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Re: Have LEGO, will travel
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Sun, 18 Oct 1998 16:47:01 GMT
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Louise Belles wrote:
The topic of traveling with LEGOS came up • Larry Pieniazek wrote:.... but I wanted enough to build happily.

But my question REALLY was around, if you had to put together a small "kit" of
parts to keep you amused while you were on an airplane, or overnight on a biz
trip to kill an hour or two, what would you take and how would you keep it
organized (keeping in mind that small for me does not necessarily equal small
for you... I had one 2 gal ziplok, plus an 8437  bought from Macfrugals the
first week I was here, built a chemical tanker and a hopper car (which are at
work now), but felt very hemmed in, possibility wise. Now I have more stuff.
bwhahaha)?

Would you take a treasured set? Or two? Or would you try to outfit a kit? • Would
you stick to your favorite theme? (take pity on me, RR models are BIG compared
to town vehicles! )

Louise writes:  I would take a set or 2 to build, and RR cars travel back
pretty well, on their side in the original tray, which also keeps the pieces
together while building.  But I usually take a good mystery on a business trip,
I cann't remember the last time I had time to read at home.  For long trips I
would even hit the used book store on my first day in town, and then return
them before I left.
      The real question that comes to mind is how do you justify such a habit?
I'm getting raised eyebrows over expanding my tains by one!
Make it a good day.
Louise


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Subject: 
Re: Have LEGO, will travel
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Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:12:00 GMT
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Louise Belles writes:

     The real question that comes to mind is how do you justify such a habit?
I'm getting raised eyebrows over expanding my tains by one!

I guess it's just a matter of obsession, but not letting it stand in the way of
putting food on the table. I work hard, and my employer values that and takes
good care of me.

Besides, I could be blowing the money in bars or other ways, what else is there
to do when you're out of town and your free time comes in small slices rather
than big blocks?

++Lar


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Subject: 
Re: Have LEGO, will travel
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Sun, 18 Oct 1998 21:56:01 GMT
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Larry wrote:
Besides, I could be blowing the money in bars or other ways, what else is • there
to do when you're out of town and your free time comes in small slices rather
than big blocks?
Louise wrote:
Hope I did not offend, I should have added a ;) to let you know it was
intended in a light hearted manner.
Good point, one I have used myself after many a trip to the book store.
LEGOS are definately healthier than a lot of things people choose.
Should we have moved to an off-topic page?
Make it a good day.
Louise


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Re: Have LEGO, will travel
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Tue, 20 Oct 1998 01:53:00 GMT
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Louise Belles writes:
Larry wrote:
Besides, I could be blowing the money in bars or other ways, what else is • there
to do when you're out of town and your free time comes in small slices rather
than big blocks?

A note, the ">" are inserted by the posting software to show what was quoted.
This is done by most software out there, including most newsreaders likely to
be used (for example, Netscape, which I use on RTL), as well as by the web
posting interface that some (including me) use here. You should leave those
alone for lines that you want to quote in your message.

you should NOT put ">" in front of your own words, nor do you need to say
things like

Louise wrote:

because most readers can tell (Note how the first line of this post says that,
the posting software put it there). (1)

Hope I did not offend, I should have added a ;) to let you know it was
intended in a light hearted manner.

No offense taken. I think it was a good question and it's one that I ask myself
a fair bit too.

1 - Just sharing some information, not criticising. It takes a while to figure
this out for some folks. (2)

2 - Further, you don't need to apologise when people share info like this with
you (like you did last time) as we all know that we all were newbies once.
People that are trying to learn as opposed to being deliberately clueless or
lame or cute get a lot of forebearance, most especially here. (3)

3 - which is why I like "here" a lot.

++Lar

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