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(...) Not in Massachusetts. (...) Which group of people is that? We were being completely peaceful. Even Shiri was being peaceful, and then all of the sudden a bunch of non-NELUG people showed up and started yelling at us. I see how that damages (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) there (...) You guys just aren't getting it are you??? Here, I'll spell it out! The thought of the adults starting another group is just as stupid as the thought of the Jr.Afol's starting another group.. It just won't happen will it? (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Well I think that would not be fair to the current membership. NELUG was started with a purpose and we defined that pretty well I think. I think to force us to change the rule for NELUG and force adults to start another group is unfair to (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Whoever wrote this about being bored by "just sit[ting] around talking" must not remember being younger than 18. Teenagers are not inherently bored by sitting and talking. Particularly teenagers as bright and sociable as Shiri seems to be. I (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Don't feel totally left out... they discriminate against out of area members too. :-) I've tried to become a member for years but there's this "you have to live in the pacific northwest" secret clause. ++Lar (26 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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Shiri- Sorry I cannot help you much, as I do not have much of a voice in this discussion. However, take a look at our website under membership: (URL) have a similar clause - It's nothing against those who are under 18, it's just a standard (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) restriction (...) Frank, for Ian (my 15 yr old son), I think it's pretty much of sense of "belonging" rather than feeling like a "second-class citizen" (whatever that tired cliche means). Other than that - maybe your name, info, links on their (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) What does one get by being a full member of PNLTC? (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) This thread's probably gone cold and stale by now, but for what it's worth.... I've been a closeted lurker on Lugnet for some months now; but as this issue is close to my heart, I had to brave the posting interface. And a reply to Todd's (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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"Mike Walsh" <mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote: <chop an excellent disertation> (...) ...When we (WAMALUG) were making up our Charter, we wrestled with the jrfol issue some too. Some of us, myself included, wanted to be part of the club mostly to be (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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FUT lugnet.org (...) Well I don't know about the other "True" LUGs but I don't think being a LUG as opposed to an LTC had anything to do with it. I think it mostly came down to the demographics of our group at the begining. Like Todd pointed out I (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.org)
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(...) This sounds like a good policy to me. The idea of a sponsor allows a junior member to attend if they are able to convince at least one person to give them a chance (and contribute sufficiently to the activities that the rest of the members (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Fx5tJo.F84@lugnet.com... [... snipped ... ] (...) so (...) I just returned from my parents house (Northern Virginia - I did make it to the LEGO Outlet, you just gotta like the scratch and (...) (26 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.nclug)
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(...) And 'chuh.org' isn't immediately recognizable as a high school - if it was chuh.k12.oh.us or something then the 'Student' URL would be a giveaway... (...) How were they? I'd have been there but I knew it would have been a transportation (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Funny, in the US anyway, it seems that the public transit that works the best was built a long time ago by private companies, and the public transit built recently in cities that didn't have any doesn't usually work at all. Here in Zurich, the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You know what? You're right. I hate that! FUT lugnet.org, who so far have missed out on the blast. Take your general questions there. (or maybe to lugnet.loc.it, I hear they're itching for some long post chains so they can pass lugnet.loc.uk (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org)
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Shiri Dori wrote: <snip> Hello all, It's always interesting to see what goes on here while I'm away. Well after reading the insane amounts of posts from yesterday, I couldn't help but post one myself. I guess I am what could be termed a lurking (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) The "the T" is Boston's subway/train system. Sort of like how they call it "Le Metro" in Paris or "the Underground" in London. In Miami, we call our subway/train sytem "A waste of money", mainly because we know Miami is a car city, so only (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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(...) Not nesseccarily, being a "student" can be considered in college as well. (...) I remember that on my first days on lugnet(1), not many people knew I was young (ish) and many people were surprised that I was 15 (at the time). Even yesterday! I (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us)
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