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It must be silly season... The publishers of New Civil Engineer have just emailed me to ask if I would like to contribute 300 words and a mug shot to their 'Debate' page. Normally this involves two eminent engineers making a stand on some thrilling (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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You're about as representative as anybody else, as there's no organisation, so go for it. Of course, I retain the right to stone you to death with BURPs if I don't like what you say :-) 'course, if we've got an official representative, we might have (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) <snip> (...) Simon, I quickly wrote down some thoughts and ideas for the 300 word debate. Please use this (use exact phrases if you like) if you find it useful: The use of LEGO bricks to demonstrate civil engineering concepts has many distinct (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Thanks Tony (...) LOL! What a way to go! I'll tread carefully :) (...) Well, I'm by no means saying I'm going to officially represent us on a regular basis :) I'm not a good enough builder and despite working in Railways I don't own any train (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Further Fuel for debate Construction News wrote an article in which it says that On the Falkirk Wheel project, the guy who designed the mechanism arrived at a brainstorming session with "a model made from his son's Lego" to show how it would work! (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Damn, and I put 'UKAFOL' on all those badges... Well, you can represent me and call it 'UKLUG'. I must admit it sounds a bit more official. I agree with Thomas's points, but I have one to add myself. It's not just great for modelling real (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Well, now I can say it , "You're a cheapskate, Simon. Trade MY stamps for some train kit!" Seriously, go kick some ass, Simon :)) Your buddy Ronan Simon Bennett <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GH3or3.1nq@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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The article: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=...=-=-=-=-=- Ensuring the gear ratio is correct Construction News 17/05/2001 Page: 22 23 Record Number: 53996 THE 35 m-high Falkirk Wheel will allow boats to enter one of two 30-m long double-walled gondolas from (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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www.minifig.co.uk/we...lego-7.jpg Dear Paul I enclose an image of the Lego model which was used by myself (and my 9 year old daughter) to develop the concept for maintaining the horizontality of the wheel. It also had a "sophisticated" lego brick (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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err try this one www.minifig.co.uk/im...lego-7.jpg "James Stacey" <James@minifig.co.uk> wrote in message news:GHCD55.JFB@lugnet.com... (...) year (...) looked (...) hooks (...) long (...) or (...) arm, (...) as (...) always (...) the (...) turned (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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Dear all. Thanks for your help. Here is the completed 300 words. They've kind of backed me into a corner by changing the question so it's back to being specifically about degree courses and I'm not as fiercely anti-Meccano in that arena but I've (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Excellent work, Simon. Thank you for taking the time to do this on the behalf of Lego fans, and especially us Technic-heads. It's well written and makes some good points. You made a good point at the end, one I hadn't thought of before. You (...) (23 years ago, 3-Aug-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Do you perchance have an updated link to that, I am getting a 404 trying to go to it. The entire idea of the Falkirk Wheel is totally daft. :-) I mean that as the highest sort of praise, mind you. Only in the UK would this even have been (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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oops ... shouldn't cut and paste from ftp I guess :) (URL) think no one has noticed it till now :( -- James Stacey ---...--- www.minifig.co.uk #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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