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Re: lego for other uses.
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Date: 
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 01:45:36 GMT
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"Chris Magno" <cmagno@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:3D17A42C.67EAAB9E@rogers.com...

Kate feels that her monitor does not tilt up high enuff.  So, in a fit
of one sort or another, I grabbed 4  2x8 Black Bricks and created a
riser to wedge under the front corner of the monitor.

Kate is now happy, and now so am I.

:)

Aha! I found a use.

http://members.rogers.com/militaryduckjock/apartment/AUT_2754.JPG

See that annoying console thing on the wall?

http://members.rogers.com/militaryduckjock/apartment/AUT_2796.JPG

Gone. The panel is stood off on 3 2x2 bricks. Excellent. :) It's not so
obvious in real life that it's sticking out. Does anyone else think this is
too over the top? I was worried it would look tacky. When Calum and I picked
out the panels he suggested I go half green half red for a plesant,
year-round christmas feel. But really, no. :)

    Iain



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  Re: lego for other uses.
 
How fast can you change it to the X pattern? Gee I bet you didn't see that one coming. :-) I think it looks cool. It's a little hard to judge without the context of the rest of the room. I think half green and half red would definitely have been (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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  lego for other uses.
 
Well, it is not the most original design. But for the first time ever I have found a use for lego as a solution to a real world problem. It all starts with my wife, Kate. Kate feels that her monitor does not tilt up high enuff. So, in a fit of one (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

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