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Re: What age does buying lego become embarrassing?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 14 Jul 2000 18:05:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Travis Quigley writes:
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> > > (like an oversize SUV as a commuter vehicle).
> >
> > 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).
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> > 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.
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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 gone up so much, hee-hee. That's just me.
> Travis
Travis, Many of us would agree with you. Driving in Los Angeles is complicated
enough without adding cumbersome, useless SUVs onto our freeways and city
streets. You can't see through them, or around them, and they tend to cut off
anything smaller than a school bus without any warning. Perhaps this is just my
experiences with them here in Los Angeles, but I feel the higher gas prices are
a blessing in disguise if the end result is the removal of these hazards from
the road.
Lego purchases are for pleasure only. Many of us could live without it, though
we wouldn't want to. SUV or sports utility vehicles were made for people who
need the ability to go off road (lifeguards, park rangers, etc.). They were
never designed as a commuter vehicle. Personal preference aside, unless your
'commute' is through Barrow, Alaska where an SUV might be handy, they really are
a stupid commuter choice.
Would I give up my truck if gas prices got too high? Yes. Would I buy an SUV
ever? Yes, if the trend towards allowing these unsafe things on the road
continues. Would I prefer that everyone drove a small car in this town? Of
course. Common sense dictates that I'd like to be able to see further than one
vehicle ahead of me. It's just a safety issue.
<now opening arms wide to receive incoming flames>
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