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Re: Dec 3 get-together report
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Tue, 5 Dec 2000 07:20:12 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.oh.col, Carolyn Cheney writes:
> Well, I had fun, but I must admit it would have been alot more fun with some
> more people. Just 3 adult Lego sorts (me, Steve Piehler, and Ben, the guy
> found by Jorge), my husband, 2 kids in addition to mine, and their mother
> who was rather amused that that there are other adults as crazy about Lego
> as I am. Now, she didn't decide that I might be normal after all, just that
> there are others equally crazy.
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> I didn't get around to pictures. The camera is still in a box somewhere
> (everything is still in a box somewhere). Steve and I did not have any of
> our own creations, so Ben's were the only ones to play with. He brought a
> diesel train engine that looked quite nice. It was eight wide and ran on
> regular wheels, since he doesn't have track. He isn't a train fanatic
> (yet). He also brought deceptively simple contructions some of which
> looked, at first glance, like cubes or whatever you call 3 dimensional
> shapes with rectangles for sides. The four sides were smooth and regular,
> but the top and bottoms have studs. One was a puzzle to disassmble. Another
> looked like a very simple ,but nice art piece, but after closer examination
> you realized it was quite cunningly crafted. Anyway, they were fun to look at.
> The kids played their version of brickwars with no dice (in a box
> somewhere)and had lots of fun until they had to quit because, in the word of
> my son, "Trudy (the other mother) was making them play fair."
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> So I had fun, but we do need to do this again when more people can come.
> I'll again volunteer my house, so does anyone have prefered dates?
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> Carolyn Cheney
Wish I could have been there to see it all first hand... Have we gotten Ben
talked into jumping online to join the Collective that is Lugnet, and maybe
show off his creations? Or is he already around I'm just silly and don't
realize it?
As for the next 'Fest, I don't think I could make it till January, after the
holiday insanity ends. Sundays will likely still be the best day as I don't
think I'll be off my shift by then though I hope to be. :)
Joel
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