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Re: Paul's claim to fame! (Was Re: Favourite LUGNET thread ever)
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In lugnet.general, "Paul Baulch" <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> writes:
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> Another question to you, Todd - about 5 years ago on rec.toys.lego there was
> a thread about the big ugly raised baseplates used in Aquazone and (at the
> time) Spyrius bases. Someone complained about their lack of alternate uses,
> to which someone replied, "Hey - that's my cereal bowl you're talking
> about!". Do you rmember who it was? Deja-news doesn't, and you might not
> either, but it couldn't hurt to ask.
I certainly do remember who it was! :)
--Todd
| Article 450 of rec.toys.lego:
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| From: lehman@geom.umn.edu (Todd Lehman)
| Subject: Re: nomenclature
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| References: <1994Jan14.142434.326@LoftTech.com> <1994Jan14.184201.7929@cs.cornell.edu> <2h6v24$eej@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>
| Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 05:49:13 GMT
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| In article <2h6v24$eej@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, Boo <west@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> writes:
| >I had kind of picked up that the "standard" way to refer to legos was as
| >bricks, plates, and tiles. The rest of the pieces (besides wings and other
| >useful specialty peices) I lump together under the heading "uncreative" or
| >"new and unimproved" or "new and useless" (i'm referring to such things as
| ^^^^^^^
| >the large grey mountain/rock type pieces)
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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| Useless?!?! That's my cereal bowl you're talking about!
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| Todd Lehman
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