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Re: Paul's claim to fame! (Was Re: Favourite LUGNET thread ever)
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Sun, 8 Aug 1999 20:21:57 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.general, "Paul Baulch" <paul@vic.bigpond.net.au> writes:
> > [...]
> > 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.
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> I certainly do remember who it was! :)
Now *that's* funny! {:^D
-John
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> --Todd
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> | Article 450 of rec.toys.lego:
> | Newsgroups: rec.toys.lego
> | Path: news1.cis.umn.edu!umn.edu!lehman
> | From: lehman@geom.umn.edu (Todd Lehman)
> | Subject: Re: nomenclature
> | Message-ID: <CJnpoE.1Hq@news.cis.umn.edu>
> | Sender: news@news.cis.umn.edu (Usenet News Administration)
> | Nntp-Posting-Host: riemann.geom.umn.edu
> | Organization: University of Minnesota
> | References: <1994Jan14.142434.326@LoftTech.com> <1994Jan14.184201.7929@cs.cornell.edu> <2h6v24$eej@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>
> | Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 05:49:13 GMT
> | Lines: 14
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> | In article <2h6v24$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!
> |
> | --
> | Todd Lehman
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