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Re: Lego pet peeve
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 17 Apr 2001 01:17:34 GMT
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"Scott E. Sanburn" <ssanburn@cleanweb.net> wrote in message
news:002101c0c44d$cb7bfbc0$52d41f26@default...
> To All,
> 
> > My pet peeve is the fact that sometimes my hands are too big for LEGO. I • often
> > have to be careful that the strength of ny own grip doesn't squeeze and
> > "implode" a model in progress.
> 
> Biggest Lego pet peeve? I have a few, let's see here:
> 
> 1) Knowing you have a part, and not knowing where it is: (Sorted, unsorted
> box, set perhaps?!?!)
That's got to be my absolute biggest pet peeve!!!!!!

> 2) Buying sets in a store, getting all those weird looks, explaining for • the
> millionth time about your LEGO collecting
> 3) Packing them!!!!
> 4) Dropping LEGO on dark carpet, not finding it for days
> 5) Dropping models in transit (Train show, storage area, etc.)
> 6) Missing out on S@H Specials
> 7) Models imploding while you work on them
> 
> Ah yes, the red box car from 4542 (?) Work & Haul Railroad, with the Light
> Gray boxcar doors. I was building it, and I could not put the doors on
> correctly, and imploded it about a dozen times, grrr!!!!!!!!

I'd like to add one more to the list:  when your white bricks change over to
that puke cream color, YUCK!!!  Seen that happen with my 8600's Technic sets
and some of my Model Team.
> Ah, the love of the brick has some bad things, but I am rather fond of it
> regardless! : )
> 
> Scott "Almost ready to go" S.
> --
> Member, MichLUG, MLTC: http://www.michlug.org
> LEGO Index Page: • http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html
> Personal Page: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/index.html
> 
> 



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To All, (...) often (...) Biggest Lego pet peeve? I have a few, let's see here: 1) Knowing you have a part, and not knowing where it is: (Sorted, unsorted box, set perhaps?!?!) 2) Buying sets in a store, getting all those weird looks, explaining for (...) (26 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)

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