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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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| | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —Peter Callaway
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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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| | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —David Drew
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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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| | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —Santosh Bhat
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —Peter White
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —David Drew
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —Santosh Bhat
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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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| | | | | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —David Drew
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —Peter Callaway
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —Santosh Bhat
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —David Drew
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Australian Standards for LEGO —Peter Callaway
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Australian Standards for LEGO —Santosh Bhat
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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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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Australian Standards for LEGO —Peter Callaway
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Australian Standards for LEGO —David Drew
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Australian Standards for LEGO —Paul Baulch
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —Paul Baulch
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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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| | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —Rachel Kingston
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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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| | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —James Howse
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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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| | | | | | Re: Australian Roll Call —Steve Bliss
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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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