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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 (...) (28 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... (28 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)

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