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  Re: New Civil Engineer letter - scanned
 
(...) I converted it to an 8-1/2" x 11" PDF (369KB) and reposted it at: (URL) letter, great response. -Rob. (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter - scanned
 
An excellent letter and that bridge is an excellent example too! Good job! Adrian "Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GGrnBz.wF@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
 
  RE: New Civil Engineer letter - scanned
 
Simon, Great work on getting the letter printed. The consensus that you were able to build among our members helped to make your points clearly. One thing I'd like to suggest is posting the scan as a GIF. You'll see a remarkable reduction in file (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter - scanned
 
(...) I Spotlighted it and others ought to as well! Again, thanks for taking this on, it came out great. Is that Ben's bridge? Great choice for an illustrative pic. ++Lar (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter - scanned
 
(...) Simon, That looks great, it looks to be the leading letter in the issue. George (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic)
 
  New Civil Engineer letter - scanned
 
Dear all I have scanned the NCE letters page: (URL) it's so big. Psi (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.technic) !! 
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter - printed!
 
(...) No they don't! Unless of course they've actually just BEEN to a show, which was good, which may lead them to use the phrase in this context, "That was a good show, Britney Spears can sure belt out a tune'. Otherwise no :-). Steve I can't wait (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter - printed!
 
what a fantastic bridge. its huge! James "Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:GGpuHq.MzA@lugnet.com... (...) so (...) one (...) Kroto's (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter - printed!
 
(...) <snip> (...) No, thank YOU for the effort! Well done. Good show. (1) I'm keen to see the scans... 1 - do people say this any more? ++Lar (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter - printed!
 
(...) That's great! I'm happy to see this happen. The letter made some good points and I think it's very convincing. Thanks for going to the trouble to see this through. Lego fans everywhere should be happy. Let us know when you upload the letter. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  New Civil Engineer letter - printed!
 
Dear All To my considerable amazement they printed the letter! I'm at home today so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to scan and upload it. It's the first one on the letters page and is accompanied by a photo of a large Lego bridge. They cut it a (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.loc.uk)
 
  Todd Mundt Show on NPR
 
On my way to deal to a field site to gather the last of my research seed and a deal with angry wild turkeys I was listening to the Todd Mundt show on NPR where he was interviewing a woman about a book she wrote about interesting things to do at (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  pbs
 
flipping through the channels last night while watching the news and caught a glimpse of lego at the Mall of America. It then cut to a bunch of professional female football players signing autographs outside a Hooters. I didn't bother watching the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Lego Sponsors Kenny Brack in Toronto too
 
I was just checking out the CART web site and the Lego sponsorship is on Kenny Brack's car again this weekend in Toronto. I've placed the pictures of the car on brickshelf: (URL) can also find them on www.cart.com in the photo galaries for Cleveland (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jul-01, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: More Meccano vs. Lego
 
(...) Missed this post until now, sorry. Should I? I reckon it would be quite easy to update. Psi. (23 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  More Meccano vs. Lego
 
Spotted this article today in the Sunday Telegraph Newspaper: (URL) Simon Bennett can write another similar letter in reply to this as well. TT. (23 years ago, 8-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter
 
"Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com> skrev i meddelandet news:GG1utI.nE@lugnet.com... (...) what (...) Meccano is also juniorizing, and putting out more "models" and less basic sets. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter
 
(...) That's great, Simon! I hope all of our comments and input were constructive enough. Your final revision of the letter was not too long, hit some very important points, and certainly made a good argument that Lego is a better "building system". (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter
 
(...) Crikey ROSCO, all I did was write a letter, you built the bridge! Psi (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
 
  Re: New Civil Engineer letter
 
(...) Cheers Larry, I've got a nice warm Lugnetty 'included' feeling now! All we have to do now is just sit back and watch New Civil Engineer not publish it! Psi (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)


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