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Re: New Dave Baum Book?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 21:49:02 GMT
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tking@IHATESPAMtogether.net
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We can never "Pay Dave Back" for NQC,
but we can Pay Forward by taking our
Lego and MindStorms stuff into our local
school, 4-H club, Scouts, etc, etc and
showing kids what Robots and Intelligent
Machines are all about, and teaching them
NQC.
We all have a lot of stuff we can never
Pay Back for... especially things we were
given or enabled to do as kids, when it
really mattered. (In one of my cases,
A.C.Gilbert never gave me an Erector Set...
but he gave me PARTS out of the bins in his
factory, usually saying, "Hey, Kid, What do
think THIS is??" ). I'd still rather have
PARTS than any finished thing.
--
Regards,
Terry King ...In The Woods In Vermont
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| (...) Well said, Terry. I often fear that my half-siblings are being raised in a vastly different environment than I was, but then I see them eagerly build their own designs out of lego, and figure most things will work out. Giving kids the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Thanks for the kind offer, but I'm not looking for anything specific at the moment. I think its just the concept of being paid in Lego by Lego that sounds cool! If people want to show their thanks for NQC, I'd rather see them purchase a small (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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