Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great story, Nathan, and, I suspect, great memories, as well. Thanks for sharing. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 7/23/2019 1:42 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Sonny?s post triggers me to tell this story. Back in the 1960s, as a small > child in Communist Poland, my best friend was the daughter of some friends > of my parents. We were the same age, both born in 1960. My earliest > childhood memories involve sitting on the floor in their apartment, > playing with her Lego bricks?an unimaginable luxury in mid-1960s Poland. > > Beata and her parents emigrated to Denmark in 1969, and we followed suit > in 1972. The Lego bricks went to Denmark too, but by the time we were > reunited in Copenhagen, we were more interesting in teenage kind of > things?learning to smoke, growing long hair (in my case), rock music etc. > So the Lego bricks sat in storage. > > Fast forward to the 2000s. Beata got married and started the procreation > business rather late, in her late 30s/early 40s. She has two children, a > boy and a girl, now aged 16 and 18 or something like that. But when they > were small, they played with the very same Lego bricks with which we had > played 40 years earlier! > > And yes, Beata still has them, so who knows?maybe a third generation will > take them over in the next decade? > > I have sent this story to a senior manager at the Lego company in Denmark > (whom I had met in connection with my work) and she loved it, of course. > It is attachment like this that makes Lego one of the world?s most > powerful brands. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > > > >> On 19 Jul 2019, at 15:54, Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >> You left out reading! >> >> But some Legos in our house are thirty-five years old and are in regulare >> use by another generation. >> >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> 1714 >> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >> >> USA >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 8:17 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Really, my comment was more to do with indoctrination via toys. Do we >>> suggest toys to mimic adults(in past practice dolls for girls and erector >>> sets for girls) or toys to stimulate basic skills and thinking like >>> legos, >>> blocks, puzzle toys, random items that allow the child to develop >>> creativity and imagination as well as basic skills and understanding >>> about >>> physical reality. Don't get me started about reading versus video. >>> >>> But, back to the image posted, I believe this is a fine portrait and good >>> subject to learn a new lens. >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >