 | | REMINDER: next BayLUG meeting
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This is a reminder of the next BayLUG meeting. The meeting will take place at the Fremont Library in the Fukaya Room. The meeting hours are: members only from 10-1, and open to the public from 1-4. At 1pm we will be holding a train car building (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Legoland Tickets
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I know that this may sound a bit odd, but I am trying to get hold of some used examples of the different entry tickets to Legoland California. I currently have a large collection of tickets from all the other Legolands but as yet nothing from (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca)
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| | Re: Today's my wedding day!
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(...) Congrats.... And Goodluck with your honeymoon.... G,D,R Benjamin Medinets (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Today's my wedding day!
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Hey folks! You probably didn't even know I was engaged! Nancy and I will be tying the knot at City Hall in SF at noon. Then we'll spend a blissfull four-day weekend in the city in this great little art deco motel we found out near the zoo. When I (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | SCLTC to display at upcoming Fullerton Railroad Days
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May 4-5, 2002 Fullerton Railroad Days Fullerton Train Station, Fullerton, California, USA Southern California Lego Train Club (SCLTC) Our display has gown in size again! The display area will be 26’x33’, our largest yet! Our layout, with over 325’ (...) (22 years ago, 23-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.loc.us.ca)
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| | Re: [BayLTC-GATS] In the bay area next week
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(...) Chicken butt! (...) I'm free Monday evening. I think dinner, maybe at a pizza place, would be great. (...) Count me in. (...) Arrgh!!!! (...) Its been cool lately, but then its California, so you never know. -- Russell Clark Co-Founder, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | In the bay area next week!`
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Hi gang. Guess what? I have to go to SF for a customer meeting next week! (monday 22 april and tuesday 23 april 2002) Unfortunately it's only a one day thingy but I will be (if the plan holds together) flying in on Monday around noonish and will (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: ALOF Visits The US
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Hello Avi! BayLUG will be holding our next meeting on Saturday, May 18 at 10am. You are welcome to join us. More info is at (URL) I don't know of any other LEGO activities in our area in May. I haven't done much shopping in stores lately, but I'm (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | ALOF Visits The US
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Hello, My name is Avi Parvin, Lugnet member 1429, and I’ll be visiting the Bay Area during the month of May. Can you please recommend me about Lego activities, where to see and where to buy? Thanks in advance, Avi Parvin (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Need LOTS of trans-orange flames!
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Hey all, My little Burning Hell diorama has been expanded and I suddenly find myself short of trans-orange flames, something I thought would never happen (don't they seem to be EVERYWHERE?!). Anyway, I need about 50-75 more. Anyone who has some to (...) (23 years ago, 25-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | next BayLUG building contest
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This has been on the BayLUG website for a week, so it is time to make the official announcement. Below is the text from the website: We will once again be holding a LEGO® building contest. The theme for this meeting is the Creative Train Car (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: Next Lugola meeting
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(...) As a non-voting member, I'd like 20 April at that place, but of course I'm not a local and therefore will simply do my best to attend whenever it happens. Derek (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
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| | Re: Next Lugola meeting
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Free is always the best! This place sounds pretty cool, provided there is enough room for all who wish to show off their MOC's and fish through Brian's buckets. I am definately in agreement for this location, if it is available. I was kinda hoping (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
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| | Re: Next Lugola meeting
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I know of a place in Santa Monica that is available for free. The World Cafe 2820 Main St. has an enclosed patio adjoining the bar. They have several small tables with chairs for about 50 people. Outdoor patio too. The owner said we just need to (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
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| | Re: Next Lugola meeting
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How about setting up a gathering in a public place? The role-playing group I used to run had our meetings at Round Table Pizza, in their private, walled-off meeting room. Since they knew we were buying pizza and drinks, they didn't care how many (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
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| | Re: Next Lugola meeting
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(...) No joke there! I saw more cool stuff at BW2002 than I've seen in quite some time. (...) Lae March/Early April was mentioned by more than a few people as a likely timeframe. The 'where' question can only be answered by the person(s) who wish to (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
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| | Re: building contest for the next BayLUG meeting
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No...let's try best under-100 MOC using only Blue and Gold, contest open only to Cal Grads Paul Sinasohn '80 (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Next Lugola meeting
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Alright, everyone I guess it is high time to start the discussions of our next meeting. Hopefully BricksWest inspired all of us to build bigger and better stuff. A few of us mentioned that early April would probably be best, now the bigger question (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) Thanks. Bear with me, I'm kinda new to all this train stuff. I dabbled in HO as a kid, and am only recently getting interested in LEGO trains. (...) Well I guess I don't get out much then :-/ --Bill. XFUT: back to lugnet.trains (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) They can run steady, or flash also... (...) Odd, & eliminates a turntable... Josh (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) The lower 2 non centered of the three non oscillating lights are called "ditch" lights. (...) This is almost completely standard commuter train practice, it's called "push pull" operation. SEMTA, SEPTA, MTA, CTA, Metro North, you name it, they (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: My Sante Fe 10020
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(...) Well, the Caltrain commuter rail that runs between San Jose and San Francisco uses only clear (white) lights on the front of the train, and red on the rear. One of the lights (the uppermost one, IIRC) oscillates; the others (two or three, I (...) (23 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: building contest for the next BayLUG meeting
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Hi, Sounds fine to me, I wanted to enter my grey gondola car in the under 100 pieces contest (it incredibly has only about 90) but forgot to. We could also do TWO (WOW!) contests EACH meeting maybe, can you stand it? Trains AND spaceships (OOOHHH!) (...) (23 years ago, 23-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: [BayLUG-org] building contest for the next BayLUG meeting
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I'm a little nervous about tying the contest to a particular theme, because not everybody is interested in trains. I suspect you'd have a similar reaction to a contest for building a spacecraft.... But let's go with this idea and see what the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | building contest for the next BayLUG meeting
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I propose that the building contest for the next BayLUG meeting be a train car design contest. It should be a free-for-all with no design limitations. We can run all the cars around some track to see what they do, if anything, and then we can vote (...) (23 years ago, 22-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: SCLTC Layout at BricksWest 2002
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(...) Greg, Thank you for the very kind words. I had a lot of fun building most of the park. The playground came together after a couple of rebuilds. It wasn't designed as a copy of a real-life structure, but a sense of realism was the most (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.sa, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe)
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| | Re: SCLTC Layout at BricksWest 2002
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(...) wow, Wow, WOW! Thanks for posting these pictures Ray. What a great layout. I'm still digesting the whole gallery but I wanted to immediately respond with a rave of appreciation for the scenes set in the park. The playground is just incredible (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.sa, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe)
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| | SCLTC Layout at BricksWest 2002
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For those of you unable to attend the Inaugural BricksWest, I've posted a variety of pics from the event on my BrickShelf page (URL) currently have some of the pics of the SCLTC Layout that was up in the LEGOLAND Park. I will be adding more pics (...) (23 years ago, 20-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la.sa, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sbe)
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| | My Last Plea for BricksWest Help
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Like everyone else here, I *really* wanna go to BricksWest. But after spending two months out of work last fall (and then taking a 10% pay cut), and just getting through the Xmas season, money is very tight. I just can't go to BricksWest unless I (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLUG newspaper article in Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
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Thanks Russell; I did manage to get a copy of the Palo Alto version of the SJMercury News to put in the kids' scrapbook. -paul (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: Breaking radio silence...
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In lugnet.trains, Josh Baakko writes: <snip> (...) (URL) 8-) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.nalug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Beg, Borrow or Buy BURPs!!
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Hi, Having expanded THE MOUNTAIN from 2 to 3 baseplates, we used about 50 BURPS so far and it is almost (~80%) done. Of course, we are out of burps now as well. So...if you all could spare just one (plastic) BURP each, we would sure appreciate it. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | next BayLUG meeting
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Hello everyone. This is a reminder about the next Bay Area LEGO Users Group meeting. It will take place once again at the Fremont Main Library, Fukaya room, Sunday, February 10, 2002. This is a Sunday meeting, so the hours are shorter this time. The (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Rideshare and Roommates wanted for BricksWest
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If I'm to attend BricksWest I will need to cut the costs. Would anyone from the Bay Area who's driving down like to carpool with me? I'll pay my share of the gas money and drive as much of the trip as you want. Also, once we're down there, I'm (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-02, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BayLUG newspaper article in Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
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I called the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat and ordered two individual papers. It costs $8.60 to mail them because of special handling. Hey Paul, maybe this paper will have your paragraph in it that was dropped from the San Jose Mercury News print (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | BayLUG newspaper article in Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
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At our last meeting, a reporter from the San Jose Mercury News interviewed a bunch of us (including me) and a photographer took pictures, and a very nice article appeared in the next day's (Sunday) paper. The local Fremont newspaper, the Argus, also (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | RE: BayLUG January pics now on my website (and Brickshelf too)
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Thanks, we like it too. Its about 16 studs in diameter. Stole the roof idea from the pic of another one I found online, but don't remember where. Building the curved tank with brown log 1x2s and 1x cylinders was a bit of a challenge. Height designed (...) (23 years ago, 31-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLUG January pics now on my website (and Brickshelf too)
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(...) I am digging that water tower. Looks about the right size too. Mine always come out too big. Jonathan (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: BayLUG January pics now on my website (and Brickshelf too)
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Nice pictures Bill! The tall palm tree & fortress were my sons' (Stephen, Zach and Nate). The blacktron vehicle was mine. -paul (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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| | Re: Snow on them thar hills!
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(...) None that I can see. It was very clear and I could see the hills easily, but the only white stuff I saw was buildings. My parents claim they had snow in their field yesterday morning. They live about 3 miles up the road from me, but they might (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sac, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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