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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
> Last week when a coworker mentioned he thought I was unusually paranoid, I
> answered that I wore that badge with pride.
>
> The email from the Toronto Christmas show organizer that said we were to bring
> the "Interactive Building Table" (I don't frickin know how they got this idea) I
> knew was a bad thing. It's one of those messages where someone has assumed
> you'll do something, and to ensure their assumption is the same as reality, they
> tack in a "You're doing this, like we said, right?" even though you never even
> mentioned it.
>
> THIS is what I feared:
>
> "New this year is an amazing LEGO train layout, DCC controlled villages and a
> building table for the youngsters!!! "
>
> http://www.caorm.org/Pages/tts.html
>
> Wonderful. This is only one website--and these people couldn't figure out how
> the Internet works since most of them think electricity is a fantastic new
> invention. I wonder how many paper flyers, PR releases and newspaper ads now
> say this.
>
> Parents come to this thing with kids in tow, and they ask, "I thought you said
> there was a Lego Building Table?". Organizers point finger at us, even though
> THEY made this pronouncement. Lovely.
>
> I just can't think of a route or damage control out of this one.
>
> Calum
Well, just got off the phone with Frank, one of the shows organizers. He
himself just got back from a train show in Ottawa, where the LEGO train guys had
the table for kids to play with LEGO Bricks.
Anyway, after speaking with Frank, I was polite but quite clear that we weren't
bringing a LEGO table for kids--taht we had neither the 'man'power (sorry Janey)
or the kits to run something like that. I also assured him that we were all
very much enthusiastic about doing the show and displaying our layout, and
answering questions and such, but there would be no 'interactive' stuff for the
kids.
Bottom line, he mentioned that he doesn't know how that this idea got posted on
teh website, and if people cause us grief about it, we are to direct them to the
shows organizers (him).
So that pretty much means, to me anyway, that it'll go pretty well.
Dave K
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| (...) Those darn Ottawa Lego Train GUYS!!! What were they thinking???? (wink) (...) Excellent, looking forward to it. Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| (...) Frickin Ottawa folks...ruining it all for us. Wait a second...wasn't JANEY behind that?! I TOLD YOU! SMURFETTE IS AT THE ROOT OF OUR PROBLEMS AGAIN! :) (...) Good work Dave! And not a 2x4 used either. Calum (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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