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(...) AFAIK is short for As Far As I Know , afaik. :-) (...) (26 years ago, 20-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Wall Street Journal "Mindstorm" story
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I hadn't seen any notes here about the story, so here's the scoop: Thursday, 12/10/98 in Marketplace (section B, page 1, top half!) is a story under the banner "Toys", written by Joseph Pereira, staff reporter for WSJ. You may be able to find a (...) (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I will most likely only be going to the 3/14 Preview, and only be there for the day. I plan on driving down REAL early, and driving back REAL late. If anyone else bought a season ticket and wants to do a bonzai run for the Preview, let me know. My (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) I will be there in March. Is the "just across the street" the one on Palomar Airport Road? If it is, then my friend and I will be staying there as well. Russell (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | See you in Carlsbad this March?
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A bunch of folks from the S.F. Bay Area are planning to meet in Carlsbad, for the opening of LEGOLAND there. In order to help keep folks together, I've started a web page with some of the hotel pointers and other links that might be useful for the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Collectibility hype (Re: Legoland Carlsbad Annual Pass
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I know some LEGO items will become collectibles, and some good sets rightly so, but it really makes me sick how TLG now stresses their collectability beforehand. Even the tickets to the park are presented as numbered collectible items, aiming to (...) (26 years ago, 14-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Legoland Carlsbad Annual Pass
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As of 5:00 PM Pacific time on Saturday, the magic 5000 number had not been reached, so there is still time to get the pass and participate in the soft opening preview. If someone wants to scan my mailer, and post it on the web, I'll be happy to loan (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Legoland Carlsbad Annual Pass
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I got a mailer from Carlsbad. The short version is Annual Passes are $99.00 for adults. Call 1-877-534-6767 Ext. 101 now. First 5000 are invited to a soft opening on 14 March 1999. Order before 15 January 1999 and get the Legoland California truck (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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| | Amazons in Sunnyvale
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Saw four of the Amazon sets at the Sunnyvale TRU this evening. Riverboat set was $50, didn't price the others. They look sharp. Police boat from Town as well; didn't see anything else new. Kevin (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Legoland Carlsbad Job Fair
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Heard on KNX Newsradio on 4 December 1998 at about 11:15 in Los Angeles: Legoland Carlsbad is holding a Job Fair 13-14 December. Open positions include Food, Security, and other departments. Builders was *not* one of the positions mentioned. The (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.general)
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| | Merry Christmas
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Greetings all! Have a Merry Christmas. May you find a minifig peeking out of a stocking. From Tom McDonald Anti-spam block in place. (URL) what you can, but behave yourself. We'll have more, right after this. (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Greetings to all Lego maniacs in the Coachella Valley. Please step forward and introduce yourselves. I am the founder of and instructor at the Lego Lab at Gerald Ford School in Palm Desert (see (URL) My family (dad + mom + 10-year-old daughter + (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.cva)
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| | Carlsbad Information
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Carlsbad has a web site at: (URL) particular, there is a page on lodging in the area at: (URL) you are flying in, consider using Carlsbad (McLelland-)Palomar Airport (CLD): (URL) Eagle (5 flights) and United Express (7 flights) currently offer (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.cva)
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Welcome to lugnet.loc.us.ca.cva, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.loc.us.ca.cva (group): Coachella Valley (Indio, Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, La Quinta, (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.cva)
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| | Re: Carlsbad Legofest
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(...) I am seriously tempted. If there is a list of names being gathered, put me on it! Rob (26 years ago, 17-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Carlsbad Legofest
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(...) Me too! Sarah Heacock (26 years ago, 25-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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(...) I think this is a swell idea. I have been mulling how much of a sales job this would take... My NLSO emphasizes the N. :-) Please include me on any info that transpires... (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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(...) You got my 5.00 or 10.00 no problem. (...) (large snip) Great ideas! Barry (26 years ago, 24-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Carlsbad Legofest
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I will actually be in Annaheim for a meeting from March 21-25 (or at least part of it) so I might be able to make the fairly short trip to Carlsbad for the opening! Paying $5 for the space would probably be a bargain and it certainly wouldn't deter (...) (26 years ago, 23-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Carlsbad Legofest
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(...) p.s. -- If the Carlsbad traffic becomes too heavy for people who only want to talk about San Diego stuff (I doubt it, but if) it is certainly very easy to create a lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd.car sub-group for Carlsbad specifically. Anything is (...) (26 years ago, 22-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Carlsbad Legofest
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(...) Heck, you can just this newsgroup (lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd -- there's more than enough room in it :) and then you get automatic archiving (useful since March is several months away) and broader participation than a pure mailing list. It's also (...) (26 years ago, 22-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Carlsbad Legofest
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After the wonderfully successful Legofest in San Francisco in October, a few of us were thinking about doing a similar event in Carlsbad for the 20-21 March 1999 weekend. This is the opening weekend for Legoland California. To do the planning, we (...) (26 years ago, 22-Nov-98, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd)
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| | Re: Danger Will Robinson!
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(...) The weapons wagon would have been a much bigger threat to my pocketbook if I hadn't bought 20 last january from Target. However Frontier Patrol sounds good. -Bill (26 years ago, 20-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Danger Will Robinson!
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Warning. The following is a hazard to your pocketbook! I just went by WalMart (Milpitas) on the way back from lunch and saw a display of Wild West. I've always wanted to get a bunch of Cavalry Minifigs and Covered wagons so I stopped to check the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: URL requested
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>And see some of Tom McD's guitars in action at: >(URL) All right! That was great! I especially like the sound technician fig. BTW Paul, what piece did you use for the mic? I used a sawed-off aquazone harpoon, cutting off the tip just above the (...) (26 years ago, 19-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: URL requested
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(...) BTW Paul, what piece did you use for the mic? -Tom McD, president, Brickenrocker Guitars ;-) (URL) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: URL requested
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Here's mine: (...) (26 years ago, 18-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Great American Train Show comes to Alameda County! nealt@corp.webtv.net, greg@gnac.com, bekih@earthlink.net
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OK, so maybe you already know about it, and were planning to go. Or, maybe you don't care about trains. OK, so feel free to delete this message with my apologies for your trouble to download it. ;-) For the few of you that *LIKE* trains, and/or (...) (26 years ago, 17-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | URL requested
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Hi Zonker. As requested, here's my lego url: (URL) what you can, but behave yourself. - Tom McD. We'll have more, right after this... (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Lego Meetings?
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My little increasingly out of date Lego page is at (URL) Harris wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Lego Meetings?
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(...) I technically have three web sites: (URL) - I consider this one to be the main start page. (URL) - This one is where photos and the Bay Area LEGOfest pictures are. (URL) - This one is my LEGO Town's "official" site. Russell (26 years ago, 13-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Bill Clagett wrote (in part); (...) I haven't been too good about sorting the URL for Bay Area folks. (I've just got them in with everything else LEGO. :-) If folks reply to Bill privately (versus through the list), please send a note to me as well, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Lego Meetings?
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(...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Where are the pictures on your site? Bill Tom Stangl, VFAQman <ba-lego@cinnamon.com> wrote in message <364834E6.E098E6A5@vfaq.com>... (...) we (...) can (...) at a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Lego Meetings?
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AFAIK is "As Far As I Know". Sorry about that. I get so used to typing like that it's just second nature. Do what you can, but behave yourself. - Tom McD. We'll have more, right after this... ---...--- (...) at (...) been (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Lego Meetings?
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(...) AFAIK= As Far as I know. AGAIK= As Gar as I know :) -Bill Mountain view is a bit far for me, but if anyone want to come up to the north bay... (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Lego Meetings?
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As Far As I Know. (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Do we have linkage?
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Linkness... Linkage... Linkity... Belinked! From lovely Oakland, I'm checking the link with my brand new copy of Link Inspector (Lincoln Spector). Inspect your links for only $29.95 from ISoft. (ah... an old, but once funny joke.) Goodnight (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Lego Meetings?
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I don't know if it would be worth it to pack up most of my stuff, but if we want to meet for coffee at lunch or in the evening in Mountain View, we can drop by my work so people can see my cube in person ;-) The pics on my site are always out of (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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