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Re: Autoroute!=Towing, right?
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Date: 
Mon, 9 Sep 2002 21:02:36 GMT
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Steve Bliss <partsref@yahoo.com> writes:
In lugnet.db.brictionary, TWS Garrison wrote:
Are the patterns on
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/973p27
and
http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4209p05
the same?  They look like it, but they have dramatically different
names[1]:
Minifig Torso with Autoroute Pattern[2]
Hose Reel 2 x 4 x 2 Holder with tow logo pattern[3]
The first suggests that it's a picture of a highway, while the second
suggests some sort of towing operation.

Yeah, these are the same, and they should have the same pattern-name.
How about "Autoroute Tow Logo Pattern"?

Why "Tow"?  What set it came in shouldn't have any impact on how you
name it.  I think "Hose Reel 2 x 4 x 2 Holder with Autoroute Pattern"
seems quite appropriate.

--Bill.

--
William R Ward            bill@wards.net          http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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                      Verbing weirds language.  --Calvin



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  Re: Autoroute!=Towing, right?
 
(...) My theory is that someone sometime thought the pattern looked like a tow truck lifting mechanism? (and missed the highway connotation, remember there were two entirely separate names). While we are considering a change, I'd actually like to (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)  

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  Re: Autoroute!=Towing, right?
 
(...) Yeah, these are the same, and they should have the same pattern-name. How about "Autoroute Tow Logo Pattern"? (...) Right. I'm not clear why 4209p05 *is* p05, but it's not a big enough deal to do a renumber on it. (...) I dunno. Chris, what (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.db.brictionary)

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