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(...) Ooops. Never mind. Mail here was backed up, and I got so caught up when the dam finally broke that I forgot to send Todd a note. It looks like everything is working OK. :-) -Z- -- 8<----( clip and save! )---...--- (URL) Grand Opening Planning (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) I received this one via the ba-lego list. As far as I can tell, you posted it via lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf using the web interface and it was successfully echoed onto the ba-lego list and subsequently redistributed further from there. I'm sending (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Yep, I can bring that along. (Oddly enough, all of the messages in the SF area today look like the 'first' message in a thread, so I'll need to go looking for the original suggestions that Tom is replying to and see what we're typing about. (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | returning from legoland
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I just spent another 1.5 days at legoland, many new stuff at the shop since my last visit (opening day).. postcards - I can find 4 different ones: the "lake" at entrace w/ dinasaur, legoland ca park map, lego sub at the imagination zone, and statue (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Please forgive me: see the floorplan page linked from (URL) McD. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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No real new news here, but I did manage to post Mark Benz' latest floor plan idea and made a minor provision for these aforementioned ideas should we use them. BTW, how does the rake catch the smaller pieces? Are the smaller pieces attached to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi all! I had a coupla thoughts regarding this.. Zonker, do you still have a Chubs box laying around? That might make a good box. Another idea I had for a donation box was to buy a bucket of bricks, either Duplo or a lingering Silver Edition, and (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi Todd, You can check out what Zonker has put up so far at: (URL) a link to Cool site of the week. Mark (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) What if (and this wouldn't solve the problem entirely, but may help) what if there were a straightforward way to extract a self-contained segment of rotating content (a hunk of HTML code, in other words) periodically from the lugnet.com (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Mark, I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "link ... traffic" but if you mean, for example, linking to a message overview page, i.e. (URL) to a specific range of articles, i.e. (URL) putting up a copy of a weekly digest received by e-mail, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Green and yellow duplo buckets are at TRU Hayward. Check front endcap on the Lego aisle. No silver buckets there though. -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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saw several of the silver bucket for $7.97 at TRU in Mckee & Capitol. they have probably 6-7 left, also saw the red classic bucket for $9.99, looks pretty cool. anyone know where I can buy duplo bucket/tub? (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Well, it took a bit of work, but we have a couple of basic pages on (URL) but I can't load it with Internet exploder 5.x (however, Netscape works fine). Let me know what you think of the pages. So, I can't explain the failure, since I'm using (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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Tom McDonald (radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com) wrote: : In lugnet.general, Mark Benz writes: : >Hi, : >Someone at my office just told me he saw on the Local News (KRON-channel 4) : >last nite that TLG is planning to build a FACTORY in Marin County CA. (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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(...) Sounds like a legal out so that links to adult sites and less than desirable content can be deleted without hassle. It probably will work in our favor too being that we're family-oriented to a big degree. We had a few families drop by at the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi, Oh well, Some more thoughts: I quote from Lorry's original note: "and you can employ it as your main promotional tool or simply as a page that bridges out to another site you've already created." This seems to me pretty clear that its OK to have (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Not a stupid question! It's worth considering even if it is redundant data and there's not really too much of it either. ATM I can't think of anything different to put on those pages other than what's already found on the main and membership pages. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi, Not being a "baylug web coder" this may be a stupid question, but couldn't we just mirror the first two pages of the Baylug site to Bay Insider, and not have to maintain 2 sites? Mark (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I called our KTVU contact, and talked about the Bay Insider parenting project... They have a 2-page minimum to be in the listings. More pages will increase the chances of getting the occassional splash on the Bay Insider main page. We could get (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: BayLUG Get-Together summary
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I was on vacation for the last/first meeting. I am waiting on the edge of my seat for the next meeting. Fremont was such a perfect place for me to get to. Please please have them atleast every quarter (for a little while maybe). Janet (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I think we should hang onto the BayLUG domain, and hosting. It ensures that we can eassily add users, and back data up. :-) Well, how about these options; 1) I could contact Lorry Fleming, and explore what they want, and what they can do. This (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: BayLUG Get-Together summary
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Hi, Sorry, I'm on vacation early Aug. returning the 10th. Do people think we "need" meetings every quarter, or is every 6 months enough? Like say May and Nov? I would very much like to see "theme" tables, etc. at every meeting, and not have themed (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Same place? August 7? (...) yup (...) yup (...) yup. maybe we can meet a little earlier to allow a bit more time for this or push the "open" time to a bit later? (...) ayup (...) yup. I volunteer for the first "watch". (...) Remembering (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Wahoo! Mohammed comes to the mountain! Er, um, <cough> Really? Hadn't heard that. But I say that that's gonna cost real money to do that. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up moving to next to Skywalker Ranch.. maybe it was part of the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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Hello all, It looks like we've finished with the discussions and follow-ups from our first meeting. So, maybe it's time to summarize what we have discussed, and then move on to picking the next site and date? :-) IN GENERAL TERMS, folks seemed to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi, Someone at my office just told me he saw on the Local News (KRON-channel 4) last nite that TLG is planning to build a FACTORY in Marin County CA. He said it is not a distribution center, but a real factory. Anybody else heard this? Mark (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.general)
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(...) Just had an idea (not again..): What if we make it merely an invitational page with a few of our pix that links to baylug.org? -Tom McD. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I think the url should stay intact. But this is free exposure, and possibly makes KTVU aware of us. It also might put us on a list for possible exposure for free public service air time. I guess what I'd like to know is what we'd put on that Bay (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I think the url should stay intact. But this is free exposure, and possibly makes KTVU aware of us. It also might put us on a list for possible exposure for free public service air time. I guess what I'd like to know is what we'd put on that Bay (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi Guys, What do you think of this? Do we want to move Baylug, or just link to it from BayInsider or do nothing or?? I think its a good way to get more exposure at least via a link. Comments? Mark -----Original Message----- From: Lorry Fleming (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Merchandise
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(...) There weren't any at Carlsbad, however, I remember Huw Millington posted that he saw them in stores in England. You may want to try e-mailing a European citizen like Huw, Carbon 60, or Jon D. Hayward and see if they can get you one. Russell (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: Merchandise
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Fred, I too was just in Disneyworld and didn't notice any shampoo bottles. While they did have regular kits that you can get through Shop@Home they had the only floor display I have ever seen of trains (tracks and things), Scala, belleville, parts (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Greetings. I was checking some of the personal pages of people out there and came upon a Lego Minifig bottle of shampoo. Did anyone see these in Carlsbad? I want one and I can't seem to find a phone number for the store down there to find out if (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | wanted - old train traction tire
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I have aquired a motor and battery box similiar to that in set # 116. I am going to try and recreate the engine and tender from this set. The motor has four train wheels attached, but only three have the rubber traction tires. I am looking for one (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Fred thos new 8x8 without corners look l9ike PERFECT AT-AT feet.... (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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I've got some large blue tarps for the play zone... I might even be able to provide enoughh bricks PRIMO/Duplo and standard LEGO to stock it...BTW I do have an idea for a grab bag type of deal, using a small sandbox with toy rakes..for a $1 (or even (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Self Supporting Pod Racers
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(...) I was thinking about that whole pod racer design. I mean, as far as the tan supports . . . if you were going to set up the pod race in some sort of desert diorama set up, they'd work great. They would probably blend right in. As far as just (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.starwars)
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Terry K wrote in message <3759bdce.4028094@lu...et.com>... (...) the (...) One of the pod racers im working on has 4 of the flex tubes(the blue ones from the gungan sub), since im doing a non-standard(ie its 2 'engine' pods oriented horizontally), (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) What would happen if you added more of the flex tubes? Two more tubes, properly fastened, might give enough rigidity to hold up the 'cabin'. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 6-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.starwars)
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Hi All, Has anyone else built a "real" pod racer where you eliminate the tan 2x plates, bricks, etc. and use black 12 gage solid copper wire to support the control "cabin"? (you also need additional clamps in front) Mark (25 years ago, 4-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.starwars)
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