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Subject:	Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general
Date:	Fri, 14 Jul 2000 17:35:34 GMT
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Kevin, > Part of growing up is learning how to march to the beat of your own drum. > If you realize that there is actually noting at all wrong with you > purchasing LEGO (with or without your mom), you should have no problem. > If you find yourself worrying about what other people think of your • purchases, > remind yourself that it's your life you are making decisions about, not theirs. > If that's not enough, think about all the st00pid purchases that adults • make > (like an oversize SUV as a commuter vehicle). I doubt anyone (besides • your > parents of course) has any ground to stand on when it comes to 'dissing' > your purchase of LEGO. Funny how with one sentence you say you should not worry about what other people think about purchases, and then in the next sentence, you are worried about other people's purchases. " st00pid purchases that adults make (like an oversize SUV as a commuter vehicle). I own a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban, I love it, and I would not trade it for the world. It is my choice, just as it is my choice to buy LEGO products. If you don't like it, fine. Calling SUV purchases "stupid" is just as bad as calling buying LEGO "stupid". It is called market forces. FUT off.topic.debate, but I won't be there. Scott S. -- Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> http://www.aeieng.com LEGO Page -> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3372/legoindex.html Want LEGO Parts at Great Prices? Visit The Sanburn Systems Company! http://www.sanburnsystems.com

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		Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
(...) Well, you're right. However I will say that I wish we hadn't gotten our Durango, it's a gashog, and I'd rather have spent the extra gas money on something else. Getting Josette to drive the Stratus (which get 35 mpg driven correctly) is a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)

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(...) He did state using a SUV as a "commuter" was stupid. I'd tend to agree. Of course I drive an hour to work, so 15 MPG won't work for me 'cause I don't get paid that much. Also I want to blame those types of vehicles for why our gas prices have (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)

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Scott, (...) I agree people who purchase such vehicles though, well within their rights, are selfish and ignorant. Not the normal kind of ignorance, but a willful ignorance of the true cost of such vehicles. The US does not fight wars in the mideast (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)

		Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
(...) I see nothing wrong SUVs. People are just complaining because they are so big, and they use poor gas mileage as a "side excuse" when the fact is the average gas mileage of an SUV is going up and the biggest gas-guzzlers in the country are all (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
Part of growing up is learning how to march to the beat of your own drum. If you realize that there is actually noting at all wrong with you purchasing LEGO (with or without your mom), you should have no problem. If you find yourself worrying about (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)

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