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| MichLTC will be displaying at the Annual Southeast Michigan Model Train Show in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Sunday, November 28th, from 10am till 4pm. There will be over 100 tables of model trains and railroadiana for sale, several operating layouts, and (...) (20 years ago, 26-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | MichLUG to display at the 20th Annual Festival of Trees - Detroit
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| MichLUG is happy to announce that we will be supporting the Children's Hospital of Michigan by display a layout for the week at the 20th Annual Festival of Trees (Detroit). Festival of Trees is the largest annual special event fundraiser for (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting Reports - September, October, & November
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| I've been a tad on the busy side and the MichLUG meeting reports have suffered. Yesterday I completed the reports from the last three meetings and here they are. (URL) September - (URL) Meeting Report and More Pictures> October - (URL) Meeting (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | GATS Pictures and Report - MichLTC
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| (4 URLs) GATS contacted MichLTC on the Thursday before the event. A model railroad club had pulled out at the last second and we were called in to save the day. We were able to get a 10x12.5 layout planned in less than 48 hours and GATS was very (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | Pictures of Gaming at Foundation Con - BrickQuest, ESPG, & More
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| (4 URLs) MichLUG (in participation with GameLUG) ran a track of games at the Foundation Gaming Convention in Okemos, MI the weekend of September 25&26. Peter Guenther ran BrickQuest and BrickMech, while Larry Pieniazek ran ESPG and Brick Battles. (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.glug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting - Saturday, November 13th
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| Description: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. Guests are always welcome, if you are interested in joining MichLUG or just want to hang out and talk about LEGO. (There will be some club business (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | MichLTC to display at GATS in Mt. Clemens on Oct ober 23&24
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| MichLTC will be displaying at the (URL) Great American Train Show> in Mt. Clemens. Another layout had to pull out at the last minute, so MichLTC has agreed to help out. Our display will be 12.5ft by 10ft, with multiple running trains and town (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting - Saturday, October 2nd
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| Description: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. Guests are always welcome, if you are interested in joining MichLUG or just want to hang out and talk about LEGO. Date/Time: Saturday, October 2nd, (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events)
| | | | | Michiana-LTC to Display at MHRS Railroad and Toy Show - Sunday, September 26th, 2004
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| To All, Michiana-LTC has been invited to partipate in the MHRS Railroad and Toy Show on Sunday, September 26th, 2004. We will be displaying a L-shaped 20x10 area, complete with 2 running loops of track, and a lot of neat creations from various (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org)
| | | | | Lego Gamimg at Foundation GameCon in Okemos, MI
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| MichLUG in participation with GameLUG will be running a track of games this weekend at the (URL) Foundation Gamimg Convention> in Okemos, MI. Peter Guenther will be running (URL) BrickQuest> and (URL) BrickMech>. Larry Pieniazek (with help from Nik) (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.org.glug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events, FTX)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting - Saturday, September 11th
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| Description: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. Guests are always welcome, if you are interested in joining MichLUG or just want to hang out and talk about LEGO. Date/Time: Saturday, September (...) (20 years ago, 7-Sep-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events) !
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting - Saturday, July 17th
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| Description: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. Guests are always welcome, if you are interested in joining MichLUG or just want to hang out and talk about LEGO. Date/Time: Saturday, July 17th, (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | LEGO BBQ - June 26 - Bring Your Own Bricks!
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| Everyone is invited to a LEGO barbecue next Saturday, June 26, at my house in Wheaton, IL. Bring your models bring some food, and have some fun. When: Saturday, June 26, 3:00 pm Where: Tim Courtney's House (email for directions) Bring: Everyone who (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org.niltc, FTX)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting June 5th
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| Description: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. Guests are always welcome, if you are interested in joining MichLUG or just want to hang out and talk about LEGO. Dates: Saturday, June 5th, 2004 - (...) (20 years ago, 31-May-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Pictures from MichLUG at Motor City Comic Con
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| (4 URLs) MichLUG was happy to display both Castle and Space layouts this past weekend. This was our largest Castle display yet and one our most packed Moonbases as well. (URL) Show Report and More Pictures> Enjoy! Jason Spears MichLUG/MichLTC (URL) (20 years ago, 21-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !
| | | | | MichLUG to display at the Motor City Comic Con - Castle & Space - May 14-16
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| MichLUG has been invited to display at the Motor City Comic Con for a third time now. We will have a Moonbase layout with 10 regular sized modules and 4 super sized modules. Along with a monorail, many lading pads and ships galore there will be 75 (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, FTX) !!
| | | | | The Last GeeBee Thread, I Swear -- Photos.
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| Whew, I can finally update. Long weekend. So I said I would post progress pics and a full description, and here they are: I planned a full build - that is, I would build the entire thing from the ground up. Luckily, a saner part of me left the (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | Re: The GeeBee is Ready. [Image Heavy]
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| Congratulations on the gig, and it's clear from these pictures that it's well deserved. It's very refreshing to see such a well executed 'pure-brick' design. You make us proud to have you in our midst. Keep building! Peace and bricks, Professor (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | Re: The GeeBee is Ready. [Image Heavy]
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| (...) Very nicely done. The shape is excellent and looks very substantial. Are you going to rebuild the whole thing from scratch at the show? That's a pretty tall order if you are. Or are you just going to partially disassemble this one and rebuild (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | Re: The GeeBee is Ready. [Image Heavy]
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| (...) Wow, that's a great model. The colors are awesome, and it looks like it pretty much only uses basic bricks. Very cool. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the pictures and commentary. Derek (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | The GeeBee is Ready. [Image Heavy]
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| Hey all, I got tired of responding to myself for updates ((URL)), so I'll start a new thread for the good stuff. A bit of a late update, but what can I say? I'm just finishing up :) Pictures: (URL) The front. I like the little engine details; the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Apr-04, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: [Update!] Re: A GeeBee for the Zoo...
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| Another update - To anyone who might be planning on going to the opening on Thursday (not sure anyone was), I was wrong about it being open to the public. Sorry, there was a miscommunication somewhere. As for the GeeBee (I always want to type that (...) (20 years ago, 28-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | Curious Kids' Museum Show - Caslte, Town/Train, Space & Aquazone
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| MichLUG was pleased to display at the Curious Kids' Museum for a second year running during their annual LEGO creation contest. This year we assembled displays for four seperate themes. The Space and Aquazone were a little on the small side and we (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.castle, lugnet.aquazone, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: A GeeBee for the Zoo...
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| (...) jeremiah Congrats on this superb contract! Great to hear from you. That GeeBee sure is a spiffy plane...can't wait to see how you are going to transpose it. I just read that you settled on the price today so keep us informed. ;-) -Andrew -.- (...) (20 years ago, 21-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | Re: [Update!] Re: A GeeBee for the Zoo...
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| (...) I love the Air Zoo, its a really fun place. Best of luck with this! Do you have the GeeBee already planned out? -Tim (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | [Update!] Re: A GeeBee for the Zoo...
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| So I stopped by the Zoo today to iron out the details. This place is amazing. They've got tons of planes in beautiful condition, what is soon to be the largest hand-painted mural on the planet (no, really. Guiness is supposed to stop in in a week or (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A GeeBee for the Zoo...
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| Congrats on getting the contract! I hadn't realized they were going to have anything of the sort. I live in Kazoo, and I'm actually at the Air Zoo every day for a class, so I'll have to make sure to stop by. The Gee-Bee is gonna be cool to see (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | Re: A GeeBee for the Zoo...
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| (...) Hey congratulations on getting the contract. Sounds like it should be lots of fun. From the info on the website, sounds like they will only be open til 5pm. Bummer, I'd be interested in stopping by, but work ends at 4, and it's about an hour (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org.us.michlug, FTX)
| | | | | A GeeBee for the Zoo...
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| Oh, forget the delay, I can't hold out on this! I've been commissioned by the (URL) Kalamazoo Air Zoo>, a new air & space museum in Kalamazoo, MI, to build a sculpture for their grand opening. I got to choose the subject, so what better than a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | [Press Release] MichLUG to show at Curious Kids Museum
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| Contact: Jason Spears jason@michlug.org 269.556.1989 (home) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Benton Harbor Area, MI - The Michigan LEGO Users Group (MichLUG) is pleased to announce that it will be displaying at the Curious Kids Museum in St. Joseph, MI. This (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space) !
| | | | | MichLUG April Meeting Report
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| Another meeting, although we had a strange run of last minute cancelations from members, we still had seven members in attendance and one guest. A number of interesting new creations were brought and our guest (John M. Knight) brought more than (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | MichLUG presented 2 Build Workshops at the Curious Kids Museum
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| MichLUG members were pleased to present two Build Workshops at the Curious Kids Museum in St. Joseph, MI on Saturday, March 17th. The kids seemed to have a lot of fun and we may find ourselves doing more of these in the future. (2 URLs) Event (...) (20 years ago, 28-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting - Saturday, April 3rd
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| Description: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. Guests are always welcome, if you are interested in joining MichLUG or just want to hang out and talk about LEGO. Dates: Saturday, April 3rd, 2004 (...) (20 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | MichLTC to display at the Ypsilanti Railroad Days
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| MichLTC has been invited to display at the Ypsilanti Railroad Days event. It will be at the Ypsilanti City Farmers Market. Our 10x12 layout will feature creations by our own Chris Leach, Spencer Rezkalla and Steve Ringe. The Market is open from 8am (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org) !
| | | | | MichLUG March Meeting Report
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| This past Saturday we met, talked LEGO, drafted some 7000 parts, dashed some creations to the floor and met some potenial future members. You can read the (URL) full report> for more details and pictures. (2 URLs) -Jason Spears (URL) MichLUG.org> (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | Meeting - Saturday, March 6th
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| Description: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. We will likely be drafting some red tubs. Date/Time: Saturday, March 6th, 2004 - Noon till ~5:00 Where: Spencer Rezkella's house. An address and (...) (20 years ago, 3-Mar-04, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | First Permanent Settlement on Mars!!!
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| Mission Accomplished!!! Shortly after the arrival of the first human visitors to Mars, a new robotic vehicle arrived: The Mars Habitat!! It has all the creature comforts plus Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound in the theater!!! Not to mention lots of cool (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.space)
| | | | | Michiana-LUG Announcement - 1st Meeting of the Year - February 7th, 2004 @12:00PM
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| To All, Michiana-LUG ( (URL) ) will be having our second meeting coming up next weekend, here are the details: When: Saturday, February 7th, 2004 Time: 12:00PM - ? Place: Scott Sanburn's House Address: 55752 Wild Game Drive Osceola, IN 46561-9190 (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.in.sbd, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
| | | | | Toy & Hobby Expo Show Report - Town/Train & Space Layouts
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| MichLUG was happy to participate in the Toy & Hobby Expo in Novi, Michigan for a second year. This year we expanded our showing to include a Moonbase layout and a table for some large Model Team style creations by Steve Ringe and some Bionicle (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.modelteam, FTX) !!
| | | | | Re: MichLUG to display at the Great American Train Show in Novi, MI
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| Correction: the show will be on Jan 24th & 25th (this weekend.) (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org, FTX)
| | | | | MichLUG to display at the Great American Train Show in Novi, MI
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| This will be MichLTC's 4th year displaying at the Great American Train show in Novi, MI. We frequently pull out all the stops for this show and this year is no exception. Looks for many new creations. We will have multiple drop sections, 3 9v train (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org)
| | | | | Meeting - Saturday , January 3rd
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| Agenda: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. We will be voting on club officers and discussing an amendment to the bylaws. We will also we doing a draft, either 4714 or 4400 (or both). Date: (...) (20 years ago, 31-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | MichLUG to display at the Toy & Hobby Expo in Novi, MI
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| MichLUG will be displaying at the Toy & Hobby Expo in Novi, MI for a second year running. In addition to a town/train layout, which we displayed last year, we will also be showing a Moonbase layout. The train layout will feature 3 train loops, many (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org, lugnet.space) !
| | | | | 3 Show Reports from MichLUG - Town/Train & Castle Displays
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| Well we have been really busy lately. 4 Shows in November and December with yet 1 more at the end of the month. We have 3 report finished up so I thought I would announce them all together. The last report will be forthcoming. 19th Annual Festival (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, FTX) !!
| | | | | MichLTC & COLTC to display at COSI Museum in Toledo, Ohio
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| The Michigan LEGO® Train Club is pleased to announce that we will be participating in the COSI museum's Toy Factory Trains weekend. On December 12th and 13th from 10am till 5pm, MichLTC will be running the trains, answering questions about our 20 ft (...) (21 years ago, 9-Dec-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.oh, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org) !
| | | | | MichLUG to display at 1st Annual Midwest Lego Train Show
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| MichLUG will be displaying at the 1st Annual Midwest Lego Train Show in Wheaton, IL the weekend of December 6th & 7th, from 9am till 4pm. MichLUG will display a 5ft by 10ft Castle/Pirate layout as well as a 10ft by 15ft Train/Town layout. MichLTC's (...) (21 years ago, 3-Dec-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org, lugnet.castle) !!
| | | | | Re: MichLUG to display at the 19th Annual Festival of Trees - Detroit
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| As a followup to the announcment, here are some photos from the setup day yesterday. Classic Castle fans should note the pretty extensive medieval village in one corner of the display (separated from the rest of the layout by a "reality barrier" of (...) (21 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | | | | | MichLTC to display at the SE MI Model Train Show
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| MichLTC will be displaying at the Annual Southeast Michigan Model Train Show in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 30th, from 10am till 4pm. There will be over 100 tables of model trains and railroadiana for sale, several operating layouts, and trains (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org)
| | | | | MichLUG to display at the 19th Annual Festival of Trees - Detroit
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| MichLUG is happy to announce that we will be supporting the Children's Hospital of Michigan by sponsoring a tree at the 19th Annual Festival of Trees (Detroit). Festival of Trees is the largest annual special event fundraiser for Children's Hospital (...) (21 years ago, 13-Nov-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi) !
| | | | | Re: multi club show offer
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| (...) crossposting to state groops since I forgot to do so earlyer. Also there is still plenty of space so if your interested in hanging out with people from at least 4 different clubs let me know. -->(roj2323@yahoo.com) ondrew p.s. I have a place (...) (21 years ago, 1-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains.org.niltc, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in)
| | | | | 3 Year Anniversary Meeting - Saturday, November 1st
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| **Important Note** This meeting was orginally noted on our website in a different location. That site fell through and so we have moved to the location listed below. Agenda: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | MichLUG @ the Motor City ComiCon - Caslte & Space Layouts
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| MichLUG was happy to display this past weekend at the Motor City ComiCon in Novi, MI. This is our second time displaying with them and we again had a great time. We had a complete castle layout, with 2 castles, 1 haunted keep, a village, a forest, a (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX) !!
| | | | | MichLUG to display at the Motor City Comic Con in Novi, MI
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| Motor City Comic Con Description: ComicCon is a huge comic book convention, featuring lots of dealers, anime and gaming, and a long list of guests, including the actors who played Geordie LaForge and Tasha Yar in Star Trek: The Next Generation. - (...) (21 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org) !!
| | | | | MichLTC - Hamburg Railroad Days - Show Report & Pictures
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| MichLTC completed another show this past weekend. This time at the Hamburg Railroad days show. Chris created a few new buildings for this layout. Steve Ringe showed some new train models for the first time at this show as well. We also had a small (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | MichLTC to display @ Hamburg Railroad Days - Hamburg, MI - September 20th
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| The city of Hamburg, MI is having their annual Railroad Days festival and MichLTC will be diplaying. Our members have been busy working on new creations to fill those city blocks. We will have an area approximately 19'x13'. The current plan includes (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org) !
| | | | | Re: Sumo-bot event in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 9/20/03
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| Just cross-posting. (...) (21 years ago, 5-Sep-03, to lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting - Saturday September 6th
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| **Important Note** This meeting, like last month, will NOT be in DeWitt, this month it will be in Kalamazoo. Agenda: Get feedback on creations, check out creations by others, and talk about upcoming shows. Peter Guenther has mentioned that he will (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Re: MichLTC - LEGO Roadshow - Chicago, IL
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| (...) Layout looks terrific! And from the photos, looks like you guys had GREAT weather! Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liason LEGO Community Development (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | MichLTC - LEGO Roadshow - Chicago, IL
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| MichLTC had a great time doing the roadshow this past weekend. Featuring one of our most unqiue layout plans yet, we had 2 trains running, 5 city blocks and a small area for misc MOCs. (4 URLs) MichLUG.org> -Jason Spears Webmaster (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | MichLUG - August Meeting - Report & Pictures (Pirate Game)
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| MichLUG had our monthly meeting on August 2nd. In additional to our normal meeting activities we also ran a session of (URL) Evil Stevie's Pirate Game>. Jason Spears (me) ran this game and by all reports everyone seemed to have a good time. Pictures (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.loc.us.mi, FTX)
| | | | | Roadshow 2003 - Chicago
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| LEGO® is having a "What will you make America?" roadshow. Clubs are helping them in locations across the country. MichLTC will be there in Chicago. We will have a 75 square foot layout/display space. We will have trains running on two seperate (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting - Saturday August 2nd
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| **Important Note** This meeting is deviating from the norm, in that we will be meeting at a member's home. Not in DeWitt, MI. Date: August 2nd, 2003 Agenda: Show off MOCs, talk about upcoming shows and general Lego related conversations. Time: From (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Meeting - Saturday July 12th
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| **Important Note** This meeting is deviating from the norm, in that we will be having the meeting on the second Saturday of the month, instead of the first. Date: July 12th, 2003 Agenda: Show off MOCs, talk about upcoming shows and general Lego (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Looking for Road Show volunteers
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| I'm looking for a few people local to the Chicago area (or in neighboring states willing to come out) to help with the LEGO Road Show display. NILTC was going to display, but unfortunately our tour dates were moved to a weekend where we had a very (...) (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.loc.us.il.chi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.events)
| | | | | MichLTC - Durand Railroad Days - Show Report & Pictures
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| MichLTC had a modest 8x13 layout in Durand Michigan this past weekend. Featuring models by Jason Spears, Larry Pieniazek & Chris Leach, this show was a fun & relaxing show for everyone. Lots of Town buildings & Train creations to see, so check it (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.loc.us.mi) !
| | | | | MichLUG Show Report & Pictures- Castle & Space Layouts
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| Contrary to popular opinion, MichLUG is not all about Train layouts. This past weekend we had a Space (partial Moonbase) layout and Castle layout at the Motor City Comic Con in Novi MI. A mix of Moonbase modules and other space creations, along with (...) (21 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.loc.us.mi) !!
| | | | | May Meeting Report
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| The May Meeting Report is now up on the website. A full debrief of the meeting, along with pictures of a number of great creations. Intercity housing, elevated trains, moonbase modules, Brick Quest monsters, and space creations. (URL) the May 6th (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains, lugnet.space) !
| | | | | Re: Carpooling
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| (...) Normally I'd offer but this meeting is going to be quite hectic for me, and I may not be staying past the elections and business part of the meeting (in which guests might not be all that interested) XFUT org.us.michlug so perhaps others might (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
| | | | | Carpooling
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| I've been thinking that I might like to try out a MichLUG meeting just to see what it's like (and besides, it'll give me an excuse to miss a day of Turkish Dandelion Worship Week), but for a variety of reasons I'm not really interested in trying to (...) (21 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr)
| | | | | MichLTC to display @ Durand Railroad Days - Durand, MI - May 18
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| (The following info is for the Train Show on Sunday only, not all of Railroad Days) Description: Model Railroad Flea Market and Model Train Show. MichLTC will display an 8 ft by 13 ft display. We will have 2 train loops, a mountain and a varity of (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org)
| | | | | MichLUG to display @ Motor City Comic Con - Novi, MI - May 16-18
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| Description: ComicCon is a huge comic book convention, featuring lots of dealers, anime and gaming, and a long list of guests, including the actors who played Geordie LaForge and Tasha Yar in Star Trek: The Next Generation. - MichLUG will have two (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org)
| | | | | Largest Bricks Ever Produced?
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| I just want to know if anyone has seen anything like these before? I picked them up at a garage sale a few years ago. What was told that they might have been from a Toys R Us promotion about a decade ago. I thought I would share them with the rest (...) (21 years ago, 5-Apr-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Photo's of first human foot steps on Mars!
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| The Red Planet has been reached! Photo's of first human foot steps on Mars! Just a few captions to go with the pictures... Several MOC's that form a complete expidition to the Red Planet including: * Mars Expedition 1 Lander "Columbia" * Mars (...) (21 years ago, 22-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.space) !
| | | | | MichLTC at Curious Kids' Museum in St. Joe
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| MichLTC had quite the busy weekend. With only 2 days to plan we pulled off our very first museum show. We were very pleased with the result and the Museum was even more so. They definitely want us back and we are looking forward to it. Check out the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-03, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.mi) !!
| | | | | MichLTC to display at Curious Kids' Museum - St. Joseph, MI
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| Short notice, I know, but we only found out for sure this afternoon. MichLTC will be presenting a modest 12' x 6' layout. This will take place during the Curious Kids' Museum LEGO CONTEST! (More information on this can be found at the bottom of this (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org)
| | | | | March Meeting Report Up
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| The March Meeting Report is now up on the website. A full debrief of the meeting, along with pictures of a couple of great creations. (URL) Spears MichLUG - (URL) Page - (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting on March 1st
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| Agenda: Show off MOCs and talk about general club business Time: From Noon till ~1:30: Club Business (Club Members Only) From ~1:30 till ~5:00: Open Discussion and MOC sharing (Guests Welcome) Directions: to Rick's Church: 2931 West Herbison Road, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | MichLTC to display at Great American Train Show
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| MichLTC will be presenting a 20' x 40' layout with 5 independent loops. Our large building table with thousands of bricks will be there for all to play with. (Bricks must stay at the show.) Kids will be encouraged to build and then run a train car. (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.events, lugnet.org)
| | | | | MichLTC to display at Toy & Hobby Expo 2002
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| The Michigan LEGO® Train Club will display a 20'x 20' layout, complete with three loops of running trains, a mountain and quarry, a delightful town, a kids play area, and more! The layout is made out of 99.9% LEGO® bricks. When: December 27-29 (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.events, lugnet.org)
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting on December 7th
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| Date: Saturday, December 7th, 2002 Time: From 1pm until 5pm (People can starting showing up at Noon) Agenda: Show off MOCs and discuss layout for upcoming shows. Directions: to Rick's Church (2931 W Herbison Rd, DeWitt, MI 48820): Get off of 27 at (...) (22 years ago, 5-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | MichLTC's Show Report from Train-O-Rama in Dearborn 10-27-02
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| The show report is now live on the website. There is a link off the front page. -Jason (URL) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | MichLTC to display at Trainorama 2002
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| The Michigan LEGO® Train Club will display a 15'x 15' layout, complete with two loops of running trains, a lumber camp, a delightful town, a kids play area, and more! The layout is made out of 99.9% LEGO® bricks. Dates: October 27th, 2002 Hours: (...) (22 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi) !
| | | | | MichLUG Meeting on October 5th (2nd Anniversary Meeting)
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| Date: Saturday, October 5th, 2002 Time: From 1pm until 5pm (People can starting showing up at Noon) Agenda: Show off MOCs and discuss layout for upcoming shows. Directions: to Rick's Church (2931 W Herbison Rd, DeWitt, MI 48820): Get off of 27 at (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Re: Lafayette IN, Ann Arbor MI, and Denver CO robotics clubs
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| (...) OK, Jona wrote and said it's LRGOAA for the Ann Arbor group. Still wondering about the Lafayette group. So the new group/lists (today/yesterday) are: lugnet.org.us.legotics (URL) lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa (URL) lugnet.org.us.hrmug (URL) also I've (...) (22 years ago, 31-Jul-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us.co, lugnet.loc.us.va)
| | | | | MLTC to display at The Great American Train Show
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| The Michigan LEGO® Train Club will display a 20'x 50' layout, complete with five loops of running trains, three rail yards with a functional roundhouse, remote switches and decouplers, a kids' play area, and much more! The layout is made out of (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | 20% off Star Wars and Spider-Man at Meijer this week
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| Hey all, Just got the weekend ad section of the paper, and lo and behold, Episode II and Spider-Man are already on sale at 20% off. Just thought I'd give everyone a heads-up. -jeremiah- (22 years ago, 6-Jul-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | | | From the 15 minutes of fame department...
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| I am supposed to be interviewed today for the local news. It's not LEGO(r) related, although I may slip a little something in, but rather it's because of our many exchange students. We have had GEO exchange students the last 2 summers and are (...) (22 years ago, 26-Jun-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | Congratulations Detroit!
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| Final Score of 3-1 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals. :) Congratulations, Detroit Red Wings! <>-------<> Rick Hallman Member of MichLUG: (URL) of Planets: (URL) Instant Messenger: ChickenSage <>-------<> (22 years ago, 14-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det)
| | | | | GATS Grand Rapids train show
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| Ok peoples for those here (and close) to our great state we are displaying at the Grand Rapids GATS on the weekend of July 13th.More info on our web site (URL) (22 years ago, 7-May-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
| | | | | Re: Lafayette (Indiana) Area Lego Robotics Club.
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| Steve, This is great news, but do you need to post like this? Why not just cross post in one shot. (i.e. copy and paste the names into the Newsgroups space) Then again I could not fit all the newsgroups you posted to into the space? See Ya... Robin (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in.ind)
| | | | | Lafayette (Indiana) Area Lego Robotics Club.
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| We're proud to announce the formation of the Lafayette Area Lego Robotics Club in Lafayette, Indiana. The Lafayette Area LEGO Robotics Club is a group of people who meet once a month to discuss and build Lego robots and related subjects. We hope to (...) (22 years ago, 10-Mar-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Re: Schueler's Books Display
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| (...) Here you go, taken on sunday before i hauled it off to Okemos. (URL) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.lan, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
| | | | | Re: Schueler's Books Display
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| good deal! It's fun to display your stuff right! That's great, good luck! ....and get us some pix! I'm real far from the mall!! Legomaster (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.lan, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
| | | | | Schueler's Books Display
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| A couple of months ago I was asked about doing a display for Schueler's Books at the store in Okemos, Michigan by the Children's Coordinator. I accepted, and my ship, the Deathstalker, is currently on display under the less-dramatized name, Nemesis; (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.mi.lan, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
| | | | | Re: MTU Winter Carnival coming up! Feb 6-10 2002...
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| (...) I guess a link would have been helpful! (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Re: MTU Winter Carnival coming up! Feb 6-10 2002...
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| (...) We're also down one this year, because of some party & violation of a code, or something... But they helped on these AWSOME snow buildings here in town, which open today mind you... The First ever snow buildings (there's 2) in the continental (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Re: MTU Winter Carnival coming up! Feb 6-10 2002...
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| (...) It should be noted that my fraternity... Delta Sigma Phi, took first in statue (snow sculpture) in both 2000 and 2001. I'm not that competitive (as you all know) but it should also be noted that we took first 4 out of the 5 years I (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | MTU Winter Carnival coming up! Feb 6-10 2002...
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| The Michigan Tech Winter Carnival Is coming up, Febuary 6-10! Look at the statue building pics & webcams here: (URL) those of you who don't know what this is, go & have a look, they build some amazing snow sculptures! There's a few ideas for your (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mi)
| | | | | Re: Weird Find at Detroit-Area TRUs
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| Same problem for me though, they only ship within the USA. ~Adam (...) (22 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.us.mi.det)
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