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Re: Lego pet peeve
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin
Date: 
Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:32:05 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Kenneth A. Drumm, Ph.D. writes:
>    What is your biggest Lego pet peeve?
>    It can be anything. Examples include but are not limited to:
> quality, Lego name misuse, stepping on bricks, cost,
> availability, not introducing sets all over at the same time(Bionicle)
> or whatever else you can think of.
> 
>    I'll start out with my Lego pet peeve: dropping an element:
> I'm in a wheelchair, my legs don't work correctly and my back is
> fused in three places so I can barely bend over to do my shoes
> let alone pick up an element. I have to roll at least two feet away,
> crawl over, pick it up, crawl back, haul myself back into the chair
> and then roll back to where I was. Sure I have one of those
> grabber things but it don't work well on plush carpeting when you
> need to pick up a round 1x1 plate.
>    So that's my pet peeve. What's yours?
> --
> Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D.

Yikes... My peeve is the same, though for different reasons.

My LEGO area is in the unfinished portion of our basement - concrete floor,
etc. There are some tables I have set up for work and then all of the
storage shelves around that we keep everything on. I got a 6'x9' carpet at
Walmart to put under where I build because I live in fear of dropping a
brick and having it bounce its way off into oblivion on the concrete. It's
still possible and I have to crawl under the large desk that is my main
building surface now and again to get a stray 1x1 round plate or a tile that
decided the floor was a better location than the desktop. If there were
better access to some areas, I'd be less annoyed..  but I agree - dropping
pieces can be a big hassle.

Joel J



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  Lego pet peeve
 
What is your biggest Lego pet peeve? It can be anything. Examples include but are not limited to: quality, Lego name misuse, stepping on bricks, cost, availability, not introducing sets all over at the same time(Bionicle) or whatever else you can (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.bin)

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