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I am posting a copy of my travel plans as I go from Denver Colorado Area to the SF bay.I will post a messsage as soon as I can after I arrive. I will be leaving Lafayette, CO around 7am Thursday, May 13, I will take Interstate 25 North to Interstate (...) (27 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.co.den)
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| | Re: OFF Topic Rlocating to bay area
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(...) But what if the auctions are local only to save on currency and postage costs? (27 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Re: OFF Topic Rlocating to bay area
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(...) Joe, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj is actually quite appropriate for this sort of thing. Basically, not much of anything is off-topic in the loc groups. That is, they're not just for LEGO; they're also for anything having to do with the local areas (...) (27 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | OFF Topic Rlocating to bay area
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I'm a current Colorado resident and Lego junkie (see my posts in loc.us.co.den). I have been offered a job in the Bay area with Sun Microsystems. I have to be out there by May 17, so I'm driving out the Wednesday prior. Here's my problem...I'm (...) (27 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Re: BayLUG Get-together in May!
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(...) Hello! I am beginning the planning for the grab bags, and so I need to get a good count of how many to make. People seemed to like the $10 bags last time, so I'll stick with those. Please email if you would like any bags, and how many you (...) (27 years ago, 29-Apr-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: lugnet.trains.org newsgroup?
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Todd, once again, the wisdom of the train NG prophets shines through like a Mack truck careening through a wall of stacked Ritvik Mega Blocks -- Offline conversation with Steve B. last week and and the number of posts I've reviewed have got me (...) (27 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: lugnet.trains.org newsgroup?
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(...) It was never my intention to speak for anyone other than myself alone. I merely used bayLUG as an example too. I can tell by your posts that you don't seem to think I spoke presumptously or authoritatively, but I'm saying it just for the (...) (27 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: lugnet.trains.org newsgroup?
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(...) I hope I didn't cause any heart attacks or spasms by mentioning things like lugnet.trains.org.pnltc and lugnet.x.y.z.baylug -- these were just mentioned as examples for the sake of planning. I understand that pnltc.org and baylug.org folks are (...) (27 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: lugnet.trains.org newsgroup?
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Tom McDonald wrote (in part); (...) Boy, I turn my back for a week, and look what goes on! (Just kidding! ;-) I like the BA-LEGO email list, which is also automatically (email) linked to the lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf groups list. (Though I don't know for (...) (27 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: BayLUG Get-together in May!
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(...) sell (...) I do have to thank Raymond for the great job he did last time. I like what he selected sight unseen even though I was not at the last meeting. While I like the idea of Grab Bags, I don't want this to be a burden to anyone either. I (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-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: BayLUG Get-together in May!
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(...) Well, I may regret saying this, but since I've been the grab bag guy for the last two meetings, I'll go ahead and volunteer again. I haven't had a chance to build up a good reserve of clearance stuff since the last meeting, so if anyone has (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-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: BayLUG Get-together in May!
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(...) Great. I plan on being there. (...) Make it general, please. More and different stuff can be there that way. (...) I'd do it, but somehow I never can find the sales and really cool sets like some people can. <snip> (...) You da man. -Tom McD. (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-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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| | BayLUG Get-together in May!
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Mark Benz, Well done! Thanks for taking the lead on this! :-) (Mark's message is appended to the end of this message.) So, the gauntlet has been thrown down. We have a large meeting room at the Fremont Public Library (Stevenson Blvd. just east of (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-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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| | BayLUG Get-together in May!
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Mark Benz, Well done! Thanks for taking the lead on this! :-) (Mark's message is appended to the end of this message.) So, the gauntlet has been thrown down. We have a large meeting room at the Fremont Public Library (Stevenson Blvd. just east of (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-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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| | BayLUG Get-together in May!
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Mark Benz, Well done! Thanks for taking the lead on this! :-) (Mark's message is appended to the end of this message.) So, the gauntlet has been thrown down. We have a large meeting room at the Fremont Public Library (Stevenson Blvd. just east of (...) (27 years ago, 14-Apr-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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| | Followup: BayLUG.org is on-line
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Since the naming thread didn't get copied to the San Jose list, I wanted to post a followup message. The name BayLUG.org was chosen, and the website was launched 3/2/99. We have a tentative graphic in place, and we are still looking for feedback (...) (27 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Re: Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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(...) I just got back from there. As of 2:30, they only had 2 landspeeders, and I bought one of them. I was a little dissapointed that everything else sold out in just over 2 hours. The lego rep had no idea when additional shipments would arrive. He (...) (27 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Star Wars sets @ Sunnyvale TRU
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I just got back from the Sunnyvale TRU on my lunch break. The guy was just unpacking the sets. They had 4 out of the 5: X-Wing Fighter Snowspeeder Landspeeder Speeder Bikes There were maybe 10 of each. Russell (27 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Re: Visiting San Jose 3/14 to 3/21
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Not really, but if you are going to be in SJ, consider flying down to San Diego for the Grand Opening of Legoland CA in Carlsbad. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views (...) (27 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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| | Visiting San Jose 3/14 to 3/21
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I'll be visiting San Jose from March 14th to the 21st. I have an interest in space Legos, and would like to know if there are any stores in the San Jose area that are special or unique in some way, or are interesting to visit? Are there any places (...) (27 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf.sj)
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