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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36a8c26e.21838254@l...et.com>... (...) One billion is a thousand million. A million million is one trillion, which you never have unless you're talking about the US Debt. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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This is the third time in a week I've seen this problem, so I have to bring it up. Loose is not the word you want here. Loose means not tight, or not secured in one place. I lost weight, now my pants are loose. I left my front door open and now my (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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For those who have never had the opportunity to visit a LEGO Imagination Center (LIC), I was in Orlando recently and took a few pictures and posted them on my web site: (URL) - mike_walsh@mentor.com (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Let's hope they listen and start making more construction-oriented sets and less silly 'play-only' ones. (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, and in the case of the hovercraft thing with Luke and that old dude, you can make a really goofy-looking one that doesn't look like much of anything. :) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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The 'Mech that you can create with the alt-XWing seems pretty interesting. Might have to pick up a couple of these to have several models built at once ... (...) -- Lee Jorgensen, Programmer/Analyst - Bankoe Systems, Inc. (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It wasn't. The apparent point being that you can use these sets to make non-Star Wars models. (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Steve (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) 1BN? Is that a million million, or a thousand million? (...) I don't know -- I almost always get charged by CA for parts replacement. Which is OK with me. Free was wonderful, but it is a service worth paying for. Especially when they send the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If you go to Huw Millington's promotional set database at: (URL) search for set number 1651, you will be able to see a container lorry from the Maersk Line that uses the light blue bricks. This set is from 1980. Grahame Reid (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I hoped that their 1999 plans would hinge on improving their core product... Cheers, - Sproat (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm. too bad. the half-price SAH should have been a clue to me :) Anyway, I bought 2 in the last couple days - 20 16x beams, like 7 or 8 #12 axles,veritable holey-bag-loads of small parts, including a handful of friction pegs, and plenty of (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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[redirecting discussion to lugnet.starwars] (...) I've noticed that the questions change each time you take it (had to take it twice because I tried Netscape and MSIE to see if the java applet worked). (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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Today's episode of Morning Edition had a story about Lego laying off folks during the business news part of the show. It should be available via RealAudio at (URL) this afternoon. I didn't hear all of it, but they were mentioning that Lego wanted to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Also, There is a really easy quiz that will allow you to see an Episode 1 set, but the Java Applet for the set image is broken! Jeff (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You also need to have Java Script turned on, and you need Shockwave Flash. *ack* The catalogue entries for Star Wars seem to focus on the fact that the sets can be used to make alternate models too. I like this. (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Update: The Snowspeeder *Does* have orange pieces, and it has a "smokey" colored airplane windshield for the rear cockpit! Cool!! Jeff (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Indented material quoted from the press release: A DKK 1 billion improvement We have to sharpen our demands for our business system, but there also has to be room for both development and new activities. The Executive Team has therefore (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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How can things be so bad? The ZB in my area never can keep legos in stock. The had ~30 Mindstorms on Oct 16 and they were gone by Nov 10th. never to be seen on the shelf again. Is lego just not making enough of the items that people want? I would (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Jesse Long wrote: <lots of good stuff> (...) This os one observation I disagree with. This is a privately owned firm. Therefore it can have whatever values the owners want. If they choose not to focus on bottom line, they can do that and not have to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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