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Hey I found two typos in a 2002 Summer S@H advertisement for 6740 Xtreme Tower -- this is what it said: Xtreme stunts start here! The Xtreme Tower is the center of the action on LEGO Island. While Sky practices her skateboard tricks on the railings, (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Oh, stint means something? I didn't know, but please keep in mind my b-day is in 1992... Matt C. (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Suzanne Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:HEHsJz.2F6@lugnet.com... (...) Have you ever read the descriptions for the firs Bionicle creatures? They're all mad-libs: With _adjective_ _noun_, _name_ are giant _animal_-like creatures. (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) This could indeed be a very interesting project. Certainly I've some ideas about it and the 8466 could be a very good start to build such a Wrecker. But why not give it a try yourself? One reason why I build my cars is to show to others what (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It doesn't? I guess you never worked a stint as a grammarian... (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) When I was the editor of my college paper, I put in the quotation under the index key-- "Spelling slips and grammatical gaffs are purposely placed for the perfectionists to point out." I tried my derndest to get ridda all speeling misteaks, (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I have noticed this more and more in every branch of media: catalogues, magazines, novels, etc. I think it's due to the reliance on computer spell-checking instead of honest-to-goodness proof-reading. The biggest errors I've seen involve using (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) LOL! Ha ha! (...) Or maybe they're using a bad-quality laptop like me - It's fairly hard to type on this hunk of I-can't-download-3-M...s-anymore! (That's pretty sad considering I have only a couple things installed: StarCraft, (a computer (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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While visiting lego.com, I sometimes see incorrect words mixed in, here and there. I think it's kinda cute. But yesterday, I noticed -three- typos in one product's description alone. Now I'm beginning to wonder how this happens. Is TLC using OCR to (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Nathanael Kuipers" <kuipers_n@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HEBoHG.Ezu@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) I'll do. (...) I like the idea of instructions on CD :-) One idea did cross my mind for the 8466 and I think you'd be the guy to do it. (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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