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| Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <20000227.213413.509...no.com>... (...) I know it's possible, I mean how did deja get them but I don't know how. (27 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Well -- I'm 18 and open about my Lego addiction. And yes, I think about all of the above mentioned topics as well :) I get a mixed response, some think its weird, some think its kinda cool I'm so involved in an international community like (...) (27 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) (I'll be 18 on Saturday) Most of the people I know who know about my LEGO obsession don't make a big deal about it, but then again, they already think I'm strange (I'm not a US citizen, and I don't have a TV. Actually, most people find it (...) (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes: (please note, followups changed to .off-topic.debate!) (...) Wow, I didn't think the US was that bad...what makes Israel so much better? J (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| Hi Eric, I'm glad your family appreciates your hobbies at last. On the same note, my sister (22) is visiting me know from Israel. She is NL too, and although she knows I'm all into lego, she was surprised to see how my collection grew in the past 6 (...) (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| When I used to work at LEGO Imagination Center and I need to explain the interlocking process, I would encourage the kids to "cover the lines." This was easier than explaining the concept from a finished product standpoint and made an easy rule they (...) (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) you will be surprised with the possitive response (unless you happen to be an 18 year old male, who's cool buddies think more about cars, sports and girls - 18 is a difficult age for LEGO). (...) No Gary, 18 is a difficult age. :) I went (...) (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) And even if other folks do frown upon it, you can always point them to the thousands of us that make up the LUGNET/RTL AFOL community. Back in 1986 when I "came out of the LEGO closet", it was a different matter. I percieved myself to be (...) (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Highly agreed-- as a kid I built models, then played with them acting out stories, etc.... now I mainly just build and display. But people still think of it as playing... Notice that nobody has a second thought about adults who build models (...) (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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| On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Eric Kingsley (<FqnD6C.3qI@lugnet.com>) wrote at 15:47:00 (...) (snipped excellent story) Thanks for sharing this, Eric. It's really great to hear stories like this. It kind of encourages one to just get on with it, and build (...) (27 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.castle)
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