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Re: Lego desk owner identity revealed
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 21:17:10 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Harshbarger writes:

To clarify a few things:
1) The company contracted me, not the individual.
2) The individual (Darrell Cavens) was not pulling a 'power-trip' to try
to get the desk. The company initiated the offer original (after they
heard he was a LEGO fan -- it's a long story I won't go into).
3) Yes, my website is currently dead to the world because of this
slashdot-ting.
4) Oh, and technically, I am not a member of LUGNET (whoever was batting
that around) [grin]

mystery solved, I guess.

  Feh!  There could be hundreds of desks like that floating around!  And
we've still never proven that this "Eric Harshbarger" person actually exists.

    Dave!



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  Re: Lego desk owner identity revealed
 
(...) Well... As you know I went to a NYCnanofest last week. ((URL) was an Erik present at the fest who vehemently denied that he had anything to do with desk building and that he didn't even like Parker Posey, but I think he was just pos(ey)ing. So (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Lego desk owner identity revealed
 
(...) What this "Eric Harshbarger" person fails to mention in his clarifications is that (if what I read is true) he has a math degree! A master's! So, if he DOES indeed exist, then at least according to Larry, he is a Geek. Maggie C. (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Lego desk owner identity revealed
 
Yep, that's the desk. That's the guy. That's the company. Rather coincidental that it got revealed via a webpage on Sun Microsystems considering they used to be my employer... To clarify a few things: 1) The company contracted me, not the (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)

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