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(...) out (...) I agree. I do feel bad that I continued this discussion on this thread which should have been placed somewhere else. I do apologize. :) As for the Grammer well your right, I do write quick and I am fortunate to find my mistakes at (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Good post, mostly. Right, mostly... Bask away, Jasper... (...) My take on that is that Brad himself has imposed a deadline of "summer" for things to start happening. A lot must be done between now and then for this thing not to be stillborn. (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I forgot, there is, or was, a thing called a "training wage". Dunno more about it than that. (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Todd didn't come out and say so in so many words in a post here, but if Todd had doubts about his bonafides Todd would never have approved his posting privileges. Those are the dots I connected, and those dots were there for you or anyone else (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) He certainly was. Sarcasm, however, is a very legitimate discussion tool. He was using sarcasm because he felt it was the best way to make his point. I really doubt he was deliberately trying to upset you. Of course, if you're going to be (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Customer goodwill must count for something too -- granted, it's long-term profit that's involved there, and typical pointy-haired managers don't look forward that far, but still.. (...) Why, particularly, is time short? Is TLG, or you, not (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In the US I believe it is illegal to employ someone and pay them less than minimum wage, and I believe it is illegal for a for profit company to use someone as a volunteer. I don't make the laws, I just laugh at them. (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) If you "know" that, you are either deluded or God. So which is it? Actually, since your previous post (the second one in this thread, that is), did in fact cause me some moderate offense, I guess I know which it is. Jasper (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) IMHO, a bulk order should be exactly that -- a _bulk_ order. So someone would go around the warehouse with a cart and a set of scales, and dump 1000 +- 10 bricks into the order crate directly from the storage crate. I think adding the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Volunteer-work is illegal? Why? Or is it hust for high-schoolers..? Jasper (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) There was at least 1 somewhere. (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Or just buy some basic sets and make houses. (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Thanks Lar, I didn't know todd said he was A ok. Thats fine with me if Todd checked it out and found him to be true. Just with the mountain of messages its hard to find the one message of confirmation. I read a lot of the letters (which I am a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) That is true. But on the other hand, that was right before Christmas, and that seems an unfair time to expect immediate replies from anyone.... (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I was browsing lego.com and noticed the spelling of "February" on these pages: (URL) really set a good example for kids learning to spell... --Bram (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) But I see taking it to this extreme after many people have come up with evidence in Brad's defense childish. (...) You're absolutely right. I guess I was too tired when I posted after getting less than 2 hours of sleep before to word it that (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Laura, Calm down... calm down. There is a solution to your problem. May I suggest that you buy a few of the basic brick buckets? With such, you can build all the housing for your minifigs that they could ever want. Since there are no minifigs in the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think neither one was childish - Doyle was just checking, while David (I think) was trying to make a point, mainly that you never know anything in this uncertain world, sometimes you just have to believe... (...) And if he is new, so what? (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Doyle, I think David's point is, how do we know anything with 100% certainty? Without going too deeply into epistimology (we HAVE done just that on off-topic.debate, you could review it if you're interested) I'd claim that we know things in general (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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On Sat, 1 Jan 2000 09:45:23 GMT, "Doyle" <doylenelson@home.com> wrote: [snipped a very witty reply by David Kadansky] (...) And your skepticism was not? (...) I've never encountered David either, on RTL in years past or here on Lugnet. It doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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