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Re: Amount spent - LEGO code update (Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?_
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Date: 
Mon, 27 Dec 1999 22:00:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeff Thompson writes:
In lugnet.general, Wayne R. Hussey writes:
I believe that my 25 years of collecting and building with the Brick, and
about $50,000 spending - not counting increased rents, storage materials and
other expenses - during that time, qualifies me as "serious".

In lugnet.general, Mark Harrison writes:
Hey Dad!! You seem to be too old to play with Lego.

So your message isn't a gripe?

And can't be very serious if you've only spent a couple of bucks on lego, • come
back when it's more like 20 or 30 grand.


Mark H.


While I'm tired of commenting on the civility issues,
I do want to note at this point that while I am impressed with
the people who can afford to spend tens of thousands of dollars
on LEGO, I'm not impressed enough to grant that their opinion
is more important than my own.

Relevant to point out that Mark, not Wayne, is the one who wanted to attach a
dollar value to an opinion.

James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/



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  Re: Amount spent - LEGO code update (Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?_
 
(...) I chose to use Wayne's response as a launching point for my reply because, while defending himself against an attack, he wound up inadvertantly validating the concept of the attack, which was (paraphrased) "go away and come back when you've (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Amount spent - LEGO code update (Re: Brad Justus' Comments - Why Complain?_
 
(...) come (...) While I'm tired of commenting on the civility issues, I do want to note at this point that while I am impressed with the people who can afford to spend tens of thousands of dollars on LEGO, I'm not impressed enough to grant that (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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