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(...) But (...) Argh, oops. Got my signs mixed up there. Yeah, they don't allow anyone younger than eighteen to join. Their reasons were explained to me and I totally and completely agreed, rationally. But I can't help being disappointed. (...) Yep, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) NELUG doesn't let anybody younger then 18 join? Or people older then 18? (...) human- (...) That would be fun. I presume you live in Boston, Massatchusets? (Did I spell that right?) Particularly with another Lego-builder. I probably could save (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(flaming disclaimer: don't get me wrong, please. I think NELUG is great and I completely understand the reasoning behind not letting <18 people to join. But I DO find it very frustrating sometimes. Like now.) Sooo... is anyone interested in a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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In lugnet.fun.gaming, Drew Lawrence writes: <snip> I have no idea 'bout the other question but... (...) Around Boston, MA. You'd be better off xposting this to .loc.ma.bos, but heck - I did it for ya :-) Now here's MY question... 5) Is playing (...) (25 years ago, 3-Apr-00, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Made the trip to Waltham yesterday. Everyone was right it was worth the ride. The Construction Site is a great place to make a pit stop. If anyone lives in the area and has not gone over, make the time to do so. To bad I didn't check the LUGNET (...) (25 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Hey, all you Boston geeks (you know who you are)! Has everyone heard of the Geek Pride Festival this Saturday? You'll all be there, yeah? (URL) This is not an April Fool's joke. Or if it is, it's a very elaborate one and I've been taken in. :) (25 years ago, 29-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Hi! (...) Well, there's always The Construction Site, which is right next to the Waltham stop of the Fitchburg line of the Commuter Rail. (...) Oh. Uh... Hmm. Actually, those are the only places I tend to buy- Construction Site for the sets I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Hello Boston, I was just wondering what stores you guys usually hit in this area to stock up on sets. I don't have a car and I live in the city so if you could recommend some stores that are accessible by public transportation that would be great. I (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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The VA Outlet store had 8462s for $93 on 12-Mar-00. IF LSAH is out of them, they will ship. Search .shopping for the phone number. -Rob. Steve Borden <sborden@mdc.net> wrote in message news:Frws75.BJM@lugnet.com... (...) Tow (...) might be (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) heheh... when I moved to Boston, started taking math at BHS, and in the first test I got a 10 (out of 100). Definitely didn't make a good impression on my teacher. It took two months before I finally caught up with the terminology... :/ After (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.il)
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Some years ago I walked in to an engineering building at MIT and summoned up the nerve to ask some professors what they were working on. They had been meeting in an open central area before splitting up to their offices. To my amazement, the first (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Well, I did live here when I was 3-6. So it's not like it's all new to me. Still rough at times, though. (...) I'll quote my math teacher on his favorite line: "Thinking is *HARD*!" (...) But thinking in two languages is so much harder than (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrwnoL.Fyu@lugnet.com... (...) am... (...) word to (...) here. (...) when (...) that (...) and (...) it's (...) because (...) say (...) english (...) Shiri, you just moved this Sept.? You are (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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I was at TCS last week, and, unless they had a secret stash of them somewhere, there were no Tow Trucks. To tell you the truth, the Technic selection was a little disappointing; no sets that you can't find at the usual department or toy stores, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) She wasn't there - I asked... :-) -Shiri (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) IIRC, Suzanne's office was righty inside the cube...maybe she wasn't there. I was discouraged that all the bins of parts were covered up at MindFest. I wanted to try building some of my virtual-only models, but couldn't with the heaps of parts (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) my (...) :) I use way more dashes and elipsises (elipses?) in my email than in other writing--I suppose it's more conversational that way... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) Yeah, I understood what you meant - I just didn't notice. I don't consider "damned" to be considered bad in the right context - but when repeated, it seems harsher and less nice (IMO). I wouldn't have said it that anyway if I had noticed that (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) I meant as far as the use of the word "damned", it's not a really nice word to be using, ya know? It could be considered bad launguage by some around here. ~Nathan. (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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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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