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The Meccano can I opened continues to spill worms... I have had the following email from the Chairman of the International Society of Meccanomen: "Dear Simon One of ISM's members (a prominent Civil Engineer) has sent me a copy of page 17 of New (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk) !
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(...) Is this a for real org, or just 3 guys and a website? Any sense of that from the letter? (...) THIS is an excellent point (ties in with my general disdain for mainstream media nicely) (...) Good point, except one does need to note that this (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Well I've emailed him since and he mentioned he might mention this at the AGM so I get the feeling it's quite formal (I don't wish to appear prejudiced but I would expect it to be mainly composed of late middle aged British blokes who could be (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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I was looking forward to a verbal punch up with the Meccanoist's but if their going to be reasonable about things, that takes away all the fun!! :-) (I'm joking) I like the idea of a combined front, but I'd love to be a fly on the wall of their AGM (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Ya that WOULD be funny, eh?... let the media stage a big "debate", make sure it's on live TV, and then have a love-in and refuse to disagree with anything the other side says, but instead make snide comments about the media... Naaa.. never (...) (23 years ago, 21-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Simon, It sounds like you have them on the back foot, move in for the kill. :) I had a look for these "men" on the web. All I found were a handful of sites of varying quality and loads of dead links and non-existent images. Perhaps Todd should (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) *Visually* superior perhaps, but only because LEGO is more of a sculpting medium. Meccano has a definite mechanical advantage due to the strength and precision it derives from being made of steel, brass, etc. Allan B. (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GIF4CM.G2E@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> Does the International Society of Meccano*men* allow women or is it an entirely male society? Surely that's not 'Politically Correct' these (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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good grief, all sounds a bit dry dosen't it just looked at their website, dosen't exactly encourage you to join, exceedingly formal and undfriendly, and 14squids a year. Anyone got any idea how many times Mechanno has gone bust and been brought up (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Meccano hasn't got pneumatics though has it. So I'd say Lego has the pneumatic advantage. Steve (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Refreshing.... isn't it? Thank goodness not everything in life has given in to the evils of Political Correctness. (...) Bear in mind that many of the traditions, expressions and "standards" of the Meccano enthusiasts have been in place for (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) An excellent point. That one had slipped my mind. I guess I was thinking more along the lines of the hardened brass gears and incredibly strong beams, axles and brackets; perhaps things more appropriate for gear boxes, cranes, bridges etc. Of (...) (23 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Wow, Mechano... Once upon a time (1976) my Erector collection (of course, shared with my older brother) was larger and more versatile than my little pile of red and white Lego. That's because it was a hand-me-down from my grandfather. I wonder where (...) (23 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I'd be interested to see a Maccano crane bigger than Dennis Bosman's: (URL) as you say, it could probably be built stronger out of Meccano. The biggest hassle I had with Meccano was losing all those pesky little nuts & bolts... ROSCO (23 years ago, 24-Aug-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)
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