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(...) I hope I made it clear that my sour grapes are not directed at Sanjay, but rather to the policies of TLG. (except for the auc comment;-) I envy his opportunity, and bemoan the fact that TLG doesn't provide it to all. -John (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Don't worry John, NZ wasn't the only country that offered sale of bulk bricks until recently. The service was always available in Australia. I made use of it occasionally but my problem was that the parts I wanted bulk amounts of, Lego Denmark (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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OK it looks like Mark let the other shoe drop...... Yeah I knew about both New Zealand and Australia, but I saw no good in telling everyone. I kept the rage bottled up inside. Hey Mark, tell them the story about the bulldozer and the old Lego parts. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's nothing. Apple buried all their leftover inventory of Macintosh XL computers (thousands of upgraded Lisas originally worth US$ 10,000 each) because their accountants told them it would be better for their bottom line than giving them to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) EEP! I don't like the sound of that already! -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ya, but Lego is actually "useful" compared to a Mac. <grins, ducks and runs> (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Oh, Larry. :) Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) LOL! :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Macintosh: Machine Always Crashes If Not The Operating System Hangs (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I wish you wouldn't encourage him like that, Tim;-) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh relax, John. It's not Tim's fault that Larry's incorrigable. <time to duck and run myself> James (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) the topic (and Jeroen) just quietly disappeared. James (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow, that's actually encouraging, in a weird sort of way... It makes me wonder how many other countries around the world have something like this. Any idea how this managed not to come up during the course of the 100+ message thread about bulk (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I hope he wasn't "erased" in the April TLG layoffs! :-( He seemed like a great guy, and he was a true fan of the brick! --Todd (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The cynical part of me is wondering if he got 'shut up' and told to not react to/with the on-line Lego fan community. James (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmmm... Jeroen did mention this, though: (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in article <37ab6ab8.53668188@l...et.com>... (...) can (...) like a (...) That post sounded rather positive and encouraging. Maybe he was trying to tell us something, without crossing the TLG line... Or am I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Consider the fact that all of this took place in Feb-- not much has changed as I see it.... -John (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in article <37ABA08E.97A3410E@u...st.net>... (...) <snip> (...) to (...) changed (...) True, but Jeroen also said: "But remember changing the way a whole company thinks takes some time.". Who knows what's going (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh gosh :) -Tim <>< (skip the whole signature thingie) Tortallinis with Rubber Chicken Broth are quite yummy.... (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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That's pretty cool. Can someone find out how much it would cost to order about 200 1x4x6 trans-lt-blue windows w/black 2-bar frames? (you know, the townJr. type). KL (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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