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RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us
Date: 
Fri, 15 Oct 1999 20:57:46 GMT
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Larry wrote:

There may or may not be a free shuttle but my advice is learn the T.
Even if you're only in town for a weekend, it's a much better way to go.
Plus the trains are much tighter headings than the 1/2 hour heading a
shuttle is likely to be on.

<snipped out more gory transit details...>

Green line is light rail, and it's a lot different in appearance. Plus,
ride in the center if you can, so you can see the pivot in action when
they go around a corner. But watch your fingers!

Hmmm, Larry does not live in Boston, and yet he is intimately familiar
with the transit system. Coincidence, I think not.

The more likely explanation is that he is obsessed with trains, and LEGO,
and LEGO trains, and....

Seriously, thanks for the extra info....

Cheers,

Ralph Hempel - P.Eng

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The train stops at the train station,
The bus stops at the bus station,
So why am I sitting at a work station?
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Reply to:      rhempel at bmts dot com
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  Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
 
(...) Well, I WILL admit I had a mockup of a green line car partially completed but I just could not get a center pivot that looked good from the outside, worked, and would at least allow a minifig (turned sideways so he was only 1 stud wide) to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains)

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There may or may not be a free shuttle but my advice is learn the T. Even if you're only in town for a weekend, it's a much better way to go. Plus the trains are much tighter headings than the 1/2 hour heading a shuttle is likely to be on. A cab (...) (25 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)

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