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Re: Finding Lego
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Date: 
Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:44:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.general, Geordan Hankinson writes:
> 
> > It's funny how I always seem to find Lego and not little army men or things
> > like that, It's always Lego! But I'm not complaning!
> 
> I think there is a definite tendency to "notice what we have/like"... I know
> with respect to automobiles, I tend to notice how many Durangos there are
> because we own one but hardly ever notice Explorers or Suburbans...
> 
> So your pattern recognising brain might not be seeing the other stuff as
> clearly. :-) What do others think?

I've noticed this myself - cars I like, Firestone tires ;) but it also works
the other way around - things I actively dislike I notice greatly as well.

Faster recognition is why I sort by color... looking at a k8 full of things I
can easily "filter" everything else out and focus on a given color...

I find pattern recognition quite interesting, especially how different people
view the same objects, patterns or textures.



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  Re: Finding Lego
 
(...) Yes definitely, I recently drew a portrait of myself in a art class, I think it looks almost exactly like me, but my family and friends think that it looks like some pudgy faced 8 year old! (I'm 14) People definitley see different thing s in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Finding Lego
 
(...) An interesting note... Still holding over from my childhood sorting system, my lego is in vast need of a resort. (As is everyones) Constantly I spend most of my time shuffling through a bin for parts I need (having found 3 of the 4 I need) and (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Finding Lego
 
(...) I think there is a definite tendency to "notice what we have/like"... I know with respect to automobiles, I tend to notice how many Durangos there are because we own one but hardly ever notice Explorers or Suburbans... So your pattern (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)

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