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Kerry Raymond


Favorite LEGO toys/themes: Mindstorms, Technics, Star Wars, Pirates, Castle, Model Team, Sculpture, Harry Potter, Town, [quicker to list what I don't like - Bionicle, Slizer, Roborider]

My fascination with LEGO began... When I was sick in hospital aged about 4, I saw another kid in the ward with a Lego set and I demanded one from my parents. From there I developed a small Lego collection (mostly house building pieces with trees and flags). Then came nearly 30 years of Dark Ages. Then Mindstorms Robotic Invention System brought me back, and from there I discovered Technics and Star Wars. And it all just went from there ...

I once built... a cathedral

Someday I will build... my photocopier (well, finish it)

LEGO is great because... there is a lot of mental challenge in understanding the mechanics of building technics and robots, and because it's a load of fun

LEGO fans are great because... they are adults who still know how to have fun


My favorite Non-LEGO Toys: computer stragegy/simulation games like Age of Empires, Sim City

My favorite Hobbies & Interests: family history research, bridge (the card game)

My favorite Foods: barbequed moreton bay bugs (a local form of lobster)

My favorite Movies & TV: Star Wars, Star Trek, British & Australian police/crime dramas, West Wing

My favorite Music: 60-80s rock-n-roll, classical

My favorite Pets & Animals: two cats


Words which best describe me: talkative


I love it when... I assemble everything and it works

I hate it when... I search every polybag ten times before I find the piece I overlooked the previous nine times.

I can't seem to get enough... time to build

I always seem to have enough... of the pieces I don't need right now

I hope I always... have a Lego-tolerant spouse

I wish I could... set aside a much bigger area in the house for Lego

I could never... throw Lego away -- I'd always give it away if I didn't want it any more

I hope I never... have to give up Lego due to something like arthritis (say)

I wish I hadn't... lost all the Lego I had when I was a kid


In my craziest moments... I wonder if I could quit my job and somehow live off Lego as a hobby

Believe it or not... I'm female in my 40s and I love Technics

If I were super-human... I would install bike lanes on every major road


More & Less:
  • more riding bicycles, less driving polluting cars
  • more taking time to smell the roses, less stress over modern living
  • more having fun, less being middle-aged and serious and responsible

Rules I try to live by:
  1. good health and good relationships with family and friends are the most important thing
  2. never let my happiness depends on the posession (or not) of inanimate objects (Lego included)
  3. don't waste trees and time by reading magazines about "celebrities" and their tawdry love lives


Additional comments:

I think that LUGnet is great.

      
Formal name:
Dr. Kerry Anne Raymond
Age: 64
Gender: F
Member Since: 18-Oct-2000
Country:

Australia

LEGO Users Groups / Clubs: BUGS (Brisbane Lego User Group), Brisbane Lego Train Club
Personal sites:
My BrickShelf Folder, My Bricklink Store
E-mail:
kerry.raymond@gmail.com
kraymond@iprimus.com.au
k.raymond@acm.org

Snail Mail:

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

[not sufficient as a postal address, e-mail me if you really need to know]

My Collection:
Set Lists
Personal statements on this page are Copyright © Kerry Raymond and do not necessarily represent the views of LUGNET or its operators.


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