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(...) You learn fast. (...) That's not something I'm interested in. I make my preferences known by buying the sets I like, and not buying the ones I don't like. (...) I'm unlikely to do either. And I have no idea what posters have to do with this. (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ouch, but taking your own advise, I shouldn't care what you say...right? Actually, I don't loose any sleep over anyone thinking that I'm childish or odd in some way because LEGO is a hobby of mine. The purpose of my post was to spur creativity (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've had three Vikings and two Town guys with a box truck I built with my company's logo on it on my desk for a year or so now. Starting about a month ago, a co-worker started bringing in little green plastic army men (non-Lego) so she could (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Tommy, I believe the joke is in reference to the extinction of this tree: (URL) which was last seen in the wild in 2001 and now exists only in captivity. -Hendo (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Good thread with a lot of responses I relate to. I'll tag on Dave's since he scratched the most on what I wanted to add... In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote: (snip) (...) The comparison to model railroading is one I have long used to describe our (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) ?????? (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Indeed. They rendered the cypress tree extinct, after all. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What on Earth for? I can't say I've ever found how other adults view my hobby to be a problem. I don't go out of my way to tell people what I do with my spare time. If they do find out, I just shrug it off with 'everyone needs a hobby' or (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What on Earth for? I can't say I've ever found how other adults view my hobby to be a problem. I don't go out of my way to tell people what I do with my spare time. If they do find out, I just shrug it off with 'everyone needs a hobby' or (...) (16 years ago, 16-Sep-08, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) Thoughts? Any other ways to improve the hobby image of LEGO? When I'm looking for Lego's at garage sales a lot of the people will say they aren't selling them because their kids are still playing with them. I answer that I understand since I'm (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The image of an adult playing, designing or building with legos will always be what it is, regardless of how much it wants to be glorified as a design specialty. In and out of the professional environment. We did some desk accesories for Lego (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It's easy. When somebody asks, "You still play with LEGO?" you say, "Yes." (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Bring your minifigs to work! I remember "Bring Your Minifig To Work Day - Dec. 13, 1996" If you search Google Groups, you'll see my posting with the above title. I brought in 45 minifigs that day. :-) Jeff (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Dave Sterling wrote: SNIPPY (...) Then I ask them how much pain playing with Lego inflicts on wildlife and they don't have an answer.... ;-) (yeah, Lego isn't that good for the environment, I know) Tim (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I generally don't worry about it too much. Most people that I meet actually don't find it that odd. If anything, they find it a quirky but acceptable hobby. I actually get stranger reactions from people when I tell them that I paint miniatures (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not sure that's really a fair assessment-- or, rather, the tone implies that everyone else at Lego was clueless until Jake showed them how it's done. But that's not really the case. I think it was more true that certain groups within the (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) TLC is still trying to come to grips with the fact that we _do_ still collect. You'd think it would be a no-brainer. I mean, here's a company that leaves bowls of bricks out on their conference tables that you are _encouraged_ to play with (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't generally mention payments that the club receives for shows because our members aren't actually _paid_ to participate. We try to reimburse stuff like parking and any applicable admission costs (though we always try to make sure we get (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think it may have a lot to do with your own feelings towards others. As I read your post, I'm not sure of the tonal inflection of the person saying "you still play with LEGO?"--is the inflection one of disgust, or one of excitement? That in (...) (16 years ago, 15-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm, perhaps it's the people I associate with or just something about my age but I don't usually seem to have this problem. Most times when the subject of my lego habits comes up the response is more in the "whoa sweet!" line, and maybe a (...) (16 years ago, 14-Sep-08, to lugnet.general)
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