From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dhruva Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: OT: Quick Lego Survey Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:39:30 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87fvgwbjzr.fsf@turing.flintfam.org> <87egwg4bfz.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c21a38bb01510500c29e28 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1408210797 6893 80.91.229.3 (16 Aug 2014 17:39:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 17:39:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Samuel W Flint , emacs development To: Nic Ferrier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 16 19:39:50 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 1XIhxF-0005uW-Tq for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 19:39:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36172 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIhxF-0008UA-A1 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:39:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51782) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIhx0-0008Tr-ML for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:39:35 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIhwx-0005MX-Ii for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:39:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ig0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22c]:38029) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XIhwx-0005MT-Cx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 13:39:31 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ig0-f172.google.com with SMTP id h15so4655259igd.5 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:39:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=/gglDxqFgQGVkVW0b7hRZVz001ZlgTWA3SDxq4j10CI=; b=ndL/lLuuGePmSp2v8C1yeCvvCckznuM9slDT6tOEZvkkVfaCBENIU5VeOAsYPoMEow HsuSWVWpcNBAdQArBcPOslJbTx3o7qCPnmNOtedh6KoqTpzn1KSSAHtqRnOLJWoDoTlz pNBsotkT5IAKsgUnUv5J1j+HFtMsBtO7Jg7LCtfRPIAAN/pOk/iz28i4uYmtfc/B1M7X N2rwOaVpFSwT2oY1c1gdgsHJmSwSww7IuQFvJQjEL3lVIYFI0ZoNdj0Pb1iWd3St5ATs ZFs88p0ErXjNO7usKv0UoJ60TVFQXssX0I5jfG5y7nYytc4SbWf0uQtR2CGTaofwKpld OFog== X-Received: by 10.43.136.134 with SMTP id ik6mr27078247icc.6.1408210770262; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:39:30 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.107.155.130 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:39:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87egwg4bfz.fsf@ferrier.me.uk> X-Google-Sender-Auth: kgjME-FSzEPAmkoI25b5kBaNSt4 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22c 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:173719 Archived-At: --001a11c21a38bb01510500c29e28 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 wrote: > Samuel W Flint 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. > > The plural is "LEGO" NOT "Legos" > > 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 > > > --001a11c21a38bb01510500c29e28 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Not an Emacs developer here but still want to share my mem= ories.

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 ra= n out of options. After a many years, we got a fire engine LEGO kit with ma= ny pieces. Mixing the 2 kits, our imagination was the limit!

Much later, LEGO partnered with an Indian toy manufacturer a= nd it became more affordable.

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

-dhruva


<= div class=3D"gmail_quote">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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