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Re: train windows
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Date: 
Fri, 23 Jun 2000 01:58:33 GMT
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Brian Lanning wrote in message ...
> 
> Well, they've asked for train windows.  And we can't provide them because
> (insert reason here).  But we have to appease them and give them a train
> window.  Hey, this piece was a window in a train!  Give them that!  That • way,
> we can say we gave them a train window.
> 
> I think it was more like this:
> 
> What pieces are the moulds already tooled for?  Do we have any pieces that • we
> had to over produce that can be used here?  What pieces can we provide so
> that, if this thing is a flop, we can redirect the pieces into sets and
> minimize losses?  Ok, compare that against what they've asked for, how can • we
> meet their needs without causing us any problems?  Alright, we'll go with • that
> list for now.  Ok, now what do we call these things?


More specifically, what name do we call these things that will get some
mundanes interested in buying them? I mean, what mundane is going to buy
something called a "thin wall"? What would a mundane do with that? But
calling it a "train window" gives it a _purpose_. Admittedly, it's a limited
name to give the part, but then what's the odds that a mundane chose that
name? ;-)

Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/



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