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We have the new Gateway Lego Users Group (GtwLUG) up and running. We were represented at Brickfest 2003 and particapated in their Container Swap for .trains. We will be participating in the Lego Road Show coming to St. Louis in October. This is an (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mo.stl)
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| | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
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(...) Yes. AND call the mediaperson on it (in a nice way, while thanking them for the coverage) if they misquote the interviewee. (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
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(...) I suppose it's up to us to change that impression when we give interviews. If we (collectively) make a conscious effort to say they are not just for kids, perhaps it will change over time? -Tim (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
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(...) The article doesn't make more than the usual number of errors (BrickLink.com as a source for "LEGOS" ...) but I do wish the media would give up on the "adults playing with kids toys" angle, it gets a little tiresome. If some LEGO sets are (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
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| | Re: Florida AFoL Fest? (was: West Coast Brick Fest - concerns and hopes)
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(...) Ooh, ooh! I would. I might even be able to nudge my parents into letting me. (I'm Jacksonville-based.) I guess I could start the bare bones of a Space exhibit. :) I believe another Northen-based AFOL- Lenny Hoffman- also exists up here, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.fl, lugnet.org.us.gflug, FTX)
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| | COLTC Mall at Tuttle Crossing Show Report
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Following close on the heels of the inaugural show of the Central Ohio LEGO Train Club (COLTC), we had our 2nd display at the Mall on Tuttle Crossing, in Dublin, Ohio. Set up was on Friday night & the display lasted 2 days. Now to the picts! We have (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains) !!
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| | REMINDER: DixieLUG August Meeting this Saturday!
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Hello Southern AFOL's! Just a friendly reminder that DixieLUG has a meeting this Saturday at my place! If you want to come, email me for directions (I need to keep a headcount). It looks like we'll have a busy meeting: BrickFest report by Chris (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.loc.us.al, lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.loc.us.ga.atl, lugnet.loc.us.tn.cha, FTX)
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| | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
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(...) Gosh, I'm tired. I meant this last parenthetical to mean ... "this was a problem, since they were being so disruptive." -Tim (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
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(...) Ohh, I wish that was our problem :-) There's a mentally handicapped child who is at one of our shows every year. He really loves the trains, but is quite loud and disruptive - and his parents have difficult time controlling him. One of our (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
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(...) You've had problems with guest trains in the past? Do tell! The only problems the GMLTC has had recently is when a kid brought his Hogwart's Express. We're so used to running our 8-wide trains - they require almost full throttle - we ran his (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
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(...) Well, we discourage "guest trains" from the audience, simply because we had a rather unique experience with a kid whose trains we offered to run. BUT - if you're an established member of an established train club, I don't see how running your (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: NILTC Show at Illinois Railway Museum - Aug 15-17 and Aug 23-24
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(...) What is the NILTC club policy on "guest trains"? If someone were to say, make a road trip, and brought a train (8-wide, of course) - could they run it on your layout? Great pics, btw - lots and lots of fun 'eye candy', and great work modelling (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Re: Next show
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The basic unit is 32x32, but we easily accommodate other multiples of 16, esp. 48 x 48 and 32 x 16. (FUT lugnet.org.us.indylug) (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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(...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il)
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| | Next show
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So, I made it to the Lego Road Show on Sunday. It was kind of cool. I've been trying to come up with an idea for adding an RCX controlled device to the layout. On the way home, my wife came up with a good suggestion. I don't want to go into details, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.us.in.ind)
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| | Re: We need a Lug in Central Pennsylvania...
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In lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.har, Patrick S. O'Donnell wrote: <snippity snip snip> (...) I took a few minutes to think about the name, and now have become partial to KeystoneLUG. It not only represents Penn. better, but gives us an air of inportance. :) (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.har)
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| | Re: We need a Lug in Central Pennsylvania...
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(...) After reading Jim's, John's, and Cale's postings... Just to add my two cents... I like the YOHALALUG thing. I figure I better respond to this posting to keep the possibility of LA attatched to YOHA since I'm from Lancaster. Of course with (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.har)
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| | Pick a Brick -- sooner than expected
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From what I was told today by an employee at the Orlando LIC, the store is already being re-arranged to provide space for Pick-a-Brick. PaB should be in operation in a couple of weeks. Mike (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.fl.orl)
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| | TEXLUG - San Antonio
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Greetings, I would like to announce the San Antonio chapter of TEXLUG. After an awesome experience at BrickFest 2003. I came to the conclusion that it would be a great idea for us to have local chapters of TEXLUG. As we are such a large state it (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.loc.us.tx.ant, lugnet.loc.us.tx)
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