Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful story! My grandkids are now playing with the same Legos that their parents played with when they were young. Legos are infinitely adaptable to any imagination and can be whatever you make them. The only bad thing about Legos is stepping on them barefoot!!! Tina On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 2:42 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 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 -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley <http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html> *https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html <https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/649596.html>*