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straight from today's Nashua Telegraph business section: "discount chain targets mall site" [don't blame me, i didn't write the headline] the deal is target wants to tear down lechmere at the pheasant lane mall in nashua and build a 138,000 sq ft (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Meeting of the Mindstorms
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Cool. I'll be there. Thanks for the offer! Scott Crispin Richey/Steve Delfino <foreman@constructiontoys.com> wrote in article (...) in November after we close the store. We were thinking November 15th 7:00-9:00. How's that sound? (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Woo-hoo! Thanks, guys. We promise not to burn down the store, or vomit on anything important, or wiz down the basement stairs. ;-) ..'course I can't speak for Scubby (my robot). He's got a Mind of his own.. but I'll keep him on a short leash. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Check out The Construction Site, in Waltham. (URL) very cool. (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Yay! Glad to hear it. That sounds great for me. (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Hey all, I live in VA but my computer consulting work seems to take me to the Boston area about every week. I'm headquartered in Woburn. What stores are near there (besides Bradlees which I've already scoped out)? KL (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Okay, we'll do it. We can have a meeting at the store some Sunday night in November after we close the store. We were thinking November 15th 7:00-9:00. How's that sound? Nothing fancy, bring your robot, chat a bit, hows your mum? -- that sort (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: TARGETs ne'R' Us
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(...) oops that should have been <nicole@heron.mv.com>. sharing a computer is tough. :P (...) no clue, but lugnet will be the first to know when we find out! :) --nikky (& joakim) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Oh, that would be too cool!!! I miss Target stores so bad after moving out of the Twin Cities area... Ahh, to think...LEGO on 50%+ clearance in Januaries again... :) Does Joakim know what month/year they might be thinking about? Summer 1999 or (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message <361FF3A2.3DC6EE08@j...et.com>... (...) fyi: according to my bf (usually a fairly reliable lego source), the nashua telegraph said a target is pretty seriously looking at a site here in nashua to open. speculation is (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: TARGETs ne'R' Us, was:dumb geography question
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Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message <361FF3A2.3DC6EE08@j...et.com>... (...) Hey! This is great, my parents live in Binghamton. I didn't know that they had a Target--perhaps its new. I will call my parents today and see if they'd be willing to act as (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: TARGETs ne'R' Us, was:dumb geography question
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) A statement like this is definitely a statement of age. (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Oh, it was a "this is a joke" Winkie and not a "wouldn't this be fun" Winkie. :) (...) No bus? I thought everyone had a VW bus. Weird. ;) (...) Yuck. You definitely need to make some trips then. (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Hey, you snipped off my Winkie: ;-) Where would we put all the LEGO sets? well, considering there's only one set I know of that's TARGET-only (the Orange bucket) I figure 4 or 5 people would wipe out the first store and still leave room in the (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) If you do where will you put all the Lego sets? It's hard to imagine that you guys aren't already doing this after Christmas so you can take advantage of the 70% off clearance sales at Target. I am really looking forward to filling up the car (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Not a dumb question at all. I just checked on the TARGET website. They have a store locator. Looks like there are none in MA, NH, VT, ME, CT, or RI. BUT! There are a bunch in NY: Amherst Buffalo Cheektowaga College Point Commack Copiague Niagara (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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has anybody tried to figure out what the closest "target" is to the area? i mean, i know they're not in boston, but are they *anywhere* around here (nh, perhaps)? i keep thinking i've seen ads... from the woman who first visited walmart last year... (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Meeting of the Mindstorms
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(...) That really seems like the ideal to me. Plus, it gives me an excuse to buy something. ("Hey, I'm here already....") (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) That might cut down on customers ;-) not to mention that darn glass in the way... maybe it should fire on some MegaBlocs. -Suz. ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface ======== (URL) Search, Read, Post, or Watch Traffic (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Can they throw the ping-pong balls at people walking by on the street? :) --Todd ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface ======== (URL) Search, Read, Post, or Watch Traffic (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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