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(...) PS. And I apologise if your tone in (URL) this post> was less serious than I read it. I really don't like the attitude that one should be forced to cater to every bit of rubbish programming by the folks at Redmond. (19 years ago, 1-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) That's fine by me. But please don't complain if a perfectly correct text file doesn't display right in Notepad or expect me to help cater to your use of bad software. Tim (19 years ago, 1-Apr-07, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) Licensing for Spider-Man has long been extremely complex, which is why it took so long to make the first movie. The LEGO license for the movie sets was with Sony who produced and held the license for motion picture merchandise. The Mega sets (...) (19 years ago, 1-Apr-07, to lugnet.licensed.spiderman, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Well apparently (URL) Jon Palmer was making more than $13/hr slinging coffee in Tulsa> ;) ROSCO (19 years ago, 29-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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On today's (3-27-07) "Political Grapevine" with Brit Hume there was a piece about teaches banning lego from the class for a while since the teachers didn't like the "(paraphrased)capita...lass-type' things the kids were building. ?!?!?!? the (...) (19 years ago, 28-Mar-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Your mistake is to compare minimum income instead of median income. The minimum wage is not a good representation of the earnings of a country. In fact until about a decade ago the UK didn't have a minimum wage so would that mean LEGO should (...) (19 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) My point isn't that LEGO is saying "Americans make less money, therefore we will charge less" but rather than the uneven income (...) Americans, because they make less, do not buy equally priced (to European sets) LEGO because it is (...) (19 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Of course relative buying power plays a big point. I earn approximately half of my British counterpart, but my house, food, etc costs half as much as well. My point is that comparing British to American at strict monetary conversation rates (...) (19 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Waiters earn tips, and generally earn less than 5.15 due to this. Cashiers at Burger King, Book shelvers at a University Library, and such menial jobs earn no tips and recieve 5.15 minus taxes for their labor. (19 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Also in the US tips are expected, whereas in Europe they are not (although they are generally accepted). I couldn't find any info on the relative amounts made in tips, but they are not included in wage comparisons. ROSCO (19 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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