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I want to thank every one for your replies. Not that there was much of a chance I'd back out of going to BrickFest, I was getting very concerned it would be a single themed event. One that I'm not interested in at all. Thank you for reminding me of (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Windturbine: Kitchener-Waterloo/St Jacobs
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In addition to the ~3 m turbine someone has erected in their backyard visible from my apartment building, I discovered a nice turbine about 5 km from the St Jacob's Farmer's Market (home of Bricks and Blocks). (3 URLs) no idea the history of it, all (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: I can't wait!!!
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I wish ~I~ had the power of burnination.... then I'd get Steve!! Chris -wow, 23 days of kitchen reno's has made me soft. (...) -- Chris "It is a very clever strategy IMHO, and I applaud Chris for thinking of it." K.C. (20 years ago, 20-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | I can't wait!!!
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(URL) 2 bit sound..... 16 colours... Gggaghghhhhhhghhhhhhh.... (Homer Simpson drool) Dave K -you have been burninated!! (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: 8436 - Truck :)
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(...) Nope, no geeks here, I'm looking forward to it as well! Dave K (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I just phoned Bricks and Blocks, the store which sells LEGO in St Jacobs at the Farmer's Market. They said they'll have the 8436 ( (URL) ) sometime in August, $116. :D :D :D :D I haven't bought LEGO in so long. So excited! I wonder what the box (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Fed UP with rtl
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(...) No, I guess I don't know who in the group does robots, and who doesn't. I actually assumed Derek did robots, because at rtl 15, he was the only person from Toronto who had a robot that could actually play Connect-Four. (Even if it was littered (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) No, I just expect to be able to make fun of you for not having enough blue to cover your two remaining 48x48 baseplate so you had to borrow from me. An amount of blue that didn't even dent my overflow bin. :-) Actually I'm finally building (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ah, nothing like flaming Steve with a complete lack of sleep! I think the issue with BrickFest was that no one ever goes except for the crowd that does non-robot stuff, ie, Derek, JeffVW, JeffE, DaveK etc. It just happens the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) I'm all for it, but I have the least to bring as usual. (...) Hey, you knew where those pieces were going?! Do you expect me to buy 4496's to replace all that blue? :) Actually, I wonder how many 4496's I'd need?! Calum (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Fed UP with rtl
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(...) oh, just saving my breath. It seems the rtl events have really taken a turn for the worse. Six months ago, you guys were laughing at people who entered events like line-following or sumo. "What's an rtl event with zero participants; Line (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) Well I'll bring the buggy again as well as a new one. (...) Well it's been discussed loosely at dinners and in direct conversations. I don't know if the discussion ever made it to the news group. Basically we decided we didn't want to do more (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) Bigger than 12X space buggy? :) (...) Is that the general consensus of rtlToronto? I apologize if it's been discussed on LUGNET. I might have missed it, but I hadn't heard that until now. Thanks! Allan B. (20 years ago, 19-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Gauging interest in The Hobby Show 2004 - Toronto, ON
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(...) I've got two large sculptures that I was hoping to display at the hobby show, and I think we at rtlToronto want to use the hobby show as our second train display of the year. I think the timing is perfect for that. Derek (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I was contacted by the show organizers who are asking whether or not we will be attending the show this year to put on the LEGO booth again. At this point, based on the feedback to this thread from two months ago, and from a message sent to (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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(...) Sounds like a logical next step to dragracing! Maybe run the two events in parallel?* Iain *-I was only present for ~10 minutes during the one other time we tried doing that (Connect4/Marble). I have no idea what the logistics of that were or (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Using the RCX for animating LEGO Train displays?
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(...) Here is one place I've seen stuff that Dave has done: (URL) cross posted to RTLToronto, maybe one of the train guys there could help? -Rob A. (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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My better half and I were watching the Calgary Stampede on TV the other night, and I say to myself...."Self, now barrel racing, that would be a cool idea for a robot contest!" Any thoughts? For those of you who don't know what it is, let me explain (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Fed UP????
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(...) Yeah...going to Rocklands each night and watching some nice looking women be all interested in guys wearing Lego badges, because it's not the typical one-liners from most men out there... hm... "hey baby, I got a stud for you!" (hands girl a (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Fed UP????
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(...) One reason I can think of is meeting people. You never know.... it may be your last chance to meet them. Travis comes to mind. What a wonderfully entheusiastic guy.... that I'll never get to talk to again. I had a great time at Brickfest last (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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