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Hi folks!
Well, it has certainly been a while. (Four years, to be precise.)
Yesterday, I landed in Boston for a one-month visit to the East Coast.
This (following ten amazing days in Holland) is to celebrate my Masters
graduation (with honors, yay me!). Before I dive into the corporate world (and
hopefully not belly-flop), I’m taking a well-earned break from everything
work-related.
While home-base is generally Boston, I am not confined to there. I will be
visiting other locations in and around the East Coast. Certain locations are
Philadelphia (date uncertain) and Virginia + D.C. (25th of July til August 4th).
New York (both City and State) are likely but not certain. Other destinations
along the coast are optional. I intend to rent a car and I’m good to drive far.
I will be flying back from D.C. on August 4th.
Of course, classically, I’m missing the big fests, but hey, what can you do - my
best friend is getting married on August 6th. Wouldn’t miss it for the world
(even if it were a model built of bricks).
I will be glad to meet anyone who wants to do so, especially in these areas but
also other areas along the coast - like I said - are potentially good. If you
want me to come see you somewhere else, that I haven’t listed - I’ll be happy to
come if you can provide me with lodgings.
As you might expect, I have been quite neglecting Lego, but that is easily
remedied in the USA.
I am available at the coveted
firstname.lastname at gmail. grin
Glad to be here,
-Shiri
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In lugnet.people, Shiri Dori wrote:
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Hi folks!
Well, it has certainly been a while. (Four years, to be precise.)
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Welcome back, future CEO of TLG !
(:^)
-pete.w
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Welcome back Shiri!
Hope now that you completed grad school, you can get out of your dark ages!
I had mine from 2001-2004. But never again!
Unfortunately since you left, there has been a Diaspora of Lego groups leaving
Lugnet.... the classic space and castle folks went of to different websites.
The Brit’s Aussie’s and Germans went their own way as well, as did other groups.
Unfortunately although Lugnet is a shell of its’ former self, (Todd & Suz are no
longer in charge) we still have the Train and Town folks, as well as the
Canadians, Italians, Portuguese, and many others.
And there have been major reshuffling at TLG, with KKK stepping down. The new
Chairman has recently announced huge downsizing in Enfield as well as Billund.
Things are not all that rosey as of late.
Are you planning on moving back the the USA from Israel? Or are you staying
there.
Glad to hear from a voice from the past!
Gary Istok
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Hi Shiri . It looks like you will be in the DC region in time for Wamalug’s
monthly dinner. It is the last Wednesday of every month. It would be great if
you could join us.
Fradel
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In lugnet.people, Fradel D. Gonzales wrote:
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Hi Shiri . It looks like you will be in the DC region in time for Wamalug’s
monthly dinner. It is the last Wednesday of every month. It would be great
if you could join us.
Fradel
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Yay Wamalug! I hope I can make it. Like I told you by email, Fradel, I would
love to come and will try to arrange the schedule so as to fit this in. (In
Virginia I’m dependent on my family members who I’m traveling with.)
More details about where, when, and also who is coming will be greatly
appreciated! I’d love to see the old crowd again, so please give a shout if
you’re attending this.
-Shiri
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Hello Shiri,
Nice to hear from you, and congrats on graduating!
The Wamalug dinner will be somewhere very close to a Metro stop, probably in
Clarendon, very close to where BrickFest has been in the past. Hope to see you
then!
cheers
Magnus
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In lugnet.people, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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Welcome back Shiri!
Hope now that you completed grad school, you can get out of your dark ages!
I had mine from 2001-2004. But never again!
Unfortunately since you left, there has been a Diaspora of Lego groups
leaving Lugnet.... the classic space and castle folks went of to different
websites. The Brit’s Aussie’s and Germans went their own way as well, as did
other groups.
Unfortunately although Lugnet is a shell of its’ former self, (Todd & Suz are
no longer in charge) we still have the Train and Town folks, as well as the
Canadians, Italians, Portuguese, and many others.
And there have been major reshuffling at TLG, with KKK stepping down. The
new Chairman has recently announced huge downsizing in Enfield as well as
Billund.
Things are not all that rosey as of late.
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I’m not so sure I’d be so pessimistic about the overall state of affairs for the
AFOL community. Some pretty baddish stuff happened, and lots of stuff has
changed, but the future holds lots of potential.
After putting in many years of service to the community, Todd and Suz have
stepped down, and it seems to me the new management is patching up leaks and
polishing things up. I was unable to post for quite a while for reasons which
remain mysterious to me, but in the last month or so I discovered that this was
no longer the case and I’ve been trying to make up for lost time.
So yes, Lugnet has lost many of its regular posters to various niche websites,
but I get the impression there is more activity here these days than there may
have been a year a go or so.
TLG are also shaking things up a lot, and inevitably the much needed reforms
have left a lot of employees in a bad spot. On the bright side, the last few
years have witnessed TLG’s increased interest in the AFOL community and they
have demonstrated in a variety of ways that they welcome our input when it comes
to product design and more. Whether as a result of this or not, it also seems to
me that the new sets coming out recently have been a little better overall. The
Creator sets keep getting better every year, the current SW sets are some of the
best ever, and even fallen angel that is the Castle theme is a smidgen better
now than it was 2 years ago.
So to quote old Bobby D., the times, they are a-changin’, but I envision the
next couple of years for TLG as ones with great potential, rather than dominated
by cross-the-board juniorization and shades of bley. Shiri and anyone else who
might want to return to the hobby could find worse times than 2006 to get back
into the way of the brick.
:)
Magnus
PS Xposted to .general (I think this is the right newsgroup)
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Hello Shiri,
Glad to hear from you again, do you still write beautyfull poetry? Your
“previous” stuff was pretty good and a pleasure to read, in my opinion.
Ten amazing days in Holland... As a born and bread Amsterdam resident i’m
curious what you’ve seen and done. Would you allow to share your adventures with
us (at least partual, prehaps)?
With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen.
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In lugnet.people, Shiri Dori wrote:
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Hi folks!
Well, it has certainly been a while. (Four years, to be precise.)
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Hey, lugnet cutie is back!..:-)
Happy to see you here again Shiri, though I also a bit struggling to continue
after all these years (4 or 5?)
Cheers,
Selçuk
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In lugnet.people, Shiri Dori wrote:
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Hi folks!
Well, it has certainly been a while. (Four years, to be precise.)
Yesterday, I landed in Boston for a one-month visit to the East Coast.
This (following ten amazing days in Holland) is to celebrate my Masters
graduation (with honors, yay me!). Before I dive into the corporate world
(and hopefully not belly-flop), I’m taking a well-earned break from
everything work-related.
While home-base is generally Boston, I am not confined to there. I will be
visiting other locations in and around the East Coast. Certain locations are
Philadelphia (date uncertain)
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:-(
I just saw this post and was in Philly last weekend. Would have been nice to
have met you!
Welcom back to eretz USA;-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.people, Shiri Dori wrote:
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In lugnet.people, Fradel D. Gonzales wrote:
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Hi Shiri . It looks like you will be in the DC region in time for Wamalug’s
monthly dinner. It is the last Wednesday of every month. It would be great
if you could join us.
Fradel
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Yay Wamalug! I hope I can make it. Like I told you by email, Fradel, I would
love to come and will try to arrange the schedule so as to fit this in. (In
Virginia I’m dependent on my family members who I’m traveling with.)
More details about where, when, and also who is coming will be greatly
appreciated! I’d love to see the old crowd again, so please give a shout if
you’re attending this.
-Shiri
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The who and where are usually up in the air until a day or so beforehand (we
have to vary our routine to stay one step ahead of the local MegaBlok faction)
but the when is fairly standard--this month it will be July 26th, a Wednesday,
and people show up on one side or the other of 6PM.
Actually, I suppose the where has become standard, as well; we’ve basically made
Clarendon Grill (a two minute walk from the Clarendon Metro) our standard
location. The who will be about a dozen or so people from the club.
It would be great to have you join us!
Derek
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In lugnet.people, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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Unfortunately since you left, there has been a Diaspora of Lego groups
leaving Lugnet.... the classic space and castle folks went of to different
websites. The Brit’s Aussie’s and Germans went their own way as well, as did
other groups.
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Huh ? The Australians went where ?
We’re still here just quieter. There has been difficulties with newbies posting
on lugnet generally. Apart from the Australian train groups there have probably
been less Australian get-togethers to talk about. We lost Mel to Germany as
well.
-pete.w
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In lugnet.people, Pete White wrote:
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In lugnet.people, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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Unfortunately since you left, there has been a Diaspora of Lego groups
leaving Lugnet.... the classic space and castle folks went of to different
websites. The Brit’s Aussie’s and Germans went their own way as well, as did
other groups.
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Huh ? The Australians went where ?
We’re still here just quieter. There has been difficulties with newbies
posting on lugnet generally. Apart from the Australian train groups there
have probably been less Australian get-togethers to talk about. We lost Mel
to Germany as well.
-pete.w
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Don’t forget Kerry’s self-imposed building exile. I’m sure that hasn’t helped ;)
Tim
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Shiri Dori wrote:
> Hi folks!
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> Well, it has certainly been a while. (Four years, to be precise.)
Hiya, welcome back.
Sadly, I won't be anywhere near the East coast during your stay.
Frank
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Thanks Magnus and Derek for your responses. I’ll be thrilled to join you for
your dinner.
However, as things currently stand, I will be in the Baltimore
area on Wednesday, and arriving (ironically) to GMU on Friday morning for a
while.
Are there any members driving down from Baltimore or nearby? If so I would love
to come down with them.
Otherwise, I might still be able to make it, but not
necessarily...
Thanks!
-Shiri
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In lugnet.people, Manfred Moolhuysen wrote:
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Hello Shiri,
Glad to hear from you again, do you still write beautyfull poetry? Your
“previous” stuff was pretty good and a pleasure to read, in my opinion.
Ten amazing days in Holland... As a born and bread Amsterdam resident i’m
curious what you’ve seen and done. Would you allow to share your adventures
with us (at least partual, prehaps)?
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Hi Manfred,
I had a great time in Holland - a great place for art fans, plus my boyfriend
and I rode bicycles down to Den Haag (the Hague). That was physically strenuous
but very, very fun. We saw Haarlem and the beach city next to it (Zanhoorf?
Zanfort? can’t recall right now). As for the art fan in me - I am certainly
getting my fill on this trip: Van Gogh and Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Mauritshuis
and M.C. Escher in Den Haag, then MoMA and the Met in NYC, and yesterday the
Philadelphia Art Museum (AKA the Rocky steps). Hope to see the Boston MFA before
I leave as well and maybe the National Gallery in DC. Amazing.
I didn’t realize you lived in Amsterdam, or I would’ve looked you up!
-Shiri
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Howdy folks,
Here I am again. That pesky old-timer who refuses to go away while refusing to
actually do anything lego-related!
No, that’s a lie, I actually built a MOC last year. Never got around to posting
about it, ergo, it never existed.
So, what am I doing here again?
Easy answer: coming to the East Coast!
In lugnet.people, Shiri Dori wrote:
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Hi folks!
Well, it has certainly been a while. (Four years, to be precise.)
Yesterday, I landed in Boston for a one-month visit to the East Coast.
This (following ten amazing days in Holland) is to celebrate my Masters
graduation (with honors, yay me!). Before I dive into the corporate world
(and hopefully not belly-flop), I’m taking a well-earned break from
everything work-related.
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OK, I had a short visit last year in which I got to see Tim (yay Tim, you rock
for making it up to Boston!) but different constraints meant I saw zilch else (I
was partly working, traveling with BF, etc.).
This time, I’m coming for another visit and a bit less constrained.
My schedule... <drumroll please>
- Land in NYC Jan 26th, fly to Boston next day.
- Jan 27th to Feb 3rd - Boston, MA.
- Feb 4th to 9th - flexible, planned destinations NYC and Philadelphia.
- D.C. potentially still possible between those dates.
- Fly back from NYC Feb 9th.
So, if you care and my schedule fits yours, drop me a line. I am still available
by email, as below:
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I am available at the coveted
firstname.lastname at gmail. <grin>
Glad to be here,
-Shiri
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...and still glad to be here.
-Shiri
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