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    Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Brad Hamilton
   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: (URL) is a group shot showing most of the people: (Big): (2 URLs) the left, the (...) (23 years ago, 29-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general) !! 
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Eric Sophie
     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! (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Tamyra Teed
     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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Brad Hamilton
     Actually, she likes it. She enjoys socializing with people and the number of female members seems to be rising! Mookie <Mookie1@telocity.com> wrote in message news:3AECBDAA.B988F2...ity.com... (...) Southern (...) a (...) took (...) Mechs) (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Tamyra Teed
     Lucky for her! I seem to be the ONLY female in the wisconsin area... at least that's willing to speak up... We are having a small get together on May 26th here, and from the looks of it, I get to be the token female in the group... Hopefully we'll (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Brad Hamilton
     We'll see what happens as we have a baby due in late August. I don't think there is going to be too much LEGO building after that (at least not in the near term)! Mookie <Mookie1@telocity.com> wrote in message news:3AEE17FC.E98F9A...ity.com... (...) (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Mark Sandlin
     (...) The red one is Helldog II. Pics will follow on my website soon. :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Coby Bassett
     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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Tim Courtney
      "Coby Bassett" <coby@exo.com> wrote in message news:GCM8nt.9s9@lugnet.com... (...) I second that. (...) And that! Coby - it was great meeting the guy behind the BURP Box at last :-) And to everyone else. I really enjoyed Dan's carrier and the (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Brad Hamilton
     We enjoyed having you. Looking forward to your pic's. Brad Coby Bassett <coby@exo.com> wrote in message news:GCM8nt.9s9@lugnet.com... (...) close. (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Bryce McGlone
     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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Jeremy H. Sproat
     (...) Thank you, Brad and Shelly -- the company and hospitality was awesome. Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Jeremy H. Sproat
     Hey folks, I've uploaded my Mavica pics of the weekend to Brickshelf: (URL) a brief rundown of the various directories... (URL) dans-house/ Friday afternoon at Dan Jassim's house. In attendence were Dan Jassim, Bryce McGlone, Mark Sandlin, Mark (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)  
    
         Sproat's Pics (Was Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting) —Mark Sandlin
      Thanks for the pics! I was hoping someone would take pics of the cockpit installation I did on Quetzalcoatl. :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Jeremy H. Sproat
      (...) D'oh! D'oh! D'oh! These are Dave Johann's. Here's the new URL: (URL) LUGOLA-meeting/daves-models/ Cheers, - jsproat (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Daniel Jassim
     (...) Hah! Great pics of everything!!! Yeah, who were those burly beasts in those blurry pics?! Hmmm, some sort of drooling, cave-dwelling, LEGO craving ancestors of man I suppose. They can smell ABS plastic from miles away! By the way, Bibi (a.k.a. (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Christopher Snead
     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 (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Brad Hamilton
      Hi Christopher, I'm glad you had such a great time. Christopher Snead <chalcedony@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GCMFxt.3su@lugnet.com... (...) was my (...) a (...) could (...) awesome! I (...) their (...) vehicles (...) do (...) who's (...) (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Brian Stokes
      BRAD AND SHELLY ARE THE BEST!!! They deserve some kind of Lugnet/Lugola award. Maybe we could hold a LEGO baby shower at their house? I'll definitely kick down for some PRIMO. B. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Brad Hamilton
      Dude, Forget the PRIMO. I'm sure that baby would love to play with some more of your straight monorail track and Paradisa windows. These make ideal baby toys because they are large pieces! :) Brad Brian Stokes <bstokes@aqueryus.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Daniel Jassim
     (...) Wow, thanks Chris! On that same note, all of us were amazed at your stuff as well. Your joint system for the "Terminator" totally defines the term "kick a**"! (...) Hey, come see us again soon! :) Dan (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Paul Gyugyi
     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 (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Tim Courtney
      "Paul Gyugyi" <paul@gyugyi.com> wrote in message news:GCn5BM.9s0@lugnet.com... (...) Same here :-) His microfig mecha rock! He should have brought the Space Truck though ;-) (...) Awww shucks. It was fun talking as well. (...) Cool! -Tim (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Steve Bliss
     (...) Hmmm. Are these new features going to surface in a new release of LDLite at some point? That'd be cool. Steve (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Maggie Cambron
     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 (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —James Brown
     (...) <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 (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Mark Sandlin
     (...) That was me. Glad you liked it. :^) If you want to make your own, here's the instructions: (URL) Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Mark Rideout
     (...) <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..) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Daniel Jassim
     (...) Yo, hope you had a great mini-vacation, Outridah! Come see me again! Dan (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Frank Filz
     (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Brad Hamilton
      I enjoyed reading that little log of your trip. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3AEF6AEE.2A27FF...ing.com... (...) Southern (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) This may sound like a "remarkable statement" but it is not. I wasn't driving nearly as fast as I usually do, and certainly not as fast as most of the traffic. Ross's challenge is that his idea of following is to follow at a polite distance, (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Paul Gyugyi
      Yup, that was me. Thanks for the good company and conversation. BTW, "Gyugyi" has two "y"'s. Perhaps I should register domain names for the common variants.... And as far as the driving speed goes, I still think you must have teleported from the (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Larry Pieniazek
      (...) Whoops. I hate it when people mangle my name too! Sorry about that. (...) Na. It's just that we left the car at the front door when we checked out and took the most direct route there. ++Lar (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Frank Filz
      (...) I'm not sure I'd say "most" of the traffic, but yea, whoever (I think it was Kevin) was complaining about the "slow" Southern California drivers must not have been driving on the same highways as we did. (...) One reason caravaning doesn't (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Mark Sandlin
      (...) No kidding. I was cruising at about 75-80mph and people were passing me like I was standing still. I never could figure out why they were tailgating me when I was in the 2nd lane from the right with two or three open lanes to my left. ~Grand (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
     
          Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Aaron West
      (...) Welcome to California, where drivers may remove their brain and set the car on auto pilot. The only time we slow down is when there are too many cars for the capacity of the road. Or trucks. Most regular drivers of a single route come to feel (...) (23 years ago, 2-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Ross Crawford
     (...) Worked for me!! I never lost sight of you! Not even a little bit! I was waiting for you to speed up!! ROSCO (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Jason J. Railton
   (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Scott P. Costello
     (...) Please don't get me started on my patriotic binge, but who made the microfigs? they are fantastic, and are their any more pictures? Scott (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Frank Filz
     (...) One thing you must realize though is that about half of our folks traveled by air to get to the meeting. Of course in another way, we could claim to have had more LEGO since our meeting started at 10:00 AM at Legoland Carlsbad... We also had (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Pictures From Big April 28th Southern California Meeting —Brad Hamilton
   Hey - Those are some great pictures! Why don't you post an original message to lugnet.general instead of burried deep in the reply to our message? I'm sure a lot of folks would like to see these pictures, but a lot of people will miss them burried (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
 

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