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Re: The Sea Monkeys are Coming
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lugnet.fun
Date: 
Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:53:16 GMT
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In lugnet.fun, Adrian Drake wrote:

In lugnet.space, Frank Filz writes:
Adrian Drake wrote:
The carpet goes into my basement this weekend, and then begins the long,
painful process of moving and resorting my entire 200K+ piece collection
down a flight of stairs.

This sentence just doesn't parse quite right, but immediately brings
visions of the resorting which could be necessary after the inevitable
"oops" while moving LEGO up or down stairs...

Actually, after re-reading, it sounds like I'll be sorting while I walk down
the stairs.  I suppose it ought to read "moving my entire collection
downstairs and then resorting it" Although pitching the whole lot into the
basement and letting the bricks fall as they may has a certain perverse
appeal.  It'd be like my own private K-8 in a pile at the base of the
stairs.  Whee!

I was wondering how the carpet was going to move and resort your
collection...

Steve



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  Re: The Sea Monkeys are Coming
 
(...) Well, you could use the bounce characteristics of LEGO on carpet in some kind of sorting scheme... Of course the original sentence suggested the carpet would take action to do the sorting - perhaps Adrian should do something about that upity (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.fun)

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(...) Actually, after re-reading, it sounds like I'll be sorting while I walk down the stairs. I suppose it ought to read "moving my entire collection downstairs and then resorting it" Although pitching the whole lot into the basement and letting (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.fun)

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