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Re: The "Unknown" Santa Fe
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 03:43:14 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Not that this is any big festouche, mind you...
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.
> I'll say this, now that I know (well, believe anyway) there are unnumbered
> ones coming I have half a mind not to open my remaining numbered ones... its
> a bit like Schroedinger's cat... who knows what neatness may be in there
> numberwise? Why spoil it?
So Lar, you have one listed in the registry-- tell me you weren't lucky
enough that the only one you opened was numbered under 100!
Which *raises* another question-- I have more than the one I have opened so
far, and I suspect you and others do too. Part of me feels I should list
it/them as unknown numbers, but another part of me feels it's no one's *&#!
business how many I have. Plus I know of others who have bought more than one
and haven't listed any. I wonder if there could be an anonymous listing of
unknown numbers or something.
> 40 bucks is chump change in my budget.
I've scrimped for enough years that I'll never consider 40 bucks chump change,
and I'm used to getting a big bang for my LEGO buck-- I got my SES and 6597 for
$15 each in January and Launch and Load a couple of years ago for (IIRC) $9
(although it was missing forklift and truck). The only sets I'm willing to pay
full price for are normally ones only available through S@H.
> I know you said you didn't like the numbering aspect. And if LEGO(r) had
> said, "10K and that is ALL" I'd be in your camp. But if you don't like
> numbers, just wait. Meanwhile we will have our fun.
It is fun in a frivolous way. I admit I'm kind of caught up in it.
Maggie
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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