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Name: Karen Barlow Gender: Guess ??? Not too many females in this group but I am one of them ... Rachel are you still out there ??? Year of Birth: 1968 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: ????? Depends who you ask ;-] Location: Sydenham Victoria (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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(...) Yeah here I am Kaz! Name: Rachel Kingston Gender: (hurrah! theres three of us!!) Year of Birth: 1967 Mental age/status of inner child: today 12, yesterday about 60! Location: ACT Email: kingston@spirit.com.au Marital Status: Never! Tim has (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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(...) Make that 4 - I'm finally de-lurking! Name: Deidre Rushton Brumby Gender: Female Year of Birth: 1972 Mental Age/Status of Inner Child: Still thinking about this one Location: Hobart, Tasmania E-mail Address: drb@tasmail.com Marital Status: (...) (25 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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(...) ... (...) Excellent! Welcome to loc.au! Pull up a 2x4 and stay! Tassie has been very quiet for a long time (and nearly got left of the lugmap!!). It'd be great to have a regular voice from down your way. What's the retail LEGO scene like in (...) (25 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Wow! 4 women, we're getting there! Now anyone willing to admit to being older than me? I was born Jan 1960. Kerry (25 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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(...) them ... (...) seems we all have pretty tolerant spouses/partners (...) I was an at-home Dad but a hobby-funding crisis sent me back,now I'm both. (...) Come on out all you lurkers, we won't bite. (not even your lego) (...) There are some (...) (25 years ago, 21-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) ... (...) Hi Rachel! You're back! Fantastic! Are you able to make it to LegOz 2000.3 at Pete White's place?? (...) Architectural theory!? What's that?? (this is coming from a Civil Engineer) "If you draw it, it will work". <GD&R> Pete Callaway (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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"Peter Callaway" <pcallaway@bmcl.com.au> wrote in message news:FuxxHH.1G0@lugnet.com... (...) Engineer) (...) Yeah, I know what you mean... "Here's my design for my house..." "Um, if you want a column that size, you're going to need 100 MPa (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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Of course it can! Determine the eccentricity, whack a heap of them 2x4 bricks for compression and some of the technic beams with pin joints in for tensional strength. I wonder If anyone has done any stress/strain measurements on Lego plates and (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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(...) Soon we'll need an ng 'loc.au.eng' ;^) pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au> (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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"Santosh" <santosh@student.unsw.edu.au> wrote in message news:FuzGF3.43H@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) me (...) a (...) I've often thought of doing these sought of tests to determine the strength of lego. However, the thought of _deliberately (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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In lugnet.loc.au, David Drew writes: (and into Loc.Au.Eng) A series of non-destructive tests perhaps? Wheres that Schmidt Hammer nowadays.. Actually Lets get some experiments to determines Lego's Plastic Limit (*boom*tish*)...perhaps you need to (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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"Santosh" <santosh@student.unsw.edu.au> wrote in message news:FuzIM4.Ew2@lugnet.com... (...) get (...) Plastic hinges? Yeah, love that piece. David Drew. (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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LOL Well, Tim is an architect, another reason he is worth hanging on to ;-) He is much better than I at ensuring that a Lego building is "architecturally sound" He is a great designer too, though his lego buildings are rather Monty Python meets (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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(...) Given all those smiley faces, I don't think the minfigs'd care. They're probably be ecstatic that they've got _somewhere_ to put up those stumpy legs of theirs. James (who didn't do asthetics in his philosophy degree...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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(...) So, every time I sit down with my LEGO I'm having a Plastic Moment? Pete Callaway (keep 'em coming!) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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Right that does it, If LegOz ever writes a Guide book, We name it -"AS3600 Lego Structures" LEGO Bricks + Mega Bloks = Composite Structure? Here's one for you Peter, Peter C without enough grey plates = sub-critical Peter C with too many grey plates (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Santosh" <santosh@student.unsw.edu.au> wrote in message news:FuzvHu.B20@lugnet.com... (...) Actually, technic would be more along the lines of AS1170 (minus the moving parts of course) due to the beams and pin connectors. :) David Drew. (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Guys, guys. C'mon! Concrete? Loadings? I'd at least put it in as a suppliment to AS4100, since perhaps Parts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are directly applicable. Structural LEGO is more akin to steel than concrete, and the loading code is only used to (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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David Drew wrote in message ... (...) to (...) And you call yourself a Technic enthusiast?!? Pah!!! :-) I've broken at least two Technic beams building stuff that simply couldn't take the forces on the structure. Fallen in the line of duty, man!!! (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) What say we at loc.au develop the first lego Structural code, we call it (Australian Lego Stadard) ALS2000. And Yes the first appendix can be Appendix L < Engineering Geek Discussion mode> Hmm See I'd have to disagree with the Lego being akin (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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"Peter Callaway" <pcallaway@bmcl.com.au> wrote in message news:Fv098q.Lxp@lugnet.com... (...) moving (...) suppliment (...) Argh! I got 4100 and 1170 confused *starts self-flagelation with birch sticks* Bah, I've been studying too much mining (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Thanks for the welcome! (and thanks for getting us put on the map (the other Pete also), I'd missed that thread until you mentioned it, we often get forgotten down here...) Part of my reason for lurking was that I never felt I had anything to (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) The independents are dropping like flies up here too, moreso Sydney rather than Melbourne. (...) Toyworlds in Sydney have Highway construction for $173 AUD. (...) You don't have any Big W's at all ? (they are always 10% below retail) What's (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Not so much lonely as surprised that the Australian roll call was showing a very different demographic profile to what I was expecting. Based on conversations in other not-specifically-Australian Lugnet groups, I had the impression that there (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) It's Technic's low body count. Systems people have a captive audience of hundreds of minifigs ;^) (...) Kerry, your Technic Kerry from Brisbane. Hey I admit to collecting Belville/Paradisa to the concern of many. pete.w (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Hey I'd take up that honour If i could but... A) my hips don't squeak enough. (strictly Aussie joke) B) my g/f prefers my current fassion sense, or lack of anyhow. c) the parents would be worried about their son. Although.. on a positive note (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) L (...) Depends on what you're building, doesn't it, and a member in compression or tension doesn't automatically dictate it's material component. Houses, sure (although the bricks are behaving more like bricks and not a homogenous concrete (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I'd like to echo Santosh's words here, and welcome everyone to .loc.au and hope everyone enjoys having de-lurked, and now knowing a little more about the people behind the names [at least those who you didn't already know]. Benjamin Whytcross (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) and a bit later... (...) Hmm. Which kind of 'deconstructive' are we talking about here? ;) Steve (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.people)
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David Drew wrote in message ... (...) Ah, but you see I have actually been lucky enough to meet Peter's wife, and I have to say she is amazingly cool about the staggering proportion of the house that his Lego occupies. Man, those bonus marks would (...) (25 years ago, 24-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Nope, no Big W's at all. Harris Scarfe do have the odd older Lego set (let's define older as say not before 1997/98 in this case!), in the small to med size range (say up to $50). They do have some larger sets but only recent stuff and never (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Once I'm organised (ha,ha), there probably will be. Let us know if we post any sales of interest up here. Any of the Big W $1.88 118x series impulse sets interest you ? (...) Yep, they're sneaky that way. Their shelf ticketing leaves a lot to (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Translation ="you can stop now, Deidre" :) Well, if nothing else it helped a little in keeping the loc.au traffic boosted! Hey guys, we're slowing down, what's wrong out there?! Deidre drb@tasmail.com (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) No, translation = "Keep going, Deidre" ;^) Now your here, we want you to stay ! I'm sure I'll have some wants to look out for, in a few pays time :^( pete.w (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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