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Re: What are your other hobbies and passions?
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Sat, 16 Mar 2002 06:48:52 GMT
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William R Ward wrote:
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> "Magnus Lauglo" <thunder_road@hotmail.com> writes:
> > I'm not sure if this has come up in the past, (if so, can someone please
> > direct me to that thread), but I wonder what kinds of non lego activities
> > you guys get up to, and if you have found any comparisons or contrasts
> > between other hobbies and your lego hobby. Often someone's passions indicate
> > a lot about the person. Maybe some of us can find other AFOLs who share our
> > other hobbies and passions? I'll go first.
> [...]
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> My hobbies are in a state of constant flux - like the LEGO cycle of
> dark ages and activity, I go through a similar cycle with other
> hobbies/interests. But some of those are:
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> * Commodore 8-bit computers (I got my first - a VIC-20 - when I was
> 10, and my first LEGO dark age happened in my early teens as I got
> more into computers... but I never sold off my childhood bricks)
> (currently in a Commodore dark age; they're in storage)
One of the first PCs I used was a Commodore PET.
> * Other books: science fiction (currently in a bit of a dark age
> there), fantasy (just discovered it recently), and a variety of
> other genres as well.
I always lump F&SF, because while most books can be slotted into one or
the other, there are definitely books which really belong in between. Of
course really almost all SF is fantasy. These days I tend to read mostly
fantasy, but I definitely still read some SF (of course some of my
favorite SF authors haven't written much lately).
Frank
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| (...) Wow, me too! Actually it was PETs that got me wanting my own computer. By the time I had saved up enough to pay for half (my dad picked up the other half) we had decided on the 8-bit Atari system. Around that time I got an old CPM machine and (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) [...] My hobbies are in a state of constant flux - like the LEGO cycle of dark ages and activity, I go through a similar cycle with other hobbies/interests. But some of those are: * Commodore 8-bit computers (I got my first - a VIC-20 - when I (...) (22 years ago, 15-Mar-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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