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| | | Anything going on Wed or Thu nite? I am in town, much to my surprise (although I am in Chicago as I type this, contrary to previous statements about being on planes at this time period....) Any chance for a MiniFest(tm) or just any sort of get (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) I think I'm busy both of those nights, or else I'd be glad to meet you IRL. Some other time! (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | (...) Well I will be flying back from Dallas on Wednesday. I might be able to do something Thursday but no guarentee's. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail. The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Chris Phillips
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| | | | | | (...) not quite so easy. Tomorrow might work better. Actually, a trip to Jillian's might be worth doing... (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) <Chris means Thursday, that is, today as of this writing, when he says "tomorrow"> (...) OK, then. I suggest all who are interested and available come to Jillians tonite. I will be wearing my GMLTC shirt.. it's a white polo with the GMLTC logo (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | PS, I am at a client site, no email, and my cell phone is out of range (although you can leave me voice mail there 616 299 6375) All I can do for the rest of today is check here. ++Lar (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Chris Phillips
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| | | | | | (...) The Sox are indeed playing away tonight. If you can call it playing. Last I heard the score was 11 to 1. Alas, it must be autumn in Boston... Hey, I'll be there. Jillian's tonight at about 8:00 PM? Sounds great. I'm looking forward to meeting (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | (...) Unfortunately I can't make it because I have to get ready to go to Chicago for the weekend. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Chris Phillips
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| | | | | | (...) put a face to a name! Just don't ask me to goalie any fusball games any time soon! - Chris. (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | Chris and I had a blast. I was late but he patiently waited for me. Jillians wait staff is easy on the eyes but hard to make eye contact with, so we had some service challenges till we basically waylaid one and demanded food plaintively. Talked a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Chris Phillips
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| | | | | | (...) Actually, I was late too. Larry was just later. (...) If I ever get my bricks together, maybe... (...) Actually, I've got to take most of the blame for who got kicked. Lar is actually quite a decent fusball player. Beginner's luck can only get (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | Are there any NELug or other activities planned this week? I am here tonite and tomorrow nite, fly out Wednesday (current plan, subject to change, may stay longer, not sure)... I need to talk to someone about holding some money for Mario when he (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Chris Phillips
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| | | | | (...) I'm busy tonight (impromptu band rehearsal) but I could be around tomorrow night if anything was going on. I haven't heard of any planned NELUG activities, but I can't access my work e-mail from home, so I might have missed some local e-mail (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | (...) I could be available both tonight or Tuesday although Tuesday is better for me. I would also be happy to pass on things to Mario for you seeing that I have a couple of DK books for him that I have to pass on anyway. Eric Remove ".nospam" when (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | OK, sounds like a plan... meet at the Construction Site, say at 7:30, then go to the Iguana tomorrow (tuesday) nite? I don't actually have the parts for Mario to give to Marco, they didn't fit in my carry on and I wasn't going to check (my flight (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | (...) This sounds OK but the Construction Site is only open till 7pm on Tuesdays if you were going to shop there. I will be working from home tomorrow so I could be there earlier if you can. (...) Sounds good. Eric Kinglsey Remove ".nospam" when (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Drat. I am going to be hard pressed to get there before 7. This client is going to require some serious work. I can try for 6:45 though. The Ig is right across the street, no? If I miss it and they are closed I will pop into the ig. I will be (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | Can someone provide a clue as to how best to get to downtown Waltham from 95... last time, I came in on 20 and fumbled around for what seemed like ages till I found a routing to the C-Zone... Mapquest does not give a lot of good clues. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | (...) Unfortunately Rt. 20 is the best way into Waltham (All Massachusetts Traffic converges in Waltham :( ). If is not really to bad if you just stay on 20, there are a couple places where it forks so you need to be a little careful but it is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | I WOULDA been there on time if my rental hadn't had a flat. But a good time was had by all, and I got some AucZILLA X stuff. Someone beat me to it, though, I wasn't the first. Upside of the flat incident is that National gave me a Cadillac DeVille (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | (...) Definitely had a great time. As allways it is nice to put a name to a face. I also love just talking shop with other LEGO fans so that was great too. Glad everything worked out with your car. Eric Remove ".nospam" when replying by E-mail The (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) I thought that rentals only got flats when people drove into curbs. ;-) --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | (...) Only when the curb is in your direct path. Those darn Massachusetts civil engineers just can't seem to put those curbs in the right place. ;) . Eric (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) I'll say. In fact, the whole "how many lanes wide is this road" seems to be kind of a lost question... we have roads that wander from 1 to 3 lanes worth of pavement with little or no warning, lane markers that peter out for no reason, etc. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Chris Phillips
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| | | | | | | (...) Lesson #1 when driving in Massachusetts -- never try to be a "nice guy." (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I'm not going to change my internal morality because of where I happen to be. :-) I'm just sweetness and light and MA will have to deal with it. If they don't like it, tough. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Chris Phillips
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) You know that old Puritan saying: "If you're not part of the problem, you're part of the pavement." (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Or Larry's favorite. "If theres traffic on road, jump the curb and drive on the sidewalk. The pedestrians will get out of your way." :-) Eric (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Reminds me of something that happened in my drivers ed class: Instructor: "Always aim for the softer target." Friend: "So if we have the options of hitting a brick wall and a pedestrian, we should hit the pedestrian?" Instructor: "Yes." Now (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) I'm being cruelly maligned. I would never hit a pedestrian on purpose. And I never would have hit that curb, either, if it hadn't have jumped out in front of me because I was trying to be a nice guy. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) I suspect your front right wheel is now cruelly misaligned, too. ;-) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Chris Phillips
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) See Rule #1 When Driving In MA... (...) Not to mention his Rental Kharma! Rule #4 when driving in Massachusetts -- Never take a rental truck down Storrow Drive. (Mem Drive, either!) Right, Todd? (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | | | <FJKt17.EAt@lugnet.com> <FJL91p.8oK@lugnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Heh heh. That only happens once or twice a month... Then there was the truck on 128 which was a little too tall to get (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Ray Sanders
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| | | | | | | | (...) Lesson # 2 when driving in massachusetts -- oldest & rustiest car has the right-of-way. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Suzanne D. Rich
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| | | | | | | | (...) Lesson #3 when driving in Massachusetts -- when entering a rotary at full speed, use that old rusty car in front of you as a shield. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | | (...) Heh heh... How many have seen "The Boston Driver's Handbook"? It has interesting maneuvers listed. If you're not sure if you need to turn left or right, turn on the emergency flashers, and possibly weave between all the lanes so you won't get (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | (...) Reminds me of what happened one time when a bunch of us went to Boston for a SF convention. We took my friends mini-van and I was driving in Boston (combination of knowing the place just a little bit, and who felt like driving - the owner (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week —Rob Doucette
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| | | | Chris Phillips <chris.phillips@comp...oards.com> wrote in message > Rule #4 when driving in Massachusetts -- Never take a rental truck down Storrow (...) Growing up in Massachusetts, my fondest memories were of out-of-town freshman arriving at (...) (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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