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Russell Clark wrote; (...) (URL) Sorry, no page, just pictures. (URL) there's a skeleton page, but it shows a few faces to go with the emails. :-) -Z- -- 8<----( clip and save! )---...--- (URL) Grand Opening Planning Page (URL) my main page (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: Fremont pictures
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Hi, I see you truly captured my good side in the first airport photo... Dead center in the frame too! Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Russell Clark Sent: Wednesday, June 02, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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--- Zonker Harris wrote: Don't know if this went out so I'm reposting here on Lugnet too! (...) Ouch! Yeah, I've heard that changing the high voltage end of the transformer is not the way to go, especially where circuitry more complex than a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Fremont pictures
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I have posted my pictures of the quarterly meet in Fremont. There are only seven of them, but with Joe's pieces all over the floor, who had time for pics. : ) (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Z says: (...) <snip all that stuff about electronics that I don't understand...> ;-) I still think it would perhaps be a good idea to hide the power source for the trains away from the public's hands. If they can't access the control unit, they (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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My initial experiments have met with limited success. But, since there seems to have been some equipment damaged, I wanted to share my findings as a caution to others who might try. :-( I used the RF "transceiver" module. This plugs into the wall, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I was at a Safeway in Alameda and picked up the 7128 Speeder Bike set from a small display by the deli. There were also the Droid Fighters and the little Duel Set. I didn't check MSRP first, but I paid $9.99 for it. Just thought I'd mention it just (...) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) A person I work with happened to have a copy that she was going to throw away. Russell Clark (URL) (25 years ago, 28-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) <snip> (...) Do a search at their site main page on lego. It worked for me. (...) Good that you captured that. The pix were no longer with the story when I did my search today (Thursday). (...) I looked at Wednesday's Daily Review for San (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I got back to the Fremont area near 11 p.m. last night. I found many empty ARGUS Newsstands. However, I did find a few that still had the 'window copy', so I bought the last copy from 10 stands. Let me know if you want a copy. (Club members will (...) (25 years ago, 27-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi Tom, The real challenge is to balance accessibility with damage control. I like your layout ___...___ |Sale area | Secure Area| |-------- ---- +-----+| | \_|Train|| |Technic |Train|| | Bricks +-----+| Door on a Hands| | Blanket Hands| | Disp| (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi all, Check out: www.kmart.com search for: lego or try: (URL) the following hits: Lego® Gungan Sub $ 42.49 USD Lego® Mos Espa Pod $ 76.49 USD Lego® Sith Infilrator $ 25.49 USD Lego® Snowspeeder $ 16.99 USD Lego® Tie Fighter $ 42.49 USD Lego® (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I thought that more security would promote more MOC's. That's all really. (...) Sounds good to me. (...) Hmm. Hadn't thought of that. (...) I would suggest some sort of readily-indentifiable barrier for this. I make this suggestion in (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: BAYLUG LegoFest in the News!
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(...) Oh great! I can see the debate now: "What do you mean alt.toys.lego is dead? Its mentioned in the paper!" Very nice article. So, who is going to pick up 20 or so copies of the paper? Russell (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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| | BAYLUG LegoFest in the News!
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BAYLUG LegoFest in the News! The Argus, the Fremont Paper, part of the Alameda Newspaper Group, has color coverage of the BAYLUG LegoFest from Saturday on the Front Page of the today's Local Section. You can find it online at: (URL) select Local (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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Hi, Great input! Here's some misc. comments and ramblings: In defense of Saturday's arrangement, I think we were interested in getting set up, and not spending a lot of time moving the ~80? chairs in the room and then having to re-set up the (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: First BayLUG meeting deemed "a success"!
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A very big thanks to Zonker, Russell, Fred, Mark, and anyone else involved in the organizing of this event! It was much more ambitious than I'd been imagining, and I was quite happy to see how well it went. One conclusion that had been discussed (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi y’all! I was thinking that a basic floorplan of the next meeting posted on a page/section of the baylug site might not be such a bad idea. Here’s why. 1. Given the number of members showing up and knowing what they’ll bring, it would help with (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Contest du jour: Best sets <10 bricks in shortest dimension
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Hi, Contest du jour: I have an office "air-quarium" (glass enclosed volume to put stuff in) that is 10 bricks deep, and about 65-70 bricks long, by about a foot high. What are your favorite, or "Best" sets to fit this space to display? Also, please (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: The first BAYLUG meet
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Yeah, and X-10 has their basic kit for FREE, just pay the shipping - hit their website for details. I ordered one last week, already got it. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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