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Subject:	Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
Newsgroups:	lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general
Date:	Sun, 29 Apr 2001 16:14:38 GMT
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This meeting was a big smash with over 35 folks from LUGOLA, the Southern California LEGO Train Club, and many out-of-town guests. Here is the index to the pictures: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=4342 Here is a group shot showing most of the people: (Big): http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43155 (Small): http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43153 From the left, the people are: Larry Pieniazek (white shirt, top) Dan Jassim (white shirt, bottom) Abner Finley (tan shirt) Mark Sandlin (black shirt, tall, red-head) Mark Rideout (green/white shirt, glasses) Brad Hamilton (white shirt, in front) Maggie Cambron and children Paul Gyugyi (Black shirt) James Brown (white shirt, back) Frank Filz (white shirt, front) Denise Jadud (red/purple shirt) Kevin Loch (white shirt back) Jason Sutherland (back, white shirt, blue baseball cap) Jeremy and Barbara Sproat (She has the green/white striped shirt, he has a beard) Brian Stokes (front with basebal cap) Dave Johann (Back with glasses & black shirt) Bryce Mcglone (in front of Dave, black shirt) Ross Crawford (front with glasses - From Australia) Scott Costello (back - red/white shirt) Chistopher Snead (far right - black shirt and pants) Tim Courtney (front - white shirt) Also there, but not shown: Shelly Hamilton - My wife who helped out greatly with the party! (and took the group shots) Ted, Susan, David, and Thomas Michon Coby Bassett and Girlfriend Rod Ripley Brandon Grifford Dan Pearson Adrian Egli John Gramley Robert Powell Here are descriptions of some of the pics: A bridge built by the Southern California LEGO train club (with my metroliner on it) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43092 Bryce's Serpent Mech http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43093 Dan's Carrier http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43094 Dave Johann's stuff (Christopher Snead is in the background with his Mechs) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43095 Food & Drink http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43096 Frank Filz's stuff: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43097 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43098 Action in the garage ( Coby Bassett and Girlfriend are shown in center) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43099 Various Mechs and stuff (That's Ted Michon on the left) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43100 More Mechs: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43156 A bunch of space stuff: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43158 A new train station: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43159 Scott's Mormon Temple http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43161 Heated Trade action: (Rod Ripley on right, Adrian on front-left) http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43165 Kevin Loch's Train and Brad Hamilton's Library http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=43167 If anyone has any questions or comments, please post them. Brad

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		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
Great, looks like everyone had a good time! Lot's of Lego too!! Glad to see all of you together. Some of the creations I'm not sure I've seen before. Everyones stuff looks great. Right On!! I'd like to attend in the future! (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

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ACK!!! Brad, you're wife let you do this 2 months in a row? Man, I hope you're giving her something very special for this! Cool pics! Love to see what happens when groups get together! Thanks! Tamy (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
(...) The red one is Helldog II. Pics will follow on my website soon. :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
Brad and Shelly, Thank you for being such gracious hosts of the get-together. And many thanks to everyone who attended for being so friendly and encouraging. It was an honor to meet all of you and to see your work up close. Dana and I both had a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
Thank you both for being such gracious hosts! I enjoyed meeting everyone. It is so much different seeing their names on Lugnet now and being able to put faces to them. Here are my highpoints: (keeping in mind that I am into mecha) Christopher's (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
(...) Thank you, Brad and Shelly -- the company and hospitality was awesome. Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
I just wanted to thank Brad and Shelly for being wonderful hosts. This was my first LUG meeting ever, and it was a fantastic experience. It makes such a difference to see models in person. I'm a big mecha fan, but I was VERY impressed with the (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
It was a wonderful LUG meeting! Brad & Shelly, thanks for hosting it. You lego town was even more impressive in real life. And your house is a perfect meeting place. It was really good to meet everyone, especially getting to meet Jeremy Sproat after (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
Brad and Shelly, it's true what everyone has said, you were great! I especially appreciate how you gave my kids and me the tour of your town-- the minute we got home the boys were trying to raid my parts so they could build their own town. Everyone (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
(...) <snip> (...) Just that it was very cool meeting all those people, and drooling over all the cool models (even if they were space and mecha <grin>). My favorite was probably the motorbike from Akira, although I never did figure out who built (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
(...) <snip> (...) <snip> Brad - Thanks for hosting this event. It was an honor to meet everyone there as well. It's funny to have faces to all the names now! A big thank you to Dan for his generosity and floor space! -Mark (Out Rider..) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
(...) Thanks to Brad and Shelly for hosting a fest on Saturday, and everyone else for a fun weekend. I hope to get some time this week to put my pictures up, but until then, I'll tease you with a little report on the weekend... Prior to leaving I (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

		Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting
(...) Okay, I suppose, but here's a proper meeting - same day too: (3 URLs) We had nearly as many people (more if you include the kids!), and it looks like a lot more Lego. So much for American superiority :-) We even made the local paper. p :-P b (...) (24 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)

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