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(...) ... (...) I was in a guys shop once and noticed such a garbage can. So I asked the usual 20 questions. Starting out.. Er.. Are you serious? This isn't a prop for some movie?... :-) Anyway, turned out that the point of the machines was to be (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Bummer. That would so rock if it were. I wonder what the biggest item ever vended via a vending machine was. (I've seen a LEGO(r) vending machine in Oz as you know, cool robot arm and all) The idea of vending a full size car is so darn silly (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) C'mon, go for 4! Do it as a prototype. I'd love to see it work!!! -R (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GusKDG.HHz@lugnet.com... (...) somewhere. No, no, no :) The smart tower at the smart centres are simply static displays with all the various configurations of the smart (smart & pure, (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The prototype for the great train storage machine is actually a rotary launcher for the AGM-86B cruise missiles that fit in the bomb bay of a B-52 bomber: (URL) agree there probably isn't a train-industry prototype for such a device-though (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) if you just look hard enough" but I think in this case I am not going to say that. :-) I looked, fairly hard, but have not found one... yet. However I WILL say that this will really rock if you can pull it off. The closest real trains come to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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"Rob Stehlik" <robbby31@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Gus84I.4Mv@lugnet.com... (...) Bah, I don't think our site is ever gonna get updated! (...) a (...) ::shakes head:: Rob... :) (...) Well, it seems more mechanically pure... I don't know. (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Rebel Transcanner" <hendryjr@oxford.net> wrote in message news:GurI4C.KuL@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) Iain (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Wow! What a site! I love it! (...) Now Iain, you just need to whip up a fancy website for your Viper, then everyone will want one! , LEGO aparently was used in the development of the harmonic (...) Uhmmm... How is it a harmonic drive? I didn't see (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'm sorry I missed it! I just looked at the TSME site, and am very impressed. I can't fathom how someone could possibly have the resources, knowledge, skill, and time to make things like turret lathes, violins, and engines from scratch. You (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I was afraid of the garbage cans. I never got close enuff to one to hear it talk. ;) -- Chris Pretend this says something funny (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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I suspect that the numbers on the garbage cans (i'm assuming these are the ones at the rideau center?) tell the weight of the contents, but I dont know why that would justify the cost. I think they talk too :) They say something like "thank you for (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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HI, GANG!!! GOOD news on so many fronts. 1. I am back from Ottawa, and i can now once again be part of the GREATER Toronto Lego Group. 2. I have renamed the City of Ottawa to "Capital City" It just makes more sense. I suggest all the LUGs in the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) (URL) updated it after Larry posted in the original thread. Psi (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Yes, I just noticed some drivel about that in an article in this week's New Civil Engineer (which I will scan and post to mediawatch soon)- it appears obvious to me that Tony Kettle's model would work but I'm going to build it tonight to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(URL) on Calum's concept for an easier-to-construct version of the robotic gantry and cumbersome linear storage matrix I proposed a few weeks ago. I have some ideas on how to do a harmonic stabalizing linkage that would ensure the gondolas remain (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So a little while ago I was searching for video clips of articulateds. (URL) hello, what is this? A music video for Gouryella (Ferry Corsten + DJ Tiesto (aka Tijs Verwest))?! Featuring a Kawasaki articulated?! And oh, how sad that the video could (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ROSCO (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Hi: I tried to send this out earlier in the week but ran into some problems. Hope it's not too late if you have an interest in the robot circus on Saturday. Email me for more details. DOC ***...*** Nice to meet with some of you last Friday. Too bad (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:Gupp5n.2wv@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) year. (...) boat level. Of course it will, in the configuration shown in that picture. Iain (22 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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