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Re: This reminds me of deja vu (was Re: lego from China and Czech Republic)
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Tue, 30 May 2006 17:12:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:

   I’m pretty sure that Lego bricks aren’t made in China, only certain extra stuff. I have to say that I very much resent the implication here that stuff made in China or the Czech Republic will be inferior. I would hope you would keep such implicitly bigoted comments to yourself in future.

LUGNET veterans will recall that there’s nothing new under the sun.

Dave!

103 posts... I’d be surprised if this gets that long. LUGNET was so much more volatile in the old days ;)

No way! Our arguments were entirely the civil disagreements between gentlemen and ladies who held as their ideal the very paragon of polite discourse.

Besides--John Neal and Dave Koudys were such stinkers back then!

Dave!



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  Re: This reminds me of deja vu (was Re: lego from China and Czech Republic)
 
(...) Of course... Tim (18 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
  Re: This reminds me of deja vu (was Re: lego from China and Czech Republic)
 
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote: <snip> (...) I just took a power supply that reeked of burnt plastic/wires out out of an HP desktop, so I'm pretty much a stinker right now, too... Dave K (18 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: This reminds me of deja vu (was Re: lego from China and Czech Republic)
 
(...) All seriousness aside, your olfactory observation rings partially (WRT me) true. I came online for the first time when I joined LUGNET, and was very disoriented with the concept of discussing ideas, etc with my fingers. Discussions I had in (...) (18 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  Re: This reminds me of deja vu (was Re: lego from China and Czech Republic)
 
(...) 103 posts... I'd be surprised if this gets that long. LUGNET was so much more volatile in the old days ;) Tim (18 years ago, 30-May-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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