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(...) First off I've said nothing about anyone personal. For some reason my asking a simple question hits home personaly with some. Not my fault though. Second I only stated a fact as I've experienced it. There are those on the company can do no (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You've crossed the line again, Ken. You need to remember that LUGNET is a privately-owned resource and not a pulpit for you to denigrate and demean people you disagree with. Larry, as a LUGNET staff member, has the right and responsibility to (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Snip I don't think this is part of a plot or deliberately cooked up. If it was only this problem there would be no problem. There's a patern of poor decisions, misreading the consumer (AFOL and not) and inability to see when a mistake has been (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Exactly I am trying to draw him out so he can see the point. If someone did something like this to him on a more personal level he'd problably be outraged. (...) Funny that the only people I've met that want to put on their brown shirts and (...) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And I would agree with that assessment wholeheartedly, John. That said, if you said, "I can only produce 200 of these printed shirts because I only have 200 shirts of this colour, and I don't have the opportunity to get more shirts of this (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You know what, at this point if I was head of marketting at TLC I would pull the new run from S@H and only supply them to Maersk. That'd make money for the company AND save their integrity (1). ROSCO (1) As percieved by a small number of AFOLs (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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In lugnet.lego, Scott Lyttle wrote: <snip> (...) I would only ever make as many shirts as a customer would want:-) (...) Well, at this point, I, as the producer for the group would be totally out of the loop. (...) I'm not sure a situation involving (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Wow Larry, you missed a perfect opportunity for a footnote! (...) And a sub-footnote opportunity missed no less! That's not like you at all! Wink. ROSCO (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It may be a moral question, but more importantly it's a "have you stopped beating your wife?" question too. I tend not to go around claiming I'm a man of my word. Why would I need to? If I have to make a big deal about it, maybe I'm not. So (...) (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't impugn anything. I asked a simple question wich is quite relevant given that this is at it's essence a moral question.-Ken (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And by "Selective Interpretation" you mean anything short of the way you see it?-Ken (20 years ago, 24-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) John, You're a business owner, we all know you do much of the shirts for the clubs and Brickfest. Let me pose a question. What if you made a "special edition" Lego-based T-shirt for some club or big event. Say the group wanting the shirts told (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...e.DOT.com> wrote in message news:I96Ln0.1GsL@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) there (...) hardly (...) I too agree with Dave Schuler and Larry. I really applaud Dave Koudys for continuing to be (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The above is not just the DMAS (Dave Mutual Admiration Society) speaking, there are a lot of other people on LUGNET that feel the very same way, myself included. (...) I totally agree with this, well said, Dave! (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hey now, there's no need for that. Dave K can speak for himself, but what the heck--I can speak for himself, too. Regardless of his national origins, I have always found Dave K to be honest and forthright. He is willing to admit when he is (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You may be a man of your word but you have 'selective interpretation' down to a science. If you want to debate the facts, I'm all for it. If you continue to ignore what actually happened, then we're done here. Take care, Dave K (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hi Ka-On, <snipped> (...) Got me curious about this. It is really true what you are saying? Or are you talking about the average middle/high class? Isn't it true that overthere you have a lot of children labour? I saw a documentary in Discovery (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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What makes you think that Lego would deign to expend the effort it would take to lie to a bunch of insignificant moqsuitoes like us? The contribution margin on the entire load of Maersk ships probably amounts to what we accountants call a rounding (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't need anything to be interpreted. Anyone who knows me knows I am a man of my word. How about you?-Ken (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Spin. Stop it. 'They' did no such thing as 'break a promise'. Fact--TLC had a limited quantity of Maersk Blue pellets and, with no contract with Maersk at the time, as stated, they were not going to get anymore Maersk Blue pellets to make more (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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