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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)
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(...) [snip] (...) Looks like I beat you too this by ten seconds. :) (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) To, dammit. That's a typo, not a misused word, I swear. (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) *laugh* Yes, much better. (25 years ago, 21-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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;-) 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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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(...) 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)
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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)
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(...) 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)
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