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(...) what phase! Kate said we need a kitchen, ergo I rebuild the kitchen. (1) (...) steve, taking in oxygen is harder than sumo. (...) if THATS your sole platform..... (...) huh? how bad can it be? what could be worse than Calum implying on local (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) damn those foos ball men!!! i say you get some locktite, and finish this off once and for all! but be aware that locktite can degrade some plastics. (...) there were element shipping supports??? in my oven, they used a high quality masking (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I saw that. Wow! Chris the super genius. Well, maybe no so much the super, or the genius... Back to rescuing ducks... Dave K (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It must have been something. I suspect either you were giddy when you snuck out of the last event, without being followed, OR the smell of the oven is snapping you out of this "home improvement" phase you've been living in. In any case, does (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) This is so true. Stupid foosball table. The men keep coming loose. Need to replace all the nuts and bolts that hold them to the rods. (...) Did you remember to remove the element shipping supports before turning it on? Or it's just that layer (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) it could be a number of things, 1. I'm not posting due to a few other things, 2. its summer, and overall things get quieter 3. dave is MR. LAIDLAW and has also redced his post count. 4. Calum is MA BELL and no longer posts. 5. Trevyn is.... (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Dave, no need to worry about that guy. I looked up in the RTL archives, and from what I can remember this "bruce" did not even enter a Project X robot. So really, he's a nobody. Chris. I'm install'n da sink to-nite bay-bee !!! (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ^^^^^^^ Who's this guy and why is he posting in rtl??? Dave K (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Awesome reference Rob, thanks for posting that. Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) The former. There's just too much other stuff in most of our lives that is more important right now. For Chris, it might his kitchen or his kids. For me, it's work and the fact I haven't even STARTED on my thesis work all summer. The general (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I agree Rob. Drag racing is totally uninspiring! Although, I don’t think we can really blame drag racing...I think it goes back to Connect 4. Now whose idea was that??? Bruce (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm in. I have always wanted to try smaller blocks. (...) Uggh. I doubt block stacking needs any more complexity. Even after three runs at this competition, there were very few successful robots. Rob (rtl has been dead lately... Are we all (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) start with the YelloPages. I'm serious. you will find MANY within 416 area code. a few are just down the street from HollyNorth. (...) very well, I think. (...) YES, thats EXACTLY how it works. keep in mind they are there to sell BIG ticket (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I suspect I'm more welcome by some, than by others. (...) Actually, I was trying to suggest in addition to the above scoring, add bonus points for stacking like colors together. So, if you stack three blocks, 1 black, 1 white, and another (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah, Dave getting around to fixing anything... shyeah right... I'd have to take out all the blocks and LEGO stuff out of the arena and actually work on it. That's not gonna happen--I mean, what would the LEGO webcam'bot do in the meantime?? (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Was googling for images on the legislative buildings, looking for MicroScale inspiration, when I came across the John Bland Archive: (URL) -Rob A> (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Crap, now I'm getting interested too. Can't say I'll do it, that will depend on when its held, but it's been too long since I build a robot. A lot more interesting then drag racers. Derek (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) How do you build a half-size block? (...) Oh, right... BS/2 :) (...) I have a bit of bad news. Now, I'm interested. (...) Another option is to give bonus points for consecutive blocks of the same color. That would allow people to stack any (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Pick a time and place. I'm throwing this out there without consulting either Chris or Calum, but if there's an interest, and I get approval from the head honchos, I'd like to run a concurrent event at the next rtlT robot event-- Half Size (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Being a Downtown city boy, I don't know where any of these "Scrap Yards" you speak of are. Any suggestions of were I might go? How do they work? Do they just let you run around with a screw driver pull off what you like then they tell you how (...) (20 years ago, 30-Aug-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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