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Re: Was the last one really a year ago?
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Mon, 7 May 2001 05:59:27 GMT
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Thought of the day - Judging by the post number of the last one, we have
attained nearly 5000 posts in a year!!

Thought I would also chip in, so here goes:
Name: John Porter
Gender: M
Year of Birth: 1978
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: A bit more than my shoe size / wishing
there was room to get its' LEGO out of storage
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
E-mail Address: eportejc.ttg@tvi.tafe.sa.edu.au
LEGO/home page URL(s): none
Marital Status: Single
Children: No
Occupation: Student (Nearly finished) / Market Researcher
On Lugnet Since: first post Dec 2000; visiting before then
No. of Sets in LEGO Collection: Too many.  Hang on....  One can never have
too many sets :) But, lost count after 200 sets.
No. of Unopened Sets in Collection: not as many as my opened sets (approx. 25?)
No. of LEGO Pieces: I lost count after 20,000 (see response to No. of sets
in collection)
No. of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: What's a LEGO theme park?
No. of LEGO fests atteneded: What's a LEGO fest?
First LEGO Set: <set:6610> Gas Pumps.
LEGO Dark Age: More a grey age (still got the catalogues and occasional
sets, especially Shell Promo), 95-00
First Set after Dark Age: New: <set:3404> Black Bus 2nd Hand: <set:622_1>
Tipper Truck and <set:6679_1> Dark Shark
Favourite Theme(s): Town, Trains
Favourite Set(s): <set:7740> Electric Inter-city train set, 12 V
Favourite Own Creation: Haven't done any MOCs
Favourite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Don't really have one
Set/theme you would like to see: 9V Trains with all the R/C options of 12V
(e.g. points, level crossing, signals) (But staying with 9V for the
reliability).  Or anything that is *only* available in Oz.  Also the return
of proper town (NOT town Jr.)
Current LEGO Project: As said earlier, I haven't done any MOCs
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Public Transport, trains (real and model),
reading, playing games on PC, watching TV

In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
Ferreting through the histroy of loc.au I found a roll call stamped
17May2000. It's been a while, people have come and gone and the GST has made
life just that little more interesting. Anyways I thought I'd resurrect the
form and toss it out for everyone to asnwer. If replying to this is your
first post (and please do reply if you are lurking) then welcome!
Otherwise for the oldies, let us know what's new.

James (who probably qualifies as an oldie, oh dear.)
P.S. the last roll call thread is
http://news.lugnet.com/loc/au/?n=646

Name: James Howse
Gender: Yes
Year of Birth: 1976
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: lagging body age by three/In the Lego isle
Location: Macquarie Uni, Sydney
E-mail Address: jehowse@yahoo.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.geocities.com/jehowse
Marital Status: Only missing the jewelry
Children: Nope
Occupation: Graduating Soon, BSc
On Lugnet Since: first post June 99
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots.
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: What's an unopened set?
# of LEGO Pieces: um lots? (or is that not enough)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: What's a LEGO theme park?
# of LEGO fests atteneded: 8 I think.
First LEGO Set: Something Duploish I'd reckon.
LEGO Dark Age: More a grey age (still got the catalogues an the odd set), 92-96
First Set after Dark Age: <set:6175> more in the middle of the grey it's the
first set I remember purchasing as an adult.
Favorite Theme(s): Castle/Ninja, Star Wars, Trains, Adventurers
Favorite Set(s): <set:8002> Destroyer Droid, <set:6876> Alienator
Favourite Own Creation: Thunderbird 1 minifig scale
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The chrome knights; The welshishish Xth
Set/theme you would like to see: An Australian exclusive set.
Other than that, a properly done 'Outback" theme. Maybe some real trains.
The return of pirate hulls (and pirates), and I thought I'd be stuck
answering this one...
Current LEGO Project: 01-Sword of Alexander, first landing craft of the
Welshishish Xth Legion
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I was once kicked out of a buildig contest for
being too old.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Reading, RTS games, trivia.



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  Re: Was the last one really a year ago?
 
Hmm John sounds a lot like someone I know..ME! I miss my 7740 now that I've moved to Melbourne. The only Lego I have with me are the minifig replica's of my g/f and myself. And the Lego Easter Egg pack that she got me for Easter. Haven't opened that (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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  Was the last one really a year ago?
 
Ferreting through the histroy of loc.au I found a roll call stamped 17May2000. It's been a while, people have come and gone and the GST has made life just that little more interesting. Anyways I thought I'd resurrect the form and toss it out for (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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