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(...) Mindfest really had education and creative play as the central themes.... (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) <snip> (...) If you folks did a fest in the fall, I don't think it would impact Brickfest at all. After all, Mindfest really wasn't all that different an event from Brickfest (it just had robotics as the central theme rather than train, and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us)
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(...) While I think the Enfield trip would be cool, and it actually has been brought up several times at meetings, I don't know if we should try a brickfest event. This is only because I think at the moment 1 is probably enough and Washington DC is (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Hey Town is part of Train isn't it ;-). Kidding aside I think every good train layout needs a town to go with it. If we were ever to attempt a train layout I don't think I would expect everyone to bring Train engines and freight cars. I think (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) I've said this in person, but I'll mention it here as well for the sake of, um, well for some reason. :) I really dig Lego trains, but Mindstorms/Technic + Space + Town already exceed my Lego Budget. Trains would make a really expensive (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) I take it from the reponse, and lack there of, that there isn't much in the way of train heads up here in New England (At least that read these newsgroups). Thats OK I still plan on doing a little more with it and hopefully doing a larger (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: Follow the travels of Bitter Bob and the NELUG Boxcar...
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(...) What!?! How could you *say* that? I'm a New Englander, and I'm not bitter about *anything*! Well. Except maybe this stereotype you're foisting off on us. Wait. Dang. I guess it's true, then. (...) This is great! Perhaps when Bitter Bob makes (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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Well this morning I shipped of the NELUG Boxcar to the folks at GMLTC for the kidvention in July. After the kidvention the Boxcar will be routed north to be included in the PNLTC world record event. Included with the boxcar is Bitter Bob a local (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm, no, although I was having some problems viewing it. I uploaded it again and it seems to be OK now. On the other hand, I seem to be having weird difficulties with the Javascript I used and my new copy of Netscape. It works fine on PC (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) would be (...) Speaking of Cornelius... I can't view his section on your website, did you take it down? I wanted to marvel at his other creation some more... ~Nathan (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) The last time I was in the LEGO room, Cornelius was muttering something about a "schelf-powered multiplemore mobile Riding aufspurlastvagen". When I asked him how he was going to solve the problem of there being no tracks at all in Castle (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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(...) ...just to but my head in here on the subject of trains and shows. wamalug started as a train group but has since expanded far beyond it, but we still love doing shows. Even our non-train people come out and help. It seems a great central goal (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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Or not so nuts that do some train stuff occasionally... I was just wondering if there were any train nuts in NELUG or in the local Boston area. I have only done a couple of models so far and I now finally have an engine to run around my little oval (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.loc.us.ma.bos)
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| | Re: "Was it worth it to you?" was Re: Cost of Brickfest
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(...) As I mentioned earlier, we got a $20 per day savings (they have a different $10 per day savings if you reserve rooms using their web site, but you can't reserve rooms using event codes like we did [that had to be done by calling the specific (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) ...We blocked a few rooms for the fest. They gave us a group discount, but I'm not sure how much :-/ (...) ...Not sure just yet... still recovering :-) (...) ...We will do this annually. It was just too much fun not to! Tho we have also talked (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Yes, the rate was $20 per day cheaper than their regular rate (for comparison, their discount for internet registration was $10 per day cheaper than regular). (...) I agree on all counts. Moving events are good for the annual meeting of a (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) I'm pretty sure that the price we paid was a discounted rate for brickfest. Isn't that right? (...) Personally, I hope that it does not move around. I hope that WAMALUG maintains enough interest to perpetuate the event annually. If you want (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) That's the plan! :) Jeff (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) Did anyone look into a "group rate" for rooms at hotels? Sometimes you can get a fairly significant discount that way. What were the final Brickfest attendance figures, anyone know? And a further Brickfest question...is it going to be a yearly (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.org.us.wamalug, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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