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| (...) The point was brought up elsewhere that SLLUGNET is too close to LUGNET by name, without any of the official affiliations (1) -- a potential trademark dilution problem for LUGNET. Cheers, - jsproat 1. "official affiliations" -- say that 10 (...) (27 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | |  | | Utah name dicussion: lug or no lug
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| In lugnet.loc.us.ut, Eric Kingsley writes: In response to the name proposal for SLLUG or SLUGGNET ...it would be nice to have some uniformity (Makes us look all the more organized which can't hurt). ...it may actually help us as a larger LEGO (...) (27 years ago, 19-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | |  | | Re: More name ideas
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| (...) Well again my 2 cents... Just to be anti-uniform for anti-uniformity's sake is not allways the way to go in my opinion. I am not suggesting some sort of Facist or Socialist standard that we all must follow and then Salute to the LEGO flag of (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | |  | | Re: More name ideas
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| (...) Ahhhh, I like SLLUG! And next to a lake absolutely *filled* with salt... :-, SLLUGNET is really cool too. (...) Well, I don't speak for the others, but I'm decidedly anti-uniform. I'm not against the idea of calling ourselves a "LUG", but (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | |  | | Re: More name ideas
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| (...) Congrats on a great meeting and what appears to be another strong LEGO group. If I may throw in my 2 cents worth here as far as a name goes. There are currently 3 general LEGO User Groups or "LUG's" in existance (BayLUG, NELUG, and GMLUG) and (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | |  | | More name ideas
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| Here are some more proposed names for our nameless Lego group: UTACS--Utah tube and clutch society SLLUG--Salt Lake Lego Users Group ("SLUG") DBUG--Deseret Brick Users Group ULUG--Utah Lego Users Group ULEC--Utah Lego Enthusiasts Club ULC--Utah Lego (...) (27 years ago, 18-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ut, lugnet.loc.us.ut.slc, lugnet.org.us)
| | |  | | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> wrote in message news:FJnF0x.rn@lugnet.com... (...) Many thanks Eric. You can bet I will have a folded up copy of those instructions in my pocket Thursday night. Mike G. (27 years ago, 16-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | |  | | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| (...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.trains)
| | |  | | RE: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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| (...) <snipped out more gory transit details...> (...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
| | |  | | Re: Help me plan for Mindfest.
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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 (...) (27 years ago, 15-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.org.us)
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