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(...) Looks like it is national. At least, it's good in Québec and Ontario too, so... The sad thing is the sale ends tomorrow (Sunday, september 5th), so hurry! :-) Pierre (20 years ago, 5-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Crazy Zellers sale
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Greetings, Jean-Marc just phoned me (in Halifax). He has hit the Zellers in Sidney and North Sidney (Cape Breton). All LEGO is scanning in at 50% off, on top of some previous reductions of 50% off (total 75% off). Example, the surveillance van is (...) (20 years ago, 4-Sep-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Ed the Sock
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(URL) the Sock is a Canadian TV host, music critic, and sock puppet.) (20 years ago, 4-Sep-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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| | September ParLUGment Meeting
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Well, it's that time again. We are meeting at Karl's home Thursday September 2, at 6pm for pizza, or 7:15pm just for the meeting. We will be splitting up several group orders from S@H and Bricklink, discussing/planning the October Train Show, and (...) (20 years ago, 2-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Sears Wishbook is out, coolest looking set MegaBloks
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Greetings, The Sears Wishbook arrived on my doorstep today (Sears Canada yearly large Christmas mail order catalog). Three pages of LEGO sets, but no large exclusive Technic sets this year. Only 8434 ($49.99) and 8435 ($69.99). Had the motorized (...) (20 years ago, 26-Aug-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Where in Ottawa sells trains?
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(...) Hi Daniel, Welcome to the world of LEGO Trains. I got addicted about 5 years ago myself. Unfortunately, there are no stores in the Ottawa area that carry track to my knowledge. There are 3 LEGO Outlet Stores in southern Ontario that may still (...) (20 years ago, 24-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Where in Ottawa sells trains?
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Hi, I'm new to the group and new to Lego train collecting. I'm wondering if there is anywhere in the city where I can pick up extra track, or that has good prices on sets. Any good tips would be appreciated. Thanks! D (20 years ago, 22-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Lot of Lego for Sale
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Hi, I'm in Antigonish N.S. and I've got a great deal of lego in the Town, Space and Pirates for sale. I want to get a good price for it but selling online seems a bit of a pain. Is there anywhere in N.S. that buys used lego? Or, would anyone who (...) (20 years ago, 20-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.ns)
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| | Re: Hobby Show Nov 5-7 in Toronto, Ontario
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(...) Dave... no thunder stolen, no toes stepped on, no worries at all. Thank you for stepping in and helping with organizing this event. (...) It is actually at the International Center (near the airport), just so everyone knows. :) (...) Is it (...) (20 years ago, 22-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Hobby Show Nov 5-7 in Toronto, Ontario
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(...) I'm coming in with (URL), (URL) Inferno & Grapple pair>, (URL) Studded and studless desert rangers>, and a few Technic sets given the touch of another set - eg. a 8480 given the Discovery treatment. Exactly how many depends on how many I can (...) (20 years ago, 22-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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| | Re: Surprise finds at Fairview Mall
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(...) Andrew, is it the one near Waterloo? My brother is moving in to U of Waterloo in two weeks and it's only minutes away so that's my chance for some serious shopping! (...) I picked up two of those $5 cloud cars at Zellers. Can't resist a sweet (...) (20 years ago, 22-Aug-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, FTX)
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| | Re: Surprise finds at Fairview Mall
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I was in the Bricks and Blocks outlet in St. Jacobs last week and they had some of these sets in stock as well. The metroliner was $120 and I think the C3P0/R2 combo was $40. They are also had a number of the "my own train" cars as well the caboose (...) (20 years ago, 22-Aug-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, FTX)
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| | Surprise finds at Fairview Mall
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I found the these at Toys Toys Toys today at Fairview Mall (Don Mills/Sheppard, Toronto): [LEGOSet 10001] $200 [LEGOSet 10026] $70 [LEGOSet 10018] something like $170 [LEGOSet 65081] $70 I have never saw any of these in person before except 10018. I (...) (20 years ago, 22-Aug-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, FTX)
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| | Re: Lots of Bulk Packs on SALE at S@H (USA & Canada)
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(...) Does anyone from Canada still have the email they received with the link to this sale? If so, please post it, I pulled a Homer and shift-deleted mine. But when I received it and followed the link directly from that email, I got to see all of (...) (20 years ago, 21-Aug-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Hobby Show Nov 5-7 in Toronto, Ontario
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I am planning a massive 6 wheeled remote control vechicle with the 8466 tires I got at Brickfest and the 8475 RC parts (independent suspension, small turning radius, etc etc). Would there be space for people to drive that sort of thing around? If (...) (20 years ago, 21-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Hobby Show Nov 5-7 in Toronto, Ontario
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(...) I am in, and I believe for all three days (I will confirm in a few weeks). I plan on bringing what I brought to BrickFest (my large Mountie, Sponge Bob, a few buildings, some large scale bricks, my street car (TTC) some of my micros, and my (...) (20 years ago, 21-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Hobby Show Nov 5-7 in Toronto, Ontario
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Hi all, Hope I'm not stealing any of Allan B's thunder, but he and I talked and he asked me to help organize the attendance and the displays. So here I am. So with much further ado, the Hobby Show at the Convention Center in Toronto, Ontario is just (...) (20 years ago, 21-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.monlug) !
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| | Calling All Presenters - Help Make NWBrickCon™ 2004 Great!!
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Call for Presentations at NWBrickCon™ 2004 Some of the many activities at NWBrickCon™ 2004 will be opportunities to share your knowledge and experiences, and to learn from each other. So, we would like to open an invitation to all individuals, (...) (20 years ago, 17-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: toysrus.ca
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(...) Huh? Firefox works fine on my old Win98 PC with only 32M RAM. I think I only needed to pull one net related DLL from Windows update. Opera still list 95 and NT as supported OS. (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: toysrus.ca
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(...) Which is a page that does absolutely nothing without evil Javascript turn on. Ok, so I turn it on: my browser (ancient Netscape 4.72) says the Javascript has a syntax error. Ok, so I paste in the redirected URL. It gets me an empty pale blue (...) (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: toysrus.ca
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(...) Hey, thanks for pointing that out. The site isn't as robust as I'd like. I had to refresh several times to see all the stock. Its a good start. I wish there were some clearances. ;) Benjamin Medinets (20 years ago, 7-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | toysrus.ca
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Neat-er, I just noticed that TRU Canada now has a real shopping website, as opposed to the flyer-only service they had before. (Took 'em long enough.) KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Ontario, Canada (20 years ago, 6-Aug-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | The Vancouver LEGO club at Science World in Vancouver, BC
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Hello Fellow brick fetishists! There is a very good chance that the Vancouver Lego Club will be exhibiting its talents at Science World ( (URL) ) in the spring of 2005. We are very keen on involving some of the surrounding area groups, if they would (...) (20 years ago, 4-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | NWBrickCon Is Coming Soon
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It is my pleasure to announce NWBrickCon 2004. This fan-based event will be held Halloween weekend (October 29-31, 2004) in the Great Northwest (Seattle area). This amazing event will be three days of : Fellowship - Meet with other AFOLs from (...) (20 years ago, 3-Aug-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.castle, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, FTX) !!
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| | Hobby Show Update (WAS: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON)
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Hello Everyone, A quick note to let you know that the LEGO booth for this year's Hobby Show in Toronto (Nov 5, 6, 7/04) is a 'go'. We got the invite and I accepted on behalf of the group. This information was sent today to the mailing list I have (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Re: VicLUG Dead or Alive?
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(...) It's not holidays for me yet :) (They don't start until September for me). I'm still at sea, I return on Monday. (...) OK- where and when? Thursdays are bad for me, and I am busy on the 9th and 13th. If you have a date in mind, either EMail me (...) (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) <snip> (...) x-posted to parlugment to see if anyone is interested. Anyone? I can bring it up at the next meeting as well. (...) Excellent. (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) And I would think many people would love to see them. I know I would! (...) Any chance that other builders in the Ottawa area might want to join you, to share expenses, travel, and all the fun? :) The invitation is certainly open. In fact, in (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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<snip> Hmm, this sounds pretty cool. I'd be interested in bringing a couple of models down from Ottawa, especially the (URL) Discovery> and soon to be complete Leonov. I'd really like to display them whenever I can. Unfortunately I don't think I'll (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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<snippage> I'm interested. I don't know my schedule this far out in advance. However, I will do my very best to be free that weekend. Benjamin Medinets (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) Bigger than 12X space buggy? :) (...) Is that the general consensus of rtlToronto? I apologize if it's been discussed on LUGNET. I might have missed it, but I hadn't heard that until now. Thanks! Allan B. (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) I've got two large sculptures that I was hoping to display at the hobby show, and I think we at rtlToronto want to use the hobby show as our second train display of the year. I think the timing is perfect for that. Derek (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) I know. :) And thank you. Now where is everyone else? Allan B. (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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In lugnet.events, Allan Bedford wrote: <snip> (...) I'm in! Dave K (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) I was contacted by the show organizers who are asking whether or not we will be attending the show this year to put on the LEGO booth again. At this point, based on the feedback to this thread from two months ago, and from a message sent to (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | $40 off Supersonic RC for Canucks
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Just got this in my mailbox. $40 off... [LEGOSet 8366] ...until July 21 at Canadian S@H website only. Use catalog code CA8366AN. I placed my order already. If you want one, now's the time! Now a few caveats. After the S@H changeover to Canuck-bucks, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| | PlayStation 2 accessories in Canada
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If there's anyone out there in Canada who owns a PS2, can you tell me where (store name or website) you would go to buy PS2 acccessories like memory cards and controllers? Thanks! Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Star Wars Minis @ Sears
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G'day folks, I've noticed that Sears has been putting the Star Wars minis on for $6.94, but they aren't consistent about which series of minis is on sale. However the store at St-Laurent seems to have put all of later/larger ones on sale: 4488 (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Summer Catalogue!
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Canada gets a Summer Catalogue this year! All prices in Canadian dollares. Whoo hoo! 42 pages of mostly new sets. Contain a variety of lines too. Some Clickits, Duplo and Quatro shown. Haven't poured through it yet, but at least we get a summer (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Club Logos and Website Club Links for the BrickFest website
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(...) Will you be attending BrickFest? Among all the wonderful things we are working on for BrickFest, creating a fun filled environment is at the top of our list. One way we hope to do this is by encouraging all of you who plan to attend, to bring (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jul-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org)
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| | Re: VicLUG Dead or Alive?
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Thanks for replying! :) As you can see by the delay in my response this is a bad time for all concerned with holidays and summer chaos. I spoke to a guy from the train show and he suggested setting up a static info/recruitment booth was probably a (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Mine just shipped as well. The invoice for Cdn$ should look like this: QTY ITEM DESCRIPTION CAD AMOUNT ***...*** 1 1015246 MAERSK SEALAND CONTAINER 94.99 Products 94.99 Tax 14.25 Postage & Handling 9.95 ***...*** Total 119.19 KDJ ___...___ (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Following up on my own article, I've now received a ship notice for 10152. The price is listed as $94.99, hopefully Canadian. So, either the automatic re-order happened, or someone did something on my behalf. If so, thanks! :-) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) I got an email from S@H that said my order for 10152 was cancelled, but I've seen nothing about it getting re-done. Logging on to S@H just shows it as cancelled. Perhaps I have to manually re-order. Anyone get the automatic cancellation and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Not really, just do what I did. I emailed them and asked about the new pricing. They cancelled my standing back-order for a 10152 in US$, and replaced it with a new order based on the Cdn$ price. The new order is Cdn$119.19 rather than (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: VicLUG Dead or Alive?
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(...) Probably C. However, count me out until at least Aug 3 or 4th. After that, I am once again available. If you want to take over organization, I am more than happy to pass the buck (er torch) to you. If there are events, I will try to make it (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | Re: Toys R US sale...
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(...) not really my fault... :) Yes I'm in St. Catharines. I became a paid member of Lugnet when I was still on active duty at Fort Campbell, KY... (way back in 2000). (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Toys R US sale...
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(...) Ottawa's been Sopwith-less for a while now. I think they all disappeared when the prices hit $30. Are you in St.Cath? Your member page still shows you as a Kentuckyan. KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, Ontario, Canada (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Toys R US sale...
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(...) Just a note: I actually physically went to Toys R US today to check things out. There were still a few Cloud Cars there (about a handfull at most) but there were no more Sopwith Camels. I see my Toys R Us is (still) clearing out the old Alpha (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Sorry, replying to myself again... According to the Customs Notices on the Canada Border website, all provinces should be charging GST+PST, or HST, for all imported toys. That includes B.C., by the way. ;] None of the provinces have an (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Toys R US sale...
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I'm not quite sure how extensive this sale is for, but I seen that the new Strata Tubs are $20 CDN ($10 off). I think most Toys R US are still trying to clear their remaining Cloud Cars (3.99 CDN) and Sopwith Camels ($19.99 CDN) among some of the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) If that is true, then there is something seriously messed up. Since LEGO is not made in Canada, all provinces should have to pay full taxes as if it were bought in their home province. I can't think of any reason why some provinces would have (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Again, those brokerage fees were already included in the Shipping & Handling costs. Another post I made yesterday apparently got buggered up and appeared simply as me quoting myself. What it was supposed to say, was I had to correct an earlier (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Yes, but that fee was already baked into the Shipping & Handling you were paying when the prices were in US$. That's what I'm trying to point out. All fees (taxes and brokerage) were already being paid when the prices were in US$. None of that (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | VicLUG Dead or Alive?
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OK, so I would like to meet up with other AFOL's in Victoria and maybe even set up a display at the Model Railroad Show in September. But before I do I need to know which of the following is true: a) VicLUG is dead and if I want to play with the (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.ca.viclug, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Ahh, I'm in BC so that's probably why I only have the 7% GST. (...) Honestly, I don't think it's worth the effort because the cost of shipping from BC (for example) to Ontario might be equal to or more than the price you get charged for PST. (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Amen. I got burned like this recently. Keith (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Announcing Canadian changes to Shop At Home!
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(...) No! We need one in Alberta instead! So we only pay 7% tax! ;) Keith (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Are you in Ontario or the Atlantic provinces? People outside those provinces only get charged 7% GST. Anyone willing to take Lego shipments and re-ship them to Ontario for a small premium? Or is there any places eg. Mailboxes etc. that will do (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Are you sure about that? I just looked at an invoice from May and I only got charged 7% GST. Apart from shipping, there was no other amount added to my invoice... -Bryan (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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---- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle D. Jackson" <missioncontrol@symp...mblock.ca> To: <lugnet.loc.ca@lugnet.com> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:29 PM Subject: Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks (...) included. (...) Actually, there (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Actually, there is a small savings to be had. You are correct in saying that they charge all applicable taxes. However.... remember that on imported goods valued at more than $20 you are charged a $5 fee in order to collect the taxes, on those (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Not to nitpick, but that's a red herring. S@H already charges Canadian customers for all applicable Canadian taxes, which are the only fees that would be assessed at the border by Canada Customs. This was already in place before the change to (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Uh yes you do. S@H applies the taxes right on your invoice (PST+GST or HST as appropriate). You can't escape that. If S@H didn't charge taxes at the origin then Canada Customs would charge it at the border, plus add a $5 service fee. The (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Shopping in Ottawa
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I stopped at TRU today, and there are several things on sale, but none of them are very good sales. They do have the new Alpha Team arctic sets, and the new Knights Kingdom though. And Gail Meagher posted to .ca that they have some items on sale (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ott)
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| | Re: Announcing Canadian changes to Shop At Home!
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(...) This is very encouraging for us Canadians. Thanks Jake. Now that we know you're listening, we can hope it won't be too long before you implement the Pick-A-Brick request. ;-) Play well. Tim Strutt (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) This is a step in the right direction. Thank you Jake. It's good to know you're listening. You did hear that request for Pick-A-Brick in Canada right? ;-) Play well. Tim Strutt (20 years ago, 18-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Announcing Canadian changes to Shop At Home!
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(...) No one is ever satisfied, are they? ;) Jake --- Jake McKee COmmunity Liaison LEGO Community Development (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Announcing Canadian changes to Shop At Home!
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Sweet! Now all we need is a Lego Store in Vancouver! Ted (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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(...) Well, having the prices in US currency was great when the Canadian dollar was strong. :) I think it's levelled off a bit now. Another bonus from shopping at S@H is that we don't hafta pay a provincial sales tax (7.5% here in BC). But thanks (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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Snippage (...) Thanks Jake. It will sure make ordering easier and less of a shock when the Visa bill arrives! It will be nice to not have to guesstimate the currency conversion for cost and shipping. Mike (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) When I did a quick test at www.xe.com/ucc, the conversion of $39.99 USD comes out to be (today, at this moment) $54.99 CAD. As you can imagine, it would be nearly impossible for us to update the price of sets every day to match the current (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Announcing Canadian changes to Shop At Home!
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All, You may have noticed this week that the Canadian Shop At Home site was down for maintainence. Everything is back up and running now - with one addition. Pricing for Shop At Home for orders to Canada are now in Canadian dollars. Hopefully this (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | BrickFest Hotel info
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I’m please to announce that arrangements have been finalized with the Hilton Arlington & Towers. 950 N. Stafford Street, Arlington VA 22203 located just 0.6 Miles from GMU. Hilton Arlington & Towers has a block of guestrooms reserved for BrickFest (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.org, FTX) !!
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TRU flyer for Saturday June 19th to Friday June 25 has two LEGO sets on sale, 7411 Tygurah's Roar and 7413 Passage of Jun-Chi for $5.97 (reg 11.98, suggested retail ~$15). I think Walmart blew these sets out awhile ago for $5, but if you missed that (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) and for those who did not order theirs yet, the Maersk ship set #10152 is $94.99 CAD or $74.99 US @ a conversion rate of 1.27 Oh well - guess I bought mine too early. Kevin (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Welcome to the world of LEGO exchange rates. ROSCO (20 years ago, 17-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Great... But not so Great 10151 is priced at 39.99 US and 59.99 CAD That's a 1.5x conversion.... 4752 USD 19.99 CAD 29.99.... StarDestroyer 10030 USD 299.99 CAD 399.99 Ok well this one is 1.33x.... Jeff VW (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Canada shop.lego.com now in Canuck-bucks
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For good or for bad, Lego shop at home is now in Canadian dollars. The web-site seems to be back up now. Jeff (20 years ago, 16-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.ca) !
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| | Re: New LEGO Stores!
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(...) ** SNIP ** (...) Amen!! Canada has yet to see any official Lego store, and New Jersy gets two!?! I don't get it... (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| | Re: New LEGO Stores!
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(...) I'm sure there are some happy people out there, but none of them are in CANADA! Come on Jake, let them know we're waiting up here! We need PAB in Canada! Play well. Tim Strutt ParLUGment (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| | Newspaper article about the AFOL community
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Hello, Here's an article about the adult LEGO community published in the newspaper "La Presse" in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) and on their web site. Featuring quotations from Christina Hitchcock, Calum Tsang, Jake McKee and myself. I hope you know a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.ca.qc, lugnet.org.ca.monlug)
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| | 7119 Twin-Pod Cloud Car @ TRU $4.
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G'day folks, I found these "red parts packs" on clearance at both TRU in Ottawa for only $4, so I assume it's a nation-wide thing. (For the Ottawa folks, sorry, but I cleaned both out..., only found 5 anyway.) Regards, KDJ ___...___ LUGNETer #203, (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Giant LEGO Mosaic In Owen Sound, Ontario
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In lugnet.build.sculpture, Ralph Hempel wrote: [...] (...) [...] Great work! I can't wait to see the result! However as the lugnet.build.sculpture curator I am compelled to point out that you probably should have put this into lugnet.build.mosaic (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mosaic)
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| | cleaning lego bricks
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Greetings- Does anyone out there know how to clean legos? I haven't taken my legos out for a while and I fear that they have become dusty. If someone could give me some info I'd really appreciate it. (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego train show in Niagara Falls,Canada
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(...) To clarify - I don't know how long the link will be around at the Niagara Review web site. The show will be ongoing daily until Labour Day (Sept 6?). -Rob A> (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Giant LEGO Mosaic In Owen Sound, Ontario
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(...) What great fun we had today! The kids were amazing. They tackled the daunting empty mosaic base-plates with enthusiasm, did an A-one job of staying on task and were a total pleasure to be around. I had a great time showing them a few of my (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.build)
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(...) Wow, that would have been *huge*. Perhaps the biggest community-build by AFOLs so far, had it happened? -Tim (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.build)
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| | Giant LEGO Mosaic In Owen Sound, Ontario
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I guess it's time to unveil what may be interesting news to the LUGNET community.... Up here in Owen Sound, Ontario, the local hospital approached me to get ideas for a kickoff event for the fundraiser we're having for an MRI machine. Their first (...) (20 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.build)
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(...) It's funny how different people read things differently. I took Rob's comment to mean that he didn't know how long the link would be around. I figured he was concerned that the site might archive the story at some point and that the link (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) That's interesting that he is hoping to make a living out of exhibiting the layout, just not sure that it would work out very well numbers wise. I do wish him luck. If anyone goes and sees this display, please get some pictures of his MOC (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego train show in Niagara Falls,Canada
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(...) Here's a fun bit from yesterday-- I replied to a message (1) yesterday. I replied to a differnet message (2) 5 minutes later Waited 5 minutes. Clicked the 'Send/Rec' in Outlook Got the authentication for the (2) message and posted it. Packed (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham)
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(...) I think Rob is concerned that because of the lack of attendance the display might close early. Derek ps, how come sometimes when I send a message I get no replay from lugnet for Authentication. The message just disappears. This is my second (...) (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: Lego train show in Niagara Falls,Canada
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(...) The article says the display will be up until Labour Day. Ben M. (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) There is an article on the show in the Niagara Review - curerently online at (URL) Don't know how long it will be around though... -Rob A> (20 years ago, 26-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.loc.ca.on.ham, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | [rtlToronto] Interview on Mindstorms in Montreal Talk Radio
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Hi folks, Tonight on CJAD AM 800 in Montreal, I'll be on the Peter Holder Overnight Show, a talk radio program. It's on air between 11:45PM and 12:30AM (Yeah, talk about night owls) You can listen on (URL) if you're not in Montreal. I'll be telling (...) (20 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Shipping to Canada from the US
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They used to support many companies, but dropped that part of the service for borderfree. Now your best option is a mailbox etc on the USA side of border and pay them to re-ship stuff to you. That's what I do, but being close enough to Buffalo, just (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Shipping to Canada from the US
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Some companies in the US do not ship to Canada. Does anyone know of a service that will accept shipments in the US and then forward them on to Canada? I have looked into Borderfree with Canada Post but they only deal with a small number of (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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In lugnet.events, Allan Bedford wrote: <snip> (...) Yep, I can handle the booking of the people. If you want, I'll do that bit. Unless somehting completely out of the ordinary happens, I'll be there all weekend. Dave K -who is looking to Jeff's (...) (20 years ago, 18-May-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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