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6:00 is fine with me. If you like, go ahead and pick a restaurant -- I'll eat anything. (Although if you like NC cuisine, you can't go wrong at Don Murray's Barbecue at 2751 Capital Blvd.) That way if traffic is bad I can just meet you at the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3950C9A2.5DC5@m...ing.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] This sounds like a workable plan for me. I could join in at Frank's place sometime after the group gets there (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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(...) How does this sound for a plan: Meet at say 6:00 in the hotel lobby (1) Pick a mutually acceptable place for dinner Trek on over to my appartment by 9:00 or so (2)(3) (1) Would earlier or later be good for folks? If we do it later, depending (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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Meeting for a meal Thursday night is a possibility for me too. If there's a tour of Frank's treasure trove afterwards, then I'm doubly enticed. I haven't done anything except entertain in-laws and friends since our last meeting, so I have nothing (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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Hi all, I'm reading along trying to keep track. There is a possibility that I might be able to join in too. I won't know til Thurs. afternoon. Please keep posting or email me as plans solidify. So far it's Franklin, Frank, and Mike. What about you (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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Franklin W. Cain wrote in message ... (...) A little, the only problem is that that isn't and intersection... Creedmore Rd and NC 50 are the same road... However, their web site comes to the rescue... (URL) the map to it: (well, Lugnet thought the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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(...) Cool. I'll be flying up, so I'll be dependent on someone else providing a passenger seat. (I get heat sick *VERY* easily, and after winding up in the emergency room for heat sickness/heat stroke a half dozen times during my twelve month exile (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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Franklin W. Cain wrote in message <20000620012041.1388...il.com>... (...) Cool! I'd love to get together for dinner and meeting afterward. If I did a hurricane clean up, I could host here (if you want to drool over pirate stuff), but probably would (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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(...) I called the hotel (919-881-000), and the clerk I spoke with said that this hotel was the one at Creedmore Road/Highway 50, in the north part of Raleigh. I hope this helps. (...) Cool. I'm a "late night" person, anyway. ;-) Thanks! :-) (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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"Franklin W. Cain" <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:20000620012041....ail.com... (...) I'll give my standard very non-commital answer of "maybe" (1)(2). Which Embassy Suites will you be at? There is one in Cary (off of Harrison Avenue, near (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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Hi! I'll be up in Raleigh this weekend, attending a convention at the Embassy Suites (the phone number for the hotel is 919-881-0000, if the con's web page is accurate). I'll be coming up there Thursday afternoon (22 June), and although the con (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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(...) Yea, found them, went out last evening and scarfed one up. I could have sworn I looked there Friday, so either I didn't look close enough, or they really did put them out after I left (which seems unlikely, from what I have seen, they do (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:FwBLLC.389@lugnet.com... (...) The other two boxes (not the ripped one, I noted that as well) were all the way down at the other end of the aisle on the bottom shelf. Mike -- Mike Walsh - (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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Mike Walsh wrote in message ... (...) GRRR, they must have waited until I left the store to put them out (either that or they hid them pretty well). I had stopped by on Wednesday and they had one of each X-Wing and Tie-Fighter, but the X-Wing box (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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The Cary TRU has three (as of 9:15 PM tonight) copies of the UCS X-Wing set. I did not buy one and now that I think about, nor did I check the price. They also have the Millenium Falcon for $100. Didn't buy that either although I suspect I will end (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral)
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(...) You got it! I believe the purpose of bulk ordering is to make it less expensive to obtain a specific element. That it does in every case. gray 2x4 bricks and black 2x4 medium slope bricks cost 34 cents each in service packs, 14 cents each vi (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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I expect to pay LD a premium to buy just the parts I want and I don't really have a problem with it (although I thought the red 1x4x6 doors were a bit much at $2.00 a pop). I didn't order any basic bricks. About the only color basic bricks I can see (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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I did the same sort of cost-analysis and only bought things that I can't get any other way. With discount and shipping, the black windows are .84 a pop, the blue thinwalls, 2x2 whites windows and trees are .30, and the tiles are .07. I decided not (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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I visited the new bulk ordering section for Lego Shop at Home. What i don't get is their pricing -- it's all screwed up, not a good deal at all: For example, lets buy 1 of each, A. B. C. D. E. & F. of the standard bricks they are offering -- all the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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I place an order about 9:00 AM this morning. I bought: 3 bags of black 2x2 tiles 3 bags of white 2x2 tiles 1 bag of black 1x4x5 windows 1 bag of white 2x2 windows 1 bag of black roof apex bricks 1 bag of black 2x4 roof bricks I also bought some (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nc.ral, lugnet.loc.us.nc)
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