From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?Jan_Dj=C3=A4rv?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: OT: Quick Lego Survey Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:15:34 +0200 Message-ID: <043EC533-79C5-4C55-9CD1-C5FE9A6CB075@swipnet.se> References: <87fvgwbjzr.fsf@turing.flintfam.org> <87egwg4bfz.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-81CBDB2F-EA22-4308-A762-D941AB07FDEF Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408220182 26561 80.91.229.3 (16 Aug 2014 20:16:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 20:16:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Samuel W Flint , Nic Ferrier , emacs development To: dhruva Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 16 22:16:14 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XIkOW-0001Wp-To for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:16:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36597 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIkOW-00078x-Bz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:16:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43978) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIkOE-00078j-I6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:15:55 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIkO7-0006Cs-5g for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:15:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mailfe02.swip.net ([212.247.154.33]:52285 helo=swip.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIkO6-000649-Qj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:15:43 -0400 X-T2-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE Original-Received: from hosdjarv.se (account mj138573@tele2.se [46.59.42.57] verified) by mailfe02.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with ESMTPA id 525185055; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:15:36 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11D257) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.247.154.33 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:173720 Archived-At: --Apple-Mail-81CBDB2F-EA22-4308-A762-D941AB07FDEF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi.=20 As a child I had bags of unsorted Legopieces. Those where the days... Jan D.=20 > 16 aug 2014 kl. 19:39 skrev dhruva : >=20 > Not an Emacs developer here but still want to share my memories. >=20 > I played with LEGO. It was unaffordable in India. It was only when someone= travelled abroad and returned, we could even hope of getting a LEGO kit as a= gift. >=20 > The first kit we got had very few pieces and we soon ran out of options. A= fter a many years, we got a fire engine LEGO kit with many pieces. Mixing th= e 2 kits, our imagination was the limit! >=20 > Much later, LEGO partnered with an Indian toy manufacturer and it became m= ore affordable. >=20 > Tetris in GNU Emacs always reminds be of LEGO due to the color and shape o= f falling blocks... >=20 > -dhruva >=20 >=20 >> On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Nic Ferrier wr= ote: >> Samuel W Flint writes: >>=20 >> > I understand this is kind of off topic, however, I was wondering how >> > many of the Emacs Developers played with Legos a lot as a kid. >>=20 >> The plural is "LEGO" NOT "Legos" >>=20 >> I did. >>=20 >> I've also worked for LEGO where they taught me to be as annoyed as they >> are about people pluralizing it wrong. >>=20 >>=20 >> Nic >>=20 >>=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-81CBDB2F-EA22-4308-A762-D941AB07FDEF Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hi. 

As a child I had bags of unsorted Legopieces.   Those where the days...

    Jan D. 

16 aug 2014 kl. 19:39 skrev dhruva <dhruvakm+ml@gmail.com>:

Not an Emacs developer here but still want to share my memories.

I played with LEGO. It was unaffordable in India. It was only when someone travelled abroad and returned, we could even hope of getting a LEGO kit as a gift.

The first kit we got had very few pieces and we soon ran out of options. After a many years, we got a fire engine LEGO kit with many pieces. Mixing the 2 kits, our imagination was the limit!

Much later, LEGO partnered with an Indian toy manufacturer and it became more affordable.

Tetris in GNU Emacs always reminds be of LEGO due to the color and shape of falling blocks...

-dhruva


On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Nic Ferrier <nferrier@ferrier.me.uk> wrote:
Samuel W Flint <swflint@flintfam.org> writes:

> I understand this is kind of off topic, however, I was wondering how
> many of the Emacs Developers played with Legos a lot as a kid.

<angry>The plural is "LEGO" NOT "Legos"</angry>

I did.

I've also worked for LEGO where they taught me to be as annoyed as they
are about people pluralizing it wrong.


Nic



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