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Re: How many sets?
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 18:36:05 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
> D. Jezek wrote:
> > Geez! You must have a big house or a lot of storage space to display all that
> > Lego. How do you handle that financially? I've been trying to keep my total
> > lego value under $500 because well...this might sound silly but there ARE
> > other things than Lego.
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> One bedroom apartment (check out
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> http://www.mindspring.com/~ffilz/Lego/apartment.html
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> For some pictures of my bedroom. Most of my LEGO sets are unbuilt, about
> 1/3 to 1/2 are broken down and sorted, at most 10% are built.
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> How do I handle it financially? Well for starters I don't have a huge
> mortgage. I'm not living in the most desireable part of town. I don't
> smoke or drink. I drive a 1987 Acura Integra (bought 2.5 years ago,
> chosen for its reliability). I tend to eat relatively cheaply. I haven't
> upgraded my home computer for several years (running a plain ole Pentium
> 100), though I do also own a laptop (actually two) - it's actually
> faster, a Pentium 120, but it doesn't have as good a video.
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> Of course the biggest factor is no spouse to tell my how I can spend my
> money... I do have to watch myself though, I have dipped a little too
> far into the house down payment.
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> --
> Frank Filz
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> -----------------------------
> Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
Wow Frank! There appears to be room for little else!
Mine is stored in my basement. Luckily I live in a ranch house and I have a 1000
sq. ft. recreation room in the basement. There is LEGO LEGO everywhere....
Gary Istok
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| (...) Well, there is room for a twin bed... I need to take a picture from the other corner of the room. You should see the living room... Actually, before I started my LEGO collection, the bedroom was even more packed. At one point, the whole area (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| gistok@umich. (...) Ah, yes, that's the correct solution. I have two rooms for Lego, otherwise my office would look like Frank's room. Half of it does. My wife and I were wading through the piles of Lego in the 2nd room the other day, looking for (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) One bedroom apartment (check out (URL) some pictures of my bedroom. Most of my LEGO sets are unbuilt, about 1/3 to 1/2 are broken down and sorted, at most 10% are built. How do I handle it financially? Well for starters I don't have a huge (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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