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Re: Does this happen to you (when working on a new project)?
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Date: 
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 01:27:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes:
Hey all,

How many of you have noticed that your sense of the passage of time is
greatly distorted when you become involved with a new project?  For
instance, last Sunday night around 11:30 pm, I wanted to spend "just a few
minutes" messing with the cockpit before going to bed.  When I next looked
up it was 2:30 AM!  I have to be at work at nine, and on Mondays I do a
double shift!  *insert Homer Simpson "D'OH!" sound*

Does this happen to you?

Dave

I used to pull "surprise" overnighters on a regular basis.  Then my wife
started to feel neglected.  I took a quick look at my priorities and no
longer do Lego stuff overnight.  It wasn't a planed thing, I would simply
start something and just couldn't stop!



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  Does this happen to you (when working on a new project)?
 
Hey all, After sorting my ISD into my collection, I started my most ambitous (or foolish, depending on the outcome!) project yet; making a Gunstar from "The Last Starfighter" (excellent pics of the ship here: (URL) I even had the chutzpah to think I (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)

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