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This finally went out to Frank on Friday. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote in message <3894018C.A9482535@vfaq.com>... (...) And hopefully the airport will be open enough that it doesn't get too delayed getting to me. I've had almost no mail last week. Frank (25 years ago, 30-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Thanks for the Update Tom :) Hope you enjoyed!!! Tamy (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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GB#3 just arrived in my mail last night. Tom wasn't kidding about the weight. It cost him $5.70 or something like that to ship it to me. More than half the weight is wheels. The wheels are mostly older styles either with fixed axles, or with the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Yes, and this is the reason I may not add myself into new boxes - the shipping costs are getting outrageous on many of these boxes. While it's a lot of fun to dig through to see what you get, I have yet to get a box with enough stuff to justify the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Tom Stangl <toms@netscape.com> wrote in message news:38986CAE.D83A92...ape.com... (...) costs (...) If the boxes are getting too heavy, I will be *more* than happy to cut them down......he he he (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Frank Filz wrote in message <38983F0D.6956@minds...ng.com>... (...) Frank is absolutely right about this. Last night I stopped by his place to pick up a mono-rail service pack he had gotten for me and he showed me GB #3. The amount of wheels in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Yep, and I kept my promise - I didn't add a single wheel/axle to the box ;-) Of course, I didn't TAKE any either - none I needed. (...) | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Let me know if you get that pic taken... my son is a wheel fanatic... Maybe I could buy out part of the box and/or increase my membership donation to LUGNET... You can send a copy direct email to me if you'd like... Dave (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Sounds like we got a bite on the wheels, if David finds anything he likes in the pic lets get them to him, I think we need to change a few things again too.. you can only put in wheels for wheels you take out... 1 to 1.. you can also take out more (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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It had a few when it first started, though it wasn't many.. I don't think more than any of the other boxes when they started, I believe Larry did a great job splitting them up between the boxes! I know I took a few wheels out of a couple of boxes (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Frank Filz wrote in message <38983F0D.6956@minds...ng.com>... (...) Picture is at: (URL) this is a 160k picture. Due to the somewhat limited monthly bandwidth of my ISP, please only view this picture if you really are interested in just how many (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Mookie wrote in message <3898EC16.D332D924@w...tt.net>... (...) I wouldn't make a strict "you can only put in as many wheels as you take out", but rather something like don't put in more of something that there already is a lot of in the box (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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I'm online now also, Frank... could you drop it in my mail without affecting your bandwidth allowance? Dave (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Mookie wrote in message <3898EE56.5A33BB98@w...tt.net>... (...) Nope, no wooden wheels (I _might_ put a few spoked cart wheels in in exchange for some of the wheels I take out, but only if what we end up with will look more diverse for the spoked (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Well, I looked at the pic Frank posted and I would be willing to take some of these wheels. I'll follow up with Frank on exactly what I want... think early town and space though and you'll get the idea. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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There are definitely a few items in there that I am interested in for sure, and I'll have my son take a look at the pic when he gets home from school tomorrow to see what catches his eye... (I'm raising him well, he'll want them ALL!) Let me know (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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(...) I'm not too worried about the bandwidth, I just wanted to make people aware that my ISP does have a monthly bandwidth limitation for web pages, and for people to be considerate of that (a few months ago I put up some pictures of someone's town (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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(...) Ok, several people have expressed an interest in some of the wheels. I'll probably need to arbitrate a few conflicts. Here is what I propose to do: - whatever wheels Larry is interested in, I will send to him at my cost. This is in (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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(...) Sorry about the wheels. I think it's my fault. I thought they'd be useful for someone since many of them are older. I added way more than I took to that box. Maybe I shouldn't have. Chris (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Frank's proposal sounds fine to me if it is agreeable to everyone else... I am the new guy on the block so to speak, so seniority should get 1st picks... I don't want to step on Thomas's toes, so the call is his on passing it towards me first... My (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Hi all, I've already confessed to being the guilty party on the bag of wheels, so I might as well talk about them. I figured that they'd go around the group and people take some out here and there and they'd eventually find good homes. If it matters (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Davis, I'm not really interested in wheels at all, so it would be more than fine if you took the box before me. -- Thomas Main main@appstate.edu (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Frank, Let me know what you need from me to get me put into the rotation... I get my email several times a day, so I'll get it to you ASAP. Dave (was accepted as a LUGNET member!) PS: Thanks Thomas! (...) am (...) why (...) Larry (...) know (...) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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Ok, looks like I'm going to be pulling out some stuff to send to Larry and Tom, and then sending the box to David, who will send it to Thomas. If there is any problem with this, please speak up by Monday early evening. I will be processing Monday (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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My son and I liked the looks of a couple of the caster-style wheels (aircraft?) and some of the nostalgic ones like I had when I was his age... but I'm sure we can find something interesting in there when it gets here! The four-bladed props turned (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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GB#3 arrived today in Northeast Ohio... looks like the USPS took good care of it and Frank must have packed it well, since it didn't have that familiar rattle... I haven't told my son yet (darn it, I had to get it out just now so he'd quit trying to (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.jambalaya)
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