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(...) Oh, man, BUT -- isn't it great knowing that the worst thing that could've happened is that you'd only lose one eye if the scalpel slipped? --Todd (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Naive Sellers (Was Re: 4561 alternates (was: sale at kbkids)
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(...) What makes you so sure? Some of his prices are SO far below MV ($38 for a 4547??) that I wonder. You won't question them because you don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. At what point do you say as a friend, "dude, you need to be (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I had one eye done June, and am going to try to schedule the other ASAP in Jan (when my Flex Spending account will pay for it with pretax dollars). I have HATED only having one eye done - it made me really hate dealing with a contact lense in (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hey all, I just had Lasik eye surgery for my extreme myopia (I was about -10 diopters, got my first glasses when I was 6 years old, and then wore hard contacts for over 20 years). I imagine there are a lot of other nearsighted folk among the AFOL (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) can the court distinguish between a link which is clearly for the purpose of encouraging people to use a web site which contains copyright infringing material, which the case this court decision is dealing (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) him/her.) Just my opinion, but doing something like this is just as bad as entering a Lego set. We have a contest in my city every year at the Homedays as part of the arts and crafts section. Fortunately for me, all of the homedays contests (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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| | Re: Naive Sellers (Was Re: 4561 alternates (was: sale at kbkids)
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But you know, Emmanuel is a big boy - I'm SURE he knows by now that he can raise prices on some sets without problems, and make more money, but he doesn't. His reasons are his own, I will not question them. Besides, who knows, maybe he's having (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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J G Gregory wrote in message ... (...) him/her.) (...) Well, far better than some reasons people have kids... Frank (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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(...) Ah, not a good reason... --Jack Gregory (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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(...) The 4547, for example, sold for $37.50 through S@H. You're saying that he might be in some way restricted to marking it up only 50 cents?! Dubious at best. (...) Ah, deja vu all over again;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I saw the same thing and decided enough was enough. I found who was in charge and told them about it. Her reply was that the judges don't know all the sets available currently. I offered to judge the following year and then I told her that if it was (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.us.tn.mem, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tn)
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(...) Unless he is somehow getting them from TLC directly, and has some sort of agreement that he cannot mark them up more than a certain percentage? Or maybe it's a slight mixup, and they're really selling for $380! ;-) John (no, the other one) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, the whole ten fathoms thing is just a joke. I just did it to further harass already wearied McDonalds employees. Honestly, I don't have a clue how deep a fathom is. The point was to see how much nonsense that they'd put up with. Kind (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'd gotten the idea that he was just yanking their chain. Chris (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, they use founder. McDonald's may use styrofoam containers and throw away 15.7 billion tons of meat a year, but at least they know how to recycle personnel. So why can't the fish be from below 10 fathoms? Would this include fish that (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thanks! That's the nicest thing anyone's said about me all day! There are a lot of good rules to live by in the members pages but one of my favorites is "be childlike but not childish"... (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Richard Franks <spontificus@__nospa...yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FMI6p1.DrF@lugnet.com... (...) given (...) people (...) I'd say probably 20 times the average of 20 people with 20 each :-) I'm not sure I've ever seen a grown man look more (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm, reminds me of when I went to the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan (Where the Pistons used to play and the Lions still do...) and went to the vendor area. Since I worked at the Coffee Beanery at the time, and asked here what kind of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You know what really confounds them? I've been known to pull up to the speaker and ask them what kind of fish is in the sandwich, because my doctor won't let me eat anything that swims below 10 fathoms. One time I think that they actually got (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Very true. Not too long ago, I went to a McDonalds, and had to assist the high- school student cashier in counting out my change. I'll have some McMath with that order. (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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