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(...) I didn't say it wasn't. (...) I didn't say anything about the individuals in question. I have no opinion of any of the individuals in question, never having met any of them. Even if I were to meet them, though, it would be important to (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Right. There are so many OTHER things to mock him for! All other themes provide scenery for Trains. ++Lar (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Mostly agree, so mostly snipped. (...) Can you elaborate on this? I agree that knowing that LEGO is a company and does things for company-ish reasons is important... I mean, I've been saying since *forever* that LEGO is a company and that things (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Michael, Thanks for the great info! I will pass that on down the line! Jake (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Jake, I know other people have commented on this item, but I wanted to clarify a few things. I work at Apple and used to work very closely with the MRJ (Macintosh runtime for Java) team in their developer support organization. It sounds like (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Although I wouldn't call myself a genius I would have to agree with you 100%. I have been working on my Main Street scene for the NELUG Train Layout and the Town building contest and Much of it would not have been possible without bulk sales. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message news:G8nxyB.FC4@lugnet.com... (...) And that's OK. (...) True for the company - but my experience with the individuals in the company is that they are good people and they do do things out of the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) And let's face it: profit has to be a primary motive in any company. It doesn't matter how altruistic you are, how much good you do, or how right you are-- if you don't turn a profit, you only get to do it once. Even though LEGO has no (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) We will never mock you for having a building that is to wide ;-) Martin (...) <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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To All, Gary makes an excellent point. Although my building has not been too much as of late, the building I have built for the train show would not have been possible without some strategic orders, mainly the 1x4x3 windows and the arious white (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) A priviledge, yes. A gift? No. LEGO got just as much, if not more, out of the meeting than you did. It's important to remember that LEGO is a company. LEGO is not your friend, it's not your enemy, it's not Santa's workshop. They don't do (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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You are so right, Gary! From my own experience, I have built/am building 5 large buildings which all employ bricks from bulk which simply were not obtainable in any economical sense otherwise. I am turning into a "Townie";-) -John (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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How do they know who's buying what percentage? I mean, when I buy a set at Walmart or Meijers or K-mart (hooray for BOGO) nobody is tracking who I'm buying it for (almost always me, but I do get them frequently for Birthday kids). How do I express (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That is beautiful. (...) So many designs are compromised by parts restrictions, in colour and number. Lack of good window options keeps me focused on castle-type structures. (...) The Lego train clubs are out there reaching the widest possible (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) No really. We all considered it a privilege to be invited. (...) Sure, LD has something to gain-- otherwise, as you say, they wouldn't have invited us. But a lot of the conversation was about how TLC can help out LTCs and what they are doing. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I was browsing some of the LUGNET sites I usually don't have time for, such as lugnet.town, (I usually hang out in lugnet.general) when I stumbled across this classic beauty.... (URL) Chan built this nice classical building called Laural Hall. He (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) And thank you for letting us know you're working on it! Wow, that's fast response time! :D eric (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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All, Some of you have noticed that LEGO.com is giving an error on occasion when you try to load a new page. Due to high traffic volumes, we are experiencing some issues with the server. We are currently working as fast as possible to remedy the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Erik Olson" <olsone@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:G8nstH.Ip@lugnet.com... (...) Actually...Steve and I thought about that before but never really talked more about it. Good idea. Phone is another good thing, perhaps even Voice over IP - (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Oh dear, the names are lowercase and run together. It's: Fleming*, Lars, Michael, Tomas*. Leo, Olga*, Erik, Steve. Tim, Rene*, Fleming*. * = LEGO employees. That's Tomas Clark from LEGO Direct, New York. I don't remember all their last names, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.lego.direct)
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