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FUT: lugnet.off-topic.fun Radio Station to Bush Twins: Come Drink in Canada EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) - A Canadian radio station has invited U.S. President George W. Bush's twin daughters, fresh from run-ins with the Texas law over underage (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Super Duper Huge Awesome Sale!!
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(...) The $149 RIS1.5 package was a Boxing Day sale run by Future Shop. Thanks to Kevin Stone (who emailed me a copy of a newspaper), a number of us also got $30 extra off from the web site too (it was $117 in the store if you brought the ad-Kevin (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) When and where were these? Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Bionicle and JP3 sets
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Found Bionicle and the Jurassic Park 3 Studio sets today in a Toys R Us here in Calgary. Have they showed up anywhere else yet? I would imagine so, being as how Calgary is quite central. ~Adam (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Agreed. I'm not griping about the cashiers, I'm griping about the system. In this day and age when the price pops into the cash register by just swiping a bar code, there is no reason sales shouldn't be automatic. Many times it doesn't seem to (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) No, it's very much a valid concern. I used to work in labour management for a large retailer and spent a good part of my time in stores doing studies and convincing my coworkers to listen to store personnel. The cashiers get a lot of pressure (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Seeing as how I currently do work in the service industry, I know that there are "stupid cashiers" but there is some blame to be laid on manange for not keeping their employees informed. But there are difficulties in doing that for large companies (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) While I often would like to think it's the cashier being stupid, I suspect it's actually a management problem-they're not giving their cashier employees enough responsibility to make a call on whether or not something is within the sale terms. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: New LEGO Outlet Store
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(...) I think the word you're looking for is "expensive". I'll be having some great Vietnamese chow on the way home and picking up some fresh tamali near St. Anne's near the bridge. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: New LEGO Outlet Store
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(...) "Legal", no. But "not illegal", yes. Which means you get subtle advertisements for it in the newspapers, right after the comics. I say Windsor has a lot in common with Nevada because, being a border town, the foreign visitors from the states (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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