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(...) Oh I read this and that's not what I meant to say-- Please forgive *me*, my East Coast brothers... Maybe I should change the joke to 'these two Americans...' Wait! 'These two Torontonians...' Oh who else can I offend... 'These two <insert (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I saw the same sort of 'preventative maintenance' under the Gardiner Expressway in many places (there, that's my Toronto reference!). I was sometimes scared to drive under these bridges! And who can forget all those wonderful bridges along the (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ya, OK, but it's HISTORIC rotting wood from a very famous designer. (...) 5 of the "top" ten worst bridges in the US are in NY state. Scary, innit? (...) OK, I'm just concerned at taking the conversation off topic for rtlToronto.. (and I just (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Waterfowl... close enough. Grins, DUCKS, runs. Anyway let's stop this one, before someone gets hurt from the bad puns. Right now we are in a "no blood, no foul" situation. DUCKS and runs FARTHER. FUT ot.pun (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GvtqzM.Dso@lugnet.com... (...) Cyclone. Pttb, rotting wood. :) (...) it. (...) I saw a show on TLC last night about bridge maintenence. They showed some of the bridges in New York (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GvtqrC.D7o@lugnet.com... (...) Loons are *not* ducks. :) (I hate loons. UGLY STUPID SKITISH LOUD ANNOYING THINGS. Ducks *rock*. Espically if they're Mighty.) Iain (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well, yes, true. You're envisioning the train motor being directly controlled by the onboard RCX. Takes lots of batteries (which is a standard way to do things) However one interesting twist would be to have the train motor be UNCONTROLLED, (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's what I was thinking in the original "spirit of the game". (...) The track (I think) is electricly isolated from each end...if there was a electrical connection, then the track would short out due to polarity. What about a switch? I (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I was in NYC today, arranged matters to swing by Astroland on Coney Island and Cyclone was closed! It only runs on weekends till 1 June. So much for adding a must have ride to my ride list. Sigh. I still have never ridden it. It's not that it (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hardly seems like a good idea, does it?. That's why I said "loon" instead of loonie.. it was a riff on baby ducks, that's all. We can talk about why trademarks need to be taken seriously if they belong to tiny, powerless little organizations (...) (22 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Yeah, its called LegOS. I only realized this after project X, but according to some tests, LegOS runs about 100 times faster than the standard firmware. Check out this post: (URL) LegOS is worth the extra effort after all? Rob (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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All right, I'm piping up. It sounds like a great idea, and a good excuse for me to get some train parts. I'm not clear on what Ben meant about the track configuration though. I was thinking that it could have two tracks in parallel, and they could (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I guess its boils down to how many objective points one can get. Let's break down the game... hypothetically, in this type of layout you have 3 tables, 2 crossings, 1 flag (and a partrige in a pear-tree...) Since the "spirit of the game" is to (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:Gvrz0B.A02@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) It's all good. Everybody go download Chris Raven - I Lost You (Extended mix). Just because it's *THAT GOOD*. I miss Psyclone. ::wimper:: (URL) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Apologies for my lack of knowing your humour, but I can't ever tell. Some things which I would find ludicrous (reminding people about the trademark of Guild of Bricksmiths) you seem to take awfully seriously, so I figured you were actually (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I get the flavor, not to worry... You may not realise that I was riffing though, my humor can be a bit subtle sometimes. (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I don't think you've got the flavour of rtlToronto-it's not really that big of a deal. The aim of the vending machine game will really be more one of building the most complicated, elegant and impressive mechanism. The money part of it, well, (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) True, but that's a problem for the crane arm designer to take into account. Done properly it may actually be something to take advantage of! (...) Do you mean the kind that has 4 crossings? I'm thinking you could do it with just one crossing (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) One problem with a parallel double loop is that with only one curve radius, you don't get a real "parallel" curve. (...) A double figure 8 would easily get an "even" fight. You then start each train on the outside track of one of the lobes. I (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Whoops. Sorry about that content free post just now. (...) Could you impose price controls here to avoid that? Disallow selling things for less than they cost? Require that all things cost less than a loon and require people to take only loons? (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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