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Re: Truck factors (was Re: Instructions on CD ROM?
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Tue, 17 Aug 1999 13:32:38 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> writes:

While some happy AFOL may rejoice if he buys your entire collection
for 1000 because your family doesn't know better, wouldn't you rather
they got a fair price for it?

Doesn't this mean that one would have to actually tell one's family how
much one spends on LEGO?  I can see that some may think that their
family is better off not knowing this.  :-)

Fredrik



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  Re: Truck factors (was Re: Instructions on CD ROM?
 
(...) How funny. Larry is absolutely right, and so is Fredrik! Hell hath no fury like an NLSO finding out how much you spent on stupid plastic blocks! What a conundrum:-) I would err on the side of *not* telling the spouse how much it's worth, if (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Truck factors (was Re: Instructions on CD ROM?
 
(...) Well, ya, that is true. Perhaps put it in a sealed set of instructions? (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Truck factors (was Re: Instructions on CD ROM?
 
Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote (...) Keep in mind that you are the named beneficiary of at least one will when saying this, Mr Glockner. My family are currently minding my collection, but I don't think they realised its real (...) (25 years ago, 18-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Truck factors (was Re: Instructions on CD ROM?
 
That would be a good trick. My understanding is that since it's dynamically generated content using a hybrid of HTML and Perl that Todd invented, it would be hard to put on a CD statically and still have the search work. one could, perhaps, write a (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

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