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(...) That wasn't my point. I was saying that a public event where everyone isn't playing with LEGO would be safer (from the standpoint that nobody's private property would be likely to go missing) would be safer than if the events as they currently (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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This is my last post regarding this subject because the horse is more than dead, and if the concept cannot be comprehended, my continued blatherings are certainly not going to clarify. (...) Who would like to organize such an event? (...) SAFER? (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) That's definitely a good idea. (...) Well, it's still only for those people that have actually caught wind of what's gonna be talked about. I can understand why you enjoy the kind of get-togethers that the VLC has currently, and I would never (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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After the discussions on Friday, I did some thinking... One thing that became obvious is that trying to have business discussions as part of a "zoo" member play event like Fridays is difficult. People (eg ME) just don't remember things that are (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Well, I went to Legoland Windsor last summer (pics are on my web page) but because we only had time to "do" miniland there just wouldn't be a presentation in it. If there were several people who had been to the different Legolands, that might (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Well, for getting someone to talk about their excursion to LEGOland, the first thing to do would be to to find somebody in our little group who's actually been there that is hopefully willing to spend some time talking about it. Anyone? (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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As I've been saying... These are all wonderful ideas -- the question becomes, who is willing to undertake the task? Ideas are never lacking... only support. Xandria PS: Personally, I enjoy the Member meetings very much and would prefer Member (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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So... let's talk about it. I think it wouldn't be a bad idea for a meeting to have one or two people speak who've been to LEGOland. I haven't gone there yet, and I think it'd it'd be a real hoot to hear about somebody's experiences there. Maybe a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Yes, I'm an avid .trains reader. As soon as I get the page done I'll post it to trains and such. Thanks for the kind words. I'll endeavor to be quick about it. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Dean Husby wrote in message <394BB912.29F9E5D3@a....bc.ca>... (...) Nice work. It looks like the complex slopes from the droid fighter are finding plenty of uses. I see you also did 4565 in yellow. I hope you'll post to .trains when you've got (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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greetings and salutations: I believe I can safely say we had another successful meeting. Kevin's creations always inspire maximum drool factor. by the way, thank you for the donation of those awesome posters to the VLC. Dave -- it is wonderful to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Mark, What you describe is exactly what we have been saying all along, and what I tried to also explain last night -- the concept of Public Events. Until such time as the majority of the members of the VLC deem it unnecessary, there will be two (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I may not be the sort of person who will always be the first to admit he was wrong, but hey, aren't people allowed to make mistakes? When I first saw the idea of a "secret" location in connection with an advertised club, the concept made me somewhat (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Aren't trains an integral part of any townscape ? (...) I had been wondering what use people would find for the droid fighter brown bits. They go well with the brown part-arches. A nice MOC ! (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) As you all saw, I only showed off my new goodies I've created. I'll have some pics of the goodies up soon. There was my Old style Cable car & my 4565 train in BLUE. Some temporary pics can be found here: (URL) make a new page soon. The 'a' (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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we will have lots of road plate as well.we have all kinds of assorted plates from various eras. I am not 1 00 percent certain about this, but we may also have our special Lego tables by then. We cannot wait to show them off -- the workmanship is (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I just went through all my road plates and stuck labels on the bottom in order to bring them to the meeting, and realised I have very few T and X road junctions. I hope someone has more and is planning on bringing them! Things to bring.... buildings (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) You bring up a good point in that you do need to know something about the club/ someone insdie the club in order to attend the meetings. This is quite true. There may very well be another LUGOLA that doesn't use LUGNET to communicate to one (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I am not able to make any commitments to helping out until I've at least attended a meeting. I'll be there tomorrow and can discuss the idea with you further at that time. (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) IIRC, our agreement about kids was that to come on their own they had to be 15 or over, but that people could bring younger kids and stay to supervise them, which would obviously cover you. I brought my daughter and a friend from her school (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'll do that. As it was, I felt it necessary to obtain some assurance that this club wasn't just some sort of LEGO equivalent to a stereotypical high-society club where only "important" people can get in. Or worse, some kind of cover for some (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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The type of meeting you describe falls under our "Public Events" and not "Member Events". Such a public event would be advertised EVERYWHERE possible to inspire growth and attention. However, the initial group of VLC Members decided to have both (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) At the moment, the space being used is large enough, and yes it's communal-use space on private property. If it becomes too small - which I predict it will quite soon - then we'll need to look for alternatives eg schools, libraries, churches (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Dean and Alexandria, Thanks for your polite responses to my commentary on this issue. I realize that my tone may have easily incited some degree of wrath (and it has, in fact, from one person so far... I'm sure more will follow). Most of the clubs (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Mark, The points you raise here might be valid. Still, these clubs (VLC or any other LEGO-oriented clubs) aren't going to put up signs all around town saying "come to our lego club", or actively publishing their meetings. Most of the local groups (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Yes, as was discussed during the first meeting that we wanted the members to agree to the rules which the members created. We only have a few rules. Every one present agreed to them. The VLC is a democracy. The Co-founders do not OWN the VLC. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Yes, I've encountered the same situation myself. (...) True enough. We are working on this. We do have a postal application form and some flyers advertising the club in a couple toy stores around Vancouver. We would like more exposure to grow (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Hey Mark, shut up, will ya? You're really starting to annoy me, and I don't even live in Vancouver. You're treating a Lego club like there's some innate human right to be a member of it, and that everyone is invited by virtue of knowing of a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org)
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(...) I know a few other fans of LEGO, but I don't personally know anyone else who knows about LUGNET or the VLC (...) Only applicable if a person happened to know to look there in the first place. (...) As I said... I just call it as I see it. Not (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) "do the members want..."? I have only one word to say: "Exlusivity". I have no interest in seeing the personal safety of an individual jeapordized, but I would have to wonder if it's in the best interests for a person so endangered to be (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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The steps to join the VLC are very simple. 1. Go to website. 2. Fill out Join form. 3. Receive e-mail from co-founders with all details. 4. Go to meetings. 5. Have fun. Where is the exclusivity? I'd really like to know. Xandria (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Sorry, but I call it as I see it. Exclusivity is how it was looking from where I was sitting. As I said in my last message, the whole point of going to a club meeting is to *BE* sociable and make new friends. If everybody at a club always (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I've noted that a lot of you people are now sending nasty messages regarding the unfortunate public disclosure of the locations Address. I have the following points in regards to this: 1. It is a condition of the Owners of the 'Location' that the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) [snip] (...) You are singing my song Mark. I was quite offended by this thread and the suggestion to kill the newgroup(Hmmm play that by me again there Bub?). I suggest lets start VLC-II and/or just *Ignore* them. DaveG (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) our (...) Good point. Of course I don't answer the door if I don't know who it is, just as I don't answer the phone if I don't know who it is. KL (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) How do you find new members? Simple...that's one of the reasons LUGNET exists. If not for LUGNET, Henry, myself, and the other members of LUGOLA never would have met. A valid email address, a basic knowledge of the Los Angeles area, and a love (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I can't speak for them, but if I were to hold such an event at my *home* (and I have), I'd like to limit and/or restrict what kind of -- and size of -- crowd comes through my door. Is it exclusive? Sure. It's my *home*. Plus, there's the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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You know, there's something about this thread I find vaguely disturbing... Most specifically, this comment: "In order to maintain a sense of order and control (for example, unknown people arriving and causing problems for members) during the (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Thank you. Sorry to cause trouble. Xandria (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Someone please clue me in on exactly what has happened here and what needs to be done to fix them problem? From what I gather from the sidelines here, someone (Dave) accidentally posted private information which someone else (Alexandria) (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Please see this post. Todd has offered to cancel the post but he needs information to do so. (URL) Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) For what it's worth, it looks like Dave has asked for the post to be cancelled, but I do still have a general question of how this type of situation will be resolved if the original poster either can't be got a hold of, or doesn't cooperate in (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I certainly do not want to get a court order to have this taking care of. Yes, we are very upset. What upsets me more is that there seems to be no way or no one willing to remove this post containing our private information. We took a risk in having (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Interesting, to be sure! Does the Lugnet front-page disclaimer cover this sort of thing, along the lines of: "All content is provided as is"? Dave! (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) You should cancel the message. Your newsreader probably has a function to do this somewhere. [ followup-to .admin.general ] (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) IMMEDIATELY! I'm curious as to how Todd is going to handle issues like this. This seems like a very reasonable request to remove personal information. I just can't see how Todd can avoid canceling messages (or are folks who are truly concerned (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.admin.general)
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Hi Alexandria, I'm really sorry. I screwed up. Big time. Please accept my sincerest apologies. I made a mistake about where the original message came from. I thought I was replying to the email containing the address, but I see that I was mistaken. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Dear Dave: We are absolutely outraged by your ignorance in publicly issuing this address. It has been said and mentioned time and time again in e-mails to NOT post this address in any way, shape or form publicly. We have our reasons for maintaining (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) meeting. (...) The only thing that offends me is as an owner/builder of this set is that I think Lego could have made it look less like something I did when I was twelve. Great ship, would not be caught dead without the model, but somehow the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Hi, This is probably gonna annoy some people, but I'll take a chance anyways. I've picked up a Millenium Falcon from TRU recently and I'm offering it to anybody in the Vancouver area for $149.99 - 20% + tax = $136.79 (which is what I paid for it). (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Where is the Town meeting this Friday, I am new to Vancouver, so specific directions would help. Silas a new VLC member (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Hi all, Just posting to say that I will be out of town for friday's meeting, and I'll sorely miss it! Please take beaucoup pix (Thanks in advance, X ;-), and I'll see you all in a month or so. Robin (24 years ago, 11-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Some damn kid with a pin no doubt. GRIN Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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It's been a while since you were in Victoria James, I am sad to inform you that Red Balloon is no more. Silas James Powell wrote in message ... (...) any (...) or (...) can (...) at (...) is (...) but if (...) Steve (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Easy to get around eh... OK I guess it doesn't have any curves then! They are what cause the problem. I'll be bringing a couple of houses and the open-air market and a formal park/garden, at least, and maybe a couple of other things, plus lots of (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'm going to have at least two items. Depends on my time. A MINT building and a commuter rail. (Not telling what kind) [Kevin, don't worry, this one will be easy to get around... GRIN] Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Not sure about cheaper, that is really a set/set comparison, usually you can find stuff cheaper in the US. There is little to be had in the way of good/different lego now in the Victoria area, you might check the Zellers at Tillicum Mall for (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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just wondering what everyone is creating for the town at the next meeting? I'm tossing around a few ideas in my head, but am not sure. Hopefully we will have another great turnout. Xandria -- This message was created entirely hands-free with Dragon (...) (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I'm going to be in Victoria on Saturday and I was wondering if there were any good stores to hit for LEGO finds? Anything I wouldn't find in the States or places that would be cheaper than the States? Thanks! (24 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Hi, Shiri! Well then... bigger pics it is next time. The problem is we have a very old digital camera and while it grabs in 640 X 480, at that size it's a little blurry... so I shrink the image to increase quality. So perhaps I'll try something (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I agree! I'm definitely inspired, I was wondering what I should put in my castle's torture chamber... now I know! Thanks :-) That big castle (Dark forest style?) looked really good! Like Jeff said, bigger pics would be cool. -Shiri (24 years ago, 17-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) size (...) 320 X (...) clicked (...) thing. Great display, bigger pics would be better. High percentage of torture devices and castley things would make the VLC my type of group.(Sydney,Australia is a bit of a swim though). The Sydney AFOL (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I'd be happy to attend, but I regret I can not bring any creations with me, since my Lego is still in Victoria. Maybe I will grab a bit of my collection the next time I cross the water and build something small. Either way, I will be there. Silas (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Hi Silas! You'll be welcome at any and all VLC meetings. Guess what: theme for the next meeting (June 16th) is TOWN! How appropriate! Bulid something and bring it along... there'll be roads laid out for us to tuck our creations into. Kevin (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Hey there Lego fans! I just moved to Vancouver last week, but I have been a Lugnet member for a while now, so I already knew about the VLC. I am here just for the summer (contract work), so I won't be much of a long term VLC member, but I would (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I know how that is. :) I started my castle months ago, and still haven't finished it... :\ (...) 640x480 is probably best for detail vs. size. If you have a limited amount of server space, you can always upload the larger images to Brickshelf, (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Thanks much. I would have had more torture devices, but lacked time. What size pictures would be best? They are grabbed at 640 X 480, then I shrink them to 320 X 240 -- then thumbnails are made of the latter. The tiny thumbnails can be clicked (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Wow, those are really cool torture devices! I really liked that Iron Maiden. ;) The castles are great, too. I hope you can get some more, bigger, pictures of them. It looks like you all had a lot of fun! :) I also looked at some of the older (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.castle)
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Followups 1 level higher this time to lugnet.org OK based on some of the descusion today I gave a try at some pages tonight and here is what I've got. Basically this is a single thread of pages as it stands from a world map down to the regional US (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.nl, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.org.us.dixielug, lugnet.org.us.gmlug, lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.wafol, lugnet.org.us.wamalug) !
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An amazing time was had by all at the recent Vancouver Lego Club meeting. More details later, but for now, enjoy the pictures... (URL) Gallery, then May 5, 2000 gallery. Xandria please follow-up to lugnet.org.ca.vlc (24 years ago, 9-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I haven't seen your name in the areas I read (Trains and robotics) I don't venture into the other areas. If you did then you'd notice that my wife and I STARTED the first Canadian Lego CLUB (See my sig at the bottom. That DOES mention lego. My (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) And what would you call your message? Ironic, isn't it? If you were offering free space for LEGO-related web sites, I would let this slide, but you're charging, and haven't mentioned LEGO at all... --Bram Bram Lambrecht.........Br...L@JUNO.com (...) (24 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.admin.general)
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Hello. I'd like to announce that my web server has some web space available and that I'd like to offer it to a few lugnet users. It would be hosted on my new business server at (URL) www.speakeasysolutio...<YOURNAME> Each account would get 5 megs of (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Very exciting stuff. Unfortunately, my arms have been giving me terrible grief lately and I haven't built as much as I'd like. But I do have a few torture devices... smirk. I've a couple days yet... ;-) Building during the meet sounds great! This (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Ahhh, I did say that, didn't I! Well, you might get lucky. It's been awhile since I've done any serious building, and I'm remembering how much time it takes!!! I may not get around to creating any seige engines. I should, however, have my (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Hi all, So who's bringing what this Friday? Just wanna know so that I can start getting excited, that's all... :) I'm bringing my castle (I know Robin wants to lay siege to it), although it's a small potato compared to the other ones that others (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I've been playing with that as well. I have about 4' by 10' for my entire layout. (Plus a little L shape on the end 2.5') I've been trying to build a yard that is small but useful. It's been tough. I've got an idea in the track designer have (...) (24 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Ya, I've been thinking of items I'd want. Tiles are high on the list as are good windows (For modern buildings). I also want Tecnic air tanks and girders. Train trucks in different colours!!! etc... (...) With horrific penalties if you backed (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I'd be interested in bulk buys (surprise!) for Bricksmiths and eBay sales purposes as well as my own personal wants. There is some work involved in being the one to put the order in , split up the resulting piles into individual people's (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I would spend tons of money on tiles... Anybody else with me? :) Bryan (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Well, sorting our lego has turned into a larger task then we thought. I've semi sorted the gray. But the rest are still unsorted. (Just colour sorted) Our damn hands keep acting up and that's slowing us down. Xan has created a few torture (...) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) You've seen my place, it was hard enough to spare the room just for the hopper! Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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That's very clever Dean! How are you going to fit it into the Castle theme next meeting? :-) Next time a plain background for the pics would make it a lot easier to work out what's going on though. Kevin (24 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) It looks quite good. I have a blue hopper now :) and don't find it all that great of a design (don't get me wrong, I'd buy another 12 if I could, but, not at $60/each). I think that you can make some amazing lego train creations, if you look (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Bravo! Very clever inversions at just the right time. It's non operational, of course, since you didn't have the very custom baseplate... (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I've been trying to create a fleet of Hoppers without having to use rare parts that I do not posses. Below is my first attempt and I think it worked out pretty good. (URL) love to hear your comments. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (...) (24 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) True; I noticed that too. Maybe the numbers mean that the minimum order on 1x1's will be X, and the minimum order on 2x4's will be Y, with X being more than Y. I'm thinking they'll do this for cost reasons; pay a larger sum for a large lot of (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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In lugnet.org.ca.vlc, Dean Husby writes: Sorry, don't mean to intrude, but I saw this on the 'all messages' overview and had to comment: (...) The '1000' was never stated to be a minimum - it was just an example, to contrast with 1 each of 1,000 (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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Well, Brad has sent a message... I did notice one odd thing... HE stated that a min of 1000 of one element would be needed then in the next paragraph he said 50 or 100 depending on the element size... Very odd. However, we as a group should discuss (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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oh yeah!!!!! going to check it out now!!! Xan (...) -- Xandria Editrix, Akasa Publishing xandria@akasa.bc.ca As a result of my chronic tendonitis, I am unable to utilize a computer conventionally. In order to use a computer, including writing this (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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Hi, I was just wondering if any of you people would be interested in volunteering at the Vancouver International Children's Festival. It lasts from Monday May 29th until Sunday June 4th. So how is this Lego related? Well, there are various (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) I have lots of castle minifigs, but most of them are hiding in Rubbermaid boxes. Therefore, this current castle is sparsely populated. :) Hmm, I've never focused on any one item in particular (structure vs characters), but personally I like (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) viewed it with a fixed pitch font ;-). Thanks for the new schematic. Do you have a lot of minifigs in and around the castle. When I build, I typically focus on the structure and the architecture, but I'm (re)learning that most people (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Excellent! Can't wait to see them. (...) Nice find. Hope the motor still works ;-) Robin (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) (URL) 8318) Bryan (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) May 5th?! That's too far away! :) Anyways, seems like my li'l picture didn't come out very well so I've created a *simple* drawing showing the layout of my castle. You can find it at: (URL) I don't know what will compliment it... After seeing (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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(...) Lucky find! Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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I'll probably be bringing a friend from my daughter's school with me, he has a great mountain fortress-type castle and has been building working siege engines lately. he also traded me most of a Metroliner for stuff he needed... it's now been washed (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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