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Re: Roll Call form
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lugnet.org.au
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Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:41:38 GMT
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Hi Kerry,
Kerry Raymond wrote:
> > > Name: Mark Harrison
> > > Year of Birth: 1960
> > > First LEGO Set: 8858
> > > LEGO Dark Age: 1960 to 1994
> > > First LEGO set after the Dark Age: 8858
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> What kind of deprived childhood did you have, Mark? No Lego?
That's right, no lego.
> Were your
> parents missionaries in Outer Mongolia or something? :-)
No, they were middle class.
I spent every cent I had on another hobby back then (13+), but lost interest in
the early 90's. My innate desire to collect things drew me to lego, which is
durable and it's desirability is not restricted to any one particular country.
These were the two main problems with my previous hobby.
I convinced myself when I first got into lego that it was for the pleasure of
building, which is the case to some degree, but after investing the time and
money I have so far, I have to be honest that it is the thrill each time, of
snagging a set from the list of sets I'm after, that I really enjoy.
I do like building my own creations but using spare parts, not breaking up sets.
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> I'm really interested that someone would take up a Lego hobby (as
> enthusiastically as you have) as an adult. I just assumed we were all
> reliving our childhood on vastly superior incomes :-)
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> Actually, thinking back to my childhood, I don't recall ever buying Lego for
> myself. It was always given to me as a present. But then I didn't really
> have any source of income, apart from a little bit of pocketmoney intended
> to buy lollies and icecreams at the school tuckshop.
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> Kerry
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| (...) Fancy that! Being of similar vintage to yourself, I recall Lego being pretty common in the mid-late 60s, especially for those of us with middle class parents. Maybe I was just moving in a more Lego-ish circle? Kerry (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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| (...) What kind of deprived childhood did you have, Mark? No Lego? Were your parents missionaries in Outer Mongolia or something? :-) I'm really interested that someone would take up a Lego hobby (as enthusiastically as you have) as an adult. I (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.au)
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