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Subject: 
Re: AFOLs - The comic!
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lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org
Date: 
Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:34:09 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.org[AvoidSpam]
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Steve Runnels <steve@livethenow.com> wrote:
Oh, give me a break. People taking this, or for that matter ANY, issue *so*
seriously is starting to make me rethink *my* wanting to be a part of this
HOBBY. This HOBBY with TOYS.

Well, sure -- that's exactly why it hits so hard. If something's just a
"day job", and some bureaucratic change causes disruption, one can easily
shrug and say, "oh well, it's not like it's anything that *matters*". But
seriously disrupt something into which one puts a huge amount of
extracurricular energy -- creative artistic endeavors, epic masterpieces,
or just little after-work toying around -- the effect goes deeper.



--
Matthew Miller           mattdm@mattdm.org        <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux      ------>                <http://linux.bu.edu/>



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(...) LEGO is a major matter to me. However, building with LEGO is all about the limitations. If I was out to make the absolute best, most detailed, accurate model of something, why not do it from scratch? Kit-bashing, soldering, etc... So, now I (...) (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org)

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  Re: AFOLs - The comic!
 
(...) Oh, give me a break. People taking this, or for that matter ANY, issue *so* seriously is starting to make me rethink *my* wanting to be a part of this HOBBY. This HOBBY with TOYS. --SteveR (21 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org, FTX)

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