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In lugnet.general, Erin Windross writes:
> I now find it very embarrassing to go to TRU and shop with my mom. It is as if
> everybody is staring at me, and a couple of times I have heard and seen the
> cashiers make rude, sarcastic comments and giving me weird looks. This has
> turned me off, and now I need some help. What should I do? I have tried to
> just ignore it, but the humiliation feeling keeps nagging me. Has anyone else
> had this problem?
I only got that look once - I was still in Hong Kong at about 14 years old.
From a Nestea promotion I "scratched" a 6825 and went to a store to trade it.
That lady gave me a funny look, may be because I was sweating... Would have
been easier if I scratched a 6985. :p
It was the last set I got before my Lego dark age. I stopped buying Lego not
because of that, but finally realize those things are so freaking expensive to
ask my parent to buy them, and I switch my interest to computer anyway. I
missed out all the cool sets like the Blacktrons and 90-95 technic.
The excellent X-Wing set bring me back to Lego, but it was a little
embarrassing at first but buying a "Starwars" item helped. Now I can run sets
through Walmart and Zeller price scanners without problems. Come on it is not
that difference from buying PC or playstation games.
The Nestea Instant Milk I had in Hong Kong used to have great LEGO promotion.
I got these sets packed with the 2lb milk powder can: 6609, 6630, 6633, 6604,
6622, 6608 and 6629. Just asked Mom, they were about HK$40 ~= US$5 per can.
That's almost 20 years ago though. Browing through the 80's catalogue, man
those town sets were so much better than todays Town Jr.
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| Well, I'm in my teen years. Voice has gone down, growth spurts, acne (luckily I have been spared from that), the usual change. But then there is one thing that has REALLY changed. Buying Lego. I now find it very embarrassing to go to TRU and shop (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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