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ALE is Adult Lego Enthusiast, a newer (and preferred by at least some) term over AFOL. It's easier to pronounce as an acronym, sounds less stilted when you say it in words, and is generally more accurate too. See (URL) for the thread where it was (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BrickFest NEWS!
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(...) For items that are being sold on behalf of their owners, the sale proceeds go to the seller, except for an auctioneer fee(1), which goes to the BrickFest general fund. We had several (big ticket, in some cases) items like that last year. For (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I wish I could be there... Larry, to whom do the auction proceeds go? Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) ALE is Adult Lego Enthusiast, a newer (and preferred by at least some) term over AFOL. It's easier to pronounce as an acronym, sounds less stilted when you say it in words, and is generally more accurate too. See (URL) for the thread where it (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) TLG's instruction database is pretty incomplete, though. For example, their themes list doesn't contain Pirates at all, and when I tested a particular Pirate set (6285, Black Seas Barracuda), they had no instructions for it. I think it's great (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I guess I couldn't resist the Barney Urge-- guess that's because I have a 7 week old baby in the house ;-) (...) I was just thinking about lengthening this trolley by 4 studs, as well. The v7 trolley now uses the standard black 6x24 (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I think James was basing this new color scheme upon the most readily available parts colors from BL (purple windows notwithstanding, which are also plentiful) JOHN (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: ILTCO at the National NMRA convention in Cincinnati, July 2005
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(...) <ahem> The 13 club number is derived from LTCs who are actually displaying their layouts at the show, not from representatives who might also attend. HTH, JOHN (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hi, Since people have kindly informed me of the serial number for this train (see (URL) here>) and I found a picture of a retro-liveried version (37425 for those who care) I've decided to post some pics of my 37 series train in EWS livery and (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
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(...) Well, it is documented, and pedmatic uses it. If you want multiple steps per page in a single column, you bracket the steps with: MULTI_STEP BEGIN part STEP part STEP MULTI_STEP END If you want more than one column, you add: MULTI_STEP DIVIDER (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Ok, Lego does its own job of hosting instructions at: (URL) TLG was funding BrickShelf, I can see why they would drop this duplicate expense. My questions are: What instructions on BrickShelf are not duplicates of the TLG ones? Is TLG committed to (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Um... what's in it for me? (1) (...) 1 - whatever you do has to be "under the table" because I don't take bribes. (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht news:IHGv6K.tMw@lugnet.com... (...) I will, once I get that under control ;-) I am glad I got this result so far. Can you give me a little push in the right direction for use of multi (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) That's great, nice work. My wife and I had a Robin Hood theamed wedding 13 years back, and we used the 6077 Forestmen's River Fortress as a cake top. (URL) I think that LEGO work well for a caketop, and a sense of fun. Mat (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.people.lgbt, FTX)
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On Thu, June 2, 2005 12:10 pm, Janey Cook said: (...) So, I need to distract Leah... ok. But, I'm not going near Lenny. (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I would be willing to take that bribe. And Leah doesn't have anything on me. -Lenny "Hot Stuff" Hoffman (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Yes -- and this is exactly Zigbee's target. BT was originally aimed at PC, PDA, peripheral communication, and it could have done well at that. Now I think it is eclipsed by the low cost and 10-100X better speed of 801.11b/g. Zigbee has from (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Good. (...) Hey, you are a scary guy.... (...) Yes, yes you are. (...) Funny, I owe him a number of pints, too! Do I need to take out a mortage on my house for this auction???? Larry, do me a fav, don't start the auction until I am in the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: Michiana-LUG Announces Michiana-LUG Logo Contest!
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Bill & All, (...) I know the feeling. Hence, the contest. :) (...) think I have seen a fish in a Train logo before. We have some ideas on our contest page too, I will post them here: Michiana-LUG Logo: 1) HUMMER - We are located a few miles from the (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
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(...) The selection at the PAB is fairly poor. There are maybe 30-40 different bins and are usually 2x2 bricks and larger, wheels, rubber tires, and windows (windshields). Once in a blue moon, there may be some transparent parts. They do carry some (...) (21 years ago, 2-Jun-05, to lugnet.general)
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