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Re: Lego pet peeve
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin
Date: 
Fri, 13 Apr 2001 23:50:59 GMT
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    I didn't mean this as a way to garner
sympathy for my condition.
    I just used it as an explanation to the
obvious "why is bending and picking it
up a peeve for you?" question.
--
Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D.

"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:GBqu94.Mxn@lugnet.com...
<snip>
Mine is dropping elements too. But somehow my having to bend down to
scrabble around for an element when it skitters away... somehow it just
doesn't seem all that bad any more.

++Lar



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  Re: Lego pet peeve
 
(...) As an aside, I did not assume anything except use of an example. I also doubt that Lar is expressing sympathy, but rather a deep seated fear that some of us folk may harbor of the loss of an ability. It is a personal fear of mine that some (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)
  Re: Lego pet peeve
 
(...) Not to worry, I didn't take it that way. But it did, to me, reinforce the old maxim about walking a mile in the other guy's shoes before complaining. Where I am going is: These are all valid pet peeves, and it's good to surface them, and it's (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-01, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Lego pet peeve
 
(...) Mine is dropping elements too. But somehow my having to bend down to scrabble around for an element when it skitters away... somehow it just doesn't seem all that bad any more. ++Lar (24 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)

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