Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had my first box (a VW garage) circa 1962. They?re currently keeping a third generation of Amards busy ;-) Good to know you can pop them in a bag and wash them in the washing machine ;-) We later discovered KAPLA, different, more planet friendly, and so melodious when they collapse :-) Takes more imagination to play with and also attracts kids of all ages, without limitation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkJ7kNaxZZI <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkJ7kNaxZZI> Amities Philippe > Le 24 juil. 2019 ? 00:26, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > 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>* > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information