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Re: LEGO Direct Questions
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 28 Dec 1999 22:37:23 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera.#avoidspam#com
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Jasper Janssen wrote:
> At this point in the discussion, I'd just like to say "You lucky
> American bastards!".
We're not lucky, just more market oriented. Not to mention smarter and
handsomer.
Seriously, you can't have it both ways. Of COURSE stuff is generally
cheaper here (not just in dollar to dollar terms, but in terms of the
time it takes to earn the money to buy something(1)), because our
economy is superior to yours. At least it is if you are willing to work
and have a skill that people want. (2)
1 - I just got all three of my kids portable CD players for christmas. I
was shocked at how little these cost now, I turned my nose up at units
that cost 19 bucks a piece in order to get the more expensive(!) 29
dollars a piece ones... in other words, I had to work for about 30
minutes or so in order to earn a whole CD player! Is that cool or what?
2 - And if you fail the first clause of that statement, guess what: you
can starve for all I care.
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| (...) Larry, Anyone making $60 an hour is indeed a lucky person. Considering that minimum wage is only around $5.25 and most people consider a $10 an hour job doing well. No hard feelings intended here....but some of us have to work 3 hours for that (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: LEGO Direct Questions
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| (...) At this point in the discussion, I'd just like to say "You lucky American bastards!". (400 piece buckets tend to cost $20+, rather than $5 or $7, around here) Jasper (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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