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From: misium@cauldron.spdc.ti.com (George Misium) Date: 6 Dec 1995 13:46:00 -0600 Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Device Center Name: George Misium Gender: o^ Age: 38 Mental age/status of inner child: 13 / Location: Plano, Texas E-mail address: misium@spdc.ti.com Marital status: Children: one Occupation: R&D engineer (PhD EE) # of sets in LEGO collection: > 10^2 # of LEGO pieces: > 10^2*10^2 = 10^4 ---> oo First LEGO set: Duplo bought for son Favorite theme(s): Spaceships, Black and older Knights, Non-contemporary boats,AZ Favorite set(s): 1547 - Small Black Knight boat with two knights Current project: underwater monorail, spaceship carrier, sunken SES=Aquashark base, lighting system using 9V train supply, ... Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Other (non-LEGO) interests: Son, dog, intelectual property law, creativite process, sailing, poetry, coaching/playing soccer, managing technology investment club, director of non-profit org.(Be Well Corp.), baseball, autographs ... and work and significant other in case my boss or she is lurking :)
From: duffy@plains.nodak.edu (Nathan R. Duffy PGCSBA)
Date: 12 Dec 1995 00:55:36 -0600
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Network
Name: Nathan R. Duffy
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Year of birth: Hmm, 1995-22, I guess that equalls 1973...
Mental age/status of inner child: Variable/Quite Well, thank you
Location: The Wastes of North Dakota
E-mail address: duffy@plains.nodak.edu
LEGO/home page url: homepage: http://space.acm.ndsu.nodak.edu/~duffy
No LEGO content as of yet...
Marital status: Single
Children: I should think not!
Occupation: Student/Computer Consultant
# of sets in LEGO collection: Hmm, probably in excess of 150.
# of LEGO pieces: Far too many to count.
First LEGO set: Starfleet Voyager? or some forgotten 30ct space set.
Favorite theme(s): Blacktron I, Space, Technic, Pirate, everything else
Favorite set(s): Message Intercept Base (where are my instructions?!),
Airtech Claw Rig, MetroStation
Current project: Unknown, in a bit of a creative draught right now.
Greatest claim to LEGO fame: None, really. Got a Metrostation for $40.00
Often, during certain spontaneous
competitions (Oddessey of the Mind, in
particular) I would mutter, "Hey, this is
just like Lego!"
Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, RolePlaying Games, Pink Floyd,
Bass/Electric Guitar...
From: ftor@dromond.vr.dnv.no (Frode Torske) Date: 13 Dec 1995 15:26:15 GMT Organization: TelePost Public Access Name: Frode Torske Gender: M Age: 33 Year of birth: '62 Mental age/status of inner child: 33 (lots of grown-up men has scale trains) Location: Oslo, Capitol of Norway, loc. in south-eastern part of N. E-mail address: frodet@sn.no Lego page url: http://www.sn.no/~frodet/lego Home page url: http://www.sn.no/~frodet Marital status: Married Children : 4 (Synnoeve(f) 8, Solveig(f) 5, Magnus(m) 4, Kristine(f) 2) Occupation : Physicist / Programmer # of sets : Not enough fingers and toes... # of LEGO pieces : Thousands in room, hope none in the vacuum cleaner bag. Std. procedure is to perform an autopsy before the paper bag is thrashed. First LEGO set : I had lots of Lego as a kid (they still are at my parents house). I bought the first train 2 years ago (not counting Duplo trains. We've been buying Duply since the oldest kid was new-born.) Favorite theme : Train Train Train! (Technic ranks up there too! Haven't really started buying that yet (only got a few sets of my wife at Xmas!), but you just wait 'till the kids get a little older!) Favorite set(s): Blue hopper car, Crocodile Current project: Reassembling my display, making it larger to make room for the FRR which currently is in mail from USA. (Got the hopper car a few days ago!) :-D Other (non-LEGO) interests: Computers, Programming, HTML authoring, sporting (running, cross-country skiing, biking, orienteering) Frode Torske e-mail: work: ftor@vr.dnv.no Oslo, Norway home(Lego): frodet@sn.no http://www.sn.no/~frodet LEGO: TR++++1(c) BO++2 TO++3 PA+ DU+(+++) FS+ TC+ S- LS-- H? F4536 YB62m IC62(m) "I will give a leg (need the last arm for building) for #4536 Blue Hopper Car"
From: efxmstr@aol.com (EFX MSTR)
Date: 1 Jan 1996 13:23:31 -0500
Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364)
Name: Thomas Muller
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1972
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
E-mail Address: EFX_MSTR@aol.com
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Occupation: Assistant Manager, Walgreens Drug Store
On R.T.L. Since: November 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 40+
# of LEGO Pieces: ?
First LEGO Set: 6894 Blacktron
Favorite Theme (s): Islanders, Aquazone
Favorite Set (s): All?
Favorite Piece (s) /Minifigure (s): All Base Plates, All Mini Figures
Current LEGO Project: 16 square foot Island, Pier, Beach, Mountain River,
Race Way.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Subscribing to R.T.L , ?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Sony Playstaion, Video Games, Shopping.
LEGO: MOC+++ PI+++ (6278) AQ+++ BO(6483) ,CA,PA,TO++ #+ S LS+++ H!?
A@ YB72m
From: carnellm@awod.com (Michael Carnell)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 01:15:57 GMT
Name: Michael Carnell
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1963
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 6 (according to my wife!)
Location: Charleston, SC
E-mail Address: carnellm@awod.com
Marital Status: Married 10 years
Children: Daughter age 3.5 years, Son due in 1 week
Occupation: Computer systems engineer
On R.T.L. Since: ~7/95
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 50
# of LEGO Pieces: Who knows? 50 x avg#/set = 5000???
First LEGO Set: small stunt 'copter 6/95 (no idea about childhood)
Favorite Theme(s): Pirates!
Favorite Set(s): Any that I don't have.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pirate wench
Current LEGO Project: Crewing a pirate ship with all women and then building an
entire pirate community. In my other LEGO time period, I
am building a railroad.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: The mass quantities of money my wife says I spend?
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Book collecting, Jimmy Buffett music, looking but
not touching (I am married you know), traveling.
Guess that's it!
Michael Carnell - http://clever.net/dbd/cmc
From: ksethre@io.com (Karsten Sethre) Date: 2 Jan 1996 01:52:26 GMT Organization: none Name: Karsten Sethre Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Good question. I have no idea Location: Austin, TX E-mail Address: ksethre@io.com Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Still looking On R.T.L. Since: Late Nov. '95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 10 or 20 # of LEGO Pieces: Your guess is as good as mine First LEGO Set: 442 Space Shuttle Favorite Theme(s): Technic, space Favorite Set(s): Can't decide; I like them all Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Original Blacktron minifig, micromotor, the old crater baseplates Current LEGO Project: Computer interface (I can't afford $600 for Lego's) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: I don't think I really have one, yet. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Music, programming, SF/Fantasy, MTG, INWO, -- Karsten Sethre \ <*> / ksethre@io.com < LEGO: TC+++ SP++ AQ+ TO,CA,PI,MT@ > FNORD! http://www.io.com/~ksethre / #+ S++ LS++ Hri A@ YB75m \
From: jek160@psu.edu (Joyce Kreuter) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 02:19:19 GMT Organization: CAC Name: Joyce Kreuter Gender: F Year of Birth: 1958 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13 Location: State College, PA E-mail Address: jek160@psu.edu Marital Status: Happily Married Children: 2 Occupation: Former - Software Engineer Current - Mom On R.T.L. Since: Nov '94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 25+ # of LEGO Pieces: thousands First LEGO Set: Basic Bricks Favorite Theme(s): Aquazone Favorite Set(s): Neptune Discovery Lab, Sea Sprint 9 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Girl River Rafter Current LEGO Project: Build Sea Crawler/Obtain Shark Cave thingie Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: my kids, getting my teacher's cert, reading, computers, ice cream Quotable Quote: "It's never too late to have a happy childhood"
From: richoz@primenet.com (Richard Ozenbaugh) Date: 1 Jan 1996 22:08:02 -0700 Organization: RiM Computer Solutions Name: Richard Ozenbaugh Gender: M Year of Birth: 1964 (Yea 64.. it's not a typo) Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8 Location: Phornix E-mail Address: richoz@primenet.com Marital Status: Married Children: 2 Occupation: Area Manager for 2 way comm. co. On R.T.L. Since: 6/95 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 15 # of LEGO Pieces: 900 First LEGO Set: way back when all they had were square bricks.... Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8880 Super Car Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): gears.. Current LEGO Project: Understanding what makes a minifig Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: none Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: robotics, computers, electronics, wife! (not in that order..)
From: al136@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mathew Stephen)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 06:48:51 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH (USA)
Name: Mathew Stephen
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 13
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
E-mail Address: ieidstep@engvms.unl.edu
Marital Status: Single
Children: none besides myself
Occupation: Industrial Engineer, but currently unemployed
On R.T.L. Since: Summer 94
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 100+
# of LEGO Pieces: Over 20,000, all inventoried by piece type and color.
First LEGO Set: unknown, but at age 3
Favorite Theme(s): Space and castle mainly
Favorite Set(s): Never met a set I didn't like, except Belville line.
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Pieces don't like; a piece that can be
be created from other pieces.
Current LEGO Project: Wanting to set up a display, but currently
lacking the space to do so.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Trying to find a use for 12 empty big blue
buckets (set # 1819), any ideas?
From: scalpel@wizards.com (Lord Eternity) Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 23:20:07 -0700 Organization: South There Import/Export Name: Jon Wilkie (aka "Scalpel", "Lord Eternity", "Mr. Self-Destruct") Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1973 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Alive and kicking Location: Seattle, WA E-mail Address: scalpel@wizards.com Marital Status: Single, w/ girlfriend Children: None Occupation: Customer Support @ Wizards of the Coast, freelance game designer On R.T.L. Since: a few months ago # of Sets in LEGO Collection: a dozen or so # of LEGO Pieces: No clue First LEGO Set: The first space sets, with the rocket launch station Favorite Theme(s): Aqua/Smuggling, Castle/Space Favorite Set(s): My modified Rebel Roadster (Simple, yet stylish) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Rebel Roadster pilot (cool biker jacket!) Current LEGO Project: Getting a set of drawers to sort out my collection, building a big display for my desk at work. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: at the age of 13, building a 4-foot long broadsword wholly out of Legos, and then swinging it in our kitchen. We were finding Legos for months... Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: The Camarilla Fan Association, Anime, RPGs, Hong Kong cinema, Tarantino films, my girlfriend
From: SKLJ50A@prodigy.com (Chris Dickinson) Date: 2 Jan 1996 08:00:42 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Name: Chris Dickinson Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1975 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: umm.... i killed my inner child. i'm just a kid at heart naturally! Location: Mineral Ridge, OH E-mail Address: SKLJ50A@prodigy.com Marital Status: Married Children: None (thank God) Occupation: Sales (commission) On R.T.L. Since: JAN '96 (just found it!) # of Sets in LEGO Collection: somewhere between 75 and 100 # of LEGO Pieces: yeah... right... First LEGO Set: one of the old sets with "granny" in it. Favorite Theme(s): Space, Town Favorite Set(s): Sail and Fly Marina, Enchanted Island, Robo Guardian. Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): the Palm Tree!... umm, how about Octan Guy? Current LEGO Project: The New Legoforce (as opposed to the old one that i've been updating over the last eight years) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Put together ALL of the Islanders sets one night up till about 3 AM. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: role playing, writing stories, collecting and reading comic books (i'd like to have my own Legoforce comic book!)
From: curtissa@ix.netcom.com(Aaron Curtiss )
Date: 2 Jan 1996 17:51:03 GMT
Organization: Netcom
Name: Aaron Curtiss
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Los Angeles, CA
E-mail Address: curtissa@ix.netcom.com
Marital Status: Married
Children: None
Occupation: Journalist/University instructor
On R.T.L. Since: Summer 1994
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: No idea, far too many to count
# of LEGO Pieces: No idea, far too many to count
First LEGO Set: A box of bricks circa 1972
Favorite Theme(s): Town, but dabble in all
Favorite Set(s): Neptune Discovery Lab
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): The quarter-circle windows from
Poolside Paradise
Current LEGO Project: Working on anachronistic time themes for the Time
Cruisers to visit
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Featured on an E! television show about
toys. My city takes up an entire room.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Urban planning, marathon running, good
mystery novels.
From: rcbarth@nyc.pipeline.com (Robert C. Barth)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 13:36:02 -0500
Organization: I-Sight Software
Name: Robert C. Barth
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 10-11-74
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Uh, yeah.
Location: New York City
E-mail Address: rcbarth@pipeline.com
Marital Status: Flatline (not married)
Children: Zero
Occupation: Computer Programmer
On R.T.L. Since: ATL was the hip place to be
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 300+
# of LEGO Pieces: Billionth and billionth :)
First LEGO Set: Some set with mostly red pieces c.1978
Favorite Theme(s): Town, town, and, uh, town. Boats and trains are good
too.
Favorite Set(s): First LegoLand airport (c.1980's Yellow, white chopper,
etc.)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): I like them all the same
Current LEGO Project: Convincing Lego to come out with better sets
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: 'Putering, Hockey, things having to do with Star
Wars, Cars, other stuff that I can't think of.
TO++++ TR+++ BO++ BV- PA-- #+++++ S- LS+ Hal A++ YB74m
--------------------
Robert C. Barth - Senior Programmer, Dow Jones & Co.
E-Mail : rcbarth@pipeline.com
WWW : http://www.users.nyc.pipeline.com/~rcbarth/home.htm
From: bad36@aol.com (BAD36) Date: 1 Jan 1996 14:09:06 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Name: Brian Davis Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1978 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 Location: Cypress, Texas E-mail Address: BAD36@aol.com Marital Status: Not Married Children: 0 Occupation Student: On R.T.L. Since: October 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: 47 # of LEGO Pieces: 10,000 First LEGO Set: Motorcycle Shop Favorite Theme(s): Town Favorite Set(s): Shuttle Launch Pad Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Jailbreak Joe Current LEGO Project: A Town the size of a Ping Pong Table Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: computers, reading, and video games
From: jrose@eid.awinc.com (Jeff Rose)
Date: 2 Jan 1996 05:08:41 GMT
Organization: A & W Internet Inc.
Name: Jeff Rose
Gender: Male
Year of Birth: 1968
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10
Location: Brooks, Alberta, Canada
E-mail Address: jrose@eid.awinc.com
Marital Status: Not Married
Children: 0
Occupation: Movie Theatre Manager
On R.T.L. Since: September 1995
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Lots
# of LEGO Pieces: 40,000+
First LEGO set: Some old BASIC set...can't recall.
Favorite Theme(s): Town
Favorite Set(s): any Shuttle Set
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Hmmm...
Current LEGO Project: Finding a way to build a Lego town in my apartment
and still live in here.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame:
Assistant Builder on a football stadium which occupied 9 large grey
base-plates. Included a store, snack-bar, ticket stand and press-
boxes (including those $1million suites).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests:
Reading, and Movies
Jeff Rose jrose@eid.awinc.com
Oasis Theatre Manager
Brooks, Alberta, Canada
From: shepherd.38@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu (Chris Shepherd) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 19:29:41 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Name: Chris Shepherd Gender: M Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: -12 Location: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio E-mail Address: shepherd@osu.edu Marital Status: Single Children: None that I know of Occupation: Student, Mechanical Engineering On R.T.L. Since: 94 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~80 # of LEGO Pieces: 26431 First LEGO Set: Some old basic set Favorite Theme(s): Technic, Train Favorite Set(s): All of them. If I don't really like 'em, I don't buy 'em Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Judge Ito from Space shuttle Current LEGO Project: 1. Flat car loader (Technic and Train) 2. A robotic arm (Technic) 3. Truss bridges (Technic and Train) 4. A large Crane (about 6' tall, technic) 5. Original buildings for the trains 6. Organizing 26000 pieces. Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Lots and lots Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Juggling, programming, camping
From: B. Stowe Date: 3 Jan 1996 01:08:08 GMT Organization: Internet Nebraska Name: Bryan Stowe Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1967 Mental Age/ Status of inner child: ?? Location: Lincoln, Nebraska E-Mail Address: stowe@inetnebr.com Marital Status: Married Children: 1 boy age 5 Occupation: Nebraska State Law Enforcement Officer On R.T.L. Since: Summer 1995 # of Sets in LEGO collection: 400+ # of LEGO Pieces: Tens of Thousands First LEGO Set: Unknown, inhereted LEGOs from extended family dating from late '50's:? Favorite Theme (s): Trains, town, Aquzone Favorite Set(s): Blue coal car for train, Red trolley engine for train (european) Favorite Piece(s): Any thing train Current LEGO Project: 14' x 18' Town in basement with seaport and working rail system. Greatest claim to LEGO fame: Own all Train sets produced in the last five years including european ones, Own first twenty space sets produced.
From: Moo the Cow <sillywiz@wardrobe.demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:50:34 GMT Organization: The Wardrobe Happy Cow Emporium. Name: Keith Lucas ( "Moo the Cow", "SillyWiz" ) Gender: M Year of Birth: 73 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 10 going on middle aged. Location: Coventry, UK. E-mail Address: sillywiz@wardrobe.demon.co.uk Marital Status: single, but taking offers from attractive blondes.. Children: none. Occupation: I get paid for programming trivia quiz machines. What I _do_ is a difefrent matter. On R.T.L. Since: it was A.T.L # of Sets in LEGO Collection: Dunno. Many. >100 # of LEGO Pieces: The Owner of the Great Toystore in the Sky alone knows. ( I have got a once complete catalogue somewhere, but it's ~7 years out of date. First LEGO Set: Number '3'. Favorite Theme(s): Pirate. But I could convert to Wild West... Favorite Set(s): I think it's still the ambulance & helicopter ( No. 653 ) Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Current LEGO Project: Building a complete civilisation using all the lego that came back with me from my parents last Thursday !! ( And all I can snag in the sales ) Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Building space-craft using 50x50 baseplates as the foundations. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Linux games programming. Sci-fi & fantasy wargaming, watching movies, a sci-fi film I'm writing ( at a rate that reminds observers of continental drift ).
From: wrzwicky@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu (William Roger Zwicky) Date: 3 Jan 1996 18:08:04 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Name: Bill Zwicky Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 17 Location: Champaign, IL E-mail Address: wrzwicky@uiuc.edu LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~wrzwicky/ Marital Status: Single Children: None Occupation: Student, programmer On R.T.L (A.T.L) Since: 1995 # of Sets in LEGO Collection: ~30 # of LEGO Pieces: 4000? # of LEGOfests Attended: 0 First LEGO Set: Some space set from 1979 Favorite Theme(s): Technic Favorite Set(s): 8880 Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): All technic Current LEGO Project: 8880 and variations Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: None, really. Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Computering, biking / William R. Zwicky / / U of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana / / wrzwicky@uiuc.edu / / http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~wrzwicky / LEGO: TC+++(8880) SP++(497) CA+ PI+ #+ S+ LS++ Hsu A+ YB68m
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