 | | no TexLUG Austin meeting this coming Sunday 8/14
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Folks, There will not be an Austin TexLUG meeting this coming Sunday. I'll be at BrickFest in DC this weekend, and I'm still arranging new reservations for the room at the library. Plan on our next meeting for Sunday, September 11, 2005. (I will (...) (19 years ago, 11-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | TexLUG Austin 7/10 meeting report
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Folks, Attending the 7/10 TexLUG Austin meeting were: Danny Diaz Clendon Gibson Laura Hayden James Loftus David Perdue Ed Southerland Tim Rueger and others Ed brought his latest custom minifigs in a scene from Legend of Zelda. He also showed his (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jul-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 7/10
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Folks, Come on by the next Austin TexLUG meeting Sunday, July 10. Bring your latest creations, or share some tips on where you've gotten good deals lately - Target is putting Lego on clearance up in Dallas, hopefully the same is true here in Austin. (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jul-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | TexLUG Austin 6/12 meeting report; sumo contest results
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Folks, Attending the 6/12 Texlug Austin meeting were: Kurt Baty David Perdue Lee Rahe Tim Rueger and many assorted others (see below) We held the first TexLUG Austin Lego Mindstorms Sumo Robotics contest. About twenty people were in attendance, from (...) (19 years ago, 15-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.robotics)
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| | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 6/12 - Sumo Contest!
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Folks, Come on by the next Austin TexLUG meeting Sunday, June 12. We'll be holding our Lego Mindstorms Robotic Sumo Contest, so bring your 'bot(s) and we'll see whose machine reigns supreme! Or come by to cheer on the competitors and catch some ABS (...) (19 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | TexLUG Austin 5/8 meeting report
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All, Attending the 5/8 Texlug Austin meeting were: Kurt Baty Ed Southerland Tim Rueger A low-key meeting this time (the weather was highly inclement, and it was Mother's Day), but we still had a fine time. Ed brought a neat minifig forestman with a (...) (19 years ago, 11-May-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 5/8
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Folks, Come on by the next Austin TexLUG meeting this coming Sunday. (And yes, it *is* on Mother's Day. Show your Mom you love her by getting out of the house for a couple hours!) Particulars are below. If you have a creation to show, bring it. We (...) (19 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 4/10
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Folks, Come on by the next Austin TexLUG meeting this coming Sunday (tomorrow). Particulars are below. Bring your creations and show off what you've been working on! I'll bring my pictures from the recent all-Texlug meeting, and set up my monorail (...) (19 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | all-TexLUG meeting 4/2-3, San Antonio
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All, The next all-Texas TexLUG gathering will be in San Antonio the weekend of April 2. Particulars and travel info are below. See you there! ---...--- What: All-Texas TexLUG meeting When: April 2-3, 2005 4/2: Setup / socialize (all day) 4/3: Public (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | Lego Robotic Sumo Contest - Sunday 6/12/05, Austin, TX
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Folks, The Austin chapter of TexLUG is holding a Lego Robotic Sumo contest! Win valuable Lego prizes when your robot outwits and outpushes its opponents out of a circular arena! Rules, schedule, and entry details may be found here: (URL) contest (...) (19 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx) !
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| | TexLUG Austin 3/13 meeting report
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Folks, Attending the 3/13 Texlug Austin meeting were: David Perdue Jay Perdue Kurt Baty Tim Rueger The meeting focused on getting details set for the Sumobot contest. The contest will be held June 10, 2005, with optional test and debug sessions on (...) (19 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 3/13; more sumo
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Folks, Come on by the next Austin TexLUG meeting this coming Sunday. Particulars are below. Bring your creations and show off what you've been working on! Once again, I'll be demonstrating two bots from David Perdue's sumo robotics book, with more (...) (19 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | TexLUG Austin 2/13 meeting report
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Folks, Attending the 2/13 Texlug Austin meeting were: Richard Arndt (also of the Austin Robot Group) Kurt Baty Lee Rahe Tim Rueger David Smith (in from Dallas) Ed Southerland Wade, Helen and Roger Yamada Kurt brought another of his fantastic minifig (...) (19 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday 2/13; sumo demo/contest
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Folks, Come on by the next Austin TexLUG meeting this coming Sunday. Particulars are below. Bring your creations and show off what you've been working on! I'll be demonstrating two bots from David Perdue's sumo robotics book (I'll be borrowing his (...) (19 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | Austin-area Lego update
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Folks, Here's an update on recent Austin-area Lego goings-on... On Saturday, 1/8/05, the first Central Texas FIRST Lego League competition was held. About 20 middle-school teams competed; they came from Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and as far away (...) (19 years ago, 12-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Austin TEXLUG meeting Sunday 1/9; FLL
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Folks, Come on by the next Austin TexLUG meeting this coming Sunday. Particulars are below. Yes, this is one day after the FIRST Lego League competition in Austin. Such is the nature of the regularly-scheduled meeting: randomly- scheduled events (...) (19 years ago, 3-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | TexLUG Austin meeting Sunday November 14
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Folks, TexLUG Austin will be starting monthly meetings this month (woo-hoo!). Here are the particulars (follow the URL for a map link): Date: The second Sunday every month (next meeting 11/14/04). Time: 2:30pm-5:30pm Location: Austin Public Library, (...) (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | Re: New to LUGNET- My Brickshelf
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Let me say this then, right now may be the best place to go is my MOCpages; (URL) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: New to LUGNET- My Brickshelf
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(...) I dont suppose you could point us to which folders have something in them. I clicked three folders and they were all empty. Generally speaking, it is better to point your audience to a specific creation(s), rather than to your entire gallery. (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | New to LUGNET- My Brickshelf
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Hello, I'm new to LUGNET. I've had an account at Brickshelf and MOCpages for a while now, though. Check out my gallery, hope you like it! It's mostly .space and military. (URL) Matthew (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.military, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | TexLUG Fall 2004 Meeting Details
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Howdy All, I've posted a few details (including directions) on our website about the upcoming fall meeting: (URL) meeting will be held at National Instruments in Austin on October 9 and 10 (Saturday and Sunday). If you have any questions, please (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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| | Sunday meeting - Free lunch and Master Builder talk!
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All, If you're on the TexLUG or TexLUG-Dallas email lists, you may have already seen this. LEGOLAND California PR will be in Dallas next week for an “outside market tour”, promoting the LLC park outside of Southern California. They have offered to (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, FTX)
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| | TexLUG Meeting Reminder
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Howdy all, This is a reminder that the Fall 2003 TexLUG meeting will take place this weekend in Austin, Texas. For more details, please see (URL) this post>. In addition, the times for the meeting are as follows: Saturday, Oct. 11: 10am to 6pm (...) (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, FTX)
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| | Re: Meeting in San Antonio...
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(...) Hey Chris, I'm sorry about the lack of attendance at your meeting. That seems to be a problem with a lot of the meeting we have had. I (personally) have given up on trying to make the meetings as trying to deal with my work schedule and making (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Re: Meeting in San Antonio...
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Meeting Rundown... Attendance: Pat Mark Chris Location: UTSA - San Antonio Note: Pictures didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. The room was great! (URL) arrived around 8:15 and made several car trips to get everything ready. I started (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Re: Meeting in San Antonio...
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Greetings, I hope some of you are getting ready to come to San Antonio. I have make one modification to the rules I ended up using poster board and electrical tape. So, the width of the line is 3/4" instead of a 1/2". It looks nice... The symbols (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-03, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Re: Meeting in San Antonio...
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Greetings Again, As promised here is the information for the meeting. TJ has been generous enough to make a page for the meeting on the TEXLUG site. (URL) (TM) Contests ~~~~~~ We will be having two types of MindStorms (TM) contests. One, is the line (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Re: Meeting in San Antonio...
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I got a room on campus! We are meeting in the University Room in the Business building at UTSA. Date: June 7-8th. Times: TBA. I was thinking 9-5 or 10-6 on Sat and either 9 or 10 AM until 3 PM on Sun. I will have a key for Friday night and the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Re: Meeting in San Antonio...
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I have approval from IEEE (an on campus organization) to have the event. They will be our on campus sponsors. So expect a small public turn out from a few engineering students. They are interested in having a little MindStorm competition and they (...) (21 years ago, 8-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Re: Meeting in San Antonio...
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My feelings on this are mixed; the last time I tried to give my honest opinion on a proposal for a TEXLUG event, the results were not good. That being stated, I agree with Tom (who I have actually met in person, so I know he exists!) {;-) I believe (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Re: Meeting in San Antonio...
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(...) Hi Chris, I'm probably the worst person to reply to your post, but I think my thoughts on it may have some merit. I think it's great you are wanting to host a meeting in San Antonio. I love to see someone willing to take on such an event. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | Meeting in San Antonio...
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Greetings, After a awesome meeting experience in March. I would like to try and host a meeting here in San Antonio. I'm looking at the first weekends in June or the later weekends in July. I'm working on getting a room on or near UTSA. However, I (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.org.us.texlug)
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| | TexLUG March 15 & 16 Meeting Updates
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Howdy All! The date draws close! Less than two weeks away! Official times for the meeting have been chosen, and the meeting information page has been updated: (URL) meeting dates and times: Saturday, March 15, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Sunday, March 16, (...) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.bea, lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant)
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| | More TEXLUG Meeting Info
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Howdy again! I've been meaning to release the October 12th meeting address and hotel information. However, I don't know the exact address yet. I'll have to ask Laura (she's out on vacation until the end of the month) and then get back to y'all with (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw)
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| | LEGO Building Event In Austin
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Dear Texas AFOLs, Lego is holding a building event in Austin, and would like to invite you to participate. Brian Bowler and Jake McKee have contacted me, and asked me to pass the word along to you. Brian will be attending the event. Here are the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | TEXLUG Meeting- Final Reminder
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To All AFOLs In Texas, If you haven't seen the posts yet, we're having a meeting next Saturday, March 9th. The meeting will be in Austin at Jason Spangler's house, and will last from 10am to 8pm. If you haven't emailed me yet, and would like to go, (...) (22 years ago, 2-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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| | TEXLUG Meeting: March 9
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Hey Texas AFOLs, We're going to have a meeting in March, and the date has been picked: Saturday, March 9th. The meeting will take place in Austin, at the house of Jason Spangler. The meeting will be from 10am to 8pm. Out of the many responses I've (...) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw)
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| | TEXLUG Meeting & MOC Contest
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Howdy Texas AFOLs! The first TEXLUG meeting of 2002 will take place on March 9 or March 16 (see note 1) at Jason Spangler's house in Austin, TX. Please email me (at tja@texbrick.com) with your response. I will send out more information via email (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Question on jumping bots
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Howdy, Can anybody who's been involved in Lego groups in Austin since the early 90's shed any light on the "spring turkeys" that Jim mentions in this posting? (URL) would really appreciate hearing about these jumping robots. Any pics, DATs, or (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: Kohl's $10 off (a $10 purchase) card for grand opening
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Well, no $10 off card for me, but the store nearby did have a 25% off LEGO sale. The only sets I saw above MSRP were some of the smaller $3-6 dollar sets such as the young dinos and the HP Sorting Hat (currently the only store to stock that and (...) (23 years ago, 5-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: Kohl's $10 off (a $10 purchase) card for grand opening
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"Steve Demlow" <demlow@visi.com> wrote in message news:GKnA2M.JsI@lugnet.com... (...) Also, because of the higher than MSRP, they often have older stock languishing on their shelves. I've been able to grab a few older sets at good prices once they (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: Kohl's $10 off (a $10 purchase) card for grand opening
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(...) Last Saturday they had a 25% off Lego sale and had many of the new Harry Potter sets in stock. They were 6-10% above MSRP, but at 25% off that's still not bad. Their Lego prices are sometimes MSRP, sometimes above, but they do have 20-40% off (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Kohl's $10 off (a $10 purchase) card for grand opening
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I got a $10 off (minimum $10 purchase) card in the mail yesterday, corresponding with the Kohl's openings in Austin, Round Rock, and Cedar Park, Texas. It's been a while since I've visited them, but I can't turn down free. If I remember correctly, (...) (23 years ago, 3-Oct-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Final Reminder of Meeting on 29th
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To All Texas AFOLs: This is a final reminder that a meeting will be held this Saturday (the 29th) in Austin. See the announcement here: (URL) come if you can. There will be 8 to 11 (or possibly more) people there and we'll have a good time for sure. (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.org.us.texlug, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.cpc, lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou, lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant)
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| | Re: To Tom Reed and James Simpson (Re: Austin Group)
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(...) I'm definitely interested. Just say the word. james (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: To Tom Reed and James Simpson (Re: Austin Group)
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(...) We can try another Austin get-together if enough people are interested. (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: Costco: Where's the LEGO?
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I live in north Austin, up 183 near Oak Knoll. There is a Costco under construction on 183 between Braker and Duval. The one I visited was in Southlake, though, a DFW suburb. (Visiting family last weekend.) They were giving away 1 year memberships (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: To Tom Reed and James Simpson (Re: Austin Group)
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(...) Hi Pat- I live in Austin as well, but I only browse this newsgroup about twice a month due to low message count. I'm 26 and my girlfriend and I are into Town, Train, and Egyptian themes. -brandon (23 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: To Tom Reed and James Simpson (Re: Austin Group)
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(...) Hi Pat, Looks like you are getting more Austin responses now! I know there are a few others in Austin. I'm not sure you can get them to respond. Maybe they don't read this newsgroup too often. I'm into Pirate's and Castle mostly! I like to see (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: To Tom Reed and James Simpson (Re: Austin Group)
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(...) Greetings and thanks for the reply! AFAIK, a state-wide group (out of Dallas) is in the works. I'd enjoy some kind of regional gathering as well, though. Wasn't there a pretty strong Austin group for a while there? james (23 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: To Tom Reed and James Simpson (Re: Austin Group)
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Im here too. I just came out of my dark ages about a year ago. My wife and I spend quite a bit of time now doing Star Wars and Castle (and Paradisa with our kids) Work and kids keeping me pretty busy as well. (23 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: To Tom Reed and James Simpson (Re: Austin Group)
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There are more of us here, but we don't post very much. My wife and I moved to Austin last summer from LUGNET heavy Knoxville, Tennessee. While it is nice to have a local community, it's also refreshing to not have to compete with Mike Stanley and (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: To Tom Reed and James Simpson (Re: Austin Group)
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Sorry about the double reply, but I think this message is still in lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, and not Texas wide. (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: To Tom Reed and James Simpson (Re: Austin Group)
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Hi, I'm in Austin. I am interested in Technic and Model Team. Work and kids are keeping me pretty busy at the moment. Ron (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | To Tom Reed and James Simpson (Re: Austin Group)
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Hi guys. There doesn't seem to be much response to the Austin-level dig, so I'm going one level up and try state-wide. We'll see what we end up with. I can't believe I'm the only LUGNET member in Austin! There's bound to be more. Peace, Pat (23 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: Austin Local LUG?
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(...) I live in College Station (halfway between Austin and Houston). I wouldn't mind going in either direction to get together with other lego enthusiasts! I know there are others in these regions... Tom (23 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: Austin Local LUG?
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(...) I'm from Houston, but I'd be very interested in going to Austin to hook up with the group from time to time (if that would be ok.) james (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Austin Local LUG?
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So, what is the local Lego User Group for Austin? I've been in Austin since August 2000, I am 33 years old, and love building with LEGO. Just now starting to dabble with trains. Wondering if there are actual LEGO groups that get together and (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Target sales
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Anyone checked Austin Target sales today to see if anything is left? (23 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: 2001 sets in Austin?
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I was at the same TRU yesterday - they had Watto and the new Tie's. There was lots of mission to mars stuff and some new movie maker sets. so it is here. "Jason Spangler" <jasons@usemail.com> wrote in message news:G5HoK6.4Bu@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | 2001 sets in Austin?
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Has anyone seen any 2001 sets at the TRUs in Austin? I checked the TRU at 183/620 about a week ago and didn't see any new sets. (23 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: UCS Tie Interceptor 20% off
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(...) Thanks for the info! They are out of the UCS Tie Interceptor though, darn! The sale doesn't end until Sept. 4th, so I'll call a few times to see if they get them back in (so Lisa can buy me one for my birthday :-). They have the following sets (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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I was at the Noodle Kidoodle (soon to be Zany Brainy) at 183 and Great Hills Trail yesterday. They have a 20% off selected Lego sale going, including the new UCS Tie Interceptor. Lots of great parts there (I have one, and just got the UCS X-Wing, (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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I've added some more MOCs to my home page over the last 2 months but never announced the additions. They are at (URL) new models are: - Modular Space System: A modular space vehicle system - Misc Sci-Fi Models: Some misc sci-fi models I've made - (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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I saw the following Soccer sets at the TRU in northwest Austin (near 183/620 intersection in Lakeline Plaza): 3401 Shoot 'n Score (URL) Fans' Grandstand with Scoreboard (URL) Super Sport Coverage (URL) bought a 3401, I could resist a cheap set with (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: 8002 Destroyer Droid?
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(...) Lucky! :-) (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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(...) The TRU in northwest Austin (183/620 intersection) has lots of ZNAP at what seems like decent prices. I bought a few of the smaller sets, it seems pretty neat. (24 years ago, 4-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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Hey, all, Apparently ZNAP sets have been turning up at discount prices in TRUs around the USA. Has anyone spotted them here in Austin? Thanks, -Tim (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: Linux Expo 2000 (Austin, TX) - Linux and Lego Robotics?
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[Forwarding a copy to .loc.us.tx.aus & .loc.us.tx --Todd] (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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| | So how is Austin for LEGO?
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Greetings: It seems to me that Austin is a great town for LEGO enthusiasts. This is great, as I will be moving to Austin in June. !!!!! (I just accepted an offer there.) Anyway, I look forward to to my move, and maybe in July or August my wife and I (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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seen it no where. I did however pick up 3 landspeeders and 3 speeder bike sets at the south Toys-R-Us. They were on the returns desk and the manager didn't want to restock the items.....so....they were 4.00 ea.. Jason Spangler wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | 8002 Destroyer Droid?
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Has anyone seen 8002 Destroyer Droid for sale in the area? (URL) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Finds
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I spotted these last night: - K-Mart at 183/620 has about 10 silver anniversary buckets at normal price ($9.99) - Target at 183/620 has several Gungan Subs and Sith Infiltrators at around 40% off, along with some Cyberslam sets and a few misc small (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Star Wars Availability
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Toys R Us at 620/183 - a-wing, b-wing, battle droid, flash speeder, gungan patrol Target at 620/183 - a-wing, b-wing, battle droid, flash speeder, desert skiff, gungan patrol I still haven't found Slave I or the Droideka. -- Tim (24 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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The Toys R Us near 35 and Cameron has quite a few B-Wings, some Artic sets, and some new Town sets, but none of the other new sets. I picked up a B-Wing and their last 600 piece silver bucket ($8). I also checked the 183/35 Wal-Mart, no new sets. (24 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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(...) Doh, I meant 620, not 290. Sorry. (24 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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(...) Oh yeah, I also checked the 183/620 Wal-Mart last night, they had no 2000 sets. (24 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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Wal-Mart at S. Brodie LN. was wiped out yesterday over lunch..... Jason Spangler wrote in message <385EF5A9.AB313E27@w...es.com>... (...) pick up (...) also (...) shopping), (...) though, (...) Millenium (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: 2000 Sets at local Targets
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(...) I found the Desert Skiff and Slave 1 at the Target near 183 and 620. They also had 1 Gungan Patrol, 1 more Slave 1 (which disappeared while I was shopping), lots of Desert Skiffs and Flash Speeders, and a few A-Wings. No B-Wings though, :-( (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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(...) I checked this Target again today, nothing else new. (24 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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(...) Argh. Of course, it helps if one actually *sets* the FUT.! (24 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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[FUT lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou] (...) I checked the Target on I-10 near Echo Lane here in Houston, and -- nothing as of Saturday. :-( (24 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus, lugnet.loc.us.tx.hou)
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| | Re: 2000 Sets at local Targets
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Target at 183/620 - Pit Droid, Arctic sets as of Saturday Target at 183/Ohlen - Pit Droid, A-Wing, Flash Speeder, Gugans as of Saturday Big K-mart at183/620 - nothing as of Saturday Walmart at 620 north of 183 - nothing as of Saturday Toys R Us at (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: 2000 Sets at local Targets
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no sets at the South I-35 Wal-mart and Target :( Jason Spangler wrote in message <385B9B4F.AD8EBD14@w...es.com>... (...) pick up (...) the (...) Slave (...) intersection (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: 2000 Sets at local Targets
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(...) The Target at 183 and Ohlen has the Artic sets, the Knight's Kingdom sets, the new Town construction sets, and the Star Wars sets except for the B-Wing, Slave 1, and Battle Droid. The Target, K-Mart, and Toys R Us near the 183/290 intersection (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | 2000 Sets at local Targets
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Its all in the subject line. I haven't seen the B-wing yet, but i did pick up an A-wing and Gian Speeder. No gungan set for me though. I'll check the Walmart of of 183 in North Austin later. Pat J (24 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: 2000 sets in Austin?
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I went on a trip yesterday for lunch and didn't notice much. Although I must admit I was shopping for Star Wars mostly and didn't pay attention to the other themes. BTW--Welcome back to the states!! Jason Spangler wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | 2000 sets in Austin?
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Has anyone spotted any of the 2000 sets in Austin? I'm pretty busy currently, don't know when I'll be able to check any of the stores. (24 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: get togethers
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(...) I'm still here. :-) Actually, I just got back from Paris, where I bought the following (I think) European-only sets: 8 4930 Rock Raiders (URL) 5906 Ruler of the Jungle (URL) 8508 Slizer Discs (URL) Rock Raiders set is a good way to get the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | get togethers
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I just found this site through Lugnet and was wondering if anyone was still monitoring it. Drop me a line if anyone is taking notice. (24 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: In Austin from 12-6 to 12-9
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(...) (24 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | In Austin from 12-6 to 12-9
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I will be in Austin from 12-6 to 12-9 and might have time to get together in the evening if anyone is interested. I will not be available on 12-6 or 12-9 but 12-7 and 12-8 might be possibilities although you never know when you are traveling on (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: DFW meeting over the y2k holidays?
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(...) hehehe.. i hope so... pat and i have been dueling over a bunch of blacktron lots on eBay recently... hopefully i'll get to meet my nemesis! and maybe we'll get to show each other what we won... :P J (24 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: DFW meeting over the y2k holidays?
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(...) It turns out that I'll be in the DFW area for about a week after New Year's Day. (1) So that's from ~ 12/27 to ~1/6. I've also narrowed down what MOCs I'll be bringing to a small handful, though it may grow again before then. ;-) Hey, is Pat (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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hi folks i'm in downtown dallas, and not planning any travel over the xmas/new year break, so i'm game for a dallas/fort worth area thang. if i can clear some space before then in my place, i could probably host some limited building activity. i'll (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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(...) hmmm.. well.. that's pretty much where i'm at... just north of addison on the tollway (haverwood)... we live in an apartment, but it's nicely sized... most of my lego activity takes place at a built-in desk/shelf area where everything is (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: OT: I want to move to Austin!
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National Instruments is in Austin, the company that makes LabVIEW software and data acquisition hardware. We used LabVIEW to make ROBOLAB for the RCX. -Ben (...) ok (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | OT: I want to move to Austin!
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Hi! This isn't related to Lego, but it is related to Austin, and so I think it's ok here. I am a senior in electrical engineering at UT(ennessee). My wife and I are originally from Texas, and we would like to move back to Austin after I graduate. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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| | Re: DFW meeting over the y2k holidays?
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My wife and I will be in DFW (NE Tarrant) over Christmas. Actually, we will also be in town next week for Thanksgiving. We could try and attend if it's not too far away... maybe somewhere around Addison would be central to us all. Naji (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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(...) Wow, this would be way fun, to get a buncha UT/TX Legomaniacs together under one roof for a few hours. (...) I won't even be in town until about the 27th. Immediately after reaching Ft. Worth, I'll be hitting the local Sonic Burger for a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.dfw, lugnet.loc.us.tx.aus)
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