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Subject: 
Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 02:23:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Franks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Peter Callaway writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > So has BB now sold out of these (8880's)?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Peter Hallway wrote:
> > > 
> > > > In lugnet.loc.uk, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > > > Kind of like 8880s right now... I'm sitting on 8
> > > > > (which, again, Paul thanked me for taking because he was getting sick of
> > > > > them cluttering up his stockroom) and they're not selling for very much.
> > > > > Don't cry for me, though. Comes with the territory.
> > > > 
> > > > Oooooooohhhhhh! If only I hadn't blown my LEGO budget!! I'd love to get my
> > > > hands on a couple of these for a good price!! Bugger!!
> > > > 
> > > > Pete Callaway
> > 
> > 
> > Who's this Peter Hallway???? Is he new????
> 
> Yeah, he signed up at about the same time as Scott Understairs-Cupboard.
> 
> Ahh... subtle British humour... (1)

A little too subtle, even for me. I've been called "Caltex", "Kelloggs",
"Crawlaway" and a few un-postables, but never "Hallway".

One minor fault I have is that I can be a bit precious about the spelling of
my surname, as very few people get it right (even my own employer, with whom I
have worked for nearly six years). The Americans have come up with a veritable
plethora of spellings (Oops! Shouldn't say anything too nasty as a few of them
are having a rather heated discussion in here at the moment ;-)

> Richard
> 
> (1) WHERE HAS IT GONE???!?!?!??!?!

It went away with the Monty Python crew. Now *that* was humour at it's best.
Rowan Atkinson is keeping it going, but he's just one (but still great) man.


Pete Callaway



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  Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
 
(...) Nah, it's not a fault - stick with it! It's a common courtesy to get someones name right. Just now the web seems to be filled with affluent 'westerners', but when it becomes a more truely global medium, we'll be grateful for all the practice (...) (27 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Yeah, he signed up at about the same time as Scott Understairs-Cupboard. Ahh... subtle British humour... (1) Richard (1) WHERE HAS IT GONE???!?!?!??!?! (27 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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