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Subject:	Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 10 Dec 1999 19:01:12 GMT
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Richard Franks <spontificus@__nospam__yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FMI6p1.DrF@lugnet.com... > > > After watching Larry faun over his trains, I feel confident that he would > > enjoy 20 hoppers _at least_ 20 times the average of 20 separate people • given > > hoppers. > > You have the advantage over me on this one - how about the average of 4 • people > with 5 each, or 2 people with 10 each? :) 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 like a kid--and I mean that in the very best sense of the word "kid." -John Van

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		Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
(...) 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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		Re: e-commerce (was Technic shuttle etc)
(...) No, no, no. Your need for 20 isn't less valid than someone else's need for 1. But 20 persons needing one getting satisfied _does_ make for a larger overall level of happiness. Jasper (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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