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(...) Where's Joe's online journal? Keep the Flickr images coming. BrickWorld was a blast -- it was good seeing a bunch of old friends, meeting new ones, and finally meeting people I've known online for years. A few shoutouts... The NILTC gang Orion (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I know LEGO is popular with humans...but with octopi as well??? Check this out: (URL) Play Well and Prosper, Matthew "The Brick Detective" (17 years ago, 26-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Keep the stories coming everyone! We love hearing about all the goings-on. It sounds like this was a great event and will be even better next year. :-) Stacy and I are glad to hear everyone had a good time and we want to see all your pictures. (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi John and attendees, It was nice to meet you too. I also had the chance to meet many nice people I have known over the years but never met in person, that was very cool. It was good to meet many others for the first time too. The event was (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.general, FTX)
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The subject line says it all! Although I am still recovering from the weekend and still need to post my pics, I'll just post a quickie to say how much I enjoyed this event and that I'm already looking forward to Brickworld '08. Kudos to Adam and (...) (17 years ago, 26-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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Erik taught me through his website. He showcased so many techniques, styles, and solutions, and I was inspired. From close-coupling for trains, dioramas, SNOT, Technic geometry, to mechanization he gave us so many solutions and foundations for how (...) (17 years ago, 24-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Karl Paulsen wrote: snip (...) Every January, two rubbermaid totes filled with a variety and wide selection of my bricks take a trip to two grade schools in my area. These schools have 'Options'--which sounds like 'Leisure Ed' (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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Hi all, I was curious to hear if any of you had experienes or suggestinons on how to use LEGO to benefit the wider human community. Background: I live and work in Community Development in inner city Chicago, and considering that some weeks I spend (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, they are having technical difficulties. I believe they have multiple servers and only certain ones are affected, thus the hit-or-miss ability to reach certain sites they host. My LUG's site ((URL)) is one of the sites that is down as (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, there are issues with Northstar, I'll let Eric post details, but a number of LEGO sites appear to be affected. Club sites that use a database, as well as the ones you mention, and others like BrickFest.com, are currently offline. (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I believe Brickset is hosted at Northstar too. Tim (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't know if its related but www.brickset.com is also giving wierd database errors. (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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I have been unable to access www.brickish.co.uk (page not found) and www.jlug.net (MySQL error) for the last couple of days. Both these sites are hosted by Northstar so I'm guessing they have a problem. Bricklink is also hosted there and is OK but I (...) (17 years ago, 19-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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Looks great. A nice present. I was wondering if the logo on the ball cap is a decal? Any close up pictures available? I need some ball cap logos done and was thinking I might have a very small rubber stamp made but the detail in a decal would be (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Here's the father's day gift I gave my Dad yesterday: (URL) The story behind it: My grandfather owned 40 acres of land in the outskirts of Texarkana, Arkansas, 15 of which was cleared (the rest is dense forest). My grandfather didn't do much (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Eric Brok has passed away!!
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(...) Prostate cancer is only of the commonest cancers that affect men, but sadly many men don't get diagnosed until it is too late. Next time you have any symptoms or your doctor suggests a routine test for prostate problems; remember Eric, and go (...) (17 years ago, 18-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Eric's funeral took place on Friday. A number of people from the LEGO community was also present for the last honor to Eric. Eric told me of his illness last September. He knew since the beginning of 2006 that the had cancer and that it would (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jun-07, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) Just a heads-up to anyone who might not have noticed: I was just checking out the Brickworld site and noticed that the Brickworld folks have extended their deadline for registration and, perhaps even better, the hotel has extended the deadline (...) (17 years ago, 16-Jun-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: town/train jambalaya box missing attention: Clifton D. Chambers
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(...) this is still missing. i have had no luck contacting this person by email and more recently by phone. i Really need to get this box by next thursday. if you know this person please help me. ondrew (17 years ago, 16-Jun-07, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general)
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(...) Truly sad... My heart goes out to his family. I too never met Eric, and like all of you I was blown away not only by his models but by the way he presented them on his web site. He has clearly left his mark by touching the lives of many people (...) (17 years ago, 14-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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