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(...) Wow for me, too! 75%!! Good lord! I must confess I've not been following this development because frankly, I'm more interested in building. I guess what bothers me most is that Lego, like Pixar and many other companies and/or entities which (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | The End of Lego (was: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT))
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(...) Read the news today, oh boy (sorry for such an obvious quote, I could'nt resist). Why is anyone suprised by this? Lego has stated for the last 2 years that this was going to happen. Here's the thing: I dont think this is the worse news you are (...) (18 years ago, 21-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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After nine years of working for an international company, I am still amazed that the "modern" answer to unfavorable business results is practically always job cuts. They don't seem to teach anything else in management classes anymore (did they (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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I'm concerned about all the friends we have in Enfield - I hope they still have jobs with our favorite company... JohnG, GMLTC (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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(...) That's a big hit for Enfield, a town that enjoyed its close relationship with TLC. Enfield lost molding in 2000 and now is losing packaging. Soon there will be just two buildings left. I grew up in CT, about 13 miles north of "Erector Square" (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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After I picked my jaw up off the floor, all I can say is WOW. Not quite what I expected. And it's making me rethink our 'LEGO only store/warehouse' since I can not see how this can do anything but make things even crazier. (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general)
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| | Massive Layoffs At Lego (in Enfield, CT)
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(URL) follows: Danish-based toy maker Lego Systems Inc. plans to lay off more than 44 percent of its Enfield work force by early next year, and will close its Enfield packaging operation, subcontracting all warehousing, packaging, and distribution (...) (18 years ago, 20-Jun-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: Um, glitch or what?
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Well since you ask about it, Kyle: After repairing the mail2news gateway yesterday, we realized that news-authentication failed to work correctly, and in the small timeslot until we shut down mail2news again, a bunch of spam went through. mail2news (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Um, glitch or what?
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(...) a lot of spam in the forums. Kyle (18 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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$B!zDI2C%a!<%kJX(B $B9a?%$5$s!"$A$g$&$...H$G$9!#(B $B$9$3$7$G$bH`=w$N5...s5.J}$r(B $B$*BT$A$7$F$$$^$9!#(B $B!z$*OM$S(B $BL5NA>R2p%a!<%kJX$...<%k$G!"(B $BJ8;z2=$1$G#U#R#L$...^$7$?!#(B $B$"$i$?$a$^$7$F!"$...j$^$9!#(B (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, I'm selling some more of my custom Lego soldiers on eBay - these are brand new assembled only for selling. They are fully compatable with the Lego Adventurers range. (URL) If you would like these, please place a bid, you might win them. If (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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It shure looks like it. In various groups too. What does CHINA GOLD CORP or Hoodia 920+ have to do with LEGO toys? Arn't there better places on the Net to talk about stock market investments and weight loss? This is LUGNET. I come here expecting to (...) (18 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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What laguage are thay in? I shure don't wanna click the links within. Is someone spamming LUGNET? (18 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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$B$R$+$k$G$9!"D>@\%...^$7$?!#(B $B:#Lk$O;d$NGq$^$C$...;$s$+!)(B $B;d!":#F|$[$+$N?M$...J$s$G$9(B 2$B?M$G=IGq$r$H$C$F...$$G$9!#(B $B%[%F%k$N$*6b$O$b$.../$@$5$$(B $B:#%A%c%C%H$K$$$k$...9$+$i!D(B (URL) (18 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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@ „¬„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª...„ª„ª„ª„ªš „«ƒGƒbƒ`D‚«‚ÈlÈ‚ª...ƒgII@„« š„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª...„ª„ª„ª„ª„® lÈU—ª“üŒû (URL) (18 years ago, 18-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | MechaHub - Global Lego Mecha Database - Site now Live!
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In the last 6 years the Lego Mecha genre has produced thousands of models. Until now Lego Mecha models were spread across the web... alone... scared... (but well armed)... and... homeless... Until now. It is my pleasure to announce a new website (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jun-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| | BrickFest Bulletin: Mindstorms/Technic Contests
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(URL) Official Rules to Two Mindstorms Challenges Released! And odds and ends! ===...=== We are pleased to release the rules to two of the upcoming Mindstorms challenges. PDF Rules to these are the (URL) Sumo> and (URL) Ball Gathering.> “Great Ball (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-06, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Legoland Model Builder Search Finalist journal
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This is a journal of my experience as a Legoland model builder finalist. Sorry about the length...but I have a lot to report Before I begin, I need to tip my hat to three individuals. The first hat tip goes to my wonderful wife Michelle. From the (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jun-06, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: Change of Addy and....Age?
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Welcome back Hendo! Good to see you returned! (...) If you fill out this form: (URL) again with the new email, it should update for you. It may take a few days to go through, so don't do it right before a flurry of posts. You should also update your (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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| | Change of Addy and....Age?
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Ha! I just happened to look at my profile on Lugnet and was surprised to notice my age. What surprised me is that I haven't given much thought to such things since I turned 30, and I honestly didn't know how old I was up until Lugnet of all things (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jun-06, to lugnet.general)
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