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(...) It is about 12 hours by car, so that sounds about right by bus. Amtrak also serves that route. Trains leave Portland at 2:25pm, arriving in Oakland at 8:35am and San Jose at 9:55am. Cost is $61. Sleepers are available starting at $139 (in (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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It's a 10 hour drive, no stops. I would take AMTRAK! SteveB PS Welcome aboard! :) (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) It is on the 'hound, I expect. They stop everywhere. I used to hound to school and a 6 hour ride by car was a 15 hour ride by hound. (...) Try an open jaw or even a three leg. What are you looking to spend? One ways tend to be more than (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi Todd, Looking forward to seeing you in April! BTW, April 16 is my birthday. Looks like we need to schedule a BayLUG/BayLTC meeting for Saturday April 26th! Yes, its about 640 miles from Portland to SF. It takes about 10 hours in a car with (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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I'm planning to be in San Francisco the week of April 21-25 and am wondering if I can squeeze in a visit to the PNLTC show in Portland on April 17-19. According to the Greyhound website, I can get a bus from Portland to San Francisco on April 20 for (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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Hi, In case you missed it at the diner, or didn't make it to BW '03, (or a BayLTC pizza meeting) Ross showed the prototype Maglev vehicle and short "track" that he and I built. Eric Sophie was kind enough to snap and post a pic of it. Its at: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf) !
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| | BricksWest 2003 and 2002 pictures posted
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Last year I took hundreds of pics at BricksWest 2002 but never got around to uploading them to the Web for all to see. I didn't want to make the same mistake this year so I did it before the end of February. And while I was at it, I uploaded last (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | #8880 Super Car anyone?
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Hey all, I have the set and the instructions (no box) up for trade. Below are sets I'd be interested in trading it for: #4482 AT-TE (1 for 1) #1382 Scary Laboratory (2 for 1) #4478 Geonosian Fighter (4 for 1) #7163 Republic Gunship (1 for 1) #4709 (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: My "Ultimate Collectors" interview: Thursday, January 30th!
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"We need more bricks, please!" What else?! :-) Dave "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> wrote in message news:H91J1u.KBr@lugnet.com... (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: My "Ultimate Collectors" interview: Thursday, January 30th!
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(...) But what will your collection say????? 8?) ROSCO (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | My "Ultimate Collectors" interview: Thursday, January 30th!
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Hey all, The date is set. A local film crew will be coming to my apartment to interview me and my collection. I'm EXCITED! I'll wear my Lugnet t-shirt, of course. I'll give you all the details at the meet in February. Hopefully by then I'll know (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | road baseplates 6322
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Hello, Is there anyone who will be at the next BayLUG meeting (Sat Feb 8, 2003) who wants some of the 6322 road plates? These are the straight plates that have recently sold out of Shop at Home. I found a source of them. They are $6 or $7 plus tax. (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hey all, I e-mailed Melissa about being profiled for the "Ultimate Collectors" show and she called me! We set up a phone interview which, I think, went very well. She's now writing a pitch for her bosses and if they like it, they'll fly a camera (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: sfbay target clearance @ 50% off...
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(...) That's the Mindstorms set I bought. I guess it looked so bad it scared most people away. For those who didn't see it, the cover flap was totally ripped away and parts were jumbled inside. But I checked and all of the sensors and both motors (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) I saw that 75% post yesterday and left work early to go check it out. Everything was 50%, didn't see anything that was 75%. There was a Lego Mindstorms set pretty mangled and a Lego IR controlled race car which was opened. Both appeared to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Hi Maggie, You also might try Vacaville and Fairfield Targets. They both had lots of train sets before new years at 30% but have likely dropped them by now. (...) ___...___ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. (URL) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Dang, I was there Tuesday and they had several at 30% off. Anyway, I saw this post at 6:48pm and was out the door before 6:55 to get over there to see what I could find. A 40 minute drive each way and I managed to scrounge up four train cars-- (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Re: 75% off Target Sales
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(...) As an additional data point... I have seen Targets in the past few days with the clearanced Lego section at 30, 50 & 75% off, but the singular exception was the MOT sets. All 4 of the MOT sets were at 50% off regardless of the Target I (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) El Cerrito, Mark??? I cleared out the rolling stock and passenger cars at 75% off at that store. ALso picked up the last 4534 at 50% at the San Leandro Target, which had no rolling stock to speak of. Hoping for another 4534 (at 75%).... Paul (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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Thanks for the heads up. Everyone please mention stores that hit 75% off IF you don't wipe them out - I'm still looking for some log cars at 75% off, but I'm not driving to NAPA for them ;-) Make sure you mention exactly WHICH store, including the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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