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A few new snippets of information that I got because there was a small problem with my CC (not all the digits took, a problem ticket is open on that) and I got called (in the UK on my mobile, as it turned out). U is indeed a new order confirmation (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I read this as: Some marketing guy browses ths list once a week/month. Every now and then he'll write a post/advert and stick BJ's name on end. Scott A BTW Are you saying it is OK to be "rude" in other groups? (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Really? I read it as "some S@H staff know about Lugnet and read it on their own time; like other human beings, they like getting feedback, but don't appreciate rudeness" Out of curiosity, how do you infer from the above that S@H personnel are (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You go right ahead and read it that way if you like, but it's not what I said, and it's not what I meant. I mean, I just said in the very post you referenced that I was referring to that a rep called me and in the course of fixing up a problem (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I bet they love LEGO too, and spend all their spare time playing with the stuff. Perhaps there homes are made of LEGO too - they must get tonnes of it on discount. Or maybe they are just moms & students hoping to help pay the bills - and would (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I did not say you said that? (...) I have never heard of here? Should I have? (...) He may well. (...) How do you know this? Ask any PA how many letters / mails here boss writes. (...) So LEGO only read this group as rule? Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Let me add to this that not two hours after my post about the cookie error on the shop site I had an email from LEGO (tech. supp. I guess) acknowledging the problem and giving me a solution. Apparently the problem occurs if you have cookies (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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[.general snipped, in deference to recently-expressed opinions about its over-use] (...) I'm sure they don't. Especially those "regular moms", who seem to be doing as superb a job for their other phone customers as they have for me, and who are (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, I don't know about homes made of LEGO, the actual discount limits per year are not that generous (I know the numbers but won't be specific). But I know several S@H employees by name (I do talk to them a lot) and more of *them* know who (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yes. "She" signed all LEGO communications (letters in response to consumer letters, little blurbs in catalogs, etc.) both here and in the UK for many years. (...) Todd told me that Brad told him. So either Todd was fooled, Todd is a liar, I'm (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think either Larry needs a beer, or Scott need a beer, or I'm lying to you, or you're both wrong, or you're both secret agents of TLC. I know which way I'm betting. :-) /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Larry, I could recount countless “conversations” with telesales people. They all tell me _their_ product is great, they use it, there mother uses etc etc. They always sound happy as they work for great companies... and they always appear to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) When I was a kid, I wrote a letter to Dennis the Menace. He wrote back after a month or so with a bland letter which was both signed by him and his dog (Gnasher). My father confirmed to me that this was the real McCoy. So either I was fooled (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Several (...) So (...) If you're buying, I'm drinkin'. :-) Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yes, and even so your nice Mr Bush looks like he is going to win. Scott A (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yup. You, as a child, were fooled, and Brad, who has talked to Todd on the phone, posts his own stuff. To paraphrase (and let me apologise in advance if you don't get this joke) "Todd said it, I believe it, and that settles it!" I tried (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Brad exists - I have talked to him on the phone. Kevin ---...--- Personal Lego Web page: (URL) Park: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) In that case, you're going to *love* browsing the Microsoft site whenever you need to go there to get a patch for something. I always get the heebeejeebeees (sp?) whenever visiting that site, mainly because you have to try several different (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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<cut> (...) Sounds right. (...) Indeed. (...) You dare to order me about... sounds pretty impolite to me. :-) Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) No, no -- that's just crusty ol' Lar. Everyone loves him and the effusions that spill from his lips. You and I on the other hand... =) -- Richard (far less serious than some apparently think, but I do say what I mean -- it's just that Lugnet (...) (24 years ago, 17-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Scott A" <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote in message news:G2LIru.I8L@lugnet.com... (...) liar, (...) after a (...) know (...) When I was graduating from college I sent a graduation announctment to the President (Ronald Reagan at the time). A few weeks (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmm, now this posted just cements the pattern, its time for something I never thought I would use on Lugnet, the killfilter. Mike (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Or someone who SAYS he's Brad, has tapped into the TLC switchboard, and has enough bulk LEGO in his personal collection to send you several K8's of it for your kids play area, anyway. Not proof enough. :-) Right, Scott? FUT to o-t.fun ++Lar (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Where did I say BJ does not exist? Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Not a problem: there are no patches to browse for, because Microsoft stopped supporting everything of theirs that I own years ago ;-) (...) Me, too. But I get them because I know they've built a back door into the Exploder to support the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Hey! What about me? I'm pretty sure I need a beer. Steve (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I never did find out which way Eric was betting. Free beer sounds good to me too, but I'm more intruiged by the secret agent option... what toys would I get? ++Lar (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) you, (...) A Spy Runner, obviously. <GD&R> James (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) yeah! if someone's giving out beer, i think they need to share with the rest of the class :) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I have some of those coming already. :-) I was hoping more for the "harness to hold the thing that takes bricks apart up your sleeve" or the "RCX secret reprogramming device" or even the "brick that actually looks like a key until you unfold (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, I could have told you about those, but then I'd have to kill you. You forgot the secret decoder ring, and the watch with the built-in UPC scanner for checking prices. :) James (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) But I credit Larry with enough intelligence to tell when he's being BS'ed. (...) I have no doubt that this holds true for the 'overflow' agency that LEGO contracts with. My guess is that things are somewhat above average at S@H, based on the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I have those already... but my ultramicro satellite uplink dish on the watch isn't working right. :) :) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I don't know that Microsoft are anything even coming near malevolent. Misguided, maybe, but certainly not with "malicious" intent, which your malevolent implies. Cheers ... Geoffrey Hyde Ran <ran@netgate.net> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 19-Oct-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) ok. maybe. now try to use lynx under Linux : lynx (URL) Incorrect Access Permission [ERROR.GIF] No cookie. To access this site your browser must be accepting cookies. ------ very useful... (yeah, that would be a good way to get rig of the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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