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Subject:	Re: NELUG participates in December 2nd and 3rd Greenberg Show.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma
Date:	Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:48:25 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Kingsley writes: > The NELUG web page has been updated with Thumbnailed pictures and a report on > the show and some of the storys we had from the show. I am sure I missed some > of the stories but I am sure others can add their stories here. > > Anyway no need to repeat what is on the website here. If you have a question > for us we will be glad to try and answer your questions. > > http://www.nelug.org/greenberg1200/ > > > Eric Kingsley > > The New England LEGO Users Group > http://www.nelug.org/ Congratulations on a successful show. =) It sounds like you guys had a blast! It's great to hear that so many people were interested in your layout and the whole LEGO Train theme as well. LEGO has been making trains for decades and it's funny how few people know about it, especially model railroad fans. On an aside, it's funny to think about the 'stigma' that goes with an adult buying LEGO 'toys', the odd looks you get when you freak out in a Toys R Us when you see a new set, the cashiers who ask "This is for you?!" and then sneer at you (I've gotten this before), but when you have something like this layout of yours to show for all the time and money you put into it, people think twice about LEGO being just a 'toy' for kids and they're actually genuinely interested in the hobby. Wow, that was a rather long run on sentance =). Oh, that train track seems dangerously close to the edge of the table though... DUN-Dun-duuuuun! =) Here's hoping there weren't any suicidal hobos on those trains =). ~Nathan

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		Re: NELUG participates in December 2nd and 3rd Greenberg Show.
(...) I think most of the stygma comes from what people either remember building when they were kids or what their own kids build with what is probably a much smaller assortment of parts then what most of us have to work with. For some reason the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma)

		Re: NELUG participates in December 2nd and 3rd Greenberg Show.
(...) We kept some trains on tails of track, mostly running two at a time. But there was a short train we occasionally ran on the outside loop with the commuter rail... when it was parked, there was an engineer climbing into the locomotive. When it (...) (24 years ago, 5-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma)

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		NELUG participates in December 2nd and 3rd Greenberg Show.
The NELUG web page has been updated with Thumbnailed pictures and a report on the show and some of the storys we had from the show. I am sure I missed some of the stories but I am sure others can add their stories here. Anyway no need to repeat what (...) (24 years ago, 4-Dec-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.ma)

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