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Re: Dark Ages story
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Date: 
Sat, 13 Mar 1999 05:12:05 GMT
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On Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:57:37 GMT, Paul Foster <pfoster@execpc.com> wrote:

Terry K wrote:

On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 19:46:15 GMT, Paul Foster <pfoster@execpc.com> wrote:

"Fredrik Glöckner" wrote:

My devotion for LEGO both ended and resurrected with the 5580 Highway
Rig.

    http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=5580

Cool, that is the set that brought me back out of the dark ages.
Went in to TRU to buy diapers for my kid and saw it on the way
out and had to buy it.  After that, ended up with four of them before
I thought I had enough.

You go to TRU to buy diapers?  I think that dark ages or not, you _must_ have
had some ulterior motive to go to TRU that day.   :-)

-- Terry K --

Back then, TRU had diapers cheaper than anyplace around.  Formula, also.
Glad I am past buying formula and diapers...
--
Paul Foster
http://reality.sgi.com/foster_stco/lego.html

Cheaper?  That seems an odd adjective to use with for a TRU.  Maybe they were
"loss-leader" type items to suck people into the store....  :-)

-- Terry K --



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  Re: Dark Ages story
 
(...) Circa 1990 when we were buying formula for Taya, they were, in case lots, the cheapest around. Not any more, though. Here's a dark ages story for you... We used to go in there all the time (we went through a LOT of cases) and I tell you, I (...) (26 years ago, 13-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Back then, TRU had diapers cheaper than anyplace around. Formula, also. Glad I am past buying formula and diapers... (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)

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