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Re: Yeah baby (was: allow myself to introduce....myself)
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Sun, 4 Aug 2002 23:43:47 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Scott Kirton writes:
> Hi Allister,
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> I am a newsgroup lurker who has been spurred into posting in response to
> your introduction. For a while there I thought you were writing about me.
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> For example : I'm 33, married with 2 kids, age 5 and 2, mortgage (in
> Coorparoo), dark age from age 12-31, lego renaissance catalysed by young
> son. Loved classic space lego, like all 11 year old boys in 1980, and now
> love my Milennium Falcon. Did have a dog, but had to send her to Doggy
> Heaven (no, she was not put down, we gave her to a pet food wholesaler).
Eerie.
I found some Classic Space minifigs in a tub of jambalaya I picked up last
week, not to mention the 2 4x1 blue bricks with LL918 on it and lots of CS
logo bricks (woohoo). I've got a suspicion that there's a 6950 in there too :^)
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> It seems from reading other posts that a large proportion of AFOL's are
> people who have rediscovered the joy of building thing's (and let's face it,
> smashing things apart) after digging out their old lego collections for
> their children.
Unfortunately I'm having to start from scratch. I left my childhood
collection with my first wife for when our son grew up. Long story.
I've been working as a piping draftsman for a few years now. The software we
use is much like a Lego set. Lot's of components to pick from - put them
together in a multitude of ways. It was only a matter of time before I
returned to The Brick.
> Now I'm guilty of buying my 5 year old son many sets that
> are far too advanced for him - still, I get to build them, and I am
> investing in his future lego collection.
My wife reckons I'll put Dougal off Lego by simply overwhelming him with too
much. I doubt it myself. He likes playing with the things we build,
eventually, when he starts building, he'll appreciate a good supply of Lego.
Apparently he said to my wife the other day 'You can't have too much Lego'.
I wonder where he heard that? ;^)
> The best thing about being an AFOL is being able to get the really big sets
> that mum and dad couldn't afford all those years ago. Unfortunately there's
> also no-one to say "no" so spending can get a bit out of hand.
Don't you have a wife? Mine's pretty good at saying 'no'. Then again she is
reasonably understanding with garage sale purchases, and don't even get me
started about eBay.
> Alas, I do not have an engineering bent, as my sad and unstable attempts at
> space vehicles can attest, but the amazing Tolkien-inspired creations of Jon
> Furman (brickshelf) have inspired me. My lego LOTR chess set is almost
> complete, and after then who knows - Minas Tirith?
Actually I think my engineering and design bent came about because of a
childhood swamped in Lego, not the other way around. The basics of structual
engineering can be summed up in one sentence: If it isn't strong enough,
beef it up. The trick in the real world is to figure this out before you
build it. With Lego this isn't so critical - you can build it and beef it up
as needs must.
My plans for the Black Space Barracuda are slowly forming in my mind. I want
to build the actual Black Seas Barracuda first, though, so it might be a
while before I get around to solidifying it.
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> Cheers,
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> Scott Kirton
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> P.S. Allister, what is the CAR project, and do you know Kent Lyons?
CAR = Comalco Alumina Refinery. It's being built in Gladstone as we speak.
Kent Lyons? The name rings a bell. Tall chap? Glasses, goatee and gingerish
hair? If that's him, I don't think he's on the project any more.
Allister
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| (...) Gee that place must be a hive of activity. We're building the Magnesium Smelter for AMC up there fairly soon. I'm told I'll have some involvement in that project, though yet to see to what level ~ and whether that means an opportunity to go up (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Hi Allister and Scott ! (...) Stop lurking and start posting, all you lurkers out there. Go along to a local meeting and get involved. (...) I had to read that last sentence twice...hmmm. The thirty-something parent with a long dark age gets (...) (22 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Hi Allister, I am a newsgroup lurker who has been spurred into posting in response to your introduction. For a while there I thought you were writing about me. For example : I'm 33, married with 2 kids, age 5 and 2, mortgage (in Coorparoo), dark age (...) (22 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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