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Re: Counting parts
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 4 Jun 1999 15:31:06 GMT
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Terry K wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:24:02 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
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> > Gary Istok wrote:
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> > > Terry,
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> > > Are you sure! The size of your Titanic alone staggers the mind in parts counts.
> >
> > That's Terry C. Terry Cruse. HE has a lot of parts. But Conan has more,
> > I am convinced. We think he has around 2.3 Million elements or more in
> > his collection. We (the GMLTC) believe it to be the largest privately
> > held collection extant, other than KKK and his family.
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> :-)
> easy mistake.
> Terry C's Titanic is a great model alright. What was it? 18000 parts or so?
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> 2.3 million? ACK! I have a hard time keeping my measly collection
> sorted. Hell, I have a lot of unopened boxes just because I have nowhere to
> put the pieces. Conan is an apt name. :-)
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> Who was that famous person (an author, maybe?) who had the large collection?
> I remember a thread about it on RTL, but can't remember his name. Lives
> (lived?) in New York?
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> -- Terry K --
That would be Norman Mailer, the author, who built a tall building of over 1 million
bricks in his New York City penthouse.
Gary Istok
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| (...) :-) easy mistake. Terry C's Titanic is a great model alright. What was it? 18000 parts or so? 2.3 million? ACK! I have a hard time keeping my measly collection sorted. Hell, I have a lot of unopened boxes just because I have nowhere to put the (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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