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(...) Congratulations Todd!! The more LUGNET makes it into the news, the less TLG can ignore the Adult Lego Community! Gary Istok (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Which chain? I haven't noticed that at Dierbergs or Schnucks. (...) Right, that's the idea. It prevents a form of bait and switch. I was trained on that law at a convenience store in St. Louis County (Rock Hill) in 1989. So the law - if I was (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) One option would be to refuse. If you have the endurance, just stay there arguing loudly so that everyone who comes through finds out about it. Eventually, they'll call the police and then they'll really be in trouble. (...) Unless they (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | RE: Automatic sorting
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(...) The 37xx can often be had in a 3pack for about 10 dollars US. The shallowest and medium units are about $4 and the deep unit is about 5$ Your mileage may vary... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO Mindstorms at: (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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I lived on the top floor of this house while in college. The stairs are about a rickety as I could make them (textured steel--murder in the rain, and oh, how they shook and quivered. Very challenging while drunk). It was also my first experience in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) tank-like (...) need (...) that (...) greatly (...) Please (...) Try Pitsco: (URL) the Lego Beach Fire and Rescue Service (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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Billy D Arnold wrote in message ... (...) tank-like (...) need (...) greatly (...) Please (...) S@H has set# 5278 Chain Links, 35 pcs, $4.00, but upon closer look at the instructions for 8851, this isn't what you're looking for. LMK if you find (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | PARTS AUCTION (#3) - Still more lots:Ridged bricks, skew bricks, "L" plates, more!
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This is the third set of lots in my auction of a 7171 Mos Espa Podrace. Thanks go to Mike Stanley for his wonderful (URL) auction site. All current auctions can be viewed at: (URL) newly posted lots are: 7 GREY 1x2 'ridged' bricks - $1.50 (URL) GREY (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Jon D Hayward <Jon-D-Hayward@Chath...tel.co.uk> wrote in message news:FI0MtJ.Lwt@lugnet.com... (...) pages (...) OK - will do. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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How about contacting your local paper, explain the Post offices, red cross, fedExs, and any other means of shipping... Lack of co-operation to help in shipping charges for items going to a ravaged country.. sometimes this gets people up in arms that (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Lego challenge !
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Ralph Hempel wrote in message <000001befe2a$c62ef4...pro150>... (...) <snip> Excellent Idea! That way, the light sensor could 'hover' over the maze, and be moved in an X and Y direction to 'traverse' it. I may attempt this, as I have very limited (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hi, I just wondered whether it might be handy to add OnFwdFor(motors) and OnRevFor(motors). Regards Dave (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.nqc)
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Alex: (...) There is still something fishy if you enter the site through the "official" URL[1], where you have a single frame frameset, which does exactly what you don't want - destroys the addressing scheme. Why not keep the entry page[2] at that (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | WTB Gray hinges
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Hello I am in need of the 1x2 light gray tilt hinges. I will accept tops or bottoms in light gray I need a lot. I am willing to pay .20 per hinge set and .05 per bottom and .15 per top. Please Please E-mail offers. Need badly! Thanks :) Doyle I also (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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dkrenz wrote in message <37DD8788.8926D862@mc.net>... (...) the (...) Hi all, Great thanks to all of you, especially to Julie for all of her tremendous efforts. I didn't imagine that the postage fee would be this much high. When individual sets are (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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While I couldn't find this on the actual pitsco-legodacta.com website, i did find a scan of a catalog that had this part: (URL) *HAVE* seen it on the site, i just can't seem to find it at the moment. But you can give them a call. Troy Billy D Arnold (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi, Does anybody know where I can get a good amount of the snap-together tank-like treads such as the ones in #8851. I am trying to gather all the parts I need to make an M1 Abrams tank. I am not really interested in the set/sets that contain them, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | Query about tank-treads
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Hi, Does anybody know where I can get a good amount of the snap-together tank-like treads such as the ones in #8851. I am trying to gather all the parts I need to make an M1 Abrams tank. I am not really interested in the set/sets that contain them, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Unique Gear Part - what is it 2.5 /5.0 in Motor Kit
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(...) Nope, that's the purpose of the gear. I think the Technic Element Registry calls it a "clutch gear". I find it handy to have around. It slips pretty easily, so you need to gear down after it to get any reasonable amount of torque. Even so, I (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Unique Gear Part - what is it 2.5 /5.0 in Motor Kit
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=>From: "Matt Silver" <silverm@tech-center.com> =>... =>What is the gear marked 2.5 /5.0 that comes with the Motor kit ? =>The gear looks lie a 24 tooth, but is white and a bit thicker, and has a =>grey hub inside that turns. I've heard it called (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Motor/generator efficency (was Re: Micro Scout can run off its own motor)
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(...) I saw this when Lego was showing off mindstorms here in Syd. THEY (lego) claimed the setup was almost 100% efficent. i.e. one rotation of generator = one rotation of motor. Have you got the wires hooked up the right way? (assuming there is A (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Unique Gear Part - what is it 2.5 /5.0 in Motor Kit
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What is the gear marked 2.5 /5.0 that comes with the Motor kit ? The gear looks lie a 24 tooth, but is white and a bit thicker, and has a grey hub inside that turns. As far as I can tell, the point is if the gear jams/binds or the object trys (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX 1.5 kit still ships RCX 1.0 - no hardware changes
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Recently I asked LEGO Mindstorms Technical Support if I there was an upgrade kit from 1.0 to 1.5, and they said there was ($25, available Oct 15/99) However, I was still uncertain if there were any physical or hardware changes in the RCX itself. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) okay everyone, i've taken my page out of frames, sorry to bring it up. still though what do u think of my page? Alex "I HATE FRAMES! DIE FRAMES, DIE!!!...!!!" Roode (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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Ditto in Plainwell - they (McD's) usually only have a box/case of one or two different toys/junk at hand, though are good at searching for any (having two boys, they don't usually want the same toy). Steve Bliss wrote: (clip..) (...) Now all this (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
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| | Datsville: Safe House [DAT]
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Before Datsville's first spies move in they are going to need a safe house. 0 Untitled 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 -80 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 -160 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 -240 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3001.DAT 1 0 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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Earle wrote in message ... (...) To the best of my knowledge, the orange Lego first came out in 1998 in the Halloween buckets, which were a Target exclusive: (URL) this year, orange parts have come out in several Star Wars sets like the 7130 Snow (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: web page in frames
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(...) I can see this argument more than the others. It would have been nice for there to be a way to give a URL which specifies a frameset with given contents. Hmm. Maybe I'll implement that for my pages which use frames. (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: Next NELUG meeting and potential Group project(s).
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(...) How close are you to the commuter rail? Or, alternately, anyone want to share a car ride from Harvard or Kenmore Square? (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Re: Lego thermos bottle
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The thermos bottle (Thermos is a brand name: "vacuum bottle" is the generic term) is actually a baby's bottle from Belville sets. Cool! Kevin (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | FA (eBay): doors and windows
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These are doors and windows from 10 copies of the "doors and windows" service pack. I've regrouped them into larger quantities of each kind of window or door. So, if what you want is multiple pairs of "glass doors", without having to buy yet more (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA(eBay): pool+driveway baseplates from 4293, yellow plates, space wings, black bricks
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2 "pool and driveway" baseplates from 4293 (URL) black 4x8 triangular plates (space wings) (URL) Yellow plates (mostly larger) (URL) bulk black lego pieces (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: KB Toys Sale
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(...) I was at a KB today, and didn't see any sign announcing a sale. However, it was before I read this group, so I didn't know to ask a salesperson about the ToyWorks sale. --Raymond Flournoy ===...=== flournoy@cs.stanford.edu "Because, of course, (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Todd, you've made the big time!
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(...) Wow, that's exciting news! I'll have to pick up a copy on the way home tonight. (...) Not as far as I'm aware, no. :) --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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(...) It would be your choice, and no-one would pass judgement upon you either way. I don't think that both systems are mutually exclusive, and I think each has its uses. (...) The names that I know probably make profit, but I don't believe that (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | RE: Automatic sorting
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OK, great information and websites... Till I get to KMart (need to do a budget) APPROX how much do the 3700 and 3701 Cost?? (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Todd, you've made the big time!
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Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but Lugnet was mentioned in the current issue of Entertainment Weekly! There is a full page article about Lego going into the 21st century with new, sophisticated Lego bricks. They give a few RIS related (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lego thermos bottle
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Look at this: (URL) did the thermos bottle (is that the right name?) came from? I never saw one! Paulo (25 years ago, 12-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | layout of Datsville
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John, I have a suggestion. I think we need to make all of Datsville's streets two-way. three reasons for this are. 1. My fire trucks, if they were any ordinary traffic are on a one-way dead end street. 2. We have dead end one way streets. That (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad)
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| | RILYBOT 2 building instructions
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I have just put instructions for building RILYBOT-2, the symmetrical three-legged robot that several people saw at the Golden Ticket event, on my web page at: (URL) photos and description of the completed model are here: (URL) didn't include the NQC (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Auction V update
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Christopher's LEGO parts auction V My last big auction was on eBay and while I made a better return, many of my regular customers didn't participate due to a beef with how eBay works. I do this primarily to justify buying sets and keeping the (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Another McD rip off...
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(...) noting this is available for $11.00. What a ripoff. -- The parts you want and nothing else? (URL) - Just Another Brick Auction Why pay eBay? Run your own LEGO auctions for free! (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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(...) Who says 5-10% profit is even WORTH doing anything? So I'm supposed to buy $500 worth of closeout Lego after Christmas, spend literally weeks sorting it with my wife, then auction off the bulk of the parts I don't need for a lousy 5%? I'd have (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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My husband stopped off at a FedEx office today, they made a call to someone and they told my husband they couldn't help us out. Here's another thought: The items I opened in order to maximize weight per box (6 blue tubs, some FreeStyle and Duplo (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Wanted: Parts from Maersk Cargo Truck
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and this is the old one: (URL) t. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Another McD rip off...
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Check this one out. (URL) bid: 24.99 "Fresh from our sources?" What, is The Lego Group some secret society now? -- D M Garcia "A pessimist is an experienced optimist" (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) You know what I'd do? I'd go by there on a regular basis, order LARGE quantities of food, bags full of special-order hamburgers, etc. Then, when I caught them in the act of overcharging - make a nice little scene and refuse to pay. That would (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: WWII Fighter
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(...) Very Nice!! You know, I have to say, the Jacto Spray rig looks as if you built the Lego model first and then Jacto built the sprayer from it. It is SO close to the exact real sprayer.....WOW! Eric (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Lego challenge !
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(...) Have the robot follow the right wall, at first. After, say, 200 seconds, have the robot switch to following the left wall. After 200 seconds of that, have it randomly picka wall to follow for 200 seconds. Repeat. This shold eventually get the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) The pickaxe has been made but not the hand axe (that I know of) -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I am looking for the tread parts that come in the Mindstorms RIS. I "think" that the sprockets are part# 32007. The treads themself I don't know the part number. Are these parts out there somewhere? Thanks... --- DonC donc@cccd.edu (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | RE: New Lego challenge !
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<snipped discussion about recursive vs non-recursive> (...) Joel, could you please define definition war more exactly? And maybe give an example of why it's not recursive... Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH for LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RE: New Lego challenge !
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At 12:52 PM 9/13/99 +0000, you wrote: <snip> (...) The argument quickly turned into one of our definition wars about what exactly is recursion. Joel Shafer joel@connect.net (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: one question about MacNQC
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MacNQC loads your program over whatever program is currently selected on the RCX (e.g. program 1, program 2, etc). You should be able to run it just by pressing the RCX's "run" button. Dave Baum (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Here's a snippet from the Red Cross website: We regret the American Red Cross is unable to accept used clothing, canned goods, or other such gifts from individuals. Firms wishing to donate new, bulk goods should call 1-800-7-IN-KIND. It states above (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) excuse, and ask now... I'm browsing along in this sie full of wonderful models, and wham! (URL) see ORANGE legos.. Doth mine eyes decieve me? Must be some filter, yes, that's it, they are yellow LEGO bricks... I click on... to find: (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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Oh man that sucks:-( I know Lego is more expensive in Turkey, but 100%??? Sounds to me like we should just cut a check to Selcuk and have him buy them to maximize our money. And offer up a HUGE thank you to Julie for all of her (in vain:p) hard (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: WWII Fighter
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(...) less success. Maybe I'll give it another try now... The camouflage is a great touch! Josh Spaulding (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Micro Scout can run off its own motor
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If you connect two motors to each other (i used 'new' technic motors) and turn one of them manually, the other one will turn too. You can transfer rotational motion through an electric wire this way. Actually, the motor you're turning simply acts as (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | PARTS AUCTION - 7171 Mos Espa Podrace (more lots!) cylinders, domes, cones, more!
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More lots have been posted to the parts auction going on at (URL) register, bid, make Mike Stanley think his site is worthwhile! All parts are BRAND NEW from a copy of 7171 Mos Espa Podrace. You can view *all* my auctions by going to: (URL) can also (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | RE: Automatic sorting
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(...) Cool! How many others out there in LUGNET land use modified 37xx boxes??? I should point out that there are VERY few bits that don't fit into one or another 37xx box from PLANO. If you're willing to use the deeper ones, then even the RCX and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Datsville--Town Hall
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Brian Sauls <barbcue@nospam.home.com> wrote in message news:FI0n4o.MrM@lugnet.com... (...) It's about 6 minifigs tall. A little high for three stories, but out State capitol building originally had 20ft+ ceilings. In several areas they have been (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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(...) Ught. I hate the thought of spending 1/2 for shipping as well. I sure wish some decent carrier would donate shipping for this, but the red tape that would involve would probably add too much time to this effort. :( I don't know. Do you think (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space shuttle (#8480) kits available
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I've seen them in two different stores (Bart Smit and Intertoys) in the Netherlands last week for 249 guilders. This is equivalent to US$ 121.50 (assuming exchange rate of 2.05 guilders to the dollar). I've already got one. Excellent set! (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Automatic sorting
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(...) Hi Terry, I use the 3700 series boxes myself, and with Ralphs special modifcation tool, they work well with various sizes of Lego pieces. Before I got shelves to put them on, I used the Sterlite brand 22(?) gallon size tote. They will hold (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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(...) Maybe I'm just on a different wavelength here, but I don't understand this desire to disassociate one part of our lives from reality. I work hard every day in the real world. I pay for goods and services in the real world. I earn a wage in the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) There's a McDonald's around here where several items (about 1/2 of those we ever get) ring up at least 5% higher than the (consistent inside and drive-through) menus show. I first discovered this when figuring that a $2 milkshake could not (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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(...) This is true, which is why I think a statutory 5-10% profit should be standard on such a system. That way sellers won't lose money, but they also won't feel guilty or profiteering by making a small amount. The way the proposed system works is (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | train station 2150 for sale
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Hello, I am a retailer in the netherlands who has still a stock of the 2150 train station. If anyone is interested in buying it they can conact me on pokkie-pokkie@wxs.nl Al the set's are unopened. The set will cost $ 75 + shipment. Shipment from (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: RCX 'brick connectors' and how-they-work??
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Terry King <tking@together.net> wrote in message news:MPG.12473151db6...net.com... (...) My pages goes into a lot of this type of stuff. (URL) has a couple of patents on the connector, but I don't have the numbers handy. They show the details of (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | RCX as a universal remote?
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Here's a thought: You're in the bedroom with your trusty RCX on the floor. You're watching TV, but the tuner is in another room. You point your remote at your RCX, change channels, and the RCX scurries out of the room, off to repeat the IR command (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
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| | Call for Box Status
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I need anyone that has a box, or just mailed a box in the last 2 days to mail me with what box you have. I'm trying to do the strikes on the page so we know where the boxes are. Thanks! (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | 8880's New Mint and in unopened boxes!
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All this talk of capitalism! Hmmm? - I don't care for it much other than to make a small profit, so that I can stay in the black to stop my wife nagging? Anyone interested in an 8880 for £65.00 ($110) plus shipping please contact me. I have three up (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) the (...) Meijer. (...) In a way, this law makes a lot more sense than many others on the books. In my area, a certain grocery chain is notorious for mislabeling their items (well, they don't even use price (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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(...) Has anyone checked with the possibility of having this shipped over by a third party? I'm sure that the Red Cross and the US Army (among others)are both sending aid to Turkey, what about contacting the local base or red cross office, and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Next NELUG meeting and potential Group project(s).
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(...) I've got two RCXes that I could extract from their current hosts to be used in a project like this. I'd also like to offer up my humble abode for the next (or any) NELUG meeting. I live in Walpole, which is south-west of Boston. (About halfway (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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If there is no benefit to sellers, who is going to participate? You can set up whatever scheme you want but unless there is motivation, you're going to have a lot of buyers but no sellers. I know I certainly would not sell for less than the most the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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Julie just reported back from the PO and it will be even MORE to ship than we had first thought. Quoting from an email she sent (with permission) (...) To the group... what should we do? It chaps me to spend 1/2 the total just on postage. Should we (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | RE: Automatic sorting
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(...) HaHa, I did have to use the soldering iron to cut away a section so the motorcycle wheels would fit in...I didn't want to use the deeper PLANO box because it would waste storage space. Cheers, Ralph Hempel - P.Eng ---...--- Check out pbFORTH (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | RCX 'brick connectors' and how-they-work??
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I was just looking at this, and realized why the male posts have only partly-exposed connectors. ISTHERE an online description of these connectors and how they work on sensors and actuators?? ISTHERE anyone online selling additional or modified (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Automatic sorting
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Thanks Ralph, etal.. Ralph, what 'special mods' did you make to the boxes. Not in the software I hope :-) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.storage)
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| | RE: New Lego challenge !
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This is a REALLY good idea. Here's something I had kicking around in my head... 1. Making a maze that we can all use is kinda hard. 2. Making a bot small enough to fit a standard buildable maze is really hard. I propose we invert the problem a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Next NELUG meeting and potential Group project(s).
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(...) How many RCXs do we have between us all? It might be fun to create some sort of large group-behavior system. (I've got one; my friend paul has another that I might be able to borrow even if he's not coming.) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri)
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| | Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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(...) Real world ethics debate aside, does Lego-Distribution have to be so heavily tied to the real-world and the evolved Capitalism that we know today? If we can think of a fairer system for Lego, then why isn't that desirable? Richard (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: Datsville--Town Hall
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(...) too (...) large. (...) It's just perfect--and it's smaller than what *I* was planning, that's for sure. Actually reminds me of a building back home. I like how you made it modular. Saves time--easily expanded/shrunk. Good job. Brian (bbq) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Datsville: crane
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The idea is that you start with the crane and a 32x32 area (or larger if you wish) and then gradually build a building underneath it. I'd be willing to give you a building in pieces as I cad it so we get the right effect. I have a cool design that (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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Well, I am sure some stores do mark up deliberately, but working with the Systems department at Meijer, many times, it is a screw up uploading the prices every week. Cashiers due submit forms when things come up wrong, so it can be administered to. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Datsville: crane
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That's why the top and the arm are seperate units. The top and arm have the bottom and top of a 4x4 turnstyle. KL (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Southern UK LEGOfest - update
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Hmmm... My PC (or my ISP?) has decided that it doesn't want to upload the images. I'll try again later, but I'm not even sure if I can update my pages either at the moment 8-( Huw: would you be so kind as to drop the maps on a page of your own, and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: New Lego challenge !
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(...) light (...) in (...) able to do anything out of them. (...) Unfortunately, the default RCX firmware doesn't support arrays, either. Also, the assertion that you can simply follow a wall in order to traverse an entire labyrinth actually depends (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Where is General Box #1?
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Just curious as to what happened to this box...Mookie had it a month ago and there are only two people between her and me, so I'm just curious. Thanks! Patricia Schempp (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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| | Re: WWII Fighter
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(...) it's been awhile since i saw your flying fortress page but seeing all that you've done since then, i can tell i need to make more frequent visits. ..joseph g (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: New Lego challenge !
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(...) The right (or left (-: ) -hand rule seems to be simple but not the most efficient. That's why I included the light beacon. Providing you have the right beacon detector (let's build one!), and you don't know which direction is the best, you can (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Voting page for 9906
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I have re-aligned it so that the origin is level with the bottom surface, and re-submitted it to Terry. Chris (...) - (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: $20 Per 2x2x3 gray extreme corner slope!
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(...) Wow! Unfortunately I don't have these in grey (or blue), but I do have them in red, white, black and yellow. These corner extreme slopes are one of the most sought after (and priciest) pieces that LEGO makes. Would make for a great Service (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | wanted: 1x3x2 and 1x2x2 blue-framed windows
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OK, I know the 1x3x2 blue window exist, but I have a feeling they are not overly abundant. But I could use a 1x3x2 blue window and 4 1x2x2 blue windows (or double that amount to 2 1x3x2 blue-framed windows and 8 1x2x2 blue-framed windows). Once (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: DYA is back
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I took that post as a question meant to determine interest...I said yes. Paul Sinasohn (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: FOTW at KMART
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(...) I don't know about the 10X thing first-hand, but I *believe* the idea is to discourage stores from having higher prices in their scanning-computer than in the displays. In this computer age, it's easy for stores to set things up so the (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: Datsville: crane
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----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> (...) .mpd is the way to go for this type of thing. I want to seriously plug M-Peedy for anyone using LDAO. If you set it up as a tool (took me 5-10 minutes) it works with even less (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | RE: Is there a device that...?
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In C you can use the functions outport and inport, and the paralell port has TTL levels (5 V.). Bye Jose Luis ----- Original Message ----- From: Mar, Ericson <ericson.mar@csfb.com> To: 'Jaron' <j.paludanus@cable.a2000.nl>; Peter <eacmen@att.net>; (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)
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