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Re: Newbie no longer lurking / test post
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Tue, 24 Dec 2002 17:30:26 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.har, Patrick O'Donnell writes:
> Hello Jim,
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> 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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