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| (...) yes. Steve "bearded Indiana guy" Hassenplug    (19 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| Won't miss it--i'll bring stuff to show. not spectacularly mond-boggling stuff and then some... just stuff Dave (...)    (19 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| I agree, we all should. But your still coming to dinner Friday? Derek (...)    (19 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| I should build more Dave K (...)    (19 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| Well duh! We spend all of our time stirring up trouble and eating Swiss Chalet. They actually spend their time building. :-) Derek (...)    (19 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| (URL) mean, check out the stuff!!!! Too many details overload!!! Dave K    (19 years ago, 19-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| (...) Does this 'something interesting' have something to do with our favourite bearded Indiana guy and the little plastic brick? Dave K -setting the VCR, taping over 'Gilmore Girls'....    (19 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | Re: Easing back into the swing of things.... 
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| (...) Is it a reed switch? (...) 5 minute epoxy. Much easier to control that hot melt glue. I just helped my daughter make a nature collage, and there were hot melt glue string everywhere... It was like we had been attacked my giant spiders or (...)   (19 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| Anyone here get the Discovery Channel Canada? I'm told there will be something interesting on "Daily Planet" tomorrow night at 7 and 11. Set your VCR (or other recording device) Steve    (19 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| After a brief vacation from this hobby, 'cause i was busy with other things and all... So I'm slowly getting back into it--balancing my appreciation for the brick with, well, other stuff... So with much further ado, here's me messing up a 2x4 red (...)   (19 years ago, 18-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| Hi folks, For lack of a better alternative: Monthly Dinner: Friday, October 20th, 2006. 7PM Swiss Chalet 5487 Dundas Street West Toronto, Ontario See you guys this Friday. Calum    (19 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| (...) I figured if I got hardware ready I could work on software at any time. I've also got a lot of train building to do, so now I can work on software at times I wouldn't be able to work on Lego building anyway. Although I do have a hardware (...)   (19 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| (...) Way to go! Mine is software complete :) -Rob A>    (19 years ago, 15-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| My Tic Tac Toe bot is now hardware complete. With the exception of the marker attachment. Because we haven't decided what marker to use. Derek    (19 years ago, 14-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | Re: K, that's it!  We're doing it!! 
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| (...) I started with 3. Then I thought about it, and went 3 to 5. Once you get beyond 5 or 6 pounds (with LEGO) then people are just being excessive. And, I know excessive. (...) Robot with melted clutch gear = not good Terminator-style claw still (...)   (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| (...) K, I like Steve's idea--I was going for the 24 by 24 with the 18+ battery boxes, but to keep things reasonable, the 12 x 12 is a perfectly good restriction 3-5 pounds? that's tough 'cause I remember building my tug o' war 'bot and trying to (...)   (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | Re: K, that's it!  We're doing it!! 
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| (...) hmm. Maybe worth a trip to Canada. (...) I'd think there should be at least a couple rules, to keep people (like me) from building robot that are just stupid-big. Something like 12x12 inches and 3 to 5 lbs should be plenty for most. Also, if I (...)   (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | K, that's it!  We're doing it!! 
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| Pulling a preemptive takeover, I'm running a 'bot competition!! After watching YouTube for a bit-- (URL) seeing what others are passing off as LEGO 'battlebot' things, and since Chris and I have been talking about it for YEARS!!!, I'm running a LEGO (...)   (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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| (...) I've seen RIS sets going for a little under retail until relatively lately--now they've seemed to dropped alot. But I've not kept close watch, so there were probably deals to be made even before the NXT Thanks for the info, Brian! Dave K    (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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|  |  | [rtlToronto] Dinner cancelled was, Re: Where to have dinner this week? 
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| (...) Well, Chris can't make it, I'm dead tired and I got no responses, so... ...I've decided to postpone dinner a week to next Friday. In the meantime, your suggestions are encouraged. Calum    (19 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto) 
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