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Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Sanjay D'Souza

The 1999 catalogue first appeared in late October last year. It'll probably be about the same time this year that the 2000 catalogue will appear. Ummm.....I wonder who will have the distinction of being the first to uncover the first LEGO catalogue (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Simon Robinson

Sanjay, don't give Todd ideas... :) -- Simon (URL) D'Souza <sds87@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FIDzK7.H6H@lugnet.com... (...) catalogue....I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Matthew Miller

(...) Of course, the first LEGO catalog of the millennium won't be till next year. 2000 is the _last_ year of the century/millennium, all the zeros not withstanding. (We don't count years the same way we count birthdays; we count birthdays by the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Bill Farkas

(...) That's not the point. The first century didn't start on year 0, it started on year 1 and ended on year 100, not 99. 101 was the first year (hence the 1) of the next century. Sorry to be so nitpicky. {:^) Bill (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Matthew Miller

(...) Actually, that's exactly what I said. The first year was (retroactively of course) numbered "1", meaning "In the first year after our reference point". The year before that is "-1", meaning "In the first year before our reference point." We (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Matthew Miller

(...) Further discussion of this topic belongs in .off-topic.geek, I think. Let's take it there if you want to continue. :) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Gary Williams

Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... (...) catalogue....I (...) The 21st century, 3rd millenium, and the next decade begin in 2001, not 2000 :) (since there was no year "zero", the first year of the first era/millennium/century/decade is xxx1 AD, (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Matthew Miller

(...) [snip] (...) Looks like I beat you too this by ten seconds. :) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Matthew Miller

(...) To, dammit. That's a typo, not a misused word, I swear. (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Sanjay D'Souza

;-) Ok...ok...ok....I'll rephrase what I said..... Umm...I wonder who will have the distinction of being the first to uncover the first LEGO catalogue of a year beginning with 2......no doubt something to tell your grandchildren about...sort of like (...) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Matthew Miller

(...) *laugh* Yes, much better. (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Bill Katz

Gary Williams (graywolf@pcpros.net) wrote: : Sanjay D'Souza wrote in message ... : >Ummm.....I wonder who will have the distinction of being the first to : >uncover the first LEGO catalogue of the new millennium.....no doubt : >something to tell (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Larry Pieniazek

(...) ALL of the above. :-) I am convinced that the new millenium starts in 2001 but I could care less (not much less, mind you) and will party like it's 1999 this year AND next. (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear? —Gary R. Istok

(...) Before sending this off to lugnet.off.topic, I wanted to add one thing about when the ANNO DOMINI method of year counting stared. From what I remember about a 6 part PBS (USA public television channel) series called "Legacy" with Michael Wood (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

number and letter bricks (was: Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?) —Charles Eric McCarthy

(...) Another interesting thing about the letter bricks is that there were different sets for different countries. The set available in Sweden in 1971 was different from that available in Germany. Does anyone know how many different letter sets for (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: number and letter bricks (was: Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?) —Gary R. Istok

(...) I have the German Alphabet (includes ä,ö,ü, but not ß), and the Samsonite USA Alphabet. There is also a Danish and Swedish set. I was wondering about the existence of a French Alphabet set (with é,â,ä,à,ç,ê,ë,è,ï,ô,ö,ò,û). Or even a Spanish (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: number and letter bricks (was: Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?) —Indranil Basak

(...) existence (...) set. I (...) Alphabets (...) Todays signage (...) Lego Dacta is still making English Alphabet and math signs. I don't know about other alphabets. (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: number and letter bricks (was: Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?) —Larry Pieniazek

I believe these are the really huge 2x2 duplo stud tiles. I considered getting a set but could not determine what I would use such huge letters for... (...) However, if they ARE the small, printed on the side of a 1x1 brick size like what Gary is (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

Re: number and letter bricks (was: Re: When should the 2000 Catalogue Appear?) —Frank Filz

(...) One possible use for Traniacs: labeling your modules for shows using a little nicer font than one could achieve by stacking different color bricks. (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)