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Once there was a place whose inhabitants all spoke a common language. As a unified community, their combined strength gave them such confidence that they challenged God Himself. They lost, and were scattered to the four corners of the earth, no (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And they spread throughout the world. With new lands to fill their populations grew. Facing new challenges as they lived in new environments, they had to learn to innovate. Finding new resources, they enriched themselves. As the new societies (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Chris! (Come to a NELUG meeting!) Yeah, it's changed a lot. There's probably scads of reasons why LUGNET isn't what it once was. Offhand, I'd say: 1) It's more work to post at LUGNET - Have to apply for posting privilages - Post (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I hope you are right. But it still sounds like a long way to go to get right back to where LUGNET once was - a place to facilitate sharing for the betterment of all facets of the hobby. (...) I see what you are saying, but in the past these (...) (18 years ago, 21-Nov-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, there seems to be a few of us still here…. I think if nothing else keeps LUGNET (tm) going, it will be people complaining that LUGNET is in decline/has failed/has (URL) jumped the shark> or whatever. I think LUGNET has come a long way in (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) [...] (...) Mmm... nntp. I really like nntp. Like Dave I still love lugnet, and I still come to see what's up. For example .trains is still the place to be in the trains world even though it does seem quieter over there. However, now that you (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I suppose on some deep level, that's what I was trying to accomplish when I started this thread. I honestly wasn't trying to just complain, but on the other hand I am only one member of this community, and I would not presume that I know all (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) NELUG is better than no LUG 8?) FUT: .fun ROSCO (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.fun) !
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(...) While I find it hard to believe that that could get anyone into trouble, perhaps it was merely because you weren't correctly noting which hat you were wearing at the time. HTH Allister (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hey, man, you messin' with my homies now! Sorry to ignore your FUT, but actually, NELUG is a prime example of the brain drain that has occurred here. That club has among its members quite a few of the most highly respected AFOLs around. But a (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It has been brought to my attention that this joke may have been a bit subtle for some of our readers. Perhaps if I inserted some well placed punctuation thus: N-E-LUG is better than no LUG 8?) ROSCO (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) And that is important - you started this discussion. Recognizing a problem is the beginning to solving it. (...) Don't sell yourself short. Every single thing that happens begins with one person. It may take a group to get things going, but it (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) We local members of NELUG often forget that most people do not know the "correct" pronunciation of our club name. It's "cow-dice". (Wait, that's not right...) It's "knee-lug". When I read your joke, I thought you might be pronouncing it as (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) I thought about 'cow-LUG'... or 'N-E-Cow-LUG'... which is different than 'Hosey-Cow-LUG'... But cows don't 'nay'.... We could do 'Horsy-Cow-LUG'... Prob'ly not... Dave Cow-Dice (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.fun)
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(...) Part of this, for me at least, was/is a lack of time. I meant to post a notice on Lugnet a week before the show, but I spent so much time getting ready for the show, that it slipped my mind. I also hope to write up a short bit about the show (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for this link. I actually browsed around nelug.org yesterday and somehow didn't find these. It looks like it was a great show! Definitely a lot of new stuff on the layout since the last time I participated. I especially love the red (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Due to the amount of time for setup, Jonathan opted to leave some of his buildings home this time, so that made the city section smaller. To compensate for this, we opted to add in some green space in the carnival section. When we got to the (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Correction: "Le Gorge" used to be 29 bricks deep. What a freaking nightmare that used to be! (...) <lar hat>I also didn't conform to proper FUT protocol. I should have included .trains in the list of Newsgroups that I posted to as well as (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sounds like a typical number of members on a much larger layout than I remember. Last time I was at a show, we had a 10'x20' display. NELUG sure has come a long way since (URL) our first train show>, that's for certain! I think I have a (URL) (...) (18 years ago, 22-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The new le Gorge is le river. It is a lot longer than le Gorge used to be, and you are correct, it isn't as deep. Le River is Jonathan's baby. Elroy (white truss bridge), Jonathan (red stone arch bridge), and I black I-beam) built the bridges (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) [...] (...) You know, it was always fun talking with you at the events, but I have got to admit, I _really_ miss those crossing gates that you have. Those things are AWESOME. Chris (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oh yeah! I remember seeing those at a show before I joined NELUG. I went out that day and bought some reed switches. The next day I spent a few hours burning my fingers and melting the things together. I never did get them to work properly. (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks! They were (URL) easy to make>, really. Too bad those dual light elements are so hard to come by these days. But two factors make them difficult to deploy: 1 getting them onto the layout before there is too much other stuff on the (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The (URL) reed switch sensors> are a bit tricky. There's not much room to work with, so you've gotta use pretty small switches. And they are very easy to break, basically being tiny glass tubes. (About half of my sensors no longer work.) For (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I almost took you up on the offer. When I designed a trolley line, I thought wouldn't it be cool if the trolley crosses the main line I realize that I'd need reed switches. Then I realized that even at your cost I need $80 worth of (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hmm, we should probably check my math. I think at the time I was having trouble finding inexpensive 3-foot electrical cables to chop in half, but I think $80 would pay for materials for more sensors than I usually bring to a train show. (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Miniatronics makes nice (URL) switches> that seems to work well. (...) Yes, you have to grab the lead in wire up close to the glass envelope with a pair of needle nose pliers, and, while holding the pliers you bend the wire. (...) Those are (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) Good link! (...) I don't bend the leads on the reed switches at all. I use very small reeds, maybe 1 cm in length, solder directly to the straight leads, and then carefully trim them shorter. (Trimming is optional.) The switch is then (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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I think there are two main issues, one technical and one social. The technical. The need to confirm all the postings was introduced at a time when there was a problem of people posting under other people's identities. Maybe then this heavy-handed (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think some method of preventing identity spoofing is a requirement for maintaining the integrity of any online forum. I use the web interface almost exclusively, so I've not found these systems as cumbersome as those who favor other posting (...) (18 years ago, 29-Nov-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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