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(...) One correction: BrickFest 2007 was not cancelled, it's being held in Portland on March 30 - April 1, 2007. Hope you can attend. - Kelly (18 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Calum, I think the base needs to expand, not only to support the events and grow them, but to maintain the community. If I had a 2x4 brick for everyone that said on the LUGNET newsgroups that they were going to stop buying LEGO bricks or stop (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) LOL, ok, tell me I'm not the only one that laughed at the idea of Chris being in the closet... about ANYTHING! Janey "I have to get off these cold meds! Red Brick" (18 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, C. L. GunningCook wrote: <snip> (...) Yo go, girl! We all know that Chris is a closet artsy fartsy person... Dave K -well, maybe just the second part of that... (18 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ring, ring... "Hello???" "Hi, this is Kettle calling ... I have a message for Mr. Magno, yes, just one word, BLACK!" For the general viewing audience... let me let you in on a little known tidbits of FACTS from the "Book of Magno Trivia"... (...) (18 years ago, 10-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) Mario DeFacendis is my friend and sometimes rtlToronto person. Together we entered rtl10 Project X and tried to enter rtl15 Deep Yellow. Sometimes you'll see him post in this NG or appear at an rtlToronto event. The LED's are literally garden (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) This is just gorgeous. Practical lighting is what LEGO displays are really missing. Who is this Mario guy, and how can I get some of those LEDs? Aaron (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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(...) That seems to be a roundabout way of doing what they've been doing in Peterborough for 100+ years-- (URL) course, to get this thing to work on the energy of 8 kettles, you close the gates manually and bail out a little water in the bottom (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Iain's stuff always impresses. He builds such clever stuff. But to watch him go through it is really a treat: Iain intrinsically knows the "feel" of pieces--eg, what will stick, just how much bracing something needs, that sort of thing. It (...) (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) this is what you need in the layout...not a piddly little boat lock :) And the fact that it only uses 1.5kWh of power (like boiling 8 kettles) to lift a boat is way cool. I'd plan a trip to Scotland just to see this bad boy... -Rob A> (18 years ago, 9-Jan-07, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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