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(...) me (...) in (...) (URL) Yeah that was me :-). Of course the links in that 2 1/2 year old message no longer work but you can find it here. (URL) these are the important things. (...) I think you have just won yourself a commemorative GONK (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) *blush* Awww, c'mon guys ... you're embarrassing me ... Ok, how about: "I birthed GONK, and boy, am I tired" ;) on second thought ... -s (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ahh, you guys all went a couple of years too early! The graduation speaker in 1996 was Peter Eio, who was at that time president of LEGO US. I never actually saw the speech, but it made for a great spring! LEGO donated about 20 K8's of (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Now, if we could only spin that lint into Lego bricks :P Mel (always wondered about that lint thing) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "Putting the GONK into Power Droids since 1993"?? Bravo Shaun. // dave (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yep, found it from Dave's link: (URL) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Okay, NELUG--you've gotta come up with the $20 to have a "I Coined 'GONK'" shirt made for him. C'mon, you KNOW you want to. On the back you can put the Google addy. ;) best LFB (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) here's the (quote) "hole story": (URL) dave (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Martin (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Yeah, there's been a lot of rpi.edu addresses surfacing in this history stuff. -Erik formerly olsone@rpi.edu (...) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh, Hi fellow Alums... Frank (BSCSE '85, MEngCSE '89) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(URL) (23 years ago, 13-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yeah, I read the title and thought, "Could it be that someone has built something that is utterly gonk-proof? Impossible!" Little did I know that the body of the message would yeild news even more impressive than that. Hearty congratulations (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Of course, all the coolest geek stuff comes from RPI. Nason Hall, no less. You should write to the Alumni Assn., I bet they would give you a mention in the magazine. :) -Alfred (RPI '94) (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sounds good, Eric! Let's get a third gathering together sponsored by Brickfest and BricksWest and that could be the logo for the new meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. (The preceeding was indeed a joke). -Dave (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I couldn't help but read this title and think that for some reason Shaun had gone nutty and had something against Gonk's. "Gonk-proof" indeed. DaveE (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Wow. I'm genuinely impressed. You sir, rock. (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Rick Hallman" <legodude725@removeaol.com> wrote in message news:Go8t5n.6EJ@lugnet.com... (...) Ya see thats the beauty of it. Only after the name was created by Shaun and embraced by other fans did Lucasfilm endorse it. This was made even more (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Wow! That was you? I thought it was a Lucasarts backstage nickname or somethin. :D go figure. ALL HAIL GONK! Rick (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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"Jon Palmer" <jpalmer@oklahoma.net> wrote in message (...) First post in alt.toys.lego: (URL) if RTL is a ghost town then ATL is possitively eerie. -Jon -- | The Galactic Shipyard - (URL) My website - (URL) BrickBay Store - (URL) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.general)
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