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(...) The funny part about this was Jeff E was controling the train in Altenburg... He was stopping the train so that derek would give it a kick start... At least I think he was.... (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) So I just had this image of Jeff E crouched and huddled in the dark under the tables of the setup. lit only by the glow of a monochrome monitor, all the while controlling a train, and giggling to himself and mumbling ".. Precious.." over and (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Thanks for the wonderful review... And let me tell you Mark, that LDCC was the major enjoyment of the entire weekend! It's awesome to stand like 50 feet away and control a train via the LEGO ir remote. Jeff E was 'under the table' watching the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Back to life, back to reality... and Brickfest
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote: <snip> (...) *snif* It's sad 'cause it's so true... Dave K (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Bravo! Definitely worth the download! The music was perfect. Favorite parts: Derek's dance. How the red train station glides across the screen, seemingly in time with the music. When the yellow station goes in, I think I can count seven elves (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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STEVE! put a :) through out this e-mail. otherwise people might think we really are mad at each other. (...) !!!WRONG!!! just stop right now, cause anything else based on this statement will be false. (...) this space left blank cause I can not (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ... (...) I just thought of something. The next major rtl contest is Pipe Races at Brickfest, right? And I’m willing to bet at this point; Chris Fruit has no real plans to attend, right? I also doubt he’s even considered building a pipe racer (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) What a difference a day makes. about 2 hours after NMRA calum calls me and unloads about how he's never doing another train show, how its too much work, how he cant stand Derek, and feels that Jeff VW needs more curvature in the dam. NOW, 48 (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So yeah. After having driven Jeff's... kinda hooked. (URL) want a 1/4 scale one about the size of a dog so I can have it for a pet. Have it come over, whimper a little... nuzzle my leg. And I don't like calling cars "cute" or "adorable". This thing (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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Sigh, Well I managed to upload about 6 pictures last night. I tried a block of 20 more but that failed. It can't be my image filenames or the zip file names because my small batch was excepted. I had originally named the folder Train5-NMRA. Couldn't (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote: <snip> (...) Witty banter? In this group? That's a long wait Dave K (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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So, Chris tells me I'm supposed to post this because it comes with more authority if I say it: We now return you to your regularly scheduled robotics. Next major contest is BrickFest 2003: Pipe Racers (August 2003) (URL) after that is rtlToronto14: (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) rtlToronto is in (even before the NMRA show.) Jeff Van Winden (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Koyaanisquatsi sounds so familiar. I had heard about it, or seen something about it, so very long ago... one of those things I am sure that a long time ago I said, "I must see this", then forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me! Iain (who (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) The reason I mention Philip Glass is he did the music for KOYAANISQATSI, a movie which also uses a lot of up speeded clips. The repetitive music of Glass (Philip Glass joke: A friend of mine gave me a Philip Glass record. I listened to it for (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Thanks Jeroen, I had fun making it. It was a wee bit of a learning curve for VisualStudio, but I got it. I'll attempt to make the video for the vidcap for Sunday and get it up soon. I looked up Philip Glass--I liked the instrumental music for (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Supposedly I get my keys on Aug 1, so I'll be familiarizing myself and moving into my mew abode starting that Friday. So dinner would be inconvenient for me that weekend. Dave K (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:HIEB0J.3qs@lugnet.com... (...) Very nice, David, worth the download! Good music too, suits the movie (altough some Philip Glass would have been nice too). Jeroen (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.trains)
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Hey folks, Just thinking ahead-rtlToronto Monthly Dinner for August. Will it be August 1st or August 15th, namely before or after BrickFest? I'm for after, but I want to know what you think. Followup. So many things to do before BF: -Edit 2003 Demo (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Ya my first try I had a space in the zip file name, because I always seem to forget it about spaces. And I'm not smart enough to stop using them. :-) But it still didn't work after I corrected that. I'm on my way home, so I'll try it again (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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