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| Sergio You have hit a stage in your life that I think most of us can identify with. I know for me it happened when I was a junior in high school. Lego seemed to fade into the background while I took part in high school activities and prepared for (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| |  | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Sergio You have hit a stage in your life that I think most of us can identify with. I know for me it happened when I was a junior in high school. Lego seemed to fade into the background while I took part in high school activities and prepared for (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| |  | | 8458 Silver Champion review
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| <set:8458 8450 Silver Champion> TECHNIC: Create 'N' Race Ages 11+, 1413 Pieces. Price: MSRP US$170, CN$250. Bought it at CN$170+15%tax (~US$129) Silver Champion - The set that make you say "wow' when you first look at it, and then a big "yawn" when (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.technic)
| |  | | Re: Original Clock Design
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| (...) <snip> (...) Accuracy can be very good. I have gotten my clock to be accurate to within less than 5 minutes off in 24 hours. And I haven't even gotten to extreme fine tuning (I am still adding and subtracting bricks, eventually I will get to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
| |  | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Well, of course, as with anything else, if it makes you uncomfortable, don't do it. If you feel ok building on your own, keep doing so- I built stuff for a long time with no one really to share it with (while my friends all know I collect (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| |  | | Re: Pneumatic pressure measuring devices
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| (...) Suggestion (which I haven't tried): cut the end off one off those needles used to inflate volleyballs, so the hole is on the end of the tube, instead of the side. Then you can use an ordinary tyre pressure gauge. If you wrap the threaded part (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
| |  | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) I have to agree with this whole-heartedly.. My entire lego collection from when I was a kid ended up being sold off as part of one of our yard sales for a measly $5.. That's right, the entire lot, hundreds of dollars worth of classic space (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| (...) Sergio! Don't jump! Please, come back in through the window and get off that ledge! It doesn't have to end this way! Look, we all care about you! Don't do this thing! Things will get better, it's going to be OK, just come back inside!! :^) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| |  | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Johnathan and everybody else are absolutely right, Sergio. When I was young, my mom did a very wise thing: she made me promise never to get rid of my LEGO. Of course, *she* thought it was because I'd be passing it on to my kids someday. I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| |  | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Hi Sergio! I guess I'll share my perspecive since I did go through a definate Dark Age. Although some AFOL's have never had a dark age, it does happen to a lot of us as we grow up that we start to get really busy in the hustle and bustle of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| |  | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| As Shiri mentions, you may be entering a dark or dim ages. My suggestion would be to pack it all up neatly so as to present the least problem to yourself and your folks. Then hold on to it, resist the urge to sell it to get a few bucks, unless you (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| |  | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) I have two things to say: 1. hold on to all of your lego, you will regret it if you don't. You will hit an age when you don't feel 'embarrassed' about it. 2. best of luck Jonathan (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| |  | | Re: Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| (...) Sure! Sell me your stuff cheap (it has no REAL value to you anyhow :o) and then in 5 to 10 years lament the loss of all that lost ABS. Seriously, I am now 27 and lost my LEGO interest at about age 15 (at least in public) and only built one (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
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| Hi Sergio, Maybe you're going through dark ages... maybe it's just a "dim" age, though. Or perhaps you have a builder's block. I personally slightly lost interest in lego for awhile (around 14-15), but sparked the interest again actually when we (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western)
| |  | | Moving away / Losing interest in Lego :(
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| Hi Lugnet users, I am moving next week and like Lego fans always do, they pack up their Lego. I am 15 years old and I have been actively collecting Lego since December 1996 up to now. But, I haven't even looked inside my cabinet since this summer, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.aquazone, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.basic, lugnet.technic, lugnet.town, lugnet.underground, lugnet.western) !
| |  | | Re: Second Hand (Re: Original Clock Design)
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| Yep, I see what you mean. You're already pushing the limits without the extra friction of th second hand. Also, attaching a hand to one end of the diff block wouldn't be trivial... And I think I may have got the spelling on Jennifer's name wrong ... (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
| |  | | Second Hand (Re: Original Clock Design)
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| I was thinking the same thing when I saw Issac Merkle's two-axles through a turntable. The second hand would have to be run off of the differential cage, because the minutes would be hard to sync since they would be advanced depending on what hour (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
| |  | | Re: Pneumatic pressure measuring devices
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| First we need to know the pressure range normally encountered in LEGO pneumatics. The hand pump ...measure the piston diameter and get the area. Then measure the force on the pump when adequate pressure has been reached. Then calculate pounds per (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
| |  | | Re: Axle joiner angles
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| (...) Yes. (...) No. There are 16 splines, and the axle joiners come in increments of 360/16=22.5 degrees. (...) If you mean the single angle beam ((URL) angle is related to a 3/4/5 triangle, so that the longer side becomes the 5-side of the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)
| |  | | Re: Original Clock Design
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| That looks great, Amnon! You may also be able to get a second hand, using the "diff thru the large turntable" technique. Check out Jennifer Clarke's excavator for the details. Might look a bit cludgy, though... (URL) Silverstein <amnon@best.com> (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.technic)
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