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| | | (...) I'm sitting here laughing, had to share this. When I read Jasper's comments I went to check the official LEGO Facts & Figures book, thinking the trivia was probably pulled from there. I wanted to see if it matched in the book. Well, I don't (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: Element Count Trivia —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | (...) I nevber realisewd they had had that many editions in the first place. Twenty thirdond edition.. Wow. Jasper (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: Element Count Trivia —Shiri Dori
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| | | | (...) Gosh... Someone needs to get their employees better chosen... (I'm starting to understand how come TLC always does the weirdest things... ;-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Element Count Trivia —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | People! No doubt many of the people that write this copy are E2Lers and didn't spot that mistake. Me, I'd rather they rushed it out and got it out sooner. It can be fixed later. (although it does detract from the image to make obvious mistakes. Not (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Element Count Trivia —Suzanne D. Rich
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| | | | (...) No way, Larry. I worked in magazine publishing for years (I can tell you about pressure to get things out fast) but a mistake on the first page like "23nd" is simply inexcusable. The document is part of their PR kit. Facts & Figures is (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Element Count Trivia —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | Well, I was just trying to cut them a break, but you've pretty much convinced me. Things are awry somewhere, and it's more serious than I thought. Thanks for the in depth analysis. I was familiar with the newspaper process, but not with the process (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Element Count Trivia —Suzanne D. Rich
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| | | | | (...) apologies to readers, Larry, and TLC. -Suz (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | 23nd and typos (was: Re: Element Count Trivia) —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) I still can't believe the U.S. Constitution says "Congrefs" all over it. Not to mention "TRVTH" all over all the justice buildings. --Todd ;-) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: 23nd and typos (was: Re: Element Count Trivia) —Tom McDonald
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| | | | (...) Odd, how "TRVTH" never made it to the White House mansion. -Tom McD. when replying, due to a small Y2K glitch, instead of soy filler, various amounts of spamcake were leaked into an unnamed pork processing plant production chain in Atlanta. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: 23nd and typos (was: Re: Element Count Trivia) —Matthew Miller
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| | | | (...) TRVTH isn't the job of the executive branch. :) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: 23nd and typos (was: Re: Element Count Trivia) —Tom McDonald
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| | | | (...) Well, this administration doesn't see themselves as a branch so much as the trunk of the tree. -Tom McD. when replying, Gore-Spamcake 2000! The San Francisco Bay Area Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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