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| (...) Just as a point of interest, this can be easily recreated in lego for your name tag: (URL) And i've seen it at Brickfest the last couple of years. Subtle, and those not in the know probably wouldn't even notice. Troy (22 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people, lugnet.org, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society
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| Replying generally here both to Teddy and others in this thread. I'm gay. Most people in my local group (VLC) know that, and they know my partner, who sometimes comes and helps haul tables and setup or teardown at shows just to help out, though he's (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.people, lugnet.org) !!
| | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society
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| (...) As this is directly topical for LUGNET discussion, and there's not even anything to debate, it doesn't belong in .off-topic.debate. Right? And if you do start a club, wouldn't it fall under the .org. hierarchy? Chris (22 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people, lugnet.org)
| | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society
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| Hi teddy, I have absolutely no problems with me being gay in this community. But I'd love to be a Lavender Brickette :-) Since I'm in the Netherlands, I don't have any issues with acceptance or something, but it would be nice to exchange thoughts (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people, lugnet.org)
| | | | | Re: Lavender Brick Society
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| (...) Personally I don't see the reason to start labelling people into groups such as this, I can't see why just everyone regardless of who they are, where they are from and what they look like can't just do the same as everyone else, why does (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people, lugnet.org)
| | | | | Lavender Brick Society
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| I've been kicking an idea around for a while, and I wanted to put it out to the community: I'd like to start an organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) AFOLs. A lavender brick society, if you like. It's seemed to me that (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.people, lugnet.org) !!
| | | | | Re: Attention all RSS geeks!
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| (...) I've become convinced that Atom might be a better solution. If only because it has better mechanisms to ensure that entries are identified uniquely, and support for meta information about authors, etc. (...) If we're using RSS, using a custom (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-04, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.org)
| | | | | Attention all RSS geeks!
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| Call for technical participation in a proposal for LEGO enthusiast content sharing. BACKGROUND: I've been working on a project for a couple of months that extends the RSS spec to encompass envisioned needs of specific communities, specifically (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-04, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: AFOLs Comic book distribution @ BrickFest 2004
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| Previously, in lugnet.events.brickfest, Christina Hitchcock wrote about the AFOL Comic that will be distributed at BrickFest. Here is some more information: We're very oversubscribed, there is a lot of interest, which is really great. Jake has (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org, lugnet.people.newbie, lugnet.publish, FTX) !!
| | | | | What You Should Bring to BrickFest
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| As the time draws closer to BrickFest, the question always arises: What does one bring? This is an open-ended question, but here are some things that should be brought: MOST IMPORTANT 1) Bring yourself. There's nothing like being at BrickFest and (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.games, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: How far is BrickFest?
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| (...) My best estimate: somewhere over 8000 miles, about 22 hours flying! ROSCO (22 years ago, 26-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us)
| | | | | Re: How far is BrickFest?
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| Continentally speaking I guess the PNLTCer's have the distance record... but to be fair I think Kelly gets it, he lives a bit further from the airport than Frank or I! SteveB (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us)
| | | | | Re: How far is BrickFest?
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| (...) From St. Joe, MI to Arlington, VA 642.96 miles 10 hrs 11 minutes Jason Spears | (URL) BrickCentral> | (URL) MichLUG> (22 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us, FTX)
| | | | | Re: How far is BrickFest?
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| (...) Somewhere between Enfield and Boston is Richmond, RI. and it would be 396.58 miles for 6.5 hrs of driving. BUT... I am also going in a circle. We're driving to Ann Arbor, MI first (766.13 miles in 12 hrs), and then going to brickfest in DC (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us, FTX)
| | | | | Re: How far is BrickFest?
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| From Irvine, CA by car per Mapquest: 2560 miles (but we are flying, so we start out driving north and west to Los Angeles) and when we get to Dulles we detour to Massachusetts for a week so...) -Ted (22 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us)
| | | | | Re: How far is BrickFest?
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| (...) From Santiago-Chile to Washington DC there are 4993 miles (8036 km) (4339 nautical miles) according to (URL) we calculate it in hours it is a 15 hours flight to New York plus 5 hours drive and couple of extra hours if we consider inmigration (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us)
| | | | | Re: BrickFest Hotel info
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| (...) The Hotel Deadline for BrickFest is Upon Us! July 22 is the last day to get the special BrickFest room rate at the Arlington Hilton! The Hilton is just blocks away from BrickFest and is the perfect place to stay while at the convention! But (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca, lugnet.loc.us.ca, lugnet.loc.us.tx, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.org.us, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: How far is BrickFest?
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| Here, to make the list more complete : Lunteren, Netherlands to Arlington, VA : 6271 km Zeist, Netherlands to Arlington, VA : 6248 km (Not counting the Zurich, 1500+ km detour ;) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us)
| | | | | Re: How far is BrickFest?
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| (...) From Manassas, VA: 26.7 miles. Doug Brod (22 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us)
| | | | | Re: How far is BrickFest?
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| (...) Well from my part of Ontario (Owen Sound) Map Quest informs me my drive will be ...... Distance: 561.12 miles Total Estimated Time: 11 hours, 14 minutes Factoring in all the times I will get lost (which will be, no doubt - numerous times)..... (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us)
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