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Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:13:05 GMT
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Gary Istok wrote:
> Larry Pieniazek was in the Detroit metro area yesterday, and stopped by
> for the evening. After reading all of his posts, as well as the flamage
> going his way, I didn't know what to expect. Well, he was quite unlike
> that tough exterior that he shows in the newsgroups. He was very
> pleasant and friendly.
We're talking about *Larry Pieniazek*, right? <ducks slow right, runs>
> We spent the evening talking about any of the rest of you that he has
> met in the past, looking at photo's of the GMLTC (wow!), and just LEGO
> in general. And then we rummaged thru my Lego collection. He brought
> his camera, and was just snapping away. Of course I was somewhat
> embarrased, since I am about 200,000 pieces behind in sorting. Anyway I
> took him on a tour of the Samsonite sets, the Architectural sets, the
> European parts packs, and my "inventory". He took a few photos of some
> of my (yet to be seen) buildings such as the Neo-Gothic Fire Station,
> two of my movie palaces, and some of my medieval buildings (including
> the finished facade of the New Cathedral). I gave him a bunch of old
> stuff from my inventory (I won't bore you with all the details) and he
> gave me a Maersk truck, God bless him. There were some stuff I had
> that he hadn't seen since he was a kid in the 60's. I let him check out
> some of the old catalogs and Idea Books as well. He took me out to
> dinner, and we discussed the future of Lego (bulk sales, the direction
> of the company, etc).
I hope he didn't sucker you into playing Foosball. Crafty one, he is;-)
> I'm sure that he's still absorbing everthing that he saw last night, and
> that we'll be doing some trades (Shell embossed signage?) in the future.
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> All in all, a great evening with Lar.
I remember the first time I met him as well. Quite different than
"knowing" him from his posts. Hmm, I wonder what it's like to know you in
person Gary?:-)
-John
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> Gary Istok
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 | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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| (...) I'm no where near as absurdly difficult in real person, as I appear in print (heh-heh). No actually I'm not much different in person than how I appear in print. At least that's how I think I am? I dunno, ask Lar or Scott Sandburn or Mark (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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| Well Larry, if you ever make it to Seattle dinner will be my treat (especially if you bring a Maersk Container set!). You can show me a lot about trains and I'll show you a thing or two about foosball! Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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| (...) Had to laugh when I started reading this thread. I must stress that the following is just my evil mind working overtime, and does not reflect on Larry or anyone else (I've not met anyone on lugnet anyway apart from Chris Dee, who seems a nice (...) (25 years ago, 1-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Larry Pieniazek was in the Detroit metro area yesterday, and stopped by for the evening. After reading all of his posts, as well as the flamage going his way, I didn't know what to expect. Well, he was quite unlike that tough exterior that he shows (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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