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Re: Newbie no longer lurking / test post
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In lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.har, Patrick O'Donnell writes:
Hello Jim,

I welcome hearing from you.  I too was on a mini vacation with my wife and
daughter.  Left Saturday morning to D.C. and spent that night only minutes
from the Potomac Mills Mall.  The highlight of the trip for me was to the
Lego Outlet Store there.  It was my first time there and I only made a "few
token purchases" as my wife was present to remind me of the ISD arriving a
few weeks earlier as well as Christmas being only a few days away.  I hope
she was just discouraging me from possibly duplicating what she aready has
for me to open Christmas morning.:)  We got back from the Staunton, VA area
earlier this afternoon.


The Outlet store is very nice place to visit!  Did you happen to stop by the
customer service Desk in the Mall and ask about their discount booklet?  You
can get one free if you are from out of town.  In the Booklet is a 10% off
coupon for the Outlet Store.

To answer your question above; I'm pretty much into town and trains.  I hope
to soon start a train layout in my basement.  Hopefully I'll build a bridge
that will carry the trains across the room.  I'll need more building
material before that can happen though, but with no real bulk tubs on the
market I may wait a bit yet.  While it may have been the highlight of my
trip, I was also disappointed that the oulet store had no bulk packs other
than shallow red roof tiles.  In addition to what's on my set inventory, I
have several 18 gallon Rubbermaid totes of the basic bricks (1x1 - 1x8, 2x2
- 2x12) and not anything else.  Although they won't work well with my
planned train layout, I also go for the Star Wars sets.  I'm much more into
Star Trek than Star Wars, but find the uniqueness of Star Wars sets very
appealing.  I hope LEGO puts as much energy into trains in the future as
they do with Star Wars.  I can see it going a long way.  I mean, look at all
the incredible MOC's dealing with trains.  I could never create anywhere
near the likes of many of those MOC's.  Intricate creativity, time, and
materials are my main prohibators.  I'm pretty much at the mercy at what
LEGO releases, and even then I have only put together half of the sets I've
acquired.  My other hobbies of bicycling and bridging tend to get in the
way.  I'll probably have to take a week vacation to just put together the
ISD.  As for the near future, I'm off again tomorrow and plan to put
together my Super Chief so that it will be ready to go when Santa brings
those passenger cars.  I just hope the in-laws won't think I'm being rude by
being scarce later on Christmas day as I'll be building those passenger
cars, but then again they should be used to that by now.

Well I hop Santa brings you lots of nice goodies!!!

Enough about me.  What are your interests?  What have you created that you
are most proud of?

My interests cover the entire span of Lego products.  I am mainly a
space/castle nut, but I enjoy all aspects of Lego creations.  Through Larry,
my interest in trains is growing.  As far as creations, please check out my
brickshelf gallery:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=jfoulds

I'd enjoy hearing more about the AFOL's in our area.

Earlier this year, I had thoughts of having a get together, but life and
work crushed that idea.  Work has begun to lighten up once again, so perhaps
a get together is needed to properly introduce everyone.

I wish you a happy holiday season.

Same to you and your family!

Merry Christmas,
  Jim F.



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In lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.har, Jim Foulds writes (...) Hello Jim, I welcome hearing from you. I too was on a mini vacation with my wife and daughter. Left Saturday morning to D.C. and spent that night only minutes from the Potomac Mills Mall. The (...) (22 years ago, 23-Dec-02, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.har)

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