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Re: the evolution of lego sorting
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Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:45:22 GMT
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In lugnet.storage, Remy Evard writes:
> Here's a description of an evolution of lego collection sorting. It might
> be yours, at least in parts. It's certainly been mine.
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> I might turn this into an essay some day, but for now it will have to begin
> life as a series of unsupported claims. If you have any comments or
> additions, toss'em in.
Heh. Mine starts a little oddly, but is otherwise about normal. ;)
> The Evolution of Lego Sorting
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> Let's assume you start your lego collection like most of us did: with one
> set.
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> 1. You don't sort your Lego. You just keep them in the box they came in.
1. You don't sort your Lego. You pack it all in as tightly as you can get
so it fits in one suitcase on the way home. Smile nicely at the customs
officer. ;) I came out of my "dark ages" in the Netherlands visiting family.
> 10. You give up and decide to sort your parts by type rather than by color.
> You go get more bins or tackle boxes or whatever your container of choice
> is, you dedicate an evening or a weekend or a month to it, and you split by
> type.
I skipped the first few steps. I went straight from unsorted to sorting by
type.
> 18.5. You document your categories so you don't get lost.
I haven't had to do this yet, thankfully. One good thing is that my
catagorization is fairly intuitive, so I pretty much always know where a
part is. The downside is that intuitive for me isn't intuitive for my wife.
She doesn't have a clue where anything is anymore.
> 24. You start looking for a new house. One with a large basement.
Heh. Nope, just drywalled the garage, and moved other stuff out there to
make more room for Lego. ;)
James
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