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(...) I should be there with my doppelganger in tow And since this'll probably get posted twice--apropos Dave K (11 years ago, 10-Dec-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I should be there with my doppelganger in tow And since this'll probably get posted twice--apropos Dave K (11 years ago, 10-Dec-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | December Christmas Special meal
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Hey Gang at Cheers! What say you, we all meet this Friday once again for our monthly lego dinner? Swiss Challet, 7pm - Friday Dec 13 I'm going to order the Festive special. (11 years ago, 10-Dec-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | sales starting Dec 5
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Some sales now start on Thursdays, some on Fridays. Please note the dates for each store. ---...--- No LEGO in the Walmart flyer this week. ---...--- Superstore Thursday Dec 5 through Wednesday Dec 11 BOGO 1/2 price on these two Star Wars sets: (...) (11 years ago, 5-Dec-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | The Year Of The LEGO
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THE YEAR OF THE LEGO From: New Yorker Nov. 11, 2013 By Ted Trautman Earlier this year, LEGO overtook Hasbro to become the world’s second-largest toymaker, after Mattel. It was more than just one company outperforming another it was LEGO one brand (...) (11 years ago, 3-Dec-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | LEGO Play Therapy Benefits Children with Autism
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LEGO Play Therapy Benefits Children with Autism Practitioners and parents have discovered that the use of LEGO during play therapy groups for children with autism leads to improved social skills and play skills. Research confirms that this is the (...) (11 years ago, 3-Dec-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | LEGO UK veteran steps down after 30 years
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LEGO UK veteran steps down after 30 years Senior national account manager Darrell Shoob leaves the firm One of LEGO UK's longest serving employees is stepping down after a 31 year career with the construction toy company. Senior national account (...) (11 years ago, 3-Dec-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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LEGO UK veteran steps down after 30 years Senior national account manager Darrell Shoob leaves the firm One of LEGO UK's longest serving employees is stepping down after a 31 year career with the construction toy company. Senior national account (...) (11 years ago, 3-Dec-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Hi SANDLUG! Need more bricks?
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(...) Hi John! Whoops, I think my account must have my old email address attached. Let me fix that, and I will email you. So sorry about that! --Leanne (11 years ago, 2-Dec-13, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug)
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| | Re: It's been ruminating...
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(...) I blame Daves everywhere. (11 years ago, 29-Nov-13, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LGPL Datsville
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(...) Not doing much LEGO CAD at the moment, but otherwise doing well. Play well, Jacob (11 years ago, 28-Nov-13, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Canadian sales late November
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A bunch of assorted sales of varying lengths. No LEGO in the Sears or Canadian Tire flyers this week. Target flyer doesn't have any LEGO, but you can get a $15 gift card if you spend $75 or more on Friday 29 only. Limit one card per customer. (...) (11 years ago, 28-Nov-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: LGPL Datsville
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(...) Thank you so much!! I hope you are doing well. Michael (11 years ago, 27-Nov-13, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LGPL Datsville
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Got around to read the other parts of the thread... (...) Please consider my contributions licensed under CC-BY-SA. My current, primary e-mail address is <jacob@sparre-andersen.dk>. Play well, Jacob (5 URLs) (11 years ago, 26-Nov-13, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LGPL Datsville
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(...) I'm open to changing the license. (L)GPL is fine with me. I think the same goes for the Creative Commons licenses, but I would have to take a look to make sure. (...) A publicly visible version control repository is a very good idea. (Wouldn't (...) (11 years ago, 26-Nov-13, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | EV3 Motor Control/Chasing a Target Position
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The EV3's motor block can move a servo x number of degrees in a given direction, and the motor stops when it reaches this target. It then continues on to the next block in the program. Some time ago, HiTechnic released a block for NXT that would (...) (11 years ago, 25-Nov-13, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Canadian sales
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In lugnet.loc.ca, Gail Meagher wrote: Indigo / Chapters / Coles has 20% off selected LEGO through Sunday 24th. ---...--- (...) Assorted LEGO in the week long TRU flyer. $10 off three sets, $15 off three other sets, LEGO licensed storage stuff on (...) (11 years ago, 22-Nov-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Canadian sales
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No LEGO in either the Target or Sears flyers this week. ---...--- Walmart Flyer good Friday Nov 22 through Thursday Nov 28. Rollback, pink (10660) or blue (10659) suitcase $24.86 (was $29.86) ---...--- Canadian Tire Flyer good Friday Nov 22 through (...) (11 years ago, 22-Nov-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Republic Viper Wing
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(URL) Click the pic for more details... AC (11 years ago, 21-Nov-13, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Repaininting the Datsville Gas Station
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(...) Any progress on this? I am trying to remove branded/TLG models from Datsville as well. (11 years ago, 19-Nov-13, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | TRU sale Nov 15-23
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TRU flyer good fromm Nov 15 through Thursday Nov 21st. 30% off these tree LEGO sets: 6913 BLUE ROADSTER $13.97 3817 The Flying Dutchman $20.97 9470 Shelob Attacks $18.87 Up to 20% off Super Heroes 20% off Lord of the Rings and Hobbit sets. 25% off (...) (11 years ago, 17-Nov-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Multiple Motors/Synchronizing Movement
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I got it to work, only almost a year late replying :) (URL) crickets in Lugnet, eh?) -Iain (11 years ago, 16-Nov-13, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | EV3 Medium Motor w. NXT
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Does the EV3's "Medium Motor" work with the NXT? -Iain (11 years ago, 16-Nov-13, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | Re: Hi SANDLUG! Need more bricks?
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(...) Leanne, My emails to you aren't going through. Please try emailing me. Thanks. John C. (11 years ago, 16-Nov-13, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug)
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| | Re: Hi SANDLUG! Need more bricks?
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(...) Hi Leanne, I'm forwarding your message to the SANDLUG mailing list to see if there is any interest. John C. (11 years ago, 15-Nov-13, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug)
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| | Crimson Viper
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My first entry to the NoVVember challenge! (2 URLs) More pics available here.> AC (11 years ago, 14-Nov-13, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Winning a Job at LEGO
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Winning a Job at LEGO Aspiring Designers Build Sets Under Pressure By Jens Hansegard Nov. 13, 2013 BILLUND, Denmark. James Colmer, 46 years old, had a reason for spending two days building Legos in Denmark, leaving behind his kids in Australia. He (...) (11 years ago, 14-Nov-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.build, FTX) !
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| | XS Cargo has LEGO clocks
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No toys in the Sears flyer this week. The Target and Walmart Flyers do not have any LEGO. Canadian Tire shows toys in the Flyer this week, but no LEGO. ---...--- XS Cargo flyer is good Thursday Nov 14 through Tuesday Nov 19. They have LEGO clocks (...) (11 years ago, 14-Nov-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Hi SANDLUG! Need more bricks?
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Hi there! My husband and I are getting out of Lego -- we just don't have time and would like to get our bricks to people who will actually use them, without the headache of going through Bricklink. Would SANDLUG, or someone in SANDLUG, be interested (...) (11 years ago, 14-Nov-13, to lugnet.org.us.sandlug)
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| | January 25th, 2014 SMART meeting
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The next SMART meeting will be in January. At our last meeting our mini-challenge was candy manipulating robots, and we decided to continue with the idea of manipulating objects, though this time it will be 4x4x4 LEGO cubes. You can build your own (...) (11 years ago, 14-Nov-13, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: It's been ruminating...
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(...) I just blame (URL) Canada> in general. I mean, they're not even a real country, anyway, Dave! JOHN (11 years ago, 13-Nov-13, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: It's been ruminating...
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(...) I blame the decline, as I blame everything else, on a preponderance of Canadians. Dave! (11 years ago, 13-Nov-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: It's been ruminating...
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(...) True, but by then Lugnet wasn't "cutting edge technology" anymore. Forums were popping up everywhere due to the availability of standardized toolkits to create and run them. I've always wondered how much of a role that played in the (...) (11 years ago, 13-Nov-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: It's been ruminating...
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(...) There are a lot of things that need(ed) to happen for LUGNET to thrive. My feeling is the core issue boils down to this: once the owners/admins moved on to other interests, activity waned down to the nothingness we see today. Steve (11 years ago, 12-Nov-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: It's been ruminating...
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(...) Nail, meet hammer. With precision. The only thing stopping LUGNET from being "the" place is the failure to move to BBCode-style forum. If LUGNET had jumped aboard that bandwagon way back when, we would not be having this discussion. As it is, (...) (11 years ago, 12-Nov-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO Displays at the Dartmouth Sportsplex, Nov 23-24
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The Annual Model Train and LEGO display at the Dartmouth Sportsplex (just over the MacDonald Bridge) is coming up in two weeks. I'm going to have a train layout there (~14' x 5'), and the NovaLUG site says they will be there as well. Public show (...) (11 years ago, 9-Nov-13, to lugnet.loc.ca.ns, lugnet.loc.ca.ns.hal)
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| | Target sale Nov 4-28
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Just got a Target Toy booklet in today's paper. Good from Nov 4-28. On the first page is a couplon good for $5 off a $24 or higher Star Wars toy. Does not mention any LEGO exclusion. The rst of these sets are either on "Temporary Price Cut" or (in (...) (11 years ago, 8-Nov-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | assorted Canadian sales
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Please note, these sales are of varying time frames. In Nova Scotia at least the stores are closed on Monday 11th. No LEGO in the Sears flyer, but they do have toys again. including LEGO. ---...--- Target flyer good from Friday Nov 8 through (...) (11 years ago, 7-Nov-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | November -im-in-Florida -rtlToronto dinner
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Yep, that's right, I'm in Florida and This months rtlToronto dinner will be in Florida. If you are in Florida get in touch with me, and we can have the rtlToronto November dinner at some place that has a 10% off coupon right on the (...) (11 years ago, 6-Nov-13, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | LEGOLAND Considers Building Theme Park in Stafford County
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LEGOLAND Considers Building Theme Park in Stafford County October 22nd, 2013 By Katie Thisdell LEGOLAND is considering building a new family-friendly theme park in Stafford County that would be only the third of its kind in the nation. Government (...) (11 years ago, 5-Nov-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® Dubai to open in 2016
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LEGOLAND Dubai to open in 2016 LEGOLAND Dubai is set to open in 2016, according to Merlin Entertainments, as reported by Emirates 24I7. As per officials, the LEGOLAND Dubai will be opened under a deal in which it would be funded by third parties, (...) (11 years ago, 5-Nov-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: It's been ruminating...
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(...) Holy crap, I should have typed "your" instead of "you're". Need more coffee... (11 years ago, 4-Nov-13, to lugnet.general) !
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| | Re: It's been ruminating...
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(...) ... I think you're rant is a bit off base. The problem with Lugnet isn't that the attitudes or posting style of its user changed. The problem with Lugnet is that Lugnet never changed. When Lugnet first came out, it was one of the best Web (...) (11 years ago, 4-Nov-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | It's been ruminating...
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See, here's my problem, and I really haven't pinned it down concretely--it's kinda nebulous... However, the reason why I loved--i mean LOVED--LUGNET, (in the day) was that it was (mostly) all-encompassing of the hobby. LUGNET was the 1-stop shopping (...) (11 years ago, 2-Nov-13, to lugnet.general) !
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| | sales week Oct 25 - Oct 31
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No LEGO in either the Wal-mart or Target flyers this week. ---...--- TRU flyer good from Friday Oct 25 through Thursday Oct 31. The last week of Bricktober. 30% off selected Hero Factory. 30% off Star Wars Planet sets. Half price LEGO licensed (...) (11 years ago, 25-Oct-13, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | LEGOLAND® Operator Merlin Entertainments Plans IPO in London
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LEGOLAND Operator Merlin Entertainments Plans IPO in London By Clementine Fletcher & Ruth David Oct. 21, 2013. Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd., the private-equity backed owner of Madame Tussauds and the London Eye, plans to raise 200 million pounds (...) (11 years ago, 24-Oct-13, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: it's been a while...
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(...) He's always pleased--he's a ranger :) Though to be said, Marcus buys it not too long after this... and that is also in the top 5 best clips from the series--Susan weeping with Dr. Franklin--boffing comes up in the course of the (...) (11 years ago, 21-Oct-13, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: it's been a while...
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(...) He's always pleased--he's a ranger :) Though to be said, Marcus buys it not too long after this... and that is also in the top 5 best clips from the series--Susan weeping with Dr. Franklin--boffing comes up in the course of the (...) (11 years ago, 21-Oct-13, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: it's been a while...
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(...) Is that Carlos in the back seat? He looks quite pleased with himself... ROSCO (11 years ago, 21-Oct-13, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: it's been a while...
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So I found the 'old' thread-- (URL) the pics! (URL) wonderful memories Dave K (11 years ago, 19-Oct-13, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.space, FTX)
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