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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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)
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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)
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| | RE: New Items on The Vault - 9/9/99
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Valley Fair! is another CedarFair park (they own another one in PA too, I think) in Shakopee MN, which is near where I happen to be this week. I've never been there. Today is the last day the GP can go so I am going after work... I have to stay (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Larry, Well, if you ever do, I will be there! Sounds like a blast! What is Valley Fair? Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Prolly not gonna happen this year, they close soon and we have to move my Mother In Law out of our house into the condo we bought her, which frees up her bedroom so Julia the ex exchange student can move in to it, which frees up the fusball room so (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Did anyone else see the Duplo model at the State Fair? It's a giraffe, about 5 feet tall... (Okay, if you want to know where it is, it's between the Horticulture building and the International Bazaar.) :-) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Koorookukukukukuku! (...) established. (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Oh Geese! Ya shure, you betcha, I'll spread da word up here in Minnesooda. Uff-da, da guys will be happy ta hear dat! ;John (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Space Original Creations Etc.
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I agree with everything Todd said except for the below part... (...) And PNLTC may well deserve an update. After all, it's got my cars there so it's by definition cool. But I was talking about GMLTC, not PNLTC. The real GMLTC site is not up yet. But (...) (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Here is a new LEGO Mindstorms Page. This page is for the Minnesota FIRST LEGO league competition which is for kids ages 9-14 and is part of the larger international FIRST LEGO league program. Probably the interesting thing for this group is the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO
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Oh-Oh kiss me...er pick me! (Been listening to Sixpence None the Richer too much!) Speaking of kissing, I just returned from Conan's wedding, and apart from Conan almost setting the Chapel on fire, all went well. The ring bearer brought the ring (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) How about one down here in the south east (NC, VA, etc)? (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.uk)
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There is talk of spawning a whole newsgroup for this activity, which I think would be swell. Till then, lets coordinate in Lugnet.general Looks like I will be bringing the whole lot back with me from Boston, unless there is a change in circumstance. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.uk)
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I can get to Bishop Airport in about 15 min... Charles (...) local (...) make (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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I'd be interested, if the box came through West Michigan... Steve (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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I can do Ann Arbor and Flint, I go there every weekend. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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I can't commit to LEAD but I want in. I pass through Metro airport enough to where I could rendezvous with the current (or next) box holder on my way to somewhere else pretty easily. Heck I could do it more than once, even, or start a fork. I have a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mi.det, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.mi.grr, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: NMRA convention
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(...) I'm probably gonna go on Saturday... if people wanted to get together after the show, Saturday probably would also work out best because I'm betting Sunday the GMLTC folks probably want to tear down their setup right away after the show. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Any interest by anyone in going out for dinner after the train show, looks like it ends on Saturday at 6pm. Maybe an informal type dinner where the show can be discussed and so on.. (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) It's in the first post of the thread in loc.us.mn.msp that has the title "GMLTC to show at NMRA Nat'l Convention " And THANK YOU for reminding me what weekend it was, I almost made flight reservations for the wrong weekend. (...) I will (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) It did the reverse trip years ago, 1981? I drove, alone, from Youngstown Ohio (5 miles from the PA border on Rt. 80) to San Francisco in 54 hours (I stopped for sleep in SLC for 8 hours) - Boy was my rear end sore. (25 years ago, 4-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Except the convention is the 23rd through the 25th, I think. (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Wwwwow! That's a long drive! But a fun one! You going out on I-80? Driving alone or with a group? Gonna be online during the trip (bringing a laptop)? Don't forget to stop at Wall Drug in South Dakota -- it's insane... :) --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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You know, I'm leaving in a little over 24 hours for a drive from CA to OH and back. I think this time I WILL stop into MOA, rather than drive right past it...should be somewhere around the 13-16th. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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You know, I'm leaving in a little over 24 hours for a drive from CA to OH and back. I think this time I WILL stop into MOA, rather than drive right past it...should be somewhere around the 13-16th. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Can someone repost the link to the NMRA convention site? I'm going on Saturday, will you be there all weekend? (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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How about Minneapolis, weekend after next? ;-) That's when the NMRA convention is and the GMLTC will be unveiling their new engine service facility. I intend to be there. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jul-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | NMRA convention
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Ok, the convention is less than one month away. What will be the best day to go? Saturday or Sunday? Surely some other people must be going, lets hear. Also, what is the parking situation there? Parking garages, small lots, big lots, lots of space, (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jun-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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