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Icy North Started conversation Sep 11, 2008
Good arguments, too.
I would have tried to choose something from the beginning of the computer or telecommunication age, but it's difficult to identify something with the same unbiquity and longevity as your choice.
Very enjoyable article 
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Sep 11, 2008
Lego rules! 
I remember that we had Lego when we were small, and my sons had Lego, too (still have, for that matter). However, they started with Duplo, Lego's larger version, made for small kids.
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lostmonalisa Posted Sep 15, 2008
This choice is not just interesting, but entirely apropos. (and other hi falutin words)
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aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Sep 15, 2008
Look here, Gnomon:
http://thebelana.googlepages.com/legolanddenmark,1995
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Malabarista - now with added pony Posted Sep 15, 2008
Hmmm, but "Scandinavia would always have been considered a bit of a backwater in the past"? Scandinavia held many of the most important mercantile cities of the world, not to mention the Swedes overrunning everything in the 30 Years' War 
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