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(...) IMHO, overlap of groups/territory is a Very Good Thing. For example, even though NELUG officially includes NT state, it's really mostly today a Greater Boston Area group, for most practical purposes. (Might change in the future, who knows, but (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: NYCLUG, Anyone?
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(...) Such a group already exists and it's called GardenSLUG, covering NJ, NY, and PA. Another group, NELUG, has Boston covered and another, WAMALUG takes care of Baltimore. See (URL) for more about these groups. GardenSLUG got started back in July. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Get on the Gardenslug Announcements mail list!
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Attention Gardenslug Members and Interested Persons in NJ, NYC/NY, PA, DE, wherever: In case you didn't know about it, there is a mail list for announcements and planning Gardenslug meetings. Use this web page to get on the list: (URL) run on pair, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.ny, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.de)
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Attention Gardenslug Members and Interested Persons in NJ, NYC/NY, PA, DE, wherever: In case you didn't know about it, there is a mail list for announcements and planning Gardenslug meetings. Use this web page to get on the list: (URL) run on pair, (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: How do I join?
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(...) One way is to invite us over to your house. (: We'll bring Lego and pizza and have good conversations. That's the club's business, so far. There's not really a joining process right now. Just attend a meeting. The flu this week is making me (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: Next Meeting: Sat Oct 7 2pm at Erik's
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Hello all, We have the flu at my house. I'm on the mend but I don't think it's a good idea to have company. (You can get the vaccine the easy way at your doctor.) I suggest trying the next weekend, Saturday Oct 14. I'm wondering if Sunday would work (...) (24 years ago, 5-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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Hi all, I live in Flemington NJ and would like to be a part of GardenSLUG. How do I go about this? My collection consists of mostly trains. I'm in the process of building a main street for the town.. THanks Jim (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: Next Meeting: Sat Oct 6 2pm at Erik's
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(...) I'm basically just responding to this to send it out to the .loc groups. If you're within driving distance of NYC or Philly, check out GardenSLUG and GET INVOLVED! Chris (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa, lugnet.loc.us.ny)
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| | Re: Next Meeting: Sat Oct 7 2pm at Erik's
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That should have read Sat Oct 7! (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Next Meeting: Sat Oct 6 2pm at Erik's
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Next Meeting: Sat Oct 6 2pm at Erik's My apologies for not putting the notice here. Not everyone has been informed yet. Email me for directions on getting here. Or join the maillist and I'll send it there again. The list (see earlier posts here) (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Hello all
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Hi everybody, my name is Dan Allen, but my nickname is Dead or Deadmaker. I am interested in becoming GardenSlug's newest member. I live in Southern NJ, so my house is not very good for haveing a meeting at(assuming most of you are in the New York (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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Hey, Anyone need anything from continental Europe? ;) I have two huge toy stores here in Leiden, and I also have some nearby shell stations with a limited sassortment of promotional sets. (I know the pitstop one is available.) Otherwise, everything (...) (24 years ago, 24-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | A GardenSLUG ?
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Hello all. I haven't been able to sit down with a calendar to see when I am available for our next meeting, but I will try to do that this weekend. But, on another note, I was building, and came up with a little something: (URL) he/she cute? -Andy (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: So when's the next meeting?
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I'll also put my foot down! Try to email me by the end of Wednesday 8/23, so maybe we can start soliciting for a host by Thursday. Purdy please. See? This slug has a steel-like backbone!!! (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: So when's the next meeting?
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Unless someone wants to volunteer right now, I still think it would help to know what dates people just can't make it, since that at least narrows down the possibilities and would also help the person who does end up hosting nail down a better date (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: So when's the next meeting?
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(...) Here's what needs to happen: Someone (like I did before) decide that they're hosting it. (Not, could host it, but _will_ host it.) Then, that someone try to find a date that works for as many people as possible. Once you find out that almost (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.pa.phi, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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| | Re: Gardenslug Jambalaya box?
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(...) Cool. (...) So you're imagining it only for the members to trade with at meetings? I guess that might facilitate trades, but in those cases, it would be generally easy to just offer trades to people. (...) OK, that's a little twist. I like the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Mailing List Started!
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I went ahead and created a mailing list. Use this web page to join it: (URL) some people will feel more comfortable with posting to the list stuff like what weekends they're not home, though the important thing is what weekends people prefer. It's (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Start a Mailing List?
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I think it is a good idea to have a private club email list. The main use would be to post instructions to your home, privately instead of publicly on org.us.gardenslug. Think of sensitive information like "I'm out of town these weekends... Here's (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | So when's the next meeting?
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Subject says it all. I think we should try to nail down a specific date and time. The sooner I find out about the date the better the chance I can make it. I'd also be willing to act as a host. I live in New City in Rockland County, NY (about 5-10 (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Gardenslug Jambalaya box?
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Kinda quiet here. Topic: Jambalaya box! I have yet to see one of these, maybe I can start one here! The idea: a bag or box of parts passes around Gardenslug members and you take out what you like and put something else in. According to the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: SCORE!
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(...) Hm, that one too--but I was thinking of one specifically under discussion in .loc.au, or was that to be appended to Eric's? best Lindsay (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: SCORE!
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(...) (URL) (someone there has constructed a "world LUG" graphic)? Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> --Todd (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: SCORE!
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(...) The value of such a small flog for the hosting site can't be overestimated, though--it's not an obnoxious popup window or popout banner ad, so that's instantly better. (...) I'm basically functional, although I think my "guruism" ended with (...) (24 years ago, 3-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: SCORE!
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(...) Survey: how many here are webmaster geeks? I'm not that talented at making things look good, but I can do Perl/CGI. For some other sites I have planned, I was going to take out a pair.com account (where lugnet is hosted if you didn't know). I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: SCORE!
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From: "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> <snip> (...) we (...) be (...) going (...) how (...) about (...) a Follow-up to this: A friend of mine is offering us web space for our LUG, he is asking that on each page that we host, we have a 1/2" (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: GardenSlug Meetings When/Where?
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(...) time. (...) picturesque (...) minute (...) click (...) the (...) got (...) would (...) I (...) Maybe my place (St. George, Staten Island - 5 minute bus ride or 10 minute walk from the ferry) would be more centraly located: easy driving commute (...) (24 years ago, 1-Aug-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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| | Re: SCORE!
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(...) Auctioning would be a good idea in the case where there are just a couple of "really good" pieces and not everyone can get one. For everything else we can do a draft where the person who picks first in the first round picks last in the second (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Doesn't New York also have "The Boulevard?" I know that LA gets "The Strip," right? ;) LFB (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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In lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, Andy Lynch and I write: (...) Well, I guess we would randomly determine someone to pick first, and we would just take turns drawing an element off the table or whatever. Not everyone would get everything they wanted, but (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: SCORE!
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Weeks" <clweeks@eclipse.net> <snip> (...) we (...) be (...) going (...) how (...) about (...) I'm not certain how we should handle this financially. The fee to register a domain name used to be $70 for (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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| | Re: GardenSlug Meetings When/Where?
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(...) Well that is a nice sweetmeat, but, the residents of The City over bere beg to differ. We also have The Street and The Avenue (Wall, and 5th). Westminster huh... (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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(...) Me too. Nice dogs are nice. (Much like people.) (...) No problem. Actually, that's usually their room, but I moved a bed and the cat tree out before putting the HEPA air filter in. And as a correction on what I said before the meeting, our (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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Hi Bianca, I doubt that I would have any problem with a dog wandering during our meeting, as long as he was reasonably well-behaved, and didn't enjoy eating Lego. I have a 110 pound dog myself, and enjoy having dogs around quite a bit. Other people (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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Hey Erik, I'm not real fond of going into The City, but if the directions are good, and I can use mass transit, then that improves the odds of my attending. :-) On the other hand, I don't know what kind of MOCs I'd be bringing on mass transit, (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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| | Re: GardenSlug Meetings When/Where?
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(...) Erik, your house is surrounded by formidable queens? What did you do to them, steal all of the size-12 high heels in the city? ;) If I may indulge an Anglophile moment, only Westminster is usually referred to as "The City"--I'm not exactly (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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(...) I like the brick separator with two trans-neon-orange eyes, maybe on green 1x1 cylinders for eyestalks. :) (...) Weiss-bier, was aus die Kühe kommt? Das hat kein Alkohol, und heißt "Milch." Gut für Kinder! I'm not sure I'll consume anything (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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I can also offer the finished basement of my family house, which could probably handle a meeting for about 8 people or so comfortably (less if they are all into trains :-), with a max of about 13. As far as that goes, I'm in central NJ, about 1 hour (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:398325A4.70F9F9...msu.edu... (...) just (...) planning (...) (so long (...) I think Lindsay has a point. Unless we are in the middle of a project/exhibition, it may be fun just to (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug)
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(...) Until something comes up, I can make any of those days. (...) No sweat for me. I'm from the midwest where we view distance quite differently. (The 17 hour drive do my folks' house is no biggie, so two hours into The City is peanuts.) (...) But (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny)
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