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In lugnet.general, David Koudys writes:
> In lugnet.general, Steven Lane writes:
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> > I wont even use black pegs without a slot down the side, I sort them into a
> > pot. I built a tool to pop them out of the red test car beofre I discard them.
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> Oh I'm so with you on the old black pegs--they were absolute killers to get
> out of beams 'n such! Never having thrown away *any* piece of LEGO, I have
> all those old black pegs in a container somewhere, along with other 'old'
> technic pieces (square pistons and stuff...) Who knows? Maybe I'll just
> give 'em all to someone I dislike ;)
I'm totally ruthless with friction pins - if they're just a little tight
they go in the bin. I also often grab all the seller's pins when I do a
bricklink order, to re-fill my bin (most sellers don't have heaps of pins) 8?)
> For myself, if I stop building, especially with Technic, for a few months,
> my fingers get sore quickly when I start building again. Of course, I
> haven't made anything as extravagant as Eric, so my digits are probably
> thankful for that. After a while, during the building process, the pauses
> for considering, 'Where do I go from here?' is usually enuf rest for the
> hands to recoup.
Well, I guess I'm lucky - being a guitar player, I have callouses on my
fingers, so it doesn't affect me all that much! Moral: LEGO builders should
learn to play the guitar!
ROSCO
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| (...) Oh I'm so with you on the old black pegs--they were absolute killers to get out of beams 'n such! Never having thrown away *any* piece of LEGO, I have all those old black pegs in a container somewhere, along with other 'old' technic pieces (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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