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Re: Ames 75% Star Wars LEGO
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Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:00:03 GMT
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Toki Barron wrote:
> I went to the Ames on Rt. 22 - no dice. They told me they wouldn't give me the discount. I didn't protest
> because all they had was a couple of B-Wings and a bunch of the $6 sets. All I would have bought was the
> B-Wings, but I already was able to get several of them.
Hmm. I haven't been there in a while. That Ames was the store that got me back into LEGO back in
'97 when i found a BOGO 50% off coupon in the paper.
> > ps. has there been any talk of forming a Steel City LUG?
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> No, not really. The problem is there aren't many AFOLs in Pittsburgh. Just look at the traffic here -
> seldom do you see a new message. I guess that is a product of Pittsburgh in general. Although the computer
> and health care industries are doing pretty well here, that's pretty much it, so most young people move
> away. I graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School in '92, and Pitt (undergrad) in '97, and many of the people I
> with whom I went to school are long gone.
I know, that's unfortunate about the city. I wanted to stay after graduating but there were no
available jobs in my field when I graduated. A large percetage of the people I went to college
with have stayed in the city, so maybe there a change happening. I hope so. Is the city still
working on destroying downtown with all that new development?
-chris
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| (...) Yeah, pretty much. If you browse to www.postgazette.com, you can find plenty about the "Forbes & Fifth" project or whatever it is called. Mayor Murph is plannint to use eminent domain (sp?) to buy a bunch of the older, mom & pop stores and put (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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