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| (...) 1. Boxing - a great workout and a great stress release 2. Opera - my degree is in voice 3. Architecture - should have pursued that architecture scholarship 4. Drum and Bugle COrps - it ain't marching band - its an art form (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| Interesting thread :) When I was a wee tot (before high school) I was heavily into GI Joe, Transformers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and watching great heaping gobs of television. As I grew older, the television and video gaming sort of (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Oh geez, Sportscards: Beat my head against that wall for almost 17 years. Wish I could have all of that time and money back, not really a hobby but an addiction. Still have a bunch that I occasionally toss up on eBay when I think I'm spending (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| Matt Brooks wrote in message <3A68A7D9.4482FAE8@s...ic.net>... (...) Music... I play violin and listen to classical music SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism)... I dress up funny and watch my daughter kill people and get killed ((URL) House: (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| Lets see... Reading - this is my oldest hobby, interests since high school or so are Fantasy and Science Fiction. I used to be a regular con attendee until I moved down here to North Carolina, though I did go to a con which just started last year (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) They're designed in America by Americans. There's just some mecha quality that the Japanese have perfected. I dunno. (...) Macross toys are rather expensive and hard to get. You can get them on eBay, but be prepared to pay a LOT for them. Try (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Hey, man, let's just plan a weekend sometime. You could come down on Saturday, and we can hang out and build and stuff, and then you can crash here and head back on Sunday. (...) That's fun too. I have friends who own several computers, so I (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) When my LEGO Train and Town MOC's don't have me in stitches, I like to listen to 70's and 80's hard rock and heavy metal. Reading books, magazines (I'm a big railroad history buff, the correct term is 'ferroequinologist'. Walking, bicycling, (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Hmm...tough question. Since I (re)started into Lego, I've pretty much abandoned all other hobbies. But, here goes: -Hunting, fishing, outdoors -Playing and watching sports, esp. football -Playing computer and videogames -baseball card (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| To All, Hobbies other than LEGO? I guess mine would be work, according to my wife. I spend a lot of time between my 3 to 4 jobs. ; ) I like to do some different things, I enjoy video games, especially role playing, some platform, racing (Grand (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| I don't know if this is what people would call a "hobby," but I am an extremely active competitive swimmer. I spend six months of my year swimming for one team or another. My best events: 50 Free (0.25.00); 100 Free (0.56.10); 500 Free (5.56.40); (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Comic books. There's some real amazing artists out there these days. I do a bit of art work and writing whenever I can stomach sitting still long enough and there's no distractions. I tried to collect some of the current Beast Wars and Beast (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| In lugnet.people, Mark Sandlin writes: ... (...) Mmmmm.... Macross. Truly a fellow of taste ;) The only one I still have is the White Skull Leader (black and red accents) from years ago (In fact, the only 'Transformers' I bought were Macross (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:47:21 GMT, Matt Brooks <mbrooks@sonic.net> wrote: snip (...) snip (...) I've been wondering the same thing. some of mine, in no real order: 1. K'nex 2. Automotive/Heavy Truck repair. The only collection I have that outdoes my (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Actually I collected them when they first came out, and have a pretty decent collection. Unfortunately my Starmax Bomber did not fare as well as my other toys, since it yellowed quite substanially. However, almost all my other Starcom toys are (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Wow, those are hard to find. I always liked those but I have no idea where you can get them anymore. Do they show up on eBay? (...) I was thinking about getting a Fire convoy, but the new Macross Plus Valkyries cost about the same, so the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| in article 3A68A7D9.4482FAE8@sonic.net, Matt Brooks wrote: <Sniii...iiip> (...) MmmMMmmm Tansformers. I have to limit myself to a certain quality level for Transforming stuff. So right now I've limited myself to transforming jet fighters. I just got (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Lets see: Model Rockets (I have some stuff still, haven't launched in a while though...) Model Engineering (Live steam, railway mostly, but a heavy backing in traction engines&"hi tech" stuff. I have 2 lathes, and at one point also had a mill (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| Well let's see... I used to collect basketball cards but I stopped a few years ago. I also collected zoids, micromachines star wars action fleet, exo-squad stuff, star wars books, and the old starcom toys. I still collect transformers mostly current (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) I dress up in funny clothes, eat weird food, and hit people with sticks. :) More precisely, I am involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism, which recreates (in a fun & safe way) many aspects of medieval life, not the least of which is (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.people)
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