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Subject:	Re: BF 2004 LTC Container Car Swap
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.events.brickfest
Date:	Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:07:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, Thomas Michon wrote:

I’d prefer to swap simply so we could have the old one back. But I guess it’ll be something to talk about once we’re all in DC.

I think the “fun” is the collectablilty of the containers. It’s natural for the designs to change over time thus making each container a type of time capsule of the event they were swapped at.

The NGLTC container will be new this year but I won’t have enough to replace any old containers, so since we have retired the old design it just became more valuable to the clubs that were lucky enough to get one.....right?

jt

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		Re: BF 2004 LTC Container Car Swap
(...) I think JT's got it exactly right. Organizations grow and change and keeping multiple containers is a way for other organizations to track that growth and change. Just out of curiosity (not that I won't find out soon enough) what's changing? (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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		Re: BF 2004 LTC Container Car Swap
(...) Mike - The ostensible reason is that it's easier to keep track of everything if we do a direct swap (we failed to keep good track of the original bunch). The real reason is that a few of us in the club don't really like the look of the old (...) (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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