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| (...) I'm not sure about the public. It would be nice to have an audience of a sort, but then again there wouldn't be such a hassle if it was just us GMLUGgers... Anyways, the Wheaton Public Library is probably not the right place for an event like (...) (25 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.il.chi)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: In town the rest of the week
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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)
| | | | | Re: Chicago Legofest
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| (...) Oops :) I was *really* tired when I wrote this one...heheh. I'm guesstimating at 15-20 people. It would rock if we had more - perhaps if we hold a fest the lurkers will come out of the woodwork :) -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 Bumper (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us)
| | | | | Re: Chicago Legofest
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| (...) I really can't tell on either one of those. My guess would be we might have (...) Yeah, once we get a better idea of how many would be interested, lets go from there on a location. (...) December looks ok for me. The first weekend is out, but (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us)
| | | | | Re: The Great Create
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| (...) and check into what's up for 1999. I'm not 100% sure but I heard there will be no Great Create this year because a major sponsor (Target stores) dropped out :( I will try to call the Greater Minneapolis Area Children's Crisis Nursery to (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
| | | | | The Great Create
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| Is there going to be a Great Create this year? How about some dates if there is. Paul (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
| | | | | Re: Chicago Legofest
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| tim@zacktron.com (Tim Courtney) wrote in <4.2.0.58.1999092915...comm.com>: (...) Tim, how many people does it look like so far, and roughly when? I might be able to help find a spot, but depends on the number of people we'd have and how much space (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.wi, lugnet.loc.us.il, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.mi, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.loc.us, lugnet.org.us)
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