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Pete Callaway
Favorite LEGO toys/themes: Star Wars, Space, Technic, Arctic. I mainly like LEGO for LEGO and try not to limit myself to themes. If I like a set I'll get it, regardless of it's theme (well, maybe not Scala)
My fascination with LEGO began... I guess when I was about 5. I've always loved to build stuff (and take stuff apart, much to my parents dismay. We never could get that radio working again!!). I started out with a couple of basic sets, and have never looked back (dark ages notwithstanding).
I once built... A 4WD, 4WS technic car with fully independent suspension, loosely based on the old auto chasis 8860. A bit flimsy on the suspension, but it was before the days of "cheating" when LEGO would fabricate a once-off part for a particular task.
Someday I will build... A minifig scale Tantive IV (from Star Wars) Or even a Frigate. I think a Mon Cal Cruiser or a Star Destroyer would be a bit ambitious, but I haven't completely ruled them out!
LEGO is great because... Your imagination is the only limitation. OK, money, and getting the number of parts you want, space in my house for it all and neglecting my wife. But you can build anything you want. It's not a once-off toy. I wouldn't even call it a toy for that matter.
LEGO fans are great because... They are usually intelligent, tallented good looking people like myself! Seriously, we all share a special common bond which spans in some cases several decades of facination. I'm sure at some stage we've all pictured ourselves as a minifig racing around in one of our creations. I still do!
My favorite Non-LEGO Toys: Matchbox Cars, RC Cars, my Jeep
My favorite Hobbies & Interests: Model Building (plastic/wood kits), 4W driving, reading, sailing, canyoning, computer games
My favorite Foods: Burger King, Pizza from Christina's Pizzeria, Veal Schnitzel, Ice Cream, Coke
My favorite Movies & TV: Star Wars, Ben Hur, Cutthroat Island, The Simpsons, Sabrina (TV), Indiana Jones, JAG, James Bond
My favorite Artists: Not realy an art fan, but I saw a great Turner exhibition once
My favorite Music: I love all music, except gansta rap and crappy rap covers of old great songs
My favorite Pets & Animals: I love all anmals. Currently I have a cross Boarder Collie/Collie (a black and white Lassie), Jetson
Words which best describe me: Unpredictable, Politically Incorrect, Honest, Witty, Strange, Vindictive (when I drive), Anal
I love it when... I can lie in bed with a good book listening to the rain outside.
I hate it when... People don't use their indicators when driving, People drive slow in the fast lane, I can't have a bit of time to myself to do my own thing
I can't seem to get enough... LEGO, free time, travel, fun in the great outdoors
I always seem to have enough... Food, work
I hope I always... treat people the way they would want me to treat them. Very hard to do (particularly when I'm driving).
I wish I could... Fly, like Superman that is. Any twit can jump on a plane.
I could never... be a school teacher. I'd end up belting the class twit. I cannot tolerate idiots, and my wife (a school teacher) tells me stories that make my blood boil.
I hope I never... Take my wife for granted. Take my oportunities and advantages for granted. So many people think the world owes then a living. You reap what you sow.
I wish I hadn't... Given up playing music at school, lost interest in LEGO for so long.
More & Less:
- more responsibility taken by people for their actions, less blaming other people for antisocial behaviour or criminal activity
- more time for holidays, less time for work
- more bricks, less burps
Rules I try to live by:
- Love the Lord your God with all your herat, all your soul and all your mind
- Love your neighbour as yourself
- The rest of the 10 Commandments
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