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Re: Why do you love bley?
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Wed, 9 May 2007 01:25:11 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Timothy Gould wrote:
   Hi all,

For everyone who has switched over I’d like to hear your reasons for doing so and stories or examples of why you’re happy enough with the colour change

Tim

I like Dark Bley. It’s a different-enough color for me to see it. I never really liked the old greys, they always looked yellowed and faded to me.

Brown- now, I liked old brown. I have a lot of it, and I feel protective and nostalgic about it the way some of you do about the old greys. But the color is history- there’s no point in crying about it. I’ve moved on. Next big project I do will use up my supply, then it’s blown from then on.

Red has changed too- many of you aren’t old enough to remember Old Red, but believe me- it was different. It was a darker, redder, richer color, better for bricks and less toy-like. But it’s gone the way cellulose acetate is gone. I’m used to it- I’ve moved on, and bought a bunch of New Red.

“Gone, gone... the damage done”

Tim (Smith)



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  Why do you love bley?
 
Hi all, For everyone who has switched over I'd like to hear your reasons for doing so and stories or examples of why you're happy enough with the colour change to buy bley and use it. My reasons are as follows: Access to the absolutely fabulous new (...) (17 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.color, FTX) !! 

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