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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> James Brown wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.general, Steve Campbell writes:
> > > 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.
>
> And Gary's pretty neat, kind gentle, smart, etc. Not what I expected a
> mainframe programmer to be like <grins, ducks and runs> at all.
>
> > > > snip
> > >
> > > You know, a lot of us don't have that kind of opportunity. I mean, sure,
> > > more power to Gary and all but I don't think i need my nose rubbed in it.
> > >
> > > "I got to play with Larry and none of you did, nyah nyah,"
> > >
> > > I think you should have just kept it to yourself.
> > >
> > > Unless you could come up with a plan that would give us ALL access to
> > > Larry in the future. Like maybe if we could call up Larry and order as
> > > much of Larry as we want. But of course THAT won't happen any time soon
> > > as Larry moves toward more seniorization.
> >
> > I don't think that's being entirely fair. I don't think we can get mad at
> > Gary just because he took advantage of an opportunity that came his way. I
> > think the real target of your ire should be Larry himself, for not providing
> > that opportunity for anyone. I mean, it's not like we wouldn't take him out
> > to dinner too - no one's looking for a free Larry here - but since the rest of
> > us have access restricted to what we can get from the newsgroups and e-mail,
> > it's really the way that Larry runs his time that is to blame. And as long as
> > Larry remains private, there's not really a lot of say that the rest of us
> > have. All we can do is continue to gripe, and hope that someday Larry wakes
> > up and starts offering a bulk time ordering service.
>
> OK, OK, it (a time ordering service) is on my list of webpage
> enhancements. Right after the live webcam to give realtime updates of
> how big the pile of unsorted pieces in my basement is.
>
> All kidding aside, Gary has some really really neat stuff. And a lot of
> his buildings just are not done justice by pictures. The pictures make
> you go "Wow!" but seeing it in the flesh makes you faint dead away.
>
> Dunno when I will get scans up, but some of what I took pictures of is
> of historic interest (Gary's Junior constructor, WITH dividers, original
> instructions, and the actual cellulose acetate house that the set
> builds, all his different original windows, his parts accessory boxes)
> some is new never before seen buildings, and some is of interest to see
> how things change (he re-engineered the yellow/blue town hall, it got
> bigger!).
>
> Gary is doing things like using 375 (yellow castle) boxes and other
> rare/valuable boxes for storing pieces in! I told him he probably could
> sell off the box(es) and buy a BUNCH of bins instead.
>
> Problem is, Gary's house isn't really well set up to have scads of
> people over, it's almost as disorganized downstairs as mine is. So I got
> pretty lucky to be able to slot in and see it all.
>
> --
> Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com http://my.voyager.net/lar
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Thanks Lar. Glad you liked my buildings.
And I wasn't trying to rub anyone else's nose in this. You've encountered a lot of
bad press here in the newsgroups lately, and I just wanted to make it plain to
anyone who hasn't met you personally that you're much better in person than you are
in print (heh-heh).
Now for getting some bins to put my spare parts into. Then I can have a major
Box/Catalog sale. I may even put a few sets back together for sale (148, 149, 396,
455, 760, 6075, 6390) since the contents/stickers have never been played with.
Gary Istok
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| (...) erm.... you DID realise that whole line of discussion was a bit of a spoof (of me ripping Sanjay for having special access to TLG) right? All in good fun (I *think*). (...) Wow, that IS faint praise. :-) Kind of like "this hammer doesn't hurt (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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| (...) And Gary's pretty neat, kind gentle, smart, etc. Not what I expected a mainframe programmer to be like <grins, ducks and runs> at all. (...) OK, OK, it (a time ordering service) is on my list of webpage enhancements. Right after the live (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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