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The following was posted to RTL in response to some threads discussing Adult's playing with LEGO and I finish with my `New LEGO Philosophy' I hope you enjoy it... I too have just recently reappeared after my dark age. I had lots of great sets during (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You know it!!! I think one of the main reasons it took me so long to come out of my dark ages was a fear of what people would think about me buying LEGO. Now when a cashier says something like "Someone's going to have a happy birthday" I just (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If I ever get around to actually selling my car and buying a '92 Honda Civic hatchback, I think I'll make that as a bumper sticker. ^_^ Kya (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:46:09 GMT, Ian Sinclair uttered the following profundities... (...) I usually get responses along the lines of "aren't you sad, playing with toys." I respond "who's more sad, me, playing with toys, harming no one, or you, with (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) when I get negative remarks about my Lego obsession, I often respond with a varient of one of the following, depending on whether the person I'm talking to seems human or not. <friendly> "It's cheaper and safer than smoking/drinking/doing (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yikes!! If I spent as much on any of those as I spend on LEGO toys, I'd certainly be dead by now... <grin> JohnG (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) i use this one... a lot. :-) (...) and i'll start using this one... often! (...) actually most people seem rather charmed when they encounter my lego passion. although, being an artist, i'm expected to have eccentricities. the only people in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Ack ! Its huntin season here right now. Everyones tunin up ther guns. :) I wish Lego made a Game & Wildlife Management police set. Ray (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) [SNIP!] (...) When I was a teenager, if my Mom and I were on a shopping trip, she'd often buy me a LEGO set. Every once in awhile, a clerk would sneer at me as if it were a stupid thing to be buying for a person my age. My Mom would quickly (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's similar to my answer except I leave out the "cheaper" as LEGO is expensive in NZ. My favourite trick is going up to a shop counter with a $NZ150 ($US75) set and pointing to the cover and say I'm buying it for me for this one part I need (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's a neat idea Allan. Do you have any photos? I might have to copy that.. :-) <ICS> (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's a neat idea Allan. Do you have any photos? I might have to copy that.. :-) <ICS> Check out (URL) under Town News then Vehicle Sightings for pictures of my car with personallised plate, my work van company name changed to LEGO, and 2 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I like it. Very neat. I like the LEGO van too... Is that a digitally modified van, or did you get a magnetic LEGO sign for fun trips? <ICS> (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Laura- Next time you see your mom, give her a great big hug and thank her for encouraging you. During one of my husband's internships, he worked with a female engineer from Sweden who was *beaten* by her father when she tried to play with Lego as a (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Beth, I am happy to see she rebelled against her father. Becoming an engineer after a childhood like that is an accomplishment. <ICS> You need a license to own a dog, but anyone can have children. (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) LOL That one's great. ^_^ Reminds me of that vacuum ad with the minifig looking piece of plastic riding around on the inside of the vacuum on a motorcycle. Kya (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I thought "LEGO Building Services" accurately described my hobby. (...) It was a cardboard sign given to me that just covered the company name. It was stuck with Blu-Tack to the van for the photo. ...Allan (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I find that as an adult Lego enthusiast I have much more joy and freedom in this hobby than I did as an adolescent. Perhaps it is because I am now at ease with myself. I know who I am and what I enjoy, and I am far far less concerned about (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yah -- I can see the hunter minifig accessory pack. Three orange-draped rifle-toting hicks with rifles, two more in camoflage and weilding military-grade automatic weapons, one doe in good condition; and several bucks, cows, horses, cats, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think I'll put a sticker on my mom's vacuum cleaner: I 8 LEGO Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hmmm.... I've been reading this thread, and suddenly I'm having flashbacks of a time, I would have been in my late teens, where I too would sneak around the toy section, hoping no one would see me there. I would let my own self doubt interfere with (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) LOL! That's hilarious. You should make it a license plate-ish sticker and then I'm sure others would be interested in them too for their own vacuum cleaners. You could have a hot seller here.. -Tim (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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I have been gradually getting away from most retail purchases, I buy a lot of stuff, including a vast amount of LEGO items, from the internet (Unless there is a good sale!). One of the reasons of that is the cashiers and the looks and the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) "Yessir? Water balloons, sir." );^) -John (...) (25 years ago, 8-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) Those be some pretty funny shaped waterballoons!!! ;-) Tamy (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) :) I printed one of these out (with the 8 drawn as an eight-ball). I haven't taped it to the vacuum yet--I'm waiting until no one is looking. Steve (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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