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Back from Capital City:
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Thu, 18 Apr 2002 21:35:20 GMT
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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 Capital City Area rename as
required.
3. While In a mall in Capital City (the only mall connected to the
Westin) i could not help but notice that the Garbage Cans were
computerized. I am so NOT kidding. they had a person detector, as you
approached the can the door would automatically open, and on the front
of every can was a 3 digit counter. the counter did not change over
time or as people put stuff in the can. all the cans had a different
number. when I asked the person maintaining (i.e. emptying) the cans
what the counter was, the guy asked me "parle vous Francais" (?) (sorry
I type French even WORSE then i speak it; and All the French i ever
picked up was from spending 2 months in a dock yard in St. Nazaire(sp?)
France.... UGH, some day at dinner I will recant those dark days. On the
upside it was there that I got 2 HUGE technic lego sets)
The short answer is that I never did find out what the computer cans
were for. (other than the obvious)
3. Iain, (and other Mosaic builders) I have found a NON technic form
of lego that impress' me. check this out:
http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mathlego.htm
Any lego design that starts off life as a math formula is cool.
SOON, when i get my SUPER COMPUTER (now being built) i will take more
pics of lego.
4. At the risk of tempting the gods, I can now post to NNTP with no
problems. BUT the last time i posted a similar message NNTP went down
for me.
I think that is it for now.
Chris
Pretend this says something funny
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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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