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Re: An evening with Larry Pieniazek.
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:19:04 GMT
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John Neal wrote:
> Gary Istok wrote:
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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 in the newsgroups. He was very
> > pleasant and friendly.
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> We're talking about *Larry Pieniazek*, right? <ducks slow right, runs>
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> > 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).
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> I hope he didn't sucker you into playing Foosball. Crafty one, he is;-)
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> > 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.
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> 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?:-)
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> -John
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> > Gary Istok
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 Koesel, they've all met me.
The only thing that I can say about myself (with any degree of humility) is
that I have a great sense of humor.
Gary Istok
P.S. My all time favorite conceited line: "I cannot abide people who think
they are better than everyone else. It makes it that much harder for those of
us who really are."
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| (...) I can vouch for Gary, he is a great guy, and I am glad I got to meet him. Gary, we should have some sort of Lego get together again, I had a blast the first time! Scott S. (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) We're talking about *Larry Pieniazek*, right? <ducks slow right, runs> (...) I hope he didn't sucker you into playing Foosball. Crafty one, he is;-) (...) I remember the first time I met him as well. Quite different than "knowing" him from (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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