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I think its about time I update my roll call. Here goes:
Name: Tim Courtney
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1982
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 8
Location: Wheaton, IL (near Chicago)
E-mail Address: tim@zacktron.com
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.zacktron.com
Marital Status: single
Children: Hundreds of minifigs :)
Occupation: High School Student
On R.T.L Since: Nov 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 200-250
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 1
# of LEGO Pieces: 20-30,000
# of LEGOfests Attended: 2 (Carlsbad Mar 1999, Chicago Dec 1999)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 1 (California)
First LEGO Set: Stunt Copter 'n Truck
Favorite Theme(s): Space & Aquazone
Favorite Set(s): M:Tron Particle Ionizer, MOC (E-43 Transport)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Blue 5x8x3 Windshield, Red Futuron Minifig
Set/theme you would like to see: Better product lines all around
Current LEGO Project: Mid-sized Zacktron ship in LDraw
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: ldraw.org Project Coordinator, Lego Maniac's
Webring, Mentioned in Copenhagen Newspaper
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: web design, weightlifting, MP3 audio, bike
riding, going out with friends and having a good time :)
-Tim
http://www.zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org
AIM: timcourtne
ICQ: 23951114
If you don't believe in Gosh, you'll go to Heck, where you'll face eternal
darnation.
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Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> writes:
> I think its about time I update my roll call. Here goes:
I guess that means it's time for me too... Especially since I can copy
stuff like Year of Birth from Tim's info :)
Name: Bram Lambrecht
Gender: male
Year of Birth: 1982
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: 12
Location: Cleveland Heights
E-mail Address: blambrec@student.chuh.org
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://chuh.org/Students/Bram-Lambrecht/LEGO/
Marital Status: single
Children: 0
Occupation: High School Student / web site designer
On R.T.L Since: Early 1996 was my first post, but I didn't read much.
I've been on LUGNET since the beginning, and since then haven't touched
RTL.
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: 150+ (maybe close to 200)
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: ??? 25,000 ??? (I should estimate this sometime)
# of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (Mindfest, October 99, hopefully one in
Cleveland soon)
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: some Duplo set, first "Legoland" set is the one I
mentioned in my first Roll call (don't have it handy right now)
Favorite Theme(s): Space, then Town
Favorite Set(s): my own :)
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): Always changing / Blacktron I
Set/theme you would like to see: Cheap ultimate Collector series of
anything :)
Current LEGO Project: Pentwing Fighter cockpit (I'm stuck)
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: LDraw & LEdit Tutorial, people on the web
think I'm 10+ years older than I really am.
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: web/graphic design, drawing/painting, biking,
hiking, camping, traveling, tennis, ping-pong, skiing, pool, more...
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In lugnet.people, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> I guess that means it's time for me too... Especially since I can copy
> stuff like Year of Birth from Tim's info :)
Heh...
> # of LEGOfests Attended: 1 (Mindfest, October 99, hopefully one in
> Cleveland soon)
Waaaaaaaaa! You have no idea how bad I wanted to be ther! :(
> Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: LDraw & LEdit Tutorial, people on the web
> think I'm 10+ years older than I really am.
I could put that one down too... :)
> Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: web/graphic design, drawing/painting, biking,
> hiking, camping, traveling, tennis, ping-pong, skiing, pool, more...
Pool? I like to shoot a game or two now and then. Have my own cue,
etc...used to be pretty good, but now I don't play often enough.
-Tim
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In lugnet.people, Tim Courtney writes:
> I think its about time I update my roll call. Here goes:
Good idea. I think it's time I updated mine too.
Name: Dan Jezek
Gender: Male
Year of birth: 1977
Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ranges from 5-70
Location: Honolulu, HI
E-mail Address: danjezek@aloha.net
LEGO/home page URL(s): http://www.aloha.net/~danjezek/lego_links.html
Marital Status: single
Children: 1 (he is 1 inch tall, dressed in all black and wears a black helmet
and visor). Somehow he was the only lego piece that survived all my dark ages.
Occupation: Programmer/Analyst
On R.T.L Since: Late 1996
# of Sets in LEGO Collection: Unknown at this time
# of Unopened Sets in Collection: 0
# of LEGO Pieces: Thousands
# of LEGOfests Attended: 0
# of LEGO Theme Parks Visited: 0
First LEGO Set: 566 Universal Building Set from 1981
Favorite Theme(s): Castle(classic, forestmen), Pirates(classic), Space(BT1,
SP1)
Favorite Set(s): 6086, 6067, 6285, 6286, 6986, 6987
Favorite Piece(s)/Minifigure(s): BURPs
Set/theme you would like to see: Return to the golden age of just town, space
and castle.
Current LEGO Project: Collecting multiple copies of BT1 and SP1 sets to create
a large Blacktron spaceship with detailed interiors which will be multiply
separable and hinge open in several places.
Greatest Claim to LEGO Fame: Cool Lego Links (Links site organized by
category), Castle Skull Craag Keep (pictures gone, only thumbnails left),
Forestmen's cave (pictures and thumbnails gone), big classic pirate ship,
imperial stronghold and a small javascript search engine which a lot of people
didn't like (also gone).
Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: Weightlifting, sports cars, web development,
programming
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> writes:
> In lugnet.people, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> > Other (Non-LEGO) Interests: web/graphic design, drawing/painting,
> > biking, hiking, camping, traveling, tennis, ping-pong, skiing,
> > pool, more...
>
> Pool? I like to shoot a game or two now and then. Have my own cue,
> etc...used to be pretty good, but now I don't play often enough.
Well, I've always liked playing pool, but never played much. Recently,
my brother decided to purchase a small table (about 3x6 feet--only $50),
so now I play almost every day :) I'm getting better...
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com
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On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 00:23:19 GMT, Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com>
wrote:
> Well, I've always liked playing pool, but never played much. Recently,
> my brother decided to purchase a small table (about 3x6 feet--only $50),
> so now I play almost every day :) I'm getting better...
3*6 feet tables are nice in terms of storability and affordability,
but it would seem to me that there would be very few hard shots on
such a thing.. am I right?
Myself, I'm more into throwing sharp pointy things at simulated
beer-barrel tops, as far as pub games are concerned..
Jasper
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At 06:07 PM 12/10/1999 , Jasper Janssen wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 00:23:19 GMT, Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Well, I've always liked playing pool, but never played much. Recently,
> > my brother decided to purchase a small table (about 3x6 feet--only $50),
> > so now I play almost every day :) I'm getting better...
>
> 3*6 feet tables are nice in terms of storability and affordability,
> but it would seem to me that there would be very few hard shots on
> such a thing.. am I right?
I like an 8 foot table myself, never played on a 9 footer...
> Myself, I'm more into throwing sharp pointy things at simulated
> beer-barrel tops, as far as pub games are concerned..
No experience there, but does sound like fun :)
-Tim
http://www.zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org
AIM: timcourtne
ICQ: 23951114
If you don't believe in Gosh, you'll go to Heck, where you'll face eternal
darnation.
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In lugnet.people, Tim Courtney writes:
> At 06:07 PM 12/10/1999 , Jasper Janssen wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 00:23:19 GMT, Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Well, I've always liked playing pool, but never played much. Recently,
> > > my brother decided to purchase a small table (about 3x6 feet--only $50),
> > > so now I play almost every day :) I'm getting better...
> >
> > 3*6 feet tables are nice in terms of storability and affordability,
> > but it would seem to me that there would be very few hard shots on
> > such a thing.. am I right?
>
> I like an 8 foot table myself, never played on a 9 footer...
I'm awfully fond of my 9 footer. Played on just about every size out there
(including a monster 7x14!) and I like my 9 foot.
> If you don't believe in Gosh, you'll go to Heck, where you'll face eternal
> darnation.
Unless you can convince Phil otherwise. ;)
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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Jasper Janssen wrote:
> Myself, I'm more into throwing sharp pointy things at simulated
> beer-barrel tops, as far as pub games are concerned..
Well, for pub games, foosball can't be beat. Nor can I when I'm playing
it. At least not by 99% of the population. But I do like darts. I used
to keep a set AT the pub that we went to a lot (they have a cubby there
for regulars to keep darts at).
Red Lion. Military Trail, Boynton Beach FL. Best English pub I've ever
been in (which isn't saying much, since I've not been to England).
Supposedly very authentic, except for one flaw... the food tastes good.
I just wish I was better at darts. My brother-in-law was prez of the
local league for a while, he's pretty good.
--
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No, that would be Foosball..."table soccer if you will. For more info, go to
www.foosball.com
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On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 02:26:31 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
wrote:
> Well, for pub games, foosball can't be beat. Nor can I when I'm playing
> it. At least not by 99% of the population. But I do like darts. I used
That'd be table football, right? American or real?
> to keep a set AT the pub that we went to a lot (they have a cubby there
> for regulars to keep darts at).
So what do you do when you want to practice at home?
> I just wish I was better at darts. My brother-in-law was prez of the
> local league for a while, he's pretty good.
Embassy is coming up soon again.. january 8 or so.
One-hundred-and eeeeeiiiiiighty..[1]
Jasper
[1] Which I've personally only managed once.
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Jasper Janssen wrote:
> That'd be table football, right? American or real?
Table football, yes. Real, that is, soccer. (one of the balls on my
table at home is actually a little plastic soccer ball...)
>
> > to keep a set AT the pub that we went to a lot (they have a cubby there
> > for regulars to keep darts at).
>
> So what do you do when you want to practice at home?
I don't have a dartboard at home but I do have more than one set of
darts. If I want to practice I go to my brother-in-law's house.
> > I just wish I was better at darts. My brother-in-law was prez of the
> > local league for a while, he's pretty good.
>
> Embassy is coming up soon again.. january 8 or so.
>
> One-hundred-and eeeeeiiiiiighty..[1]
>
> Jasper
>
> [1] Which I've personally only managed once.
I've NEVER shot a ton-anything, much less a ton-eighty. I'm not very
good.
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At 07:10 PM 12/10/1999 , James Brown wrote:
> In lugnet.people, Tim Courtney writes:
> > At 06:07 PM 12/10/1999 , Jasper Janssen wrote:
> > > On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 00:23:19 GMT, Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, I've always liked playing pool, but never played much. Recently,
> > > > my brother decided to purchase a small table (about 3x6 feet--only $50),
> > > > so now I play almost every day :) I'm getting better...
> > >
> > > 3*6 feet tables are nice in terms of storability and affordability,
> > > but it would seem to me that there would be very few hard shots on
> > > such a thing.. am I right?
> >
> > I like an 8 foot table myself, never played on a 9 footer...
>
> I'm awfully fond of my 9 footer. Played on just about every size out there
> (including a monster 7x14!) and I like my 9 foot.
I wish I had room in my house for a table myself...
> > If you don't believe in Gosh, you'll go to Heck, where you'll face eternal
> > darnation.
>
> Unless you can convince Phil otherwise. ;)
Huh?
-Tim
http://www.zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org
AIM: timcourtne
ICQ: 23951114
If you don't believe in Gosh, you'll go to Heck, where you'll face eternal
darnation.
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In lugnet.people, Tim Courtney writes:
> At 07:10 PM 12/10/1999 , James Brown wrote:
> > In lugnet.people, Tim Courtney writes:
> > > At 06:07 PM 12/10/1999 , Jasper Janssen wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 9 Dec 1999 00:23:19 GMT, Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Well, I've always liked playing pool, but never played much. Recently,
> > > > > my brother decided to purchase a small table (about 3x6 feet--only $50),
> > > > > so now I play almost every day :) I'm getting better...
> > > >
> > > > 3*6 feet tables are nice in terms of storability and affordability,
> > > > but it would seem to me that there would be very few hard shots on
> > > > such a thing.. am I right?
No, you are mistaken. On a small table, shots are not difficult due to large
distances. They are difficult due to clutter.
> > >
> > > I like an 8 foot table myself, never played on a 9 footer...
I have been wanting a 10 foot snooker table for a long time. That my friend
is the only way to go.
> >
> > I'm awfully fond of my 9 footer. Played on just about every size out there
> > (including a monster 7x14!) and I like my 9 foot.
6x12. The largest snooker table is the 6x12 size. It looks like it is about
14 feet and is almost that long when you add in the rails, but it is still
referred to as a 6x12.
Mike Poindexter
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In lugnet.people, Mike Poindexter writes:
> > > I'm awfully fond of my 9 footer. Played on just about every size out there
> > > (including a monster 7x14!) and I like my 9 foot.
>
> 6x12. The largest snooker table is the 6x12 size. It looks like it is about
> 14 feet and is almost that long when you add in the rails, but it is still
> referred to as a 6x12.
Bzzzt. 7x14. It wasn't a modern snooker table, 'twas an antique. (I was
*very* *very* privilidged to be allowed to play on it - I count it among the
signal honors I have been granted) It was (and presumably still is) 7x14 in
table size.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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In lugnet.people, Tim Courtney writes:
> > > If you don't believe in Gosh, you'll go to Heck, where you'll face eternal
> > > darnation.
> >
> > Unless you can convince Phil otherwise. ;)
>
> Huh?
Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, Lord of Heck.
It's a Dilbert thing.
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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At 04:15 AM 12/11/1999 , James Brown wrote:
> In lugnet.people, Tim Courtney writes:
> > > > If you don't believe in Gosh, you'll go to Heck, where you'll face • eternal
> > > > darnation.
> > >
> > > Unless you can convince Phil otherwise. ;)
> >
> > Huh?
>
> Phil, the Prince of Insufficient Light, Lord of Heck.
>
> It's a Dilbert thing.
Ok...I'm not up on my Dilbert - but occasionally I'll read it in the Sunday
paper.
-Tim
http://www.zacktron.com
http://www.ldraw.org
AIM: timcourtne
ICQ: 23951114
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darnation.
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On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 06:12:27 GMT, "Mike Poindexter"
<lego@poindexter.cc> wrote:
> No, you are mistaken. On a small table, shots are not difficult due to large
> distances. They are difficult due to clutter.
Good point.
> I have been wanting a 10 foot snooker table for a long time. That my friend
> is the only way to go.
Why not a real 12?
Jasper
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On Sat, 11 Dec 1999 03:21:10 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
wrote:
> Jasper Janssen wrote:
> Table football, yes. Real, that is, soccer. (one of the balls on my
> table at home is actually a little plastic soccer ball...)
You lay your balls on the table? Ewww.
> > So what do you do when you want to practice at home?
>
> I don't have a dartboard at home but I do have more than one set of
> darts. If I want to practice I go to my brother-in-law's house.
Ah.. so my guess is, you don't practice very often?
> > One-hundred-and eeeeeiiiiiighty..[1]
> >
> > [1] Which I've personally only managed once.
>
> I've NEVER shot a ton-anything, much less a ton-eighty. I'm not very
> good.
A bit of practice, and you'll be shooting ton-plusses regularly. I
shoot them 10+/hour in practice. Ton-forties are much more rare (once
maybe twice a night at most, when in good form), and one-eighties..
well, I told you ;)
Jasper
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In lugnet.people, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> I just wish I was better at darts.
/me looks around ... did someone say Darts?
> NOTE: Soon to be lpieniazek@tsisoft.com :-)
"Soon?" :-)
-Steven (thinking that perhaps he should introduce himself one of these days,
now that he's actually started posting)
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 21:39:55 GMT, "Steven Vore" <svore@mindspring.com>
wrote:
> In lugnet.people, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > I just wish I was better at darts.
>
> /me looks around ... did someone say Darts?
That would have been me, kemosabe.
"One-hundred-and FOOUURty!"
Jasper
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