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I was at Winners at the Dufferin Mall (the one a block above College, I think--Dave, the Torontonian, knows not the Big Smoke...) Anyway, at Winners there were lotsa LEGO sets, can't remember all the numbers, but there were a few big Arctic sets for (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) It's actually on College (at Yonge). You mean you were a block from my place and you didn't drop by? Shame! SHAME! (...) Unless they've been snapped up already, there are a pair of big 6199 Hydro Crystallization Stations there, but off in a (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) One of the few things I know about the Big Smoke is Yonge Street. I was nowhere near that one. The Winners I was at is across from I think is Dufferin Grove Park. It's a quick walk from Landsdowne and College (where my girlfriend lives). The (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Is "Big Smoke" a nickname for Toronto? If so, where did it come from? Iain (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Iain, (1) From what I can remember, this term dates back to 1936. In 1936 a HUGE fire broke out in a waterfront pulp and paper warehouse. Three people lost there lives. Reports in the local paper at the time (the Torontonian) say that the (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Well I guess I'm lucky then...I have 2 Winners right near my house... approx. 5 minutes each way. East-side St. Kitts Rules!!! (Except the one Zellers on the West side has a better selection, and there tend to be more finds on the Walmart on (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hey Ben, I'll trade you a 9V geared (ie, the Mindstorms kind) for the non geared...will bring it to the next meeting if you remind me. Calum (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No problem...I'll have to test it out to double check it works alright. Had 2 of them, but sold one... will remind you a day or two before the next dinner.... Ben (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Oh! we’re doin’ trades!!! ~I'm in… Ben, I've got the customized knight made for you. Hopefully you can bring the archer from the Guarded Inn with the flared bullet helm to trade. And also, since you have a few Bull’s Attack sets, would it be (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Still sitting here waiting to go. I actually have one more large and one more medium shirt, then I need to buy a new batch. My long term goal is new shirts (same pattern, maybe different shirt colours) by BrickFest. I said this nearly a year (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Friday, June 7th. ???? But I planned my vacation around the general principle that dinners would be on the second Friday of each month. This mean I will miss dinner for the first time since I started coming to rtlToronto dinners. If I get on (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Does anyone object to the 14th? I don't mind moving it. I just mailed Dave and he was good with the 14th too (he originally asked me to set a time about a week ago) Calum (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Fine by me :} Jeff VW (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Derek Raycraft" <derek.raycraft@sitraka.com> wrote in message news:3CF39175.807090...aka.com... (...) Spadina? A better question would be, if you get on one of the new trains, do you spontaneously die, or just melt to death? (I. cannot. TOLLERATE. (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) errr I only have 1 Bull's Attack. (...) I can spare a flag...I'll give it to you for free. (...) I'll bring the flag, the archer, and the ungeared (old) 9v motor with me to the next dinner (on the 14th, if I don't have drill - I'll have to (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I'll see if I can find out. Would you like pictures? :-) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Wicked! And if I can make it (I'll confirm a day or two before) I'll being my customized knight for you, the $13 for the T-shirt and a few Town minifigs for Calum. (for the brown hood) Oh, and I've finally developed a few of my competition (...) (22 years ago, 29-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Derek Raycraft" <derek.raycraft@sitraka.com> wrote in message news:3CF4ED91.800050...aka.com... (...) Not of the new hardware! Like I said, the old stuff is flawless. The new trains are these gigantic, massive, anticompliant, incompatable blobs of (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) We'd have to saw out the fibreglass to make a window for the "driver". Sigh :) Calum (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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"Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GwwGqD.Gpp@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Sigh :) Oh let's not start on that, shall we. Sawing fibreglass? How's this for mutilation? (URL) is suposedly the first "All-American" Maglev. (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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