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I plan to be there Friday to load, but won't have my van. I probably will have it Sunday for tear down, though. Don't think I'll be there Saturday. What time? -Brian A. (21 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Last minute GATS info
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(...) From experience, the gap is still set-up time. 9:30am is the deadline for claiming your tables before they either give them away or sell them to someone on the waiting list. You can set-up from 7am straight to 11am. Russell BayLTC/BayLUG (21 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Last minute GATS info
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We only have a couple of days before it's time to set up everything at the Fair Grounds. Brian Darrow has already posted this, but here's the GATS schedule again in case anyone forgot: Set-up: Friday Jan. 2 -- 2:30pm to 7:30pm Saturday Jan 3 -- (...) (21 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: GATS schedule and possible U-Haul rental
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(...) If I remember correctly Tom only had one table in his van, and brian had a bunch of boxes and one table. Plus now we have john kyle who might haul some stuff. Jeramy could you call tom and see if he can help? I think it would be better for (...) (21 years ago, 31-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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Hey everyone! It's about that time to have ourselves a train show! I am a little concerned about the schedule though. Last time we relied upon Tom Coleman and Brian Alano for vans, but I do not see them on the schedule. Should I rent a U-Haul? (...) (21 years ago, 31-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: 40 % Off Train Shed & Our Lady of the Snow Shrine
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(...) Hi Thomas, Thanks for the info on the whole set-up. Very interesting stuff. We sure miss your contributions to the club down here in HoosierLand. Perhaps you can start on a doctorate at IUPUI ;-) ttyl, Brian D (21 years ago, 31-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: 40 % Off Train Shed & Our Lady of the Snow Shrine
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(...) The client required that everything be glued. I don't think there were any pieces that needed the glue for support. . .but then again, I let the standing sheep stand on its own for maybe 30 seconds before putting the supports back in and (...) (21 years ago, 30-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Lego Find (Dollar General)
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(...) I got a few small LEGO sets for Christmas, and they all had VERY CHEAP Dollar General price tags on them. I only received 1 of the Battle Droid sets. My mom and brother said that they had tons of those left. I went to both of the Dollar (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-03, to lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: 40 % Off Train Shed & Our Lady of the Snow Shrine
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(...) Hi Thomas, Thanks for the info on TrainBuilder Productions, LLC. That was actually my project for the day ... to find out who was involved in the corporation. The scope and size of the display would lead one to believe that TLC, with their (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: 40 % Off Train Shed & Our Lady of the Snow Shrine
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(...) TrainBuilder Productions, LLC out of Auburn, WA with the shop in Federal Way, WA. This was my job from August to November (ah, having a job. . .). I worked primarily on the cow and sheep. Other people who contributed majorly to the project (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | 40 % Off Train Shed & Our Lady of the Snow Shrine
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Greetings IndyLUGers, Just returned from our St. Louis Christmas pilgrimage to celebrate the Holiday with family. While there we stopped by West County Mall for purposes other than LEGO, and much to my delight they had a LEGO Kiosk with some of (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Updated January 2-4 GATS schedule
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Here is the updated link for the schedule: (URL) are several people that I don't have times for. If you are on of them please e-mail me with your times you can help WE now ONLY HAVE 7 COMMITED to the show. mark (21 years ago, 26-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Cool new playtable
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(...) In some states (including California) you may not have to pay the premium. Someone must have filed suit because the fine print in the last newspaper guest pass stated that there was no surcharge in CA and a couple of other states IIRC. Which (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) IIRC they also take Discover, or used to (...) I bet shipping it to the eBay winner wasn't going to be cheap. That winner probably paid 2x what it would have cost to get it from Sams then... I personally don't need one, my kids have outgrown (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) The Sam's Club price is $150 ~ $160. If you're not a member, you can download a guest pass (Google it) and pay a 10% premium. Sam's is cash or check only. BTW, its a big box. -Rob. (not a Sam's Club member but took a look at the table (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Thanks for finding this, looks like a legitimate product to me. Given that it includes 4 pieces of actual furniture, 250 is not a totally outrageous price(1) (although I'd be curious to see what it costs if you were to just buy it in a store (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I saw this same thing up on ebay a few weeks ago. It definitely looks like something that Lego made--it's got the Make and Create graphics on it, and I couldn't spot a set number on the pictures. Here's the ebay link (auction now closed, so it (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Lego Find
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Dollar General (at least the one at 10th and Girl School Road) had a lot (~40) of the Lego Battle Droid sets (2 droids and a droid commander) at 2 for $1.. .sorry they're all gone.. BUT They also have quite a number of the Soccer Fan Stands usually (...) (21 years ago, 25-Dec-03, to lugnet.loc.us.in.ind, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Cool new playtable
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I don't remember the item number, except that it started with 4. I'll make sure to get the whole number the next time I go to Sam's Club. (If I'm very sneaky and don't get caught, I might also be able to get a picture of it.) I also forgot, as (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Cool new playtable
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(...) Blue baseplates. Excellent. Do you have a set number for this playtable, or any pictures? The only playtable at samsclub.com appears to be a clone, and square. (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Cool new playtable
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While browsing in Sam's Club today, I saw a new LEGO playtable. I know that we decided against having a playtable at GATSes (Is that the plural of GATS?), but there might be some other place we could use it, PLUS it's so cool that we might just (...) (21 years ago, 24-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | December meeting pictures
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pic's at (URL) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: January GATS schedule
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Here is the link for the schedule: (URL) are several people that I don't have times for. If you are on of them please e-mail me with your times you can help WE ONLY HAVE 6 COMMITED to the show. mark (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | M-TRON Multi-Terrain Robotic Obliviator Nebulon
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Tired of being pushed around and their technology stolen, the M-Tron Corporation is fighting back with a vengence. The M-Tron scientists have been secretly developing magnetic weapon systems for years now. Introducing three of the newest M-Tron (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.announce.moc) !
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| | The Ezekiel 25:17 - Tyranny of Evil Men Beware
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Jules the owner and pilot of this vessel originaly came from Earth, where he was once a thug in a crime syndicate. Before he killed people he would always say "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.indylug) !
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| | Re: January GATS info
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Hi Steve, That's a bummer about the camera. I thought that was a really cool idea. The Connect Four robot sounds really cool too. I don't speak for the whole club, however, I don't know if the GATS show is the best venue to exhibit it. Let's hear (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: January GATS info
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Hey. Remember me? I show up every six or eight months, talk about doing something cool, then dissappear. Well, I'm back. :) I was hoping to get the train-mounted camera working, but the camera I have has a built in base (rather large) and requires (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: January GATS info
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I was a lillte concerned with this abbreviated set-up time also. Does Mark have the sign up list for Saturday morning? We could take a look at it and see if those not signed up would be available to come in for a short time Saturday morning if (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: January GATS info
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The only concern I see is that the setup time has been cut by an hour and a half on Friday (we usually get until 9pm to set up). I'm sure we can stay until they kick us out, but if it is as early as 8pm, we may have our work cut out for us. If this (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: January GATS info
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Access to the building has nothing to do with "clout or leverage". It is a matter of security for the venders and train displays. The more people running around inside that huge building for longer hours, the more chance of giving some dishonest (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: January GATS info
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(...) People have mentioned that since we have won first place at GATS, we now have clout or leverage or better negotiation prospects or something like that. I think it would be a good idea to ask for permission to get into the building by 9:00 AM (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Monorail Station Preview
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Brian, Thanks for the kind words. On a seperate note thanks for all your work as club secretary during the last year. Brian D (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: December Meeting minutes (Fastest ever)
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Great job Mark! You've set a pretty high mark. Minutes the very same night of the meeting! Thanks for taking care of this often thankless job. Brian D (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | January GATS info
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I just got a letter from GATS today and here's the scoop. Set-up: Friday Jan. 2 -- 2:30pm to 7:30pm Saturday Jan 3 -- 7:00am to 9:30am Show hours: Saturday Jan 3 -- 11:00am to 5:00pm Sunday Jan 4 -- 11:00am to 5:00pm Tear down: Sunday Jan 4 -- (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: December Meeting minutes (Fastest ever)
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(...) I don't understand what happened, but I guess I (...) I take responsibility for this error. The decision was made at the October 2003 meeting: (URL) IIRC, I volunteered to inform you that we had decided to go with coordinators for individual (...) (21 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: December Meeting minutes (Fastest ever)
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(...) I'm undecided as to whether we should sell stuff at shows, but if the club decides to do so, I am a registered Indiana merchant and could manage the sales tax remittance. (21 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Monorail Station Preview
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Gorgeous! (...) (21 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: December Meeting minutes (Fastest ever)
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I had an event going at my church that required me to miss this meeting. However, I have a few comments: (...) Every time that I have sent in the paperwork to GATS, I have posted a message here. As no one had contacted me about the January show, I (...) (21 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | December Meeting minutes (Fastest ever)
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December 2003 IndyLUG meeting minutes December 14th Location: Steve Miller's barn In attendance at the business meeting: Brian Darrow David Gregory Jeramy Spurgeon Joe Green Leah Cardaci Mark Peterson Steve Martin Steve McDonough Tom Coleman Chayme (...) (21 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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| | Re: Monorail Station Preview
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(...) Make sure to add some firefighters holding one of those round trampoline-type things for people to land on, in case that guy in the window decides to jump. ; ) David "Fuzzy" Gregory (21 years ago, 14-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.trains)
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