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(...) Ah, the NJ locator rears its head. Exit 9/10 here. ;) (...) Sounds good to me. The problem is that I'm moving to Europe in a month and a half, and won't much be back until this time next year. So I can start, but I can't be too active (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.all, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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Hi all, Almost missed this thread, been spending too much time outside these days, not at the computer. I'm also central NJ, around exit 8 on the Turnpike. (...) I favor this method. Don't spend too much time over-organizing up front, or it will be (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.all, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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Hi Chris and other potential New LUG members, From: "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> <snip> (...) is, (...) talk (...) Our purpose, how about something like this: To promote an environment that will allow collectors, builders and other (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.all, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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(...) Hello, Thanks for posting Andy, I kept meaning to post something very much like what you did, and it just wasn't happening. (...) Well, I think we should follow one of two courses of action: 1) We should discuss online what we want to be (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.all, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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(...) By no means have we "sopped" up enthusiasts from the NY/NJ metro region. We have had a few people join from the area but I think the farthest away anyone has come from to get to a NELUG meeting is Northern CT. We have had a few special (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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(...) need (...) We had our third meeting in Sydney, Australia on June 4. If you are less than half a dozen use someones house, apartment etc. Rotate the meetings, if one person does not have to travel, it means they can show off their large and (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.all, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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Hello potential New LUG members... :-) Ok. It seems that there are several people who have replied to this thread that they would be interested in a local LUG. So. What is the next step? Do we need to find a place where we can meet? Are there other (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.all, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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(...) necessary (...) Boston (...) I hope you all don't think I'm butting in. I encourage you all to keep at trying to get an organization going in that area. Having regular contact with fellow Lego enthusiasts, has greatly influenced my life. It (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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I'd drive an hour or more into NJ for a casual meeting, and as far as necessary for a fest. (I just couldn't go last weekend, I had to go to Albany.) NELUG let me "join" alright, though I haven't driven 4 hours from NYC to Boston for a meeting yet. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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YES, my LSO and I are definitely interested. We live near Scranton, PA. BrickFest sounded like so much fun, but it was just a little too far for us to go... something in New Jersey/NYC would be great for us. --Jennifer Christopher Weeks wrote in (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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(...) of the (...) The map of their region excludes New York and beyond. I don't know if New Yorkers participate anyway, but I'd gotten the idea that they did not. And anyway, there's nothing that says they can't be members of both and Jersey's much (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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The KB in the South Hills has about a dozen Oasis Ambush Sets (URL) $4.99; I've already bought my fill, so the rest are up for grabs! In addition, the TRU down there has the UCS sets as well as the Millenium Falcon. They've had the new EP1 stuff for (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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YES. I am interested. I was at BrickFest with my NLS, Jackie. I live in Forked River, which is just south of Toms River, NJ. I don't have too much room to host any sort of gathering, and what I do have is usually overrun by a large 95+ lb. loving (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.all, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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(...) That's a good idea--add me to the total. (...) Hmm...I had somehow been of the understanding that NELUG has sopped up a lot of the enthusiasts from our region...but I could be wrong. I'm crossposting this to .loc.us.ny and .loc.us.pa just to (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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Hi All, I returned yesterday evening from the EastCoast Brick Fest put on by WAMALUG. It was cool. It appears that there are quite a few folks around who are LEGO enthusiasts, and I thought it might be nice to put some kind of club together for (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi.all, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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(...) A little late for me to post this, but yes, kinda... I got the 75% discount in Dedham (not terribly far from the south shore...) As I recall, one of the asst. manager/customer service people (someone more important than a cashier's all I know) (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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(...) I checked yesterday, and they didn’t appear to have any in stock. I didn’t try speaking with the salesperson, who on previous visits has been rather unhelpful, but I suppose it’s possible that they might have something in the back room. On the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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(...) I first heard of it just before I left, maybe summer '98. I think it's still going on, but I'm not sure of the details. I think it is supposed to be downtown somewhere near 5th. I have a friend that writes frequent letters to the editors about (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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(...) I'm not sure. I haven't heard much about it. I'm not sure Pittsburgh is big enough that those places would want a restaurant here, but I could be wrong. When were they considering coming here? I lived in Iowa from 9/97 'til 12/99 while I went (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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(...) Those stores are very new to the area. Did you live here before you went to PSU? If not, I guess something you may not know is that Hills (now Ames) and K-Mart were the dominant discount stores. Actually, the Target & Wal-Mart in the Robinson (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.us.pa.pit)
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