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  Re: lurkers
 
(...) ON being Ontario? A Whois check shows gmlug.com is available. Anybody really hate the name or want to suggest something else. How about a suggestion on a good place to register a domain name? I do realize that we will be spread over such a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in)
 
  Re: lurkers
 
Paul Foster wrote: What states would we consider Great Lakes (...) GM includes all those plus IA and ON. GMLUG, GMLTC. has a nice ring to it. (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in)
 
  Re: lurkers
 
(...) Hadn't thought of Great Lakes in the name, that is a better idea. I was originally thinking mid from visiting with the GMLTC but Great Lakes would cover more area. Hmmm. What states would we consider Great Lakes region? WI, IL, MI, OH, IN, MN. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in)
 
  Re: lurkers
 
(...) Wheaton, IL (30 mi West of Chicago) (URL)I was thinking about this after seeing the nelug page but I was (...) Good idea. I'd like to get together with other maniacs myself. I did briefly talk with Remy Evard about doing a Legofest in Chicago, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
 
  Re: lurkers
 
Paul Foster Chippewa Falls (100 miles east of Minneapolis) (URL)lets at least post our pages and maybe we can swap links? (...) I was thinking about this after seeing the nelug page but I was thinking more about covering a multi-state similiar to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn)
 
  Re: Lego Expo at The Toy Connection [Chicago IL Area]
 
(...) I'm surprised that you say its a small store. I figured cause of the size of the website the store would be bigger :) It just seems like for a place to hold an event with a TLG representative and other events as advertised on the site the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Lego Expo at The Toy Connection [Chicago IL Area]
 
It's about a 10 min ride from my house :) It's a pretty small store, actually, a very, very small store. I'm not the greatest at measurements, but I would guess the store is only 30 feet wide, maybe less. As of today they haven't been running any (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Lego Expo at The Toy Connection [Chicago IL Area]
 
(...) [...] I'm 99% sure I'm going to this. Is anyone else planning on doing so? If so, could you email me and we could arrange a way to identify ourselves etc to be able to meet face-to-face. *sigh* Crystal Lake is like a 40 mile drive from (...) (25 years ago, 25-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Lego Expo at The Toy Connection
 
(...) LOL :) I actually haven't bought too much Lego from the store in the last year. I acquired about 2000 bricks from a garage sale, got the X-Wing in Carlsbad, and got some insectoids set for my birthday (belated). That's it! (...) Hehe... well, (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
 
  Re: Lego Expo at The Toy Connection
 
(...) Wheaton? So YOU'RE the competition for the local lego sales prices. :) The address for their store is on their web pages. When I checked mapquest for how to get there from Downers Grove, it looked like it was a bit more than an hour northish. (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
 
  Re: Lego Expo at The Toy Connection
 
(...) Wow :) I've gotta be there... now where is Crystal Lake in relation to Wheaton? -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Commonwealth Edison: What do you do with OUR power? Get paid to surf the web! Visit: (URL) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
 
  Lego Expo at The Toy Connection
 
If you peek at: (URL) you'll see that The Toy Connection is having a "Lego Expo" on Aug 28th. I saw this when browsing around for possible other good lego sources in the area and called them up for details. I didn't get an exact description of the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
 
  Any other Minstorms people from IL?
 
Please let me know! Matt (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il)
 
  Oh no - there is no one else from Rockford!
 
If there is, PLEASE contact me - I think I'm the only one! ^_^ Matt (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.rfd)
 
  Anyone else in Rockford into Mindstorms?
 
Please e-mail me..I want to get together and make master/slave robots cooperate and do cool things! I'm a pretty good programmer, so that shouldn't be a problem. Matt McDevitt maktos@maktos.com (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.rfd)
 
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Welcome to lugnet.loc.us.il, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.loc.us.il (group): Illinois, U.S.A. lugnet.loc.us (group and hierarchy): United States of America (U.S.A.). lugnet.loc.* (hierarchy): General-purpose discussion groups (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il)
 
  Re: Any SW sightings in IL?
 
Found all the sets at Target. Bought all the sets. Broke my vow not to pay full price. I don't care. Julie (26 years ago, 26-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
 
  Re: Any SW sightings in IL?
 
(...) :-( The nearest ZB is probably 45 min away, and I could only make it on the weekend. I guess I'll continue to wait for Target or the others.Julie (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
 
  Re: Any SW sightings in IL?
 
Julie Krenz <dkrenz@mc.net> wrote in <36E5FDB7.BDC669C4@mc.net>: (...) The Zany Brainy out here in Wheaton has gotten a couple of shipments in, but they disappear as fast as they come in, so it's a good idea to find out when the next shipment comes (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)


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