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  Self-modified bricks - pure?
 
Would the purists consider user-modified bricks pure? S'pose I file off the corner of some bricks so they fit together at 45 deg. Is that cheating? (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.build)
 
  RE: Self-modified bricks - pure?
 
(...) <insert tongue in cheek> Amy, this is a delicate ethical matter that has come up before. If necessary, I would suggest a meeting with other local AFOLs or a trusted member of your own community, such as a clergy person. As in all such cases, (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: Self-modified bricks - pure?
 
What does a brick want to be? Amy Hughes <lugnews@amyhughes.org> wrote in message news:G1rx3s.3z@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: Self-modified bricks - pure?
 
(...) Ralph, Don't try to rationalize your behavior. Just because an element doesn't fit your standard of 'normal', doesn't make it 'odd'. Even if it is 'odd', that's no excuse to mutilate it. Euphonismizing your actions as 'doctoring' just makes it (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.build)
 
  RE: Self-modified bricks - pure?
 
(...) That's funny Steve. Now I'll split hairs even further...are you saying that by stepping on elements, that you have modified them "by accident" or that you have induced modifications to your own feet. There was a really funny thread a few years (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: Self-modified bricks - pure?
 
(...) holding (...) I will be very interested in seeing your servo mods. I have been pondering this subject for awhile now. My biggest problem is how to attach a brick to the moving part of the servo. -Chuck (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.build)
 
  Re: Self-modified bricks - pure?
 
(...) Hmm. I suppose I've inadvertently introduced a pediform biological element into my ABS construction. (...) It'd also deter most parents. Steve (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.build)

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