buy a box of LEGO from a car boot sale (here in
cardiff at least) It'll have a good few Tyco And MegaBlox in it.

I do enjoy binning them

James


James,

My English ain't so good.  Please translate: "car boot sale" and "binning"
Thanks

Bob



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  Re: A nice summer surprise
 
(...) Fellow 'Muricans (and Britons): Here's a useful idiom-digger for US/UK idioms. Who knows, it may help save a life (or avoid a head scratching): (URL) But in short, "binning" = pitching/tossing/---...g/throwing out; "car boot sale" has no (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Re: A nice summer surprise
 
Its a fact that whenever you buy a box of LEGO from a car boot sale (here in cardiff at least) It'll have a good few Tyco And MegaBlox in it. I do enjoy binning them James "Harvey Henkelman" <HarveyHenkelman@webtv.net> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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