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  Re: ABS... but which one?
 
(...) Thanks for posting your experience, Allan. What I'm curious now is knowing how the more recent bricks will be in 25 years. If they look "less good" than the previous at this point in time, perhaps in 25 years they will have become *wrecks*. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: ABS... but which one?
 
In lugnet.general, Pedro Silva writes:> (...) I fail to see the logic in this statement. These stories talk about how older bricks *today* click differently than new bricks *today*. But I have seen no reference to how well old bricks were when (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: ABS... but which one?
 
(...) I didn't say that; perhaps I was not clear enough. What I meant was: brand new bricks bought 10 years ago (before the claimed ABS change), and brand new bricks bought *now* click different from each other. In fact, the more recent ones don't (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: ABS... but which one?
 
I have bought some lately (bulk) that seem to not even want to stay together. Out of a stack of 25 2x4 bricks. I usually find 1 or 2 that fall apart from its proposed partner. I always just find another spot for them or take them out of the model. (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: ABS... but which one?
 
In lugnet.general, Pedro Silva writes:> (...) Hmmm. First, I also may have not been clear in my argument in that I did not mean to target just you, Pedro, rather the general line of thinking in this and similar threads. (...) I cannot deny that. Nor (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: ABS... but which one?
 
(...) You mean to say you were... *targeting*? ;-) (...) Precisely. It's based on a feeling, and I'm not alone in that. OTOH, I may be wrong - human nature is not famous for it's infallibility... (...) So have I. And that's why I noticed this in the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)

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