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Re: Allow myself to indroduce... myself
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Sun, 4 Aug 2002 19:58:13 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Allister McLaren writes:
> Hello,
Hi Allister! and welcome :) *yay another Brisbanite*
> I'd like to introduce myself to the Australian Lego community.
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> My name, as you have probably already worked out, is Allister Mclaren. I've
> just recently come out of the 'dark ages' as I've seen them referred to,
> when I was searching for some Lego CAD software and stumbled across LDraw
> and consequently Lugnet.
You have much more stumbling to do yet :)
> What have I been doing all these years?!
I wake up every morning and think that.
> I was very much into Lego as a child, but lost interest in about 1983. I
> remember at about the age of ten reading the 'for ages 7-12' thing on the
> boxes of set and hoping that I wouldn't lose interest at the age of 12, but
> for some reason I did. I watched the contents of the Lego shelves after
> that, but never felt the urge to purchase. Of course, I'm kicking myself now
> missing out on all those years of some outstanding sets, but there you go.
>
> A bit about myself. I'm 33 years old, currently work as a process
> engineering draftsman on the CAR project here in Brisbane. I live in lovely
> Wynnum By The Sea with my good wife Mary, a four y.o (Dougal), a 6 m.o.
> (Patrick), and a labrador (Gaspode). It's partly Dougal's reaching 4 that
> has prompted my new interest in Lego.
I also have two boys (3 & 6) and a lab (cross) ;) but she's a very new and
sick puppy right now :(
> I've been furiously re-establishing a collection in the last few months, and
> it's getting there, even though the parts are a little old and scratched.
> I'm awed by the creations I've been looking at on Lugnet, and inspiration is
> almost becoming impossible to contain. Some of the ways I've seen Lego being
> used is truly awesome.
>
> My interests as a child were predominantly in the Space and Town themes (I
> mourn the loss of my 924 set to this day), and that is carrying over to this
> day with most of my ideas being for spaceships (stay tuned for the Black
> Space Barracuda). I really like what Lego are doing with the Star Wars
> license, by the way. I LOVE my UCS X-Wing I got on the recent K-Mart sale
> (what a mine of parts - the urge to break it up is getting to me)
>
> Anyway, I hope to catch up with the Brisbane group soon. In fact I've been
> conversing with Kerry (whom I know from the Bikeqld email list), and now
> that the weekend's rennovating has been cancelled (what a shame :) ) I may
> even make it to the meet on Sunday (can't promise at this stage). Aaron: if
> you could email me the details at mailto:allistermclare@bigpond.com, or
> phone me on (07) 3393 5627 I'll do my best to get there. From what I've seen
> in the reports on the website it looks like a lot of fun. Wee Dougal's gonna
> love your fire engines.
*sorry guys I couldn't make it... my new puppy Legolas was very ill and we
thought we almost lost her that morning, so a quick visit to get her checked
out and get her better was in order (sorry to Kerry who came all ths way to
get me =/ ). But I will be there at the next meet! for sure =P*
The next meet will be at my new house :) In September... at this present
stage its mid September... http://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=9173
> Cheers to you all,
And to you... hope to see you at the next meet...
>
> Allister
Mel (who is crossing fingers her new puppy comes home feeling much better today)
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| (...) Thank Mel. (...) And some. I've seen a lot of Lego on the internet in the last couple of months, and impressed by pretty much all of it. In fact I blame my browsing through brickshelf for the house full of garage sale Lego I now have laying (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Hello, I'd like to introduce myself to the Australian Lego community. My name, as you have probably already worked out, is Allister Mclaren. I've just recently come out of the 'dark ages' as I've seen them referred to, when I was searching for some (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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