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(...) run it - I really wanted to try it. (15 years ago, 10-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | No Whackolug Dinner/Meeting this month!
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Please note, due to the fact that Whackolug is participating with the OBB at the Christmas Train Show at the international Centre in Toronto, the Whackolug dinner meeting has been cancelled. Dinner will resume for December at Angels Diner in Guelph (...) (15 years ago, 10-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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In lugnet.org.ca.obb, John Neal wrote: Snipped (...) Awww John, (all jokes aside) thats very touching. My two are both grown now too, and I totally understand where you are coming from... although, I dont have to share the Lego anymore, and the (...) (15 years ago, 10-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | SR 3D Builder 0.5.6.1 released
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Hi everybody I'm proud to announce my latest release of the application with some great new functionality. Here is the list of what's new: Added - The ability to switch between standard user interface with free rotation, and a more common user (...) (15 years ago, 10-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: fantastic movie
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Still good video. I really enjoyed it the first time: (URL) (15 years ago, 10-Nov-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | fantastic movie
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Fantastic! And a lot of names I remember chatting with years ago: (URL) recognition is always welcome! G (15 years ago, 10-Nov-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: North America LEGO Coordinator
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(...) It's been a fun 5 years. We'll miss you Steve! David Gregory (15 years ago, 10-Nov-10, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) HEY YOU KIDS! GET OFF OF MY LAWN!!!! Kids these days.... (...) No, the TCLTC is on hiatus right now, ever since the ILTCO NMRA show in Detroit in 08. I have condensed the layout down somewhat to a more manageable size, but without Ross' mind (...) (15 years ago, 10-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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On behalf of the LEGO Community Team: (...) Ben Ellermann LEGO Ambassador (15 years ago, 10-Nov-10, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | LEGO Universe Creator Gazillion Entertainment Raises $60 Million
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LEGO Universe Creator Gazillion Raises $60 Million November 9, 2010. Gazillion Entertainment -- which owns NetDevil, the developer behind recently launched MMORPG Lego Universe -- raised $60 million in a new round of funding led by Singaporean (...) (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Mmmm my very own BOLD JOHN coupon. Coupon... hmmm, I guess thats what the kids are calling it these days! Hey John, are you still setting up the layout at different events, or now that the strong back (and mind) is in college, do you and your (...) (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) Thanks--I only seem that way 'cause I'm always inspired by the amazing people I hang out with... (...) Why yes... yes yo did get us to strike the show... Then I went home and did this as a result... So, in a way, Chris is totally responsible (...) (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Thanks! I think the pics cover how 'easy' it is to convert the monorail bogeys for power pickups (going to the hobby store today for more inspiration), but if Ross or you (or anyone) has any questions or want additional info, just let me know. (...) (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I confess. It's only 3 inches......... from the floor! JOHN (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) I've seen it. It's actually a Whopper Jr. Plus it's kind of old and wrinkled. Probably well past its sell by date, it's been in John's pocket so long, unused. Coupons tend to expire. Unused. (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) Totally awesome, Dave! I sent a link to my son, Ross (who is currently attending college); you will soon become, I predict, his new hero! :-) Well played. JOHN (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Well, Janey, when you are hungry for a Whopper, LMK. (Because I have a coupon for one that I could give you). Wait! What were you thinking I meant???? <evilgrin> JOHN (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) Awwww thanks! Janey "Red Brick" Wait a minute... is that "artist" line a compliment or an insult coming from you??? Wink. (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | RTL monthly dinner
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This Friday Nov 12th will be the November dinner. The same time 7pm the same location: Swiss Chalet the same group of people. Now - the BUT's The following people will NOT be in attendance this friday. Janey G Chris M Dave K Jeff VW Derek R and (...) (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Dave, I am so proud to say I know you. You sir are amazing. I would also like to anounce to the comunity that I got to see Dave build his first working prototype at the hobby show. I should also point out that at 6pm, I told him he had to stop (...) (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) This MOC is amazing to see. I'm glad I got the sneak peak. You are an artist! Chris (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) Im honoured to have a compliment from one of my top 5 favourite builders of all time! Thanks Dave! Janey "Red Brick" (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, and actually, I am willing to go as far to say that the ABS version is more tasty, giggle. Janey "Red Brick" (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: Forum shift
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(...) Hello LUGNET! After five years of on/off trying, I appear to have done the impossible - actually {post} to LUGNET! I am so pleased to see a germ of life spark into this place once again; I confess I have moved over to Eurobricks these days, (...) (15 years ago, 9-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Try you local hobby store: (URL) Hornet Hobbies in Toronto (URL) ) Google tells me Modelers Choice in Hamilton carries slot cars (URL) Dundas valley hobbies: (URL) these guys in Burlington: (URL) A> (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Externally powered Monorail
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(...) I did forget to mentinon ,though you can see it in the pics on Flickr, that the brushes for the power pickup almost make the monorail run in 1 direction only-just like the slot cars... if the monorail runs the other way, the brushes will get (...) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Haven't put a start/stop in, and they were out of the plan anyway.... But I'll try copper taping one soon--there's somethign niggling in my mind that if you left the transformer on full in one direction, that the monorail switch would work as (...) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Woah, that's pretty cool! How does it handle any start/stops that it encounters? I assume that the switch on the motor wasn't actually disengaged, so it it needs to be out to the left or right in order to work? DaveE (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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Nice job, I would think you've earned a honorary degree at the Mcveristy with this. It looks (and probably is) about as tasty as the real thing :-) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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(...) Snipped. (...) This is going to be awesome... good luck with the progress, cant wait to see the final working of this project. GOOOOO Dave! Janey "Red Brick" (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: HOBBY SHOW - This weekend!!!
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I would like to thank everyone that came out this weekend to make the OBB Hobby Show display such a success. I think our display looked awesome and was well received by both the crowds and by the organisers of the show. Now that we have table cloths (...) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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(...) Lol, thanks John, funny part is, I rarely eat a Big Mac... but the day I built this, I ended up finding myself at a McDonalds ordering one. Janey "Red Brick" (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Re: November 20th SMART meeting
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I just wanted to remind everyone about our next SMART meeting in two weeks (Saturday, November 20th, 2pm). We'll be meeting at the new DigiPen facilities, in the Michelangelo auditorium. The address is 9931 Willows Road, in Redmond. Here's a map: (...) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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(...) I saw this at the Hobby Show this past weekend and all I can say is 'scrump-dili-itious!!!' Dave K (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Re: bush lock primitives, 16 segment and inner edges.
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(...) I agree with what you have done to adjust bushloc2 and bushloc3 to fit 16-segment polygons: (URL) primtives is usually quite a challenge for the parts update process because all the affected parts need to be re-issued at the same time as the (...) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Externally powered Monorail
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I won't bother to link pics here 'cause it always takes me at least 3 tries to embedden 'em... Anyway, with much further ado, here's my latest POC-- Externally powered monorail!! Pics at Flickr-- (URL) Vids at YouTube-- (3 URLs) So a few things--the (...) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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(...) That's what he said! >:^D Tasty build, there, Janey! :-d JOHN (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Well-known member of the AFOL community arrested on alleged child molestation charges
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From: (URL) START OF REPORT **** Arrest on sex charges for Jersey City man who ran after-school Lego program at charter school Saturday, November 06, 2010 By MICHAELANGELO CONTE JOURNAL STAFF WRITER A Jersey City man who operated an after-school, (...) (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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| | Re: The passing of BrickLink's founder
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(...) Indeed - the AFOL community as we know it today would not be the same if it were not for the creation of Brickbay (now known as BrickLink) by Daniel Jezek. Vale Daniel Jezek. -- J.P. Manalo (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(2 URLs) Janey "Red Brick" (15 years ago, 8-Nov-10, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX) !
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| | bush lock primitives, 16 segment and inner edges.
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The current bushloc primitives are divided into 32 segments where as most of the normal round type primitives are divided int 16 segments. Having noticed this I uploaded new versions of bushloc2 and bushloc3. Then I looked at some of the parts where (...) (15 years ago, 6-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) That sounds very good. But maybe we should make it more visible? (I'm a member already, so I don't know how visible it is to non-members.) (...) That's very good to hear. Play well, Jacob (15 years ago, 6-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw.org Theme and Usability
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(...) I'll have a think about it but I agree with everything Willy said and trust his thoughts. He's been grappling with the current CMS much longer than I have and knows what is needed. Tim (15 years ago, 6-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | AFOLCON - New UK event
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Hi, We're proud to announce the start of a new UK event, AFOLCON, to be held in Manchester, UK from April 28th to May 2nd 2011 in the Museum of Science and Industry! Here's a full press release: (URL) You get two private days including talks, (...) (15 years ago, 5-Nov-10, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | TRU and Walmart two week sales (Nov 5-18)
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Walmart flyer good Friday November 5th until Thursday November 18th (two weeks). They show a few sets/games at full price. Rollbacks on: 8093 Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter $27.86 (reg $34.86) 8089 Hoth Wampa Cave $47.86 (reg $54.86) 7206 Fire (...) (15 years ago, 5-Nov-10, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Forum shift
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(...) Orion, The new forum looks nice, slick and easy to use. Can it support single sign-in? Facebook Connect, Google, Twitter. While not absolutely necessary, it's easier and easier to implement this now, and it helps in terms of attracting new (...) (15 years ago, 5-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw BFC-Tool 2.00
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Hi folks, I like to announce a new version of my BFC-Tool. Unfortunately, I have not finished the manual yet. The .NET Framework is still required, but the DirectX API was replaced with the OpenGL. Sources and executables: (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Some random thoughts that just crossed my mind: * We need a CMS that requires little or no maintenance. Periodic tasks such as thumbnail generation for a parts update should be automatized. No CMS that spreads tasks over different places such (...) (15 years ago, 4-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | LDraw.org Theme and Usability
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Hi all, As part of my renewed effort to make LDraw.org more accessible, I'd like to open up the forum to suggestions on how to make LDraw.org's website easier to understand and use. Here's my list of concerns/ideas: - The underlying CMS is old and (...) (15 years ago, 4-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Forum shift
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(...) At the risk of seeming snarky, how come you are such a (URL) Blokhead>, Dave!? JOHN (15 years ago, 3-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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