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Re: Do you like monorails?
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Thu, 30 Dec 1999 03:31:01 GMT
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When they say that to me, I always look at them funny ...they generally don't
say much after that.
-Bret
"Tobias Möller" wrote:
> Scott E. Sanburn wrote:
> <SNIP>
>
> LOL
> I think I would have said the same thing. I often buy lego and when they ask
> me if I want it wrapped in paper, I say no. Then they look strange at me,
> but don´t say anything (I´m 14, so I still can buy lego without people
> commenting me).
>
> --Tobias
>
> > for the 6399 Airport Shuttle, I saved for moths to get the 150.00 plus
> > tax. Finally, I got enough money. My friend Josh drove me to the Pierson
> > Road Meijer to get it. I grabbed it, went to the front, and got in an
> > express line. The cashier scanned it, aand said (You are not supposed to
> > do this, according to Meijer policy), "Is this for your brother or
> > something?" I said, "No, it is for me." My favorite line "Aren't you a
> > little old to play with LEGO?" That just made me mad, and probably
> > resulted into me becoming a lifelong AFOL.
> > But it was still worth it. I
> > stayed up all night to build it, and connect into my city and the Space
> > monorail. It was so neat.
> >
> > I tried to get the Unitron one from DYA, but they sold out. Oh well, I
> > hope monorails do come back one day!
> >
> > Scott S.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > P.S. The Pause database has the price wrong. The price on the side of my • box is
> > > $149.99 not $139.99
> > >
> > > Mark Herzberg wrote:
> > >
> > > > In lugnet.trains, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > > > I was working on Sydney (Oz) a few months back, and the Mono-rail • there had
> > > > > no driver (or so it appeared). Perhaps this could be a way for TLG to • save
> > > > > money if the ever use mono-rail again?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > They use the same monorails in Miami. They are called People Movers • actually.
> > > > Systems are in service, AFAIK, in Dallas, Miami, and Sydney. They • usually are
> > > > for small inner-city routes (i.e. the Miami route goes all through • downtown
> > > > and connects with the subway, which only crosses through downtown with • two
> > > > stations) It would be really nice if LEGO started offering new People • Mover
> > > > style monorails.
> >
> > --
> > _________________________________________________________
> >
> > Scott E. Sanburn
> > CAD Operator
> > Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
> >
> > Work Page:
> > http://www.aeieng.com/
> >
> > Home Page:
> > http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/index.html
> >
> > Main LEGO Page:
> > http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html
> >
> > Soon to come: Star Wars LEGO Sets Parts Selling Page!
> >
> > Quote of the Month: (In Slate)
> >
> > Al Gore: "Even though national security policy didn't come up, I
> > suggested that one critical issue for voters to ponder is this:
> > Whose FINGER do you want on the CONTROL-ALT-DELETE button?"
> >
> > These are the same people who sued MICROSOFT, folks. If he is that
> > ignorant about computers, he should not be anywhere near controlling
> > anything, much less the United States.
> >
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| (...) Hmm... I think is just improper anyway. It is common courtesy not to say things like that. But I guess that's what you get when you have to buy LEGO. I for one like online shopping (I don't buy them without free shipping most of the time), and (...) (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| Scott E. Sanburn wrote: <SNIP> LOL I think I would have said the same thing. I often buy lego and when they ask me if I want it wrapped in paper, I say no. Then they look strange at me, but don´t say anything (I´m 14, so I still can buy lego without (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains)
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