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(...) Old Polish folktale, actually: Seems this thief was caught redhanded. He was brought in front of the king and the king sentenced him to death. The thief, pleading for mercy, claimed that he could teach horses to sing, and that further, if the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Hey, thanks, Mike! Because of your heads up last time I got the first five sets at Kohl's 20% off:-) I think I will go to the TRU in Bloomington (don't know yet if they are planning to be open). Lego Late night minifest at 12:15 at a TRU anyone? (...) (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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I was at the TRU in Minnetonka tonight and they had about two-dozen each of both the X-Wing and Snow speeders. No ep. 1 sets but there was a sign in the window saying that they will be open at 12:01 on May 3 in the window. Mike (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Ok, John didn't bite, what joke? (25 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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Last time I looked at the map, Michigan fell into the "greater Midwest" category....and, what the heck, you *actually could* visit your sister, too;-) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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(...) It is difficult to predict that far in advance.(1) But the probabilities are improving. I'd be comfortable at this point stating that there is a 1 in 3 chance, which is a lot more than I would have said 4 weeks ago. 1 - which reminds me of a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I suppose I could claim I was visiting my sister and her family... Steve (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Are you still going to be around? I marking it down on my calendar now to be there. Maybe some other folks would be willing to schedule a visit to the area and we could have a Lego Fest. (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Not THAT far of a ride... :-) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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This is great. Wish I could be there to see it! Steve (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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This is a major coup, as this will be a well attended convention. WTG to the GMLTC for setting this up. Lots of planning to do to pull this off. We need to make up a good flyer to hand out to build on interest expressed (I have a start that I handed (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp, lugnet.trains)
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Anybody from the Lego Fest we had have a copy of the group picture online yet? Or if someone has one but no place to put it, I could put it up on my page. (25 years ago, 8-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Drats! Foiled again! I went out to Kohl's at Penn and 494 and found *no* SW sets:-( I did find 3 completely bare shelves! Thomas, did you forget to mention that you *bought* them all;-) I had to settle for some Adventurers sets 20% off, so ALL was (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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is on Wednesday of this week... Due to some game where you chase a little ball around the countryside that Gerlach plays on Thursdays, we changed the meeting day. Silly, but there it is. See you then, I hope. (yes, here for another week, at (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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| | Re: Twin Cities LEGO minifest 033099
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CI$?? ptui... Back when CI$ was popular I was running my own games BBS with 30+ online games (Including Trade Wars 2002, Sproat... and Planet Busters, which I wrote myself) (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Sounds like a great time was had by all. (...) I thought you had time on CI$ (CompuServe). Pardon Me For Jumping In. Used when butting into the middle of a thread in which you hadn't been a participant. It's not usually applicable to (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Thanks to all who mailed or posted directions, I found the place. We all had a blast. Paul Foster had a very very impressive line up of fire apparatus, Ricky brought his supercustomized 5571 and trailer (and I made his day by sliding him an extra 8 (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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PMFJI, Look at (URL) (erk, that's a long URL) Dinkytown is the area north of the university. I lived in an apartment at 4th St. and 35W one summer. Long ago, in a lifetime far, far away. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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Can someone post some more specific directions than these? I'm not from around here and I can't make sense of these, or of the map, they assume too much shared context (like which direction is north, where downtown is, etc.). Assume I'm starting out (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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(...) Hi! You probably don't know me, because I'm new to Lugnet, but I'll be to the Lego Minifest! :D I'll be there, --Mark Nelson (25 years ago, 27-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.us.mn.msp)
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