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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Scott Sanburn writes: Thanks for that great report, Scott! My "daughter" is Julia Barai, our Siberian exchange student redux (she left, came back on a student visa and is going to college, in her 3rd year now). (and I (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | Re: MichLUG - GATS Show in Grand Rapids, Michigan - My Report
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Scott Sanburn writes: Thanks for that great report, Scott! My "daughter" is Julia Barai, our Siberian exchange student redux (she left, came back on a student visa and is going to college, in her 3rd year now). (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | Re: Just got back from GATS...
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Peter, (...) Maybe you can do a common parking lot /driveway for all of them, have it in the middle, and then just have the restaurants in front, surrounding it? (...) Indeed. (...) I don't, I spend it before! ; ) (...) Heh heh, he is coming over to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) I think we are being thrown by the use of roadplates a bit. We lay down these roadways and the edges of the roadplates end up being wasted space, because the building is built in the middle of another baseplate. Some sort of modular approach (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) hehe. Ya, I used a variant on that in my sales pitch: "just buy one of these (points to 4561s) to get started and add a *few* more bricks and you'll have that (points back to layout)" It was usually good for a chuckle. (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | MichLUG GATS Show July 2001 - Scott's Pictures
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To All, I just got finished uploading the pictures finally. Here is the link: (URL) plan on going though and linking to other peoples pictures of my Shell Station, I don't think I have everything I want. I will provide a thank you on my page and (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | MichLUG - GATS Show in Grand Rapids, Michigan - My Report
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To All, It was a great time and event that MichLUG did this past weekend at the GATS Show in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was hard work, but I think it was well received, and it was just a blast. Here are my notes, thoughts, and other Scottism’s. : ) (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.michlug) !
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| | Re: Just got back from GATS...
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(...) Peter, a restaurant module sounds good.Lets say you have a 7 plate area for those 4 restaurants...knowing that you could do drive thru,parking lot etc.As a side note Steve R. has your buildings.He offered to take them as he has more space and (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | Re: Sunday pics
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(...) I did it in the same height, but I have to agree that Steve has done a better Job, since the turntable of mine was not working in the 3-height version. For the X-mas event I had done a change to a hand powered intermediums version (the (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) Yeah, I was always going to, but I hate to make it take up more space... I may do some kind of restaurant module so the extra space is taken up by blank space on other baseplates for my buildings. KFC will return next time, Taco Bell and Pizza (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | Re: Shell Promo Availability?
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This isn't going to help you, but after griping to everyone in MichLUG at GATS, I was in Traverse City for the second half of the weekend and picked up three of the larger sets there (all were available). The designs are OK but I think the sets are (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) The thing that really trips me out is how kids run in and want to see the whole display forever--and their father is standing there going, "c'mon, we can look at this later... let's go look at Daddy's trains now." Peter (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) ---...--- Hey Peter, While your fixing the Mc D’s I thought it would be cool to have a small parking lot and a road for the drive though. (Just a thought) I’m going to make a power plant and a logging facility, and maybe some more misc. office (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) Isn't it great the way kids notice stuff like that? When the GMLTC does shows (which isn't very often, we know) we usually talk to the kids before we talk to their parents. Kids are so much more fun to talk to! The 'standard' reply when they (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) This was much the same as in Novi--there too we were the first thing people saw, and kids would run up to the 4561 and go "Cool!!!" and then ask, "Are you going to run it?" I'd have to tell them, "Sorry, we don't have power over here--but (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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These were taken by Amy Hughes, Kristin Bliss and me. Mostly Amy and Kristin, although I don't know who took which. Pictures have been downsized for web viewing; if anyone wants copies of the originals, let me know. (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) You'll be seeing those again, as both of them were built modularly. I know I've raved about the turntable before but one thing to realise is that the entire turntable from the top of the rails to the baseplates it rides on is just over 3 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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(...) Wow, that Lego train layout rocks! I would have loved to see all this great stuff in real life. After an hour of surfing through all the GATS pictures I'm really impressed. My favorites have been the shell fuel station and the new roundhouse (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | Re: Saturday pictures of MICHLUG/LTC at GATS
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Whoops first I send a blank post and then I inflict some REALLY terrible ascii art on you. I should go to bed. Wait! I haven't inflicted the art yet. Here goes. Do a view raw post if you have to First off, small scale end view (looking down the long (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: GATS Update - Article in the Grand Rapids Press
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(...) Yeah, just a few seconds. I didn't time it, but it was probably a 20-second spot. Both WOOD-TV8 (NBC) and Fox (don't remember the station ID) ran stories on the train show. WOOD's was at 6, my mom taped it. She said it was very brief. Steve (25 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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