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(...) Oh, OK. I didn't perceive it as such, but I see your point. Sorry, I was just reiterating my experience. (...) OK, I see that too. However, they didn't seem to have any problem with my walking in and looking around. I didn't touch the displays (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) NO! It's not! It's not actually "open to the public" in the usual "open house" sense, like a library or a state university computing center. Yes, the outside doors to the building happen to be unlocked during the day, but that doesn't mean (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Yep! (...) Just show up and walk in. If you're ever in Boston, drop me a note and I'll show you where it is. I just now realized, after 8 months of passing within 50 meters of the building every week, that it was the media lab... <bangs head (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Drat! I'll probably never get to go there, but just in case, is it open to the public? If I happen to be in Boston, can you just show up and go in, or do you have to have to know someone???? Thanks Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) before (...) wanted to go and check it out. The most Legos I've ever seen are the ones I have- about 30 lbs. or so. There's one thing I don't envy you for; I didn't have to WALK OUT of the building! ;) -Chris (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Nope... :-( -Shiri (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Sorry... my computer connection was slow and I couldn't see what I was writing... didn't notice I was repeating repeating myself myself. -Shiri (...) :-) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Hay, didja see anyone LUGNET-ish while you were there? :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Language, dear, language... =) ~Nathan *...would have also died and gone to heaven if he saw all that too* (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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...Or in other words, I just visited the MIT media lab. Words fail me, but I'll try and decribe what I saw... -Lt pink, dk pink, green, and brown bricks by the bin -Bins upon bins of grey bricks -even more bins... with plates this time -tens of (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Hi, Yes, they do carry Technic sets, and lots of them including Dacta Technic. I don't know about that specific set, though. eric (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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I was thinking of making my way to the Costruction Site in Waltham this weekend. I was wondering if they stocked Technic sets? Has anyone seen a Tow Truck set #8462 when they were there? I guess I could call but that might be to easy :^) Thanks (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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We have a saying in Portland, OR; "If you don't like the weather, sit down and have a beer. Chances are the weather you wanted will be along before you're finished." Yesterday it was sunny, partly cloudy, raining and windy all at the same time. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.or.por)
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(...) Never lived in Cleveland, have you? That's the way the weather generally works here. Eg: if you feel like going skiing, it will snow on Monday, stay all week and melt as soon as you have the time to go... --Bram (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Yeah.... I consider myself lucky for living in Israel most of my life... a place where spelling is simple and generally phonetical! Sure, the male/female thing is tough to grasp for an outsider, but easy when you learn it that way. The only (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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At least you don't live in a city where 99% of the residents can't pronounce any of the local place names! Par example: The name of the major river that runs through Portland (aka "poreland" or "fartland, boregon") is properly called the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) ROFL! That's hilarious! -Shiri (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) was (...) I've mentioned this elsewhere, but this is one of very few towns whose name is routinely mispronounced by (some of) the native inhabitants, ie: Picksburgh. Ah, those crazy Appalachian appellations! Dave! (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) OMG, if you're talking accents... the funniest thing in the world is to hear Israelis try and speak english with no accent. Sorry if this insults any Israelis... it's not that I dislike the accent, it's just funny and recognizable. I can (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh man, tell me about it. I'm dying here. You have no idea how good I felt in the warm weather (GOSH, I miss Israel!)... eating lunch on the grass was, like, the closest thing I've got to a homey feeling since september... And as much as the (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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