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Subject:	New Civil Engineer - Lego vs Meccano debate
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch
Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:20:26 GMT
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It must be silly season... The publishers of New Civil Engineer have just emailed me to ask if I would like to contribute 300 words and a mug shot to their 'Debate' page. Normally this involves two eminent engineers making a stand on some thrilling engineering subject. Next week it may be one eminent engineer, and me, holding forth on whether Meccano or Lego is best used in schools to interest children in Civils. What have we wrought??? I have two problems. One is that I am away this weekend and they want the copy by Tuesday. I may be able to get a connection somewhere but I will be up a hill in Wales for most of the weekend. I'll post something soon for comment. (I am definitely going to need help here... please?) Second is that they want me as a representative of UKLUG. May I do this? Does anyone who posts to loc.uk object and if so should I not do it? I know there is no official structure and this may suggest to others that there is, would that be a problem? Any help gladly recieved. Psi

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		New Civil Engineer - Lego vs Meccano debate
You're about as representative as anybody else, as there's no organisation, so go for it. Of course, I retain the right to stone you to death with BURPs if I don't like what you say :-) 'course, if we've got an official representative, we might have (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)

		Re: New Civil Engineer - Lego vs Meccano debate
(...) <snip> (...) Simon, I quickly wrote down some thoughts and ideas for the 300 word debate. Please use this (use exact phrases if you like) if you find it useful: The use of LEGO bricks to demonstrate civil engineering concepts has many distinct (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)

		Re: New Civil Engineer - Lego vs Meccano debate
Further Fuel for debate Construction News wrote an article in which it says that On the Falkirk Wheel project, the guy who designed the mechanism arrived at a brainstorming session with "a model made from his son's Lego" to show how it would work! (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)

		Re: New Civil Engineer - Lego vs Meccano debate
(...) Damn, and I put 'UKAFOL' on all those badges... Well, you can represent me and call it 'UKLUG'. I must admit it sounds a bit more official. I agree with Thomas's points, but I have one to add myself. It's not just great for modelling real (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)

		Re: New Civil Engineer - Lego vs Meccano debate
Dear all. Thanks for your help. Here is the completed 300 words. They've kind of backed me into a corner by changing the question so it's back to being specifically about degree courses and I'm not as fiercely anti-Meccano in that arena but I've (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)

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