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(...) Updated a bit, under the 'community' bit, since RTL was really the second online community, being preceeded by ATL. There was mention recently about the Lego community in 1991 (in reference to the switch to 9V tracks), but I don't know if that (...) (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) OK, I went. And this is the result: (URL) with any Wikipedia article, everyone is free to correct or improve the entry. Yours, Christan Trezoks (19 years ago, 31-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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Nice. I'm going to adopt this one myself : ) (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Go right ahead! I tried checking briefly to see instances of how often 'AFOL' was used to mean 'Adult Friend Of Lego' (because I've seen it said that it can mean either), however I could only find about 5 occurances of it being used that way (...) (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) May I blatantly copy your words to create a Wikipedia article for the term "AFOL"? Yours, thankfully, Christian (19 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) This is probably my biggest issue with it as well. When I hear the word 'fan' I have a hard time disassociating it from 'fanatic'. Also, I work in an environment where I'm besieged with acronyms daily... sometimes two or three per sentence. I (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Suz's drive-by butt-in.. I don't use AFOL in ref to myself because I don't like it either. Not that it's -horrible-, but I don't feel as though it covers me. "Fan" implies "fanatic", which I'm not. (Though I certainly was ten years ago..) Plus (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) What aspect of the term do you feel is inaccurate? From your post, it would seem that you object to the word "fan", because it implies a stronger dedication than the word "hobbyist"? Of course, the resulting acronym with "Hobbyist" is .. uh... (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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"Jason Spears" <spielboyAT@gmail.com> wrote in message news:IH3xAr.st8@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) enthusiast. And (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I posted a few weeks ago regarding my feelings of the term "AFOL": (URL) my post, I don't think (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) I'm in agreement with you on this, I'm not so much a fan, as an enthusiast. And I describe myself to others as such. (...) Sure, if enough of the community recognized that one particular acronym was better. Shifting gears isn't easy but can be (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
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(...) Looks like my first post was in Sep 15 1996, cool. jt (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Old??? You're a living fossil! :-) JOHN (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
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I guess that makes me old : ( Google shows a post from Sept '93 as my oldest... (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) Wow, missed beating out Nephilim by THAT much. let's trim lugnet.faq off the FUT, ok? (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) My first post to r.t.l. was August 9, 1995. Good grief. Russell BayLUG/BayLTC (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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This is a good question -- as a relative newbie to the community, I've often regretted that this is the standard acronym. It's pronunciation is unclear; I've heard old AFOLs say anything from "A.F.O.L." (i.e. just spelling it) to "A-full" (long (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) My earliest post was 29 Nov 1995 - good grief! .s (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) mmmKay, whatever... I DID say ****IF**** I remember correctly. Oh well. (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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(...) A "vet" compared to me, Dave! It appears my earliest post to RTL was October 3, 1998 (Yes, it was regarding LEGO trains:-) I discovered LUGNET in Jan '99.... JOHN (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
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(...) The emails matched up, so I would assume that was him. (...) Hey, I'm even newer! I started reading sporatically in early '99, and started posting in... The summer of '99 sometime. I believe someone was just talking about how there was (...) (19 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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