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How about: 1. Cooper (Barrel Maker) ! 2. A stackade or some similar public humiliation penance 3. Stonemasons Shop (people levelling/chiseling large stone blocks smooth ??) 4. Some indeterminite Building under construction (large brown support (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm...
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(...) Only problem is that we could only serve Horse, Kaddu, and Polar Bear. :-) (...) I was thinking of including some of these in my market. I have already built a Flower Shop for the market and was considering an Armory as well although as I have (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm...
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Ok, so far (although recently it looks like the conversation has died down) we've seemed to agree that we'd probably at least like a castle and a town for the NELUG castle display at the Construction Site (see prior messages for history).. To date, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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I will be in the Boston area Monday and Tuesday January 10,11 2000. If anyone wants to get together I should be available Monday evening and possibly Sunday evening (depending on wether I go up early on Sunday instead of Monday morning). KL (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Hi Eric and everyone else at NELUG, Your ideas for TCS sound great! Please tell me when you're planning on doing this, I'd love to see it! Also if you're missing some soldiers for your battles I have soldiers from 6090 and 6097 to contribute, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm...
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<snip lots of good ideas (...) I guess we can make room for a Barbarian Horde :-). It would work well with the new 2000 sets anyway. (...) I would say that at the moment we need a little of everything although the only castle that has been mentioned (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Actually... I like that! (...) Yep! Definitly a good idea... I could easily contribute a Bull's Attack, 2 Catapult Crushers, 2 Axe carts, and the little siege vehicle from 6098 as well... (not to mention 11 Moo Men...) Plus any more that I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm...
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(...) I guess the only thing that worries me about King Leo's Castle is is it going to be underscaled compaired to the rest of the city? I really don't know so any input there would be helpful. (...) sections (...) build (...) something (...) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Hmm...I think these two have the most possibility. Maybe one big castle, being beseiged by an enemy army, that is guarding the approach to the town. In the town, life goes on as usual...for now... (...) With the idea above we could use King (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Mindstorms spirit.ocx programming = RCX ASM coding?
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I haven't looked at programming the RCX with Visual Basic or other MS Win languages via the spirit.ocx control, but someone (sorry -- I'm terrible with remembering names!) at the NELUG meeting asked me why people seem to like NQC when they could be (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: NELUG Castle Display at TCS Brainstorm...
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(...) My vote would be for 2,3,and 4 combined (maybe even 5 too, but that might be tough to squeeze in): A large castle on one end... elevated, and toward the rear of the display, kind of on that "hillside" type style. I'm picturing it towards the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us)
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All followups to LUGNET.ORG.US and LUGNET.LOC.US.MA.BOS (because that is where TCS is). As most of you know many of us in NELUG are going to work on a Window Display at The Construction Site in Waltham MA ( www.constructiontoys.com ). We hope to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
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| | Re: New Castle TCS Window Project (was Re: NELUG meeting report from 12/16/1999)
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(...) I have cross-posted this to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos (because that is where TCS is after all). I think we are starting to get some Ideas and I think I will probably start a dedicated thread for this project very soon. (...) I like this idea a lot (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Just a side note here: The old style bevel gear has 14 teeth, which matches the old style differential, with 28 teeth. This gives a 1:2 gear ratio when driving the differential with the bevel gear. Fredrik (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.technic)
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A follow-up on something that came up at the last NELUG meeting -- Looks like the conical gear has 16 teeth (plus the itty bitty grip teeth), and it's the old bevel gear that was the oddball with 14 teeth. (URL) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.technic)
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| | Something I forgot to ask at the NELUG meeting...
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Followups To LUGNET.ORG.US: I knew there was something I was forgetting to ask. I was wondering if there was any interest in some sort of NELUG shirt or other paraphernalia. (I won't say hat because those one size fits all hats don't fit my 24 inch (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
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| | NELUG meeting report from 12/16/1999
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All follow-ups sent to LUGNET.ORG.US Unfortunately I forgot my list of names for everyone that attended so I will not include names in this post :(. I did want to make a post this morning however because of the interest in at least one of the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.org.us)
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| | NELUG meeting
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For those not paying attention: NELUG meeting in approx 2 hours at Boston University. See you there. :) PS -- Pizza. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Christmastime pilgrimage to New England
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(...) Too bad you're not coming one day earlier, NELUG is having a meeting on the 16th at Boston Univ!! Dan M. (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.vt)
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| | Christmastime pilgrimage to New England
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I'll be visiting family in New England next week, arriving the 17th and departing the 26th. I'll be staying with my dad, in Billerica, but we plan on spending a couple days skiing at Killington VT (probably Sun and Mon or Mon and Tue). I usually try (...) (25 years ago, 14-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.vt)
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