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Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug
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Wed, 1 Mar 2000 23:58:42 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.trains, Jeff Stembel writes:
Why has there been such apathy towards Wamalug's train shows?

Not from me. I've just been time and connectivity challenged over the last
week.

Oh, and another thing. DO NOT do things because you want adulation from
Lugnetters... do them because you want to. Did you have fun at the show? Did
the people who came have fun?

GMLTC labored in obscurity for years (and Conan for years before that...) so
to a certain extent you may be expecting things too fast.

Again, do things for their own reward and the adulation will follow. Do things
for the adulation and you won't get it. That's not what what you were saying,
but hey, I'll work the theme anyway.

++Lar



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  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) I think we might have been hoping for a longer conversation than the one we got, (not to speak for Jeff, but that's what I think he was saying and I echo'd). No, we aren't in it for the adulation, just the conversation. It is still my (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) You're right on the money here. I do it because it's Fun! I don't even do it for the reaction of the crowds at the show. I get great satisfaction from building and combining my creations with others. The train shows also give the group a goal (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) Did (...) so (...) Really?!?! I thought GMLTC was relatively new. Any pics from the early days? (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)

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  Re: Apathy? (was: WAMALUG's GATS Layout was a huge success!)
 
(...) Not from me. I've just been time and connectivity challenged over the last week. The pics I saw (in the brief moments I've had) are amazing. Sorting layouts into tabletop(everyone else) vs legomodular(GMLTC so far, maybe BAYLUG soon), you guys (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)

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