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(...) Neither do I. I didn't suggest it was wrong, only that I was curious why some folks like to keep sets unopened. It's a really hard concept for me to get my little brain around. :) (...) 100% for me, but then who's counting? (...) I suppose (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I hear you say that and see that now. But when I read your original (requoting) (...) I seriously took your words to mean "this is wrong". The "may sound a bit snotty" is often a giveaway to that sort of "wrongness" sentiment. Had you said "I (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> c /Scroedinger's/Schroedinger's/ (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Different interpretations of what it means to 'be snotty' I guess. I see snotty as taunting, presumptuous, know-it-all. I was trying to preface my comments (which *could* have sounded snotty) and let people know that I wasn't just flinging out (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) After I checked both dictionaries by my computer and then hiked down to the basement to the OED, all without results, I looked up "festouche" on Google-- now THAT certainly calls to mind an image. (...) So Lar, you have one listed in the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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"Allan Bedford" <apotomeREMOVE-THIS@...vista.net> wrote in message news:GsHAKM.F9w@lugnet.com... (...) participating (...) "collecting Lego" (...) to (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Four years ago when I first re-discovered this hobby the thought of not (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Trains sets are just not meant to be parted out... (was re parting/collectability was SF F unit set
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(...) You ask this question in .trains ??? Infidel. The answer is obvious. Go to the wasteland that is .starwars and repent. :-) (although at one dark point pre BrickLink(bay) I was contemplating raiding a built 4551 for its red corros... ) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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