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Hi Russel and Tom, Here's some copy I wrote for the last meeting. Formatting is lost, was center justified with various lines in bold, etc. Mark Fax: (415) 561-8745 Attn: BayTV Community Calendar Bay Area Lego Users Group (BAYLUG) "quarterly" (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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Hi All, Ross and I are in Europe (with family) 'till the 10th. so the 14th is obviously better for us! Mark (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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(...) No matter which date is chosen, I will be there. (...) I haven't had time to look. (...) I wouldn't mind if this was a permenant meeting place. (...) Cool. (...) I hope to have input by then. I haven't been active lately. Russell Clark (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) You go Tom!!!!!! Russell Clark (URL) 39423705 (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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BTW, I still need any kind of submission for the newsletter. Russell Clark (URL) 39423705 (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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(...) More than likely. We did it last time for free. Mark Benz set it up. -Tom McD. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Great idea! I would like to stay for longer, but I'm not much interested in the public part. If the members-only part could be lengthened by starting earlier ... (...) Is there any "non-commercial" requirement for getting the free room at the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Grab bags?
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Just to hear myself talk again, what about grab bags? Do we want to do that again? Joe Greene mentioned something about raking in pieces from a big box but I'd still like to know more about how that works especially for the little pieces that can (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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(...) day (...) Ooo superfortress :-) A couple of people have expressed their desires for earlier times. IIRC the last meeting started at 10am. Can the Fukaya Room be booked as early as say 9am? I know it might seem like a long day, but if we quit (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | Re: Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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(...) I know that my preference would be the 7th. I could probably go the 14th, though if it was early enough, ie, pre-noon. I have plans for the evening of the 14th. Of course, I'm just excited to be able to actually go to one this time. The day (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | RE: Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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Either date is fine with me. I'd really like the August date to be in Fremont as I plan on bringing a ton of Town stuff to that meeting. For the train meeting anywhere near is fine as I just plan on bringing some cars and not a whole train setup. Of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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(...) Since the two hours is for members only, how do you define "member"? Is there an official registry somewhere? (I didn't see any on baylug.org) Who do I pay dues to? /Eric of Newark/ (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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(...) So far I've heard nothing against August 14. I'm still lobbying for it. But I'm always saying things. I'd like to hear from more folks. (...) I don't know how far in advance rooms get typically booked there. But I have nothing against meeting (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | Next BayLUG Get-Together in August 1999
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Well, we have two proposed dates, both on Saturday: August 14, or August 7. I can make either date . Who wants to choose?) I've seen a couple requests for returning to Fremont, if the Fukaya Room at the main library is available. (I haven't (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.con)
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| | Re: Next GTG date (was Re: BayLUG now on KTVU BayInsider website)
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(...) Welcome! Be sure to check out the SF Bay Area's unofficial Lego club known as BayLUG at (URL) can stay as long or as little as you want. The last one went from 10am - 4pm or something like that. We opened to the public at 11am. -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Next GTG date (was Re: BayLUG now on KTVU BayInsider website)
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(...) away (...) too. (...) I'm new to LugNet, but I'm in the Bay Area. I'm interested in attending the meeting, as long as it doesn't go into the evening (I have a performance that night) Paul Sinasohn aka Singlow (25 years ago, 8-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | RE: Space Themed Meeting?
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I have a bunch of town stuff I'd like to bring. Some of it is modeled after the great stuff that came out in the mid-eighties and some of it is original. Janet (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) This might start a ball rolling. Could we have a mostly space themed meeting this time? IIRC, Roger R is bringing his ships and some landing plates with at least one small base that I know of. I'll be bringing space stuff too. -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Monorail Madness!
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(...) If you can't find anyone closer LMK, cuz I think I could give you a ride. I live in Castro Valley. If this ride arrangement happens, could we possibly arrange a brief tour of your collection too? :) -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak)
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| | Re: Next GTG date (was Re: BayLUG now on KTVU BayInsider website)
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(...) I vote for Aug 14, too. /Eric of Newark/ (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Next GTG date (was Re: BayLUG now on KTVU BayInsider website)
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I'd like to change my vote to Aug 14 cuz there stands a chance I might be away that weekend. I know Mark Benz has said that the 14th was better for him too. Is the Fukaya Room still open on that date? -Tom McD. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-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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I have #6990 and #6991 and a TON of extra track and supports which I would be happy to bring to the next meet if someone can give me a ride to the proceedings! The only thing is, I'm going to need some help with the 1x4 gray plates that fasten the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.oak)
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| | Re: BayLUG now on KTVU BayInsider website
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(...) I would REALLY love to have the date of August be the one we stick with! I'll be going back to class a few weeks after that! Dave (25 years ago, 7-Jul-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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| | Re: California Lego Train Club
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When I attended the Legofest put on in March, I met two other train enthusiasts, one from San Diego county and the other from Orange (If I recall correctly). Having the club based in the middle of the state is a thought but it seems to me that (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | Re: California Lego Train Club
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(...) I recommend posting a CFD-style (call for discussion) message. First step: Post a message to the lugnet groups with the 'Newsgroups' and 'Followup-To' headers set like this: Newsgroups: lugnet.trains.org,lu...et.loc.us, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | Re: California Lego Train Club
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As you are in southern CA and others are in the North, I proposed having it based in the middle of the state. Sure, it is a drive for each set of people, but not like driving from San Diego to SF or vice versa. On another note, I am part way done (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | Re: California Lego Train Club
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I would like to be part of a California Lego Train Club but as Zonker said I'm one of those who live down in San Diego. I'm more in tune toward a Southern Cal LTC. Adrian Mike Poindexter <lego@poindexter.cc> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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Dave, I have the set of plans Ben Fleskes made up and although I hade a similar table made, I was going to make more and decided to change to Ben's design, as mine was probably overkill. (My wife has trouble lifting her half of it.) As far as making (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | Re: California Lego Train Club
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(...) Well, I know there are a few folks in the San Diego area, and a few in the SF Bay Area (maybe more than a few, but I haven't found 'em yet), and you and Carrie in the outer-reaches. I'm a big proponent of getting a train group going. To that (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sd, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | Re: California Lego Train Club
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Well, kick it around for a bit and see what comes up. Technically both of you are the same distance from BayLUG too. BTW, you don't have to live here in SF to be a BayLUG member. While getting together might be difficult, membership and contributing (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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Hi Mike, I'd love to join up but I'm 4-5 hrs away drive up north!!! Carrie (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | Re: California Lego Train Club
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(...) Ah, Fresno. Where summer is truly summer. :-) A field manager that works for the same corporation that I do lives in LeGrand, and he comes up here to freeze. (...) auspices of BayLUG? That might be a nice feather in BayLUG's cap. -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: California Lego Train Club
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(...) You may interested in joing us. We are a Bay Area LEGO Users Group, and we have many train fans amongst us. Check us out at (URL) Clark (URL) 39423705 (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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You go boy! SteveB PNLTC (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | California Lego Train Club
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I was wondering if there was interest in having a California Lego Train Club? I live outside of Fresno, where I can find no AFOLs. I would like to start a train club and was wondering if anyone else in CA would like to discuss the idea. As I am near (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, lugnet.loc.us.ca.fno)
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| | Re: Club Donation Box
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(...) Almost everything - I'm replying to a message with no author name, at least none I can see via the web'face. -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: Club Donation Box
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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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| | Re: Club Donation Box
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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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| | Re: Floor plan
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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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| | Re: Floor plan
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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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| | Club Donation Box
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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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| | RE: KTVU Offer for Lego Users Club
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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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| | Re: silver bucket
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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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| | BayLUG now on KTVU BayInsider website
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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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| | Re: LEGO Factory in CA?
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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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| | Re: KTVU Offer for Lego Users Club
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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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| | RE: KTVU Offer for Lego Users Club
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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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| | RE: KTVU Offer for Lego Users Club
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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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| | Re: BayLUG Get-Together summary
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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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| | Re: LEGO Factory in CA?
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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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| | BayLUG Get-Together summary
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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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| | LEGO Factory in CA?
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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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| | KTVU Offer for Lego Users Club
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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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| | Re: Power control for trains...
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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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| | RE: Floor plan
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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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(...) 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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(...) IIRC he has no web page. So unless he's sent pix to you personally... Roger's ships are very cool - adaptations of the Galactic Mediator and others redone in very cool color schemes. He's working on a yellow and dark gray ship that's (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.build)
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The X-10 Lamp module controllers can only handle resistive loads, like lightbulbs. Inductive loads (like motors) screw them up royally. (The dimming is accomplished by switching off each AC cycle early. Inductors don't like to switch off in this (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) BTW, is there anywhere we see more photos of Roger Rothhaar's space ships? I'm tantalized by the shapes of the leftmost & rightmost ships on that page. --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.build)
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I realize this is almost three months late, but I finally have all 168 pictures uploaded for the LEGOLAND grand opening and the LEGOfest after: (URL) Clark (URL) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) That's a common side effect of being a photographer...you are seldom in the pictures taken with your camera. ;-) -Z- -- Zonker Harris (zonkerh@corp.webtv.net, zonker@gnac.com) Onsite Network Support, currently at 1250 Charleston Rd., Mt. View, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Sorry about that. I didn't even notice until I was scanning them in. But hey, it adds character. Russell (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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So Zonker, you camera shy? Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Zonker Harris Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 11:00 AM To: lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf@lugnet.com Subject: Re: Fremont (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi Zonker, Nice portrait photos. Please note my last name is the same as my son's, Benz. Thanks, Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Zonker Harris Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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BTW, nice photos. Thanks! Mark -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Russell Clark Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 9:44 AM To: lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf@lugnet.com Subject: Fremont pictures I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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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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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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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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(...) 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! 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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