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Re: This reminds me of deja vu (was Re: lego from China and Czech Republic)
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Wed, 31 May 2006 03:43:33 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 ;)

Tim

I’m sure that thread would have gone on longer, but if you look at the dates of the posts you can see why it stopped.

Maggie C.



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  Re: This reminds me of deja vu (was Re: lego from China and Czech Republic)
 
(...) Ah yes. It would have been rather churlish to continue. Strange that I don't remember that thread since I was reading lugnet quite frequently then and certainly remember the kindness and compassion shown after September 11. Tim (18 years ago, 31-May-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
  Re: This reminds me of deja vu (was Re: lego from China and Czech Republic)
 
(...) Yikes! I didn't even think of that. I just assumed that, as usual, all dissent was quelled by my stirring rhetoric and unassailable logic. Dave! (18 years ago, 31-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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