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(...) That would be cool if it was in Detroit....you may end up even getting help from the rtlToronto group (not that I am officially volunteering them) assisting your group though may be useful just to see what all is involved in setting up a CON. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.events)
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(...) Tim, the company I work for has several buildings along the I-88 Corridor, but my building is in Atlanta, so I know what those prices are like with the occasional travel I have to do when I go there. They are fairly reasonable, and for people (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.events)
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(...) thanks :) (...) thanks again, if you like the stuff on my Bshelf account, you may want to check out my webcomic, Subterfugitives: (URL) will be working on it again as soon as I get a new digital camera. self-promotion is a little out of (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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(...) The amount of LEGO I packed out to BricksWest wasn't going to fit in carryon... Frank (24 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.events)
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(...) The trouble with getting too far from the airport is paying an arm and three legs for transportation. My costs for BricksWest were: $75 registration $200 airfare $70 ground transport $300 hotel I also lost about 4 hours to ground transport (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.events)
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Joel, I really loved your layout for the show! The building architecture was really very nice, but it's the little details I enjoyed the most: the billboard ads, the women in skirts, the gaggle of nuns, the cobblestone in the park, the mods on those (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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(...) Nun1: "Hey sister, soul sister!" Nun2: "Go sister, go sister," <motorcyclists appear and snatch Nun1's purse> Nun3: "Hey sister! Go! Sister!" Nun2: "Better get that dough, sister!" That is a hilarious picture. I love the minidress girl too (a (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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(...) Absolute agreement, it was a ton of fun, and I'm really looking forward to our next show! (...) Yeah, it was a real learning experience for me personally. I have never packed up 48 square feet of Lego brick and moved it 120 miles before :) (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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The Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club's show this weekend at High Wheeler '02 went great!! Here are some links to pictures taken by Eric Wackerfuss, one of our newest members, he joined the club at the show. (URL) will be more pictures coming soon (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.il) !!
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(...) The power came from the coach right after the second Super Chief and that did contribute to the problem as the Super Chief is a little top heavy and a motor would help in stability. (...) Yes, at this point only rotation is powered but I do (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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"Kung-Khoon Quah" <kquah1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:Gs58Iu.H59@lugnet.com... | Hopefully GFLTC has the honor to be the first to run the Santa Fe Super | Chief on an operating train track at the SMRC Train Show in Palmetto, | Florida (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Yeah, I know. I found that one out myself. Unfortunately, my Super Chief ran off a meter high table. :-( Regards, Steve Martin IndyLUG (24 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Hopefully GFLTC has the honor to be the first to run the Santa Fe Super Chief on an operating train track at the SMRC Train Show in Palmetto, Florida this weekend Feb 23 & 24. Thanks to Robin Werner for fast shipping the Super Chief and building the (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Gs3s06.72M@lugnet.com... (...) I did a quick search, I picked the random weekend of August 16-19. Here are the results: (URL) like if you stay in Lisle/Naperville (very nice area), (...) (24 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.events)
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(...) I dunno, I just got back from the north burbs and I paid 150 a nite for Marriott Suites in Deerfield, and that was a corporate (discounted) rate. Maybe in Joliet, but who wants to stay there? ++Lar (24 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.events)
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(...) Hmm, what about St. Louis? Are there enough, or actually, any people in that area? Just a thought. A MidWest-Fest would be great, I'd certainly love going, and would have a good chance of making it if it was early in the fall (September, or (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.events)
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(...) I'm not absolutely certain, but I would figure hotel would get a bit cheaper if people were willing to travel out into the suburbs a bit after getting into town. (...) You're right. We've got at least a year to go before we could put on a (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.events)
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(...) That stuff gets carryon. Give your clothes to the baggage handlers. I'm not keen on Chicago because hotel space is pricey. I'd stump for CVG or MSP or DTW (all midwest hubs) before ORD as space is less expensive in Cincinnati, Minneapolis or (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-02, to lugnet.events)
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(...) A midwest convention is going to involve a lot of people flying in from the coasts, since it seems that most of the active AFOLs on Lugnet are on either the east or west coast. So I think proximity to major airports should be a very high (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.events)
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In lugnet.events.brickswest, Frank Filz writes: Thanks for your experience, Frank. (...) Many national events are held in the Midwest because it's so cheap to organize accomodations. I'll be at a ten day event with >200 people in April in Columbus (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us)
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