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(...) Mine is dropping elements too. But somehow my having to bend down to scrabble around for an element when it skitters away... somehow it just doesn't seem all that bad any more. ++Lar (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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(...) Yeah, I could whine about a lot of things (as y'all well know...) -- but dropping elements is absolutely bad juju! I tend to prefer hardwood floors, and the bricks -- if they land on a corner or edge -- will become damaged if dropped from (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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(...) I guess I am a lot less particular about the condition of my Lego. I would never notice the difference between a brick dropped from a table onto a hardwood floor or one fresh out of the polybag. But some pet peeves: 1) DUST!!! Actually, I am (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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(...) Hear, hear! "legos" really grates on the ears, and think we can draw conclusions about people whose first language is English yet find themselves incabable of capitalizing a varient of a proper noun. But "legos" isn't the sort of thing to get (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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I didn't mean this as a way to garner sympathy for my condition. I just used it as an explanation to the obvious "why is bending and picking it up a peeve for you?" question. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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(...) Except if you pronounce it leg-oss, and you're referring to the alternative RCX firmware legos.sourceforge.net 8?) ROSCO (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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I enjoy my Lego hobby too. Like all things there's a "down" aspect(s) that we all wish were nonexistent. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Thomas Main" <main@appstate.edu> wrote in message news:3AD75C4D.6F1164...ate.edu... <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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(...) As an aside, I did not assume anything except use of an example. I also doubt that Lar is expressing sympathy, but rather a deep seated fear that some of us folk may harbor of the loss of an ability. It is a personal fear of mine that some (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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I understood I just wanted to clarify in general. -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Aaron West" <maniac@netwebb.com> wrote in message news:GBrL2t.Lnw@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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(...) Not to worry, I didn't take it that way. But it did, to me, reinforce the old maxim about walking a mile in the other guy's shoes before complaining. Where I am going is: These are all valid pet peeves, and it's good to surface them, and it's (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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"Thomas Main" <main@appstate.edu> wrote in message news:3AD75C4D.6F1164...ate.edu... SNIP (...) I absolutely hate this. I got suckered into buying a "big box of LEGO" only to find out that less than 1/4 of the box was actually LEGO. Plus, not only (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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(...) Pet hair is rather insidious stuff. I have two dogs, and I don't let them near my LEGO, but somehow I have little bits of dog hair in the bottoms of my sorting bins. :^P ~1st Lieutenant, Fleebnork Division Muffin Head (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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How's the appeal coming along? :) -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:B6FF043F.10208%...ink.com... (...) only (...) only (...) incredible (...) have (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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(...) I'm fortunate enough to have two toy consignment shops where I live. They both yield fantastic deals now and then, but I really get annoyed when I find non-Lego stuff like pennies, misc. action figure props, pet hair, pen caps, and other crud. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
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(...) Amen. You read my mind with your initial reply post Larry - Thanx. " I used to complain about not having any shoes; Until I met a man without any feet. " SRC StRuCtures L#765 (24 years ago, 21-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)
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