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Re: Yeah baby (was: allow myself to introduce....myself)
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Mon, 5 Aug 2002 06:18:14 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Allister McLaren writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Scott Kirton writes:
Hi Allister and Scott !
> > 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.
Stop lurking and start posting, all you lurkers out there.
Go along to a local meeting and get involved.
> > 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).
I had to read that last sentence twice...hmmm.
The thirty-something parent with a long dark age gets double satisfaction,
re-discovering Lego and sharing it.
> 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 :^)
Second hand lots are always interesting, fragments of a sibling or other
relatives collections leaving clues.
> 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.
Ouch !
> 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.
Maybe I should have finished architecture. (:^(
> 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.
The standard BSB is a most worthy build. Using the PASA (plates at strange
angles) construction technique.
Possible BSB variants:-
The Black Seams Barracuda - a coal transporter.
The Black Seeds Barracuda - Nick Cave's displeasure cruiser.
The Black Seats Barracuda - ATSIC HQ, moored on Lake Burley Griffin.
The Black Bean Barracuda - floating Chinese restaurant.
The Black Seals Barracuda - for nightclubbers.
The Lack Seas Barracuda - in permanent drydock.
(The Black Sieves Barracuda - resting at the bottom of the harbour).
The Black Teas Barracuda - for crews with dairy allergies.
The Black ack ack Seas Barracuda - anti-aircraft weapons platform.
pete.W(hite House Barramundi)
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| (...) It's the non-Lego stuff in there that piques my curiosity. We fould a rifle bullet in this lot. (...) Actually it's not that bad. I didn't have a real big collection - it fit in one 4l ice-cream tub, and my 857 motorbike and sidecar is still (...) (23 years ago, 5-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) 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 :^) (...) (...) (23 years ago, 4-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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