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I hereby do admit that 8 wide CAN look good. John showed me a boxcar he has been working on, it has a FRED in the end, integrated grab iron ladders, sliding doors, separated roofwalk, and a whole bunch of other details. It looked really good. It (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Thanks :)
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I have 2 people that will ship to Canada, I'd like to thank Frank Filz and Scott Sanburn! I'll see which one I can easily fit one of you into, since you both said you could do either box. Frank, yes, You are on the list for the box, I just need to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: The Decal Dillema (was Re: My new Engine: SD70M
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(...) I would be more inclined to go along with use 1 than 2... (...) That one seems obvious to the purist... because of where they originated. Decals come from MicroScale or Champion, not TLG. Note that you can find evidence of modest impurity on (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Second BayLUG get-together (8/99) summary
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(...) Do y'all think that the lack of a play area helped the kids be a bit more under control too? Note that I am not against the play area idea: on the contrary I'm for it. I'm just asking if it's true in your opinion. A play area might be a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Posting Twice!!!
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(...) Hmm, it's possible, but that still shouldn't result in the server giving a 500-error. (In a perfect world, a webserver should never give a 500-error, no matter what the input.) BTW, your message (the one I'm replying to) seems to have come (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: the 20-year old yellow castle set (was Re: do red minifig heads exist?
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(...) Yeah, until you go to LLC and see them being used for <sob> maxifig legs all over the place! -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: General Box #4 ( was Re: General Box #3
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Todd never does that. Really. The best way is to ask everyone to cancel their posts, which I have fired a few notes off to that effect. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: What are the most valuable Service Packs?
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(...) Unfortunately, I do not. I DO however have all of the above pieces available to make a pack, so in that way, I do have that set, just no packaging. I've picked up most of my blue outside corners from multiples of set 733 Universal, not (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Which set is the infamous Forest Wench in?
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Weren't those ladders in some pirate system sets? I am pretty sure most of us that parted out pirate sets probably have one or two around. I know I do. Ask! (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I was having problem getting any comm working between the IR tower (on my Mac) and the RCX. I was using unused batteries, but the 9 volt in the IR tower was old enough that it was only providing 8.25 volts with no load. Replacing it with a brand new (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Specials at K-Mart and Big W
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Yeah, Tom I think it does. Her name is Rhonda Weego. She is very proper by day, but likes to swing at night. <ducks wiffle bat, runs> ;John (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | Re: Eclipse ideas
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(...) I guess you could use a light sensor, and then turn the sensor slightly left and right, to determine where the light is sharpest. When its dark you should turn the sensor to the east and wait for the sun to raise. This might work when the sun (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Has anybody noticed... (Space themes)
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I would think the UFOR was, because it had a decent selection of parts, and the theme did fit pretty well into others. That was the last one for me, anyway. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 1857's, (remember those!), £7.85!!!!!!!!
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I forgot to thank you, Richard. My local Tesco had 6 of the 1857s, so I took 4 of them. (950 pieces for £7.85 is such good value). I also noticed that they had 2 of the new road sign sets at £2.49 each, so I took those too. The blue Technic (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Two decades past...
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David, I can't stand teenagers then and I still can't stand them today. I did not like my teen years and I am glad I am past them. It's a maturity issue, mostly, and also I am a strange cracker or brick :) anyway. When I was eighteen, I went to (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Get together
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I'd like to have another get together in the Triangle. I can host again, or we can go someplace new. The weekends of August 20-22 or August 27-29 would be ideal, but many week nights would work also. (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc.dur, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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| | RE: Eclipse ideas
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While this suggestion will track the sun in right ascension (more or less), a further challenge is to craft the tracking mechanism to follow the sun's apparent annual figure '8' motion in declination as it travels along the analemma (see (URL) more (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | KAPAs first holiday auction
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Hi Lugnet! Just finished some two weeks vacation in which I hunted down some tiny little toy stores here in Germany. The results of this tour are quite impressive and I decided to auction those sets I am not interested in / I cannot afford right (...) (25 years ago, 12-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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