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Re: I'm sailing Away, dont know when I am coming back!
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Wed, 18 Apr 2001 07:09:59 GMT
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Dude, do as you see necc. you will always be welcome, I personnaly never had
a problem with you, I'm fairly new to Lugnet. Also, I had to put down my
desire to build Lego and create Robots for a Year and a Half when I built my
House. It was a sacrifice, a long and hard one, and when it was time to sit
back and enjoy the fruits of my labour, it was a feeling so awesome, I can
barely describe it.

I'll leave you with this.

One day while on a family outing,(I was 8 years old) we all jumped in the
car for a drive up the coast to Monteray (CA). I knew it would be a fairly
long Car drive, so I bought My Lego. I sat in the back seat with my younger
brother and built a space ship. It was cool because when we got to our
destination we played with it on the Sand dunes. When it was time to drive
back home, we jumped into the back seat and started to build again. During
the ride home my Father said "When your 18 years old, I'll bet you $50 that
you'll be more interested in girls than with Lego" I agreed to the bet. So
when I was 18 and had an ABSOULUTLY BEAUTIFUL GIRL FRIEND (infact a
couple)Plus I was Building my first Purpose made Robot that cost $2000
(thanks to my Job as a Supervisor at UPS at the time) I said "Hey Dad
remember 10 years ago when we made that bet? Well, meet my girl Carol and
this is my new Robot!" Dad put his drink down and said, "Well, I'll be!,
Darn you remembered" So I took my girl out on a date with the Money and I
bought another Blacktron set!

I guess what I'm saying here is when someone has a passion, it is always
with them. I never want to be one of those people that says, "Oh I used to
have a car like that when I was young, I wish I had one now!" I want to keep
the important things close to me, but I always do what's necc. first then
it's my turn to settle back down to what I like to do, and that's be
creative and build Lego.

Good luck, Eric

Here is that Robot I was talking about:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=40391

Part of Dads 50 bucks is in there, somewhere!

P.S. While working at the Liberty Science Center as a Resident Artist
showing my Lego Robots, I met PLENTY of girls, trust me! Just ask my mom!!!!

Later, how much later is up to you!


In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Kai Brodersen writes:
To me Lego is something to relax your mind, something to escape from the
harsh realities of life. It is something to chill you down and to release
your artistic thoughts.  But to flourish in Lego intelligence, most
teenagers must go through the Dark Ages, like Europe did before the
Renaissance. As with many other teenagers there comes a time when girls
become more important than toys, computers more important than a television
show.  And for me that time has come.

As I sit here typing this final message, the last message before I cast off
on a ship sailing into my Dark Ages, I realized something.  Over the past 9
months I have made to many enemies on Lugnet, and I feel I am not wanted. I
have caused nothing but arguments and debates.   I would like to apologize
to the fine people of MICHLUG ,GMLTC and Lugnet for being a complete
nuisance to your Lego hobby.  I thank you for putting up with my
foolishness.  I feel acted to irrational, as many have been keen to point
out.  I feel if I go and leave all of you Lego folk, the world will be a
better place.  I will let the great Lego gods do as they wish.

Before I go and leave you all I want to point out some things.
1) My name is not spelled Kia like the car company.  And you pronounce as if
you were saying K and I at the same time, Kai, so it rhymes with pie.
2) I am 12 years of age (contrary to many beliefs).
3) 6 wide or 8 wide or 9 wide, they are all ok because they are all trains
and that is what matters.

Maybe if I try someday, I will get back into the Lego spirit, but for now,
it will not be.  Maybe someday, when the homework cloud lifts its evil fog,
I will be able to return to the magic kingdom of Lego.  Maybe, some day I
will return to building all night just for the heck of it.  But one thing
for sure I will keep my Lugnet account and my Michlug account.  If anything
is needed, e-mail me.

And now the moment that has been a long awaited event for most of you...

Signing off,

Engineer Kai Andrew Brodersen, MICHLTC Railway.

Once a Lugneter, always a Lugneter.



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To me Lego is something to relax your mind, something to escape from the harsh realities of life. It is something to chill you down and to release your artistic thoughts. But to flourish in Lego intelligence, most teenagers must go through the Dark (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug) ! 

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