 | | 3 4679 Tubs with Bonus box for sale at dinner tonight
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I will be brining three of these tubs to dinner tonight if anyone wants to purchase one (or two, or Three), I bought 12 ofthe at regular price last weekend during the train show, with the hopes that I wouls sell 9 of them, I have sold 6. The cost of (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | FYI: 8396 for $69 CAD @ Costco
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Not sure if this has been mentioned, but I saw the 8386 F1 racer for $69 at Costco here in Burlington... Come N get'em! Not a bad price considering S@H is $100... Dave (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Guest House...
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So I've owned my abode for well over a year now (yea for 15 mortgage payments!! Only 285 to go!!), but, besides the occasional visit, been pretty much on my own. Well, sister's back from BC for the week for a visit so she asked if she could crash at (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | More 4679 happiness (was: What a trip I had to Markville!)
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(...) This time I went to the TRU at Steeles/Hilda.... (...) Picked up a 4511 at $80 hoping to sell it to Europe for a profit... 8) (...) Same three displays are here too. Alas one of them is silent. (...) Seven units, all 2714s, are within my (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca, FTX)
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| | Hobby Show Pix
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I finally managed to upload my pictures from the Hobby Show. I had a great time there, even though I couldn't stay long on the days that I attended. I only managed to snap a single group shot my first day, so unfortunately I missed getting pictures (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX)
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| | Re: Rule check
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(...) a) I'm not too concerned except all but the biggest holes, which usually are my fault. The rest I leave as an intellectual exercise for Steve Hassenplug's ego. :) b) "Capping" towers has been extensively discussed a few years ago. The general (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Rule check
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(...) What I ment was to patch another hole before it forms: with scoring based only on total height above the floor, one spoiler strategy would be a single block on the end of a high pole (or platform). The tower would consist of one block but (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: badger badger badger
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(...) It's hard to believe the downfall of the internet could be caused by Sparky's Space, but maybe you're right... Steve "Steve's way smarter than me" -CM (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: badger badger badger
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(...) As for me, I think it was November, 1994, when Sparky's Space first made an appearance--Everything's been downhill since then... Eh, at least I met you guys thru the internets... Dave K (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: badger badger badger
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(...) And Jumped The Shark June 2, 2004. (URL) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: badger badger badger
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(...) Derek (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Rule check
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(...) That's ALWAYS been the case: Only blocks in the stack. What do you mean by robot emplaced platform? Calum (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | badger badger badger
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whats old is back. (URL) Iain. Chris (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Rule check
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(...) I don't think we need to worry about spirit of the game here at all. I think trying to generate a pile of blocks would be very difficult. If someone can do it, let them. Additionally the blocks need to be stacked. Blocks piled in random (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Wanted--6 1x3 yellow arches
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(...) I had no idea they'd be that rare... I saw 'em on bricklink and thought that they'd be easy to obtain. Guess it'll have to be a bricklink order then... Dave K (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Rule check
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(...) OK, coming in late on this (and, I should add, being unable to currently stack up any blocks even *by hand* in my house due to a 9-month-old), you want to... ...encourage stacking but discourage piling... ...encourage some sorting... (...) How (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Wanted--6 1x3 yellow arches
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(...) Wow that is a rare peice/colour.... (URL) may have a couple, I'll have to check... Jeff VW (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Rule check
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(...) I agree. thats how we would have scored that scenario. (...) in theory YES. but what we found is that most people program the robots to "hoard" blocks for 2 min 30 seconds, then deploy the stack at the last min. thus protecting the stack from (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Wanted--6 1x3 yellow arches
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And if anyone in this group has 'em, I would be willing to trade or pay. At least 6 1x3 yellow arches for a MOC for the train layout. Anyway, if anyone in rtl has 'em and is willing to part with 'em... I may not be at dinner tomorrow--sister's in (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Rule check
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(...) Little incentive? That's still overstating the importance of sorting. But, I hate to repeat myself... (URL) So a valid strategy would be to pile up a heap of blocks and let the humans (...) That sounds like a Chris plan. It's not hard to count (...) (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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