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| (...) I have a feeling that the majority of replies you will get will be from lefties, because righties aren't really concerned about their handedness. :) So I doubt you'll get an accurate sample :) --Bram (right handed) Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Sorry to break the string, but I'm right-handed, and rather good at foil and sabre (didn't use epee). Or, at least I used to be. :-) My Lego soldiers are all trained to be right-handed, but the pirates have a disproportionate amount of (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) I'm a lefty. I don't think it's had too much effect on my LEGObility, but who knows? The oft-asserted lines of "creativity" and "verbal skill" as they apply to handedness aren't the stone-etched divisions that some would have them be. I've met (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Whoa. That makes three of us. Now, this isn't exactly a comprehensive sampling, but it does make me wonder the age- old wonderin'--among LUGNETters, what's the percentage of lefties? In society it's between 12 and 18 per cent; here, I'd be (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.people)
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| (...) Howdy Folks. Sorry to bring up some critisism here but i have to say that i think Todd doesnt handle this correct. How could it happen that a celebration of _that_ importance could pass by without me recognizing it? Every day in office i took (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.build.minifigs)
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| (...) On the other hand, for you AFOLs and others who have become separated from your collections...*don't* kick yourself, because it doesn't do any good. Take it from someone who was very experienced at regretting things - it won't change the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| Hi Sergio, Mate when you are young things change very quick, you discover girls, cars, better games ect, but believe me in years to come you will remember the good times when you built things using your imagination or remember looking at some models (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| Sergio, Normally, I don't do "me too" posts, but hopefully this one will help the effectiveness of the point trying to be made here. I consider myself to be an active AFOL. I created bricksonthebrain.com, I have more parts than room in our (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| (...) DO NOT SELL! DO NOT SELL! I was in your *EXACT* situation when I was 15. I had collected for a few years (this was 1983, so I had a nice bit of classic space) but had stopped playing with them about a year before the move. I packed them up and (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) I went through a brief "dark age" period from ages 10 to 12 and I'm not sure if I have completely come out of it yet (I am 14 now). I am absolutely crazy about the Technic and Mindstorms series, but have never really regained my interest in (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| Could we consider trimming ALL the theme groups out of followups and slimming down to just .general? While this is interesting and posting to lots of themes gets lots of attention, setting proper followups is only polite. Thanks. FUT .general ++Lar (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| jonathan Lopes wrote in message ... (...) Definitely. Also, try another creative medium. When I was in my teens I gave up building Lego spaceships, and I began drawing spaceships and making plastic models of spaceships, then later I was making (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| Sergio You have hit a stage in your life that I think most of us can identify with. I know for me it happened when I was a junior in high school. Lego seemed to fade into the background while I took part in high school activities and prepared for (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| Sergio You have hit a stage in your life that I think most of us can identify with. I know for me it happened when I was a junior in high school. Lego seemed to fade into the background while I took part in high school activities and prepared for (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) From Andy (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| Hey man....for one thing you're getting way too serious about this. I'm currently 19 and I am IN the stage you talk about being worried of falling into. When I moved away from home to go to college last year Ieft ll my LEGO behind at home and (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| (...) Well, of course, as with anything else, if it makes you uncomfortable, don't do it. If you feel ok building on your own, keep doing so- I built stuff for a long time with no one really to share it with (while my friends all know I collect (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) Hi, I agree with Shiri. I think it is a Dim Age. Not builders block, I can still build really cool things, because Lego has been my most favorite hobby for years. I just have no time right now and not too much interest. I don't want it to turn (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| (...) I have to agree with this whole-heartedly.. My entire lego collection from when I was a kid ended up being sold off as part of one of our yard sales for a measly $5.. That's right, the entire lot, hundreds of dollars worth of classic space (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) Sergio! Don't jump! Please, come back in through the window and get off that ledge! It doesn't have to end this way! Look, we all care about you! Don't do this thing! Things will get better, it's going to be OK, just come back inside!! :^) (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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