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Re: About the term "AFOL"
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lugnet.general, lugnet.faq
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Wed, 25 May 2005 16:21:51 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
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> > > But: Who created this term? When? And where?
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> > IIRC: Todd, Here, a long time ago. YMMV.
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> Heh, not according to Todd :)
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> http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=2940
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> Adrian got it right-- Jeff Thompson appears to be the first one who used the
> term "Adult Fan Of Lego" on RTL (June 13, 1995), and Matthew Verdier first
> brought light to the acronym in reference to Jeff's post (June 14, 1995), which
> quickly caught on.
Was Jeff "Nephilim?" There were giants in the earth in those days.
Wow. June 1995. I'm a newbie--I only started posting to RTL in January of 1998.
Dave!
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Message has 6 Replies:
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
| | | Re: About the term "AFOL"
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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 (20 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq, FTX)
| | | Re: About the term "AFOL"
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| Wow, I looked up my posts, and the earliest they had was May 11, 1998. Though that was a post from Larry about my liking the jeep in 6405, so I know I must have posted earlier than that. Not too much earlier, though, as it was Brian Kendig that (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: About the term "AFOL"
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| (...) Heh, not according to Todd :) (URL) got it right-- Jeff Thompson appears to be the first one who used the term "Adult Fan Of Lego" on RTL (June 13, 1995), and Matthew Verdier first brought light to the acronym in reference to Jeff's post (June (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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