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(...) No worse than the Governments (of all persuasions) who consider that whatever policies are good for the South-East of England will be appropriate for the whole country. Some examples; <Ben Elton mode> The folk of Shetland pay the same rate of (...) (24 years ago, 26-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Nearly. You need to separate physical geography from political boundaries Geog: Great Britain is the single large island northwest of France. It is often mistaken as the polical boundary - for example in sports events where a UK team is (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) I know what you mean. These are all the geographical terms I know of for where I live, and some of their definitions: England: Obvioulsly, just England British Isles: Basicly, all the land we own (not including our commonwealth, but the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) I would bet that many folks in England, and even more elsewhere could not tell you what England, Great Britain, or the UK actually represent. Geographically or politically speaking. They are all the same place to many people. E.g. You (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Nope, only that the UK should be described as the UK (it is now) not "England" as it was a few days ago. Even though the error was corrected, I was bemused by the response of LEGO - so I shared it. As for Scotalnd's FIFA ranking (England is (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(...) Where is Scotland? 22nd according to FIFA rankings. Lets face it, the average .com considers the UK to be the 51st State of the USA. How many corporates dont have a UK web site and just point you their US one on the basis that we speak the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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(URL) my moan above about Scotland Wales and NI being transformed into English Counties I scribbled a note of to LEGO. I got this reply: (...) I am left wondering is LEGO does not understand that the UK, GB, Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.loc.ie)
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Brad, Can we get an answer on whether these are coming to the US or not? (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yes this is very encouraging news.... very encouraging. And I expect more little bugs in the future, but by the sound of it, TLC is on top of it. And it is very gratifying to see that we are listened to after all. (God Bless you KKK and the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Cool! I think this is one of the most positive messages we have seen from TLC that they really do want to reach out to us. I'd almost hazard that this is more positive than Brad's involvement here. To those that feel that TLC "just doesn't get (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hey Frank, I've been one of the most optimistic ones among all. I didn't like all these negative tones either, since I was too happy about each and ervery small step forward that Brad Justus announced. I kept believing that everything will be (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi Ben, the entire story has been pretty easy, so here's a short version that may hopefully answer all your questions: I called LEGO S@H early this morning and I was very excited about how it works. I couldn't wait to place my first order. However, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:39C67132.AF7873...est.net... (...) great (...) I agree :-) I have been reading this group for quite a while and it saddened me that the majority of posts have a negative tone. For some strange (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> (...) Hmmm.... Susan's daughter, perhaps;-) All seriousness aside, thanks for sharing, Christian-- I think that is a great example of how things are going to be different from now on IMO. I really believe that TLC has turned the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think that is great that a manager called you on this. I have some thoughts and questions on this. Did she say specifically that she called you because of your postings on the Web? It is possible that the managers/trainers are actively (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi all again!!!! I know I am replying to my own e-mail, but something GREAT happened that pushed my dissapointment at least a far step away, although I am still sceptic. Wow, please let me share the latest news, since it's been an interesting story! (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) I have to admit that I wasn't exactly thrilled when I saw what is available through S@H over here in the Netherlands (from what I saw it's about the same as in Germany). The list is twice as short as the US version. (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi all, the guy that actually contacted LEGO this morning was me, but Paul: Thanks a lot for mentioning it here already. If anyone wants to know what excactly happened, read on. And Brad, I hope you read this as well! Since I am very excited about (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi One of the german Lego Forum members just tried to order something from the new S@H Germany, what a joke, sorry we don't have that, sorry we don't have this,sorry that is US only, its not suppose to be in the German catalog, then the girl told (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It is not the Australian national dish. That is Vegemite!! Marmite is English to my knowledge. Mutter, mutter Tim (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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As Tom mentioned, that's the old site. However, I think I like the old site just a bit more. Seems that if you want to sell a product, you should provide all the info you can about the product in the most convenient manner possible. Not listing a (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It's a bug that it doesn't work with some browsers even though they do accept cookies. And it's bad design for the site to not work at all without them. But it's not a bug. Cookies which are sent back to the original server only are a good (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Sorry, no, I can't. When I access it now, it tells me that I have to accept a cookie, which I refuse to do. I guess I won't be visiting the Lego site anymore, until they fix this bug. Some of the folks having trouble getting the new stuff may (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I can see said the blindman!!! Finally :-) Jude (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hi Jude, No, the set of elements is the same, allowing for the error on the 2x8 brick. I suspect that your problem has to do with retrieving pages from a proxy or from a local DNS which still has the old address cached. Be patient and I'm (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Tom, I also see this error. Interestingly enough, though, it's not the same error as on the original bulk page (old Lego site) -- the first time, it said 2x8 brick, but pictured a 2x10, if I remember correctly. Jeff (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Absolutely - I suspect we would all concur. Perhaps that is going to be "fixed" when the on-line ordering becomes available. Julie Krenz wrote: (...) Another good point. What really bother's me though is this: " In placing your order, you (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)
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I just got off the phone with the US S@H office (after dialing the Canadian consumer number 1-800-267-5346!?!) and was told that the Cdn fall catalog is not finished being printed and will not be sent out until the end of the month. GRRR...RRR!!!!!! (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) <snip> Do they have *new* bulk elements? Jude Blind to the new changes thus far... (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Yes, you get a list - the FULL list - it would be more useful if you got the price for the part you were checking on, rather than having to remember the part # then look it up on the full list. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Now Lego will only ship to England! Regards Lawrence ps my Grandmother was Scottish - McDougal My other Grandparents are Irish Wilkes is Dutch And my wife is Polish So my kids have a difficult time with national identity! Still at least they (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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I've already emailed them about it Scott... it got my goat as well! Steve "Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message news:G0xK9p.Jrw@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) However, I (...) WIN (...) me (...) hard, (...) dissapointing, (...) PC. (...) makes (...) I'm even more confused... yesterday evening I saw the new site; now I only get errors when I try to go to the new site. What's going on?! (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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The prices are there, but it's just a kinda round about way of getting to them. You need to click check availability, then you get to choose where you are located, then you get a price list. I think instead of "check availability" they should have (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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There's your problem - you still see the old site. The NEW site has: 2x6 Brick Black Item #3463 Light Grey Item #3464 White Item #3465 Dark Green Item #3466 Red Item #3467 Pictured above them is a 2xEIGHT brick. No prices listed on the new site yet. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Tell us something we don't know :-) (...) At least you can see the site :-( What does the home page look like? (I feel like I am asking someone to read me a comic over the phone) Jude (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Now I am dissapointed. S@H UK, is headed "England": (URL) are full RRP, shipping is extra. Scott A (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) It also doesn't work with Lynx. It gives an error about cookies -- even though Lynx accepts cookies and works with every other site that requires them. (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I just fired up my laptop and connected to the net via my old and slow dial up account (Netcom, er I mean Mindspring, er I mean Earthlink). The site looks the same as when I access it via my @home account which is to say that nothing looks new. Ryan (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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