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Re: The Law of Falling Lego
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 1 May 2000 13:16:05 GMT
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Bram Lambrecht wrote:
> All the boxes my LEGO is sorted into are rather large, so while building,
> I tend to stack them around me. However, in order to be able to reach
> certain pieces, I often have to move boxes around or shift them, so most
> of the time, the boxes are precariously balanced. When I reach over to
> grab a box just out of reach, I sometimes lose my balance and set my hand
> into the unsupported portion of one of these precariously balanced boxes.
> If I'm lucky, the pieces spill only onto the carpet, and not into half a
> dozen other boxes...
This is one advantage of my system where most parts are in resealable
bags (such as ZipLoc). Of course it adds a new way for Murphy to strike
- you pick up an unsealed bag by the bottom...
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) Indeed. Or when you have your little Plano tackle boxes, filled with parts, turn around in your chair, your arm hits an object, and you have a MIRV type LEGO dispearsal all over the place. : ) Here is a container: (URL) when you grab a (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) placing (...) trying in >vain to grab hold of something, you fall over, either onto... 3) the tub that >the rest of your Lego is in, splitting the tub open and causing the contents >to spill out everywhere. The last one has actually happened (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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