 | | My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Eric Kingsley
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| | | Yesterday I had a neat experiance with my in-laws who were over for the afternoon. First a little background. My in-laws are well aware of my LEGO addiction and I have always felt a bit uncomfortable around them because I got the definite fealing (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Tony Priestman
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| | | | | On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Eric Kingsley (<FqnD6C.3qI@lugnet.com>) wrote at 15:47:00 (...) (snipped excellent story) Thanks for sharing this, Eric. It's really great to hear stories like this. It kind of encourages one to just get on with it, and build (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —David Eaton
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| | | | | (...) Highly agreed-- as a kid I built models, then played with them acting out stories, etc.... now I mainly just build and display. But people still think of it as playing... Notice that nobody has a second thought about adults who build models (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | (...) And even if other folks do frown upon it, you can always point them to the thousands of us that make up the LUGNET/RTL AFOL community. Back in 1986 when I "came out of the LEGO closet", it was a different matter. I percieved myself to be (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —James Powell
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| | | | | | | | | (...) you will be surprised with the possitive response (unless you happen to be an 18 year old male, who's cool buddies think more about cars, sports and girls - 18 is a difficult age for LEGO). (...) No Gary, 18 is a difficult age. :) I went (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | | | (...) (I'll be 18 on Saturday) Most of the people I know who know about my LEGO obsession don't make a big deal about it, but then again, they already think I'm strange (I'm not a US citizen, and I don't have a TV. Actually, most people find it (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I hope I didn't offend any 18 year olds with this, it was just a generalization. When I was 18 LEGO wasn't even on my mind. I didn't start into it again until my 20's. I'm 46 now, and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up! Gary (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Richard W. Schamus
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) I've known since I was about 12 what I wanted to be when I grew up; a Lego piece and set desinger. I've been working on getting that position continuously for the past 25 years. I'm still working on it. Rich-- Have Fun! C-Ya! Legoman34 ***** (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) No offense taken. What you said is (at least partially) true, but 18 year olds can still enjoy LEGO :) (I don't find inspiration or time to build as much as I'd like to, though...) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | | | Bram, (...) Well, I took my loose bricks down to Columbus, Ohio, when I went to college when I was 17/18. It was one of my only joys of going to college and working full time. I bought a lot of the sets back in 1993 / 1994 when I was down there, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) How much LEGO did you take to college? I have about 35000 pieces, which might be a bit much...(Tim, what are you going to do about LEGO and college?) --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | | | Bram, (...) Well, I was living with my dad, I had my own room, it was bigger than my room at my mom's, but still, I'll say I took about maybe 15,000 parts? Mine fit underneath my bed, so you might want to aim for storage more than amount of parts. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Kya Morden
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Okay, I've got to ask. Where did you two come up with these numbers? Just a wild guess? Did you dig through pause or something to find all of your sets and kept a running total? Am I just being annoying and asking stupid questions? (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Kya, (...) Well, I have an excel sheet with all of my sets with the set #, description, parts, minifigs, etc. I kept almost all of my instruction booklets, so I have a good source to see what I have. I have to add some for all of the collections I (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) No, you don't..:-) Actually I know how much of a piece I have excatly(1), since I always make inventories of the sets that I have (using an excel sheet, and know many others doing similar..:-) I never combine any set that I bought with the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Richard W. Schamus
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) ___...___ (...) website. I don't know how it compare with his, but it's got basic set numbers, copies of the sets, piece totals, minifig totals, etc. Since I've been collecting LEGO, (and others, who shall remain nameless,) I've kept most of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Unfortuanately I still need to answer "who the heck knows" despite having a spread sheet. This is because I add more sets faster than I can get them into my spreadsheet (just take a look at my web site pictures at (URL) to get a feel, of (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Richard W. Schamus
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) It took me awhile to get it all done, but I think it's worth it now that it is. You could, um, borrow, the work and just addapt it to your needs. I've, um borrowed other things in my time, and made them my own, with unique changes. I wouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I don't have a spreadsheet, and passed the point LONG ago where I should have started one, so I'm never going to ;-) I bought too many multiples, tossed most of the instructions/boxes, and parted them out into my parts. I've also probably traded (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Richard W. Schamus
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) pieces (...) sending (...) few (...) feel (...) Wow, do you have a mess. I guess it's been a good thing to be finacially challenged most of my life, so that I wouldn't be in your position. (Hhhmm.... how many 8480's?) Just kidding, you have a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Timothy Carl Buchheim
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I keep mine in a big table in an HTML file: (URL) got too annoying to count up the totals all the time, though, and I didn't want to have to copy everything into a spreadsheet, so I wrote a CGI to count my part and set totals for me: (URL) Tim (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I've kept track of all the sets I've bought myself since I began getting an allowance about 7 years ago. I got all the other set numbers from saved instruction booklets. After getting a list of all the set numbers I own, I wrote a little (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Mine collection is sorted by pieces and takes up quite a bit of room :) I'm gonna have trouble picking what to take...A fe handfuls from each bin? --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Well -- I'm 18 and open about my Lego addiction. And yes, I think about all of the above mentioned topics as well :) I get a mixed response, some think its weird, some think its kinda cool I'm so involved in an international community like (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | | | Gary Istok wrote: <snip> (...) Actually it's still a little bit different for me. All of the parents, relatives and in-laws amaze when they see nice official models and MOCs but they still think Lego is a toy, and I'm just a strange 29 years old (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Allan J. Smith
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| | | | | | (...) I tell people its modelmaking without the glue or paint. Allan J Smith -- My LEGO creations site "Allanton NZ" is at (URL) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —John Kelly
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| | | | | When I used to work at LEGO Imagination Center and I need to explain the interlocking process, I would encourage the kids to "cover the lines." This was easier than explaining the concept from a finished product standpoint and made an easy rule they (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | Hi Eric, I'm glad your family appreciates your hobbies at last. On the same note, my sister (22) is visiting me know from Israel. She is NL too, and although she knows I'm all into lego, she was surprised to see how my collection grew in the past 6 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes: (please note, followups changed to .off-topic.debate!) (...) Wow, I didn't think the US was that bad...what makes Israel so much better? J (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | (...) Nothing is BAD about the US specifically - I'm just not getting along here. Kids aren't very friendly in my school, I don't like the cold weather, I miss my house, family and friends. Basically, it's been eight months since I've moved here, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | | | (...) Ahh. I wondered if it was something like this. I do know what you mean - I spent a semester in London while I was in college, with none of my close friends there. I only got through by keeping very busy, and spending way too much money at the (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | (...) :-) (glad I have cable connection to the net) I'm trying to keep busy as well. Now you know the real reason I'm hogging .castle ;) (...) Right. This isn't my first time living in the US, and the previous one (ages 3- 6) literally made me a (...) (25 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Kya Morden
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| | | | | | | | On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:10:36 GMT, "Shiri" <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote: *snip* Yes, I too am thousands (Okay about 1700) miles from all my friends. Moved from Salt Lake City, Utah to to wild and wacky town of Houston (technically in Humble), Texas. I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yeah, I know what you mean, except it's the opposite here. I love the sun and the beach - not very common around Boston... Well, at least I had a week in Florida and stocked up on some sun for these cold winter days :) (...) Yeah, maybe we (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Philip Ogston
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| | | | | | | | (...) Unfortunately the US system of teaching science depends a lot on simplification of topics in the early years and then clarification when the subjects are taught again in high school and college. Of course over simplification often leads to (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) So the US public school system is best viewed as one big trick question? Steve (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | | | (...) I have to say, yes. It's like, if you got through this, you can probably get really far... :-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Adam Yulish
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| | | | | | | <snip> (...) Couldn't help but toss in a couple of pennies; this conversation often comes up with friends of mine who have travelled internationally. The USA tends to have a "colder", more "closed" culture than many other countries of the world. I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | | | (...) I grew up in the UK, emigrated to Canada in 1981, and definitely prefer the culture here. Not that there aren't things I miss from the UK, or things I dislike about Canada, but on balance I far prefer it here. The main difference is the lack (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | (...) heh, I feel I need to jump in here too - Since I was in a very very similar situation. I'm from israel, originally, and lived in boston for a couple of years when I was 4 (got the bilingual thing you mentioned later) and again when I was a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Shiri Dori
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| | | | | | Hi Dan, First off, nice to meet you! I don't think we talked before, but I think [your wife?] Jennifer told me you're from Israel. (...) Wow, that is too similar to what's happening to me... only with a one year delay (first moved at 3, now a soph (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —Dan Boger
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| | | | | | (...) quite possible - though I think we talked on the lugnet.loc.Yisrael... hurmph - need to write to Todd about that. (...) moved (...) heheh, apparently it's not that rare... When I lived in Brookline (which is not Brooklyn, NY), there were about (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: My Non-LEGO family experiance (Nice Story) —John Neal
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| | | | (...) It is difficult to understand the connection between a Sabra (native Israeli) and Eretz Yisrael (The land of Israel) for an American. We take everything we have for granted; we even feel we *deserve* many luxuries; in Israel nothing is taken (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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