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Re: Was the last one really a year ago?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 7 May 2001 05:59:27 GMT
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Thought of the day - Judging by the post number of the last one, we have
attained nearly 5000 posts in a year!!
Thought I would also chip in, so here goes:
Name: John Porter
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: A bit more than my shoe size / wishing
there was room to get its' LEGO out of storage
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
E-mail Address: eportejc.ttg@tvi.tafe.sa.edu.au
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: Single
Children: No
Occupation: Student (Nearly finished) / Market Researcher
On Lugnet Since: first post Dec 2000; visiting before then
No. of Sets in LEGO Collection: Too many. Hang on.... One can never have
too many sets :) But, lost count after 200 sets.
No. of Unopened Sets in Collection: not as many as my opened sets (approx. 25?)
No. of LEGO Pieces: I lost count after 20,000 (see response to No. of sets
in collection)
No. of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: What's a LEGO theme park?
No. of LEGO fests atteneded: What's a LEGO fest?
First LEGO Set: <set:6610> Gas Pumps.
LEGO Dark Age: More a grey age (still got the catalogues and occasional
sets, especially Shell Promo), 95-00
First Set after Dark Age: New: <set:3404> Black Bus 2nd Hand: <set:622_1>
Tipper Truck and <set:6679_1> Dark Shark
Favourite Theme(s): Town, Trains
Favourite Set(s): <set:7740> Electric Inter-city train set, 12 V
Favourite Own Creation: Haven't done any MOCs
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Don't really have one
Set/theme you would like to see: 9V Trains with all the R/C options of 12V
(e.g. points, level crossing, signals) (But staying with 9V for the
reliability). Or anything that is *only* available in Oz. Also the return
of proper town (NOT town Jr.)
Current LEGO Project: As said earlier, I haven't done any MOCs
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Public Transport, trains (real and model),
reading, playing games on PC, watching TV
In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
> Ferreting through the histroy of loc.au I found a roll call stamped
> 17May2000. It's been a while, people have come and gone and the GST has made
> life just that little more interesting. Anyways I thought I'd resurrect the
> form and toss it out for everyone to asnwer. If replying to this is your
> first post (and please do reply if you are lurking) then welcome!
> Otherwise for the oldies, let us know what's new.
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> James (who probably qualifies as an oldie, oh dear.)
> P.S. the last roll call thread is
> http://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=646
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> Name: James Howse
> Gender: Yes
> Year of Birth: 1976
> Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: lagging body age by three/In the Lego isle
> Location: Macquarie Uni, Sydney
> E-mail Address: jehowse@yahoo.com
> LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/jehowse
> Marital Status: Only missing the jewelry
> Children: Nope
> Occupation: Graduating Soon, BSc
> On Lugnet Since: first post June 99
> # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots.
> # of Unopened Sets in Collection: What's an unopened set?
> # of LEGO Pieces: um lots? (or is that not enough)
> # of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: What's a LEGO theme park?
> # of LEGO fests atteneded: 8 I think.
> First LEGO Set: Something Duploish I'd reckon.
> LEGO Dark Age: More a grey age (still got the catalogues an the odd set), 92-96
> First Set after Dark Age: <set:6175> more in the middle of the grey it's the
> first set I remember purchasing as an adult.
> Favorite Theme(s): Castle/Ninja, Star Wars, Trains, Adventurers
> Favorite Set(s): <set:8002> Destroyer Droid, <set:6876> Alienator
> Favourite Own Creation: Thunderbird 1 minifig scale
> Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The chrome knights; The welshishish Xth
> Set/theme you would like to see: An Australian exclusive set.
> Other than that, a properly done 'Outback" theme. Maybe some real trains.
> The return of pirate hulls (and pirates), and I thought I'd be stuck
> answering this one...
> Current LEGO Project: 01-Sword of Alexander, first landing craft of the
> Welshishish Xth Legion
> Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I was once kicked out of a buildig contest for
> being too old.
> Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, RTS games, trivia.
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| Hmm John sounds a lot like someone I know..ME! I miss my 7740 now that I've moved to Melbourne. The only Lego I have with me are the minifig replica's of my g/f and myself. And the Lego Easter Egg pack that she got me for Easter. Haven't opened that (...) (24 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Ferreting through the histroy of loc.au I found a roll call stamped 17May2000. It's been a while, people have come and gone and the GST has made life just that little more interesting. Anyways I thought I'd resurrect the form and toss it out for (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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